Search Results: Authors starting with U from Infinity Books Japan

Penerbit PT Elex Media Kompu. Good.

US: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2009. 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. You've never read a fantasy novel like this one! The deep well of Japanese myth merges with the Western fantasy tradition for a novel that's as rich in place and culture as it is hard to put down.Balsa was a wanderer and warrior for hire. Then she rescued a boy flung into a raging river -- and at that moment, her destiny changed. Now Balsa must protect the boy -- the Prince Chagum -- on his quest to deliver the great egg of the water spirit to its source in the sea. As they travel across the land of Yogo and discover the truth about the spirit, they find themselves hunted by two deadly enemies: the egg-eating monster Rarunga . . . and the prince's own father.

Minneapolis: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1981. Good.

US: Budostore, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/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.

US: Zebra, 1986. Paperback. Good.

US: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. A daring novella about the loss of innocence in pre-war Germany. Reunion is the story of intense and innocent devotion between two young men growing up in "the soft, serene, bluish hills of Swabia," and the sinister (but all too mundane) forces that end both their friendship and their chil dhood. The year is 1932. Hans Schwartz is Jewish, the son of a Stuttgart doctor wh o asserts that the rise of the Nazis is "a temporary illness, something lik e measles which will pass off as soon as the economic situation improves." The Holocaust would be unthinkable for these characters, but of course it l ooms over the story: Hans's friend, the young Count Konradin von Hohenfels, has a mother who keeps a portrait of Hitler on her dresser. The two boys s hare their most private thoughts and trips to the countryside of southwest Germany, discuss poetry and the past and present of their country, and argu e the existence of a benevolent God. The eventual… Read More

US: HARPERCOLLINS UK, 2005. 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. Collins continue to build on the strength of their phrase books by improving and updating their highly successful Phrasebook and Dictionary series. This new edition will contain a photo-key section illustrating signs and other practical and useful information. Previously 'three books in one', the new series will contain 'four books in one' -- a phrase book, a food guide (with menu reader ), a dictionary, and now a photo-key guide showing signs and practical, useful, visual information. The phrases are short and easy to use. The language reflects everyday speech - there are no lengthy sentences to struggle and sweat over. The phrases have a simple guide to help with pronunciation, and there are also practical tips. Collins Phrase Books aren't just for emergencies. They are designed to allow you to get the most out of… Read More

London: Littlehampton Book Services, 1985. Very Good+. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout.

Acocks Green: Wrox Press, 2001. Near Fine. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout. ASP.NET is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) - a powerful server-based technology, designed to create dynamic and intera ctive HTML pages for your Web site, or corporate intranet. ASP.NET also con stitutes a core element in Microsoft's .NET vision, providing web-based acc ess to an immensely powerful new development environment, .NET; in this res pect alone, it's a great leap ahead of all previous versions of ASP. This book will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET usin g VB.NET, with plenty of worked examples that will help you to gain a deep understanding of what ASP.NET is all about, and how you can harness it to b uild powerful web applications. This book covers: Creating basic ASP.NET pages Learning the basics of VB.NET Understanding the concepts of Object Oriented Programming Working with Data and XML The ASP.NET Server Controls Creating User Controls and… Read More

US: Distributed in the U.S. by B., 1986. Good. This is not so much a guide to finding a mate as it is a self-help book for single men and women. The focus is on making friends. However, there is al so plenty of advice on finding "sleeping partners," with all sorts of point ers on venereal disease, having a relationship with a younger man or older woman and breaking up. To bolster self-doubters, Ullman provides a series o f quotations from movie stars about their amours. For example, Brigitte Bar dot during her marriage to her second husband, Jacques Carrier: "I love him so much. His pain is my pain." Afterwards: "He was such a problem." Optimi stically, Ullman also includes advice on taxes, charge and bank accounts, w ills and so-called "living-together contracts.

Norwood: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Image Understanding: Advances in Computational Vision, Vol. 1.

US: Pan Macmillan, 2003. Paperback. Good. On a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky g ames that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edg e of their rooftop, seven stories up. Amid the shouts of horrified onlooker s, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin's arms before plummeti ng to her death. (Did he try to save her?)So begins Linn Ullmann's transfix ing tale of a jealous wife, compliant mistress, treasured friend, angelic n urse, unloved daughter, devoted mother - and finally, a woman possessed of a secret now forever lost to the living. As Stella's life unfolds in the re collections of those she has left beind, we observe the fabric of many unra velling lives. And as Stella herself bears witness from a place beyond deat h, we come to understand how precarious her life was behind its facade of l oveliness and order. With a quiet power, STELLA DESCENDING gives us the backlit dailiness - and the dark metaphysical underworld - of… Read More

US: Avery, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/ 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. 117 marathons, 52 days, 32 pairs of shoes, 57 years old: A fascinating glim pse inside the mind of an ultramarathon runner and the inspirational saga o f his phenomenal journey running across America. The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall Ulrich has run more than 100 foot races averaging over 100 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventu re races, and ascended the Seven Summits - including Mount Everest - all on his first attempt. Yet his run from California to New York- the equivalent of running two marathons and a 10K every day for nearly two months straigh t - proved to be his most challenging effort yet. Featured in the recent documentary film, Running America, Ulrich clocked th e 3rd fastest transcontinental crossing to date and set new records in mult iple divisions. In Running on Empty, he… Read More

US: Kodansha International (JPN), 2001. Very Good. During the past six years, the transportation network of the metropolitan a rea of Tokyo has changed a good deal. In the case of the subway system, lin es have been extended, and some rapid-transit lines have been added. New co de numbers for each station were also given for foreign travelers to read. In addition, as a result of urban development in areas such as Roppongi, Sh inagawa, and Shinodome, quite a few new company buildings, stores, and hote ls have appeared. This new edition of the "Tokyo City Altas, provides the m ost current information for getting around the city.

US: Shueisha. Paperback. Very Good/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.

US: MJF Books, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/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 lovely books is a treat for everyone, no matter what age. It will remind you how much joy there is in drawing and show you how incredibly easy it can be. Based on the "Learn by imitation" method, the book offers step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide range of animals, there's a series of models, each with slightly more detail than the previous one.

US: Cambridge University Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 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. 'Ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity. This book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as truth, love, hate and war are expressed across cultures and ethnicities. James W. Underhill seeks to situate these key cultural concepts within four languages (English, French, Czech and German). Not only do these concepts differ from language to language, but they go on changing over time. The book explores issues such as how far meaning is politically and culturally influenced, how far language shapes the thought of ethnic groups and how far their thought shapes language, and the role of individuals in the consolidation of cultural concepts. It offers a clear and thought-provoking account of how… Read More

US: SOS Free Stock, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/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. THE LIFE OF A GEISHA illustrates the fascinating world of Japan's powerful and seductive geishas, a fading yet beautiful world that has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. This striking book contains full-color woodblock prints made during Japan's famous Edo Period, historic and contemporary photographs of geisha life, and images of the "floating world," Japan's mysterious artistic subculture. The accompanying text includes evocative Japanese poems and haikus. All celebrate the beauty and creativity of the geisha, who with her exquisitely detailed costume, elaborate makeup and hairstyle, and artfully ritualized behavior, chastely beguiles and entertains Japan's most powerful men.

Cherokee, NC, United States: Cherokee Publications, 1961. Paperback. Good. A short history, from ancient times to modern day, of the eastern Cherokee tribe. Includes an account of the forced removal of the tribe to Oklahoma, "The Trail of Tears.

France, 11 January 1996: Oxford University Press, USA, 1997. Near Fine. A toght clean copy, no markings throughout. This is the third edition of a biennial series aiming to present broad but concise analysis of major trends and policy issues in education in the world today. The underlying theme of the 1995 Report is education's contribution to human solidarity. The main focus is on educational opportunities for women and girls, which in virtually all countries have tended to be more limited than those for males. This basic imbalance in the upbringing of men and women has undoubtedly had consequences for the form and character of social cohesion in every society, affecting human solidarity at the fundamental level.