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

London: Reaktion Books, September 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 136 pages.
The authors recount the history of chocolate, which from ancient times has been associated with sexuality, sin, blood, and sacrifice. The first Spanish accounts claim that the Aztecs and Mayans used chocolate as a substitute for blood in sacrificial rituals and as a currency to replace gold. In the eighteenth century chocolate became regarded as an aphrodisiac--the first step on the road to today's boxes of Valentine delights. Chocolate also looks at today's mass-production of chocolate, with brands such as Hershey's, Lindt, and Cadbury dominating our supermarket shelves. Packed with tempting images and decadent descriptions of chocolate throughout the ages.

New York: Macmillan. 1995. Paperback.Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Suitable for gifting. 198 pages. A collection of walks through the most historic and colourful areas of Barcelona, Cordoba, Granada, Madrid, Salamonca, and Seville. Includes historical anecdotes, recommended coffee and lunch breaks, and estimated walking times.

Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, September 2016. Trade Paperback. Fine. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 233 pages.
A deceptively simple strategy for how educators can build effective partnerships with parents--especially those who typically have not been actively involved in their children's schooling. It distills complex, important ideas on effective civic participation into an easy-to-learn process that teaches parents two fundamental skills they can use to support the education of their children, monitor their progress, and advocate for them: asking better questions and participating effectively in key decisions.

New York: William Morrow, September 2014. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. A touch of reading wear to lower front corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 274 pages + 27 page reader's guide. A novel of love, risk, and self-discovery. Angela can feel the clock ticking. She is single in New York City, stuck in a job she doesn't want and a life that seems to have, somehow, just happened. She inherited a flair for Italian cooking from her grandmother, but she never seems to have the time for it-these days, her oven holds only sweaters. Tacked to her office bulletin board is a photo from a magazine of a tidy cottage on the coast of Maine-a charming reminder of a life that could be hers, if she could only muster the courage to go after it. On a hope and a chance, Angela decides to pack it all up and move to Maine, finding the nudge she needs in the dating profile of a handsome sailor who loves dogs and Italian food. But her new… Read More

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, July 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Foxing to edges. Light rubbing and slight edge wear to covers. Not from a library. Not a remainder. Not clipped. 171 pages.

Poughkeepsie, New York: Vivisphere, May 2000. Trade Paperback. Inscribed to Merrily by author on title pages. Near Fine. Interior pristine other than autograph. Spine straight and tight with a faint crease to upper half. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 312 pages. Police chief James Hackett is Sherlock Holmes reincarnated in Mayberry.

New York: Ballantine Books, January 1999. Trade Paperback. First Ballantine Books Editions (stated) / full number line. Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 505 pages.

Washington, DC: International Development Association, September 1993. Paperback. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 44 pages. World Bank Report No. P-6157-SL

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Govt. of Sierra Leone, June 1954. Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean with slight tanning/foxing by spine. In remarkably good condition for a seventy year-old volume from West Africa. Not from a library. 128 pages.
Contents: Introduction to The Study of Sierra Leone Birds by Marguerite Jellicoe; View of the New Burial Ground by C. H. Fyfe; Ceremonies and Stories Connected with Trees, Rivers and Hills in the Protectorate of Sierra Leone by the Reverend W. T. Harris; Freetown (with a pull-out map) by Dr. H. R. Jarrett; The Origins of Tribal Administration in Freetown by M. Banton; The Old Secretariat by C. H. Fyfe

Berkeley: University of California Press, February 1993. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Good+ book in a Fine jacket. Occasional ink emphasis marks from a prior owner. Spine square and tight. Jacket clean and crisp. Foxing to edges. 362 pagers. This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both a scholar and a novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-19th century. His is a picture that differs dramatically from the static one portrayed by much of Western scholarship. Barakat maintains that the unequal power relationships between Western imperial forces and Arabs have strongly influenced Western writing, thereby limiting our understanding of what it means to be Arab. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, or one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a… Read More

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. First Edition, likely first printing (no additional printings listed). Quarter-bound in green cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial sides. Sewn binding. Very Good book / no jacket. Text block pristine. Small adhesive ghosts to front endpapers. Spine straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. Rubbing to pictorial covers. Not from a library. 96 pages. 9.25 x 11 x 0.6 inches. Twelve striking full page, full color prints including frontis and many many black-and-white drawings. Seventeen Old Testament stories and 17 New Testament stories, retold in simple and vivid language.

Beltsville, Maryland: Demerara Press, May 1997. Paperback. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 223 pages. Black-Water Women explores the tensions between men and women in the Guyanese culture of the 40's, 50's and 60's as well as the tensions among immigrants transplanted to the United States. The stories are told from the point of view of Sara and her mother Cleo, Tina, and Sanka, who live beside the Demerara River whose waters, black and mysterious, threaten to engulf their bodies and souls. The reader can empathize with these women whose triumphs and tragedies mirror those of women the world over. This novel also gives the reader the opportunity to explore Guyana's unique culture of the period and laugh at the characters' idiosyncrasies while sympathizing with their predicaments.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1947. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Inscribed by author and illustrator with personal gift message on FFEP. Blue cloth over boards. Dark blue printing to spine and decoration to front board. Good+ book / no jacket. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends and corners bumped. Cover frayed at edges, faded at spine. viii+209 pages. Several B&W illustrations. Youngest sisters who are trying hard to catch up with the rest of the family will have an especially friendly feeling for Lisbeth Holly, who wasn't quite 10 and a trifle sensitive about being the baby of the family. But no matter what their rank in age, girls of 8 to 11 will enter whole-heartedly into the Holly children's good times during a summer on the shores of Lake Michigan forty years ago.

Alexandria, Virginia: VSP Books. 2007. Hardcover. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by illustrator on title page, otherwise book is pristine inside and out. One inch scratch to jacket spine, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 32 pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, September 1988. Hardcover. First printing / full number line. Brown leatherette over boards with copper titles to spine and front cover. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light wear to bottom edge. Jacket rubbed, and faded at spine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxiv + 740 pages. 25 cm.

New York: Penguin, September 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Light wear to cover. Interior tanned but unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears. 54 pages. Barrie's timeless tales of the little boy who refused to grow up. This is a "prequel" to Peter's adventures in Neverland, in which the wild child discovers a magical world in the heart of London.

New York: Anchor Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. 2nd printing. Fine. Unmarked. Light toning to page edges, otherwise As New. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 573 pages. This is the story of Simon Behler, a popular journalist whose career has peaked. In 1980 he is lost overboard while attempting to retrace the legendary voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. He finds himself in Sinbad's house and over the course of six evenings the two take turns recounting their voyages in a brilliantly entertaining weave of stories within stories.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2005. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in three Fine original cases along with a Fine 147-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Professor Kenneth Bartlett helps you appreciate the Italian Renaissance as the moment in history when culture reached a point that is still very much with us, in the way we live our modern lives and in the extant Renaissance cities of contemporary Italy. You will gain an understanding of the underlying social, political, and economic forces that made such exceptional art and culture possible. In this course, you will learn from two masters: Professor Bartlett himself, and the eminent 19th-century art historian Jacob Burckhardt, who created the scholarly model of cultural history through which the Renaissance is still widely studied today.Lecture 1 The Study of the Italian Renaissance ; Lecture 2 The… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, March 1993. Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 245 pages. Narrow 8vo. Paper card covers, cloth backstrip. An annotated guide to the growers who sell the plants you can't find anywhere else.

Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, January 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xx + 395 pages.