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    TITLE:   THE AFTERLIFE AND OTHER STORIES AUTHORS:  JOHN UPDIKE DESCRIPTION: HARDCOVER WITH EDGEWEAR & A TEAR TO DJ AS IN PHOTO FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION.                      

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. Penguin, 2006 - Fiction - 321 pp. Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. His marriage to his college sweetheart is quickly followed by his first betrayal and he embarks upon a series of affairs. His pursuit of happiness, in a succession of small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, brings him to the edge of chaos, from which he is saved by a rescue that carries its own fatal price. About the author   (2006) John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of over fifty books, including The Poorhouse Fair; the Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest); Marry Me; The Witches of Eastwick, which was made into a major feature film; Memories of the Ford Administration; Brazil; In the Beauty of the Lilies; Toward the End of Time; Gertrude and Claudius; and Seek My Face. He has written a number of collections of short stories, including The Afterlife and Other Stories and Licks of Love, which includes a final Rabbit story, Rabbit Remembered. His essays and criticism first appeared in publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and are now collected into numerous volumes. Collected Poems 1953-1993 brings together almost all of his verse, and a new edition of his Selected Poems is forthcoming from Hamish Hamilton. His novels, stories, and non-fiction collections have won have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award and the Howells Medal. Updike graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year at Oxford's Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at the N ew Yorker, and he lived in Massachusetts from 1957 until his death in January 2009. Bibliographic information:    Title Villages Author John Updike Edition Paperback Publisher Penguin Adult, 2006 ISBN 0141020148, 9780141020143 Length 336 pages   Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance and precision of Einstein's thought. Presented here is a beautiful facsimile of Einstein's original handwritten manuscript, along with its English translation and an insightful page-by-page commentary that places the work in historical and scientific context. Hanoch Gutfreund and Jurgen Renn's concise introduction traces Einstein's intellectual odyssey from special to general relativity, and their essay "The Charm of a Manuscript" provides a delightful meditation on the varied afterlife of Einstein's text. Featuring a foreword by John Stachel, this handsome edition also includes a biographical glossary of the figures discussed in the book, a comprehensive bibliography, suggestions for further reading, and numerous photos and illustrations throughout. Features Summary This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation... Author Hanoch Gutfreund (Author), Jurgen Renn (Author), John Stachel (Foreword by) Publisher Princeton University Press Release date 20150602 Pages 264 ISBN 0-691-16253-0 ISBN 13 978-0-691-16253-9