Search Results: Authors starting with H from Diatrope Books

South End Press, 1985. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. 5x0x8. Unmarked. Black-and-white illustrations. Presents the real causes of plant shutdowns: mergers, new technologies, and worldwide domination of production by multinational corporations. Notes. Selected readings. 64p. Measures 5.25x8.25.

Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 12x0x11. Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 30p. Measures 12x11.5 inches A large, beautiful book for children and adults to read together.

Leicester University Press, 1972. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Notes. 110p. Covers pre-industrial patterns, the demographic revolution in the late 18th century, the 19th century fall of fertility, present population patterns, the "three stages" theory of population growth, and thoughts for the future.

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Like New/as new. 10x9x1. Factory sealed. 248p. Measures 9x10 inches. 118 black-and-white illustrations. One map. Traces and vitalizes our understanding of individual and institutional interests in Roman architecture in a way that has been hardly, if ever, equaled.

International Finance Section, Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, 1961. Paperback. Good. Revised and enlarged edition. A few small marks in book and age tanning on edges. Topics include Modern Developments of the Pure Theory, The Balance of Payments Mechanism, etc. Bibliography. 78p.

Primus Books, 2020. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 0x0x0. Unmarked text. Some smudging on back of dust jacket. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Illustrated end papers. 4 maps. Bibliography. Index. 286p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. Presents conditions of life of the ordinary people in a small region of the Mughal Empire from about the accession of Akbar (1556) to the collapse of Mughal power (1739). Uses a mass of privately preserved documents in Persian and Braj, along with historical texts, travel accounts, etc.

Institute for Policy Studies, 1985. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Introduction by George McGovern. Covers Nicaragua, El Salvador, Hondura and Guatemala. Appendix of possible violations of law. 68p.

Bedford, St. Martin's, 2004. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Unmarked. Provides information for clarity, grammar, punctuation, research, journal style citations, grammatical terms, and more. 251p. Measures 4.25x8.75 inches. Multicolored for ease of use.

Ashmolean Museum, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. First book in English to look at one of the greatest French engravers of the twentieth century. Detailed essay on Vieillard's engraving by the editor, PMS Hacker and a biographical memoir by Marc Fumaroli. Incorporates the catalog of the Ashmolean Museum exhibition (26 Oct 1993-16 Jan 1994). 30 plates.

University of Washington Press, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8x0x10. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated. Essay by Regina Hackett. Afterword by Sean Elwood. Throughout her career Sandvig has painted her version of Edward Hicks's nineteenth-century fantasy, The Peaceable Kingdom. 64p. Edward Hicks was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends.

Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. This novel reconstructs an actual murder case which took place in Spain in 1933, when Aurora Rodriguez felt compelled to kill her daughter. The child was reared to be a trail-blazer for her time, breaking all the conventions which her mother hated, but when she reached 18, her mother, "after careful consideration" shot her. Erich Hackl was winner of the 1987 Aspekte Literatur Preis in Germany with this novel. Translated from the German by Edna McCown.

Yale University Press, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white, with musical notation, and a section of color plates. 507p. This deeply imaginative and wide-ranging book shows how, since the first centuries of the Christian era, gentiles have associated Jews with noise. Covers a wide swath of western cultural history, showing how entrenched aesthetic-theological assumptions have persistently defined European culture and its internal moral and political orientations. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.

Main Street Press, 1984. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Crease on back cover. 88p. Measures 8 inches square. This book begins with a 24-page introduction, illustrated in black and white. It is followed by a section on specific quilts. These have color plates and a short descriptive paragraph. Includes Star, Diamond, Bars, Double Nine-Patch, Double Chain, Log Cabin Cradle Quilt, and more.

ORO Editions, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. Unmarked. French flaps. Illustrated. 9p. Edited with introduction by Mehrdad Hadighi. Includes "Looking for Megastructure" by Jonathan Solomon, "Secenes in a Concrete Deserta" by Sergio Lepez-Pineiro, "Architects (Enablers, Iconographers and Agitators), Citizens of the World of Doubt)! (Or how to become a Utopianizer)" by Eva Franch I. Gilabert, "Publishing Practices" by Michael Kubo and "That Obscure Object" by Brian Tabolt.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Smudged cover. Illustrated. Sponsored by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division, ASME ; principal editor, R.S. Hafner ; contributing editors, D.J. Ammerman et al. 153+pp. Bibliographic Reference. Index. Topics include Radioactive substances, Radioactive waste disposal, etc.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., The Ivy Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked. Includes CD. Contains layered vector images. Beautiful color plates. Inspired by everything from Islamic mosaics and Renaissance wall ornamentation to Indian paisley and Pop art, this book-and-CD-ROM generates original templates for stencils, needlework, and stained-glass art; and create stunning designs for a huge variety of uses.

Aperture, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. This issue celebrates the richness and diversity of Southern visions, reflecting the richness and diversity of the South itself. Includes an interview with William Eggleston (with his photos) by Charles Hagen. Also William Christenberry, Debbie Fleming and Michael Nichael (text and photos) on "Nick Nicholas's Tacky Tour of the South." Advertisements. 80p. Some sun fading on cover.

Amsterdam University Press, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Title in the Film Culture in Transition. 371p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. Notes. Bibliography. Filmography. Index. Argues that a European perspective is the only way to understand the transnational Avant-Garde movement. Pioneers a new approach to the alternative cinema network that sustained the avant-garde, paying particular attention to the emergence of film culture as visible in screening clubs, film festivals, and archives.

Oakland Museum, 1976. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Bumped corner. Exhibition catalog (June 15-August 29, 1976). Introduction by George W. Neubert. 82p. Illustrated in color and B/W. Bibliography. Sketches. Exhibition checklist. William Hahn was the leading genre painter working in the American west.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. Hardcover. Like New/as new. Factory sealed. A beautifully illustrated catalogue that includes extraordinary new site photographs and lush landscape images. The text not only discusses paintings, drawings, textiles, arms, manuscripts, and other decorative arts from this rich culture, but also explores the history, architecture, literature, and music of the period. Essays by prominent international authors, supplemented by informative maps, illustrated appendices, and select primary sources. Measures 9.75x11.5 inches. 368p.