Search Results: Authors starting with A from Books of the World

London: J. B. Cramer & Co., 1986. Staple-bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Unmarked. Securely bound with two clean staples. Shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. 24 pages. 4to.Contents: By an' by; Deep river; Go down Moses; I got a robe; Joshua fight de battle ob Jericho; Little David play on your harp; O Peter, go ring-a-dem bells; Steal away; Swing low, sweet chariot; Were you there?

New York: William Morrow, October 2001. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 323 pages. For thirty-seven days after the disputed presidential election of 2000, the nation watched as George W. Bush and Al Gore slugged it out in the swamp. David A. Kaplan goes behind the scenes of the sanctimony and machinations. With his mordant wit and incisive storytelling, Kaplan tells us how -- contrary to popular belief -- the Supreme Court's ruling for Bush was not a foregone conclusion and why the dissenting justices thought, until the last second, they could lure the one equivocating colleague they'd derisively nicknamed "Flipper." We're in the room when Gore decides that, more than any great lawyer, the one person he needs in Recountland is . . . Erin Brockovich. We learn which Bush partisan covertly marionetted the strings behind Katherine Harris. And we're treated to… Read More

New York: Penguin, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Very Good. A few notes on first page, but text is unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 171+21 pages. The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation. This extraordinary first collection of stories confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Black cloth over boards. Sewn binding. No jacket. Good+. Several notes/markings in margins and some underlining. Binding is straight and tight. No library markings. No remainder mark. x + 337 pages. This pioneering and celebrated work was the first comprehensive account of the economic history of West Africa, ranging from prehistoric times to independence. It criticizes conventional beliefs about economic backwardness, offers an alternative account that explains the particular configuration of poverty that characterized the pre-colonial period, and assesses the consequences of the region's interaction with the wider world -- from the growth of the Saharan and Atlantic trades to the rise and demise of colonial rule.

New York: Dunellen Company. 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Price notations on endpages. Text unmarked. Spine square and tight. Stains to closed edges. Jacket clipped with edgewear, chipping at spine ends, and considerable rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 172 pages.Contents: 1. Decisions by Calculation or by Feeling?; 2. Obligation,Education, and Dissent; 3. The Tyranny of Principles; Guidelines for the Polity; 4. Loyalty and Dissent; 5. Perspectives on Self-Determination, Intervention, and Force; 6. Perspectives on Bargaining with Communists and Arms Races; 7. The American Role in the World; 8. Freedom in History and in Politics

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Society, December 1961. Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean. In remarkably good condition for a seventy year-old volume from West Africa. Not from a library. 192 pages.
Contents: Our Cotton Tree by E. F. Sayers; European Rivalry and Diplomacy in Mellacourie, 1879-1882 by Harry A. Gailey, Jr.; Do Africans Believe in God? by Canon H. A. E. Sawyers; Social Relationships in Mende Domeisia by Marion D. de B. Kilson; Obituary: Charles Rhodoway Morrison

York: Pantheon, March 1979. Trade Paperback. Revised Edition (First American Edition), fourth printing. Near Fine. Original bookstore price stamp to half-title page, otherwise interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Chips and scratches to cover and a one-inch dog-ear to top, front corner. See photo. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 172 pages. Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream was the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the practical realities of a vast, complex and backward Russia.

New York: Pantheon, March 1979. Trade Paperback. First Revised American Edition (stated) / first printing (no additional printings listed). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight, and uncreased. Corners sharp. Very slight edge wear is the only thing keeping this from being As New. Its hard to imagine a 40+ year-old book in better condition than this. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 172 pages. Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream was the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the practical realities of a vast, complex and backward Russia.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Hardcover. Third Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Rear cover stamped "Examination Copy." 938 pages.

Designed for courses in corporate finance taught at the MBA and undergraduate level, this edition retains its practice of integrating theory and application through a writing style that both students and professors can appreciate. The text offers in-depth treatment of modern finance theory giving clear explanations of the capital asset pricing model, its strengths and weaknesses.

New York: Scholastic, September 2014. Trade Paperback. First Scholastic Printing / full number line. Fine condition. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 328 pages. A sequel to The Compound finds Eli and his family struggling to acclimate to the outside world after escaping the compound where his father imprisoned them for six years, an effort that is complicated by an intrusive media and disturbing revelations about his father's company.

Los Angles: Netflix, September 2020. Hardcover. Pictorial boards; no jacket as published. New in original shrink wrap. Photo-journal coffee-table book that accompanies Aaron Sorkin's Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Features profiles of the principal players and the original screenplay. Lavishly illustrated in color with production photos, film stills, and interview photos. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. 143 pages of color images + 160 page script.

New York: Random House, June 2008. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light tanning and slight reading wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages.
Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history-and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club's proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh "butterflies" awaited their arrival. Courtesans named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot's earnings and… Read More

Dakar: Codesria, 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not damaged. x + 263 pages

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in a Fine jacket with the slightest edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 352 pages.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, November 1983. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Very Good+. Tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xvi + 552 pages.
The author and Einstein were friends and correspondents for the last nine years of Einstein's life. This definitive account of the life and work of the 20th century's most famous scientist draws on a wealth of previously unpublished papers and personal recollections to fill many gaps about what we know of Einstein's life. It deals with Einstein's interest in philosophy, his concern with Jewish destiny, and his opinions of great figures from Newton to Freud. Also depicts the state of physics at the turn of the century and how Einstein transformed the field.

Boston: Pearson, 2015. Loose-leaf. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. xxix + 413 pages.

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Premier, March 1974. Mass Market Paperback. No additional printings listed. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 128 pages. Contents: The Madman; The Voter; Marriage is a Private Affair; Akueke; Chike's School Days; The Sacrificial Egg; Vengeful Creditor; Dead Men's Path; Uncle Ben's Choice; Civil Peace; Sugar Baby; Girls at War.

New York: Ballantine / Fawcett Premier, January 1984. Paperback. Second Printing, January 1985. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine tight and uncreased. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears. 159 pages. Achebe uses the 'fall' of one man, a descendent of the hero in Things Fall Apart, to depict the birth of a whole new age in Nigerian life -- one ruled by the most powerful and disillusioning corruption.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday / Anchor Books, 1967. Paperback. "Anchor Books Edition: 1967" / No additional printings listed. No markings. Spine straight and tight. Foxing to top edge. Covers clean with creasing at hinges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 141 pages. Introduction by K. W. J. Post. Published just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe's body of work. As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast. But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts--and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1965. Paperback. 1970 reprint. Paperback. Good. Damp stains to spine and top edge. Text unmarked. Spine straight, but creased. Edgewear. Covers rubbed, partial cup ring to front cover. Not from a library. 287 pages.In this novel, Africa's best-known writer describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, Arrow of God has as its central figure a merry yet dignified chief priest who epitomizes the spirituality and ceremony of village life. When faced with the disintegration of the old order under the impact of British colonial authority, he finds that his own authority and the allegiance of his son are at stake as well. The subsequent collision of opposing forces makes tragedy inevitable.