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"When Gertrude Coppard, a refined young woman, meets Walter Morel, a rough coalminer, at a Christmas party dance, they feel immediately drawn to each other. After a short romance defined by physical attraction, the couple decide to marry. However, Gertrude soon realizes the financial difficulties of trying to survive off of Walter’s measly salary. These troubles quickly cause the two to fight and grow apart. Walter begins to drink the little money...
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Publisher
Whitman Publishing
Pub. Date
2016-
Edition
Expanded deluxe edition.
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volumes : color illustrations ; cm.
Language
English
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The deluxe edition mega red includes more historical information, extensive grading instructions with enlarged illustrations, a special 330-page in-depth feature on Flying Eagle, Indian Head, and Lincoln cents, and valuable essays on collecting and investing in rare coins. Mega red has certified population data, more die varieties, more auction records, and more pricing in more grades than the regular-edition red book. It covers American coinage...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"In October 1958, Pan American World Airways began making regularly scheduled flights between New York and Paris, courtesy of its newly minted wonder jet, the Boeing 707. Almost overnight, the moneyed celebrities of the era made Europe their playground. At the same time, the dream of international travel came true for thousands of ordinary Americans who longed to emulate the "jet set" lifestyle. Bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributor William...
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Publisher
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages
Language
English
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"National Book Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants and revealing secrets of the biographical art. In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted Ph.D. who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could write his biography despite never having...
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