Seven Stories Press, August 2010. Paper Back. Before the US invasion of Iraq, before the American public saw the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, the CIA went to the White House with a question: What, according to the Constitution, was the line separating interrogation from torture--and could that line be..... More
University Press of Kentucky, August 2006. First Edition. Cloth. When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but..... More
HarperOne, April 1992. Trade Paperback. Through the 64 hexagrams and the commentary on the I Ching, Thomas Cleary provides an insight into the teachings of Confucius, presenting selections from his analects that highlight various aspects of this wisdom. More
Appelton Century Crofts/ Meredith Publishing, January 1962. Paper Back. Octavo with worn edges & corners. Mildly diust stained edges. Previous owner's name inked half title page. [335 pages]. More
Yale University Press, May 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. The Milton Encyclopedia offers easy and immediate access to a wealth of information about Milton. It will serve as a general and comprehensive reference tool for general readers, students, and scholars alike, enhancing the experience of reading Milton. Articles cover each poem..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, December 1979. Trade Paperback. This edition reprints the first published version, that of 1893. Misprints and errors have been corrected and are identified in A Note on the Text. Footnotes indicate changes in wording Crane made for the 1896 edition and explain slang expressions and..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, December 1979. Trade Paperback. This edition reprints the first published version, that of 1893. Misprints and errors have been corrected and are identified in A Note on the Text. Footnotes indicate changes in wording Crane made for the 1896 edition and explain slang expressions and..... More
Wakefield Press, May 2012. First Thus. Paper Back. Essays reflecting on the science of imaginary solutions, from an influential figure in pataphysical thoughtPataphysics: the science of imaginary solutions, of laws governing exceptions and of the laws describing the universe supplementary to this one. Alfred Jarry's posthumous novel, Exploits and Opinions..... More
Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. Cloth. Octavo in jacket with darkening to spine and margins. A few scattered spots of damp staining. Two smal holes in the jacket probable insect damage. Front flap is clipped. Ochre coloured end pages. Bright red cloth covered boards with gold lettering upon spine. Previous..... More
Cambridge University Press, March 2009. Paper Back. Originally published in 1953, this was the first edition of Dekker's plays to appear in print since the late nineteenth century. Thus, for many years prior, Dekker had been the least accessible of the prominent Elizabethan dramatists, with the result that his anthologized..... More
St. Martin's Press, September 2017. Hardcover. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER A call to action from three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists, One Nation After Trump offers the definitive work on the threat posed by the Trump presidency and how to counter it. American democracy was..... More
TIME INC., September 1970. Stapled Magazine. Ten & 1/4-inch x Thirteen-inch; Folio; Stapled (3-staples) magazine, published weekly. Mild user wear, light toning. Subscriber address sticker affixed to front corner in the usual location lower left corner. The Making of a Fugitive; Wanted by the FBI: Angela Davis (includes (8 page..... More
TIME INC., September 1970. Stapled Magazine. Ten & 1/4-inch x Thirteen-inch; Folio; Stapled (3-staples) magazine, published weekly. Some rubbing, user wear and light creases of front fore-edge corners top & bottom. Back cover top corner has somewhat worse creasing. Sticker scar & residue from subscriber label removal. Stapled edge has..... More
Columbia University Press, October 1981. Trade Paperback. In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell and..... More
New Directions Publishing Corporation, June 1970. Paper Back. The Doctor and the Devils is the scenario for a feature-length film. This tale of murder is based on the famous case of the Scottish body-snatchers Burke and Hare, who thrilled newspaper readers in the mid-nineteenth century and whose crimes are still..... More
Springer-Verlag, January 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. This careful, self-contained introduction to first-order logic includes an exposition of certain topics not usually found in introductory texts (such as Trachtenbrot's undecidability theorem, Fraisse's characterization of elementary equivalence, and Lindstr m's theorem on the maximality of first-order logic). The presentation is detailed and..... More
Harcourt, Brace & World, January 1965. Paper Back. Octavo. Underlining & side notes here & there through text. Rubbing & some soiling to cover. Foxing/sunning spine and margins. [192 pp.]. More
Macmillan Pub Co, July 1992. Oversized Hardcover. More
One World, March 2022. Hardcover. The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind "Gripping . .... More
Collins Publishers, October 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The author of 'Washingtons Secret War' presents a dramatic new look at the Revolution after the last battle had been won, when the former colonies fate remained dangerously unsettled. 8-page insert. First edition with full number line. Very lightly bruised at the ends..... More
Little, Brown, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. Four First Editions in dust jackets all. Various conditions in the neighborhood of Good; Volume I is ex-library with most of the usual ex-library defects: stamps, sticker, pockets plus heavy foxing discoloration to textblock edges. NOT price clipped; Volume II in..... More
Harper Perennial, February 2014. Trade Paperback. A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable. While many books can..... More
Harper Paperbacks, July 2008. Trade Paperback. The follow-up and companion volume to the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor--a lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying, and fun Of all the literary forms, the novel is..... More
Metropolitan Books, August 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. From the author of the landmark bestseller "What's the Matter with Kansas?," a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate--and lucrative--conservative misrule In his previous book, Thomas Frank explained why working America votes for politicians who reserve their favors for the rich. Now..... More
Review Publishing & Printng Company, February 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Red cloth covered boards with washed out spots of discoloration scattered over front & rear board. Dustjacket missing, if there ever was one. Sun-bleached spine with gold lettering. Signed (with lengthy inscription) on front free end page, by Thomas Gamble..... More
