Plutarch on Sparta
Penguin Group, November 1988. Trade Paperback. Two more of Plutarch's lives, covering the careers of the Spartan kings, Agis and Cleomenes. More
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The Enigma, November 2006, #1227, (National Puzzlers' League, monthly magazine)
National Puzzlers' League, November 2006. Pamphlet. 32 page stapled pamphlet. {5 & 3/8' x 8 & 1/2'] Mild toning. Clean, sound, without markings. More
How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book)
Touchstone, September 1972. Trade Paperback. With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. A CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should..... More
Visionary Fictions: Apocalyptic Writing from Blake to the Modern Age
Yale University Press, September 1996. Hardcover. "Visionary" writers, says Edward Ahearn in this original book, seek a personal way to explode the normal experience of the "real," using prophetic visions, fantastic tales, insane rantings, surrealistic dreams, and drug- or sex-induced dislocations in their work. Their fiction expresses rebellion against all..... More
Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
HarperCollins Publishers, May 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. "In this fascinating book, Madeleine Albright weaves together history, personal experiences, and brilliant analysis in exploring how religion can be a force for liberty and tolerance rather than oppression and terror." -- Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker The New York Times..... More
The Realization of the Absolute - The 'Naiskarmya Siddhi' of Sri Suresvara (2nd.ed.)
Shanti Sadan, January 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 2nd edition. Octavo in tattered, scarred DJ with foxing/darkening to verso. Front flap clipped. Blue faux leather with stamped gold foil lettering along spine and centered on front panel. Scattered through text, underlining and side notes, mostly in pencil. An uncommon title. [269 pages]..... More
Ground Zero (The X-Files)
HarperPrism, June 1996. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Dr. Gregory, a renowned nuclear weapons researcher, is not only dead -- he's been charred to a radioactive cinder. Since this is a death on Federal property, Mulder and Scully are hastily called in. As FBI agents who specialize in unexplained phenomena..... More
Exiles: A Memoir
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2010. Paper Back. Back in print, "a wry and moving . . . rare and minute accounting of growing up." (Time) Exiles is the story of two glamorous people--one, a beautiful aristocrat; the other, a self-made man, one of the most famous authors of the..... More
Arnold: Selected Prose (English Library)
Penguin Classics, May 1971. Trade Paperback. More
Philosophy in the 20th Century
Vintage Books USA, December 1983. Paper Back. More
Language, Truth and Logic
Dover Publications, June 1952. Trade Paperback. "A delightful book ... I should like to have written it myself." -- Bertrand Russell First published in 1936, this first full-length presentation in English of the Logical Positivism of Carnap, Neurath, and others has gone through many printings to become a classic of..... More
Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
Mariner Books, October 2018. Paper Back. A hypnotically fast-paced, masterful reporting of Harry Truman's first 120 days as president, when he took on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power--marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his..... More
Concrete Island: A Novel
Picador, October 2001. Paper Back. On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into..... More
Vermilion Sands
Panther Books Ltd., 1975. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Presumed first Panther printing w/ no addtional printings stated; Sound binding; Mild edge-wear present; Spine notably without creasing; Mild sunning to spine titles; Pages free of markings; A handsome copy, Good Plus; Collectible quality. More
THE DAY OF CREATION.
Lester & Orpen (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition; First printings; Sound binding, ever-so-gently leaning at spine; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped jacket Very Good, mylar wrapped; An excellent copy. More
Roots of War
Penguin Group, March 1973. Paper Back. Mild edge-wear; A nice, clean copy. More
A Window In Thrums
Henry Altemus. Hardcover. Edition/printing unstated; Sound binding; Decorative boards moderately edge-worn/rubbed w/ spine titles rubbed away; Pages free of markings; A Good copy overall. More
Aphrodite in Pieces
Ace Books, April 2026. Hardcover. Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring--and provocative--goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor..... More
Martin Buber: personalist & prophet,
Newman Press, January 1968. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. In mildly edgeworn DJ with darkened spine and one inch tear top edge of rear jacket panel. Boysenberry cloth with gold lettering on spine. Stamped in red ink: 'Library Glenn Dorris' front and rear free end pages.Dust stained top edge. Mild darkening at..... More
Enneagram: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Dimension Books, September 1984. Paper Back. Book hinges tender. Mild cover wear with some staining. Textblock clean and bright. More
Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2008. Hardcover. Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world? In..... More
American Prometheus : The Triumph And Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Vintage, May 2006. Trade Paperback. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD(R)-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER - "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic..... More
Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery
University of North Carolina Press, August 2017. Paper Back. The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature..... More
Turing's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age
The University of North Carolina Press, June 1984. Reprint. Paper Back. Trained in both classics and computer science, Bolter considers the cultural impact of computers on our age, comparing the computer to earlier technologies that redefined fundamental notions of time, space, language, memory, and human creativity. Surprisingly, he finds that..... More
Defining New Christian/Jewish Dialogue
Natl Book Network, November 2004. Hardcover. This collection offers helpful and instructive essays on new directions in Jewish/Christian relations. It looks at each group's role in history, the danger of prejudice and anti-semitism, Judaism in the Gospels, and moving forward in the Jewish/Christian relationship. More
