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Westfield. 1994. April 1994. Open Magazine Pamphlet Series. 1st Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 1884519040. With Resistance Notes By Jeremy Brecher. 16 pages. paperback. Pamphlet # 29. keywords: Politics NAFTA GATT WTO World Trade Organization. FROM THE PUBLISHER - WHAT IS THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION? ‘. Under the World Trade Organization each member country ‘shall ensure the conformity of its law, regulations and administrative procedures with its obligations as provided' in the new rules of the GATT. The World Trade Organization - or WTO - will have what they call ‘legal personality,' as much authority in other words as the United Nations or the World Bank. One of its goals is ‘to achieve greater coherence in global economic policymaking' in tandem with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, says the founding document. However, the founding document makes no reference at all to the United Nations. The net result is that the nations of the world will… Read More

New York. 2003. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374261903. Translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush & Anne McLean. 195 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Lynn Buckley. Jacket photograph of Adolf Eichmann (c) Bettmann/Corbis. Author photograph (c) Jerry Bauer . keywords: Literature Latin America Mexico Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The winner of Spain's prestigious Premio Primavera Award. In 1916, on a train heading to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's disastrous Eastern Front, Viktor Kretzschmar and Thadeus Dreyer face each other over a chessboard. It is a game to the death: the winner will take Kretzschmar's identity as a railway signalman and live Out the war in safety. The loser will go to the Front. When the game ends, a sequence of events that will span decades as well as continents has been set in motion. In 1943, the decorated World War I hero and influential Nazi General Thadeus Dreyer is in charge of training doubles to stand in for… Read More

New York. 1942. August 1942. Pocket Books. 8th Paperback Printing. Small Piece Missing From Front Top Corner & Small Piece Missing Front The Bottom Spine,Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers. Translated from the French. 492 pages. paperback. 104. keywords: Paperback Literature French Translated 19th Century. FROM THE PUBLISHER - OF ALL LITERATURE'S GREAT COURTESANS . Salome - Sappho - Thais - the one glamorous figure at the head of the scarlet list is Emile Zola's magnificent creation, the immortal Nana! Rich men left their fortunes, their titles, their very honor at her feet - poor men left their love and even their lives. A whole world of shameless luxury surrounded her voluptuous person - she squandered fortunes, ruined lives with sublime contempt and abandon - yet her last disease-ridden days were spent amidst squalor and oblivion in striking contrast to the careless splendor in which she once flaunted her reign over Parisian society. No one who saw the matchless screen portrayal of Emile… Read More

New York. 1969. November 1969. Fawcett. 1st American Printing. Very Good in Slightloy Worn Wrappers. Paperback Original. 207 pages. paperback. T454. keywords: Literature Nigeria Africa. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Jagua Nana is a West African masterpiece; it is a story of all oppressed people can tell. Only Ekwensi tells is better.' - John A. Williams. ‘A West African Defoe, Cyprian Ekwensi ‘chronicles the fierce life of the city of Lagos, a city of politicians and wide-boys, changing so fast that even its number-one adventuress, known as Jagua Nana, can hardly keep pace. Ekwensi presents the exploits of his Nigerian Moll Flanders with a picaresque extravagance against a background that fascinates.' - London. Sunday Telegraph. ‘I believe it should find a warm welcome from English-speaking readers.' - Henry Miller. ‘Ekwensi portrays Jagua in all her often-contradictory moods. She is sharp-witted and calculating, but totally without knowledge of cause and effect, able to… Read More

Princeton. 2008. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780691129495. 320 pages. paperback. keywords: Mathematics. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible assumptions and elementary arithmetic. Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam present an eclectic array of estimation problems that range from devilishly simple to quite sophisticated and from serious real-world concerns to downright silly ones. How long would it take a running faucet to fill the inverted dome of the Capitol? What is the total length of all the pickles consumed in the US in one… Read More

New York. 1986. Penguin Books. Reprinted Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 014039012x. Edited & With An Introduction by Houston A. Baker, Jr. 159 pages. paperback. Cover: Thomas Moran. keywords: Penguin Classic Paperback Literature America Autobiography Slavery Black History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. inventory #29451 ISBN: 014039012x.

New York. 2005. June 2005. Harper Collins. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060780924. 432 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Reuters/Corbis. keywords: History Africa Eritria Ethiopia Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national psyche, the product of a series of cynical foreign interventions. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new, racially pure Roman empire, Britain sold off its industry for scrap, the United States needed a base for its state-of-the-art spy station, and the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war.' Michael Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered and tells the story of colonialism itself. Along the way, we meet a formidable African emperor, a pigheaded English… Read More

New York. 1966. Harper Colophon. Revised 2nd Edition. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. paperback. keywords: Race America Politics History Sociology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Since the signing of the Empancipation Proclamation the United States has been living on borrowed time, time bought through legalistic, political and social machinations in an attempt to postpone the inevitable racial showdown that we now must face. (1964). poses the agonizing question at the heart of the conflict. Has time, as we have rigged its workings, brought into being the conditions that will overcome the racial crisis or has time aggravated the problem and, in fact, robbed us of our ability ever to solve this conflict? inventory #27685

Monroe. 1998. Common Courage Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1567511376. 252 pages. hardcover. keywords: Politics Lobbyists America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The creator of the newsletter CounterPunch shows us that the corporations really own Washington. A frightening dose of reality. inventory #25426 ISBN: 1567511376.

New York. 1993. Morrow. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0688127266. Translated from the Indonesian by Max Lane. 352 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. keywords: Indonesia Asia Translated Literature Java. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Not only is Pramoedya a writer of staggerlng depth and power, he is also one of his country's most suppressed dissidents. All his work is banned in his native Indonesia; students have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges stemming from an arrest for selling his books. In CHILD OF ALL NATIONS, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anti-colonialist - and full of heartbreak, suspense, love, and fury Pramoedya immerses the reader in a world that is astonishing in its vividness: the cultural whirlpool that was the Dutch East Indies of the 1890s. A story of awakening, it follows Minke, the main character of This Earth of Mankind , as he struggles to overcome the injustice all around him.… Read More

New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670837040. 474 pages. hardcover. keywords: American Indian History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen through Indian eyes and told through Indian voices: a record spanning more than five hundred years of interchange between the two peoples. Drawing from a wide range of sources - traditional narratives, Indian autobiographies, government transcripts, firsthand interviews, and more - Nabokov has assembled a remarkably rich and vivid collection, representing nothing less than an alternative history of North America. 'Beginning with the Indian's first encounters with the earliest explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers and continuing to the present, Native American Testimony presents an authentic, challenging picture of an important, tragic, and frequently misunderstood aspect of… Read More

Berkeley. 2007. University Of California Press. 1st printing of this new edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520251748. 253 pages. paperback. keywords: Gardening California Native Plants. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Judith Lowry's voice and experiences make a rich matrix for essays that include discussions of wildflower gardening, the ecology of native grasses, wildland seed-collecting, principles of natural design, and plant/animal interactions. This lyrical and articulate mix of the practical and the poetic combines personal story, wildland ecology, restoration gardening practices, and native plant horticulture. inventory #36484 ISBN: 9780520251748.

Berkeley. 2008. University Of California Press. 1st Printing of This Fully Revised and Expanded Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520254671. 141 color illustrations, 13 line illustrations, 8 maps, 6 tables. California Natural History Guides, 94. 384 pages. paperback. keywords: Nature Point Reyes California. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Jules Evens weaves history, science, and personal anecdote into an absorbing chronicle of one of the most biologically diverse places in North America. His account of this enchanted ‘island in time,' separated by tectonics from the rest of the continent, provides a comprehensive overview of the Point Reyes Peninsula, exploring its dynamic character and its haunting appeal. Evens thoroughly investigates the climate, geology, and flora and fauna of Point Reyes, giving special attention to its most characteristic species and their ecological relationships. He delves into the past as well, evoking images of salmon-swollen creeks, herds of elk, and canyons echoing with… Read More

London. 1980. Faber & Faber. Reprinted Paperback Edition. Previous Owner's Name in Front, Otherwise Good in Wrappers. 0571090249. Heaney’s first book of poetry. 57 pages. paperback. keywords: Poetry Ireland. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 'His words give us the soil-reek of Ireland, the colourful violence of his childhood on a farm in Derry. The full-blooded energy of these poems makes Death of a Naturalist the best first book of poems 'I've read for some time.' C. B. Cox in the Spectator. 'What delights, in poem after poem, is the accuracy and freshness with which sense-impressions are recorded.' Richard Kell in the Guardian. inventory #24878 ISBN: 0571090249.

Princeton. 1980. Princeton University Press. Reprinted Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780691020167. 424 pages. paperback. keywords: Philosophy. FROM THE PUBLISHER - PHILOSOPHY AND THE MIRROR OF NATURE hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. Richard Rorty, a Princeton professor who had contributed to the analytic tradition in philosophy, was now attempting to shrug off all the central problems with which it had long been preoccupied. After publication, the Press was barely able to keep up with demand, and the book has since gone on to become one of its all-time best-sellers in philosophy. Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation. They compared the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. In their view, knowledge is concerned with the accuracy of these reflections, and the strategy employed to obtain this knowledge--that of inspecting, repairing, and polishing the mirror--belongs to… Read More

New York. 1989. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871132524. 193 pages. hardcover. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The resonant diction of his earlier work echoes through NEBRASKA, while the stories comprise a stunning diversity, revealing new dimensions of the author's talent. In the final and title story of this collection, the author walks us through the streets and history of the quintessential, nameless Nebraska town, by the railroad tracks, the pickup trucks, the Dairy Queen and the grain silos, and to the room of the man who lies awake, listening: ‘and over the sighing industry of the train, he can hear the train saying, 'Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska.' And he cannot sleep.' inventory #11346 ISBN: 0871132524.

New York. 1992. Hyperion. 1st Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 1562829130. Introduction by Terry McMillan. 314 pages. paperback. keywords: Film Malcolm X African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Spike Lee's long-awaited film, Malcolm X, is creating a tidal wave of controversy and fascination with its subject. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY is Spike Lee's own account of his exploration into the life and death of Malcolm X, and his long struggle to get the film made. In it, Spike Lee discusses his conversations with Malcolm's family and with leaders in the Nation of Islam; his theories about who really assassinated Malcolm X; the Rodney King trial and the L.A. uprising; the politics of making a big out a black leader in white Hollywood; his first visit to South Africa; and his thoughts on race in this country. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY is a riveting book by one of the most talented and outspoken filmmakers in America today. inventory #17581 ISBN: 1562829130.

New York. 1993. Scholastic. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0590464841. 211 pages. hardcover. Front photo by John Launois/Black Star. Back photo by Eve Arnold/Magnum. keywords: Biography Black Malcolm X. FROM THE PUBLISHER - There are few men in American history as controversial as the African-American called Malcolm X. The militant leader of hundre of thousands in the Nation of Islam, a Muslim minister, a target of the F.B.I, a guest of Arab princes, at one time a streetwise, blade-sharp teenager, Malcolm X was many men. Even years after his assassination young people still listen to his speeches and read his autobiography, but who was Malcolm, and how did he become one of the most respected, and most feared, men in American history? Walter Dean Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, has written a forthright and courageous account of a complex man whose life reflected the major issues of our times. inventory #17501 ISBN: 0590464841.

New York. 1980. Dial Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0803717776. 246 pages. hardcover. Jacket Design by Judith K. Leeds. keywords: Literature America Mystery. FROM THE PUBLISHER - One almost hesitates to call this fascinating and richly comic novel a mystery, yet it is. There is murder, and a mystery is solved, but within these conventional boundaries the terrain is filled with wildness - bizarre killings in an ivory tower think-tank on the Wabash, where colleagues who can barely stand the sight of one another study the linguistic patterns of children. The first victim is a man who makes a fetish of cultivating enemies. The prime suspect is an iconoclastic linguist named Jeremy Cook, whose efforts to clear himself bring him into conflict with shrewd Lieutenant Leaf. To catch the murderer, Jeremy Cook must decipher a constantly changing language, a tongue known to everyone but remembered by no one, a riddle language in which it is impossible tO lie - baby talk. DOUBLE… Read More

New York. 1998. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374146381. 340 pages. hardcover. JACKET ART BY JOHN MARTINEZ. JACKET DESIGN BY SUSAN MITCHELL. AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH BY MARION ETTLINGER. keywords: Literature Translated Puerto Rico Caribbean Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In ECCENTRIC NEIGHBORHOODS, National Book Award finalist Rosario FerrE tells the story of two families whose lives, loves, and steamy intrigues coincided with the demise of Puerto Rico's plantation society and the rise of the nouveaux riches. Elvira Vernet comes from a male-dominated family of merchants living in the Puerto Rican town of La Concordia. Her father, Santiago Vernet, and his four sons help transform Puerto Rico from a bucolic island where hunger is a part of the landscape into a bustling industrial society with all of its contradictions and attendant ills. Handsome, eloquent, and enormously successful, he can't help but charm his only daughter. Yet, in understanding her obsession with… Read More