Search Results: Authors starting with L from A Cappella Books

Brockhampton Press, January 1998. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. {7 & 1/2' x 10'} Quarto. In very good dustjacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Front flap is not clipped. Writing in red ballpoint across top of front pastedown. Tightly bound. [224 pages]

Atria Books, February 2024. Hardcover . New.

University of California Press, January 2003. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. 'Ten years ago, cholera 'raced' through part of eastern Venezuela, moving along social fault lines long in the making. This harrowing and beautifully written account chronicles a complex array of social responses to an epidemic and shows us what an engaged and responsible anthropology can offer those seeking to understand and prevent such plagues--and the injustices that foster them. Stories in the Time of Cholera is sure to have broad appeal within the social sciences and public health, and it should be required reading for public authorities and the press, whose prejudices clearly compounded the injuries meted out by the microbe itself. This is an exceedingly important book.'--Paul Farmer, author of 'Infections and Inequalities' <BR>'Sometimes the historian can only envy the ethnographer's ability to observe and configure complex social and conceptual worlds. This study of cholera… Read More

John Wiley & Sons, November 1996. Oversize Softcover . Very Good. An insightful analysis of the history of suburban development . . .and an exciting new approach to suburban planning <BR>YARD-STREET-PARK <BR>This book was devised to help designers, planners, and developers of suburban communities deliver on their traditional promise to offer 'the best of both worlds.' The authors take a hard look at more than a century of suburban planning and analyze developer-designed suburbs. Most importantly, they offer a dynamic approach to suburban development, rooted in historical examples and based on open space planning methods that can be applied to new or existing developments to transform them into sustainable, living communities. <BR>* Offers an in-depth look at the historical origins of modern suburbia -- from the nineteenth century to post-World War II developments such as Riverside, Levittown, and others <BR>* Analyzes 'classic' success stories of new town… Read More

Del Rey Books, February 2024. Hardcover . New.

Rutgers University Press, January 1996. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Negligible shelf wear on the jacket.

BowTie Press, May 2000. Oversize Softcover . Very Good. ''Proficient Motorcycling' is hands down the best and most complete book ever written on how to ride a motorcycle safely and efficiently.'--Fred Rau, Senior Editor, 'Motorcycle Consumer News.' 100 photos, some in color.

Harper Paperbacks, October 2012. Trade Paperback . Good. Moderate edgewear; numbers written in ink on half title page. Spine cracked between half title page and title page. Pages in-tact and clean.

Alfred A. Knopf, January 1998. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Douglas L. Wilson lets readers see how Abraham Lincoln transformed himself in the 1830s and '40s from a kind of country bumpkin into a sophisticated political figure who would become one of our greatest presidents. This is a fascinating book that makes readers reexamine their ideas about the emergence of America's 16th president. 2 maps. 3 photos.

Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback . Very Good.

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, September 1996. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. They called themselves The Souls and met on Saturdays even before they became Mrs. Olinski's sixth-grade Academic Bowl team. At the state finals, Mrs. Olinski knows which questions each can answer and why. After reading their individual stories, the reader knows why, too. This novel of a triumphant team, wrapped around the stories of each team member raises, in its ingenius format, important questions about life and presents far-reaching answers. Young Adult. Some shelf wear on dustjacket. Previous owner's name written on front free endpage.

Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback . Very Good.

Random House Trade Paperbacks, September 2010. Trade Paperback . Good.

Random House, September 2005. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. Dust jacket corners are worn. Gilt on title and author's name has faded. Some wear on cover's foot of spine, turning red jacket white. First Edition.

Random House Trade Paperbacks, September 2010. Trade Paperback . Good.

Random House, February 2000. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Negligible shelf wear on the jacket.

Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback . Very Good.

Random House, September 2009. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good.

Random House, January 2014. Hardcover . Very Good.

Bantam Doubleday Dell, January 1981. Mass Market PaperBack . Good.