Search Results: Authors starting with R from Books of the World

New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Mass Market Paperback. Later Printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, with light creases. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to bottom corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 1061 pages.
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist--or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors,… Read More

New York: Viking, March 2018. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 341 pages. A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, November 1968. Trade Paperback. Prior owner's name to first page, otherwise unmarked. Not from a library. xxiii+309 pages. Illustrated. 24 cm.
Monographic compilation of introductory lectures on decision making analysis under uncertainty - covers analysis of basic problems, uncertain payoffs and biased measurements, use of judgmental probability, samples and statistical analysis, risk sharing and group decisions, etc., and some further perspectives.

San Juan, Trinidad & Tobago: Chakra Publishing House, 2005. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. xvi + 452 pages.
Against the Grain chronicles the involvement of Balram Singh Rai in colonial-era Guyanese politics offering valuable insights into modern Guyanese political history. The involvement of Balram Singh Rai in the political life of the nation dates to the pre-independence period. Rai's most significant impact took place during the late 1950s and early 1960s when he joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in the struggle for an independent Guyana. Between 1959 and 1961 he was the Minister of Community Development and Education and between 1961 and 1962, he was the Minister of Home Affairs. His role in government allowed him to support and promote many reforms, including policies that led to an Indian-African balance in the police force. Rai is remembered for his fairness and his ability to get things done. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rai's views were… Read More

New York: Ecco, September 2009. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 371 pages. + 14 page reader's guide. Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement.

New York: Henry Holt / Picador, July 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light corner wear. x+237 pages. When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, the people of the small South Carolina town that bears the river's name are thrown into the national spotlight. The girl's parents want to attempt a rescue of the body; environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation will cause permanent damage to the river and set a dangerous precedent. Torn between the two sides is Maggie Glenn, a twenty-eight year-old newspaper photographer who grew up in the town and has been sent to document the incident. Since leaving home almost ten years ago, Maggie has done her best to avoid her father, but now, as the town's conflict opens old wounds, she finds herself revisiting the past she's fought so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, the reporter who's accompanied her to cover the story… Read More

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, December 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light dust stains to edges. Jacket clean and bright with light edge wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxii + 451 pages.
This anthology brings together the writings of women whose contributions in various areas--social and literary--during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were of much significance. Some of the writers included in this anthology are Cornelia Sorabji, Toru Dutt, Iqbalunnisa Hussain, Sarojini Naidu, Zeenuth Futehally, and Santha Rama Rau.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

London: Ward Lock, May 1993. Hardcover. New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 95 pages. Illustrated in B&W and color. Gives instructions on how to repair and restore old or antique cane and rush items. Methods are given for several different types of caning and rushwork, and seven projects from chair seats to log baskets are included.

London: Ward Lock. Hardcover. 1993. First Edition. New. London: Ward Lock, May 1993. Hardcover. New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 96 pages. Illustrated in B&W and color. A detailed instruction book for amateurs interested in repairing and restoring old gilded pieces or recreating an antique finish. .

London & New Jersey: Zed Books, June 1994. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 136 pages.

New York: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 276 pages.

Taipei. Dunhuang and Houghton Mifflin. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is unmarked. Cover is clean. 18 x 24 cm. 472 pages. "This book is a slight reworking of the materials on China in the 1978 revised edition of East Asia: Tradition and transformation"--rear cover. Contents include The Setting of Chinese History; China and the Barbarians: The Mongol Empire; Invasion and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century China a.o., and various maps and charts.

New York: Anchor Books, May 2002. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Slight spine tilt. Bump at spine head. Edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 410 pages.A rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. The author narrates the epic battle that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands until the twentieth century, bringing an objective perspective to the gallantry, greed, and religious fervor that fueled the bloody clash between Christians and Muslims. The book provides compelling portraits of Saladin, the wise and highly cultured leader who created a united empire, and Richard the Lionheart, the romantic personification of chivalry who emerges here in his full complexity and contradictions.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Hardcover. Circa early 1974 printing. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front cover). Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends bumped, otherwise As New. 175 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1931. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Grace Grote in 1965. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. Circa early 1974 printing. Hard to find Yellow pictorial boards with no yellow band to front cover. Blue-dyed top edge. Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine tail lightly bumped, otherwise As New. 180 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1930. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Patricia Doll in 1961. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. Circa 1973 printing. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front cover). Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to The Double Jinx Mystery (50). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Lower corners bumped, otherwise As New. 178 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1931. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Edna Stratemeyer Squier. Revised by Lynn Ealer in 1961. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, July - August 1962. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Good+. Mack Reynolds's novel Border, Breed, Nor Birth first appeared in print when it was serialized in the July and August 1962 issues of Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction with 8 interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. It is the continuation of Black Man's Burden, published in December 1961-January 1962, a story so popular with Analog's readers that editor John Campbell requested a sequel. These are a sequence of near-future stories set in North Africa which were notable for their direct treatment of politically pertinent racial issues virtually untouched in science fiction before, during, and after the 1960s.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, September - November 1965. Digest-size Magazines. 1st Edition. Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novelette Space Pioneer first appeared in print when it was serialized in the September, October, and November 1965 issues of Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction with cover art (Sept) and seven interior illustrations by Kelly Freas. Also includes "The Life of Your Time" (Nebula-nominated novelette by Michael Karageorge (Poul Anderson); "Computers Don't Argue" (Nebula-nominated short story) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Mischief Maker" (Nebula-nominated short story) by Richard Olin; and "Down Styphon" (novelette) the last story written by H. Beam Piper before his death.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, December 1965 - January 1966. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novelette Dawnman Planet first appeared in print when it was serialized in the December 1965 and January 1966 issues of Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction under the title Beehive with cover art (Dec) and four interior illustrations by Kelly Freas.