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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fair to Good 1926 18 Short stories Clean text Spine repaired with black library tape./. Spine and pages intact.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Legal Efficiency: Address Delivered Before the Phi Delta Phi Club of the City of New York, February 17th, 1913 / Chenry Wynans Jessup. Book.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, September 1960. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Foxing to edges and covers. Not from a library. vii + 146 pages. The National Purpose was a highly influential, five-part public debate and essay symposium jointly sponsored by Life magazine and The New York Times that aimed to address a widespread anxiety that post-war America had become overly materialistic, affluent, and complacent, losing its foundational sense of mission in the face of the escalating Cold War. The series emerged at a critical cultural and political juncture the end of the Eisenhower administration and the dawn of the 1960 presidential campaign. Spurred by massive economic growth, intellectual critiques like John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society, and Soviet advancements like Sputnik, policymakers and journalists feared Americans were prioritizing personal comfort over national survival. The series sought to explicitly redefine the country's collective goals. The symposium featured ten prominent American leaders, intellectuals, and public figures who published long-form essays in the pages of Life and The New York Times. Notable contributors included: Adlai Stevenson: The former Democratic presidential nominee argued that America needed to "extend our vision. to all mankind" rather than retreating into private wealth. David Sarnoff: The head of RCA argued for a aggressive, renewed dedication to democratic traditions specifically tailored to fighting and defeating global Communism. Billy Graham: The famed evangelist diagnosed a "moral and spiritual cancer" in the country, warning that an obsession with personal luxury was robbing citizens of their individual and national character. Walter Lippmann & James Reston: The legendary political commentators argued that the country was stagnant and waiting for a political innovator—asserting that a great nation requires decisive presidential leadership to guide public resolve. Other Authors: The series also featured essays from Archibald MacLeish, John W. Gardner, Clinton Rossiter, John K. Jessup, and defense strategist Albert Wohlstetter. The articles generated enormous public discussion and heavily shaped the rhetoric of the 1960 election, directly influencing John F. Kennedy's "New Frontier" campaign, which focused on sacrifice and national renewal.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Letter forwarded by the American Missionaries of Beyrout, Lebanon, Tripoli, Sidon, etc.: To the Evangelical Native Church of Beyrout. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Setting of the Crescent and the Rising of the Cross: Kamil Abdul Messiah, A Syrian Convert from Islam to Christianity. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. D. Appleton and Company, New York. c1903/This Printing 1924- 14th Printing. Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, board edges, and spine shoulders; small stain on textblock bottom edge. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with green lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 507 pp 8vo. This book presents 18 short stories that range from The Shipwrecked Sailor (about 2500 BC) to Without Benefit of Clergy (1890) written unknown authors to the more famous Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. This book is college level book that introduces the student to what a short story really is, what it is lacking, and how it differs from a novel. A clean very presentable copy.…

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

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