Search Results: Authors starting with O from Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. An x-library copy. 137 illustrations. Archaeological and scholarly investigation underlies a study of the cultural, political, architectural, social, and historical development and significance of the ancient metropolis.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1977. Book Club Edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. From preeminent Civil War historian Stephen B. Oates comes the book the Washington Post hails as “the standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” Oates’ With Malice Toward None is recognized as the seminal biography of the Sixteenth President, by one of America’s most prominent historians.

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Trade paperback. Like New. 8x6x0. EARTHING, the most eye-opening book to appear in decades, introduces the planet's powerful, amazing and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it. The never-before-told story filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials chronicles a discovery of the first magnitude with potential to create a global health revolution. Throughout most of evolution humans walked barefoot and slept on the ground, largely oblivious to the fact that the surface of the Earth contains limitless healing energy. Science has discovered this energy as free-flowing electrons constantly replenished by solar radiation and lightning strikes. Few people know it, but the ground provides a subtle electric signal that maintains health and governs the intricate mechanisms that make our bodies work just like plugging a lamp into a power socket makes it light up. Modern lifestyles, including the widespread use of… Read More

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Softcover. Good. 8x6x0. EARTHING, the most eye-opening book to appear in decades, introduces the planet's powerful, amazing and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it. The never-before-told story filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials chronicles a discovery of the first magnitude with potential to create a global health revolution. Throughout most of evolution humans walked barefoot and slept on the ground, largely oblivious to the fact that the surface of the Earth contains limitless healing energy. Science has discovered this energy as free-flowing electrons constantly replenished by solar radiation and lightning strikes. Few people know it, but the ground provides a subtle electric signal that maintains health and governs the intricate mechanisms that make our bodies work just like plugging a lamp into a power socket makes it light up. Modern lifestyles, including the widespread use of… Read More

Stackpole Books, 1998. 2nd ed. Trade paperback. Like New. Professional secrets of mounting, matting, framing, and displaying artwork, photos, collectibles, carvings, and more.

Atria Books, 2010. Softcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. Fat, forty-four, father of three sons, and facing a vasectomy, Mark Obmascik would never have guessed that his next move would be up a 14,000-foot mountain. But when his twelve-year-old son gets bitten by the climbing bug at summer camp, Obmascik can’t resist the opportunity for some high-altitude father-son bonding by hiking a peak together. After their first joint climb, Obmascik, addled by the thin air, decides to keep his head in the clouds and try to scale all fifty-four of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains, known as the Fourteeners—and to do it in less than one year. The result is Halfway to Heaven, a rollicking, witty, sometimes harrowing chronicle of an outrageous adventure that is no walk in the park. This "hilarious midlife picaresque" (Publishers Weekly) has garnered wide critical acclaim, was named an "Editor’s Pick" by Parade, won the 2009 National… Read More

Taunton Press, 2001. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 9x0x10. Anyone who thinks the garage is simply a place to park the car will never think that again after a look at this book. Garage takes a look at the last, undiscovered frontier of home design... the most versatile room not in the house. The book explores many uses for this ubiquitous space -- from studio, library, and museum to soundstage, playroom, and greenhouse. Garage takes this space seriously, after all.-- Includes more than 200 color photographs of over 50 garages.-- Shows how to create a garage "room" that meets one's needs for efficiency and style.-- Provides options for using existing space and floor plans for new structures.Kira Obolensky has written for print, film, and stage. She co-authored Sarah Susanka's national bestseller, "The Not So Big House. Kira's book, "Garage, was published in 2001. She has received a number of writing awards and fellowships, including the Kesselring Prize and a… Read More

Gibbs Smith, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x0x8. Whether you’re dreaming of a starter home or a lifelong retreat, Small Log Homes is an indispensable idea book for planning, building, and outfitting your cabin in the woods or on the prairie.Lush photographs show how log-home owners, builders, and contractors around the country have achieved the richness and warmth of cabin living within the bounds of economy and space.The perfect starting point for your own cabin, fifteen plans by contractor/author Robbin Obomsawin are thoughtfully designed to help you develop and create a structure that will reflect your personal style and match your vision of the perfect log home.Robbin Obomsawin is Beaver Creek Log Homes’ construction manager and general contractor. She is the author of six books and has won many design awards for her log homes and hybrids

W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x0x9. a companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea novels, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit. What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money?These questions and many more are answered in Patrick O'Brian's elegant narrative, which includes wonderful anecdotal material on the battles and commanders that established Britain's naval supremacy. Line drawings and charts help us to understand the construction and rigging of the great ships, the types and disposition of the guns, and how they were operated in battle. A number of contemporary drawings and cartoons illustrate aspects of naval life from the press gang to the scullery. Finally, a generous selection of full-color paintings render the majesty and the… Read More

Random House Trade, 2002. Trade paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Crease to front cover at bottom corner. Inscribed Signed "Dan O'Brien" under author frontis photo. "For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, "short-necked, golden balls of wool," O'Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half.Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he's describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O'Brien combines a… Read More

Rodale Press, 1998. First edition. Hard cover. Like New/Fine.

Farrar Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x1x9.

Two Dot Books, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. In Heart of the Trail Mary Barmeyer O'Brien beautifully captures the triumphs and tribulations of eight women who crossed the American frontier by wagon. While their stories are widely different, each of these remarkable women was inspiring, courageous, and resourceful. The legacy of their letters and diaries, most written on the trail, is a fascinating addition to understanding the history of the West.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 6x1x9. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. This is the first in-depth biography of Willa Cather in thirty years, and the first ever that fully integrates her life and work. The author of such classics as Death Comes to the Archbishop and O Pioneers! was a complex, passionate and gifted woman trying to forge a new kind of identity for herself as a woman and artist before there were adequate models for this kind of self. "Voice" is the metaphor Cather used to describe her attainment of literary identity and authority, a complex attainment for a woman writer who at first viewed femininity and creativity as incompatible.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good+. 9x6x1. Going After Cacciato (winner of the National Book Award in 1979) was widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful and emotionally vivid novels about Vietnam. Now, writing with the same sharp, richly expressive language, the same edgy dark humor and complete honesty, and the same rawness of nerve and energy, Tim O’Brien gives us an equally powerful novel about growing up as a child of anxiety—thebig anxiety, the one that’s been with us since the fifties, when we finally realized that Einstein’s theories translated into Russian. The Nuclear Age is pyrotechnically funny and moving, courageous and irreverent. It takes on our supreme unacknowledged terror (whose reality we both refuse to accept and all too easily accommodate ourselves to), finds it lunatic core, and shapes it into a story that speaks of, and to, an entire age: our own, our nuclear age. It is… Read More

Sports Publishing LLC, 2001. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. The editors of The Charlotte Observer have selected the most exciting moments from the career of NASCAR legend and seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. From that first interview with Tom Higgins to his long awaited victory in the race he most wanted to win, the Daytona 500; from a country boy from Kannapolis, North Carolina, to one of the most recognizable sports figures in the world, here is a look back at the career of a champion. The new epilogue covers Earnhardt's career from 1998 until his tragic death in 2001.

Dolphin Connection, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. 6x0x8. Signed by Author. Inscribed "Dear Amy, With the love of the dolphin, Joan Ocean '94". This heartwarming book is the story of Joan Ocean’s first meeting with the whales and dolphins in 1984, and her intimate friendships with cetaceans, as she "...creates a field of innocence where the dolphin is the teacher." Swimming in the ocean, she experiences a human-dolphin communication that releases expansive, multi-sensory knowledge in the entire body and its thoughtforms. With the simplicity and elegance of the dolphins, she is linked to the Infinite wisdom of Love. The book also documents Joan’s personal journey as she begins to understand the profound messages of the dolphins and whales. The book includes 19 black and white photos and artwork by famous visionary artist, Jean-Luc Bozzoli. With Master of Science degrees in Psychology and Human Development Joan Ocean is an experienced swimmer,… Read More

Hermes House, 2005. Trade paperback. Fine. In Near Fine Condition.

Mountaineers Books, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. 5x1x9. If we are fascinated by adventure, we are even more inspired by adventurers. Are any more intriguing than the men and women who risk life, limb, and sanity to scale rocky pinnacles or stand on icy summits? Beyond Risk: Conversations with Climbers brings us closer to understanding those for whom climbing is the ultimate form of self-expression." "These in-depth interviews with seventeen of the world's most innovative and accomplished climbers illuminate the influences, events, and philosophies that have shaped their immensely personal approaches to climbing. O'Connell asks the questions we might of pioneers Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Voytek Kurtyka, Catherine Destivelle, and others: What first inspired them to climb? How do they garner the resources - physical, financial, and emotional - to continue climbing? How do they cope with success, failure, and the danger inherent in the sport? What do they feel about their… Read More

Penguin Putnam, 1977. Hard cover. Like New/Very Good.