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Carnival in Louisiana Celebrating Mardi Gras from the French Quarter to the Red River by Brian J Costello first edition hardcover LSU Press (2017)

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Excellent gift copy. This book documents Mardi Gras all across the state of Louisiana; includes historic photos.

Buddha by Nikos Kazantzakis Translated from the Greek by Athena Dallas-Damis and Kimon Friar, First English Edition. Marked "First Printing" Trade paperback Avant Books, San Diego, CA (1982)

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Of this 3 Act Play, the author declared shortly before his death, "Buddha is my swan song. It says everything." The author also wrote of "Zorba the Greek."

The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa by Chang, Garma C.C. (Trans) first edition 2 Vol set trade paperbacks Shambhala (1977)

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"The songs of Milarepa, the famous eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet and saint, are a synthesis of lyric beauty and profound spiritual understanding. This complete set "has been read as the biography of a saint, a guide book for devotions, a manual of Buddhist yoga, a volume of songs and poems, and even a collection of Tibetan folklore and fairy tales."

Understanding Fear in Ourselves and Others by Bonaro W Overstreet hardcover Harper & Row (1951)

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This book is NOT a scholarly tome; it "...is written for the direct benefit of the reader.  It is intended to help him understand his own emotional nature and also to understand why other people behave as they do."

Thermophysical Properties of Sodium ANL-7323 by G.H. Golden and J.V. Tokar August 1967 Hardcover. Argonne National Laboratory (1967)

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  Photo from Title Page and Front Cover 8 1/2 x 11 1/4", 8 Chapters, A-F Appendixes, 35 Figures, one large foldout chart. RARE.

Education in War & Peace by Stewart Paton, M.D. first edition hardcover. Paul B. Hoeber, Printer. (1920)

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RARE. Original, authentic printing. This is NOT an on-demand, electronic reprint. Important source material. This is an early discussion of shell shock.

The Life of a Common Soldier 1862-1865: Special 125th Anniversary Edition by Nicholas B Grant Staple-Bound Softcover Self-published, Tennessee (1989)

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Diary of a Soldier of Company "F", Sixth Tennessee Infantry. RARE. Important original, first-hand material on the life of a Regular in the Civil War.

Casa Malaparte by Marida Talamona English translation by Vittoria Di Palma first edition trade paperback Princeton Architectural Press (1992)

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This book shows through original documents and photographs that the client, Curzo Malaparte, a writer, was the driving force in the design of the house, instead of the architect, Adalberto Libera.

For NATIONAL POETRY MONTH You are Invited to JOIN our FREE POETIC Catalog to stay-in-the-know as we add to our Inventory.

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The Wild Horse Conspiracy by Craig C Downer signed trade paperback Self-published (2014)

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The author has defended wild horses and burros against attacks for over 40 years.