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The Tomb In Seville

The final book by the master travel writer recalls the author's journey to war-torn Spain in 1934, recounting nights spent sleeping in caves and days spent dodging sniper fire as he traversed the Iberian peninsula.

By Norman Lewis

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Hardcover:

9780786714391 | Carroll & Graf Pub, February 28, 2005, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The final book by the master travel writer recalls the author's journey to war-torn Spain in 1934, recounting nights spent sleeping in caves and days spent dodging sniper fire as he traversed the Iberian peninsula.

9780224071208 | Vintage Uk, November 13, 2003, cover price $26.90 | About this edition: An account of a journey Norman Lewis made in 1934 with his Sicilian brother-in-law, Eugene Corvaja, to the cathedral in Seville, the site of the Corvaja family tomb.

Paperback:

9781780600086 | Eland Pub Ltd, December 27, 2014, cover price $32.00

Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

Exercises designed to develop vocabulary skills present words together with their pronunciations, definitions and use in sentences

By Norman Lewis

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Paperback:

9781101873854 | Rei exp re edition (Anchor Books, November 4, 2014), cover price $7.99

9780671741907 | Rev exp edition (Pocket Books, February 1, 1991), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Exercises designed to develop vocabulary skills present words together with their pronunciations, definitions and use in sentences

Prebinding:

9780808504054 | Exp rev re edition (Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Exercises designed to develop vocabulary skills present words together with their pronunciations, definitions and use in sentences

Voices of the Old Sea

Paints an evocative picture of the remote fishing village of Farol in Catalonia. The author documents the decline of the peasant life as it succumbed to the pressures of the outside world in the shape of the tourist industry and describes the people of Farol.

By Norman Lewis

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9781850890874 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, June 1, 1986), cover price $16.50 | About this edition: Paints an evocative picture of the remote fishing village of Farol in Catalonia.

9780670805259 | Viking Pr, May 1, 1985, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the transformation of a remote fishing village on the Spanish Mediterranean into a baroque tourist center and the transformation of the villagers

Paperback:

9781906011611 | Reprint edition (Dufour Editions, July 1, 2013), cover price $32.95

9780786716906 | Reprint edition (Da Capo Pr, January 2, 2006), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Describes the author's three successful summers in a remote fishing village on the Costa Brava in the years following World War II, visits during which he witnessed how local life revolved around season sardine catches, the local bar, and feuds with neighboring villages.

9780140095890 | Reissue edition (Viking Pr, September 1, 1990), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Paints an evocative picture of the remote fishing village of Farol in Catalonia.

Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography

Product Description: Norman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit. He takes us on a journey that transforms a stammering schoolboy into a worldly-wise multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, on the point of becoming a legendary travel writer...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9781906011826 | Dufour Editions, September 15, 2013, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Norman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit.

The Missionaries

Product Description: The Missionaries was intended to be the concluding book of an autobiographical trilogy (beginning with Voices of the Old Sea and Jackdaw Cake) but instead was transmuted into a deeply searing examination of the extermination of indigenous tribes by North American fundamentalist missionaries...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9781906011529 | Reprint edition (Dufour Editions, June 15, 2013), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: The Missionaries was intended to be the concluding book of an autobiographical trilogy (beginning with Voices of the Old Sea and Jackdaw Cake) but instead was transmuted into a deeply searing examination of the extermination of indigenous tribes by North American fundamentalist missionaries.

In Sicily

A travel memoir reflects on the people and island changes the author has witnessed over sixty years, discussing such topics as the landscape, language, changing sexual mores, superstitions, and murder mysteries.

By Norman Lewis

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9780312290481 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, June 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A travel memoir reflects on the people and island changes the author has witnessed over sixty years, discussing such topics as the landscape, language, changing sexual mores, superstitions, and murder mysteries.

Miscellaneous:

9781429976985 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, April 1, 2010), cover price $11.99

Instant Word Power

This rapid vocabulary builder created by Norman Lewis is a foolproof method of increasing your vocabulary. Learn the derivation and meaning of thousands of words!

By Norman Lewis

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9780884864349 | Bristol Park Books, September 1, 2008, cover price $12.95

9780451166470 | Reprint edition (Signet, September 1, 1989), cover price $7.99

9780877209638 | Amsco School Pubns Inc, June 1, 1981, cover price $12.92 | About this edition: This rapid vocabulary builder created by Norman Lewis is a foolproof method of increasing your vocabulary.

Tomb in Seville: Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War

Product Description: While the rumblings of oncoming war shook a divided Spain, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja traveled through the Spanish countryside to the family tomb in Seville. Nearly seventy years later, in prose that is witty, understated, and poignant, Lewis describes the duo's travels first to Madrid, then through the bloody insurrection of October '34, and finally via the length of Portugal to Seville...read more

By Julian Evans (introduced by) and Norman Lewis

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9780786716876 | Da Capo Pr, January 10, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: While the rumblings of oncoming war shook a divided Spain, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja traveled through the Spanish countryside to the family tomb in Seville.

A View of the World: Selected Journalism

By Norman Lewis

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9780907871439 | Eland & Sickle Moon Books, April 15, 2005, cover price $32.95

9780907871415 | Reprint edition (Eland & Sickle Moon Books, September 1, 1986), cover price $18.95

Naples '44: A World War II Diary Of Occupied Italy

A memoir of war-ravaged Italy explores the disillusionment, hysteria, and escapism that greets the Americans when they arrive on Italian shores, focusing on both the chaos of war and the strange psycho-social foment raised by foreign occupation. Reprint.

By Norman Lewis

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9780786714384 | Reprint edition (Da Capo Pr, January 2, 2005), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A memoir of war-ravaged Italy explores the disillusionment, hysteria, and escapism that greets the Americans when they arrive on Italian shores, focusing on both the chaos of war and the strange psycho-social foment raised by foreign occupation.

Honored Society: The Sicilian Mafia

By Norman Lewis

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9781592281671 | Lyons Pr, November 1, 2004, cover price $14.95

Golden Earth: Travels in Burma

Product Description: Like most travelers in Burma, Norman Lewis fell in love with the land and its people. Although much of the countryside was under the control of insurgent armies-the book was originally published in 1952-he managed, by steamboat, decrepit lorry, and dacoit-besieged train, to travel almost everywhere he wanted...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Norman Lewis

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9780907871385 | Eland & Sickle Moon Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Like most travelers in Burma, Norman Lewis fell in love with the land and its people.

9780907871651 | Eland & Sickle Moon Books, June 1, 1984, cover price $18.95

The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed

Traces the history of the Sicilian mafia, looks at their feuds, customs, and criminal activities, and assesses the organization's impact on Sicilian society

By Norman Lewis

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9780907871484 | Eland & Sickle Moon Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $33.95

9780907871804, titled "Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed" | Reprint edition (Eland & Sickle Moon Books, January 1, 1985), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of the Sicilian mafia, looks at their feuds, customs, and criminal activities, and assesses the organization's impact on Sicilian society

A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

Product Description: Originally published in 1951, it is said that A Dragon Apparent inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet American. Norman Lewis traveled in Indo-China during the precarious last years of the French colonial regime...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9780907871330 | Eland & Sickle Moon Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $33.95 | About this edition: Originally published in 1951, it is said that A Dragon Apparent inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet American.

Voyage by Dhow

This collection of essays is the result of a lifetime - over 60 years - spent travelling. From the Russian Steppes, via the Yemen, to Naples, Paraguay and beyond, Norman Lewis has yet to find a place not worth visiting.

By Norman Lewis

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9780224061711, titled "A Voyage by Dhow" | Vintage Uk, October 25, 2001, cover price $26.65 | About this edition: In over 60 years of travelling and writing, Norman Lewis has yet to find a place that is not worth visiting, or to make a journey that is not worth reporting.

Paperback:

9780330412094 | Pan Macmillan, November 7, 2003, cover price $13.80 | About this edition: This collection of essays is the result of a lifetime - over 60 years - spent travelling.

Achieving Competitive Advantage Using Virtual Private Networks

Product Description: Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) offer an affordable solution to secure data transfer and as a result are set to transform the way companies communicate. With business communications rapidly moving towards mobility and real-time access to data, VPNs provide the only secure, reliable means of achieving this, enabling your business to achieve a competitive edge...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Norman Lewis and Ben Robb

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9780273656548 | Financial Times Management, October 1, 2001, cover price $175.00 | About this edition: Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) offer an affordable solution to secure data transfer and as a result are set to transform the way companies communicate.

The Happy Ant-heap

In the pieces collected here, Lewis recalls some of the journeys he has taken in the course of his long life. He investigates many things, from snake fetishism in Southern Italy to shamanism and trial by red-hot iron in Liberia.

By Norman Lewis

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9780330370479 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, August 13, 1999), cover price $14.20 | About this edition: In the pieces collected here, Lewis recalls some of the journeys he has taken in the course of his long life.

The World, the World

The British novelist describes his experiences in Italy, Sicily, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Burma, Indochina, and Cuba

By Norman Lewis

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9780786214501 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, August 1, 1998), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The British novelist describes his experiences in Italy, Sicily, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Burma, Indochina, and Cuba

9780805051124 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A renowned travel writer shares fifty years worth of memories from around the globe, covering such places as Spain, Cuba, Vietnam, Burma, Peru, Italy, and India and including both tragic and humorous episodes.

Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

Product Description: As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norman Lewis recorded the lives of a proud and vibrant people forced to survive on prostitution, thievery, and a desperate belief in miracles and cures...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9781856951494 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, April 1, 1997), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norman Lewis recorded the lives of a proud and vibrant people forced to survive on prostitution, thievery, and a desperate belief in miracles and cures.

Paperback:

9780805033731 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1994), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In Allied-occupied Naples, Lewis kept a diary of his experiences and observations, and from these notes emerges a compelling evocation of the meaning of war

I Came, I Saw: An Autobiography

Norman Lewis's autobiography was originally published as 'Jackdaw Cake' in 1985. It is now re-published with 50 new pages increasing in depth the story in the 1960s and 1970s, recording his time spent in the south of Italy.

By Norman Lewis

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9780330340052 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, December 6, 1996), cover price $13.80 | About this edition: Norman Lewis's autobiography was originally published as 'Jackdaw Cake' in 1985.

Norman Lewis Omnibus: A Dragon Apparent; Golden Earth; & A Goddess in the Stones

Product Description: Three works of travel literature in one volume. In "Golden Earth" Norman Lewis travels to Burma and in "A Dragon Apparent" he goes to Indo-China during the last years of the French colonial regime. In "Goddess in the Stones", Lewis undertakes a jouney of 2500 miles in search of the old India...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9780330337809 | Trans-Atlantic Pubns Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Three works of travel literature in one volume.

Word Power Made Easy

By Norman Lewis

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9780883659250 | Bbs Pub Corp, August 1, 1995, cover price $9.99

Correct Spelling Made Easy

Product Description: Correct Spelling Made Easy is a "must" reference for anyone who has ever puzzled over whether to use "-or" or "-er," "-ent" or "-ant," or "-able" or "-ible." Users of this handy guide will never be embarrassed by spelling errors again.

By Norman Lewis

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9780440315018 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1994), cover price $4.99 | also contains Stunning Motorcycle Stunts | About this edition: Correct Spelling Made Easy is a "must" reference for anyone who has ever puzzled over whether to use "-or" or "-er," "-ent" or "-ant," or "-able" or "-ible.

Instant Spelling Power

By Norman Lewis

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9781567650020 | Workbook edition (Amsco School Pubns Inc, June 1, 1994), cover price $12.50

An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia

Product Description: Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: unearthing rain forest and aboriginal decimation, massacres and, perhaps most chilling of all, copper mining on a scale that brings the film Avatar to mind - but this time the bad guys triumph...read more

By Norman Lewis

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9780805019605 | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The author describes his experiences traveling in Indonesia, shares his impressions of the people, culture, and political situation, and looks at the nation's natural beauty

Paperback:

9781780601021 | Eland Pub Ltd, July 15, 2014, cover price $34.00 | About this edition: Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: unearthing rain forest and aboriginal decimation, massacres and, perhaps most chilling of all, copper mining on a scale that brings the film Avatar to mind - but this time the bad guys triumph.

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