Search Results: Consumer Behavior from Elk Creek Heritage Books

NY: Three Rivers Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""Too many people drive their Land Rovers to the grocery store and think that 'paper or plastic' is a meaningful choice."" ""The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices"" will help you distinguish the crucial from the trivial and make choices that are congruent with your values.""

Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line which includes number one. Softcover in very good condition with bright glossy wraps with no creases, tears, or defects to note. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, "" . . . Theologians and biblical scholars have often pondered the dangers and the privileges of money. But few have focused on consumption as culture or a way of life, complete with its own set of attitudes, behaviors and purposes for living. . . . relying on insightful theologians, psychologists, sociologists, ecologists and economists to probe beneath and better understand what makes consumer culture work - and how people of faith might best respond.""

Origin Books Sales, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. OVERSIZE. Publication History notes: Date 7/1998, First Edition, First Printing. However number line indicates second printing. Soft cover in very good condition with glossy wraps showing only light shelf wear. Edges and head & heel of spine very good; top & bottom corners have light ""curve"" from use. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Large size approx 11"" tall x 8 3/8"" wide x almost 1 1/4"" thick. * Subtitle from the cover: How to find preparedness resources for the UNEXPECTED AND EXPECTED ! Published in 1998 a major point was to get prepared in case the unexpected happened due to Y2K at turn of the century.( In a very brief perusal through the pages did not see any reference to a PANDEMIC ! But there is so much in these pages, could have missed it !) As the subtitle states, ""how to find preparedness resources..."" and the… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Text block is clean and tight. Shows slight shelf wear; no marking or tears. Ghost of a crease on front cover. * Quote appearing on page before the TOC: ""THE PUBLIC BOUGHT THE PRODUCTS . . . AND ASKED NO QUESTIONS AS TO CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED. SHOPPERS REJOICED WHEN PRICES WERE LOW, AND DID NOT DREAM OF THE SOCIAL COST OF THESE CONDITIONS."" [From The National Consumers' League pamphlet: The First Quarter Century, 1899-1924.]

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps clean & crisp with only hint of gentle shelf & edge wear. Book concludes with section of references for further reading, extensive chapter end notes, and a comprehensive index.

New York: Times Books / Random House, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition plus complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, black spine cloth with gold gilt lettering, and an embossed stylized b (the Bloomingdale b) on front board. Text block clean & tight. Contains a sixteen page section of glossy black & white photos. Several black & white illustrations of comics from newspapers that mention Bloomingdales. Between the half-title page and title page there is a two page spread depicting, in black & white, shopping bags from the various country promotions featured from 1961 to 1991.( The 1991 bag was the only one pulled from the stores at request of the Italian government due to what was considered an irreverent phrase ""In Pizza We Trust."") Spread is repeated again at end of book. Total 428 numbered pages. Dust jacket in very good condition showing only light… Read More

Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""Reichheld has delivered a key which can unlock the elusive feel-good factor. With sound advice on every page, supported by powerful argument, he has written what deserves to become a business classic.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pale tan boards with blue spine cloth and gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket back, "" . . . explores the ways leading companies like UPS, Toyota, Nokia, and others achieve exceptional performance.. . ""

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publisher, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing Stated ""First Printing , 1961"" Hardcover measuring approximately 11.5 "" x 8.25"" x 7/8"" thick. Deep beige boards with dark maroon spine cloth containing gold colored lettering in good condition showing only mild shelf & edge wear. Endpapers contains sepia-tinted pictures of various shop items of the period. Text block is clean but shows age toning and a spot here and there but nothing that detracts from the text. Pages are of heavier than normal weight. The stitched signatures are intact but a bit loose. Please Note: This is an Ex-Library book. However, it has only very unobtrusive evidence of such. There is a pasted in card pocket on the front free fly leaf that still contains the card with the signatures of borrowers. There are library stamps on the copyright page. The Dust Jacket is in very good… Read More

New York: Free Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Free Press hardcover edition November 2009 and complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards & black spine cloth containing gilt spine lettering. Internal text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted but for 1"" black streak on bottom of text block. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. 334 numbered pages.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps crisp & bight; no creases. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Appears unread. * From WorldCat Summary, ""Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. This title argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity.""

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with red boards and gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. No dust jacket. * From the WorldCat summary, "". . . a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people.