Search Results: Titles starting with W from Zeno's

Berkeley. 2013. April 2013. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520275409. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4. 103 b/w photos. 37 line illus. 10 maps. Introduction by David Kipen. 721 pages . paperback. Cover design: Claudia Smelser. Cover illustration: 'Miners Panning Gold' by Anton Refregier, panel 12, Rincon Annex, WPA mural. keywords: California & Western History United States History Urban Studies . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming. Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composerwriter- hobo Harry Partch, and… Read More

Lincoln. 2009. March 2009. University of Nebraska Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket as Issued. 9780803213913. Foreword by Percival Everett. 123 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Africa Djibouti Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In a literary reversal as deadly serious as it is wickedly satiric, this novel by the acclaimed French-speaking African writer Abdourahman A. Waberi turns the fortunes of the world upside down. On this reimagined globe a stream of sorry humanity flows from the West, from the slums of America and the squalor of Europe, to escape poverty and desperation in the prosperous United States of Africa. It is in this world that an African doctor on a humanitarian mission to France adopts a child. Now a young artist, this girl, Malaika, travels to the troubled land of her birth in hope of finding her mother - and perhaps something of her lost self. Her search, at times funny and strange, is also deeply poignant, reminding us at every moment of the… Read More

Chapel Hill. 1992. February 1992. Algonquin Books. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0945575734. 219 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by John Kleber. keywords: Literature America African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - His name is William Covington. His wife and his friends call him Billy. His associates at the office call him Bill. The black machinists on the shop floor call him ‘the corporate brother.' He suspects they all talk behind his back. Something terrible is happening to him. Billy Covington is a young black man in a high-profile job. He has the patronage of the CEO, he has a beautiful and intelligent wife, he has a house in a fine old Baltimore neighborhood, and he has a cardinal red Jaguar XJ6. Then one day he finds a strange message on his desk and his world starts coming apart at the seams. Something haunts him, something from the past that threatens to explode, to ruin everything he's worked for, everything he stands for. Can a black man be a ‘company man,' or is… Read More

New York. 1956. Graphic Books. 1st Edition. Good in Wrappers. Paperback Original. 188 pages. paperback. 127. keywords: Mystery America Vintage Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - It Was A Mad, Murderous, Naked, Summer Night . And . Like so many things that happen, this couldn't have. He couldn't be standing in the morgue, looking down at his own dead body . ‘That's you, Johnny,' the cops told him. ‘Mr. Murder of 1956 . !' It stopped Johnny cold! But things warmed up when he got past the cops and hoods. He ran smack into a brunette just delighted to romance a real, live corpse . And a blonde who, as the bullets threatened, seemed to urge between silky kisses - ‘Have A Hot Seat, Darling!' inventory #35509

London. 1955. Phaidon Publishers. Enlarged Edition. Some Slight Foxing, Otherwise Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. Translated from the German by R. H. Boothroyd. With 230 pages of text, 160 plates in photogravure and 16 plates in full colour. 398 pages. hardcover. keywords: Art Durer Germany. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Among the ‘representative men' of Renaissance painting, the name of Dürer stands for Germany. He was one of the greatest inventors of composition, and influenced artists of genius such as Michelangelo, Raphael and El Greco. In spite of that there has never been a comprehensive and popular English anthology of Dürer's religious paintings, portraits, landscapes and decorations. The present volume attempts to fill this gap. However, the work of the greatest Northern Renaissance painter is not readily understandable without an account of his life and of the wider historical background. Both are presented here with all their interesting detail in a stimulating text. ‘Like… Read More

San Francisco. 1996. Chronicle Books. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0811808890. 159 pages. paperback. Inscribed by author Laurie Wagner. keywords: Photography Couples Love. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Following on the success of Chronicle Books' ‘Mothers and Sons, Living Happily Ever After' explores the lives of 30 American couples who have been together for 30 years or longer. In personal, intimate interviews and charming vintage and contemporary photographs, these pairs reveal their private experiences of couplehood. From Helma and Benno Schneider, who came together in a concentration camp and survived to marry and raise a family, to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, women who met in the 1950s and have stayed together for over 40 years, these couples have lived extraordinary lives. Yet their experiences consecrate the ordinary, as they discuss buying a house, raising children. inventory #22913 ISBN: 0811808890.

Summertown. 2021. 8/25/2021. 7th Generation. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781939053350. Illustrated by Alex Stephenson. 40 pages. paperback. keywords: Children's Books. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Creator gave the Cherokee people a beautiful island with everything they could ever need. It came with only one rule: They must take care of the land and the animals living there. But what happens when the children decide to play with the turtles instead of tending to their responsibilities? The Land of the Great Turtles is a Cherokee origin story that introduces the reader to Cherokee beliefs and values. Written in both Cherokee and English, the book will familiarizes readers with the Cherokee syllabary and language. inventory #46613 ISBN: 9781939053350.

London. 2012. Vintage Books. 1st British Edition of This New Translation. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780099554769. Translated from the Swedish by Sara Death. 215 pages. paperback. Cover photograph: ER Productions/Corbis. keywords: Mystery Translated Sweden Scandinavia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Chief Inspector Jensen investigates a bomb threat made to the nation's publishing conglomerate, supposedly in retaliation for a murder. inventory #40797 ISBN: 9780099554769.

New York. 1968. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Remainder Stamp On Slightly Wrinkled Front Free Endpaper, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket . Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. 276 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Summit Studios. keywords: Mystery Translated Sweden Scandinavia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - A small Spanish port and its neighboring mountain village provide the setting for this compelling novel of suspense and brutality, which vividly conveys the charged and repressive atmosphere of Spain in the 1960s and the attempts of men to come to grips with it. As the story opens, Willi Mohr, a former German soldier and uninspired painter who has drifted listlessly to the region, is arrested by the police and subjected to a lengthy and perplexing interrogation. Unwillingly, he is drawn back through the events of the past fourteen months, the mysterious deaths of the Norwegian couple he shared a house with and his tireless attempts to discover how they died. As Sergeant… Read More

New York. 1967. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Bound Upside Down, Otherwise Good in Slightly Worn Boards. No Dustjacket. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. 209 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery Sweden Translated Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Chief Inspector Jensen investigates a bomb threat made to the nation's publishing conglomerate, supposedly in retaliation for a murder. inventory #22234

New York. 1966. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. 243 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Guy Fleming . keywords: Mystery Translated Sweden Scandinavia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South American country has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. For Ortega the assignment is a challenge - he has lived a quiet life and longs for some action. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt world, where two extremist political factions are trying to destroy each other. Ortega is the proverbial man in the middle, surrounded by men and women he yearns to trust - his secretary, passionate in both politics and love, the cynical Chief of Police, and the sullen bodyguards who try to keep the Resident alive. With its political and moral undercurrents, and its… Read More

London. 1972. October 6, 1972. Macmillan. Printed Paperback Edition. Very Good in Worn Wrappers. 0330233513. paperback. keywords: Mystery Sweden Translated Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In a Spain ruled by terror and smouldering with suppressed rage, a Swedish girl sees her husband murdered, and is then brutally raped and killed. These events set Willi Mohr, the hitherto apathetic anti - hero of this novel, on his own violent road to resolving the conflict between alienation and commitment. This is one of the most extraordinary and exciting novels to have been published in the past decade - a unique fusion of tension, social insight, and awareness of the connexion between political frustration and sexual violence. In his books, Peter Wahlöö makes fascinating use of a ‘thriller - like' framework to explore the relationship between individuals and the dictatorial State. Critics have compared him to Kafka, Orwell and Durrenmatt. inventory #37998 ISBN: 0330233513.

Berkeley. 2009. October 2009. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520258839. With Illustrations by James Nardi. 248 pages. hardcover. keywords: Nature Insects Science. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The beauty of butterflies, the cheerful chirp of crickets, the ink our ancestors wrote with, the beeswax in altar candles, the honey on our toast, the silk we wear. This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives–culturally, economically, and aesthetically. Entomologist and writer Gilbert Waldbauer describes in loving, colorful detail how many of the valuable products insects have given us are made, how they were discovered, and how they have been used through time and across cultures. Along the way, he takes us on a captivating ramble through many far-flung corners of history, mythology, poetry, literature, medicine, ecology, forensics, and more. Enlivened with personal anecdotes from Waldbauer's… Read More

Berkeley. 2012. February 2012. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520269125. 10 line illustrations. 240 pages. hardcover. keywords: Animal General Ecology Invertebrate Zoology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - With Illustrations by James Nardi ‘A fascinating look at the critical role of insects in ecosystems and the myriad ways in which they avoid the constant threat of predation.' Carol Anelli, Washington State University All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food. Equally ingenious are the means of hiding, mimicry, escape, and defense waged by prospective prey in order to stay alive. This absorbing book… Read More

Princeton. 2009. Princeton University Press. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780691142647. 186 pages. paperback. keywords: Economics Christmas Gift Giving. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion dollars each winter. Economist Joel Waldfogel provides solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the… Read More

Princeton. 2009. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Hardcover With Pictorial Boards. No Dustjacket. 9780691142647. 186 pages. hardcover. keywords: Economics Christmas Gift Giving. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion dollars each winter. Economist Joel Waldfogel provides solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think… Read More

Berkeley. 2009. March 2009. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket As Issued. Remainder Mark On Top Edge. 9780520258778. New California Poetry, 27. 205 pages. hardcover. keywords: Poetry America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This compelling selection of recent work by internationally celebrated poet Keith Waldrop presents three related poem sequences - 'Shipwreck in Haven,' ‘Falling in Love through a Description,' and ‘The Plummet of Vitruvius' - in a virtuosic poetic triptych. In these quasi-abstract, experimental lines, collaged words torn from their contexts take on new meanings. Waldrop, a longtime admirer of such artists as the French poet Raymond Queneau and the American painter Robert Motherwell, imposes a tonal override on purloined materials, yet the originals continue to show through. These powerful poems, at once metaphysical and personal, reconcile Waldrop's romantic tendencies with formal… Read More

New York. 1996. Scribner. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Very Good in Wrappers . 0684814196. 302 pages. paperback. keywords: Black Women Autobiography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the early eighties, the peaceful, reclusive life of poet and writer Alice Walker was interrupted by the appearance of three extraordinary gifts: a widely praised best-selling novel (THE COLOR PURPLE, the Pulitzer Prize, and an offer from Steven Spielberg to make her novel into a film that would become a major international event. This last gift, which Walker identifies as ‘the knock at the door,' led her into the labyrinth of a never-before-experienced creative collaboration, principally with Spielberg and Quincy Jones, and the ‘magic' and perils of moviemaking. THE SAME RIVER TWICE: HONORING THE DIFFICULT chronicles that period of transition, from recluse to public figure, and invites us to contemplate, along with her, the true significance of extraordinary gifts - especially when they are coupled, as… Read More

San Diego. 1989. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151885338. 419 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Lambert Davis. keywords: Literature Black America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Filled with the author's unique combination of magic and reality, this book is a sweeping yet intimate novel about people who are tormented by the world's contradictions--black vs. white, man vs. woman, sexual freedom vs. sexual slavery, and past vs. present. inventory #12038 ISBN: 0151885338.

San Diego. 1991. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket W/A Small Tear On The Front Near The Top. 015227538x. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. unpaginated. hardcover. keywords: Black Children . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Johnny lives in a town where everyone owns a shiny green stone. He has one, too--until his mean-spirited behavior makes him lose it. His family and the whole town help him search for the stone. But, to find it, he alone must discover the bright green sun in his heart. Full color throughout. inventory #21408 ISBN: 015227538x.