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1980

Self-Portrait Of A Hero: The Letters Of Jonathan Netanyahu (1963-1976)


Jonathan Netanyahu - 1980
    Col. Jonathan Netanyahu, brother of Israel's current prime minister, was killed in battle during Israel's 1976 daring hostage rescue mission in Africa, his personal reflections live on in these letters written to his family and friends. 21 illustrations.

The Roald Dahl Audio Collection


Roald Dahl - 1980
    Fox, The Enormous Crocodile, and The Magic Finger. Abridged. 3 CDs.

Charles Olson & Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence: Volume 10


Charles Olson - 1980
    Working out their thoughts in letters, Olson credited Creeley with formulating one of the basic principles of a new poetry: the idea that "form is never more than an extension of content." But there was also the larger issue of how a man of language must live in the world.The correspondence covers periods when both men were unsettled--Creeley restlessly moving his young family around isolated Mediterranean villages, Olson drifting indecisively between conflicting roles as mentor at Black Mountain and writer in Washington, D.C. Throughout, however, there is an intense, single-minded dedication to poetry and the unique difficulties of putting into language the creative rhythms of conscious thought. This collection of uncommon richness will charm, challenge and inspire.

From a Limestone Ledge: Some Essays and Other Ruminations about Country Life in Texas


John Graves - 1980
    This collection of essays about Texas pay attention to the complex peculiarities that distinguish the region.

Selected Shorter Writings


Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield - 1980
    Warfield's shorter and more popular-level writings failed to make it into the previously published 5-volume or 10-volume Sets. Selected Shorter Writings brings together 100 of these articles. Many selections in this collection are less weighty and more practical than those in the larger sets.

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury


Isaac Asimov - 1980
    These thrilling and sometimes frightening visions of the future include:• "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov• "Who's There?" by Arthur C. Clarke• "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

More Ripping Yarns


Michael Palin - 1980
    Little does he know, the Germans have secretly started the Great War a year early.In Golden Gordon, set in 1935, a Yorkshire football fanatic tries to revive the lost glories of Barnstoneworth United.In Roger of the Raj, a young Englishman faces a changing world and is forced into the most despicable act known to the British Army.