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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 1 Book Preschool - Grade 1. Although P.J. and his friends refuse to let Donna and Honey Bunny go camping with them because "camping is not for girls," the girls follow and get proof that camping is hard work even for boys. 32 pages..

Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book contains a visual identification guide in color illustrations. Conveniently arranged in a handy A - Z format, this provides complete, alphabetically arranged descriptions of each drug, including contents; dosage; side effects; overdose symptoms; and treatments. The PDR Nurse's Handbook for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists gives you the full story from the nurse's perspective on 55 drugs: Alfenta, Amidate, Anectine, Arduan, Ativan, Benadryl, Brevibloc, Buprenex, Cardizem, Catapres, Dalgan, Demerol, Dilaudid, Dobutrex, Duragesic, Duragesic, Enlon, Inapsine, Isoptin, Kadian, Ketalar, Levophed, Limbitrol, Mestinon, Mivacron, Narcan, Nembutal Sodium, Nimbex, Nitro-Bid, Norcuran, Nubain, Numorphan, Nuromax, Pavulon, Phenergan, Prostigmin, Reglan, Revia, Robinul, Seconal Sodium, Stadol, Sufenta, Sus-Phrine, Tagament, Talwin, Toradol, Tracrium,… Read More

World, 1968. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Top & bottom of spine rubbed. Back outside top corner bumped & rubbed. Other 3 outside corners slightly rubbed. Nice pencil drawings of the greats of football in black & white. Nisenson really captures the spirits of these greats Jim Thorpe, Harold ("Red") Grange, Knute Rockne, The Four Horsemen, Jimmy Brown, George Halas, Sid Luckma n and many others. A great gift for any football fan..

World, 1968. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Top & bottom of spine rubbed. Bottom right corner of spine rubbed thru 1/16" circle. Back top corner next to spine has water stain 2-3/4" lo ng x varies in width from 1/16" to 1/4". Two 1/8" marker lines on back cover. Top front right hand corner worn thru 1/8" area. Other 3 outside corners are slightly rubbed. 1/4" water stain on top of p ages not seen on inside of pages. Nice pencil drawings of the greats of track & field in black & white. Nisenson really captures the spirits of these greats Jessie Owens, Roger Bannister, Bob Hayes an d many others. A great gift for any track & field fan..

Des Moines, IA, U.S.A.: Meredith Books, 2003. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paige Davis provides a fascinating look at her life as host of Trading Spaces. Fans peek into what happens when the camera isn't rolling during the taping of the show's third season. Interactions on screen are even more interesting after readers learn what life is like on the road with the cast and crew. Get the host's view of what it is like to work with each member of the diverse, zany crew-including on-set photos taken by Paige. This book would be enjoyed by anyone who wants to know what it's like when 'the girl next door' becomes 'the next big thing'. Paige writes with a sense of awe and gratitude for the whirlwind of celebrity that overtakes her in her second year on the show. She also relates a lot of fun and juicy backstage gossip about the cast and the season which is great for Trading Spaces fanatics. The layout of the book is not just another celebrity biography with a… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: D A W Books, Incorporated, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In th kingdom of Branion, the hereditary royal line is blessed -or cursed- with the power of the Flame, a magic which can as easily destroy its human vessel as well as whatever foe it has been unleashed against. Two hundred years before the events of THE STONE PRINCE, Branion is beseiged by a civil war, and only Simon, Court Painter and closest friend of the kingdom's ruler, can find the courage to rescue a young child--the heir to the Flame--from becoming a victim in the family power struggle! 522 pages. Spine is creased..

New York, NY: Fireside Book, 1993. Learning palmistry, the art of analyzing the shape of the palm and the lines on it, is easy with this revolutionary new system designed for beginners. Simply look up the theme you are interested in -- love and relationships, career, talents, health, money or children -- to find one or two hand lines to investigate. Then follow the color-coded drawings to locate the line on your palm and to learn what it means. For example, changes in your career are revealed by breaks in the Line of Fate (coded purple), and the course of a love affair can be forecast by the Line of Affection (coded green). Soon you'll even be interpreting the hands of your friends and family with confidence! 128 pages.. 4th Printing. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1992. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racists residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould. 343 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1998. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0375401598. A novel about the life of the two-thousand-year-old Pandora, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4th printing. The classic account of tank warfare in WWII by a member of the German general staff. All the campaigns of the dread panzer a rmy - from the victories of 1940 to the crushing defeats of 1045. This book provides one of the few close looks we will rarely have of the tactics, the planning, and the opreations, details of tank w a rfare from a participant. Major General Von Mellenthin paints a vast and detailed panorama of tank warfare, analyzing, among other major campaigns: France and the low countries, 1940: clash of prin c ip les, " with Allies splitting their armor evenly along the entire front, and the Germans grouping their tanks enmasse. Rommel in the desert: All the legendary battles: a display of almost purely t he ore tical tank warfare; together with an action portrait of Rommel. defeat in Russia: Hitler's fatal error, and how the weaknesses of… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. How would like to spot future trends before the competition? We all know the rules for success in our business or professions, yet we also know that these rules--paradigms--can change at any time. What Joel Barker does in Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future is explain how to spot paradigm shifts, how they unfold, and how to profit from them. Through the power of this method--paradigm spotting--you can: Find the people in your organization most likely to spot a new trend. Help your key people adept when a massive change is occurring. Learn to effectively grapple with your "intractable problems" and improve your results incalculably. In addition, Paradigms is full of concrete examples of paradigm shifts and predictions for the future, and contains a new introduction detailing recent developments and pointing out areas to watch tor paradigm shifts. 240 pages..

Belmont, CA: Fearon Publishers, 1974. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A must read book for parents and teachers alike that have or deal with children with learning difficulties. For 25 years Stott worked with slow-learning and retarded children. Children were referred to him as perceptually handicapped. He found they weren't. Stott made a discovery, it is simply that these children don't know how to learn. If any of us set about learnign as they do, we wouldn't learn a thing either. He developed games and materials that taught children how to use theirs minds, exercise patience and learn. Stott doesn't guarentee that he can cure a learning disabled or mentally retarded child. But he says that until we teach a child how to use his or her abilities we can have no idea what abilities they have. 136 pages. A 1" crease on front cover across the top & bottom right corner. Some light rubbing on top & bottom of spine and some… Read More

Tyndale House, 1994. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0842350381. 1st printing, Drawing form a lifelong ministry with children and teens, and from the experience of more than 70 pa rents who have weathered the storms, author Dave Veerman provides practical, down-to-earth advice on how to navigate the parenting passages, those critical times of transition all of us face as we ra i se our children. Identifying eleven passages from infancy and early childhood through the roller-coaster ride of adolescence and the painful process of letting go-Veerman helps you understand and c o pe with the victiories and defeats, the delights and struggels of the long term adventure called parenting. You will also discover specific warnings, opportunities, lessons, and resources for each s te p of the way. A must have book for any parent interested in developing a better relationship with their children..

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1987. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Practical advice from over 50 Christian leaders. A trusted resource, Youth for Christ/USA has ministered to teenagers for 40 years, and staff memebers have counseled thousands of young people facing almost every problem imaginable. Therefore it was quite logical for Dr. Jay Kesler, president of Youth for Christ/USA, to envision this guidebook for parents of teenagers. Arranged in an easy-to-find, easy-to-read, topical reference format, this book is complemented by helpful charts, handy lists, and honest answers. You'll get answers of questions like: How can I discipline my teenager without alienating him?; What can I do if I don't like my teenager's friends?; How can I compete with peer pressure?; What do I do when my teen won't talk with me?; How should I respond to crisis situations such as sex, drugs and alchohol?; When do I let my teen fall on his face? When do I step… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1989. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0385244789. Author is founder of Mothers Of Asthmatics. She shares her expertise with parents who yearn to relieve the sufferi ng of their asthmatic children. This essential guide tells you how to work with your doctor to develop an effective asthma management plan. It includes practical day-to-day advice on allergy-proofing a child's room, predicting asthma attacks with a peak flow meter, detecting a medication's side effects, and learning the signs of an impending attack and how to minimize its consequences. The compre h ensive resource section can save parents hours of searching for products and services. While Nancy Sander was learning about asthma, Brooke suffered through sinus infections, temporary hearing loss , m ultiple allergies, and countless trips to the hospital emergency room. But her mother, with self-education and perseverance, brought her symptoms… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner - in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans. In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York City for the urbane glamour of the City of Light. Gopnik is a longtime New Yorker writer, and the magazine has sent its writers to Paris for decades - but his was above all a personal pilgrimage to the place that had for so long been the undisputed capital of everything cultural and beautiful. It was also the opportunity to raise a child who would know what it was to romp in the Luxembourg Gardens, to enjoy a croque monsieur in a Left Bank café - a child (and perhaps a father, too) who would have a grasp of… Read More

Pine Grove, Coral Springs, FL, U.S.A.: Merit Publishing International, Incorporated, 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Hauser - Associate Professor of Neurology is the Director of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center University of South Florida College of Medicine and Chief, Section of Neurology, Tampa General Hospital. The chapters include an Introduction to Parkinson's Disease; General features of Parkinson's Disease; Differential diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease; Etiology of Parkinson's Disease; Medications for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease; Complications of long-term therapy in Parkinson's Disease; Medical management of Parkinson's Disease; Management of secondary symptoms of Parkinson's Disease; and Surgery for Parkinson's Disease.151 pages. If you want answers to your questions on Parkinson's Disease this is the book for you!.

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated, 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive survey of U.S. political parties: their form, their function, and their present state of health. In this latest edition, Keefe provides a clear understanding of how and why present-day parties function as they do. He gives extensive coverage to the parties' role in the electoral process including the primaries, candidate finance, and voting behavior. And he evaluates the changing nature of party coalitions, party ideologies, interest groups, and heightened popular skepticism toward government, politics, and politicians. Some underlining on some pages, otherwise looks new..

New York, NY: Award Books, 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very rare book. Collectible. The Partizaner is a masterful novel of Jewish underground fighters who struck back at the Nazis. Their numbers included men and women who escaped from ghettoes and death camps, children orphaned by the holocaust, refugees from nightmares of tragedy. Their weapons consisted of guns they stole or captured from the enemy. This book is a stunning testimony to their courage, daring and heroism.the never-to-be-forgotten story of a handful of men and women who bear witness to man's undaunted spirit in the face of the greatest evil humanity has known. The Partizaner is a magnificent novel by a world-renowned author, whose intimate, personal knowledge of the Jewish underground fighters illuminates each page. 315 pages. Some rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine and some places on outside edges. Spine is creased. Four creases on front… Read More

Toronto, ON, Canada: Dell Distributing, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0440224764. Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stol e 90 million dollars from his own firm - and ran for his life. For 4 years, he evaded men who were rich, powerful, and would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilia n jungle, they finally tracked him down. Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordinary trial is about to begin. As prosecutors circle like sharks, as Pa t r ick's lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick's lover prays for his delverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, the most r ev il ed white-collar criminal of his time, knows something that no one else in the world knows. He knows the truth..