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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Lectorum Pubns
Publication date
June 1, 1985
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9788401490309
ISBN-10
8401490308
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$6.25
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Helâs secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfectionâShibumi.
Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his magnificent Eurasian mistressâHel faces his most sinister enemy, a supermonolith of espionage and monopoly. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side and on the other, Shibumi.
Editions
Hardcover
from Entre Libros (June 30, 2006)
9788496517240 | details & prices | 383 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $26.99
Large print edition from Ulverscroft Large Print Books (January 1, 1992)
9780708980040 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $27.99
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
from Lectorum Pubns (June 1, 1983)
9788401812637 | details & prices | List price $11.50
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
from Outlet (April 1, 1979)
9780517532430 | details & prices | List price $3.98
About: Nicholai Hel uses his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess to destroy political terrorists and decides to take on The Mother Company itself, a supermonolith of espionage and economic monopoly
About: Nicholai Hel uses his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess to destroy political terrorists and decides to take on The Mother Company itself, a supermonolith of espionage and economic monopoly
Paperback
With Montserrat Solanas (other contributor) |
Italian edition edition from Roca Editorial (April 1, 2012)
9788496940123 | details & prices | 553 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.86 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Nacido en la China de la Primera Guerra Mundial, de madre rusa y padre aleman, y protegido de un maestro japones a quien debe su formacion, Nicholai Hel sobrevive a la destruccion de Hiroshima para convertirse en un habil amante y reputado asesino.
About: Nacido en la China de la Primera Guerra Mundial, de madre rusa y padre aleman, y protegido de un maestro japones a quien debe su formacion, Nicholai Hel sobrevive a la destruccion de Hiroshima para convertirse en un habil amante y reputado asesino.
Italian edition edition from Roca Editorial (March 1, 2012)
9788496791770 | details & prices | 384 pages | List price $15.95
from Gardners Books (May 12, 2011)
9780755370238 | details & prices | 512 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
Reissue edition from Ballantine Books (November 1, 1990)
9780345311801 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $7.99
The price comparison is for this edition
from Lectorum Pubns (June 1, 1985)
9788401490309 | details & prices | List price $6.25
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
CD/Spoken Word
With Joe Barrett (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (September 30, 2005)
9780786181117 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Nicholai Hel, the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin faces his most sinister enemy, a super-monolith of espionage and monopoly.
About: Nicholai Hel, the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin faces his most sinister enemy, a super-monolith of espionage and monopoly.
With Joe Barrett (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 31, 2005)
9780786179787 | details & prices | 5.75 × 5.00 × 2.75 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $34.95
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world’s most artful lover—and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world’s most artful lover—and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Joe Barrett (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 15, 2005)
9780786134465 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.00 × 2.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
About: Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the worldâs most artful loverâand its most accomplished and highly paid assassin.
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