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The Devil Finds Work An Essay
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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The Devil Finds Work : An Essay
Language: English
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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The Devil Finds Work: An Essay (Vintage International)
Seller: EdmondDantes Bookseller, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback with only minor reading wear; small tear at top of front cover; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.
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Condition: New.
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Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Devil Finds Work. Book.
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The Devil Finds Work
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, US, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Paperback. Condition: New.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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The Devil Finds Work Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published by Penguin Random House, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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The Devil Finds Work Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published by Penguin Random House, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Condition: New. Brand New.
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The Devil Finds Work (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From "the best essayist in this country (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. Baldwins personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering a look at racism in American movies and a vision of Americas self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin considers such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist.Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained and shaped us. And here too is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change. James Baldwin At The Movies. Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford's bitchy elegance, Stepin Fetchit's stereotype, Sidney Poitier's superhuman black man. These are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced James Baldwin. and now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as "In the Heat of the Night, " "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, " and "The Exorcist, " offering us a vision of America's self-delusions and deceptions. Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained us and shaped our consciousness. And here, too, is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change. From "The Birth of a Nation" to "The Exorcist"—one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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The Devil Finds Work: An Essay (Vintage International)
Seller: Renaissance Gentleman's Bookshop, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
New.
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Condition: New.
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James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America)
Language: English
Published by Library of America (edition ), 1998
ISBN 10: 1883011523 ISBN 13: 9781883011529
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
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The Devil Finds Work
Language: English
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Condition: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
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The Devil Finds Work (Vintage International)
Language: English
Published by Vintage September 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0307275957 ISBN 13: 9780307275950
Paper Back. Condition: New.
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Devil Finds Work: An Essay (Vintage Intl)
Trade Paperback. Condition: New.
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paperback. Condition: New.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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International EditionCondition: New. pp. 144 International edition.
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The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work: Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Hardback or Cased Book)
Language: English
Published by Everyman's Library 7/9/2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1101908475 ISBN 13: 9781101908471
Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work: Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A major hardcover compendium of nonfiction by one of America's mostbrilliant essayists, timed to the celebration of his centenaryNovelist, essayist, and public intellectual - James Baldwin is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This Everyman's Library collection includes his bestselling, galvanizing essay The Fire Next Time-which gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement of the 1960s and still lights the way to understanding race in America today-along with three additional brilliant works of nonfiction by this seminal chronicler and analyst of culture. From No Name In the Street's extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies to the \"passionate, probing, controversial\" (The Atlantic) Nobody Knows My Name and the incisive criticism of American movies in The Devil Finds Work, Baldwin's stunning prose over and over proves relevant to our contemporary struggle for equality, justice, and social change. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
