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Imprint: Berkley Trade, 2005 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib: Bancroft draws on 16 years of counseling men who abuse women and as a custody evaluator and child-abuse investigator to offer sound advice to women who are abused by their partners and are concerned about the impact on their children. Without judging women in abusive situations, Bancroft emphasizes that they are in the best position to help their children heal after witnessing abuse. She begins by describing how children view abuse from verbal put-downs of their mother to physical abuse and how their conflict and confusion manifest in a range of symptoms from sleeping and eating disorders to underperformance in school. She ends each chapter with action guidelines for women called "What Can I Do?" Bancroft analyzes the pros and cons of deciding whether to stay with or leave an abusive partner and offers coping strategies that include teaching children to be open about their feelings and devising a "safety plan" of escape if necessary. She also offers advice on choosing therapists and support groups, and practical skills for rebuilding the family., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000020599. ISBN: 9780425200315
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Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books, 1999 The word unauthorized pretty much guarantees that a biography isn't going t o be flattering, and, no surprise, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, radio's finger-w agging "shrink" (her doctorate is in physiology), gets a pretty good drubbi ng here. In this case, though, the author didn't have to work all that hard to dig up the dirt; Schlessinger's well-publicized antics over the years g ive Bane plenty of fodder. Those who have read the unflattering piece about Dr. Laura in a 1998 issue of Vanity Fair will find much of this material f amiliar: Schlessinger hasn't spoken to her mother and sister for years, she is notoriously thin-skinned, and she seems to have used a stiletto on almo st everyone she has ever worked with in radio. (Many of those former collea gues were more than willing to be quoted by name in these pages.) Bane, who se writing style can best be described as clunky, does make attempts at eve n-handedness: she confirms that Schlessinger is bright, a quick study, and a natural on the radio, and she includes comments by those who have a more favorable opinion of Dr. Laura. But what will attract readers, especially t hose who don't like Laura, are the many dishy details that expose where Sch lessinger's public persona and private actions clash., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000008857. ISBN: 9780312205300
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Imprint: Penguin Books, 2000 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 New York Times bestselling classic of a young woman's journey in work, love, and life "In this swinging, funny, and tender study of contemporary relationships, B ank refutes once and for all the popular notions of neurotic thirtysomethin g women." --Entertainment Weekly "Truly poignant." --Time Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realize that it's a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to come of age as a young woman., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039748. ISBN: 9780140293241
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Imprint: World Bank, 1990 Now in its thirteenth annual edition, the World Development Report 1990 is an essential reference on the world economy and the state of social and eco nomic development. Like earlier editions, the 1990 Report incorporates rese arch from all over the world, analyzing the conditions that surround the gr owth process and offering insights on appropriate policy measures for the f uture. Beginning with a review of developments in the world economy during the 1980s, the 1990 Report reassesses the role of public policy in reducing poverty in the developing world and describes how pricing and public inves tment, the delivery of social services, the provision of transfers and safe ty nets, and tradeoffs and complimentarities can contribute to a poverty-re ducing strategy. With its timely survey and synthesis of contemporary econo mic issues around the world, the World Development Report 1990 is invaluabl e to readers and policymakers interested in economic development, internati onal economics, and international politics., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000006132. ISBN: 9780195208511
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Imprint: 9780415573368, 2010 In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000040197. ISBN: 9780415573368
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Imprint: Puffin, 1998 "My son, I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live." Wit h these words, a Hebrew mother places her infant son, Moses, in a basket an d sets him adrift on the Nile River. From his carefree days as a prince of Egypt to his flight into the desert, nothing can fully prepare Moses for wh at is to come. Lynne Reid Banks, author of the best-selling novel "The Indi an in the Cupboard," brings the timeless story of Moses to life in this spi rited retelling. Enriched with a full-color insert depicting characters and scenes from the film, this is a popular format that will enable older chil dren to experience the movie again and again., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000032440. ISBN: 9780141302171
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Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005 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. Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement b y Dennis Banks, Richard Erdoes Dennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa Tribe and a founder of the American Indian Movement, is one of the most influential Indian leaders of our time. In Ojibwa Warrior, written with acclaimed writer and photographer Richard Erdoes, Banks tells his own story for the first time and also traces the rise of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The authors present an insider's understanding of AIM protest events--the Trail of Broken Treaties march to Washington, D.C.; the resulting takeover of the BIA building; the riot at Custer, South Dakota; and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee. Enhancing the narrative are dramatic photographs, most taken by Richard Erdoes, depicting key people and events., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039820. ISBN: 9780806136912
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Imprint: Greystone Books, Ltd, 1998 Which pitcher struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, an d Joe Cronin in succession at the 1934 All-Star game? "(Carl Hubbel.) The B aseball Hall of Fame enshrined its first five players in 1936. Who was the leading vote-getter? "(Ty Cobb.) Test your knowledge of the mythic era 1920 -1945. Challenging questions, as well as games, statistics, and anecdotes, will entertain and inform. 144 pages, 20 b/w illus., 5 1/2 x 8 1/2., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030218. ISBN: 9781550546132
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Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2012 Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presen ce is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, and even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away m ight be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberd een, Stonemouth, with it's five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day . On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog, gangsters, c heap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. And although t here's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart and the town's bigg est crime family, it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long a quick drop into the cold grey Stoun begin s to look like the soft option, and as he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him, Stu uncovers e ver darker stories, and his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even h e had anticipated. Tough, funny, fast-paced and touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood and vengeance in a rite of passage nov el like no other., Good Stock number: RWARE0000038382. ISBN: 9781408702512
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Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd, 1972 Jane says she doesn't want to be a burden to anyone - least of all to her l over, Toby. She has exchanged the l-shaped room of the earlier novel for a remote country cottage where she nurses her baby. Dottie, another stray, tu rns up with a proposal unlikely at first sight to succeed., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000019548. ISBN: 9780140034936
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Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2006 A gripping psychological thriller. taking the reader from 21st century Brit ain to the darkest days of war-torn Eastern Europe.The cries of the innocen t echo through the years ... Her obsession with history has cost Helen Kova cs her life.Helen 's research into the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe wa s a secret she kept from even her closest friend. Faith Lange.Now Faith. re tracing Helen's last steps. is convinced that the man the police have arres ted is not the killer.Journalist Jake Denbigh's investigations have led him to the same conclusion.Faith is disturbed by Denbigh's digging.Among the r efugees from the concentration camps of Minsk were war criminals masqueradi ng as victims.Could Faith's beloved grandfather Marek be hiding such a secr et And does the reason for Helen's m..., Good Stock number: RWARE0000035565. ISBN: 9780007192113
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2009 A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's sharp-witted and deeply engaging new novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness-and explores what happens when two powerful personalities, trapped at opposite ends of a social divide, begin to break the rules. Moving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondack wilderness to the skies above war-torn Spain and Fascist Germany, The Reserve is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense that adds a new dimension to this acclaimed author's extraordinary repertoire., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000025448. ISBN: 9780061430268
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Imprint: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP, 2012 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of a fabul ous new novel by the author of Matter and The Wasp Factory The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire!, now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, in fact, that the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out. Young renegade Alban, who has evaded the family clutches for years, is persuded to attend the forthcoming family gathering-part birthday party, part Extraordinary General Meeting-convened by Win, Wopuld matriarch and most powerful member of the board, at Garbadale, the family's highland castle. Being drawn back into the bosom of the clan brings a disconcerting confrontation with Alban's past. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he ready to see Sophie, his beautiful cousin and teenage love? Grandmother Win's revelations will radically alter Alban's perspective forever., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000023325. ISBN: 9780349119281
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Imprint: Penguin Books Canada, Limite, 1976 Now living with her son in the country, Jane is a long way from the l- shape d room. The last novel in a trilogy which began when Jane, pregnant and unm arried, fled from her father`s house, this text is a poignant story of new beginnings and for Jane new love., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000019532. ISBN: 9780140041095
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Imprint: Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 1971 Includes indexes., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000011698. ISBN: 9780140806175
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Imprint: Penguin UK, 2011 The Penguin Dictionary of Economics explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principle to venture capital, Euro to X-efficiency, globaliza tion to zero-sum game. The eighth edition has been fully revised and update d to include those terms that have become so familiar since the global rece ssion begun ("quantitative easing" and "sub-prime" among them), but whose m eanings escape most of us. Wide-ranging and accessible, this detailed pract ical and international guide will be indispensable for students of economic s and professionals (in business, finance, or the public sector), and for a nyone wishing to follow economic discussions in the media today. Editorial Reviews About the Author Graham Bannock runs his own economic research and consulting company in London. Ron Baxter is a director of economics consultants Baxter Eadier Ltd., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000040182. ISBN: 9780141045238
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Imprint: Chronicle Books, 1991 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. Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of yo ur fish postcards? I think you were right -- the wine glass has more impact than the cup. --Sabine But Griffin had never met a woman named Sabine. How did she know him? How did she know his artwork? Who is she? Thus begins the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. And since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin & Sabine is like no other illustrated novel: appealing to the poet and artist in everyone and sure to inspire a renaissance in the fine art of letter-writing, it tells an extraordinary story in an extraordinary way., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000040212. ISBN: 9780877017882
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Imprint: Chronicle Books, 1992 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. Don't miss The Pharos Gate, the final volume in the Griffin & Sabine story. Published simultaneously with the 25th-anniversary edition of Griffin & Sa bine, the book finally shares what happened to the lovers. Griffin--Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are fri ghtened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you. --Sabine Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had cr eated to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to ap pear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs. Griffin & Sabine, the most creative and talked-about bestseller of 1991, le ft readers on the edge of a precipice. With Sabine's Notebook, they begin-- along with Griffin--the fall. Once again, the story is told through strange ly beautiful postcards and richly decorated letters that must actually be p ulled from their envelopes to be read. But this volume is also a sketchbook and diary kept by the possibly unreal Sabine, who is living in Griffin's h ouse in London while he wanders through Europe, North Africa, and Asia, bac kwards through layers of ancient civilizations- -and of himself. Filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. For the thousands who finished Griffin & Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," this second volume in the quartet provides the answers--but raises new and even more haunting qu, Very GoodVery Good Stock number: RWARE0000040208. ISBN: 9780811801805
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Imprint: Picador, 1999 In a brilliant illumination of the Renaissance mind, acclaimed Irish noveli st John Banville re-creates the life of Johannes Kepler and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe. Wars, witchcraft, and disease rage throughout Europe. For this court mathem atician, vexed by domestic strife, appalled by the religious upheavals that have driven him from exile to exile, and vulnerable to the whims of his ec centric patrons, astronomy is a quest for some form of divine order. For al l the mathematical precision of his exploration, though, it is a seemingly elusive quest until he makes one glorious and profound discovery., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037499. ISBN: 9780330372336
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Imprint: Lonely Planet, 2005 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 Cheer at a heart-racing soccer match then tango till dawn at a steamy milon ga. People-watch from a century-old café and feast on the most succulent be ef imaginable. From the most authentic parrillas to the hippest shopping st reets, our native-born author un- covers all the local secrets. Get the ins ide scoop with this smart, stylish guide to the 'Paris of the South.' Eat, Drink & Be Merry - tips on Argentine beef and wine from our local food guru, and the best spots to indulge. Stay In Style - art-studded walls, tango lessons, nude rooftop sunbathing.. . lodgings to suit every taste! Shop Till You Drop - where to get the best deals and only-in-BA souvenirs, from the San Telmo Antiques Fair to trendy Palermo Viejo boutiques. Talk The Talk - Argentine Spanish section includes coverage of lunfardo, BA 's unique slang. Go Beyond City Limits - Excursions chapter includes getaways to laidback Mo ntevideo and the spectacular Iguazu Falls. Editorial Reviews, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030852. ISBN: 9781740594851
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Imprint: Odyssey Publications, 1999 The Close-Up series is the first of its kind to give you a concise introduc tion to individual aspects of China and its people. Each topic is presented by experts in their fields who write with brevity and clarity for the inte lligent reader. In 1974, near Xi'an in central China, villagers made an ast onishing archaeological find - an 8,000-man pottery army in battle-ready fo rmation 2,200 years old. The amazing army comes to life in this book which tells the incredible story behind one of the Wonders of the World., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000028544. ISBN: 9789622174870
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Imprint: Ecco, 2014 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 book tells what should have been known and isn't-that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." - Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots- on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action-from the breathtaking capture of Nazi executioner Adolph Eichmann to the recent elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Anyone who is fascinated by the world of international espionage, intelligence, and covert "Black-Ops" warfare will find Mossad electrifying reading., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000036017. ISBN: 9780062123411
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Imprint: DAW, 2015 With his critically acclaimed military science fiction debut series, Dave B ara launched readers on a star-spanning journey of discovery, diplomacy, an d danger. Lieutenant Peter Cochrane of the Quantar Royal Navy believes he has his fut ure clearly mapped out. It begins with his new assignment as an officer on Her Majesty's Spaceship Starbound, a Lightship bound for deep space voyages of exploration. But everything changes when Peter is summoned to the office of his father, Grand Admiral Nathan Cochrane, and given devastating news: the death of a l oved one. In a distant solar system, a mysterious and unprovoked attack upo n Lightship Impulse resulted in the deaths of Peter's former girlfriend and many of her shipmates. Now Peter's plans are torn asunder as he is transferred to a Unified Space Navy ship under foreign command, en route to an unexpected destination, and surrounded almost entirely by strangers. To top it off, his superiors have given him secret orders that might force him to become a mutineer. The crisis at hand becomes a gateway to something much more when the ship's Historian leads Peter and his shipmates into a galaxy of the unknown -- of ancient technologies, age-old rivalries, new cultures, and unexpected romance. It's an overwhelming responsibility for Peter, and one false step could plunge humanity into an apocalyptic interstellar war...., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000036000. ISBN: 9780756410667
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Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 A crisp clean first edition (as stated) no markings throughout: In a spare, eloquent memoir, Barakat recalls life under military occupatio n. In 1981 the author, then in high school, boarded a bus bound for Ramalla h. The bus was detained by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint on the West Ban k, and she was taken to a detention center before being released. The episo de triggers sometimes heart-wrenching memories of herself as a young child, at the start of the 1967 Six Days' War, as Israeli soldiers conducted raid s, their planes bombed her home, and she fled with her family across the bo rder to Jordan. She also recalls living under occupation and the thrill of being able to attend the United Nations school for refugees. The political upheaval is always in the background, but for young Barakat, much of the dr ama was in incidents that took place in everyday life.^B What makes the mem oir so compelling is the immediacy of the child's viewpoint, which depicts both conflict and daily life without exploitation or sentimentality. An ann otated bibliography will help readers fill in the facts. Hazel Rochman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved, Near Fine/Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000019376. ISBN: 9780374357337
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Imprint: Riverhead Books, 2000 A highly collectible,tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. There was a time when author Marc Ian Barasch (The Healing Path) treated dr eams as "nocturnal reshufflings of the mental deck; as fantasy and wish ful fillment; as psychic leftovers; those emotional coffee grounds and crumbled up impulses toward sex and violence ditched nightly down some inner Dispos all." But then the vivid, ominous dreams began in which Barasch saw his nec k being probed, tortured, speared, and even removed. Convinced something wa s terribly wrong, he went to a doctor who eventually confirmed what Barasch 's dreams had been telling him: he had thyroid cancer. That's when Barasch's fascination with the power of dreams began. The result is a breakthrough book that calls upon 15 years of research as well as hundreds of real-life dreams to expertly explore this mysterious frontier. Readers can expect excellent, poetic prose (Barasch is the former editor in chief of New Age Journal) that speaks to the transformative powers within the bizarre, shape-shifting landscape of the dream world., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000007421. ISBN: 9781573221672
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Imprint: Signet, 2001 Nationally renowned sex therapist and intimacy expert Lonnie Barbach presen ts a complete program for dealing with the complex aspects of a relationshi p-both physical and psychological-that affect sexual satisfaction., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033879. ISBN: 9780451204646
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2012 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030128. ISBN: 9780732292393
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Imprint: North Point Pr, 1998 A crisp hardcover,first edition (as stated): Thirteen literary powerhouses, including Annie Proulx, Howard Norman, Rita Mae Brown and Lee Smith, visited Nature Conservancy sites and contributed top-of-form short stories to this excellent collection. As Barbara Kingsolver explains in her foreword, the writers "took pilgrimages to places where they could think straight, remember, and properly invent." While paeans to wild places, most of these tales are imaginative flights transcending setting. Norman's "The Chauffeur" is a haunting account of the relationship between a bookish driver, Tuttle Albers, and the older Japanese woman he transports each week from San Francisco to Point Reyes National Seashore, where she never does see the white pelican she's looking for. After she dies, Tuttle's experience with an injured pelican affects his romantic relationship with a zoologist. Also a standout is Richard Bausch's "Glass Meadow," in which two young boys are adrift with their irresponsible parents. When they hole up in an empty cabin and the father orders them to go out and kill something to eat, 12-year-old narrator Patrick comes up against his own savage nature in a comical, bittersweet encounter with a phlegmatic cow. Humor also enriches Brown's "Early Lessons," in which the young narrator learns from her feuding mother and aunt about the food chain. While some storiesA"A Blackfoot River Fable" by David James Duncan and "Fiber" by Rick BassAare didactic, and othersASmith's "Botanizing upon the Mountain"Aare enigmatic, overall this is a cohesive whole, evoking the spirit of our nation's wild landscape and its power to nurture a, Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000022107. ISBN: 9780865475304
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Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd, 2009 Lynn Barber's true story, now a major film of the same name scripted by Nic k Hornby. At 16, Lynn Barber was an ambitious schoolgirl working towards a place at Oxford, when she was picked up at a bus-stop by an attractive olde r man in a sports car. So began a relationship that almost wrecked her life . Barber's fascinating memoir takes us beyond this bizarre episode, reveali ng how it left her with an abiding mistrust of men which paradoxically led her to a promiscuous life-style at university until she met her husband-to- be. An Education tells how she went on to work for seven years at daring (f or the times) men's magazine Penthouse before beginning her starry days as the Demon Barber - Britain's most entertaining and most feared interviewer. The book ends with an extraordinarily moving account of the early death of her husband. Her writing is refreshingly frank and funny., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039955. ISBN: 9780141044149
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Imprint: The Quiet Hour, 1986 Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000004920. ISBN: 9780937125007
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Imprint: University of California Pre, 1989 A clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib book: Through explorations of individual plays and of patterns that shape the entire canon, The Whole Journey illuminates dramatic, psychological, and historical concerns central to our understanding of Shakespeare., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000024209. ISBN: 9780520066229
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Imprint: Oxford University Press, 2001 In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. Where does the time go? Independent physicist Barbour presents an unusual alternate to the standard way of viewing the four-dimensional universe (three spatial dimensions and time), beginning with how our perception of time is formed. Time, he says, does not exist apart from events: the motions of the sun and the stars, the mechanical movement of a clock. Rather than truly feeling the passing of time, we merely note changes in our surroundings, described by the author as a series of "Nows," like frames of a motion picture. Not only do Nows exist for the events that actually occur, but a large number of Nows represent alternate possibilities, inhabiting a land called Platonia. Which Nows become our perceived reality? The rule of thumb Barbour gives is, "only the probable is experienced." In the "macro" world, the author addresses determinism, Newtonian mechanics and the second law of thermodynamics as they relate to his theory of Nows. In the quantum mechanical realm, he ties his theory of time to the Schrodinger Equation in its various forms. Throughout, the author accompanies his theories not with complex equations but rather with elegant (if sometimes convoluted) diagrams. If these theories sound intriguing, readers already familiar with the Wheeler-DeWitt and Schrodinger equations, eigenstates and wave functions may appreciate this unique perspective. Ultimately, however, Barbour's attempts to "simplify" physics, in particular quantum mechanics, will confuse as many readers as they enlighten. 20 illustrations., As New Stock number: RWARE0000038904. ISBN: 9780195145922
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Imprint: Orion, 2014 Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least, that's what she tells people. She wat ches the news for stories of missing people, then waits a few days and goes to see the family. She tells them she's had a vision and that she may know where their missing loved one is--for a price, of course. Keisha's latest mark is Wendell Garfield, whose wife disappeared a week ago . She's seen him on TV, pleading for his wife to come home, or for whoever took her to let her go. Keisha tells Wendell her vision of what might have happened. Unluckily for Keisha, her vision turns out to be alarmingly close to the truth. As she wades deeper into the mystery, Keisha inadvertently f inds herself caught in a web of suspicion and violence that's much more com plicated than she first thought--and which may end up with her own disappea rance. . . The book will include a sneak peak of Barclay's next work, A Tap on the Window., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035835. ISBN: 9781409137634
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Imprint: Fontana Books, 1966 Ex-lib, first fontana edition, overall wear but all pages intact., Good Stock number: RWARE0000009771.
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Imprint: Anchor, 1998 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. In this immensely captivating and imaginative novel, perfectly set at the i ntersection of fact and fiction, Dan Barden superimposes the story of John Wayne on the story of the Bardens, a family very much like his own. Frank B arden, Wayne's contractor, is an Irish Catholic from New York who has come to California in pursuit of the American dream for his wife, Lillian, and t heir three young children, Danny, Alice, and Chris. Wayne is someone the Ba rdens work with, drink with, and felt blessed to be around. In fictionalized episodes ranging from Wayne's first love at sixteen to his deathbed conversion to Catholicism, this novel offers a surprisingly intim ate vision of John Wayne. The Bardens are the perfect observers, guileless enough to retain an unabashed admiration for a man they consider a hero, pe rceptive enough to begin to see him as he really is--a man struggling to co me to terms with the myths that define him. In their own way, the Bardens are coming to terms with these same myths. Frank Barden, trapped by alcoholism and the masculine ideal embodied by his friend Wayne, begins to lose touch with his family. Lillian Barden, disappointed by the impossible promise of the men around her, questions her faith in the manhood that men like Frank have to offer. As John Wayne lies on his deathbed at the close of this heartbreaking story, the Barden children have grown up, and Lillian and Frank are facing the dissolution of their marriage. With wit, intelligence and sympathy, Dan Bard, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038545. ISBN: 9780385487108
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Imprint: Harpercollins Canada, 1997 The Last Resort contains information and concepts missing from most investm ent and retirement planning books: new perspectives on demographics and wha t they mean to 90 million North American baby boomers; strategic lifestyle planning to ensure people know how to live happily with the money they save ; the emergence of retirement villages and how they can boost a retirement plan; stock approaches for the edge (SAFE); entrepreneurship in retirement - how it can add purpose to life and increase retirement revenues; and doze ns of novel saving and investment tips proven to work., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000016488. ISBN: 9780006385363
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Imprint: Vintage, 2007 The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who comb s the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for th e quality of its silk and its hostility to foreigners: Japan. There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000028463. ISBN: 9780307277978
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Imprint: Albin Michel, 1997 " Ceci n'est pas un roman. Ni même un récit. C'est une histoire. Elle comme nce avec un homme qui traverse le monde et finit avec un lac qui est là, co mme ça, dans les journées du vent. L'homme s'appelle Hervé Joncour. Le lac, on ne sait pas. On pourrait dire que c'est une histoire d'amour. Mais si c 'était seulement ça, ça ne vaudrait pas la peine de la raconter. Il y a aus si dans cette histoire des désirs et des souffrances, de celles qu'on conna ît parfaitement, mais le vrai nom pour les dire, on ne le trouve jamais. Et de toutes façons, ce n'est pas amour. (C'est très ancien, ça. Quand on n'a pas de nom pour dire les choses, on se sert d'une histoire. Ça fonctionne comme ça. Depuis des siècles.) Toutes les histoires ont leur musique. Celle -ci a une musique blanche. C'est important de le dire, parce que la musique blanche est une drôle de musique, déconcertante quelquefois : elle se joue doucement, et elle se danse lentement. Quand elle est bien jouée, c'e st comme si on entendait jouer le silence, et ceux qui la dansent comme des dieux, on les regarde et on a l'impression qu'ils ne bougent pas. C'est te rriblement difficile, la musique blanche. Il n'y a pas grand-chose à ajoute r. Peut-être faudrait-il préciser que l'histoire se passe au XIXe siècle : juste pour que personne ne s'attende à y trouver des avions, des machines à laver et des psychanalystes. Il n'y en a pas ici. Une autre fois, peut-êtr e. " Alessandro Baricco Vers 1860, pour sauver les élevages de vers à soie contaminés par une épidémie, Hervé Joncour entreprend quatre expéditions au Japon pour acheter des oeufs sains., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033460. ISBN: 9782226088819
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Imprint: HarperTrophy, 2003 In Abarat, accomplished novelist and artist Clive Barker turns his consider able talents to creating a rich fantasy world for young adults. Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota, yearning for mor e--which she finds, quite unexpectedly, when a man with eight heads appears from nowhere in the middle of the prairie, being chased by something reall y monstrous. And so begins Candy's epic adventure to the islands of the Aba rat. Peopled by all manner of creatures, cultures, and customs, the islands should prove a fertile setting for the series that Barker is calling The B ooks of Abarat. Candy is an intelligent and likable heroine, and the many s upporting characters are deftly drawn, both in words and in the full-color interior art that Barker has produced to give the story an extra dimension. Abarat delivers the rich and imaginative storytelling that Barker is known for, with less overt horror or violence than one of his adult novels might include. However, Candy's path isn't an easy one, and young adult readers should appreciate the hard choices she must make along the way., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000009393. ISBN: 9780064407335
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Imprint: HarperCollins, 2001 A famous Hollywood actor loses his looks - and is drawn into the dark and t wisted world of Coldheart Canyon...Following extensive cosmetic surgery, Ho llywood superstar Todd Pickett needs somewhere to hide away while his scars heal. His manager finds the ideal location, Coldheart Canyon - a dream-pal ace hidden away in a corner of the city so secret it doesn't even appear on a map.In the 20s, `A' list stars came to the Canyon to have the kind of pa rties nobody was supposed to know about. It wasn't just the wild sex and th e drugs that made Katya's parties so memorable. There was a door in the bow els of the dream-palace, which reputedly opened onto another world - the De vils' Country - where nothing was forbidden. Nothing.With his refuge now a prison, Todd needs to get out of Coldheart Canyon. But to do that he must n ot only solve its mysteries but also face the powers that have protected it for seven decades, and that means stepping through the door...As a Hollywo od insider with a keen eye for its idiocies and horrors Clive Barker is uni quely positioned to write this vitriolic Tinseltown ghost story. Coldheart Canyon is an irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demon s, told with all the style and raw narrative power that have made Barker's books and films a worldwide phenomenon., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038030. ISBN: 9780006510406
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Imprint: HarperCollins, 2001 A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. It is 1916 in the Hollywood of Theda Bara and Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and silent film star Katya Lupi receives a magnificent gift: an entire room constructed of hand-painted tiles removed from a Romanian monastery and installed, piece by piece, on her Hollywood estate. Not only is the room an aesthetic masterpiece but it is also possessed by the Devil. Katya, a woman of strong desires and appetites, quickly learns to use its powers to her advantage, ensnaring the souls of other cinema legends who share her thirst for beauty, fame, and fortune. From this dangerous precipice, Barker, whose numerous best-selling novels (Galilee, etc.) and experience as a film producer have won him a loyal following, entices his readers to leap into a fantastical world populated by ghostly beasts that roam the hills of a modern-day Tinseltown., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000008715. ISBN: 9780060182977
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2001 A highly collectible first edition, tight clean copy, protected in a new br odart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex- Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. Barker fans may breathe a sigh of relief. That the Walt Disney Company is paying $8 million for ancillary rights to the author's forthcoming for-all-ages novel series, The Arabat Quartet (first volume due out in 2002), doesn't mean the British master of dark fantasy has lost his savage bite. Barker's new novel is a ferocious indictment of (and backhanded tribute to) Hollywood Babylon, depicted through Barker's glorious imagination as a nexus of human and inhuman evil where fleshly pursuits corrupt the spirit. It's also one ripping ghost story, spooky and suspenseful, as well as a departure for Barker in that here, as never before, the fantastic mingles with the real, kind of., F/NF Stock number: RWARE0000007509. ISBN: 9780002558648
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2008 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Darkmans is an exhilarating, extraord inary examination of the ways in which history can play jokes on us all... If History is just a sick joke which keeps on repeating itself, then who ex actly might be telling it, and why? Could it be John Scogin, Edward IV's in famous court jester, whose favorite pastime was to burn people alive - for a laugh? Or could it be Andrew Boarde, Henry VIII's physician, who kindly w rote John Scogin's biography? Or could it be a tiny Kurd called Gaffar whos e days are blighted by an unspeakable terror of - uh - salad? Or a beautifu l, bulimic harpy with ridiculously weak bones? Or a man who guards Beckley Woods with a Samurai sword and a pregnant terrier? Darkmans is a very modern book, set in Ashford [a ridiculously modern town] , about two very old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. It's also a boo k about invasion, obsession, displacement and possession, about comedy, art , prescription drugs and chiropody. And the main character? The past, which creeps up on the present and whispers something quite dark - quite unspeak able - into its ear. The third of Nicola Barker's narratives of the Thames Gateway, Darkmans is an epic novel of startling originality., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039951. ISBN: 9780007193639
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Imprint: Made Simple, 2002 This text is an introduction to the complex subject of law. It covers the b asics required for A-Level, BTEC, GNVQ and also law syllabuses set by profe ssional bodies. The text may also prove useful for students thinking of emb arking on law or related degree courses., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000010664. ISBN: 9780750654050
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 1990 Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha, Nebrask a. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, Cali fornia. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. And soon, the curtain must fall. In this masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and the most private hearts, Clive Barker wields the full power and sweep of his extraordinary talents. Sprawling and ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, The Great and Secret Show is an unforgettable epic for our time--and for the future., Good Stock number: RWARE0000038503. ISBN: 9780061099014
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster in associat, 1991 Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000001743. ISBN: 9780731802586
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Imprint: Granta Books, 2014 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. Britain is the home of the badger - there are more badgers per square kilometre in this country than in any other. And yet many of us have never seen one alive and in the wild. They are nocturnal creatures who vanish into their labyrinthine underground setts at the first hint of a human. Here, Patrick Barkham follows in the footsteps of his badger-loving grandmother, to meet the feeders, farmers and scientists who know their way around Badgerlands: the mysterious world in which these distinctively striped creatures snuffle, dig and live out their complex social lives. As the debate over the badger cull continues, Barkham weighs the evidence on both sides of the argument, and delves into the rich history of the badger - from their prehistoric arrival in Britain and their savage persecution over the centuries, to Kenneth Grahame's fictional creation in Wind in the Willows and the badger who became a White House pet. From the celebrated author of The Butterfly Isles, this is rich, vivid nature writing at its best., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035848. ISBN: 9781847085054
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Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1992 The culmination of two years of research, and based on a series of articles in the Philadelphia Enquirer, two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors reveal ho w everyone's lives have been touched by public acts and private greed. Barl ett and Steele deftly expose the shifting tax burdens, deregulation, foreig n investment, bankruptcy laws, and other changes that have reeked havoc on the middle class., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000004771. ISBN: 9780836270013
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Imprint: The New Press, 2009 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. In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "passionate plea for access to w ater activism," Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that- togeth er with global warming-poses one of the gravest threats to our survival. How did the world's most vital resource become imperiled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink? In "stark and nearly devastating prose" (Bo oklist), world-renowned activist and bestselling author Maude Barlow-who is featured in the acclaimed documentary Flow- discusses the state of the worl d's water. Barlow examines how water companies are reaping vast profits fro m declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have ba nded together to reclaim the public's right to clean water, creating a gras sroots global water justice movement. While tracing the history of internat ional battles for the right to water, she documents the life-and-death stak es involved in the fight and lays out the actions that we as global citizen s must take to secure a water-just world for all. As people around the world turn their attention to the effects of climate change, Blue Covenant is a timely and important reminder for us to take heed of the global water crisis's impact on humans and the natural world., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039200. ISBN: 9781595584533
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Imprint: Stanford University Press, 1994 A crisp clean softcover. 'Barman's pungent analysis of what is, by any standard, an extraordinarily complicates political and constitutional history ... is a broad synthesis t hat will necessarily inform all subsequent efforts to make sense of the ori gins of the modern Brazilian state.'Canadian Journal of History Review "The author's selection of materials from the vast stock of primary sources and his judicious reanalysis of conflicting interpretations are impressive. . . . All this is set forth shrewdly and insightfully. . . . An excellent monograph, well conceived and executed, of great value to the comparative study of the development of the nation-state in Africa and Asia as well as in Latin America." -American Historical, Fine Stock number: RWARE0000015104. ISBN: 9780804723305
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