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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Paper white, pages unmarked. Dust jacket glossy. Binding square and firm. Book.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Signed by Author. 290 pages. Sound square binding, pages yellowing; very good otherwise. Signed by Louganis on the title page in blue ink. The jacket has light wear, some discoloring. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. ISBN: 06794…37037. ISBN/EAN: 9780679437031. Inventory No: 212615.
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Usual Ex-Library Markings. Dj Had Been In A Taped-In Wrap, Tape Was Cut, Wrap Removed But Tape Pieces Remain On Covers. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. Very Light Soiling.
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First Edition. Inscribed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 290 pp., B&W photo illustrated, Diving record and awards. Water damage to binding and DJ but does not affect contents or signature. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Si…ze: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author.
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Hardcover. xiv, 290p. + 32p. photos, very good later printing in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255 pp., B&W photo illustrated, Eric Marcus has inscribed this copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. Fourth printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "Silboys / Greg Louganis." The book is unmarked; spine slant; bottom corners and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $23.00); Brodart protected. Signed by Au…thor(s).
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Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 290p. + 32p. photos, near-fine first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. New York: Random House, (1995). First Edition, with Signature laid in. Large 8vo. xiv,290p. 31 pages of photographs on glossy paper. Hardcover. Fine condition, in fine dj. Greg Louganis was a four-time Olympic gold-medal diving champion. From dj: "unflinchingly h…onest story of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation." Laid in is a folded Whitman-Walker Clinic full-page printed announcement of Greg Louganis as "Grand Marshall" with brief bio. Signed & inscribed by Louganis on the blank verso of the printed announcement: "Chris / Believe in Yourself! / Greg Louganis". ISBN 0679437037; 31 pages of photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 290 pages; Signed by Author.
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, eighth printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR NF/NF. Signed by Author(s).
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Etat : Fine. Inscribed, later edition; fine condition, DJ fine condition.
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Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Rudy Galindo. Octavo, fine hardcover in near fine white pictorial dj; am inspiring autobiography of Galindo whose courage and determination show us that a battered heart can beat strongly and a family's love can work miracles. Captures the agony and ecstasy of… this riveting life story. 255 pp. Book.
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Hardcover. Etat : Like New. Etat de la jaquette : Like New. Copyright © 1995. 290 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Annie Leibovitz (Jacket Photo) (illustrateur).
A conversation about the Holy Communion, between a Baptist, a Congregationalist,a Methodist,a Presbyterian, and two Anglicans.
Warren, M.A.C. (Max Alexander Cunningham); with Neville Clark, Hubert Cunliffe-Jones, A.Marcus Ward, Eric Fenn, David L.Edwards
Edité par London: [1964], SCM Press, 1964
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Ajouter au panierSoftcover. 64 p.; 18.5 cm. (Living church books) `On All Saints' Day, 1961, an Open Letter addressed to the Archbishops of Centerbury and York by 32 members of the Church of England appeared in the Press. The signatories for all their wide diversity of outlook had, among other things, this in common that they all had a very `hig…h' view of the two sacrmanets of the Gospel--Baptism and the Hoy Communion.' (p. 7) -- `Some of us believe that the search for an answer demands a great deal of mutual discovery. Indeed some of the Anglicans who wrote to disagree with the Open Letter had quite obviously never tried to discover what Methodists and Presbyterians, Baptists and Congregationalists meant by Holy Communion. There was a tacit assumption that there really was little or nothing in common. We are, indeed, paying a dreadful price for the age long mispractice of ex-communication. This book is the record of an experiment in mutual discovery. The typescript of the recording was therefore subsequently sent to each of the group, so that they could deal with their more flagrant grammatical lapses and possible incoherencies. In all essentials, however, what is printed here is what was recorded as we sat round the table. We met in order to learn from each other in the process. I think it can be claimed that where it had not already done so acquaintance began to ripen to trust and friendship which is not surprising.' (p. 11 f.) VG, stapled, in orig. magenta on white wrapper.
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Ajouter au panierLouganis, Greg with Eric Marcus., nd, c1995, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg+ with vg+ dj, 290 pp with appendix, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0679437037, "No one who watched the 1988 Olympics on televison will ever forget seeing Greg Louganis.".
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Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. 290pp Illus.
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First Edition. xi, 255p. + 8p. photos, personal inscription signed by the gay Mexican American ice skating champion, hardcover bound in boards, first edition, first printing stated, unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Signed.
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First Edition. xiv, 290p. + 32p. photos, signed by Louganis on the title page and personally inscribed and signed by him on the front panel of the jacket, hardcover first edition, first printing with number line ending in 2 as called for bay Random House, in very good condition bound in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust ja…cket. Find laid-in a publicity card illustrated with the book's cover and with another lengthy personal inscription, signed and for good measure a thank-you note also signed. Signed.
Edité par Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. First Printing. The autobiography of a homosexual Mexican-American figure skating champion who aimed to compete in the Olympic Games, his struggle with the AIDS crisis, family problems, finally overcoming those and other problems to again excel at his sport; contains… glossy illustrations, appendices. Hardcover with dust jacket, 255pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Edité par Plume/Penguin, 1996
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Ajouter au panierInscribed First Softbound Edition. Very Good condition. Signed.
Edité par Random House, New York, 1995
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Third printing. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. xiv, 290 pages. The world's greatest diver offers a candid account of his life and sports career, detailing his troubled youth, the highs and lows of athletic competition, the need to conceal his homosexuality, and life in a post-Olympics era. Greg Louganis (born Janu…ary 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics on the springboard and platform. He is the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history". Eric Marcus (born November 12, 1958, New York City) is an American journalist, podcast producer, and non-fiction writer. He is the founder and host of the Making Gay History podcast, which brings LGBT history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, and he is co-producer of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust, a podcast drawn from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University. His books are primarily of LGBT interest, including Breaking the Surface, the autobiography of Greg Louganis, which became a #1 New York Times best seller and Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990, which won the Stonewall Book Award. He is also the author of Why Suicide? Questions and Answers about Suicide, Suicide Prevention, and Coping with the Suicide of Someone You Know. He has written for a range of publications including The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post. Louganis recounted his story in a best-selling autobiography, Breaking the Surface, co-written with Eric Marcus. In the book, Louganis detailed a relationship of domestic abuse and rape as well as teenage depression, and how he began smoking and drinking at a young age. The book spent five weeks at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis, the greatest diver the sport has ever known, offers a tough story that will break hearts and inspire readers with its powerful story of courage and perseverance. Champions aren't born, they're made. The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis' journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world. Greg Louganis began diving at age nine. At sixteen, he beat out more experienced competitors to win a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. By all accounts, the world was his for the taking. But there was more happening beneath the surface. In his tell-all autobiography Greg invites readers into the harrowing, inspirational true story of his life on and off the diving board. Adopted at nine months, Greg spent most of his life fighting colorism in his community and struggling with late-detected dyslexia. Athleticism was an area in which he thrivedâ"he was in control, he could prove his worth, and he would show the world what he was capable of. But as a closeted gay man living in a violently homophobic world, Greg lived in fear: fear that coming out would mean sacrificing his career and reputation, and fear that by not speaking out he was perpetuating the status-quo. But as his skill as a diver became internationally known, the spotlight he found himself under only intensified his struggles, leading to difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. It took the true spirit of a champion to heal, rise above adversity, and fight for others. A sports memoir and LGBTQ book, in Breaking the Surface Olympic diver Greg Louganis reflects on the highs and lows of his iconic life and careerâ"from testing positive to HIV and going on to win double gold medals at the Olympics, to overcoming astounding prejudice and becoming an LGBTQ+ activistâ"in a raw, honest exploration of how we define greatness. First Edition [stated], presumed firs.
Edité par Pocket Books, New York, 1997
Vendeur : Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, CanadaKen Saunders
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Ajouter au paniervery good in very good dust jacket. illust. with Photo;s (illustrateur).
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Etat : Fine. Signed bookplate, 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ fine condition, rare to find a first edition since it went to numberous additional prinings.
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Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. 1st Printing. SIGNED BY RUDY GALINDO. The autobiography of the openly gay champion figure skater who had to battle homophobia, AIDS and other personal battles and hardships and who went on to win gold in the US National Championships. 8pgs. of photos. Signed copies are uncommon. Fine/fine. Book.
Langue : anglais
Edité par Random House. N.Y. 1995. 1st ed. 1st print. Bds.& cl.w.dj., 1995
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SIGNED BY GREG LOUGANIS. Autiobio. of the great gay olympic gold medalist & his battle with AIDS and homophobia. Made into an ok tv movie. Illus. w. 32pgs. of photos. Jacket photo by Annie Leibovitz. Near fine/near fine. Book.
Some Pigeons Are More Equal Than Others (English)
Julius von Bismarck, Julian Charrière, and Eric Ellingsen (eds.); With contributions by Ben Marcus, CA Conrad, Craig Dworkin, Lyn Hejinian, Marjorie Welish, Juliana Spahr, Ian Bogost, David Graham Burnett, Claudia Roden, Olafur Eliasson
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Hardcover. Etat : Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 21 x 24,7 cm, 8 ¼ x 9 ¾ in, 176 pages, 78 illustrations - For the book Some Pigeons Are More Equal Than Others, poets, philosophers and thinkers were confronted with portraits of the vibrantly colored birds and asked to enter into a fictional dialogue with the creatures. The result is…an anthology of poetry and prose, creative writing and ideas an urban manifesto evolving ideas on the role of public domains and the encounter with contemporary art today. The glossy photographs of the pigeons are accompanied by notes, essays and illustrations as well as interviews and conversations among artists such as Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. xiv, 290 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Signed by Louganis on the title page. Includes Introduction, The Ninth Dive; 'I Can Do That'', Sissy, Nigger, Retard; Suicide; Olympic Dreams; Montreal 1976; Fame; Coming Out; Diving; Depression, The University of Miami, Moscow… 1980, International Dominance, Kevin, Los Angeles 1984, Tom, Sign Here, Show Biz, Tom's Rules, Diagnosed, Living with HIV; Olympic Trials; Seoul 1988, Separate Ways; Settlement, Forgiving, Rebirth, Jeffrey, and Gay Games 1994. Gregory Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform. He is the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history". Breaking the Surface is the unflinchingly honest story of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. Born to a young Samoan and Northern European Mother, adopted at nine months by Pete and Frances Louganis, Greg began performing at age three in local dance and acrobatic competitions. He started diving lessons at age nine, and at sixteen he won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. But despite his astonishing athletic skill and artistry on the diving board, Greg struggled with late-detected dyslexia, prejudice toward his dark skin coloring, and anguish over his sexual orientations,which he felt compelled to hide. Louganis recounted his story in a best-selling autobiography, Breaking the Surface, co-written with Eric Marcus. In the book, Louganis detailed a relationship of domestic abuse and rape as well as teenage depression, and how he began smoking and drinking at a young age. The book spent five weeks at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis, the greatest diver the sport has ever known, offers a tough story that will break hearts and inspire readers with its powerful story of courage and perseverance. Champions aren't born, they're made. The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis' journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world. Greg Louganis began diving at age nine. At sixteen, he beat out more experienced competitors to win a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. By all accounts, the world was his for the taking. But there was more happening beneath the surface. In his tell-all autobiography Greg invites readers into the harrowing, inspirational true story of his life on and off the diving board. Adopted at nine months, Greg spent most of his life fighting colorism in his community and struggling with late-detected dyslexia. Athleticism was an area in which he thrivedâ"he was in control, he could prove his worth, and he would show the world what he was capable of. But as a closeted gay man living in a violently homophobic world, Greg lived in fear: fear that coming out would mean sacrificing his career and reputation, and fear that by not speaking out he was perpetuating the status-quo. But as his skill as a diver became internationally known, the spotlight he found himself under only intensified his struggles, leading to difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. It took the true spirit of a champion to heal, rise above adversity, and fight for others. A sports memoir and LGBTQ book, in Breaking the Surface Olympic diver Greg Louganis reflects on the highs and lows of his iconic life and careerâ"from testing positive to HIV and going on to win double gold medals at the Olympics, to overcoming astounding prejudice and becoming an LGBTQ+ activistâ"in a raw, honest exploration of how we define greatness. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Annie Leibovitz (Jacket photograph) and Kris Strot (illustrateur).
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Vendeur : Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, Etats-UnisBluff Park Rare Books
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, APRIL 1997, STATED 1ST Printing, 1st Edition, with #1 INTACT in Number Line ,FINE-/FINE-, 8 vo. 255 PGS, , who had to battle homophobia, AIDS and other personal battles and hardships and who went on to win gold in the US National Championships. Dust… jacket designed by Brigid Pearson (illustrateur). Signed by Author.
