Tracy Hampton (8 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slight shelf wear on the dust jacket. Discoloration of pages and dust jacket from age/.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by jurors Cooley, Bess, and Jackson on fly page addressed to Lee with a personalized message. GOOD/GOOD. Black photo illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. Closed tear to top left corner of back cover. Crease to bottom left corner of back cover and spine edges. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Dove Books, Beverly Hills, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. DJ has a horizontal cripple at bottom of front panel, else as new. Unread. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition ruby red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Tracy Kidder; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Poem by William Wordsworth; Author's Note; Introduction: Burundi, June 2006; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Some Historical Notes; Sources and About the Author. "A young man arrives in the big city with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told me about his beginnings in New York, I had a simple thought: "I would not have survived." And then, two years later, he enrolls in an Ivy League university. How did this happen? Where did he find the strength, and how had he won the beneficence of strangers? How had it felt to be him?" - from Strength in What Remains, from the rear outer jacket. "Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him - a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life and in search of meaning and forgiveness. An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope." - from the inner front jacket flap. "The reporting is impeccable, but it's Kidder's great feat of sympathetic imagination that dazzles. Walk a mile in Deo's shoes; your world will be larger and darker for it." - William FInnegan, author. "Strength in What Remains is a tour de force. Inspiring. Moving. Gripping. Deo's story is remarkable - stunning, really. His journey is the story of our times, one that keeps the rest of us from forgetting. This book will stir the conscience and reaffirm your faith in the human spirit." - Alex Kotlowitz, author. Hampton, Casey (book design); Stvan, Thomas Beck (jacket design) (illustrator). …

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.