Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by Slavica Publishers, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 1974
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book Description: Slavica Publishers, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 1974. Hardcover. Book Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. Minor surfacewear to exterior of book. Binding tight, interior clean and complete. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pages; dark blue cloth with silver type. Stamp from publisher on FEP, otherwise unmarked.
Published by Demetrius Koubourlis PhD, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Slavica Publishers, Cambridge, Mass., 1974
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(+). Dark blue octavo, gilt to front board and spine, viii, 270 pages, b&w illustrations; 24 cm. No DJ. Slavic languages -- Phonology. Exceedingly gentle wear to spine head and foot, extremely mild rubbing to corners, faint soiling to spine and boards (mostly to rear board), ownership bookplate to front pastedown, binding is tight, bright pages, else Near Fine(+). First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).
Published by Demetrius Koubourlis PhD, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. My Ailing Champion is a book for those on the right and those on the left. It notes the harsh environment of the Nazi occupation in Greece and the many obstacles the author faced to get an education in the post-WW II years. Family and community leaders opposed education. The author's mother prevented him from reading books. He overcame all obstacles with heroic persistence and some luck and completed his secondary education. To secure free labor, the author's father promised his support for higher education but twice deceived the son. The sisters' dowries were a significant impediment. Ultimately, the family beat up the author and tossed him into the streets hungry, penniless, and jobless, robbing him of his education dream forever. It was for America to throw a lifeline and enable the author to get a college education, even a Ph.D.The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America, his ailing champion. He casts a hopeful note stemming from America's noble character and long-term aspirations, concluding that, far from being perfect, America is nevertheless the best country the world has ever known.Koubourlis defines education as the ability to apply critical thinking. He strives to do so with an honest examination of his life and our world and seeks objectivity in promising dialog of opposing viewpoints; he doesn't shy away from delving into some of the fundamental differences between Communism and Capitalism while suggesting a way to settle diverging viewpoints. Maturing in America, the author developed his critical thinking abilities and prefers evolution to revolution, and conversation to confrontation when attempting to find common ground. The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America, his ailing champion. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Cornell University Press, 1974
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1974. No Edition Remarks. 678 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to textblock edges and rear free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown and white marks to boards. Textblock is somewhat shaky.
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Published by Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press (1974)., 1974
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. xxii + 678 pp. Near fine in full maroon cloth with white lettering to spine and front cover. No dust jacket. Foreword by Clarence Brown.
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
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Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1974
ISBN 10: 0801408067 ISBN 13: 9780801408069
Seller: The Slavic Collection, Vordingborg, Denmark
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 679pp. Foreword by Clarence Brown, appendix: index words in order of frequency. Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), Russian poet, born into the family of a Jewish leather merchant in Warsaw and brought up in St. Petersburg. He spent most of 1907-10 in Western Europe, particularly Paris, and then studied at St. Petersburg University. His first poems appeared in 1910. In 1911 he joined the Acmeist Guild of Poets with Akhmatova and Gumilev, and the poems of his first collection, Stone (1913), are marked by Acmeist brevity and clarity. He met Nadezhda Yakovlevna Khazina in Kiev in 1919 and married her in 1922. His second collection, Tristia (1922), confirmed his status while considerably widening his range. During the 1920s Mandelstam came under increasing attack for being out of step with the new Soviet age, and his ruminations on the subject produced such important poems as The Age and The Slate Ode. His third volume, Poems, and collections of prose and criticism appeared in 1928. In 1930 he made a long visit to Armenia from which emerged The Journey to Armenia, a major prose piece (translated by Clarence Brown , 1980), his last work to be published in the Soviet Union for 30 years. His first arrest, in 1934, resulted from his recitation of his famous poem denouncing Stalin. Prison was followed by internal exile and attempted suicide. In exile he wrote his important late poetry the Voronezh Notebooks. Arrested again in 1938, he was sentenced to five years hard labor and died of a heart attack on the way to the camps (the exact date of his death has not been established). His collected works have only been published abroad, though an edition of his poetry appeared in Leningrad in 1973. The two volumes of memoirs by Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope (1971) and Hope Abandoned (1974), are not only the main source of information on the poet but also a powerful and harrowing description of the experiences of twentieth-century totalitarianism. Mandelstam's reputation still continues to grow, and he is now regarded as one of the major poets of the 20th century. He has been widely translated into English, notable by Clarence Brown and W. S. Merwin, and by David McDuff. Beware :Our postage prices are often quite lower than suggested by abebooks automatic generated prices.
Published by Demetrius Koubourlis PhD, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London, 1974
ISBN 10: 0801408067 ISBN 13: 9780801408069
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
xxii, 678 [1]p., original burgundy cloth (The Cornell concordances).
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2023
ISBN 13: 9798218286620
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This title is best described in the Kirkus Review that follows:'A collection of stories illuminates Koubourlis' travels, beliefs, and experiences with love and pain in this memoir.Buried within the self-described 'eclectic' author and academic's collection of intimately autobiographical stories are the truths that have made him 'fortunate in many respects.' The physical violence he and his brother endured at the hands of his punishing father, whom he dubs 'my family's beater-in-chief,' inspires the difficult opening story ('The Beating'), in which he describes the abusive episodes that occurred with regularity throughout their youth and the 'profound effect' it had on them both, mostly in the form of 'undesirable cultural baggage' carried into and throughout early adulthood. Despite this enduring trauma, Koubourlis remains compassionate and forgiving, openly admitting that he is 'incapable of holding a grudge.' Instead, he offers absolution and exoneration with descriptions of the negative effects of war and his father's own childhood status as an orphan as probable explanations for his parents' harsh, stern child-rearing style. A series of 'first-times' lifts the collection with vivid history and a touch of levity as the author shares experiences such as the first awakening of his consciousness (at age 3) when Italian biplanes bombed his Greek city in 1940. Other firsts include the discovery of his very own toy balloon, which he excitedly discovered at the beach. His first experience with youthful, unbridled, amorous infatuation in his hometown of Rio-Patras in 1953 is also luminously realized. The stories progress to the 1970s: in 'Ephemeral Fame,' which takes place when Koubourlis was a young (and homesick) university professor in North Carolina, he reconnected with a favorite childhood musician who, by happenstance, was performing at a Greek restaurant in Chicago. The love of a stray cat in the resonant and sentimental 'A Message from Afar' ends up inspiring a deeper connection between the author and his female companion, Lena. Other stories have more contemporary settings yet still enchant as Koubourlis strums a guitar melody to a garden snake before concluding with a lyrical meditation on the messages found in dreams.The collection's strength lies in its diversity. The stories move from early incidents of scarring pain and sadness to memorable experiences with love, animals, partnership, music, and death. The author takes care to embed his opinions and seasoned perspective into each story, framing and informing them with personal insights and life lessons, all placed in historical context; 'My First Memory' describes the harrowing bombing of his hometown in 'war-soaked Greece' at the opening of World War II and how the citizens of the area scattered in horror. Koubourlis also offers considerations of the nature of evil, the dynamics of 'what a civilized society should be,' and our propensity to cater to the forces of outside control. Thoughtful, lucid, and emotionally aware throughout, this assemblage of cathartic stories is a powerful testament to memory and meaning, written with passion, intensity, dark humor, frank honesty, and immense heart.A memoir in stories contextualizes the author's striking experiences throughout his adventuresome life.' -- Kirkus Reviews.
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Published by Cornell Univ Press Ithaca (c1974), 1974
ISBN 10: 0801408067 ISBN 13: 9780801408069
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
679pp. 8vo cloth Forward by Clarence Brown. NOTE: Printed in Cyrillic, Cornell Concordance Series Boards slightly warped else Near Fine/no dj 0-8014-0806-7.
Published by Axios Eclectics, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. My Ailing Champion is a book for those on the right and those on the left. It notes the harsh environment of the Nazi occupation in Greece and the many obstacles the author faced to get an education in the post-WW II years. Family and community leaders opposed education. The author's mother prevented him from reading books. He overcame all obstacles with heroic persistence and some luck and completed his secondary education. To secure free labor, the author's father promised his support for higher education but twice deceived the son. The sisters' dowries were a significant impediment. Ultimately, the family beat up the author and tossed him into the streets hungry, penniless, and jobless, robbing him of his education dream forever. It was for America to throw a lifeline and enable the author to get a college education, even a Ph.D.The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America, his ailing champion. He casts a hopeful note stemming from America's noble character and long-term aspirations, concluding that, far from being perfect, America is nevertheless the best country the world has ever known.Koubourlis defines education as the ability to apply critical thinking. He strives to do so with an honest examination of his life and our world and seeks objectivity in promising dialog of opposing viewpoints; he doesn't shy away from delving into some of the fundamental differences between Communism and Capitalism while suggesting a way to settle diverging viewpoints. Maturing in America, the author developed his critical thinking abilities and prefers evolution to revolution, and conversation to confrontation when attempting to find common ground. The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America, his ailing champion. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Shortridge Books, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America, his ailing champion.
Published by Demetrius Koubourlis PhD, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798218389420
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: New.