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Barker, Ronald; Tubbs, Douglas B. In The Age Of Motoring
The Viking Press - A Studio Book 1971 067039677X Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dumont, Pierre
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean condition. Over-sized, oblong hardback (7 1/2" tall x 11" wide). NO remainder marks or price clippings. Red boards with gilt lettering and decoration (clean and bright). Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated throughout with color drawings by Pierre Dumont. 87 pages. Dustcover is clean, shows light wear (NO tears).
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Barkley, Brad Alison's Automotive Repair Manual
St Martins Pr 2003 0312291388 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 275 pages. From Publishers Weekly Automotive repair doubles as grief therapy in Barkley's quirky, emotionally resonant third novel (after Money, Love) set in a small town in West Virginia, where a newly widowed young woman tries to delay putting her life back together. Alison Durst is the witty, 30-ish protagonist who's become a semipermanent guest of her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Bill ever since her husband died in an accident. She's already spent two years in mourning, and in spite of Sarah and Bill's pleas that she get on with it, Alison makes yet another bid to prolong her suspended state: she's going to rebuild her brother-in-law's broken-down Corvette, and then she'll leave. Of course, she knows nothing about cars. Sparks really start to fly, however, when Max Kesler, the owner of a one-man munitions company, comes to help her with the project. Their initial dates are as explosive as they are funny, with Alison accompanying Max while he blows up a silo and then scopes out the hotel that may be his next target. Barkley spends a bit too much time on Max's father, a compulsive liar whose habit is beginning to interfere with Max's relationship with Alison. This subplot slows the romantic momentum, but the combination of Barkley's understated comic style and well-calibrated dialogue is more than enough to overcome the misstep. The icing on the cake is the author's touching portrayal of smalltown life in West Virginia.
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Barkow, Al Golf's Golden Grind: A History of the Tour
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974 0151908850 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean condition. Stated Third Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front on blank page (T. Rammelkamp). 310 pages. Illustrated. NO tears inside book.
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Barlow, David H.; Klerman, Gerald (Foreword) Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic
New York, New York, U.S.A. Guilford Pubn 1988 0898627206 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good copy of this 1988 psychology hardback. Number line: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Dustcover shows slight wear (NO tears). Blue boards with red lettering (clean and bright). 698 pages. 6 pages have light highlighting (yellow). Does NOT interfere with reading. NO other writing inside book. Previous owner's signature stamp (Ronald A. Havens) on top-outside page edges. NO tears. - The first book to specify core components of the phenomenon, ANXIETY AND ITS DISORDERS is a landmark contribution for the researcher, a practical reference for the clinician, and essential reading for the psychologist or psychiatrist in training. Indeed, it is an exciting volume for anyone confronting the mysteries of panic and anxiety. More Reviews and Recommendations Biography David H. Barlow, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training Programs and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He has published over 300 articles and chapters and over 20 books, mostly in the areas of anxiety disorders, sexual problems, and clinical research methodology. The Editor of Guilford's Treatment Manuals for Practitioners Series, Dr. Barlow's awards include the Distinguished Scientist Award from Section III of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association; the Excellence in Research award from the University at Albany, State University of New York; and a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Mental Health for long-term contributions to the clinical research effort. Extensively involved with numerous professional organizations and journals, he is also a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology and maintains a private practice.
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Barlow, Wilfred The Alexander Technique
Alfred A. Knopf 1973 0394486862 First American Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - Dustcover shows small tear along top edge - front cover - Gold boards - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First American Edition - Price inside dustcover: $7.95 - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated throughout with drawings and photos (including several nude, medical photos) - 229 pages -
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Barna, George Turnaround Churches: How to Overcome Barriers to Growth and Bring New Life to an Established Church
Ventura, California, U.S.A. Regal Books 1993 0830715924 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is price notation (blacked-out) in book front on blank page. Previous owner's name printed on outside page edges (Joe Anna Caldwell). NO tears inside book. 122 pages. Product Description It can happen in any church-success in ministry can lead to a condition of paralysis. Churches begin to rely on the "tried and true" practices of the past and become unable-or unwilling-to risk making the changes required by present-day challenges. It's a dangerous scenario that can lead a church into decline. The good news is that "growth paralysis" can be cured-if church leaders learn to recognize it and take swift, decisive and prayerful action. Turnaround Churches looks at real-life examples of churches that have made a comeback after a period of decline. You'll learn to recognize the cycles of growth and decline that face any ministry. You'll also learn the danger signs that indicate when a church is about to experience a decline. Inside Turnaround Churches you'll find: Eight obstacles that lead tocollapse Eleven principles of reviving a declining church Wisdom and encouragement from leaders who have brought their churches back to life The essential elements of spiritual focus Twenty suggestions to help your church avoid decline and begin the path to new growth The key to continuous spiritual renewal for you and your church.
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Barnard, Allan (Edited By) The Harlot Killer
Dell 1953 Mass Market Paperback Very Good + 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1953 paperback. Dell Book # 797. Price on front cover: 25 cents Covers are clean (NO tears). Inside back cover (blank page) has light writing. NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. 224 pages. Pages show browning. Includes stories by: Alan Hynd, Donald Henderson, William Sansom, Anthony Boucher, Richard Barker, Kay Rogers, Thomas Burke, Theodora Benson, Mrs. Marie Belloc Lowndes, Edwin M. Borchard, Edmund Pearson, Robert Bloch.
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Barnard, Robert A Cry from the Dark
Scribner 2004 0743253450 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.00. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 279 pages. Synopsis: Master of mystery Robert Barnard, internationally acclaimed for his suspenseful, witty literary gems, cleverly mixes past and present in A Cry from the Dark, an intriguing tour de force sweeping from 1930s Australia to contemporary London. Bettina Whitelaw has come a long way from her childhood in the little outback town of Bundaroo, Australia. Many years have passed, a lifetime really, but she's never forgotten what happened there on the evening that changed her life forever. How could she forget the school dance, her taunting classmates, dancing with the strange but brilliant English boy, Hughie Naismyth? How could she forget what happened next, when, overheated and exhilarated by the music and the moment, she wandered off alone into a secluded, wooded area? Now a renowned, elderly author living in London's elegant Holland Park, Bettina faces a flood of memories as she works on her memoirs, even though her focus is more on the frightening things that are happening today. Someone has recently entered her home and gone through her desk. The intruder is clearly not an ordinary burglar. It must be someone she knows. She's been a little lax in handing out keys, so the suspects are many -- her nephew, Mark; her agent, Clare; her friends, Peter or Katie. Or it could be someone else. What does Bettina possess that this person would want to steal? A puzzle that at first seems mildly disturbing soon turns deadly serious. Someone is willing to kill -- but why? Does the answer rest in Bundaroo or nearer to home? A Cry from the Dark shows us vintage Robert Barnard as he slyly lays the clues that lead to his trademark surprise -- and poignant -- ending.
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Barnard, Robert At Death's Door
Charles Scribner's Sons 1988 068419001x First American Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 200 pages.
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Barnard, Robert The Bad Samaritan: A Charlie Peace Mystery
Scribner 1995 0684813343 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. 233 pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. ONLY writing inside book is a small "x" in book front - on blank page. NO tears inside book. - It's bound to be a problem when a vicar's wife loses her faith. In a Robert Barnard novel it can be a source of amusement, dismay, contemplation, and even murder. The hideous neo-Gothic parish church of St. Saviour's may or may not be typical of the Church of England, but clergy wife Rosemary Sheffield definitely does not fit the usual mold. While walking in the park one day, she loses her faith. It just lifts away from her, leaving her feeling free and liberated. Should a woman who loses her faith continue to take an active role in church activities? Rosemary's not about to abdicate her position of power in the Mothers' Union to gossipy Florrie Harridance, not even when Florrie spreads rumors about Rosemary's supposed holiday fling, when she may have been too friendly with a young waiter named Stanko. Rosemary quickly squelches the gossip, but nasty rumors threaten to return when Stanko, a mysterious refugee from the former Yugoslavia, turns up one day at the vicarage, begging for Rosemary's help. In assisting Stanko, Rosemary opens herself and her family to all sorts of unwelcome attentions from inquisitive parishioners. Even her long-suffering husband, Paul, must wonder who Stanko is and what is the nature of Rosemary's involvement with him.
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Barnard, Robert The Graveyard Position: A Novel Of Suspense
Scribner 2005 0743253469 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.00. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 277 pages. From master of mystery Robert Barnard comes a brilliantly witty and piercingly observant new suspense novel featuring one of the most dysfunctional families ever to grace crime fiction. Meet the Cantelos of Leeds, England. To call the Cantelos dysfunctional is actually a wild understatement. But is one of them also a killer? Clarissa Cantelo, a skilled clairvoyant, apparently thought so. Believing that her sixteen-year-old nephew, Merlyn Docherty, was in peril, she sent him into hiding in Italy, far away from the rest of her family. She told them he was dead. It was safer that way. Now Clarissa herself has died, and Merlyn, a successful lawyer and civil servant who still lives abroad, has returned to Leeds to claim his inheritance. First, he must prove his identity. Is he really Merlyn or, as some of his long-lost relations say they suspect, is he an imposter? Merlyn doesn't mind confirming his identity, but he'd at least like to move into the house that Aunt Clarissa left him in her will while he gets to know some of his relatives. And the house may hold some clues to the Cantelos' past. What is the dreadful family secret that has upset relations between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, filling even the youngest generation with fear? If Merlyn discovers the truth, buried under decades of deception, his life may once again be in danger. Merlyn must start at the beginning if he is to find the answers. All roads seem to lead back to his grandfather, the formidable Merlyn Cantelo, renowned in the family as an object of both fear and loathing. Though the old man who caused such pain to his family died years ago, his malevolence lives on. Somebody wants youngMerlyn gone. With help from police detectives Mike Oddie and Charlie Peace, Merlyn must find that person before the Cantelo curse works its evil again. Wickedly observant and full of his trademark sly twists, The Graveyard Position proves once more that Robert Barnard is in a class of his own.
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Barnes, Ben; Dickey, Lisa; Strauss, Robert (Introduction) Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ Through George W. Bush and Beyond
Albany, Texas, U.S.A. Bright Sky Pr 2006 1931721718 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Tight spine, bright pages. 256 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated. Synopsis How did the Democratic Party-party of JFK, LBJ, and civil rights-fall from glory? How did Texas, home of its most promising players, become Bush territory? What do politicians on either side need to do today to get our country back on track? Ben Barnes has the answers. Barnes had a front-row seat through it all. His political savvy and bravado made him a standout in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics. He won a seat in the Texas Legislature in 1960, at the unheard-of age of 22, and four years later became the youngest Speaker of the House since the Civil War. In 1968, he helped Congressman George Herbert Walker Bush get his son into the National Guard-a controversy that would rage during the 2004 presidential election. In 1970, Lyndon Johnson told the public that Ben was destined to be the next U.S. president to hail from Texas. How did his party lose its place in Texas . . . and the nation? How did Barnes-affectionately dubbed the "51st Democratic senator"-remain a force on the Democratic scene despite his departure from public office? In this exciting new book, Barnes takes readers inside the rise and fall of the party he loves. Pulling no punches, he uses lessons learned in the Texas trenches as a guiding light for a new generation of lawmakers and political hopefuls, and a calls for a return to bipartisan consensus building for our nation. Barnes's rollicking memoir recalls the glory days of his Texas past and blazes a trail for our country's future. Author Biography: BEN BARNES is an American lobbyist and former Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was a vice-chair and top fundraiser of the John Kerry campaign in the 2004 presidential elections. He has served asSpeaker of the House in Texas from 1965-1969, U.S. representative to the NATO Conference in 1967, and United Nations Representative to Geneva, Switzerland in 1968. He founded the Austin-based lobbying firm, EntreCorp.
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Barnes, Clare Home Sweet Zoo
Doubleday & Company 1950 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean, show light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated throughout with photos. 75 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. Pages show light tanning.
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Barnes, Jack New International No. 7: Opening Guns of World War III: Washington's Assault on Iraq
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Pathfinder Pr 1991 0873486420 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. "Special War Issue" Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). Previous owner's name in book front (David Rosenfield). 14 pages show very-light writing and/or highlighting. So light, I almost missed it. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 334 pages. Synopsis The murderous assault on Iraq in 1990-91 heralded increasingly sharp conflicts among imperialist powers, growing instability of international capitalism, and more wars. Also includes: * 1945: When U.S. Troops said "No!" by Mary-Alice Waters * Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War by Samad Sharif Annotation The U.S. government's murderous blockade, bombardment, and invasion of Iraq initiated a period of increasingly sharp conflicts among imperialist powers, more wars, and growing instability of the world capitalist system.
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Barnes, John Evita-First Lady: A Biography of Eva Peron
New York, New York, U.S.A. Grove Press 1978 0802134793 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-Good copy of this Eva Peron biography. NO tears inside book. Tight spine. 22 pages show underlining/writing. 194 pages. Illustrated with photos. Covers are clean, show light wear (NO tears). NO remainder marks or clippings. Synopsis: Eva Peron was a star and a legend during her lifetime, one of the most alluring women of the twentieth century. Through the hit Broadway musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber, her story became famous, and with the release of the film starring Madonna as Eva Peron, her life became a media obsession once again. Whore and feminist, tyrant and saint, Evita was the beautiful and legendary woman who rose up from poverty to become the hypnotically powerful first lady of Argentina. To millions of poor people she was a savior; to her enemies she was a monstrous dictator. In this riveting biography, John Barnes explores the astonishing paradox of this champion of the poor who attacked the rich and, in the process, made herself the wealthiest woman in the world.
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Barnes, Kim Finding Caruso
Putnam Pub Group 2003 0399149678 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. NO remainder price clippings. Small remainder mark on bottom. Price inside dustcover: $23.95. NO writing, marks or tears. - When Buddy and Lee Hope find themselves orphaned and broke in 1957, the brothers set off for the logging camps of northern Idaho. Though seven years apart, the young men are very close-that is, until Lee, the older of the two, falls hard for an older woman. But this experienced lover has someone else in mind: Buddy.
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Barnes, Mildred J. Field Hockey: The Coach And The Player
Allyn And Bacon 1971 Hard Cover Near-Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 262 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front, on blank page (Joan Parks). Author was with University of Iowa.
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Barnes, Molly; Hilton, Pat How to Get Hung: A Practical Guide for Emerging Artists
Journey Editions 1994 188520308X Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 146 pages. Synopsis In this accessible, easy-to-read, detailed guide for artists, students, and aspiring art professionals, Molly Barnes takes the mystique out of "how to hung". Readers learn how to present their work and themselves to the professional art world.
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Barnes, Pat Pick-Ups: Second Edition
Chicago Pat Parnes WHT - Wrigley Building 1927 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Extra-nice, clean copy of this 1927 book. Stated Second Edition. The boards are maroon with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards are flexible and leatherette in texture. Boards are very clean and show onlu slight wear. 119 pages. Laid-in frontispiece photo of the author. Appears to be signed but may be a facsimile. NO foxing. Light page-tanning. Tight spine. 3 pages have very-small, closed tears (non-text areas). "Pat Barnes, the genial Director-Announcer of Station WHT presents to the public this collection of readings in poetry and prose, made popular by him through the studio microphone."
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Barnes, Steven Zulu Heart: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America
Warner Books 2003 0446531227 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. Stated First Edition. Dustcover is like-new except for 1 tiny, closed tears at top of spine. Book is in Fine Condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 463 pages. - Set in the late 1800's in an alternate universe in which Africa colonized the America's, ZULU HEART continues the stories of two men from very different backgrounds. Kai is a politically important Ethiporan nobleman; Aidan, a white Irishman who was until recently Kai's slave. But just as the promise of freedom has separated these two men's fates, racial discourse is about to reunite them. A rebellion is building toward civil war. Loyalties are being drawn along the lines of homelands, namely Egypt and Ethiopia, and causing the New World to be torn into a North and a South-with Kai and Aidan caught in the crossfire. About the Author: Steven Barnes lives in Longview, Washington, with his novelist wife, Tananarive due, and his daughter Nicki.
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Barnet, Max Driven: Notes of a Neurotic Entrepreneur His Trails, Failures & Victories
Belfast, Maine, U.S.A. Stones Point Pr 1995 1882521013 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
A photo of this book is available. Stated First Edition. SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED dedication by author in book front: " For Barbara whose superb editing enhances this book beyond measure. Max". NO other writing or marks inside book. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO tears. Covers are clean (NO tears). 401 pages. Synopsis Harry Simon holds nothing back in this story about running a small manufacturing business during the sixties, seventies and eighties in America. He writes of the double-dealings, the betrayals and petty dishonesties, as well as the acts of generosity, trust and loyalty that occur in his relationship with employees, his customers, the bank, his friends, his wife and his mistress. He reveals his deepest conflicts, fears and doubts in his struggle to survive and win as a warrior in the competitive free enterprise war. Brutally self-aware, Harry Simon is DRIVEN to succeed and does so at great personal cost.
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Barnet, Richard J. Roots Of War
Atheneum 1972 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Gray boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright - show light rubbing at corners). Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 350 pages.
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Barnett, Thomas P.M. The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century
Putnam Pub Group 2004 0399151753 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $26.95. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 435 pages. Map endpapers. Synopsis: The countries of the world that have been successfully integrated into the globalized "functioning core" are not going to be a threat to world peace and stability, argues Barnett (U.S. Naval War College), rather it is the "non-integrating gap" that will give rise to instability and terrorists threats in the future. This is the central idea upon which he rests his discussion of U.S. global military strategy. He argues that the U.S. should aggressively use its military to integrate dysfunctional states into the core, such as he believes we are doing in Iraq (although he is critical of the Bush administration's inability to gain international support for the endeavor). This mission requires a significant reordering of the military and he calls for a unified command structure and the creation of two distinct parts of the military: one a quick-strike force and the other a "System Administrator" force that would carry out nation- building activities. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Barnhardt, Wilton Emma Who Saved My Life
St Martin's Press 1993 0312092814 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - 470 pages - Stated First Trade Paperback Edition - Wilton Barnhardt's novel of coming of age in New York City brims with energy, surprise, irresistible humor, and the heady rush of youth. Its hero, Gil Freeman, a mid-western aspiring actor, comes to the city in search of stradom--but instead encounters the perils of Alphabet City, the desperation of off-off-off Broadway theater...and the exhilarating, exasperating, absolutely unique Emma, around whom his life comes to turn. Charming and engaging, quintessentially American, Emma Who Saved my Life is one of the extraordinary fiction debuts of our time.
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Barnhardt, Wilton Gospel
St Martins Press 1993 0312088027 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Like-new condition - Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. 788 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Annotation The search is on for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. The narrative races through dozens of locales as a theologian and an ex-priest pursue rumors and clues about the gospel. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith. From the Publisher Gospel concerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. Wilton Barnhardt's narrative races through three continents, nine countries, and dozens of colorful locales, as two character--shy theological student Lucy Dantan and hard-drinking, disillusioned ex-Jesuit Patrick O'Hanrahan--pursue rumors and clues about the gospel's whereabouts and contents. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith. An intellectual detective story with the erudition of Umberto Eco and the grand swirling entertainment of a nineteenth-century novel, Gospel is exciting, profound, reverent, and terrifically funny.
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Barnhardt, Wilton Gospel
New York, New York, U.S.A. Picador USA 1995 0312119240 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine copy of this 788-page book. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Covers show light wear (NO tears). The search is on for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. The narrative races through dozens of locales as a theologian and an ex-priest pursue rumors and clues about the gospel. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith. FROM THE PUBLISHER Prediction: In this decade there will be no more daring, rich, learned, hilarious, profound, adventurous novel than Wilton Barnhardt's Gospel. It is the story of a quest: of an eccentric, hard-living old Chicago-Irish professor, O'Hanrahan, and an attractive, eager young student, Lucy Dantan, as they careen and comb through Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and America in search of a lost biblical gospel and their own souls. Fueled by O'Hanrahan's determination and Lucy's youth and impetuousness, they ignite a tumultuous chase that has two thousand years of history boiling in its wake.
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Barnhart, Bill; Schlickman, Eugene Kerner: The Conflict of Intangible Rights
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Univ of Illinois Pr 1999 0252025040 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 408 pages. Synopsis This first biography of Otto Kerner traces the career of a major figure in Illinois politics and examines his precipitous descent from public hero to convicted felon. As Cook County judge, Kerner reformed Illinois adoption procedure; as a two-term Democratic governor, he promoted economic development, education, mental health services, and equal access to jobs and housing; as a federal appeals court judge, he bucked the law-and-order tide of the late 1960s and protected the rights of the accused. His entire public career reflected his experiences as a decorated combat officer in World War II. Kerner achieved fame as chair of the National Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Commission), which remains a milestone in America's struggle for racial harmony. An eloquent prophet of the grave consequences of racism in America's cities, Kerner articulated the commission's principal finding that "our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white--separate and unequal." Kerner's achievements, however, were eclipsed by his conviction on federal charges of mail fraud, bribery, perjury, and income tax evasion tied to his dealings in stock of an Illinois racetrack enterprise. Arguing that Kerner's incarceration related less to his misdeeds than to the zeal of federal investigators in attacking corruption in Illinois, Bill Barnhart and Gene Schlickman reveal how the prosecution of the popular ex-governor deepened the penetration of the federal government into state and local politics and coarsened attitudes toward public service. This broad-based study sets Kerner's life against a backdrop of pivotal events and issues in American politics over six decades. An absorbing biography of a prominent and arguably tragic public figure, Kerner presents a cautionary tale about the strengths and weaknesses of the American political character and the capriciousness of political acclaim and denigration.
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Barnhill,Julie Ann She's Gonna Blow!: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger
Eugene, Oregon Harvest House Publishers 2005 0736915524 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo
Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 332 pages. Product Description Tens of thousands of moms who struggle with anger have found hope, laughter, understanding, and biblical counsel in She’s Gonna Blow! With over 100,000 in print, this bestseller now has a fresh cover and a new practical helps section with more resources and step–by–step advice. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages of Children, tells readers that Julie Ann Barnhill “has learned from her journey, and so will you...You’ll identify with Julie’s open, honest approach.” Straightforward and easy–to–read, She’s Gonna Blow! is for every mom seeking here–and–now hope and help to... find healthier ways of expressing anger let go of “control” issues and be more positive draw closer to the God who created moms and mothering
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Barnwell, Robinson Head Into The Wind
David McKay 1965 Hard Cover Fine Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Johnson, Avery
Very-nice, clean copy of this 1965 hardback. Apparent First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $4.50. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Decorative green boards with black lettering are clean and bright (like-new condition). 247 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - BRIGHT pages. Illustrated by Avery Johnson.
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Baron, Denis; Bernard, Harold W. Evaluation Techniques for Teachers
McGraw-Hill 1958 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good copy of this 1958 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO tears inside book. 297 pages. Previous owner's signature in book front on black page (Carol Jemal & Charlotte Armstrong). Illustrated. 48 pages show light writing/underlining (in pencil). Does NOT interfere with reading. Baron was with Oregon State College. Bernard was with University of Oregon, General Extension Division.
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Baron, Harry Magic for Beginners
Prima Publishing 1991 1559580895 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Patten, Dennis
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean and bright (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated throughout. 161 pages.
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Baron, Robert C. (Editor) Soul of America: Documenting Our Past 1858-1993
Golden, Colorado, U.S.A. North Amer Press 1994 1555919227 Hard Cover Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Fine copy. No writing, marks or tears inside book. 201 pages. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. From the Civil War to the era when the United States became a great world power, here are some of the essential writings, documents, and ideas that shaped the nation from 1858-1993. - From the Civil War to the era when the United States became a great world power, here are some of the essential writings, documents, and ideas that shaped the nation from 1858-1993.
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Barr, Emily Backpack
New York, New York, U.S.A. Plume 2002 0452282934 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine. - Emily Barr's irrepressible first novel follows the trials and tribulations of Tansy, a Londoner who leaves behind her horrible boyfriend, too-trendy friends, and hotshot media job to find herself a continent away. Adrift in the wake of her long-suffering mum's death, Tansy hopes her modest inheritance will help cast her in the role of glamorous "Englishwoman Abroad," as she flits from Vietnam to China. Instead, she finds ungrateful locals who treat her like the tourist she is, a climate that's hell on her skin, and a motley group of grimy back packers she likes more than she'll ever admit. But when blond Englishwomen in Asia start turning up dead, what began as a grand adventure suddenly becomes a real-life murder mystery . . . and blond Tansy wonders if she'll live long enough to tell the tale of her travels. Brimming with romance, humor, and a slyly self-deprecating wit, Backpack is Lisa Jewell meets The Beach. Author Biography: Emily Barr has written columns and travel pieces for London's Observer and The Guardian; she also spent a year traveling in Asia. Backpack, a bestseller in England, is her first novel.
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Barr, Gladys H. The Master of Geneva: A Novel Based on the Life of John Calvin
Holt, Rinehart And Winston 1961 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $3.95 - NO price clippings or remainder marks - Dustcover shows minor tear in upper right-hand corner of front cover - Tan boards with red lettering - 252 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages
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Barr, Nevada Ill Wind
Putnam Pub Group 1995 0399140158 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Price inside dustcover: $19.95 - Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 309 pages. - Newly assigned national parks rangers Anna Pigeon seeks solace from her own personal demons in the ancient cave dwellings of a vanished Native American civilization. But an inexplicable illness affecting visitors to the popular Colorado landmark has dragged her from reverie, as have two mysterious tragedies--the death of a child and the murder of a friend. From the Publisher The third Anna Pigeon mystery is a charm. Lately, visitors to Mesa Verde have been bringing home more than photos—they're also carrying a strange, deadly disease. And once it strikes, park ranger Anna Pigeon must find the very human source of the evil wind.
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Barr, Nevada Borderline (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
Putnam Pub Group 2009 0399155694 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.95. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Map endpapers. From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Barr skillfully blends sticky border issues, marital strife and politics in her exciting 15th novel to feature National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon. Anna, on leave because she's still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder suffered in 2008's Winter Study, takes a delayed honeymoon with her sheriff husband, a rafting trip in Texas's Big Bend National Park. The Rio Grande reveals a number of surprises, including a stranded cow and, more disturbingly, a dying pregnant woman caught in a strainer. Fortunately, the resourceful Anna is able to perform a C-section and save the baby's life if not the mother's. Things get really serious after a sniper kills first the couple's guide and then a fellow rafter. Meanwhile, at Big Bend's Chisos Mountain Lodge, Houston mayor Judith Pierson announces she's running for governor, and her security chief must worry about keeping Pierson's errant husband in line. The vivid Texas backdrop lends color.
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Barr, Nevada High Country
Putnam Pub Group 2004 0399151443 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Price inside dustcover: $24.95 - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - 323 pages - "It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness threatening the park." Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna's life if threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trial to the high country, seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed - and perhaps her final adventure.
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Barranger, Milly S. Understanding Plays
Allyn and Bacon 1990 0205123058 Trade Paperback Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NO tears - Tight spine - 720 pages - Writing/underlining throughout book - Illustrated Milly S. Barranger, one of the foremost drama scholars writing today, introduces students to the world of drama through an examination of the elements and styles of dramatic writing. This text is more than just an anthology of plays it is a full-text introduction to writing for the theatre. This new edition represents a thorough revision and expansion of the successful first edition, with the addition of four new chapters and six new plays, expanded representation of minority writers, and completely new chapter-coverage of Farce, The Well-Made Play, Understanding Minimalism and the Absurd, and Understanding Interculturalism.
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Barre, Richard Blackheart Highway
New York, New York, U.S.A. Berkley Prime Crime 1999 0425169030 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $21.95 - Tight spine - Bright pages - 326 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Southern California P.I. Wil Hardesty is a man whose search for the truth always seems to draw him back into his own troubled past, a past shadowed by loss. Doc Whitney was a country music star whose career had just gone platinum when he was convicted for the brutal slayings of his wife and young daughters. Now twenty years later, their paths collide when Doc is paroled from prison and returns to California's hot, dusty Central Valley...where grudges die hard and the road leads to places best left unexplored. Through a maze of secrets and lies that threaten crash-and-burn with each passing moment, through switchbacks of twisted loyalties and grim betrayal, Wil must reconstruct a life, discover the real Doc Whitney, track down a killer. And, of course, survive...
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Barreca, Regina Perfect Husbands (& Other Fairy Tales): Demystifying Marriage, Men, and Romance
New York, New York, U.S.A. Harmony Books 1993 0517595389 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO price clippings. Small remainder mark on top. 280 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. - In a book as provocative and insightful as Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand, Barreca explores the new politics of marriage. "Feminist humor maven Regina Barreca takes on marriage with her characteristic wit and wisdom, demystifying the institution's roles and expectations clearly and usefully."--Ms. From the Publisher In Perfect Husbands (& Other Fairy Tales), a book as provocative as Colette Dowling's The Cinderella Complex and Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand, Regina Barreca explores the new politics of marriage in a witty, engaging guide to the evolving roles of husbands and wives in a radically changed world. Myths, images, and roles mark the place of the husband in contemporary American culture. While the social script for marriage in the Western world has undergone fundamental and irrevocable change in the last fifty years, the concept of the husband as the breadwinner, as head of the household, as the patriarch of the family has always been a sensitive subject for men and women alike. With humor and grace, Barreca helps us to understand the reality of the new equality and what really goes on behind closed doors. "The questions facing women and men in the 1990s don't involve whether people will pair off - there have always been couples and there will continue to be - but the questions are 'What kinds of partnerships do we expect?'" writes Regina Barreca. "'What kinds of romances do we want?' 'What kinds of marriages should we enter into - and what kinds should we leave?' And, most important, 'What kinds of relationships - and what kinds of loves - will we create for ourselves in the long run?'"
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Barreca, Regina They Used to Call Me Snow White...but I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor
New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Press 1991 0670838012 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $18.95. Dustcover is clean and bright, shows light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is small gift inscription in book front on blank page (To Nancy Nurse on her 45th w/love, Ann). NO tears inside book. 223 pages. Artfully combining sociology, psychology, and feminist theory, here is a fascinating and entertaining look at how women can use humor to their advantage. This witty--and at times deliciously ribald--book examines women's humor and shows how the proper punchline can work wonders on the street, in the bedroom, and even in the corporate boardroom. From Publishers Weekly To the tired question "Why don't women have a sense of humor?" Barreca (editor of Last Laughs ) replies: they do. But only Bad Girls use their sense of humor, she argues, because they are not afraid of what its use implies--the decision to understand sexual innuendo, occupy center stage and break rules. The more Barreca repeats her thesis--that women's humor is subversive because it stems from women's power, which many men find threatening--the less interesting it becomes. But her analysis of the Good Girl/Bad Girl dichotomy in books, movies and TV sitcoms is illuminating. She distinguishes between the self-deprecating humor of earlier female comics like Phyllis Diller (who noted that the best method of birth control was to leave the lights on) and Diller's current counterparts (Elayne Boosler, Rita Rudner), who sharpen their wit on the world at large. A funny bone may well be the most forceful weapon feminists possess, Barreca claims. And despite an annoying tendency to make sweeping generalizations about both sexes, she offers good advice about how to wield the weapon of humor wisely. First serial to Cosmopolitan. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Barreca, editor of Last Laughs: Perspectives on Women and Comedy (Gordon & Breach, 1988), explores the relationship of women and humor. She discusses the differences between men and women in how they use humor, what they think is funny and how they are perceived when telling jokes. Giving the book a strong feminist bent, Barreca theorizes that women are not encouraged to be funny and are even perceived as "bad girls" if they are funny. She quotes extensively from other researchers in the field, as well as from comediennes, authors, and cartoonists. Her coverage is extensive, ranging from Mae West to Sandra Bernhard, Emily Bronte to Erica Jong, "I Love Lucy" to "Designing Women." The added bonus is the wealth of humor included as examples in the book. Recommended.-- Kathy Ingels Helmond, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis Lib.
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Barrett, Andrea Ship Fever: Stories
. W W Norton & Co Inc 1996 0393316009 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. NO remainer marks or clippings. 255 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Covers are clean and bright, show slight wear (NO tears). NO writing or tears inside book. In 1764, two Englishwomen set out to prove that swallows--contrary to the great Linnaeus's belief--do not hibernate underwater. But they must be patient and experiment in secret, such actions being inappropriate for the female of the species. In 1862, a hopeless naturalist heads off for yet another journey, though he can't seem to rid his conscience of the thousands of animals that have already died in his service. In 1971, a pregnant young woman, ill at ease with her socially superior husband and his stepchildren, hears of a Tierra del Fuegan taken hostage by the commander of the Beagle in 1835. This unwilling specimen was, we read, "captured, exiled, re-educated; then returned, abused by his family, finally re-accepted. Was he happy? Or was he saying that as a way to spite his captors? Darwin never knew." Many of the characters who populate Andrea Barrett's National Book Award-winning collection, Ship Fever, feel similarly displaced in the world. They long to prove themselves in both science and love, but are often thwarted by gender, social position, or the prevailing order. In "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds," the wife of a genetics professor has learned that each narrative of discovery is matched by one, if not more, "in which science is not just unappreciated, but bent by loneliness and longing." Barrett's astonishing tales of ambition and isolation convey the meaning and feeling behind the patterns--scientific and emotional--but slip free of easy closure. The two women in "Rare Bird," like the swallows, depart England for more conducive climes, or so the brother of one believes. The reader is left to hope, and imagine. Much has been made of Andrea Barrett's interlacing of history, knowledge, and fact--and rightly so. But equal attention should be paid to the brilliant serenity and exactitude of her style. --Kerry Fried
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Barrett, Andrea The Voyage of the Narwhal
W W Norton & Co Inc 1998 039304632X First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 399 pages. Map endpapers. Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration, the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic, Andrea Barrett focuses on a particular expedition and its accompanying scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells. Through his eyes, we meet the Narwhal's crew and its commander--obsessed with the search for an open polar sea--and encounter the far north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we see the women left behind in Philadelphia, explorers only in imagination. Together, those who travel and those who stay weave a web of myth and mystery. And they finally discover--as all explorers do--not what was always there and never needed discovering, but the state of their own souls.
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Barrett, Cyril (Editor) Collected Papers On Aesthetics
Basil Blackwell Oxford 1965 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good copy of this 1965 hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Apparent First Edition. 198 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is price notation and stamp on very-first page. NO tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering.
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960 |
Barrett, Erin; Mingo, Jack; Colbert, David (Foreword) Dracula Was a Lawyer: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Law
Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Conari Pr 2002 1573247189 Trade Paperback Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 217 pages - Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo score again with a collection of over 500 fascinating facts and trivia bits about lawyers, organized into topics such as Judge Not, Unless Ye Be a Judge, I Fought the Law and the Law Won, Fightin' Words, and Money Grubbing. Among the tidbits contained here are: one-time lawyers who went on to other jobs including John Cleese, Mahatma Gandhi, Julio Iglesias, and Geraldo Rivera; two-thirds of U.S. presidents have been lawyers, but not Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, or Harry Truman — they dropped out of law school; the number of lawyers in the U.S. doubled between 1970 and 1985 — now more than 65 percent of the world's lawyers are in the U.S.
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Barrett, Ethel There I Stood In All My Splendor
G/L Regal Books 1966 Mass Market Paperback Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy of this 1966 paperback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Book number GL95-8. Cover are clean, show light wear, rubbing around edges (NO tears). ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front on blank page (Mrs. Walter Dyer - Fisher, Illinois). NO tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 213 pages.
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Barrett, Julie Quantum Leap: A To Z: From Al To Ziggy, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know Guide To Quantum Leap
New York Boulevard Books 1995 1572970448 Mass Market Paperback Near-Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Very-nice copy of this SCARCE Quantum Leap book - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - 270 pages - Now, fans who follow the time-traveling adventures of Dr. Sam Beckett and his holographic companion, Admiral Al Calavicci, can learn rare details about the world of Quantum Leap, including the life stories of Sam, Al, and Ziggy, a complete episode guide, definitions of Quantum Leap terms, the laws of Quantum Leaping, plus little-known legends and lore. Original.
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Barrett, Nina The Girls: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship
Simon & Schuster 1998 068481370X Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice, clean condition. Price inside dustcover: $23.00. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. 287 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. We meet the Girls in Catholic elementary school in the early 1960s, just as they are first meeting one another. Maude is the sophisticated one, Betsy the determined one, Tammy the down-to-earth one. Carole the nice one, and Donna the one who thinks too much for her own good. Back then, of course, they had no idea they were making friends for life. They made no pacts or vows. But as the years passed and their friendship grew, their bonds became an anchor of constancy in a world of change. Interspersed among Barrett's portraits of the Girls' evolving lives are clever snapshots of some of the most controversial celebrities of the times, women whose journeys to fame speak eloquently about our most cherished feminine fantasies of having beauty, love, and personal transformation make our dreams come true.
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Barrett, Wayne Trump: The Deals and the Downfall
HarperCollins 1992 0060167041 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 492 pages. - From The Critics Booknews Investigative reporter Barrett chronicles Donald Trump's life, businesses and business practices, business and personal relationships. With a 16-page b&w photo insert. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Barrett, Wayne;Fifield, Adam Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani
New York, New York, U.S.A. Basic Books 2000 0465005233 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing or tears inside book. 498 pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Synopsis: The co-author of the best-selling City for Sale draws on twenty years of reporting on Rudy Giuliani to bring us the most comprehensive and newsbreaking biography of the renowned NYC mayor. The New York Times - Richard Bernstein: [A] major work of political biography... tells a great deal about recent local history and the role played in it by one of the more compelling and energetic protagonists in contemporary politics.
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Barrett, William E. The Shape Of Illusion
Doubleday & Company 1972 Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Hard Cover Very Good + Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, cleam condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show only slight tanning. 215 pages. NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name in book front on blank page (Beverly Bahlman). This author also wrote "Lilies of the Field".
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Barrie, J.M. Tommy And Grizel
Charles Scribner's Sons 1912 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Partridge, Bernard
VERY-NICE copy of this 1912 book - No writing or marks - No tears - Tight spine - 288 pages - Nicely illustrated by Partridge
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Barrie, J.M. A Window In Thrums
Philadelphia Henry Altemus 1897 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket Ex-Library 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy of this vintage hardback. Green boards with gilt and red floral decorations Boards are clean and show slight wear. NO foxing. Slight page-tanning. - 285 pages. Gift inscription, in pencil, in book front - on blank page: "My Dear Eleanor - Please accept with this little token, a great deal of love and best wishes for A Merry Xmas - Walter, 1897." NO other writing or marks inside book - NO tears inside book.. Tight spine. NO copyright indicated but CIRCA 1897. (Gift insription is date 1897) - Illustrated - including frontispiece portrait of the author.
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Barrie, James M. The Little Minister
A.L. Burt Company Hard Cover Very Good
No tears - Tight spine - Only writing is gift inscription in book front - on blank page - 454 pages. Barries is also the author of "Auld Licht Idylls," "When a Man's Single," "A Window in Thrums," etc. - No copyright date indicated - Circa 1934.
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Barringer, Floyd S.; Thompson, Milton D. (Foreword) Historic Homes of Springfield
Springfield, Illinois Floyd S. Barringer, M.D. 1966 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO tears inside book. Illustrated throughout with photos. Only writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front, on tittle page: "Karen & Tom Jaynes 1978". 99 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning.
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Barrington, G.W. Bandits Of Bald Hill: A Western Story
Chelsea House Publishers 1929 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. 1929 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Red boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright - shows light wear). NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. 256 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is gift inscription in book front on blank page (To Thelma Allan Dec. 25 1935 - From your pal, Clarence Ranson).
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Barrio-Garay, Jose Luis Jose Gutierrez Solana Paintings and Writings
Lewisburg Buckness University Press 0838712282 Hard Cover Fine Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Over-Sized Hardback - 9 1/2 x 13 - Dustcover shows slight wear & slight tear - Book is in Fine Condition - Beautifully Illustrated - PARTIAL CONTENTS: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Early Life and Work (1886-1904) Discovery of World and Self (1904-1909) Traveler, Painter, and Writer (1909-1918) Productive Years (1918-1936) War, Exodus, and Return (1936-1939) Late Years and Late Work (1939-1945) The Art of Solana and Its Heritage Appendixes Bibliography Index Illustrations
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Barron, Judy; Barron, Sean There's a Boy in Here
Avon Books 1994 0380722925 Mass Market Paperback Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean, show light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 264 pages. From Library Journal This is the compelling and unique story of the Barrons' long and often painful fight to "reach" their autistic son and help him live a normal life. Judy Barron narrates most of the story, giving an in-depth account of son Sean's early years, his behavioral problems, and the terrible inadequacies of the medical field in providing care for him. Sean provides an extremely interesting counterpoint to his mother's stories. His explanations for various behaviors (e.g., repeating the same action over and over, which he claims gave him a sense of security) is often different from how his parents interpreted them. This interesting book for the general reader provides insight into the world of the autistic child. Highly recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/15/91. - Jennifer Langlois, Missouri Western State Coll. Lib., St. Joseph
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976 |
Barron, Stephanie Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery
Bantam Books 1997 0553575937 Mass Market Paperback Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. - Annotation Readers love her as an author, now they'll embrace her as the sleuth in Stephanie Barron's new mysteries. Not long after Jane Austen arrives at the estate of her friend, the Countess of Scargrave, her elderly husband, the Earl, succumbs to a mysterious illness. The widow then becomes the target of some sinister accusations. Jane attempts to get to the bottom of this complex puzzle, putting herself in the gravest jeopardy as she follows a trail of clues that leads all the way to the House of Lords. From the Publisher "I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull." To Jane Austen's surprise, her visit to the snowy Hertfordshire estate of young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, will be far from dull. She has scarcely arrived when the Earl - a gentleman of mature years - is felled by a mysterious ailment too agonizing and violent to credit to a fondness for claret and pudding. Scargrave's death seems a cruel blow of fate for Isobel, married but three months. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune ... as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery - and murder. Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her and Viscount Fitzroy Payne, for whom she bears a secret tendresse, to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs her friend Jane for help. Which is how Jane finds herself embroiled in an investigation that hinges on the motives of Scargrave Manor's guests. Still, Jane is troubled by memories of the Earl's tragic demise. And when the menacing letter writer is found bloodily dispatched, in circumstances that overwhelmingly incriminate Isobel and Lord Payne, Jane knows that there is no time to waste in discovering the truth. A missing locket, a monogrammed handkerchief, an ancestral ghost, and the deadly fruit of a tropical tree are among the markers of a trail that will lead all the way to the House of Lords and Newgate Prison - and may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy.
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Barrow, John D. The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega--The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe
New York, New York, U.S.A. Pantheon Books 2002 0375422218 First American Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Stated First American Edition. Price inside dustcover: $26.00. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. 352 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Barrow (mathematical sciences, U. of Cambridge) has been concerned about, and writing about, the constants of nature for over two decades now. Here he adds a new chapter: recent technology for analyzing light from distant quasars reveals what conditions have been like over the past 11 billion years, and startling findings about whether or not the so-called constants have been fickle. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Publishers Weekly In this lively volume, Cambridge physicist Barrow (The Book of Nothing) considers the natural constants-the handful of seemingly eternal numerical values, such as the speed of light, the weight of the proton, Planck's constant or the four dimensions of space and time-that constitute the "bedrock" of physical reality. These constants quantify some of the simplest statements that science makes about the world, but as this fascinating work of popular science demonstrates, they have profound implications for the fate of the universe and our place within it. And, Barrow hints, they might not be truly constant. He traces scientists' evolving understanding of the natural constants as they grew to assume a central role in modern relativity theory and quantum mechanics, and outlines ongoing attempts to determine whether they are just inexplicable facts of nature or the logical consequence of some fundamental Theory of Everything. He also raises important philosophical and even religious questions. The natural constants are delicately balanced to make the universe safe for living organisms: altering them more than a hair would make stars burn out, atoms fly apart, and the world as we know it impossible. Is this a happy accident? Proof of Intelligent Design? Or is it a coincidence of our inhabiting one of an infinity of universes that just happens to have living observers? Barrow explores these issues in erudite but lucid prose that draws on an array of thinkers from Einstein to Freud, and, because he withholds his answer to the changing constants question until the end, his book has surprising narrative pull. His account makes some of the most challenging frontiers of science accessible, even enthralling, to laypeople.
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Barrow, Kenneth Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre
New York, New York, U.S.A. Doubleday 1985 0385231962 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Stated First Edition. Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. 216 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Red boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright).
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979 |
Barrowcliffe, Mark Girlfriend 44
St Martins Pr 2002 0312287682 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Is she "The One"—or just Girlfriend 44? A hilarious account of the plight of the single male—an instant British bestseller. Since he was ten, Harry has had one ambition—to find the girl for him. Forty-three women and twenty-odd years later, he is no nearer to his goal. He doesn't ask for much: just a beautiful intellectual who doesn't mind his constant infidelity. Harry's roommate Gerrard did once find true love—but he didn't realize it until the day she left him. Only two women have met his exacting criteria, and he's not hopeful that he'll find another. Even if he does, he's not sure he can trust her not to grow old eventually. And then Harry and Gerrard meet Alice. Alice is the perfect woman. She's the only woman in the world Harry and Gerrard can agree on. Unfortunately, she seems to like both of them. And neither will stop at anything to win her for good. Girlfriend 44 is a funny, frightening look into the minds and morals of modern men and women.
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Barrows, Sydney Biddle; Newman, Judith Just Between Us Girls: Secrets About Men from the Madam Who Knows
St Martins Pr 1996 0312139934 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - Stated First Edition (March 1996) - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. 272 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Annotation Explicit, sometimes humorous, sexual advice packs the pages of Sydney Biddle Barrows's Just Between Us Girls: Secrets About Men from the Madam Who Knows, coming from St. Martin's in March. Based on her women-only seminars, the Mayflower Madam, with co-author Judith Newman, treats men as something of a different species but is concerned nonetheless with explaining how to draw them out, fulfill their needs and thereby stop them from wanting to stray. From the Publisher Sassy, classy, and refreshingly honest, here is priceless advice and inside information about men from the Madam who made it her business to know. Sydney Biddle Barrows holds nothing back as she discusses exactly what men want - in the bedroom, out on the town, and from a relationship. For years she was the ultimate male confidante. And now, as she shares her knowledge from her unique perspective, you will come away knowing more about men than you ever thought possible, with information only the Mayflower Madam can give. In Just Between Us Girls you will learn men's top sexual turn-ons (and turn-offs); a dozen surefire ways to seduce a man; the most common reasons why men stray - and what you can and cannot do about it; rules of the beauty game every call girl knows; how to become more sexually literate; what the other woman knows about your man's desires that you may not; and the most common sexual fantasies of men - and how to fulfill them. With her candid advice and keen insight into the world of men, Sydney Biddle Barrows gives you solid, practical, no-nonsense information that you can use - both in and out of the bedroom.
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Barry, Dave Dave Barry Turns 40
New York, New York, U.S.A. Crown Pub 1990 0517577550 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks - Inside-front-dustcover has been price-clipped. Book is in Fine Condition. 179 pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Annotation If he wasn't already the reigning king of American humor writing, Dave Barry has now officially claimed the crown. And not a moment too soon! With this 15-week veteran of the New York Times bestseller list, the Pulitzer Prize winner--dubbed by The New York Times, "the funniest man in America"--adds a new distinction to his list of credits: middle-aged man. From the Publisher "Just the ticket for the '90s." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like body at: The Midlife (Yawn) Marriage; Wise Financial Planning for Irresponsible Scum Such as Yourself; Sex After 40 (or, Sex? After 40?), and other harsh, but amusing realities that leave you laughing, crying and drooling.
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Barry, Dave Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A. Putnam Pub Group 2007 039915437X Hard Cover As New As New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NEW book. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Illustrated. 208 pages. Thucydides, Gibbon, Tuchman, McCullough-to the names of the world's great historians must now be added the name of Dave Barry, who has taken a long, hard look at our new millennium (so far) and, when he stopped hyperventilating, has written it all down, because nobody would believe it otherwise. In November 2000, the skies darken over Florida as hundreds of thousands of lawyers parachute into the state from bombers, while in 2002, the federal budget surplus mysteriously disappears ("Everybody looks high and low for it, but the darned thing is gone!"). In April 2003, no WMD have been found, but investigators do discover three barrels of lard, described by U.S. intelligence analysts as "a heart attack waiting to happen," while in 2004, an already troubled nation receives an even greater blow: the sight of Janet Jackson's exposed nipple. In 2005, Katrina, Cindy, Harriet, Martha, Valerie, Paris, Michael Jackson-women just got crazy that year-while in November 2006 . . . well, something happened; it'll come back to us. Plus, an extra added bonus-Dave Barry's complete history of the millennium so recently (and unlamentedly) gone: Crusaders! Vikings! Peter Minuit's purchase of Manhattan for $24, plus $167,000 a month in maintenance fees! The invention of pizza by Leonardo da Vinci and of the computer by Charles Babbage (who died in 1871 still waiting to talk to somebody from Technical Support)! Liberally illustrated with line drawings, filled with facts and commentary that will amaze your friends and confound your enemies (yes, we mean you, Osama!), this is the book that will finally earn Dave Barry his second Pulitzer Prize. And about darned time, too.
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Barry, Joe The Fall Guy
Handi-Book Mysteries / Quinn Publishing Company 1945 Mass Market Paperback Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
A photo of this 1945 paperback book is available. Good, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean, show rubbing around edges. 1 small, surface tear on back. Light rubbing and splitting at top and bottom of spine. 127 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show browning. NO writing, marks or tears inside book.
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Barry, Joseph The People of Paris
Doubleday & Company 1966 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean copy of this 1966 hardback. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Pice inside dustcover: $4.95. Two-toned blue boards with gilt lettering (clean - shows slight tanning). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 326 pages.
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10.00 USD
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986 |
Barry, Kathleen Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist
Ballantine Books 1990 0345365496 Trade Paperback Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
In this life of Anthony, Barry has produced a scholarly but very readable biography of the great women's rights activist. She explores the interaction of her subject's family background, education, Quaker upbringing, and early teaching career with the temperance movement to produce a woman who in her 20s chose striving for social justice over marriage as a vocation. Barry delineates Anthony's friendships with other reformers, her involvement in the abolitionist movement, and her stance during the splits and scandals of the first feminist era. Recommended.Christine M. Hill, Free Lib. of Philadelphia
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987 |
Barsam, Richard Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film
. W W Norton & Co Inc 2004 0393974367 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. BOOK ONLY - CD NOT Included with this book. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 526 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Shaped by Richard Barsam's more than twenty years of classroom experience, Looking at Movies uses students' natural enthusiasm for the subject as a foundation for going beyond enjoyment toward intelligent, analytical understanding of movies. Professor Barsam's clear writing, thorough presentation of fundamental film principles, and unique pedagogical additions to the traditional introductory text including an entire chapter devoted to analytical writing ensure that students approach screenings and writing assignments equipped with the analytical tools necessary to be active, insightful interpreters of movies.
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Barsamian, David; Chomsky, Noam Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations With Noam Chomsky
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. South End Pr 2001 0896086348 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 254 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Review: "'One of the radical heroes of our age... A towering infellect.' The Guardian; 'A superb polemicist who combines fluency of language with a formidable intellect.' The Observer; 'Must be read by everyone concerned with public affairs.' Edward Said" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Description In his latest interview collection, Noam Chomsky offers insights into the institutions that shape the public mind in the service of power and profit. Whether discussing U.S. military escalation in Colombia, the attack on Social Security, the rise of HMOs, or growing inequality worldwide, Chomsky shows how ordinary citizens, if they work together, have the power to make meaningful change.
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Barth, John On With the Story: Stories
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Company / Back Bay Books 1997 0316083593 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice, clean condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. 257 pages. 14 pages have light highlighting/writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears. Using the venerable literary device of the bedtime story, which links fictions as different as The Arabian Nights and Charlotte's Web, John Barth ingeniously interweaves stories from an ongoing, high-spirited but deadly serious nocturnal game of tale-telling by a more or less desperate loving couple vacationing at their "last resort." As Scheherazade spun out her bedtime stories to save her life, the narrator of On with the Story spins out his to postpone The End, and to explore en route - wittily, mournfully, tenderly - love in modern life and postmodern literature. As the narrative cycles through the lifescapes of his subjects' stories, Barth affords a view both panoramic and microscopic of our own landscape. With eye and pen both sharp and beautiful he depicts love ranging from the obsessively puppy through the sophisticatedly fatigued, the delusionally murderous, even the quantum-physical, to the superbly fulfilled.
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Barth, John Chimera
New York, New York, U.S.A. Random House 1972 0394481895 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1972 hardback. Stated First Edition. Publisher's remainder stamp on bottom. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $6.95. Full-page photo of the author on back of dustcover. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). Gold boards with metallic-silver lettering (clean and bright). Red endpapers. 309 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis In CHIMERA John Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant," Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths' relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, "There's every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius." Biography JOHN BARTH is the author of numerous works of fiction, including The Sot-Weed Factor, The Tidewater Tales, Lost in the Funhouse, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor, the National Book Award winner Chimera, and most recently The Book of Ten Nights and a Night. He taught for many years in the writing program at Johns Hopkins University.
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Barthelme, Donald Guilty Pleasures
Farrar Straus & Giroux 1974 0374167370 First Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Very-nice copy of this 1974 hardback. Stated First Printing. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Gold boards with black lettering. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 165 pages.
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Barthelme, Frederick Bob the Gambler
Houghton Mifflin 1997 0395809770 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $23.00. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 213 pages. From Library Journal In the latest from the stylistically distinctive Barthelme, middle-aged Ray and Jewel Kaiser enter Paradise?a casino in run-down Biloxi, Mississippi. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews Barthelme's latest exercise in existential pulse-taking (Painted Desert, 1995, etc.) focuses on the democratic vice of gambling, though it's less a study in addiction than a celebration of risk-taking and downward mobility. Raymond Kaiser, his wife Jewel, and her daughter from a previous marriage, RV, all quietly enjoy life in Biloxi, Miss., a ``simple, easy, cheap'' town on the Gulf Coast. With work as an architect drying up, Ray finds himself increasingly interested in the glitzy world of offshore gambling, especially at the Paradise, where Jewel wins over $1,000 on their first trip. In their daily life, ``everything's dull,'' so it's no wonder that Jewel and Ray enjoy the visceral excitement of gambling. They soon graduate from slots to the blackjack table, and slowly find themselves down by over $4,000. Meanwhile, back home, RV seems headed into a downward spiral of teen rebellion--boy trouble, substance experimenting, and body piercings. It doesn't help that her parents are largely absent, spending their nights at Paradise. When Ray's father dies, it sends him further into a midlife crisis. He comes to see himself no longer as ``an ordinary guy,'' but as a full-time gambler. The problem is--he's not very good at it. Spending 18 hours at a time in the casino does nothing but increase his debts. Maxing out a handful of credit cards, he finds himself over $35,000 in the hole, but still juiced by ``the losses, the excitement, the hopes, the desperation, the high.'' Quitting architecture altogether, Ray and Jewel decide to downsize, selling their belongings and moving in with Ray's mother. In their new simplicity, this besieged family finally finds that happiness is not in middle-class stability, nor in the quick fix of gambling's artificial Paradise, but in their everyday Edenic lives. Barthelme strains for topical textures--cool repartee is interrupted only by channel surfing. But the real payoff is straight-up and timeless: a novel of surprising heart and soul.
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Bartholomew, E.F. Relation Of Psychology To Music
Rock Island, Illinois The New Era Publishing Company 1902 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean condition. Stated Second Edition. Green boards with gilt lettering and decoration. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's name and address in book front on blank page (Agnes Mischler - Springfield, Illinois). NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 286 pages. Author was Professor of English Literature and Philosophy in Augustana College and Conservatory of Music. Illustrated.
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Bartimus, Tad;McCartney, Scott Trinity's Children: Living Along America's Nuclear Highway
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991 0151677190 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. Number line: A B C D E. Small remainder mark on bottom (outside page edges). NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $21.95. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 326 pages. From Publishers Weekly Interstate 25 runs 1000 miles from the White Sands Missile Range (and Trinity, the first atomic bomb test site) in New Mexico to the high plains of Wyoming where 50 MX missile silos stand. In between lie numerous military installations and weapons research facilities. Bartimus and McCartney, reporters for the Associated Press, guide us through a stunning landscape in which instruments of massive death and destruction are manufactured and stored. Parts of the area are contaminated with radioactive waste; the authors note that weapons research and production yield four times more waste than commercial power plants. We see New Mexico ranchers who lost their land to the army, a Wyoming ranch wife who is in the forefront of the peace movement and missileers--men and women who work inside the silos--as well as Cheyenne Mountain, nerve center for NORAD, Rocky Flats (where plutonium triggers are made) and laser and Star Wars labs. This is a fascinating glimpse of an unusual intersection of nature and science with civilian and military life. Author tour. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Interstate 25, dubbed "America's Nuclear Highway," runs for 1000 miles from New Mexico, where the first nuclear bomb was tested, to the Wyoming plains, where many of America's intercontinental ballistic missiles are still awaiting launching orders from Washington. In this book, which is both a travelog of the nuclear past and present and a sociological study of the people and places along this highway, the authors, both journalists, go into the homes of the people who work on the bomb or who simply live side by side with bunkers, silos, and the radioactive waste that threatens their health. While this cautionary tale of the continued dangers posed by nuclear weapons is an easy read, it is not superficial and will interest both general readers and nuclear specialists. - Jennifer Scarlott, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, New York Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Bartlett, Richard D.; Bartlett, Patricia P. Turtles and Tortoises: Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Behavior
Barrons 1996 0812097122 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Earle-Bridges, Michele
Near-fine copy. Covers are clean and bright (NO tears) - NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated with 72 color photographs. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 119 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. - Experts answer all your questions about turtles and tortoises: feeding, housing, health care, behavior, and much more. Filled with dozens of vivid color photos and many helpful line drawings.
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Bartlett, Samuel Colcord The Veracity of the Hexateuch: A Defence of the Historic Character of the First Six Books of the Bible
Fleming H Revell Co 1897 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean copy of this 1897, scarce, hardback. Apparent First Edition - Dark-Green boards with gilt lettering (clean - show only slight wear. NO remainder marks - Tight spine - Clean pages - NO writing or marks inside book. 404 pages - Tight spine - NO tears inside book. NO foxing. Pages show only light tanning. Bartlett was President Dartmouth College - Contents: The Case Stated; The Book of Joshua; From the Exodus to the Conquest; The Residence in Egypt; The Patriarchal History; The Table of the Nations; The Deluge; Antediluvian Life; Antediluvian Occupations; The Primitive Condition; The Temptation and the Fall; The Creation Narrative; The Sabbath; The Historic Basis; The Literary Problem; The Analysis; Unfounded Assumptions; Unsustained Denials; Unsustained Denials: The Priesthood; The Codes; Appendix; List of Authors; Index.
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Bartley, Nalbro The Godfather
Farrar & Rinehart 1929 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1929 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Blue boards with yellow lettering (clean and bright - shows light wear). Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 386 pages. NO remander marks or clippings. NO foxing. Pages show tanning.
Price:
25.00 USD
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