Introduction by Patricia Highsmith. Essays by Jacques Barzun, Timothy Binyon, Russell Davies, Philip French, Michael Gilbert, Eric Houseman, Clive James, and others. With 24 pages of illustrations . 8vo pp. 190 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Molto Buono (Very Good)

The World of Raymond Chandler

Gross, Miriam

Literature & Fiction

A&W Publishers

Farewell to the God of Plague reassesses the celebrated Maoist health care model through the lens of Mao’s famous campaign against snail fever. Using newly available archives, Miriam Gross documents how economic, political, and cultural realities led to grassroots resistance. Nonetheless, the campaign triumphed, but not because of its touted mass-prevention campaign. Instead, success came from its unacknowledged treatment arm, carried out jointly by banished urban doctors and rural educated youth. More broadly, the author reconsiders the relationship between science and political control during the ostensibly antiscientific Maoist era, discovering the important role of “grassroots science” in regime legitimation and Party control in rural areas.

Farewell to the God of Plague: Chairman Mao’s Campaign to Deworm China

History

Asia

University of California Press

George Orwell's life, his influences and motivations. The narrative shows where the man drew from when he wrote.

The World of George Orwell

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

SIMON AND SCHUSTER

First U.S. Edition bound in red cloth. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has a vertical, closed 3/4" tear at the upper left corner of the front panel. Essays by Julian Symons, Michael Gilbert and others. Introduction by Patricia Highsmith.

World of Raymond Chandler

A & W Pub

Learn how nature has ensured the survival of the weird and fascinating jellyfish. Includes full-color photographs, glossary, index and websites.

The Jellyfish (Weird Sea Creatures)

Children's Books

Powerkids Pr

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and life cycle of sea dragons.

The Sea Dragon (Weird Sea Creatures)

All About Satellites (Blast Off!)

Introduces space satellites, including their history, their many uses, and how they communicate with the Earth.

Science, Nature & How It Works

All About Space Stations (Blast Off!)

Discusses the history of American and Soviet space stations.

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The World of Raymond Chandler

Farewell to the God of Plague: Chairman Mao’s Campaign to Deworm China

The World of George Orwell

World of Raymond Chandler

The Jellyfish (Weird Sea Creatures)

The Sea Dragon (Weird Sea Creatures)

All About Satellites (Blast Off!)

All About Space Stations (Blast Off!)

All About Satellites (Blast Off!)

All About Space Stations (Blast Off!)