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Steaming to Bamboola - The World of a Tramp Freighter

The author recounts his journey on a tramp steamer across the Atlantic and the colorful members of the crew he worked with

By Christopher Buckley

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9780312927936 | St Martins Pr, June 1, 1983, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his journey on a tramp steamer across the Atlantic and the colorful members of the crew he worked with

Other Lives

Product Description: First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Signed by the author on the title page. Also with presentation by the author on the half-title "For Jim-- / with all best wishes & hope for our poems / Chris / [indecipherable word] '85". Blurbs by David Wojahn, Sherod Santos...read more

By Christopher Buckley

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9780878861255 | Ithaca House, April 1, 1985, cover price $6.00 | About this edition: First edition, limited to 1000 copies.

Dust Light, Leaves

By Christopher Buckley

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9780826512192 | Univ of Illinois Pr, August 1, 1986, cover price $10.95

Steaming to Bamboola: The World of a Tram Freighter

The author recounts his journey on a tramp steamer across the Atlantic and the colorful members of the crew he worked with

By Christopher Buckley

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9780140099225 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1987, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his journey on a tramp steamer across the Atlantic and the colorful members of the crew he worked with

Blossoms and Bones: On the Life and Work of Georgia O'Keeffe

By Christopher Buckley

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9780826512321 | Vanderbilt Univ Pr, January 1, 1989, cover price $10.95

Blue Autumn: Poems

Product Description: First edition. Presentation from author on half-title, a laid in presentation letter, and an inscription. Table of contents. A collection of poems. 71 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo..

By Christopher Buckley

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9780914278535 | Copper Beech Pr, February 1, 1990, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: First edition.

Campion: A Play in Two Acts

Product Description: Book by Buckley, Christopher, Macguire, James

By Christopher Buckley and James Macguire

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9780898702859 | Ignatius Pr, May 1, 1990, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by Buckley, Christopher, Macguire, James

On the Poetry of Philip Levine: Stranger to Nothing

Product Description: The first critical collection to focus on Levine

By Christopher Buckley (editor)

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9780472093922 | Univ of Michigan Pr, December 1, 1990, cover price $47.50 | About this edition: The first critical collection to focus on Levine

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9780472063925 | Univ of Michigan Pr, March 1, 1991, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The first critical collection to focus on Levine

Dark Matter: Poems

Product Description: Poetry. "DARK MATTER is a beautifully focused book, the work of a gifted poet coming, at midlife, into his full powers. Time and the shifts of time are the burden: not simply time as recollection or loss, but also and everywhere the persistent loneliness of star time, mastodon time, so that finally these are poems in which reflection takes on uncommon amplitude and presence...read more

By Christopher Buckley

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9780914278627 | Copper Beech Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Poetry.

Thank You for Smoking

Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be

By Christopher Buckley

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9780679431749 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be

Paperback:

9780812976526 | Random House Inc, February 14, 2006, cover price $16.00

9780517170199 | Random House Value Pub, August 1, 1995, cover price $5.99

9780060976620 | Reprint edition (Perennial, June 1, 1995), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: An acclaimed best-seller finds Nick Taylor, chief spokesman for The Academy of Tobacco studies, pitted against an increasingly self-righteous anti-smoking society--and against someone who wants him stubbed out for good.

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9780553527049 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, March 1, 2000), cover price $9.99 | also contains Peter Pan and Wendy

9780553473704 | Bantam Audio, June 1, 1995, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be.

Cruising State: Growing Up in Southern California

Product Description: "I know it's simplistic, " writes Christopher Buckley, "but nine out of ten days all I want to do is drive an old Chevy again, lean back against the wide bench seat, switch the AM radio on to a game, shift that 3-speed on the column, and cruise with the windows down...read more

By Christopher Buckley

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9780874172478 | Univ of Nevada Pr, September 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: "I know it's simplistic, " writes Christopher Buckley, "but nine out of ten days all I want to do is drive an old Chevy again, lean back against the wide bench seat, switch the AM radio on to a game, shift that 3-speed on the column, and cruise with the windows down.

What Will Suffice: Contemporary American Poets on the Art of Poetry

Product Description: A poem is a moral and mythic construct. Each decision the writer makes concerning the subject matter, form, diction, and tone reveals something about his or her vision of the world. Nowhere is that vision more on display than in an ars poetica, which is where a poet takes stock, writing down his or her articles of faith...read more

By Christopher Buckley (editor) and Christopher Merrill

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9780879056926 | Gibbs Smith, September 1, 1995, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A poem is a moral and mythic construct.

Camino Cielo

First edition. A book of poetry. Presentation from the author on the title page. 80 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 8vo..

By Christopher Buckley

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9780914061588 | Orchises Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $21.95

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9780914061595 | Orchises Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: First edition.

Wry Martinis

Presents a collection of essays and observations that range from an account of the pope's appearance on 'Oprah' to the true story behind Whitewater to a whimsical tribute to Tom Clancy

By Christopher Buckley

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9780679452331 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, March 1, 1997), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of essays and observations that range from an account of the pope's appearance on 'Oprah' to the true story behind Whitewater to a whimsical tribute to Tom Clancy

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9780060977429 | 1 edition (Perennial, February 1, 1998), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Presents a collection of essays and observations that range from an account of the Pope's appearance on 'Oprah' to the true story behind Whitewater to a whimsical tribute to Tom Clancy

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786113132 | Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 1998, cover price $62.95

God Is My Broker

A monk recounts how financial advice from God helped him save his monastery but brought new temptations, in a hilarious fictional parody of the self-help genre co-written by the author of Wry Martinis. Simultaneous.

By Christopher Buckley and John Marion Tierney

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9780553479508 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, March 1, 1998), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A monk recounts how financial advice from God helped him save his monastery but brought new temptations, in a fictional parody of the self-help genre.

God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spriitual and Financial Growth

By Christopher Buckley, John Marion Tierney and Brother Ty

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9780375500060 | Random House Inc, April 1, 1998, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: When financial advice from God helps a monk save his monastery, he goes from absolute poverty to unimaginable wealth, and must face many new temptations

Fall from Grace

Presents a collection of poems, including 'Against the Blue,' 'Astronomy Lesson,' and 'The Poverty of Clouds' (view table of contents)

By Christopher Buckley

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9781886157187 | Bkmk Pr/Umkc, October 1, 1998, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of poems, including 'Against the Blue,' 'Astronomy Lesson,' and 'The Poverty of Clouds'

The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place

By Christopher Buckley (editor) and Gary Young (editor)

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9781890771195 | Heyday Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $16.95

Little Green Men

Product Description: Washington TV host John O. Banion is arguably the most powerful man in Washington. He has it all: wealth, political influence, and the power to mock the president on live television. But his privileged life is thrown into upheaval when he is abducted by aliens - twice...read more

By Christopher Buckley

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9780749005054 | Allison & Busby, June 1, 2002, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Washington TV host John O.

9780679452935 | Random House Inc, April 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The privileged life of John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington political commentator, is thrown into upheaval when he is abducted by aliens during a golf outing at his exclusive country club and embarks on a holy crusade, at the behest of the aliens

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9780060955571 | Perennial, March 1, 2000, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: The privileged life of John Oliver Banion, a Washington political commentator, changes drastically after he experiences abduction by aliens during a golf outing at his country club and embarks on a holy crusade at the behest of the aliens.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780553526189 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, April 1, 1999), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The privileged life of John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington political commentator, is thrown into upheaval when he is abducted by aliens during a golf outing at his exclusive country club and embarks on a holy crusade, at the behest of the aliens.

God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth

By Christopher Buckley, John Marion Tierney and Brother Ty

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9780060977610 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 1999), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: When financial advice from God helps a monk save his monastery, he goes from absolute poverty to unimaginable wealth, and must face many new temptations

Star Apocrypha

Product Description: A brilliant expression of philosophy and feeling, Christopher Buckley's latest poetry collection explores growing up in the America of the fifties and sixties and coming to terms with the aging process. In dazzling language, Star Apocrypha bears the beauty and weight of the big questions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Christopher Buckley

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9780810151284 | Triquarterly Books, April 25, 2001, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: A brilliant expression of philosophy and feeling, Christopher Buckley's latest poetry collection explores growing up in the America of the fifties and sixties and coming to terms with the aging process.

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9780810151130 | Triquarterly Books, April 25, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A brilliant expression of philosophy and feeling, Christopher Buckley's latest poetry collection explores growing up in the America of the fifties and sixties and coming to terms with the aging process.

How Much Earth: An Anthology of Fresno Poets

Product Description: Poetry. "At one level, these are poems of Fresno. They surprise the reader into seeing how a superb, various art has emerged from one part of California. They revel in the actual. They show the tract homes, the fruit orchards, the farms, the scalding summers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Christopher Buckley (editor), Mark Jarman (introduced by), David Oliveira (editor) and M. L. Williams (editor)

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9780966669176 | Heyday Books, April 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Poetry.

Dios Es Mi Agente De Bolsa

By Christopher Buckley, John Tierney and Hermano Ty

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9781400001057 | Plaza Y Janes Mexico, October 1, 2001, cover price $12.95

No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel

When First Lady Beth MacMann is charged with killing her philandering husband, the president of the United States, during a bedroom argument and the attorney general puts her on trial for assassination, she turns for help to notorious defense attorney Boyce 'Shameless' Baylor, her former flame. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

By Christopher Buckley

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9780375507342 | 1st edition (Random House Inc, October 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: When First Lady Beth MacMann is charged with killing her philandering husband, the President of the United States, during a bedroom argument, she turns for help to notorious defense attorney Boyce 'Shameless' Baylor, her former flame.

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9780375758751 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, October 1, 2003), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When First Lady Beth MacMann is charged with killing her philandering husband, the President of the United States, during a bedroom argument, she turns for help to notorious defense attorney Boyce 'Shameless' Baylor, her former flame.

The Best-Case Scenario Handbook

Provides step-by-step instructions for dealing with the best life has to offer, including success, wealth, and fame.

By Christopher Buckley (foreword by) and John Tierney

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9780761128618 | Workman Pub Co, September 16, 2002, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Provides step-by-step instructions for dealing with the best life has to offer, including success, wealth, and fame.

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