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Jahn, Wolf; David Britt (Translator) THE ART OF GILBERT AND GEORGE Or an Aesthetic of Existence
New York Thames & Hudson 1989 0500275386 Paperback Very Good-
Used in heavy, oversized paperback. A clean, tight copy. Moderate creasing to the spine, smudging and light wear to the edges, rubbing to the covers. "Gilbert and George are two artists who work together as a collaborative duo. Gilbert Proesch (San Martin de Tor, Italy, 17 September 1943) and George Passmore (Plymouth, United Kingdom, 8 January 1942) have become famous for their distinctive, highly formal appearance and manner and their brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artworks". Gilbert Proesch (San Martin de Tor, Italy, 17 September 1943) and George Passmore (Plymouth, United Kingdom, 8 January 1942) have become famous for their distinctive, highly formal appearance and manner and their brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artworks". - from Wikipedia. ; Color and B/W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 524 pages
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James, Henry THE WINGS OF THE DOVE
London Everyman/J. M. Dent 1997 0460876171 Reprint Paperback Very Good-
Used in trade paperback. . A clean, tight copy. Moderate wear and creasing to the covers, slight aging to the text. Edited by Cheryl B. Torsney. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages; The Wings of the Dove is a classic example of Henry James's morality tales that play off the naiveté of an American protagonist abroad. In early-20th-century London, Kate Croy and Merton Densher are engaged in a passionate, clandestine love affair. Croy is desperately in love with Densher, who has all the qualities of a potentially excellent husband: he's handsome, witty, and idealistic--the one thing he lacks is money, which ultimately renders him unsuitable as a mate. By chance, Croy befriends a young American heiress, Milly Theale. When Croy discovers that Theale suffers from a mysterious and fatal malady, she hatches a plan that can give all three characters something that they want--at a price. Croy and Densher plan to accompany the young woman to Venice where Densher, according to Croy's design, will seduce the ailing heiress. The two hope that Theale will find love and happiness in her last days and--when she dies--will leave her fortune to Densher, so that he and Croy can live happily ever after. The scheme that at first develops as planned begins to founder when Theale discovers the pair's true motives shortly before her death. Densher struggles with unanticipated feelings of love for his new paramour, and his guilt may obstruct his ability to avail himself of Theale's gift. James deftly navigates the complexities and irony of such moral treachery in this stirring novel.
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James, Henry THE GOLDEN BOWL
Harmondsworth, England, UK Penguin Books 1972 0140024492 Reprint Paperback Good+
Used in mass market paperback. A tight, unmarked reading copy. Moderate wear and aging to the covers, small stains to page edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 547 pages
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James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
New York Barnes Noble Books 1996 0760702357 Reprint Paperback Near Fine
Used in trade paperback. Small move tie-in banner to front cover. A bright, clean copy. A couple of minor dimples to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages; In this portrait of a "young woman affronting her destiny," Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines, and a story of intense poignancy. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the charming and cultivated Gilbert Osmond. Isabel, however, soon discovers the cruelty and stifling darkness beneath Gilbert's civilized veneer.
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James, Henry; Frank Kermode (Editor) THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET AND OTHER STORIES
Harmondsworth, England, UK Penguin Classics 1986 0140432558 Reprint Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. A tight, unmarked reading copy. Black remainder stripe to lower page edges. Moderate wear and creasing to the covers, aging to the paper. ; Penguin Classics; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 453 pages; The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James's writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, "The Figure and the Carpet" is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader's undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are "The Author of Beltraffio", an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and "The Private Life", a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.
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James, William PRAGMATISM A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking; Popular Lectures on Philosophy
New York Longmans, Green & Company 1910 Reprint Hardcover Good with no dust jacket
Used in boards. A vintage but beat-up reading copy, ex-college library. Heavy bumping and wear to the spine and boards with light soiling to the page edges. Label removed from inside front cover, school stamp to front endpaper. Small number to dedication page. Both sets of endpapers split but hinges appear sound. Text appears clean throughout. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages
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James, William ESSAYS IN PRAGMATISM
New York Hafner Press N.D. 0028471407 Reprint Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. Heavy highlighting and ink markings to one chapter; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Previous bookstore stamp on the first page. Covers still shiny but one crease to the spine. ; Hafner Library of Classics; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; "The seven papers brought together in this volume, written between 1879 and 1907, provide an introduction to the philosophy of William James."
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Janov, Arthur THE FEELING CHILD
New York Simon & Schuster 1974 0671215841 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket
Used in cloth. No DJ. Previous owner's name and date inside front cover; otherwise a clean and tight reading copy. Minor rubbing and fading to edges of the cloth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages
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911 |
Jardine, Lisa WORLDLY GOODS A New History of the Renaissance
London MacMillan 1996 0333638107 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Minor bumping to the corners and edges, minor edgewear to the DJ. ; Color Plates, B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 470 pages; The flowering of civilization, the rebirth of classical scholarship and the serendipitous coming together of some of the greatest artists the world has ever known: this is the traditional view of the Renaissance. This work provides an interpretation of that age of European culture. In it, the author argues that while aristocrats and newly prosperous merchants commissioned works of art from the leading artists of the day, vicious commercial battles were being fought over silks and spices, and who should control international trade. As humanism and the "new learning" spread out of Italy across Europe, the prodigious output of the printing presses which sprang up soon dictated - by accident as much as by design - what was to become the European intellectual tradition.
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912 |
Jaspers, Karl; Eden and Cedar Paul (translators) MAN IN THE MODERN AGE
Garden City NY Anchor Books/Doubleday 1957 Paperback Good+
Used in mass-market paperback. Previous owner's name to first page; otherwise a tight and unmarked reading copy. Moderate rubbing and wear to the covers and edges, ink mark and smudging to the page edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 230 pages; First published in English in 1933, this detailled philosophical examination of the contemporary state and nature of mankind is a seminal work by influential German philsopher Karl Jaspers. Elucidating his theories on a variety of topics pertaining to contemporary and future human existence, Man in the Modern Age is a key text by a man whose influence in the field continues to be felt.
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Jayne, Caroline Furness STRING FIGURES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands
New York Dover Publications 1962 048620152x Reprint Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. An unabridged republication of the work first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1906 under the former title: STRING FIGURES. A clean, tight copy. Minor rubbing and edgewear. ; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 407 pages; Fullest, clearest instruction on string figures from wide variety of cultures around the world: Eskimo, Navajo, Lapp, Europe, many others. Create such imaginative figures as a cat's cradle, a moving spear, a bolt of lightning, pointed stars and much more. 950 illustrations.
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Jefferson County Historical Society WITH PRIDE IN HERITAGE History of Jefferson County
Port Townsend, WA Jefferson County Historical Society 1966 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. Previous owners' names to front endpaper and verso, later blank page; sticker and name to rear endpaper. Contents otherwise appear clean and tight. Moderate to heavy wear and aging to the DJ with numerous tears/chips to the edges. Previous owner's name and price in ink on the front flap of the DJ. Endpaper maps. Local history of the county, especially the Port Townsend area. ; Maps, B/W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 422 pages
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Jeffery, Peter THE SECRET GOSPEL OF MARK UNVEILED Imagined Rituals of Sex, Death, and Madness in a Biblical Forgery
New Haven, CT Yale University Press 2006 0300117604 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A bright, clean copy - still has the "new book" smell! Minor rubbing and wear to the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; In 1958, Bible scholar Morton Smith announced the discovery of a sensational manuscript–a second-century letter written by St. Clement of Alexandria, who quotes an unknown, longer version of the Gospel of Mark. When Smith published the letter in 1973, he set off a firestorm of controversy that has raged ever since. Is the text authentic, or a hoax? Is Smith’s interpretation correct? Did Jesus really practice magic, or homosexuality? And if the letter is a forgery . . . Why? Through close examination of the “discovered” manuscript’s text, Peter Jeffery unravels the answers to the mystery and tells the tragic tale of an estranged Episcopalian priest who forged an ancient gospel and fooled many of the best biblical scholars of his time. Jeffery shows convincingly that Smith’s Secret Gospel is steeped in anachronisms and that its construction was influenced by Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, twentieth-century misunderstandings of early Christian liturgy, and Smith’s personal struggles with Christian sexual morality.
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919 |
Johnson, Burges NEW RHYMING DICTIONARY AND POETS HANDBOOK
New York Harper & Row, Publishers 1957 0060122056 Hardcover Good+ in Good dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. Ex-college library reference copy. Tape residue to the cloth, labels and stamps to the endpapers, page edges and title page. Pencil notations to some pages. Moderate wear and aging to the DJ with tape repair to the lower edges, white label to the spine. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages; A storehouse of rhymes and rhythms for poets--as handy a tool for a writer as a thesaurus.
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920 |
Johnson, Charles OXHERDING TALE
New York Plume Books 1995 0452275032 Later Printing Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. With a new introduction by the author. A tight, unmarked reading copy. Remainder mark to lower page edges. Age darkening to the paper, black marker spot to rear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring -- Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes Oxherding Tale. Through sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, Hawkins navigates white and black worlds and comments wryly on human nature along the way. Told with pure genius, Oxherding Tale is a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, and the human spirit; and it reveals the author as a great talent with even greater humanity.
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Johnson, Denis TREE OF SMOKE
New York Picador 2008 0312427743 Reprint Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. National Book Award sticker on the front cover. Some light edgewear, creased page corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 702 pages; This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature.
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Johnson, Denis ALREADY DEAD A California Gothic
New York Harper Perennial 2003 006092909X Later Printing Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight reading copy. Moderate creasing and edgewear to the covers, slight aging to the paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages; A contemporary noir, Already Dead is the tangled story of Nelson Fairchild Jr. , disenfranchised scion to a northern California land fortune. A relentless failure, Nelson has botched nearly every scheme he's attempted to pull off. Now his future lies in a potentially profitable marijuana patch hidden in the lush old-growth redwoods on the family land. Nelson has some serious problems. His marriage has fallen apart, and he may lose his land, cash and crop in the divorce. What's more, in need of some quick cash, he had foolishly agreed to smuggle $90,000 worth of cocaine through customs for Harry Lally, a major player in a drug syndicate. Chickening out just before bringing the drugs through, he flushed the powder. Now Lally wants him dead, and two goons are hot on his trail. Desperate, terrified and alone, for Nelson, there may be only one way out. This is Denis Johnson's biggest and most complex book to date, and it perfectly showcases his signature themes of fate, redemption and the unraveling of the fabric of today's society. Already Dead, with its masterful narrative of overlapping and entwined stories, will further fuel the acclaim that surrounds one of today's most fascinating writers.
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Johnson, Lawrence THE WOLF-MAN'S BURDEN
Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2001 0801438756 Hardcover As New in Very Good+ dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. A bright, clean copy. Light rubbing to the DJ. "The Wolf Man was Sigmund Freud's most famous case; his enigmatic childhood dream of being gazed at by wolves outside his bedroom window bedeviled the founder of psychoanalysis. A rich source of imagery and meaning, the Wolf Man case might be interpreted as the primal scene of psychoanalysis itself". - from the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages
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924 |
Johnson, Paul A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
New York Atheneum 1979 0689107285 Book Club Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Large tear to rear panel of DJ. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 556 pages; First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. In "the best one-volume history of Christianity ever done," according to The Christian Century, Johnson takes off in the year 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known "Jesus Sect", A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity - and its trials and tribulations throughout history - has never before been contained in such a captivating work.
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Johnson, Paul E. A SHOPKEEPER'S MILLENNIUM Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
New York Hill and Wang 1991 0809001365 Later Printing Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. Minor rubbing and wear to the covers. ; American Century; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages; The religious revival that flourished in the early nineteenth century and changed American life found its most spectacular expression in Rochester, New York. The revival, in Rochester and elsewhere, made the United States the most militantly Protestant nation on earth and had an enormous influence on many Northern antebellum reform movements, including abolition and temperance. But although many historians have discussed its profound and wide-ranging effects, we know very little about its causes. A Shopkeeper's Millennium not only explores the interconnections between these vitally important economic, social, political, and religious changes but presents an evocative picture of a rapidly growing frontier city.
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Johnson, Peter GORDON OF KHARTOUM PSL Alternative History Series
Wellingborough, England Patrick Stephens 1985 0850597196 Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A bright, clean copy. Upper corner of front endpaper torn away, probably to remove previous owner's name. Slight edge creasing near the spine of the DJ. "How might history have been altered had General Charles Gordon not been killed by the Mahdi's fanatical followers at Khartoum on January 26, 1885? Explore the fascinating possibilities in this absorbing and fast-moving book. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages
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Johnston, William MYSTICISM OF THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
Trabuco Canyon, California Source Books 1992 0940147025 Reprint Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. A clean and very tight copy - may be unread. Moderate sun fading to the spine and portions of the covers. Foreword by Thomas Merton. ; Knowledge, Love, Purification, Union; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages; "Mystics have groped for words in which to account for the supreme reality of this experience... All this is said in classic and unforgettable pages by The Cloud of Unknowing, the work of an anonymous fourteenth-century English writer. . . Johnston [provides] the first extended and coherent theological treatment .... a most welcome and valuable contribution."-Thomas Merton
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928 |
Jones, Alexander (Editor) THE JERUSALEM BIBLE Reader's Edition
Garden City NY Doubleday & Company 1968 0385011563 Later Printing Paperback Good+
Used in oversized trade paperback. A clean, tight reading copy. Concave spine with minor shallow creases. Moderate edgewear to the covers, smudging to the page edges. Small tear to the lower spine of the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1698 pages; When it comes to Bible translations, readability and reliability are what count; and on both counts, the original JERUSALEM BIBLE stands alone. A product of the age of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) , THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (published in 1966) was the first truly modern Bible for Catholics. Using definitive original language texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical scholars of L'École Biblique in Jerusalem produced a meticulously accurate, wonderfully readable French translation of the complete canon of Scripture (La Bible de Jérusalem). From this French original came the English edition, edited by renowned Bible scholar Alexander Jones.
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Jones, Gwyn A HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS
New York Oxford University Press [1968] B00005W220 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A clean, tight copy. One small stain to lower page edges. Minor wear and creasing to edges of DJ. ; B/W Photos and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 504 pages
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Jones, Hettie (Adapted By) COYOTE TALES
New York Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1974 0030883466 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Illustrated by Mofsie, Louis
Used in cloth and DJ. A crisp, clean copy. Moderate rubbing, light edgewear to the DJ. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 49 pages; Stories adapted from Assiniboine, Skidi, Pawnee, and Dakota legends.
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Jones, Mrs. J. Willis, Jr. (Helen Ladoux) THE SOCIAL BLUE BOOK OF SEATTLE Nineteenth Edition 1965-66
Seattle, WA Mrs. J. Willis Jones Jr. / Wood and Reber Inc. 1965 Nineteenth Edition Hardcover Good+
Used in blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. Personal copy of Mr. And Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr. , leading citizens of Seattle in their day. Bumping to the lower corners, rubbing and light soiling to the boards. Numerous ink and pencil marks, check marks and ink margin notes throughout. A large list of names on the inside back cover. Also laid in, 3 vintage newspaper articles regarding the Blue Book and some of the founding families. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; Societies Blue Book for all of Washington State. Info includes married name and woman's single name, College attended, Social and Charitable groups including offices held, address and phone number in alphabetical order. Great Genealogy Resource
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Jonson, Ben; Peter Bement (Editor) THE ALCHEMIST
London Routledge 1992 0415051355 Reprint Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. Previous owner's name blacked out on the front endpaper; otherwise a bright and very tight copy. ; Routledge English Texts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; Peter Bement discusses critical readings in relation to the complexity of Jonson's attitudes to the theatre and to the effects of the play in performance. This edition also includes modern spelling and an account of the theory of alchemy. "The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The play's clever fulfillment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (excepting of course the works of Shakespeare) with, apart from a period of neglect during the Victorian era, a continual life on stage. The Alchemist premiered 34 years after the first permanent public theatre (The Theatre) opened in London; it is, then, a product of the early maturity of commercial drama in London. Only one of the University wits who had transformed drama in the Elizabethan period remained alive (this was Thomas Lodge) ; in the other direction, the last great playwright to flourish before the Interregnum, James Shirley, was already a teenager. The theatres had survived the challenge mounted by the city and religious authorities; plays were a regular feature of life at court and for a great number of Londoners. The venue for which Jonson apparently wrote his play reflects this newly solid acceptance of theatre as a fact of city life. In 1597, the Lord Chamberlain's Men had been denied permission to use the theatre in Blackfriars as a winter playhouse because of objections from the neighborhood's influential residents. Some time between 1608 and 1610, the company, now the King's Men, reassumed control of the playhouse, this time without objections. Their delayed premiere on this stage within the city walls, along with royal patronage, marks the ascendance of this company in the London play-world (Gurr, 171). The Alchemist was among the first plays chosen for performance at the theatre." - from wikipedia.
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Joyce, James DUBLINERS
New York The Viking Press (Viking Compass) 1967 Reprint Paperback Good+
Used in green wraps. The nineteenth printing of the 1962 reissue. A clean, tight copy. Moderate rubbing to the covers with soiling to the back cover. Minor age darkening inside the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages
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Joyce, James DUBLINERS
Ware, England, UK Wordsworth Classics 1993 1573353698 Reprint Paperback Very Good
Used in mass market paperback. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and creasing to the covers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 161 pages
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Joyce, James Dubliners / A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
New York Barnes Noble Books 1992 0880297492 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Used in cloth and DJ. A nice, solid edition in white cloth. Minor edgewear to the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages; Complete and Unabridged. Octavo. 411 pp. Back cover photograph of James Joyce by Giselle Freund. The map of Dublin used for the endpapers is from David A. Chart's The Story of Dublin (London, 1907).
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Joyce, James ULYSSES
New York Vintage International 1990 0679722769 Reprint Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight reading copy. One crease to the spine, moderate wear and aging to the covers and page edges. Slight age darkening to the text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 783 pages; This revised volume follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.
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Joyce, James; Harry Levin (Editor) THE PORTABLE JAMES JOYCE
New York Penguin Books 1976 0140150307 Later Printing Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and fading to the covers. Smooth spine but a little bit of aging to the paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 762 pages; The Portable James Joyce, edited and with an introduction by Harry Levin, includes four of the six books on which Joyce's astonishing reputation is founded: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man; his Collected Poems (including Chamber Music); Exiles, Joyce's only drama; and his volume of short stories, Dubliners. In addition, there is a generous sampling from Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake, including the famous "Anna Livia Plurabelle" episode.
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Judson, Horace Freeland THE GREAT BETRAYAL Fraud in Science
Orlando, FL Harcourt, Inc. 2004 0151008779 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good+ in Good dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. Ex-library copy with DJ sealed in mylar and taped to the boards. White library label to lower spine of DJ, stamp blacked out on top page edges, barcode label blacked out on the rear endpaper, and stamps to the title page. Book otherwise unmarked, binding tight ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 463 pages; Fraud permeates all types of institutions today and now the world of science, the last bastion of respect and trust, is no exception. Dozens of cases have been uncovered in the past quarter-century-and the headlines continue. We can no longer shrug off fraud in science as the work of aberrant individual scientists, Horace Freeland Judson argues. Instead, we must look for its causes and its remedies in the structures and cultures of the scientific institutions themselves. Judson carefully details all types of scientific fraud and how they happen; considers the self-government of the sciences, including peer review and the refereeing of papers; and exposes the failures of academic, governmental, and legal responses. He also shows how the movement toward Internet publication of papers promises remarkable new checks on fraud and suggests how we can restore and defend the integrity of the greatest monument of human endeavor- the sciences.
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Junkelmann, Marcus REITER WIE STATUEN AUS ERZ
Mainz am Rhein, Germany Verlag Philipp Von Zabern 1996 3805318219 Hardcover Very Good-
Used in illustrated boards. BOOK IS ENTIRELY IN GERMAN! A clean, tight copy. Moderate bump to the lower corners, light overall rubbing and edgewear to the covers. Armor and artifacts from the Carnuntum Archaelogical Park in modern Austria, focusing on Roman parade armor, combat helmets and cavalry riding exercises. The title refers to "Riders as Statues of Bronze." ; Zaberns Bildbande Zur Archaologie; Color and B/W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 126 pages
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Jörgensen, Beth E. THE WRITING OF ELENA PONIATOWSKA Engaging Dialogues
Austin, TX University of Texas Press 1994 0292740336 Paperback As New
Used in trade paperback. A bright, clean copy - appears unread. ; Texas Pan American Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages; Elena Poniatowska is one of Latin America's most distinguished and innovative living writers. Advocacy of women and the poor in their struggle for social and economic justice, denunciation of the repression of that struggle, and a tendency to blur the boundaries between conventional literary forms characterize her writing practice. Asserting that Poniatowska's writing has been uniquely shaped by her experience as a journalist and interviewer, Beth Jörgensen addresses four important texts: Palabras cruzadas (interviews), Hasta no verte Jesús mío (testimonial novel), La noche de Tlatelolco (oral history), and La "Flor de Lis" (novel of development). She also treats related pieces, including Lilus Kikus (short fiction), De noche vienes (short stories), Fuerte es el silencio (chronicles), and several of Poniatowska's essays. Her readings incorporate a variety of critical approaches within a feminist framework.
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Kadi, Joanna; (Editor) FOOD FOR OUR GRANDMOTHERS Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists
Boston South End Press 1994 0896084892 First Edition Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. Inscribed and signed by the editor, Joanna Kadi, on the first page; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Little bit of rubbing and edgewear to the covers. "Thoughtful and critical, this memorable collection of essays, poems, and recipes by over forty Arab-American and Arab-Canadian feminists honors the courage and spirit of Arab women - past, present and future". "Thoughtful and critical, this memorable collection of essays, poems, and recipes by over forty Arab-American and Arab-Canadian feminists honors the courage and spirit of Arab women - past, present and future". - from the back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages; Signed by Editor
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Kafatos, Menas & Robert Nadeau THE CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE Part and Whole in Modern Physical Theory
New York Springer-Verlag 1990 0387972625 Later Printing Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. Slight rubbing to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; The authors show that a generalized principle of complementarity is pervasive not only in physical theories such as cosmological models of the universe, but also in the construction of all human realities. They suggest that consciousness can no longer be divorced from the problem of the way science opeates. The book concludes by making the case that this entails a new way of understanding the universe that could obviate much of the current conflict between science and religion while providing at the same time a basis for valuation that is better suited for coordinating all human experience.
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Kane, Russell ZOO'S WHO
Garden City NY Doubleday & Company 1970 First Edition Hardcover Good+ Illustrated by Mehlman, Elwyn
Used in illustrated boards. Color Illustrations with small stories about animals in the Cleveland Zoo, originally appearing in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Previous owner's gift inscription from 1975 to the front endpaper; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Red remainder spray to lower page edges. Upper spine ends split, bumping to lower. Scarce. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages
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Kanon, Joseph THE GOOD GERMAN
New York Picador USA 2002 0312421265 Reprint Paperback Very Good
Used in wraps. A clean, tight copy. Minor curling to the covers, slight creasing to the first few pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 482 pages
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Kant, Immanuel EDUCATION
Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan Press 1960 0472060457 Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. A vintage reading copy, tight and unmarked. Moderate age darkening to the paper, minor rubbing and wear to the covers and edges. ; Ann Arbor Paperbacks; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 121 pages; Kant's views on education, which influenced the liberal and democratic ideals that guide educational theory today.
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Karenga, Maulana & Jacob H. Carruthers (editors) KEMET AND THE AFRICAN WORLDVIEW Research, Rescue and Restoration
Los Angeles, CA University of Sankore Press 1986 0943412072 First Edition Paperback Good+ Signed by Author
Used in trade paperback. Inscription and signature of the editor, Maulana Karenga, on the first page. Staining to the lower page edges throughout; otherwise a bright and clean copy. "Selected Papers/Conference Proceedings 1984-1985, Association For The Study Of Classical African Civilizations." Karenga was instrumental in the creation of the Pan-African holiday, Kwanzaa. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages; Signed by Author
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Karl, Barry D. THE UNEASY STATE The United States from 1915 to 1945
Chicago University Of Chicago Press 1983 0226425193 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. DJ in mylar sleeve and taped to the boards. Ex-library stamps and writing to page edges, endpapers and preliminary pages. Pocket and card to rear endpaper. Otherwise a tight and unmarked reading copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 257 pages
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Karpov, Anatoly THE CLOSED OPENINGS IN ACTION
New York Collier Books 1990 0020339852 First American Edition Paperback Good
Used in trade paperback. Ink writing to the first page, heavy ink markings and scribbles to the first 30pp; otherwise clean and tight. Moderate fading and aging to the covers and pages. "The Queen's Gambit and the English Opening form a major part of every strong player's repertoire...former world champion Anatoly Karpov examines developments in the theory of these openings, as well as in the Reti and Catalan Openings..." - from the back cover. ; The Macmillan chess library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages
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Karpov, Anatoly; Ian White (Translator) THE SEMI-CLOSED OPENINGS IN ACTION
New York Collier Books 1990 0020218052 First American Edition Paperback Good
Used in trade paperback. A servicable reading copy. Ink writing to the first page, heavy ink markings to the first 18 pp; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Slight aging to the paper. "The semi-closed openings (1 d4 Nf6) have been the arena for the most intense theoretical debates of recent years....Anatoly Karpov examines the most important developments in the Gruenfeld, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, and Nimzo-Indian Defenses". - from the back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages
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Kasaba, Resat THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE WORLD ECONOMY The Nineteenth Century
Albany, NY State University of New York Press 1988 0887068057 Second Printing Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. A tight, unmarked copy. Moderate wear to the edges of the covers and pages. One tear to the upper front cover near spine. "The Ottoman Empire is approached through analysis of its political economy based on world systems theory. Relations with Europe constituted one of the key factors that shaped the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire". Somewhat scarce. ; Suny Series in Middle East Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages
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Kasparov, Gary; Lev Khariton (Translator) LEARN CHESS WITH GARY KASPAROV
London B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1993 0713473258 Second Edition Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. Ink writing on the first page, heavy ink markings to the first 7 pp; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Shallow indentation to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages; Written by the world's greatest chess player, the series of 24 lessons takes the reader though all aspects of the game. Kasparov's vibrant style and immeasurable knowledge make this a treasure.
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Kass, Leon R. LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE DEFENSE OF DIGNITY The Challenge for Bioethics
San Francisco Encounter Books 2002 1594030472 First Paperback Printing Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. Moderate amount of ink underlining and marks scattered throughout. Minor edgewear but the covers and spine are still smooth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages; We are walking too quickly down the road to physical and psychological utopia without pausing to assess the potential damage to our humanity from this brave new biology.
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Kato, Shuichi; Chia-Ning Chang (translator) A SHEEP'S SONG A Writer's Reminiscences of Japan and the World
Berkeley CA University of California Press 1999 0520219791 Paperback As New
Used in trade paperback. A bright, clean copy - appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 470 pages; This critically acclaimed autobiography was an instant bestseller in Japan, where it has gone through more than forty printings since its first publication. Cultural critic, literary historian, novelist, poet, and physician, Kato Shuichi reconstructs his dramatic spiritual and in-tellectual journey from the militarist era of prewar Japan to the dynamic postwar landscapes of Japan and Europe. This fluid translation of A SHEEP'S SONG captures Kato's unique voice and brings his insightful interpretation of modern Japan and its tumultuous relations with the outside world to English-speaking readers for the first time. Kato describes his youthful interest in the natural sciences as well as in Japanese and Western literatures--from the Man'yoshu to Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Baudelaire, Valery, and Proust. Turning to the rise of Japanese fascism in the late 1930s, he recalls his rebellion against the jingoistic political atmosphere of the time. The chapters on the war and its aftermath include experiences of Hiroshima shortly after the bombing and the often tragicomic encounters between the defeated Japanese nation and the American Occupation forces. Throughout, memories of his wide-ranging literary career and broad experiences in Europe as a student, traveler, and cultural observer are punctuated by his unique perspectives on the relation between imagination, art, and politics. A postscript written especially for the English-language edition discusses the Vietnam War, the subsequent transformation of Japan, the cultures and societies of Europe, the United States, and China, and the collapse of the Soviet Union." No book in English so brilliantly and elegantly depicts what the post-war epoch felt like for the social and the literary activist." --Irwin Scheiner, most recently author of The Japanese Village: Imagined, Real, Contested
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Katz, Jon RUNNING TO THE MOUNTAIN A Journey of Faith and Change
New York Villard Books 1999 0679456783 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Minor rubbing and edge creasing to the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; Jon Katz, a respected journalist, author, father, and husband, was turning fifty. His writing career was taking an uneasy turn, his wife had a demanding career of her own, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and he had become used to a sedentary lifestyle. "I had settled down," he notes. "Any more settling and I would vanish into the mud like some fat old catfish." In Running to the Mountain, Katz finds a way to redefine and lend new meaning to his life. He writes, "I bought a tiny cabin at the very tip of a mountain in a remote corner of upstate New York and went there by myself. . . . I went for a lot of different reasons, but mostly, I think, to try to be a better human." Armed with the writings of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, his two faithful yellow Labradors, and the desire to confront change rather than simply react to it, Katz departs from his suburban enclave (where, as a carpooling father, he is known as "The Prince of Rides") and heads to a new world. What he finds is a community where a rodent problem prompts anyone within earshot at the hardware store to offer advice, and where the digging of a new well draws every neighbor within miles to his front lawn. It's also a place where he can be alone in nature, a new discovery for someone whose "favorite night out is a trip to a bookstore, the pizza place, and the Sony megaplex." Habitually skeptical about religion, Katz finds in solitude a chance to consider the questions that have followed him into middle age: Can one find spirituality outside of a church, temple, or mosque? Is it possible to build a rational, moral framework for one's life amid the complexities of modern life? As Katz restores his old cabin, learns self-reliance in a lightning storm, and helps a friend prepare for fatherhood, he gathers newfound knowledge that will be a source of inspiration and achievement as he returns to the life he left behind. "It is absolutely impossible," Merton wrote, "for a man to live without some kind of faith." Katz adds, "It is equally impossible to change your life without some." Running to the Mountain is an unexpected reading experience of adventure, humor, contemplation, and growth.
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Kaufman, Frederick A SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN STOMACH
Boston Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008 015101194X First Edition; First Printing Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Signed by Author
Used in boards and DJ. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. A clean, tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall, Small; 205 pages; The extremes of American eating—our separate-but-equal urges to stuff and to starve ourselves—are easy to blame on the excesses of modern living. But Frederick Kaufman followed the winding road of the American intestine back to that cold morning when the first famished Pilgrim clambered off the Mayflower, and he discovered the alarming truth: We’ve been this way all along. With outraged wit and an incredible range of sources that includes everything from Cotton Mather’s diary to interviews with Amish black-market raw-milk dealers, Kaufman offers a highly selective, take-no-prisoners tour of American history by way of the American stomach. Travel with him as he tracks down our earliest foodies; discovers the secret history of Puritan purges; introduces diet gurus of the nineteenth century, such as William Alcott, who believed that Ònothing ought to be mashed before it is eatenÓ; traces extreme feeders from Paul Bunyan to eating-contest champ Dale Boone (descended from Daniel, of course) ; and investigates our blithe efforts to re-create plants and animals that we’ve eaten to the point of extinction. ; Signed by Author
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Kavanaugh, Father James A MODERN PRIEST LOOKS AT HIS OUTDATED CHURCH
New York Trident Press 1967 Book Club Edition Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. Previous owner's stamps to top page edges and to first page; otherwise a tight and unmarked copy. Light foxing to the top page edges, bumping to the corners. Light rubbing and edgewear to the DJ. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages
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Kawabata, Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY
New York Wideview/Perigee Books 1981 0399505253 Later Printing Paperback Good+
Used in wraps. A clean, tight reading copy. One small tear and damp spot to first page. Moderate curling and edgewear to the covers and corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages
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970 |
Kawabata, Yasunari; Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator) SNOW COUNTRY
New York Vintage International 1996 0679761047 Paperback As New
Used in trade paperback. Small red remainder dot to to lower page edges; otherwise a bright and clean copy - appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages; To this haunting novel of wasted love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. As he chronicles the affair between a wealthy dilettante and the mountain geisha who gives herself to him without illusions or regrets, one of Japan's greatest writers creates a work that is dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.
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Kaye, Marvin (Editor) FRANTIC COMEDY Eight Plays of Knockabout Fun
Garden City NY The Fireside Theatre 1993 1568650248 Book Club Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. Introduction by Tony Tanner. Comedies in new adaptations or translations including works by Plautus, Moliere, Goldoni, Garrick, Dickens, W. S. Gilbert, France, and M. Ellis Grove. A clean, tight copy. Slight soiling to the page edges, minor edgewear to the DJ. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pages
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972 |
Kealy, Sean P. THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN
Collegeville, MN Michael Glazier Books/The Liturgical Press 1990 0814655815 Second Printing Paperback Good
Used in trade paperback. A servicable reading copy only. Ink underlining and markings throughout the first half of the text, previous owner's name to first page. Overall edgewear and curling to the covers. Binding tight, spine smooth. ; Message of Biblical Spirituality Series : New Testament; No. 15; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages
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Kearns, Kevin ON THE ROAD K'RD
Auckland, New Zealand 1996 0473041618 Paperback Very Good+ Illustrated by Webb, Greg; Photos
Used in trade paperback. A bright and very tight copy. Light bumping to the lower corners. Local history of the street in Auckland, NZ. ; B/W Photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages
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Keegan, John THE FACE OF BATTLE A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
London Penguin Books 1988 0140048979 Later Printing Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. Earlier version of the cover art. Previous owner's name to first page; otherwise a vintage reading copy. One heavy crease to the spine, moderate age darkening to the paper. ; B/W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; Although he has never fought in a war the author creates a realistic picture of the fears, pressures, and mechanics of fighting a battle, emphasizing three particular campaigns.
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Keene, Raymond & Byron Jacobs THE COMPLETE KING'S INDIAN
New York Henry Holt and Company 1992 0805024298 First American Edition Paperback Good+
Used in trade paperback. Ink writing inside front cover, heavy ink marks to the first 20 pp; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Fading to the spine, some wear to the edges. ; Batsford Chess Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages; The King's Indian is noted as a dynamic counter-attacking defence par excellence. This book describes the key strategies for both sides in the main lines such as the Fianchetto variation, the Petrosian system, the Sämisch/ Four Pawns attack and Averbakh. Analysis is backed up with verbal explanation making this book an ideal introduction for those wishing to take up or face the King's Indian in competitive situations.
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Kellert, Stephen H. IN THE WAKE OF CHAOS Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems
Chicago University Of Chicago Press 1994 0226429768 Later Printing Paperback Very Good-
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. Curling and one heavy crease to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention. What began as the discovery of randomness in simple physical systems has become a widespread fascination with "chaotic" models of everything from business cycles to brainwaves to heart attacks. But what exactly does this explosion of new research into chaotic phenomena mean for our understanding of the world? In this timely book, Stephen Kellert takes the first sustained look at the broad intellectual and philosophical questions raised by recent advances in chaos theory—its implications for science as a source of knowledge and for the very meaning of that knowledge itself.
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980 |
Kelly, Mary Pat MARTIN SCORSESE A Journey
New York Thunder's Mouth Press 1991 0938410792 First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Moderate bumping and wear to the edges, small tear and pinhole to the DJ. ; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; Since his first student film in 1963, Martin Scorsese has consistently made films of critical acclaim. This biographical portrait follows his life journey from his days as an alter boy seeking sanctuary from the streets, to his rise as the director of such films as "Mean Streets", "Taxi Driver", "GoodFellas", "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Cape Fear". Alongside the narrative, his story is told largely through his friends, relatives and the actors with whom he has worked most closely, including Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Nick Nolte, Roseanna Arquette, Willem Dafoe and Paul Newman.
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Kendall, David THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST WAR COMICS
New York Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007 0786719737 First American Edition Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. A bright, clean copy. Some smudging to the page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 511 pages; A unique, comprehensive collection of gripping stories set in twentieth century battlegrounds selected from classic magazines such as Blazing Combat and Commando.
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Kennedy, David M. OVER HERE The First World War and American Society
New York Oxford University Press, USA 1982 0195032098 Later Printing Paperback Very Good-
Used in trade paperback. A tight, unmarked copy. Rubbing and edgewear to the covers, some curled corners. ; Galaxy Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 404 pages; As the first full-scale exploration of the impact of World War I on American society, Kennedy's book uses the record of America's experience in the Great War as a prism through which to view early twentieth-century American society.
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Kennedy, Diana THE TORTILLA BOOK
New York Harper & Row, Publishers 1982 0060123478 Later Printing Paperback Good+ Illustrated by Coryn, Sidonie
Used in oversized paperback. A clean, tight copy. Moderate edgewear to the covers, slight curling to the corners, rippling to a couple of pages in the text. ; B/W Line Drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 158 pages; "Diana Kennedy, the authoritative cultural missionary for the foods of Mexico, shows the incredible range of her imagination as she concentrates on one amazingly versatile ingredient: the humble tortilla. "- from the back cover.
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Kennedy, Nancy WHEN HE DOESN'T BELIEVE Help and Encouragement for Women Who Feel Alone in Their Faith
Colorado Springs, CO Waterbrook Press 2001 1578564344 First Edition; First Printing Paperback As New
Used in trade paperback. A crisp, clean copy - appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; You Can Thrive–Not Just Survive–in An Unequally Yoked Marriage. Marriage is challenging, even under the best of circumstances. But for those of us whose husbands don’t believe or are not growing spiritually, marriage brings difficulties unlike those faced by other women of faith. If you love a man who is not committed to Christ, you may feel frustrated, guilty, or anxious; discouraged and lonely. You likely worry about how your husband’s beliefs–or lack of them–will affect your children. Perhaps you, like so many women, have tried to “help” your husband find or deepen his relationship with God–only to find that you have, unbelievably, pushed him farther away. You may be wondering, “What do I do now? ” Or, worse, you may have lost all hope. God is still in control. Speaking from experience, Nancy Kennedy offers biblical truth, practical help, and comforting insight from women who have walked in your shoes–and who have come to better trust God and more fully understand what to do (and what not to do) When He Doesn’t Believe. INCLUDES THOUGHT-PROVOKING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, STUDY AND APPLICATION TOOLS, AND POINTS TO PONDER AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER–TO BE USED WITH YOUR PRAYER PARTNER, SMALL GROUP, OR ON YOUR OWN!
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985 |
Kent, John RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD AND THE DUKES OF RICHMOND
London Sampson, Low, Marston & Company 1896 Hardcover Good
Used in green cloth with gilt lettering and design to the spine and front cover. Social history of Goodwood House and the Dukes of Richmond with emphasis on Horse Racing. B/W Frontispiece and 12 Illustrations with tissue guards, coated endleaves. Moderate wear and bumping to the cloth. Heavy tape repair inside both hinges. Ink price to front endpaper and preliminary page, writing to front endpaper verso. Upper portion of Frontispiece tissue guard loose at the gutter. ; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages
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986 |
Kesner, Ladislav (Editor) HORY A REKY BEZ KONCE... Krajina, Zatisi a Mikrosvet Prirody V Umeni Asis I Evropy
Prague Narodni Galerie V Praze 1996 Paperback Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Used in wraps and printed protective DJ. MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS WITHOUT END...LANDSCAPES, STILL LIFES AND...NATURE OF ART IN ASIA AND EUROPE. An exhibition at the Narodni Galerie (National Gallery) , Sternbersky Palac[e], 30th Jan-16th June 1996. "Seznam Exponatu" (Exhibit List) laid in the rear of the text. TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN CZECH! A beautiful book, especially the color reproductions. A clean, tight copy. One major spot to the DJ front cover, a spill of some sort and resulting creases. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 101 pages
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Kessler, Leo THE BATTLE OF THE RUHR POCKET April 1945
Chelsea, MI Scarborough House 1989 0812840054 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Minor edgewear to the DJ. ; B/W Photo Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; March, 1945, the end of the war in Europe is in sight. It is now that crucial decisions must be made - decisions that will affect the future security of unborn generations. Everyone is weary, exhausted by war. At every level mistakes are made. The military leaders are jostling for position and prestige, their thoughts now turning to their post-war careers. And one soldier in particular has his sights set on the position of highest authority in the western world. But history still eludes the Allies. One last battle remains to be fought: the battle of the Rhur Pocket. Why does the author describe this as the battle that should never have been fought? Why did Eisenhower let Stalin's armies seize what he himself had called "the glittering prize" of Berlin? Why were Churchill's warnings ignored and Montgomery's plans over-ruled? Why, above all, did the Allied victory produce a divided Germany, with repercussions so obvious and still so painful today? Leo Kessler retells the story of that last battle, in all its tragedy and horror: the fear, the gallows humour, the moments of supreme courage or final desperation, the errors of judgement that led to so many deaths.
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Ketchum, Richard M. DIVIDED LOYALTIES How the American Revolution Came to New York
New York Owl Books/Henry Holt 2003 0805061207 Later Printing Paperback Very Good+
Used in wraps. A bright, clean copy. Minor edgewear to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages; Years of neglect in the mother country had allowed America's fledgling democracy to gain power, but by 1760 America had become the biggest and fastest-growing part of the British economy, and Britain required tribute. When the revolution came to New York City, it tore apart a community that was already riven by deep-seated familial, political, religious, and economic antagonisms. Focusing on a number of individuals, Divided Loyalties describes their response to increasingly drastic actions taken in London by a succession of the king's ministers, which finally forced people to take sides and decide whether they would continue their loyalty to Great Britain or cast their lot with the American insurgents. Using fascinating detail to draw us into history's narrative, Richard M. Ketchum explains why men with similar life experiences-even members of the same family-chose different sides when the war erupted.
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Keyes, Frances Parkinson DINNER AT ANTOINE'S
Garden City NY Sun Dial Press 1950 B0006AS8SA Book Club Edition Hardcover Good+ in Fair dust jacket
Used in boards and DJ. A clean, tight copy. Slight slant to the spine, one indentation to the top edge, front cover. Heavy wear to the DJ with major chips missing from the upper front panel and lower spine. DJ flap price-clipped to the lower corner. Famous murder mystery that take place in a famous New Orleans restaurant. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages
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Khadra, Yasmina; Linda Black (Translator) WOLF DREAMS
Toby Press 2003 1902881753 1st English Language Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Used in illustrated boards with matching DJ. A clean, tight copy. Slightest bit of rubbing to the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages; How does a handsome young man who keeps company with poets and dreams of fame and fortune in the movie business become a brutal killer who massacres women and children without turning a hair? "Wolf Dreams" reveals this transformation in a novel of unflinching detail and commanding prose. The story follows Nafa Walid, heart-throb of the Casbah, as he gradually loses control of his destiny and becomes drawn into the Islamic Fundamentalist movement. "Wolf Dreams" illustrates how disappointment and disillusion, when they intersect with the persuasive voice of fundamentalism and the chaos of civil war, can transform a normal, middle-class young man into a mindless assassin; a man who inflicts pain and terror on others without qualms, and accepts the idea of his own death with devotion.
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Kiely, Benedict NOTHING HAPPENS IN CARMINCROSS
Boston David R. Godine Publisher 1985 0879237252 First American Edition Paperback Very Good
Used in trade paperback. Previous owner's initials to the first page; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Light rubbing to the page edges, creasing to the laminate on the rear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; At the height of the Troubles, Mervyn returns from America to his native Ulster, only to find the specter of bombs and political murder hanging over his idyllic Carmincross. This is the timely reissue of Benedict Kiely's novel about a land riven by terrorism. Benedict Kiely was one of the most celebrated Irish writers of the twentieth century. He died in February 2007.
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Kilian, Michael MURDER AT MANASSAS
New York Berkley Prime Crime 2000 0425177432 First Paperback Edition Paperback Near Fine
Used in mass market wraps. A bright, clean copy - appears unread. ; Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, Book 1; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 306 pages; Harrison Raines is a witness to the very first battle between the Union and Confederate armies. But he is also the last person to see a Federal officer alive before his death-a death that has nothing to do with war, and everything to do with cold-blooded murder.
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Kilner, Walter J. THE AURA
New York Samuel Weiser 1979 0877282153 Fifth Printing Paperback Good+
Used in mass market paperback. Previous owner's name on the first page; otherwise a tight and unmarked copy. Fading and a couple of creases to the spine, edgewear and some minor foxing to the top page edges. "Walter John Kilner, M. D. (1847–1920) was a medical electrician at St. Thomas Hospital, London. There, from 1879 to 1893, he was in charge of electrotherapy. He was also in private medical practice, in Ladbroke Grove, London. He wrote papers on a range of subjects but is today best remembered for his late study 'The Human Atmosphere'. In 1911 Kilner published one of the first western medical studies of the "Human Atmosphere" or Aura, proposing its existence, nature and possible use in medical diagnosis and prognosis". - from Wikipedia. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 329 pages
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King, Clarence; Francis Farquhar (Editor) MOUNTAINEERING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA
Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press 1997 0803277830 1st Printing, Thus Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. A bright, clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; A bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842–1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite Valley and surrounding High Sierras were written while he was surveying the boundaries of a newly designated national park. There are also delightful vignettes of western characters, including a Sierra artist and a family of Pike County hog farmers.
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King, Norman THE UNKNOWN CHALLENGER
Minneapolis, MN Osterhus Publishing House [1961] Hardcover Very Good
Used in cloth. No DJ as issued. Biography of John West told through his Christian beliefs. A clean, tight copy. Minor bumping and wear to the cloth. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 171 pages
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King, Winston L. ZEN AND THE WAY OF THE SWORD Arming the Samurai Psyche
New York Oxford University Press, USA 1994 0195092619 Later Printing Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages; Zen--serene, contemplative, a discipline of meditation associated with painting, rock gardens, and flower arranging--seems an odd ingredient in the martial psyche of the Japanese samurai. "One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind...the fact that he has to die," wrote a seventeenth-century warrior. "That is his chief business." But the demands of that "business," writes Winston King, found the perfect philosophical match in the teachings of Zen Buddhism. In Zen and the Way of the Sword, King offers a fascinating look into the mind of the samurai swordsman in a far-reaching account of the role of Zen in the thought, culture, and the martial arts of Japan's soldier elite. An esteemed scholar of Eastern religions, King deftly traces the development of Zen and discusses the personal nature of its practice, its emphasis on individual discovery and attainment. He then presents an accomplished capsule history of the samurai class, from its rise in the middle ages to formal abolition in the nineteenth century--an account filled with details of wars, political maneuvering, and cultural achievements. King also looks at the arms and vocation of the individual samurai, placing the details of armor and weapons in the context of the samurai conception of warfare. In particular, King focuses on the sword--the soul of the samurai, as it was called--describing how it was forged, the honor given famous swordsmiths, the rise of schools of swordsmanship, and breathtaking feats of the great swordsmen. Throughout, King shows how the samurai cultivated Zen, relating its teaching of a free and spontaneous mind to the experience of a warrior in individual combat, and finding philosophical strength in Zen as they prepared themselves for death. "What mind can penetrate his opponent's mind?" one authority has written. "It is a mind that has been trained and cultivated to the point of detachment with perfect freedom....His mind should reflect his opponent's mind like water reflecting the moon." In other words, a mind trained by Zen. King goes on to trace the role of Zen in samurai life through the peaceful eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, examining the absorption of Zen into World War II psychology and broader Japanese culture. Throughout, he provides a thoughtful perspective, both sympathetic and aware of the ethical problems inherent in a school of Buddhism turned to the needs of a military class. A scholarly, absorbing account, Zen and the Way of the Sword provides fascinating insight into the samurai ethos, and the culture of Japan today.
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Kinnvall, Catarina; and Kristina Jonsson (Editors) GLOBALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN ASIA The Construction of Identity
London Routledge 2002 0415277310 Paperback Very Good+
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. Minor rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; Globalization is a defining feature of our times, covering everything from economic and political issues to the spread of American culture. However, its status is controversial, with some viewing it as leading to greater development for all, and others as a threat to national cultures and democratic political life. This book shows how simplified such binary views are and examines how various globalizing forces have affected Asian societies. It discusses the relationship between globalization, identity and democratic developments in Asia both theoretically and empirically, and aims at understanding how economic, political and social forces interact and are mutually reinforced in Asian societies.
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Kinsley, David THE SWORD AND THE FLUTE Kali and Krsna; Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology
Berkeley CA University of California Press 1977 0520035100 Later Printing Paperback Very Good-
Used in trade paperback. A clean, tight copy. Creasing to the front cover and a few page corners. Light soiling and discoloration to the page edges. ; Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages; Krsna and Kali are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. The cruel and terrible Kali is thought to be born of wild, aboriginal roots. She is the goddess of thieves and often associated with human blood sacrifice. Krsna, in contrast, is the divine lover and inimitable prankster who plays a bewitching flute to draw all to him. But Kali and Krsna have much more in common than their contrasting personalities suggest. Kinsley shows that Krsna's flute can be interchangeable with Kali's sword, revealing important perceptions of the divine in the Hindu tradition.
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