University of Chicago Press, February 2016. Paper Back. If offered the chance--by cloak, spell, or superpower--to be invisible, who wouldn't want to give it a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem..... More
Aegean Park Pr, June 1979. Paper Back. {8 & 1/4' x 10& 3/4'} Quarto. Beige cardstock cover. Foxing/dust stains top textblock edge. Clean internally with no underlining, side notes and etc. 174 pages. More
Aegean Park Press, 1975. Paper Back. Quarto; (8 & 1/4' x 10 & 3/4'}; Off white cardstock cover with heavily darkened/tanned spine and mild tanning of margins with soiling/stains front cover. Foxing textblock edges. 211 pages. More
Aegean Park Press, June 1979. First Trade. Hardcover. -encOriginally 'this book... was prepared (written) in 1946 by the Historical Section of the (then) Army Security Agency'. First published for public consumption in 1979 in both paperback and paperback. Quarto. {8 & 1/2' x 11'} Blue slick paper covered boards with..... More
Aegean Park Press, June 1979. First Edition. Soft Cover. Quarto. {8 & 1/2' x11'} Moderate tanning of spine. Interiors clean, unmarked. (186 pp.). More
Mariner Books, November 2020. First Edition. Cloth. From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa..... More
The American Dietetic Association, 1967. First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy green cloth boards w/ gilt design/letting at front and spine, boards mildly scuffed from handling; Minor pencil markings present in text, text laregely un-marked; An excellent copy, fit for any collector's library. More
Perseus Books Group, September 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. This ingenious book is the account of an epic astronomical journey, a tale told by an early-twenty-first-century human sailor among the stars. The account is discovered, as an alien "translator's note" reveals, sixty million years in earth's future--the product of one man's..... More
Belknap Press, May 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in dark grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering in black rectangle field on spine. In edgeworn dustjacket with torn/chipped spine base. Slightly lighter grey end pages.A previous reader's name written in ink upper right corner of fep. [520 pages]. More
Hanover House, January 1956. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy black boards w/ yellow lettering at front and spine; Text free of markings; Mild foxing present at paste-downs; Un-clipped book club dust jacket mildly edge-worn; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy. More
Dover Pubns, June 1957. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Clear and penetrating presentation of the basic principles of scientific research from the great French physiologist whose contributions in the 19th century included the discovery of vasomotor nerves; nature of curare and other poisons in human body; functions of pancreatic juice in digestion;..... More
Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1960. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with tanned spine with flaking, general mild wear to cover and darkening of margins. Previous owner's name & a date inked top corner first inside page. At the center of textblock 16 illustrated plates printed double sided. (227 pp.)..... More
Oxford University Press, June 2005. Trade Paperback. "The last great mystery for science," consciousness has become a controversial topic. Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction challenges readers to reconsider key concepts such as personality, free will, and the soul. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 1999. Paper Back. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice..... More
Hayden Book Co, January 1982. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. 2nd printing. Moderate shelf wear. Sun lightened spine. Heavy foxing to textblock top edge & fore-edge. Interior text is unmarked. No underlining. No notes. 259 pages. More
Johns Hopkins University Press, October 2000. Spiral Binding. Children who have been sexually abused can be very challenging patients whose needs include emotional, psychological, social and legal support, in addition to medical examination and treatment. This text and video offer a learning experience for medical professionals working in child sexual..... More
Holt Paperbacks, October 2006. Paper Back. One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read.--Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books The world's premier climatologist, Lonnie Thompson has been risking his career..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2022. Hardcover. Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle's Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence--plant, animal, human, artificial--and how they transform our understanding of humans' place in the cosmos. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something..... More
Touchstone Books, September 1983. Reprint. Paper Back. First Touchstone paperback edition. 2nd printing. Sound, clean & unmarked interiors. Number line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. [256 pp.]. More
Mosby, January 1978. Trade Paperback. More
St. Martins Press-3PL, September 2000. Trade Paperback. Scurvy took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. The threat of the disease kept ships close to home and doomed those vessels that ventured too far from port. The willful..... More
Aegean Park Press, June 1981. First Edition. Paper Back. Quarto; {8 & 1/2 x 10 & 3/4'}; Slight tanning of spine and margins. Mild mildew odor. 98 pages. More
American Cryptogram Association, January 1967. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. {6' x 9'}; Sunned at margins. Unmarked interiors. No underling. No side notes. 46 pages. More
Cambridge University Press, September 1986. Trade Paperback. This concise readable book explains, in language understandable to a wide audience, the author's somewhat controversial views about the possible origin of life. His major statement on the subject, 'Genetic Takeover' (published by the Press in 1982) attracted much publicity and acclaim. With..... More
Tarcher, April 2006. Trade Paperback. An amateur astronomer documents a year spent observing the night sky and building an observatory in his New England backyard, offering additional background information on the history of armchair astronomy and how it has assisted the scientific community. By the author of The Unspeakable. Reprint..... More
