Search Results: Authors starting with G from Infinity Books Japan

US: Macmillan Education, 2001. Paperback. Good/Good.

Futura Pubns, 1986. Very Good.

US: Berkley, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Discovering two thought-provoking philosophical questions in her mailbox, S ophie enrolls in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher and begins to receive some equally unusual letters. Reprint.

US: Phoenix, 1991. Paperback. Good. A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought. In order to answer two existential questions, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning--but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. Paperback. Good. The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationsh ip as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A b estseller in Norway.

US: Dell, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of histor y, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most pop ular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey. The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges fr om London's Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-rank ing officer in His Majesty's army, Grey has just witnessed something shocki ng. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are in terrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investi gate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor. Ob liged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every stratum of English soci ety--and… Read More

US: Apress, 2013. Near Fine. In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. Node.js Recipes is your one-stop reference for solving Node.js problems. Fi lled with useful recipes that follow a problem/solution format, you can loo k up recipes for many situations that you may come across in your day-to-da y server-side development. Node.js is accessible to those who not only relish in server-side programming but also web developers who understand the ubiquitous language of the web. Node.js Recipes covers all the essential ingredients required to become a seasoned Node.js developer in no time - make it your indispensable reference today.

US: Tehuti Research Foundation, 1997. As New. Pyramid Illusions: A Journey To The Truth challenges the common theories ab out the Egyptian stone pyramids. Pyramid Illusions is a culmination of orig inal research, imaginative writing, and many useful illustrations to help t he reader envision him/herself at the sites and interiors of the Egyptian m asonry pyramids. By reviewing the facts on the sites, the reader is capable of separating the fact rom the fiction and finding that the pyramids are n ot tombs, the stone blocks of the pyramids were man-made and not quarried, ramps were not used, and slaves did not build the pyramids. Readers will be come informed about the ancient Egyptian tombs and how they differ from the stone pyramids. They will learn how and when ancient Egyptians manufacture hard stones for jewelry, jars, vessels, statues, as well as for the pyrami d blocks, and much, much more. Controversial, articulate, challenging, Pyra mid Illusions is a fascinating contribution to Egyptology.

Faber and Faber, 1999. Very Good. Investigating the circumstances in which a young American woman died from a heroin overdose, Alan Rosslyn finds himself delving deeper and deeper into the secrets of an apocalyptic sect, whose contacts reach into the higher s trata of MI5, the CIA and the American government.

US: Urbane Publications, 2017. Paperback. Good. Part murder ballad, part ghost story, part true crime, this book takes you on a gripping journey from the small-town murder of a teenage girl in the 1 970s to recent real-life shootings in West Cumbria. Are the crimes linked? Fifteen-year-old Barry Dyer may have the answers, but when events impact so horrifically on a town and its people, it always pays to tread carefully w hen revealing the truth. Quirky, disturbing, and haunting, All The Places I 've Ever Lived is a moving and tender exploration of a teenage outsider in a small community, as well as being a finely wrought portrayal of the negle cted industrial settlements of West Cumbria, where nuclear plants, thermome ter factories and chemical works contrast vividly with the desolate beauty of the Lake District.

US: Wolfhound Press, 1974. Very Good. A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: Arranged by subject, Proverbs and Sayings of Ireland, is an illustrated col lection of more than 1,000 proverbs, sayings and triads (a three part piece of wisdom) from all of over Ireland. Apart from their unceasing curiosity as "words of wisdom," proverbs enable us to peer through the half door, as it were, and glimpse the attitudes, folk memories and philosophies of a people. In this collection, little escapes the barb: priests, the demon drink, the lover, society, ideas, virtues and vices. But there is also humor and pride, faith and love...and the odd word of caution: "To praise God is proper, but a wise man won't blackguard the devil!

US: Ballantine Books, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to co mmunist "camps" inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, def ied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist ins urgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicol a. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and gre w up to become a top New York Times investigative reporter, honing his skil ls with one thought in mind: to return to Greece and uncover the one story he cared about most: the story of his mother. Eleni takes you into the heart a village destroyed in the name of ideals and into the soul of a truly heroic woman.

US: Titan Books, 2009. Paperback. Good. It's all devastatingly true - except the bits that are lies" - Douglas Ada msUpon publication, Don't Panic quickly established itself as the definitiv e companion to Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This edition comes up to date, covering the movie, And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer and the build up to the 30th anniversary of the first novel.Acclaimed author N eil Gaiman celebrates the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became The Hitchhiker's Guide to the G alaxy. The radio series that started it all, the five - soon to be six - bo ok 'trilogy', the TV series, almost-film and actual film, and everything in between.

US: Abacus, 2012. Very Good. Night Falls on the City Vienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and h er politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance o f their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish, and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss. When the SS invades a nd disappearances become routine, Franz must be concealed. With daring inge nuity, Julia conjures a hiding place. In the shad.

US: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Supports -- Canvas -- Boards and panels -- Papers for oils & acrylics -- Sizing for oils -- Priming -- Watercolour papers -- Supports for pastels -- Drawing papers -- Drawing media -- Pencils -- Charcoal -- Pastels -- Conte? crayons -- Pen and ink -- Markers & fibre-tip pens -- Accessories -- Painting media -- Oils -- Paints -- Oil-paint sticks -- Basic colour palettes -- Binders -- Diluents -- Mediums -- Brushes -- Palettes -- Accessories -- Techniques -- Watercolour -- Paints -- Basic colour palettes -- Brushes -- Palettes -- Accessories -- Techniques -- Gouache -- Basic colour palette -- Techniques -- Temper -- Acrylics -- Paints -- Basic colour palette -- Specialty colours -- Chroma colour -- Mediums -- Brushes and knives -- Palettes -- Colour & composition -- Colour -- Composition -- Drawing &… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1995. Near Fine. True to Life is a five-level course for adults. To ensure a high level of m otivation, the course focuses on contemporary themes, language and learning styles that are relevant to adult learners. The Starter level provides bet ween 40 and 60 hours of class work. The other levels provide between 72 and 96 hours of class work, depending on the various options used. The range o f extra materials - photocopiable worksheets, tests and videos - create a c omprehensive and flexible teaching package: the ready-made lessons can be u sed as they stand, saving teacher time, or adapted using the optional activ ities suggested in the Teacher's Book.

Cambridge University Press, 1995. Near Fine. True to Life is a five-level course for adults. To ensure a high level of m otivation, the course focuses on contemporary themes, language and learning styles that are relevant to adult learners. The Starter level provides bet ween 40 and 60 hours of class work. The other levels provide between 72 and 96 hours of class work, depending on the various options used. The range o f extra materials - photocopiable worksheets, tests and videos - create a c omprehensive and flexible teaching package: the ready-made lessons can be u sed as they stand, saving teacher time, or adapted using the optional activ ities suggested in the Teacher's Book.

Cambridge University Press, 1999. Near Fine. True to Life is a five level course designed specifically for adult learner s.

US: Kokusho, 2010. Tankobon Softc. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This book records a problem example of the ability for new Japanese examination revised from 2010. It supports language knowledge (letter, vocabulary, grammar), reading and understanding and ability to hear it, and to understand. I write English, Chinese, Korean jointly for the commentary of this book.

US: The Museum of Modern Art, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. American photography from the turn of the century through the mid-1960s offers one of the richest and most coherent traditions in the history of the medium. This book explores that tradition in depth through superb reproductions of 183 photographs from the outstanding collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Toward the end of the nineteenth century photographs became radically easier to make and to reproduce. The result was a vast new range of audiences and applications for photography. From untutored snap-shooter to specialized professional, the swelling ranks of photographers produced a sprawling diversity of new pictures, which recorded and helped to create modern America. At the same time, there arose an elite movement that withdrew from the undisciplined bustle of the modern world and claimed for… Read More