Search Results: Authors starting with A from Worldwide Collectibles

Just Another Day in Paradise (Fiddler & Fiora Series)

by A. E. Maxwell
Publisher:Busted Flush Press, LLC, 2009
ISBN is 9780979270963 / 0979270960
Paperback
5.05 x 8 inches, 231 pages

A. E. Maxwell wrote one of the smartest, most consistent PI series in recent memory. Big plots, great villains, and a kickass private eye with plenty of humanity. The toughness of Robert B. Parker's early Spenser novels blended with the wry humor and scope of Ross Thomas. Wholly original, endlessly entertaining. The books of A. E. Maxwell are a forgotten treasure. Tim Maleeny

Back in print for the first time in fifteen years, the first thriller featuring failed violinist-turned-private investigator Fiddler and his beautiful banker ex-wife Fiora. Fiora needs Fiddler's help when her twin brother's smuggling operation might get him killed.

The Compleat McClane; A Treasury of A.J. McClane's Classic Angling Adventuresby A. J. McClane, introduction by John MerwinPublisher: Dutton Adult, 1988ISBN is 9780525246435 / 0525246436Hardcover6.35 x 9.6 inches, 404 pagesFor more than four decades, A. J. McClane was the most familiar and respected byline in angling literature. The longtime fishing editor of Field & Stream magazine, he also wrote more than 20 books, many of which sold widely and were standards in their field.Arnold Gingrich, publisher and founding editor of Esquire magazine, called Mr. McClane's first book, "The Practical Fly Fisherman," published in 1953, the "most comprehensive and useful single volume on all forms of freshwater fly fishing." Educated at Pratt and CornellHis 1,156-page "McClane's New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide," first published in 1965 and again in 1974, has sold nearly one million copies and remains the premier reference source of its kind.Born in Brooklyn, Albert Jules McClane… Read More

Secret Assassins in Food: The Ninjas of Taste
by A. True Ott
contributions by Linda K. Hegstrand
Publisher: Manna Publishing, 2004
ISBN is 9780976402008 / 0976402009
Paperback
6 x 9 inches, 186 pages

A. True Ott "received his Bachelors of Arts degree from Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah in 1982,
and went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Nutrition through the American College in Washington DC in 1994."

"Dr. Ott's dissertation and research followed the groundbreaking work of Linus Pauling, and asserted via independent
research that each mineral on the periodic table of the elements, in its pure crystalline form, pulses a specific
hertz resonant frequency based on its atomic weight and unique electron configuration.

A True Ott Bio appears to "target" Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz's specific areas of groundbreaking research, including
the"hexagonal crystalline form" of water molecules as recorded by Dr. Horowitz's co-investigator, Dr. Masaru Emoto,
and explained by… Read More

Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the CourtAuthor: Kareem Abdul-JabbarPublisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2018ISBN-13: 9781455542260ISBN-10: 1455542261Paperback5.4 x 8.2 inches, 291 pagesReview"This latest masterpiece by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is even better than all the rest... I'm captivated, enthralled, educated, and entertained as The King's words roll off the page even smoother than his skyhook did off his fingertips."-Bill Walton"A pleasant expression of deep appreciation for a man who changed the author's life by enriching it."-Kirkus"Anyone inclined to dismiss John Wooden and Abdul-Jabbar's relationship as merely coach and player... will rethink that miscalculation after reading this compact, engaging memoir."-Publisher's Weekly"Abdul-Jabbar and Wooden shared a priceless friendship, and this sensitive, sharply written account brings it to full, vivid life."-Booklist"I always knew my Daddy felt this way about Kareem, but I never knew Kareem ever felt this way about my… Read More

Yosemite and the Range of Light by Ansel Adams (Author)Publisher:Abrams, N; (1979)ISBN-10: 0870706497ISBN-13: 9780870706493PaperbackItem Weight: 1.45 pounds11.1 x 9 inchesAnsel Adams (1902 – 1984) was the most honored American photographer of the twentieth century. Through his exhibitions and publication of his work, his writings, and his leadership in the Sierra Club, Adams was also a prescient and highly effective voice in the fight to preserve America's remaining wilderness.

publication date stated as 1925(?) - probably 1970s - 1980s, no jacket, former library book with label on spine, rubber stamping on top & bottom page edges & two pages, first blank page has been removed, short passage underlined

publication date stated as 1925(?) - probably 1970s - 1980s, no jacket, former library book with label on spine, rubber stamping on top & bottom page edges & two pages, first blank page has been removed, short passage underlined

Exploring the Galaxy - The Moon by Thomas K. Adamsonconsulting editor: Gail Saunders-SmithPublisher Capstone Press/Pebble Plus, 2007ISBN 10 1429662891ISBN 13 9781429662895Paperback11 x 9 inches, 24 pagesThomas K. Adamson (Born: 1970) has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.

The Cheyennes Indians of the Great Plains by E. Adamson Hoebel
copyright 1960 Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc
#23677-0110 printed 1964
Paperback
6 x 9.25 inches, 103 pages

E. Adamson Hoebel (1906–1993) was Regents Professor Emeritus of anthropology
at the University of Minnesota. Having studied under Franz Boas, he held a PhD in anthropology from Columbia University. There he also attended the seminars of Karl N. Llewellyn, who taught at the Columbia Law School from 1925–1951. Llewellyn (1893–1962) was the most important figure associated with the American Legal Realism of the 1920s and 1930s, which held that the law was indeterminate on the basis of statutes and precedents alone and required study of the how disputes are resolved in practice. The "sociological" wing of legal realism championed by Llewellyn held that in American law dispute resolution was strongly influenced by norms such as those in mercantile practice. Llewellyn and Hoebel (1941) went to on to develop a means of… Read More

Possible (?) First Edition.
Introduction by Boris Karloff.

Cover wear on corners & edges and at base of spine. Inscription on first page

Heavy Equipment by Jan Adkins
ISBN-13: 9780684166414
ISBN-10: 0684166410
Publisher: Atheneum copyright 1980
Hardcover
7.9 x 8.25 inches, 32 pages

Heavy equipment or heavy machinery or Earthmover refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks. Heavy equipment usually comprises five equipment systems: the implement, traction, structure, power train, and control/information.

Heavy equipment has been used since at least the 1st century BC when the ancient Roman engineer Vitruvius described a crane in De architectura when it was powered via human or animal labor.

Heavy equipment functions through the mechanical advantage of a simple machine, the ratio between input force applied and force exerted is multiplied, making tasks which could take hundreds of people and weeks of labor without heavy equipment far less intensive in nature. Some equipment uses hydraulic drives as a primary source of… Read More

More Kennedy Wit edited by Bill Adler
Bantam - published October 1965 coyright 1965
# H3076
Paperback
4.2 x 7 inches, 125 pages

Bill Adler is the author of numerous bestselling books including Kids' Letters to President Kennedy, The Kennedy Wit, and Kids' Letters from Camp. He has edited a wit book about every President since John F. Kennedy.
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One of Mr. Adler's best-selling books was a collection called "The Kennedy Wit." The president's aides approved the project early in the administration, but Kennedy was said to have been angry about it, causing Random House to drop the idea. Mr. Adler suspected that the president had not wanted his humor emphasized so soon after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

After 35 more publishers turned the book down, Mr. Adler finally obtained a $2,500 advance from Citadel Press, a small publisher. The book, released in 1964, after the president's assassination, was on the New York Times best-seller list for more than six months and… Read More

More Kennedy Wit edited by Bill Adler Bantam Books #H3076 1965
Paperback
4.2 x 7 inches, 125 pages

Bill Adler is the author of numerous bestselling books including Kids' Letters to President Kennedy, The Kennedy Wit, and Kids' Letters from Camp. He has edited a wit book about every President since John F. Kennedy.
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One of Mr. Adler's best-selling books was a collection called "The Kennedy Wit." The president's aides approved the project early in the administration, but Kennedy was said to have been angry about it, causing Random House to drop the idea. Mr. Adler suspected that the president had not wanted his humor emphasized so soon after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

After 35 more publishers turned the book down, Mr. Adler finally obtained a $2,500 advance from Citadel Press, a small publisher. The book, released in 1964, after the president's assassination, was on the New York Times best-seller list for more than six months and sold more than 1.4 million copies.

The Desolate Antarctic by Admiral Lord Mountevans Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 1950Hardcover5.7 x 8.6 inches, 172 pagesAdmiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, KCB, DSO, SGM (28 October 1880 – 20 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer.Evans was seconded from the Navy to the Discovery expedition to Antarctica in 1901–1904, when he served on the crew of the relief ship, and afterwards began planning his own Antarctic expedition. However, he suspended this plan when offered the post of second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913, as captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but was sent back in command of the last supporting party. On the return he became seriously ill with scurvy and only narrowly survived.After the expedition he toured the country giving lectures, and returned to his naval duties as a commander in the summer of… Read More

Jefferson & Madison
The Great Collaboration
by Adrienne Koch


A
Galaxy Book published by Oxford University Press 1964, Third printing, Soft
bound, Excellent+ condition (light cover wear, one passage underlined in
ink). This book offers a uniquely important interpretation of the
half-century friendship of Jefferson and Madison. The two philosopher
statesmen are shown jointly working out the philosophy of democracy in the
clash of political interests that followed the Revolution.With fresh insights derived from her mastery of
unpublished primary sources, Miss Koch recreates the personal drama behind
formal statements and outward events and re-evaluates the political and
philosophical significance of the views and actions of Jefferson and
Madison. She reveals their struggle for a democratic but strong government,
free from religious ties, unafraid of political criticism, protective of
civil liberties, and dedicated to learning. She re-examines their views on
federal authority, the… Read More

very light cover wear, several passages highlighted

#: FHWA-ID-EIS-04-1-F, 10 Sections plus 6 appendices, Idaho Forest Highway 80, project funded & supported by Federal Highway Administration, Western Fedreal Lands Highway Division & U. S. Forest Servicemany maps, charts, diagrams

Folk Tunes & Folk Dances from Many Lands - No. 5AThe Young Pianist's Library, Volume A (Elementary)selected & arranged by Denes AgayPublisher : M. Witmark & Sons (1961)Paperback : 24 pages9 x 12 inchesAuthentic music form many lands and nations including works from Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, England, China, Russian, Sweden, USA, Norway, Latin America, Italy, Spain, et al---------------------Denes Agay (June 10, 1911 - January 24, 2007) was a Hungarian-born American composer, arranger and author.Agay was born and raised in a small village near Budapest and began playing piano at the age of three. In 1934 he completed his musical studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.Agay conducted the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of a symphony which he composed. He worked as a film composer; one film assignment was writing the background music for Hedy Lamarr's nude scene in the 1933 film Ecstasy.Agay was a Jew, and after the rise of Nazism, he emigrated to New York in 1939. In 1942… Read More

Dearly Beloved - a Treasury of Wedding Musiccompiled & arranged for piano by Denes AgayPublisher:Music Sales Corp, 1959ISBN10: 0825641624ISBN13: 97808256416268.45 x 0.25 x 11 inches, 60 pagessee Table of ContentsDenes Agay (June 10, 1911 - January 24, 2007) was a Hungarian-born American composer, arranger and author.Agay was born and raised in a small village near Budapest and began playing piano at the age of three. In 1934 he completed his musical studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.Agay conducted the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of a symphony which he composed. He worked as a film composer; one film assignment was writing the background music for Hedy Lamarr's nude scene in the 1933 film Ecstasy.Agay was Jewish, and after the rise of Nazism, he emigrated to New York in 1939. In 1942 he became an American citizen and joined the military, entertaining patients in the hospital wards. His parents were murdered in Auschwitz.After the Second World War Agay worked as a… Read More

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye
Author: James Agee
Publication Date: 1963
Publisher: Bantam
Paperback
4.2 x 7 inches, 217 pages

James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for Time Magazine, he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. Agee is also known as a co-writer of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and as the screenwriter of the film classics The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter.

Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Hugh James Agee and Laura Whitman Tyler, at Highland Avenue and 15th Street, which was renamed James Agee Street, in what is now the Fort Sanders neighborhood. When Agee was six, his father was killed in an automobile accident. From the age of seven, Agee and his younger sister, Emma, were educated in several boarding… Read More