Baz Douglas (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Oversized.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean sturdy and unmarked with mild shelf wear EP.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. xix, [1], 290, [6] pages. Contains photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, and index. James Romm is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College and author of several books, including Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero and Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire. He has edited numerous translations of ancient Greek texts, including the Anabasis of Arrian for the volume The Campaigns of Alexander in the distinguished Landmark Series of Ancient Historians. Seneca can be looked at in two ways. He was a writer, thinker, poet, moralist, and for many years the top advisor and close companion of the Emperor Nero. He was also a clever manipulator of undistinguished origin who connived his way into the center of Roman power. He used verbal brilliance to represent himself as a sage. He sought refuge at the altar of philosophy even while leading an assassination plot against the Emperor Nero, after which Seneca committed suicide. From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale. At the center, the tumultuous life of Seneca, ancient Rome's preeminent writer and philosopher, beginning with banishment in his fifties and subsequent appointment as tutor to twelve-year-old Nero, future emperor of Rome. Controlling them both, Nero's mother, Julia Agrippina the Younger, Roman empress, great-granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, sister of the Emperor Caligula, niece and fourth wife of Emperor Claudius. James Romm seamlessly weaves together the life and written words, the moral struggles, political intrigue, and bloody vengeance that enmeshed Seneca the Younger in the twisted imperial family and the perverse, paranoid regime of Emperor Nero, despot and madman. Romm writes that Seneca watched over Nero as teacher, moral guide, and surrogate father, and, at seventeen, when Nero abruptly ascended to become emperor of Rome, Seneca, a man never avid for political power became, with Nero, the ruler of the Roman Empire. We see how Seneca was able to control his young student, how, under Seneca's influence, Nero ruled with intelligence and moderation, banned capital punishment, reduced taxes, gave slaves the right to file complaints against their owners, pardoned prisoners arrested for sedition. But with time, as Nero grew vain and disillusioned, Seneca was unable to hold sway over the emperor, and between Nero's mother, Agrippina, thought to have poisoned her second husband, and her third, who was her uncle (Claudius), and rumored to have entered into an incestuous relationship with her son and Nero's father, described by Suetonius as a murderer and cheat charged with treason, adultery, and incest, how long could the young Nero have been contained? Dying Every Day is a portrait of Seneca's moral struggle in the midst of madness and excess. In his treatises, Seneca preached a rigorous ethical creed, exalting heroes who defied danger to do what was right or embrace a noble death. As Nero's adviser, Seneca was presented with a more complex set of choices, as the only man capable of summoning the better aspect of Nero s nature, yet, remaining at Nero's side and colluding in the evil regime he created. Dying Every Day is the first book to tell the compelling and nightmarish story of the philosopher-poet who was almost a king, tied to a tyrant was Seneca, the paragon of reason, watched his student spiral into madness and whose descent saw five family murders, the Fire of Rome, and a savage purge that destroyed the supreme minds of the Senate's golden age. First Vintage Books Edition, Second printing [stated]. Douglas Baz (author photograph) (illustrator).…

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Condition: New. Brand New.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good condition; binding is strong, pages are crisp and clean, corners square. Title and copyright page dated 2020. 157 pages. This listing was written by a real person with the book in front of me for inspection. Please send us an email if you have questions or would like to request photos.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. 25 cm. 512 pages. Illustrations. Map. References. Index. DJ somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper, front DJ flap price clipped. James Clarke Chace (October 16, 1931 - October 8, 2004) was an American historian, writing on American diplomacy and statecraft. His 12 books include the critically acclaimed Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World (1998). His writings often influenced American thought in policymaking â" his coining of the phrase "the indispensable nation" with Sidney Blumenthal to describe America. Chace graduated from Harvard University. He was sent to France and in 1955 and 1956 worked as an Army translator, which involved the translation of French newspapers for the CIA. After his return to the United States his interest in foreign policy grew as he served as managing editor for East Europe, a review of Soviet bloc affairs, from 1959 to 1969, during which time he wrote his book Conflict in the Middle East about the Six-Day War. He served as the managing editor of Interplay (1967-1970) and Foreign Affairs (1970-1983). He became editor of the World Policy Journal in 1993, where he served for 7 years. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Government at Bard College. Chace's work focused on American statesmanship, the interplay of American interests with American values, and the use of American power. He believed that any statesman effectively leading a nation will understand that resources are limited â" including blood and political willâ"and that in protecting the interests of the nation those resources cannot be overtaxed. A definitive biography describes the personal and political life of Dean Acheson, who, in tandem with President Harry S. Truman, created the American force that won the Cold War and established a world order still in existence today. This was the first complete biography of Dean Acheson (1893-1974), who served as Truman's Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. Derived from a Kirkus review: An intelligent, meticulously researched biography of Dean Acheson (1893â"1971), who as Harry Truman's secretary of state became "the most important figure in American foreign policy since John Quincy Adams." With aristocratic hauteur, decisiveness, command of facts, and biting wit, Acheson could face down dictators, rabid right-wingers, and American presidents. Only now, however, with the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the opening of US and Soviet files, can a proper assessment be made of his achievements. Drawing on these and other sources, Chace provides an evenhanded appraisal. An accomplished lawyer, Acheson came into his own as assistant secretary of state for Franklin Roosevelt, when he played a key role in shaping the Lend Lease and Bretton Woods accords. Chace throws the last pile of dirt on revisionist historians' contention that Acheson helped precipitate the Cold War, noting that he sought to reach agreement with Josef Stalin until Soviet designs on Europe forced him into pursuing containment. Under Truman, Acheson helped formulate the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine and, in what Chace sees as his lasting legacy, brought West Germany into NATO, thus preventing a major continental land war for the last half of the century. While admiring Acheson's achievements, Chace also notes that his shrill rhetoric encouraged successors global containment schemes, which this Eurocentric, pragmatic statesman never intended, and that his policies in Asia were less sure-footed than his policies in Europe. He became vulnerable to GOP attacks because of his refusal to condemn Alger Hiss and America's loss of China, yet he retained the unstinting support of Truman. As an elder statesman, Acheson urged John Kennedy to order limited air strikes during the Cuban missile crisis and turned against the Vietnam War as one of Lyndon Johnson's wise men. A skillful biography of one member of a species now seemingly headed toward extinction in Washington: a government titan of remarkable achievement, eloquence, loyalty, and integrity. Douglas Baz (author photograph) and Yousef Karsh ( (illustrator).…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:9780917860768.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Glitterati Incorporated: 2013. Folio. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Unclipped jacket has a small closed tear and is rubbed and edge worn. Book is very good, jacket is on the lower end of very good. This is an oversized item and additional shipping charges will apply for international orders.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong quarto. 11.25 x 10.25 in. 160 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Fine in original cloth boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Baz and Traub on a clear tipped-in page overlaying the title page. Signed.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. For six months in 1974, two young photographers, fresh out of art school in Chicago, traveled through Cajun country, documenting the people, festivals, material culture, and haunting landscapes of Acadiana and its coastal outposts. Never before published or exhibited as a group, the 163 black-and-white images in Cajun Document illuminate south-central Louisiana as it stood poised on the verge of enormous change.Coastal erosion, a boom in oil and natural gas production, and worldwide interest in Cajun music and Cajun food would shortly transform the landscape, the economy, and the culture of Acadiana forever. Douglas Baz and Charles H. Traub's sensitive, insightful photographs preserve an image of Cajun country less known by and less subject to outside influences than it would ever be again.Distributed for the Historic New Orleans Collection. Never before published or exhibited as a group, the images in Cajun Document illuminate the cultural threads woven through south-central Louisiana at a liminal time in its history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 157 pages. 10.00x11.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pp.; 105. Titles to frt. wrp.Illust. w/color and b/w photographs, oil and watercolor paintings. 8vo oblong. Stiff card wrps. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Art exhibition catalog at three Hudson Valley art institutions, March - November 1983: Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Hudson River Museum and Albany Institute of History and Art. Industrial images of the Hudson River Valley of the 19th century. Accompanying catalogue essay by Kenneth W. Maddox. Includes 70 art images with explanatory text and notes, art checklist with provenance, epilogue and selected bibliography. A brief survey of the industrial history of the Hudson River scene in the 19th century. Baz, Douglas (contemporry site photography) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing [stated]. 25 cm. 512 pages. Illustrations. Map. References. Index. DJ somewhat worn and soiled. Ink marks and notations present. Inscribed on title page by author. Inscription reads For Casimir Yost With all best wishes. James Chace. From 2009 to 2013 Mr. Yost served on the National Intelligence Council (NIC), where he directed the Strategic Futures Group and its predecessor, the Long Range Analysis Unit. In 2013 he was awarded the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal. James Clarke Chace (October 16, 1931 - October 8, 2004) was an American historian, writing on American diplomacy and statecraft. His 12 books include the critically acclaimed Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World (1998). His writings often influenced American thought in policymaking â" his coining of the phrase "the indispensable nation" with Sidney Blumenthal to describe America. Chace graduated from Harvard University. He was sent to France and in 1955 and 1956 worked as an Army translator, which involved the translation of French newspapers for the CIA. After his return to the United States his interest in foreign policy grew as he served as managing editor for East Europe, a review of Soviet bloc affairs, from 1959 to 1969, during which time he wrote his book Conflict in the Middle East about the Six-Day War. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Government at Bard College. Chace believed statesmen effectively leading a nation will understand that resources are limited, including blood and political will, and that in protecting the interests of the nation those resources cannot be overtaxed. A definitive biography describes the personal and political life of Dean Acheson, who, in tandem with President Harry S. Truman, created the American force that won the Cold War and established a world order still in existence today. This was the first complete biography of Dean Acheson (1893-1974), who served as Truman's Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. Derived from a Kirkus review: An intelligent, meticulously researched biography of Dean Acheson (1893â"1971), who as Harry Truman's secretary of state became "the most important figure in American foreign policy since John Quincy Adams." With aristocratic hauteur, decisiveness, command of facts, and biting wit, Acheson could face down dictators, rabid right-wingers, and American presidents. Only now, however, with the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the opening of US and Soviet files, can a proper assessment be made of his achievements. Drawing on these and other sources, Chace provides an evenhanded appraisal. An accomplished lawyer, Acheson came into his own as assistant secretary of state for Franklin Roosevelt, when he played a key role in shaping the Lend Lease and Bretton Woods accords. Chace throws the last pile of dirt on revisionist historians' contention that Acheson helped precipitate the Cold War, noting that he sought to reach agreement with Josef Stalin until Soviet designs on Europe forced him into pursuing containment. Under Truman, Acheson helped formulate the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine and, in what Chace sees as his lasting legacy, brought West Germany into NATO, thus preventing a major continental land war for the last half of the century. While admiring Acheson's achievements, Chace also notes that his shrill rhetoric encouraged successors global containment schemes, which this Eurocentric, pragmatic statesman never intended, and that his policies in Asia were less sure-footed than his policies in Europe. He became vulnerable to GOP attacks because of his refusal to condemn Alger Hiss and America's loss of China, yet he retained the unstinting support of Truman. As an elder statesman, Acheson urged John Kennedy to order limited air strikes during the Cuban missile crisis and turned against the Vietnam War as one of Lyndon Johnson's wise men. A skillful biography of one member of a species now seemingly headed toward extinction in Washington: a government titan of remarkable achievement, eloquence, loyalty, and integrity. Douglas Baz (author photograph) and Yousef Karsh ( (illustrator).…

Audio. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. a 7.5 X 10 inch 125 page soft cover edition limited to 1.500 copies, no handwriting, art and photo illustrations, no wrinkles to covers. Douglas Baz (illustrator).

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorDouglas Baz is a fine art photographer whose work is held in the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and numerous other permanent collections. A graduate of the Institute of Design, in Chicago, he fou.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 157 pages. 10.00x11.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For six months in 1974, two young photographers, fresh out of art school in Chicago, traveled through Cajun country, documenting the people, festivals, material culture, and haunting landscapes of Acadiana and its coastal outposts. Never before published or exhibited as a group, the 163 black-and-white images in Cajun Document illuminate south-central Louisiana as it stood poised on the verge of enormous change. Coastal erosion, a boom in oil and natural gas production, and worldwide interest in Cajun music and Cajun food would shortly transform the landscape, the economy, and the culture of Acadiana forever. Douglas Baz and Charles H. Traub's sensitive, insightful photographs preserve an image of Cajun country less well known and less subject to outside influences than it would ever be again.Distributed for the Historic New Orleans Collection.…

Board_book. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Folio. 384pp. Index. Black photographic dust jacket, spine lettered in blue & gray. Pictorial grayboards, spine lettered in white. Profusely illustrated with photographs, mast full page and most in color, including several double-page foldouts. A fine, as new copy. Douglas Kirkland's (b. 1934) career has spanned over six decades and six continents. He is most remembered for his legendary photos of Marilyn Monroe for Look Magazine's 25th anniversary issue in 1961. He has been the stills photographer for over 150 motion pictures.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. For six months in 1974, two young photographers, fresh out of art school in Chicago, traveled through Cajun country, documenting the people, festivals, material culture, and haunting landscapes of Acadiana and its coastal outposts. Never before published or exhibited as a group, the 163 black-and-white images in Cajun Document illuminate south-central Louisiana as it stood poised on the verge of enormous change.Coastal erosion, a boom in oil and natural gas production, and worldwide interest in Cajun music and Cajun food would shortly transform the landscape, the economy, and the culture of Acadiana forever. Douglas Baz and Charles H. Traub's sensitive, insightful photographs preserve an image of Cajun country less known by and less subject to outside influences than it would ever be again.Distributed for the Historic New Orleans Collection. Never before published or exhibited as a group, the images in Cajun Document illuminate the cultural threads woven through south-central Louisiana at a liminal time in its history. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New.