Search Results: Authors starting with S from Companion Books

New York, NY, USA: HarperOne, 2009. Book. Illus. by Papas. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, some minor shelf rubbing to the jacket mostly along the fore-edge. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is a classic masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below." At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation-and triumph over it-ever written. ' xii+239 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books… Read More

P.S.Knight Company, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 5th or later Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. This is the 16th edition and is based on the 22nd edition of the Canadian Electrical Code and BC Amendments. 'Who needs this book - Anyone installing electrical wiring in a residence is required to know the electrical Code rules to insure a safe installation. If the installation will be inspected, (technically, all installations of any size are required to be inspected) it must pass, or the installer may be asked to pay a penalty. Often the penalty is at least three times the cost of this book. If it will not be inspected then it is critical the installer has a copy of this book. Safety, in any electrical installation, is the first point of concern. Electrical Code Simplified is the only book that can meet this tough standard. It is a fully proven product. For… Read More

USA: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor corner rubbing, little wear overall. Text is clean. Facsimile reprint of the 1873 edition, Kessinger Publisher's Rare Reprints series. xvi+382 pages..

New York: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1984. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor surface creasing to the spine and hinges, light shelf wear. Text is clean. 'Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met - and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it: the death machines, the BERSERKERS.' 243 pages..

New York: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1986. Book. Very Good. Mass_Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gently used, minor creasing to the spine, light shelf rubbing. Text is clean. 243 pages..

New York, New York, USA: Hyperion, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent, text inside apart from a few small folds on two pop-ups appears clean and clear throughout. 'You'll never look at beetles the same way again. When masterful paper engineer Robert Sabuda works his pop-up magic, you're sure to find beauty and wonder in the thorniest of creatures. About 350,000 kinds of beetles creep across the surface of our world, but don't worry, Sabuda and cocreator Matthew Reinhart only include a few here, including dung scarabs (move the pages to "roll" the dung!) and the giant horned Hercules beetle of Central and South America. The colorful, metallic exoskeletons explode to life with every well-designed page, causing even the most beetle-phobic to marvel at their intricate anatomy. Funny, accessible sidebars ("Don't talk with your mandibles full") are sure to engage young naturalists in search… Read More

Hyperion, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in near fine condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text, images, and pop-ups inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'Characters from Disney animated films represent all the letters of the alphabet in amazing pop-up forms.' 14 pages. 10.8 x 7.9 inches. May require additional postage. .

Cambridge, Ma, USA: Candlewick, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Used - Fine. 4to - over 9¾'' - 12'' tall. 12 pages. A Fine copy complete as issued. All pop-ups are present, intact and in working condition. 'Within these dynamic pages lurk fearsome saber-toothed cats, bears taller than basketball hoops, and everyone's favorite Ice Age giant - the woolly mammoth. Prehistoric Yeti-like mammals, now-extinct birds, and giant flying lizards all come alive in a showcase featuring more than thirty-five astonishing pop-ups. In this third and final volume of the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica series, 3-D masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart tackle the titans of the ancient world, awing us with a humbling close-up look at some startling mega-beasts that preceded us on planet Earth.' Please note due to the size and weight of this book it will require additional charges for overseas shipping. This listing… Read More

New York, NY, USA: Routledge, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, some shelf rubbing, small fold to top and bottom fore-edge corners. Apart from a sticker on the title page and some dog-earring the text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'The Republican Roman Army assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the evolution of the Roman Army and the Roman experience of war. The author has carefully selected and translated key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided them with comprehensive commentaries and essays. This wide-ranging survey of documents recreates the social and historical framework in which ancient Roman warfare took place - from the Archaic and Servian period through to the Late Republic. The topics addressed extend beyond the conventional questions of army mechanics such as strategy and tactics, and explore questions such as the… Read More

Toronto/Buffalo/London: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2016. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'Canada's six-year military mission in Afghanistan's Kandahar province was one of the most intense and challenging moments in Canadian foreign affairs since the Korean War. A complex war fought in an inhospitable environment, the Afghanistan mission tested the mettle not just of Canada's soldiers but also of its politicians, public servants, and policy makers. In Adapting in the Dust, Stephen M. Saideman considers how well the Canadian government, media, and public managed the challenge. Building on interviews with military officers, civilian officials, and politicians, Saideman shows how key actors in Canada's political system, including the prime minister, the political parties, and parliament, responded… Read More

Rome, Italy: Contrasto, 2014. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The book is in very good condition, minor shelf rubbing to cover, and small indent to front cover bottom fore-edge corner.. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'With a kindness and a disarming simplicity, Salgado rebuilds its path, exposes his beliefs, makes us sharers of his emotions. It turns out that his talent as a storyteller and the authenticity of a man who knows how to combine activism and professionalism, talent and generosity. In the book the photographer tells us the story of his most famous reportages.' 196 pages. 6.5 x 9 inches. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books upon request. .

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Inscribed by Author(s). ISBN: 0-19-540572-2, Inscribed by Author upon the title, 'Oct 5/87, For Shari with best wishes, Judith Saltman.' Slight curve to the book; the rear cover once used as a writing surface as shown against the light invisible writing appears; very little wear overall. Text is clean. '[This book] covers children's literature in Canada from 1975 to 1985, a decade of unprecedented growth in writing for children. Highlighting contemporary trends and providing a generous overview of significant titles in the major genres - picture-books, fiction, the oral tradition, and poetry - the survey traces the development of Canadian children's literature from an embryonic state to the threshold of maturity.' 136 pages. Perspectives on Canadian Culture series..

Tokyo, Japan: Toto Shuppan, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Apart from one instance of writing on the back of the front cover the text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'Projects by Sejima and Sanaa including plans for urban development in Madrid as part of the bid for the Olympic 2012, the Japanese Pavilion at the 7th Architecture Venice Biennial, the Issey Miyake and Prada shop interiors in Tokyo as well as residences, exhibitions and offices. They have completed a prolific amount of projects throughout Europe and Japan. All are presented here, full page, on glossy paper. Includes sketches and short descriptive texts.' Book is unpaginated page count on listing based on publisher numbers. 6 x 8.5 inches. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give… Read More

Mumbai, India: Homeopathic Medical Publishers, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, some shelf rubbing to the book with slightly more to the jacket, most noticeable on the top on bottom, the text itself aside from a small stain on the fore-edge and a couple very small stains on a few pages, appears clean and clear throughout. 'The book is divided into four sections: Philosophy, The Mind, Case Taking and Finding the Remedy, and Materia Medica. A number of major themes can be traced throughout the book which is basically an expanded version of lecture notes from the last five years. ... makes them memorable and more relevant.' 367 pages. 6.5 x 9.9 inches. .

New York: State University of New York Press, 2007. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor corner bumping, light shelf rubbing, little wear overall. Text is clean. 'An astonishingly modern novel, [this book] questions traditional Romantic representations of women and exposes the disastrous consequences of such notions of femininity have for both male and female characters at a time when divorce was illegal. This first English translation . . shows Sand's control of style and her understanding of the major tensions of early modern France: the role of women in society, the nature of motherhood, the relations between science and art, and the nature of prejudice.' 203 pages..

Nottingham, UK: Games Workshop, 2018. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, some shelf rubbing. Text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'An Alpha Legion warband goes an epic quest for salvation that will pit them against both the Word Bearers and the Inquisition in a thrilling science fiction adventure. In the hostile universe of the 41st millennium, where allegiances are ever fickle, few of the Emperor's sons are more difficult to understand or predict than the Alpha Legion. Branded traitor since the Heresy, their motives and actions have always been shrouded in mystery. Alpha Legionnaire Occam the Untrue leads his warband out of its hunting grounds in the Maelstrom on an epic quest for salvation, not just for himself, but for his whole Legion. With the forces of the Inquisition snapping at their heels, Occam and his followers must use all their guile and considerable martial prowess as they make their way to the… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969. Book. Very Good. Cloth. ISBN: 0-8020-5203-7, Chipping to the jacket spine ends and front top edge; front flap is price-clipped; some rubbing to the jacket front cover right side; sunning to the jacket; faint foxing to the book top edge. Text is clean. '[This book] marks the retirement from the University of Toronto of one of North America's most distinguished medieval scholars, Professor Bertie Wilkinson. It consists of twenty-three essays, all previously unpublished, by the leading medieval historians of the English-speaking world. Nearly all these articles deal with topics in English history from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.' 405 pages..

Vancouver, B.C.: Evans and Sanguin, 2012. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Author upon the half-title, 'Dear Matthew, May love prevail, Bruce.' Very little to no wear. Quite clean. 'Do we really want world peace? Is the symbol of the cross too heavy to bear? Why forgive? Does putting Jesus up on a pedestal let us off the hook? In [this book, the author] asks these questions and more, tackling concepts that are central to the progress of science, religion, and faith.' Signed by author on the half-title. 156 pages..

Mumbai, India: Homoeopathic Medical Publishers, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2 Volume Set. Minor shelf rubbing to the jacket edges, very little wear overall. Texts are clean. Volume 1, 422 pages. Volume 2, pp. 426-736. With ribbon bookmarks. May require extra shipping, 6.75 x 10 inches x 2.25 inches wide on the shelf. .

New York: Vertigo / DC Comics, 2011. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As new, no wear. Quite clean. Originally published in single magazine form as American Vampire 6-11. First Printing. 6.75 x 10.25 inches..