Oxford University Press, October 2004. Trade Paperback. This Very Short Introduction is an exciting and non-traditional approach to understanding the terminology, properties, and classification of chemical elements. It traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances..... More
Forgotten Books, 2012. Paper Back. A tight, square copy of this digitally remastered classic reprint series facsimile edition, originally published in 1914. University of California library stamp on dedication page. Underlining and marginalia on pages 124-130. Overall clean and well kept. More
OUP Oxford, April 2009. Paper Back. Philip Burton explores Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. One of Augustine's key concerns is the story of his own encounters with language: from his acquisition of language as a...... More
Cambridge University Press, November 1989. Trade Paperback. From the beginning of European trade and conquest overseas, Europeans have known they died from the effect of the strange "climate." Later, they came to understand that it was disease, not climate, that killed, but the fact remained that every trading voyage, every..... More
Berkley Publishing Group, February 1980. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Mariner Books, January 2012. Trade Paperback. In this Hugo Award-winning alternative history classic--the basis for the Amazon Original series--the United States lost World War II and was subsequently divided between the Germans in the East and the Japanese in the West. It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again..... More
Mariner Books, January 2012. Trade Paperback. In this Hugo Award-winning alternative history classic--the basis for the Amazon Original series--the United States lost World War II and was subsequently divided between the Germans in the East and the Japanese in the West. It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again..... More
Steidl, August 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. One of the seminal artists of contemporary photography, Philip-Lorca diCorcia produces work that exists on a wide spectrum of fictionalized documentary. Yet a thematic and conceptual unity, most often realized in serial form and particularly suited to monograph format marks each series in..... More
Steidl, May 2007. First Thus. Oversize Softcover. Philip-Lorca diCorcia is among the most innovative and influential photographers working today. For nearly 30 years he has explored the intersection of documentary style with cinematic production, making contemporary work that perches uncannily between the fictional and the real. This survey of diCorcia's..... More
Ace Books, 1962. Mass Market PaperBack. Very minor creasing to corners and spine. More
Del Rey Books, December 1986. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Tor Books, November 1988. Mass Market PaperBack. Paul Eyre was walking innocently in the woods. The golden light was hovering innocently over the woods. So Paul took an impulsive shot at it. Later, when he went home, he found himself acting strangely--and that was only the beginning. More
Popular Library, 1972. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Sound binding; Moderate wear to covers and spine from previous use w/ some creasing present; Pages free of markings; A Good Plus copy. More
Putnam Publishing Group, January 1981. Hardcover. Printing unstated; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped jacket Very Good, mylar wrapped; An excellent copy. More
Berkley Trade, October 1983. Paper Back. 'A limited first edition of this book was' previously 'published by Phantasis Press' This is the 2nd printing of Berkley Books. Mildly slanted spine. Edgeworn. Darkened/duststained textblock edges. [287 pages]. More
Simon & Schuster, February 2008. Paper Back. Early in the first century B.C. a Greek philosopher named Posidonius began an ambitious and dangerous journey into the little-known lands of the Celts. A man of great intellectual curiosity and considerable daring, Posidonius traveled from his home on the island of Rhodes..... More
Self Published, 1984. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Quarto.. {8 & 1/2' x 11'}. Light blue cardstock wrapper that is heavily foxed. Sunned at margins with horizontal bar of tanning across rear wrapper. 100 pages. More
McNally Editions, May 2026. Paper Back. "Political intrigue, sexual chicanery, disappointment, betrayal" combine with "dazzling" effect (Jane Shilling, The Sunday Telegraph) in this scandalous novel that exposed the secrets of Margaret Thatcher's government. As a senior clerk in the House of Commons, John is a man of gravitas, a well-respected..... More
Anchor Books, October 2003. Paper Back. With Tolstoyan sweep and Dickensian vitality, this epically involving historical novel relates England's tragic adventure in Afghanistan, which began with the triumphant arrival of the Army of the Indus in 1839 and ended three years later in rout and massacre. At the center of..... More
Pegasus Books, May 2021. Hardcover. An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of The Whale. In 1520, Albrecht Dürer, the most celebrated artist in Northern Europe, sailed to Zeeland to see a whale. A central figure of the Renaissance, no one..... More
Pegasus Books, May 2021. Hardcover. An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of The Whale. In 1520, Albrecht Dürer, the most celebrated artist in Northern Europe, sailed to Zeeland to see a whale. A central figure of the Renaissance, no one..... More
Mandarin, January 1996. Paper Back. Cocked spine. Some pencil notes. More
Routledge, November 1995. Paper Back. Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be both intimidating and confusing. Philip Hobsbaum provides a welcome remedy, illuminating terms ranging from the iambus to the bob-wheel stanza..... More
Syracuse University Press, February 1998. Trade Paperback. More
Ace Books, 1971. Mass Market PaperBack. More
