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

Boston & Chicago: Sibley & Company. Hardcover. 1915. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Dark blue cloth over boards. Sewn binding. Good. Former textbook with a few notes and doodles.

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1987. Paperback. Third Printing, 1988. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine cocked and creased. Reading wear to covers and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 126 pages. Translation of: al-Ṭarīq.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. October 1977. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Includes "Of Future Fears" [Lagrange] (serial, part 1 of 3) by Mack Reynolds; "The Wonderful Secret" (aka "The Ultimax Man") (Hugo finalist, Locus nominee) (serial, part 2 of 2) by Keith Laumer; "Dog Day Evening" [Callahan] (Hugo and Locus nominee) ( short story) by Spider Robinson; "The Ultimate Arbiter" [President Nivling] by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin; "Laser Weapons - Status Report" (science fact) by Jeff Hecht; "The Laser BMD" (science fact) by P. J. Nahin; "Remember Sputnik" (editorial); "Biolog: Mack Reynolds". Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Rick Sternbach, George Schelling, Jack Gaughan, and Mike Hinge.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. February 1979. Very Good+. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Dean Ellis for "Songs of a Sentient Flute" (novelette) by Frank Herbert. Includes "Today's Computers, Intelligent Machines and Our Future" (science fact) by Hans Moravec; "Last Hunt" (short story) by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin; "Letter to Ed" (short story) by Edmundo Hamiltowne; "The Odds Man" (short story) by Gary Alan Ruse; "Titan" (serial, part 2 of 4) by John Varley; "State of the Art: A Computer That Writes Science Fiction" by Paul Nahin; "Extrapolation" (editorial); "Biolog: Orson Scott Card." Illustrated by Broeck Steadman, Jack Gaughan, George Schelling, Paul Lehr, and John Butterfield.

London: Pan MacMillan / Picador, September 2001. Trade Paperback. Corrected Edition. Second printing. Very Good. Text block tanned, but unmarked. Foxing to top edge. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 376 pages. "What I had known of Trinidad as a child had seemed to me ordinary, unplanned, just there, with nothing like a past. But the past was there: in the schoolyard, below the saman tree, we stood perhaps on the site of Dominique Cert's Bel-Air estate, where in 1803 the slave commandeur or headman, out of a twisted love for his master, had tried to poison the other slaves. More haunting than this was the thought of the vanished aborigines, on whose land and among whose spirits we all lived." It is the most human kind of history, done with a novelist's eye. Living characters large and small are rescued from the records and set in a larger, guiding narrative about the New World, empire, African slavery, revolution which is… Read More

New York: Vintage, May 1980. Paperback. V-314. First paperback printing of V. S. Naipaul's classic novel. Very Good. Prior owner's name penciled on first page. Text unmarked. Tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading and shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 278 pages. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of an Indian who has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. A most convincing and disturbing vision of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.

New Delhi: HarperCollins, March 2003. Trade Paperback. First Indian Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 294 pages. Nalini and her children move from India to London, only to be abandoned. Survival is a struggle, but Nalini turns to what she does best - cooking. Her daughter's sense of history, lost with her father, eventually returns via a personal chaotic journey and with it, her taste for lime pickle.

London: Minerva, June 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Pages unmarked but slightly tanned. Spine tight but lightly creased. Covers clean. Slight fading to spine. Sticker from Giggles bookshop Madras to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 854 pages.
This omnibus edition features four books from R. K. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma, and The World of Nagaraj.

London: Vintage, 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Pages unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight reading wear to corners. Sticker from Giggles bookshop Madras to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 474 pages.
Here are three of R. K. Narayan's most famous and best loved novels: Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. All set in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi, these irresistible works provide the perfect introduction to a universal world of humor, sadness, wisdom and joy.

Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, September 1994. Trade Paperback. New. Not damaged. Not a remainder. x + 123 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Fireside, May 2000. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Very Good. Inscribed by author, pages tanned, otherwise fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 328 pages. Collected folktales, lullabies, poems, sayings, and dichos from well-known and beloved Latin figures, both past and present-from actor Edward James Olmos and author Isabel Allende to Nobel laureate Octavio Paz and Saint Teresa de Avila.

Harare: Women in Law and Development in Africa, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight reading/shelf wear. 104 pages. Illustrated.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, February 1977. Hardcover. First Edition / First Printing. Red illustrated boards. No dust jacket. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Binding square and tight. Covers clean. Spine faded. Mild shelfwear and foxing on closed edges. Not from a library. 358 pages. Contents: Part I: Sources of Cleavage and the Management of Conflict: 1. Demography, Social Structure and Economic Change; 2. Interest Groups and the Process of Change; 3. The Political Role of the Military; 4. Social Class and Political Party; 5. Communism and Anti-Communism; 6. The Political Process; 7. Types of Regime; Part II: Conflict Structures: 8. Mexico; 9. Central America; 10. The Caribbean; 11. The Andean Bloc I: Gran Colombia, or the Mountains and the Sea; 12. The Andean Bloc II: Three Kinds of Revolution; 13. The Argentine Sphere of Influence; Part III: Conclusion.

Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company, 1986. First Edition, Fifth Printing, 1994. Hardcover. New. Pristine inside and out. Not damaged. No remainder mark. 216 pages. Illustrated with more than 380 photos, drawings, and maps.

London: Freedom Press, 1985. Staple-bound pamphlet. Freedom Pamphlet, 2. Reprint of a pamphlet first published in 1971. Fair. Unmarked. Publisher's white card wrap cover shows mild foxing. 48 pages with a few black and white photos. Pages 9-10, 14-15, 34-35, and 38-39 are blank as published. 8vo. 8" x 5½". Contains a collection of articles by Kropotkin (from Words of a Rebel) with an introduction by Élisée Reclus, alongside an essay by Nicholas Walter on The Paris Commune and a short piece from Louise Michel called "The Defence of Louise Michel".

London: Viking Children's Books, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good. Unmarked. Small tear to rear endpaper. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. 80 pages. An alternative book of nursery rhymes, with some traditional material from the Caribbean and also new poems by John Agard and Grace Nichols.

New York: UPD Publishing. July 1975. Digest-size Magazine. Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Interior pristine, though lightly tanned. Covers clean and bright. Slight reading crease to front hinge. No mailing label. Not from a library. 160 pages. Edited by James Baen. Cover art by Rick Sternbach illustrating Tinker (novelette) by Jerry Pournelle. ALSO: The Thinker of Thryllmynrein (novelette) by Jon DeCles; Syncope and Fugue (short story) by Robert Sheckley; Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams (short story) by William Chait; Helium (serial, part 3 of 3) by Arsen Darnay; Magma Wave (short story) by Sam Nicholson. Interior illustrations by Gaughan, Sternbach, Fabian, and Freff.

Moscow: Publishing House "Soviet Russia", 1976. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Securely bound with two clean staples. Covers clean and bright, though lightly rubbed. Not from a library. 64 pages. Illustrated with color photographs.

New York: Hearst, 1988. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright, spine slightly faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 256 pages. With over 300 color photos.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. March 1974. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "High Justice" [Laurie Jo Hansen] (novelette) by Jerry Pournelle. Includes "Earth, Air, Fire and Water" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Stephen Nemeth & William Walling; "Walk Barefoot on the Grass" by Joseph Green; "Closing the Deal" by Barry N. Malzberg; "Some Are Born to Sweet Delight" by Wayne Barton; "Fourth Reich" by Herbie Brennan; "Bigger Than Worlds" (science fact) by Larry Niven; "The Experts" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Leo Summers, Ames, Jack Gaughan, and Vincent Di Fate.