Albert Whitman & Company, January 2003. Soft Cover. In 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked 'Hana Brady, May 16, 1931.' The center's curator, searches for clues to young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned..... More
Open Court, January 1999. Hardcover. Patocka, like few others before or since, combined what was best in Husserl and Heidegger, but at the same time found for himself a distinct, original philosophical voice. Both his originality and his synthesis of the two dominant strands of classical phenomenology are evident here..... More
Viking Adult, February 2001. Hardcover. Karen Armstrong has been acclaimed for her scholarship and vision, in works The New York Times Book Review calls "penetrating, readable and prescient". Her rich, timely, highly original portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man. Armstrong follows the..... More
The Macmillan Company, January 1968. First Edition. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Brown cloth covered boards. Gold lettering and small blue foil colophon stamped between title and author's name: both on spine. Boards dust stained and slightly bowed. Topstained faded gold. 305 pages. More
Generic, January 1946. Cloth. Missing dustjacket. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2'} Chocolate brown cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. 'ML' blind stamped front panel. Several small blotches of discoloration of cloth. Fore-edge has a splatter of brown specks. Previous owner's address stamp top textblock edge..... More
Riverhead Press, August 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. The Tibetan leader presents a plan for a new human and social paradigm, arguing that man is not inherently sinful, and discussing how redirection in the perception of our fundamental natures can bring positive change. First edition with full number line. Chocolate boards..... More
Hill and Wang, January 2006. Trade Paperback. A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent..... More
Metropolitan Books, October 1998. Hardcover. For people all over the world, Anne Frank, the vivacious, intelligent Jewish girl with a crooked smile and huge dark eyes, has become the "human face of the Holocaust." Her diary of twenty-five months in hiding, a precious record of her struggle to keep hope..... More
Weatherhill, January 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto. {7 & 3/4' x 10 & 1/2} Edgeworn dustjacket, especialy at top. Sun bleached margins of rear jacket panel and spine. Flap is not clipped. Chocolate brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Textured golded ochre end pages. 295 pages. More
George Braziller, June 1975. First American. Cloth. Octavo in lightly edgeworn DJ. Front flap is not clippe. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. First published in England in 1891 and then its 2nd edition was 1892. In 1974 Architectural Press published this version, again in England. As..... More
Yale University Press, September 1990. Hardcover. Spine slanted; edges and rear endpaper soiled. More
Continuum, May 2011. Trade Paperback. When representing the Holocaust, the slightest hint of narrative embellishment strikes contemporary audiences as somehow a violation against those who suffered under the Nazis. This anxiety is, at least in part, rooted in Theodor Adorno's dictum that "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." And..... More
Knopf, March 2000. Hardcover. At last, a book about eating (and eating well) for health -- from Dr. Andrew Weil, the brilliantly innovative and greatly respected doctor who has been instrumental in transforming the way Americans think about health. Now Dr. Weil -- whose nationwide best-sellers Spontaneous Healing and Eight..... More
Ohara Publications, Inc., 1985. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. {6' x 9'} Small chip/tear top of spine. Mild user wear to edges of cover. Unmarked interior pages. 143 pages. More
Unique Publications, December 1986. Paper Back. It's all here, from knife fighting skills to wielding the sickle and chain. This is the "official" guide to the combat tools and forbidden secrets of Japan's ninja clans! The author, Charles Daniel, is a yodan in taijutsu. Mr. Daniel is well-known for his..... More
Octagon Press, January 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. {5' x 8'} In dustjacket with edgewear & chipping at edges, a few small (1/2' tears and some tape reinforcement/repairs. Flap is not clipped. Navy blue textured-paper covered boards. Tanned end papers. Previous owner's name in ink and residue from sticker on..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1965. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. 'the Anchor Books edition is the first publication of The Ontological Argument'. Paperback original. {4 & 3/16th' x 7'} Mild user wear. Bowed spine. Inked notes, tick marks, etc. scattered through text. XVIII pages of introductory material. 178 pages of text..... More
Ralph Clark, January 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 7'} Damp stains & moderate wear. 264 pages. More
McGraw-Hill Education, April 1988. Soft Cover. Told in actual stories of past grandmasters and in dojo lectures on techniques-with photographs, drawing, and paintings-the last surviving grandmaster of the ancient art of ninjutsu, Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, presents "Essence of Ninjutsu: The NineTraditions." In it, he explains why, after more than 900..... More
Action Pursuit Group, July 1991. Soft Cover. The art of the samurai. In ancient Japan, the sword and the soul were intertwined. The definitive volume on this rare, classical martial art, including a chapter on Japan's greatest swordsmen. More
HarperSanFrancisco, April 1995. Trade Paperback. A leading biblical scholar's examination shows how today's historical Jesus research, far from being destructive, can lead to an intelligent and sustaining faith. More
Ralph Clark, January 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Paladin Press, September 1985. Oversize Softcover. Discover the colorful history of sword making, the ryu of Japan, the samurai code of honor and the Zen tradition of swordsmanship. Parulski covers the uniform and how it's worn, fighting postures, conditioning, training with the suburito and traditional etiquette. Photos and text reveal..... More
Unique Publications, November 1986. Oversize Softcover. Taijutsu is the ninja warrior's elite system of unarmed self-defense. This is the first book to definitively present the concepts, principles, and techniques of this rarest of martial arts, whose lineage traces back through the feudal Japanese masters to ancient Chinese monks. More
YMAA Publication Center, March 1997. Oversize Softcover. San Shou Kuai Jiao (Fast Wrestling for Fighting) is the Chinese martial art of throws and takedowns. A San Shou Kuai Jiao throw can cause tremendous damage to your opponent while keeping you safely on your feet. For centuries, fighters in China have..... More
