Search Results: Authors starting with H from House of Our Own Books

Hague, Netherlands: Mouton, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The growth of interest in epic poetry in 16th century France was closely related to the revival of classical studies and the Italian influence on literary activity; this study of French epic poetry examines French critical theory and determines, to what extent theory is carried out in practice; the first chapter examines the critical writings of six theorists; the next four chapters examine four epic poems, all of which reveal the influence of classical epics and the theories advanced by the French critics (reddish brown cloth with gold lettering, small dent on front; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Pluto Press, 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. This is a collection of essays focused on a neglected area of study: Northern Ireland's smaller ethnic minority communities and their concerns, including countering racism; it includes case studies of five of the main minority groups: the Chinese, Travellers, Pakistanis, Indians, and Jews (white pictorial cover with photo of the Belfast Islamic Centre on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11. This is a study of the historical meaning of Van Eyck's Arnolfini double portrait; includes black & white illustrations throughout the text, and a section of color illustrations (blue cover with Van Eyck's portrait on the front, crease near lower right front corner extends through early pages, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New Bedford, MA, U.S.A.: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1985. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. This book includes eight essays and the catalogue of an exhibition of whaling prints from a conference held at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in 1977; the essays deal with specific subjects, including cartography, harbor views, printing for maritime businesses, ship portraiture, naval heroes, and whaling; the authors are Augustus P. Loring, Donald H. Cresswell, Carl L. Crossman, Wendy Shadwell, Elton W. Hall, Bernard Reilly, John O. Sands, and Elizabeth Ingalls; foreword by Richard C. Kugler, introduction by Elton W. Hall; includes 188 illustrations, six in color (pale blue textured cloth with gold lettering; light blue dust jacket with View of New Bedford on the front, a few tiny edge tears at top of spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. In this book, the Israeli anthropologist, peace activist, and director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) relates his experiences of Israel's oppression of Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank and provides a critical history of Israeli-Palestinian relations since 1948; includes maps and photographs; inscribed by author on half-title page (pictorial cover with very slight edgewear, ICAHD-USA label on title page; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2000. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This satirical novel, originally publshed in 1800 by a Scottish writer of essays, poetry, and fiction, was part of the British debate over the French Revolution and is critical of the political ideas of its radical defenders and proponents of the New Philosophy (blue covers with gold lettering, slightly creased at ends of spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1977. An examination of the nature of 19th century American mass voting behavior showing that substantial variation in party support followed lines of cleavage among classes, occupational groups, and places of residence (blue cloth with silver lettering, blue pictorial dust jacket with white lettering slightly rubbed along edges; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A: Alan R. Liss, 1981. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Ann Arbor, MI, in 1980; it reviews recently introduced techniques of hemoglobin analysis and discusses their applications in research as well as in the clinical laboratory, with an emphasis on detailed methodology to facilitate the use of these techniques; the first 7 chapters explain how high pressure liquid chromatography has become a useful tool for hemoglobin, globin chains, and peptide analysis; the last 6 chapters deal with the detection of hemoglobin production, in vitro hemoglobin synthesis, prenatal diagnosis, and the significance of glycosylated hemoglobins (light blue cloth with gold lettering, very slight edgewear; green dust jacket with white lettering, slightly rubbed, slight edgewear; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. In this book, the author identifies and examines the new relationship emerging between the citizen and the state in the United States, using four empirical examples: informed consent in medicine, speical education, community care for the elderly poor, and water pollution regulation; he supports his argument by offering a critique of the orthodox theory of legal rights (brown cloth with gold lettering, one corner slightly bumped; brown & white dust jacket has slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Bloomsbury, 2013. This is a collection of essays, originally delivered as papers at an interdisciplinary conference on Dress, Popular Culture, and Social Action in Africa at Northwestern University in 2009, and focused on dressed bodies and questions of agency and power; the essays are divided into four sections: Dressed Bodies and Power; Material Culture, Visual Recognition, and Display; Connecting Worlds through Dress; and Transcultured Bodies; includes many photographs and other illustrations (white pictorial cover with red, orange, yellow & black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. 6 3/4" X 9 1/2".

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1980. Trade Paperback. Very Good. The essays in this volume evolved from two conferences, both of which focused on issues relating to managing urban decline, the first titled "Alternate Futures for Older Metropolitan Regions" held at Youngstown State University and the University of Akron in May, 1978, and the second titled "Managing Mature Cities" held at the Cincinnati Convention Center in June, 1978; the authors offer several perspectives on the aging of older metropolitan regions, suggesting that aging need not be synonymous with decline and that slow-growth or no-growth offers opportunities for improving the quality of life for city residents (very slight edgewear, three sentences lightly underlined, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Hanley & Belfus, 1991. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. This issue of Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, a quarterly publication, is devoted to a survey of methods for preventing pulmonary disease in the workplace (gray cover with silver, gold & red lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

London, England, U.K.: Rex Collings, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. In this book the editors have gathered descriptions of a variety of cases in which people have affected social change nonviolently; the material has been divided into four categories, according to whether the liberating action is partisan or nonpartisan, and whether it is carried out by people from one nation or transnationally; within each category the cases are arranged in order of date of occurrence, making it possible to trace the influence of earlier events on later ones; following the case material is a section that summarizes various theoretical analyses and an extensive bibliographic guide; preface by Devi Prasad (black cloth with gold lettering, corners slightly bumped, a few small dents on back, address stamp on front endpaper; black dust jacket with white & red lettering has very slight edgewear, a few small dents on back; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Milton Keynes, England, U.K.: Open University Press, 1989. Trade Paperback. Fine. Based on his own research and on analysis of recent educational policies, the author critically examines the possibilities and limitations of both centralized and school-centered reforms in curriculum and assessment; introduction by Ivor Goodson (light yellow cover with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is the first volume of Harlan's award-winning biography, winner of the Bancroft Prize; August Meier called this book "...the definitive biography of Booker T. Washington, and a major contribution to black history." (brown cover has portrait of Washington on the front, very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; the second volume also available)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Holmes & Meier, 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Sponsored by the International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, this is a collection of essays which attempt to connect wider changes in the economy and society with patterns of urban and regional development, tracing their effects on everyday life and politics; most were originally presented as papers at the 9th World Congress of Sociology in Uppsala in 1978, some have been published in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research; a substantial introduction situtates these essays in the context of the current development of the new urban sociology; contributors are from Britain, France, Italy, the USA, Canada, and Czechoslovakia (black cover with green & yellow lettering and reproduction of Wyndham Lewis' painting "Composition" on the front is slightly rubbed; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Jackson, MS, U.S.A.: University Press of Mississippi, 1979. A collection of essays on various aspects of Faulkner's literary art, originally presented as papers at the 5th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held at the University of Mississippi in 1978; contributors include Malcolm Cowley, Hugh Kenner, Thomas Daniel Young, Ilse Dusoir Lind, Bruce Kawin, and Horton Foote (red, black & gray cover with slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; instock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore)). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

London, England, U.K.: Quartet Books, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book is an appraisal of the Chinese Communist Party in light of the reality of China; the first part is a brief history of the party's experience before coming to power; the second part is a history of the People's Republic and its problems up to 1977; the third part examines the party's relationship to workers and peasants in the People's Republic; the fourth part appraises the degree of equality and democracy in China, and the ability of the state to defend its national independence; the fifth part assesses the significance of China's foreign policy and the activities of foreign supporters of Mao Tse-tung thought; the sixth part takes up the claims of the Chinese Communist Party in relation to its known record; the author worked as a journalist in Asia and was the former editor of International Socialism (pictorial covers with color photos of Chinese peasants and workers on the front and back, slight… Read More

Armonk, NY, U.S.A.: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a study of the parallels between the financial problems of the 1930s and 1990s; the first part covers the explosion of debt in the public and private sectors during the 1970s and 1980s, and the implications for economic stagnation and recession; the second part is a reprint of Hart's classic 1938 study, Debts and Recovery, 1929 to 1937 (pale green cover with dark green lettering, slight edgewear and creased corners; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1979. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. This is a selection of about 300 poems in English translation from five of the earliest anthologies of classical Tamil literature, which date from the first to the third centures A.D.; the poems are divided into two categories: akam, or interior, poems that view life from inside the family and concern the love between man and woman; and puram, or exterior, poems that view life from outside the family and concern such topics as kings, battles, ethics, and the life of wandering bards and poets; includes an introduction that describes the poetic conventions of early Tamil and analyzes the poetic techniques of the poems (quarter dark orange cloth with gold lettering on spine & three-quarter white textured cloth; a bright, clean, tight copy)