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

McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, July 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Occasional penciled notes. Not from a library. 352 pages. B&W illustrations and maps.

New York: UPD Publishing. March 1976. Digest-size Magazine. Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Interior pristine, though lightly tanned. Covers clean and bright, with creases at top of rear cover. No mailing label. Not from a library. 160 pages. Edited by James Baen. Cover art by Stephen Fabian illustrating Plutonium (novella) by Arsen Darnay. ALSO: The Second Soul (short story) by Alan Brennert; Survival With Style (science essay) by Jerry Pournelle; Birthdays (novella) by Fred Saberhagen; Bookshelf by Spider Robinson; Hunger on the Homestretch (novelette) by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian, Freff, Peter Bramley, Kirk, Starbrook.

New York: Smithmark Reference, December 1996. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 767 pages.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Central Statistics Office, 1988. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Very Good. Not from a library. 69 pages.

New York: Basic Books, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 496 pages.

New York: Bantam, September 1960. Mass Market Paperback. H2104. 11th printing. Good. Tanned. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 280 pages. A roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Made into a movie which won Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The novel explores the life of a young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. Set in New York circa 1931, it fills in her family background and sexual history, and it locates her within a circle of friends, their relationships, and economic struggles, providing a closely observed tour of the sordid and sensational lives of people on the fringe of café society and the underworld.

New York: Barnes & Noble, April 1992. Hardcover. 4th printing. Fine book in a fine Jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 432 pp. Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood and are sure to keep you up all night, puzzling over their possible solutions. Each one has its own particular and irresistible appeal: an unexpected twist, a delectable puzzle, a devastating revelation, or perhaps even a refreshing display of pernicious spit.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, April 1981. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. viii + 216 pages.
The African Middle Ages covers the period of African history from 1400 to 1800. During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway and as maritime trade with Europe and Asia increased. The notorious slave-trade created the black population of North and South America, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean islands. The authors, however, emphasize the extent to which Africans dealt with outsiders on equal terms. The peoples of Africa were coalescing into tribal states rather like those of early medieval Europe. These states were often capable of providing a high degree of law and order, of exploiting resources and organising trade; of redistributing the products of local industries, and of defending themselves against outside attack.… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, 1986. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. A Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Prior owner's name to first page, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Jacket clean and bright. 128 pages. Maps and charts provide information on the status of women around the world.

Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. Second Edition, Revised. Good+. Highlighting, otherwise Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. 240 pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, May 1994. Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 128 pages.

London: Sphere Books, 1984. First Edition. Very Good. Light spine crease and tanning, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 258 pages.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition / First Printing (stated). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to lower rear corner. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 253 pages. An alternative American history in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power.