Search Results: Authors starting with T from Companion Books

London: Methuen & Co., 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed and signed by the Author upon the ffep, 'To 'The Staechelms(?)' With the author's best wishes, T.D. Richardson, 1st Oct 1930.' Chipping to the jacket corners and spine ends, top edge foxed, light foxing to the title and jacket covers as well, text itself is clean. 'This book approaches the subject of Figure Skating from an entirely new angle. Every figure is explained and discussed in detail, and not only one but many methods of executing each of them are given. Various 'tips' and exercises for practice are also included.' etc. With 89 illustrations and 31 diagrams. 200 pages. 7 x 8.75 inches..

Honolulu, HI, USA: Ka Ha O Hawai'i Foundation, 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent, some staining to fore-edge and a little to the interior from these stains on book, likely coffee. Apart from those minor stains from the fore-edge and slightly into the interior on a few pages, the text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'This book describes James' realization that there is far more than meets the eye in the old teachings of Ancient Hawaiian Huna. What is needed is a new look into the depth of this tradition of spiritual wisdom hidden behind the veii of chants and Hula dance. By uncovering this, James discovered something broader and more concealed than the traditional approach of understanding broader and more concealed than the traditional approach of understanding of occult and magic. Lost Secrets of Ancient Hawaiian Huna is about true spirituality in what is… Read More

London, England, United Kingdom: Phaidon Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, minor shelf rubbing. Apart from a small sticker affixed to page opposite inside front cover the text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'Tadao Ando (b.1941) is Japan's leading architect and a designer, with a dazzling international reputation. This complete catalogue of Ando's work examines in close detail more than 100 buildings and projects, all illustrated by drawings, sketches, plans and other material from the architect's own studio. Francesco Dal Co introduces this exhaustive survey, which ranges from the smallest of Ando's private houses from the 1970s to major commissions like the Church on the Water in Hokkaido (1988), the Japanese Pavilion for Expo 92 in Seville and the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (1992). A revealing interview with Ando, conducted by Hiroshi Maruyama, accompanies a series… Read More

Sherwood Park, AB, Canada: Johnson Gorman Book Pub, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. The book is in very good condition, minor shelf rubbing, inside text appears clean and clear throughout. 'A terrifying account of Canada's worst random mass killing.Incredibly, nine members of an innocent farm family were murdered in cold blood - miraculously a little girl was spared.' 329 pages. 6.25 x 9 inches. .

San Francisco, California, USA: VIZ Media LLC, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Jacket has been wrapped on brodart for preservation purposes. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. First US Collectors Edition. 'Special edition features larger trim, sturdy deluxe hardcover binding and protective dust cover. Both new and collector fans will admire this edition. Invisible in the back of the class, 10th-grade loner Yugi always had his head in some game - until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharaohs! Awakened after 3,000 years, the King of Games possesses Yugi, recklessly challenging evildoers to the Shadow Games, where even the most ordinary bet may result in weirdness beyond belief ... and the loser losing their mind! Who will win the Game of Silence? Who will… Read More

Tokyo: Graphic-sha Publishing Co., 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ISBN: 4-7661-1268-7, Minor bumping to the jacket spine ends with minuscule chipping to the hinge tops and small tear with diagonal crease to the rear top corner; little wear overall. Text is clean. Illustrated. 159 pages. 8.5 x 11.75 inches..

New York: International Polygonics, 1985. Book. Like New. Mass_Market Paperback. First Thus. ISBN: 0-930330-30-7 As new, no wear. Quite clean. Library of Crime Classics series. 170 pages..

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Conundrum Press, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, very little shelf rubbing, text is clean and clear throughout. 'Jillian Tamaki's first book, Gilded Lilies, collects many of her previously published illustrations (New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, CBC, The New Yorker) as well as new drawings and comics. Included is a reprint of her mini-comic, City of Champions, as well as a new comic, The Tapemines, an 80-page wordless scroll about feral children in forests of cassette tape. With inspirations including German expressionists Georg Grosz and Otto Dix, as well as Japanese and Inuit printmakers, Tamaki's unique style often celebrates the inherent beauty in the grotesque, while remaining character-driven and focused on observational narrative.' 160 pages. 6 x 8 inches..

Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text inside, apart from a little writing on the title page, appears clean and clear throughout. 'Describes part of the complex business of nation building so warriors can better collaborate with their development partners in efforts to "win" this and other similar campaigns to help fragile states become sustainable, peaceful societies.' 249 pages. 6 x 9 inches. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008. Book. Like New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As new, no wear. Quite clean. '[The author] reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.' 92+ pages. 7.5 x 9.75 inches..

Montreal & Kingston, London, Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, some shelf rubbing apparent, bend across front cover. Text inside remains clean and clear throughout. 'A timely retrospective on the War on Terror, Hijacking History examines popular representations of US military action and dissects both the logic and the aesthetics by which the dominant discourses strive to justify war, while revealing how some of those forces can ultimately contribute to an ideology of resistance.' xiii+284 pages. 6 x 9 inches..

London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf rubbing to the corners, very little wear overall. Text is clean. '[The author] argues in this book that the world afford us a web of subliminal nonverbal communication that regulates our brains. It helps us understand whether our beliefs do or do not have social approval, and it generally guides us in our relations with others. People with autism do not seem to be influenced by these subliminal signals and this results in the difficulties in social interaction that are so characteristic of all the autistic spectrum disorders. How is such nonverbal communication carried out, and why do people on the autism spectrum find it so difficult? What are the consequences of this for them, and how do these consequences affect their personality, self-awareness, and sense of place in the world? . . This groundbreaking book will be fascinating reading for anyone… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division, 2015. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The text is in very good condition, shelf rubbing to the edgewise corners, and small stamp on edgewise external to pages opposite to spine to say the text is used, text is clean and clear throughout. 'Digital Media has transformed the way Canadians socialize and interact, conduct business, experience culture, fight political battles, and acquire knowledge. Traditional media, including newspapers and conventional TV networks, remain the primary link to Canada's political sphere but are under concerted attack. YouTube, blogs, online broadcasting, Facebook, and Twitter have opened new and exciting avenues of expression but offer little of the same "nation-building glue" as traditional media. Consequently, Canada is experiencing a number of overlapping crises simultaneously: a crisis in news and journalism, threats to the survival of the media… Read More

Montreal: Conundrum Press, 2003. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by the Author upon the title. Very little to no wear. Quite clean. 'In this clever fast-paced novel, twenty-one year old Katy self-consciously and obsessively processes the dissolution of love. After moving from Toronto to Montreal, Katy is forced to forge new friendships, some providing new strength, others resulting in disaster. . . Originally intended as a one-woman monologue, the voice-driven nature of this novel allows it to 'perform' for the reader; Katy's recognizance of our presence disrupts the narrative and invites us to participate fully in her often hilarious take on the subject that's been done to death and then done again.' 162 pages..

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0-7710-8436-6 Light shelf rubbing, the spine is cocked and creased; previous owner's bookplate to the inside front cover. Text is clean. 'This is the story of [the mid-20th century in China] as seen by the eleven Globe and Mail correspondents based in Peking between 1959 and the present [1984]. . . . They witnessed the violent turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the deaths of Mao and Chou Enlai, the overthrow of Gang of Four, and the short-lived Democracy Movement.' etc. Illustrated. 363 pages..

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1996. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor corner bumping, the spine yellowed, some blank pen indentation at the top left corner of the front cover, little wear overall. Text is clean. 173 pages. Uncorrected Proof. Photos available upon request. .

Durham - London: Duke University Press, 1998. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very little wear. Quite clean. '[The author] has spent years studying the tango in Buenos Aires, dancing during and after the terror of military dictatorships. In this book she explores the conflicting meanings of tango for women who love the poetry of its movement yet feel uneasy with the roles it bestows on the male and female dancers. Within the contexts of tango's creative birth and contemporary presentations, Taylor draws parallels among the violences of the Argentine Junta, the play with power inherent in tango dancing, and her own experiences with violence both inside and outside the intriguing tango culture while weaving together engaging memoir and insightful cultural critique.' 124 pages..

London: Frederick Warne, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ISBN: 0723240256, Minor corner rubbing, small chip to jacket rear bottom corner, very little wear overall. Quite clean. 'This anthology presents a collection of writings from those whose encounters with Beatrix Potter have been important to them. There are descriptions of real meetings with Beatrix in later life, such as the personal accounts by the American librarian Anne Carroll Moore and the artist Delmar Banner. These delightfully down-to-earth portraits contrast with serious critical assessments of Beatrix Potter's work, studies by Graham Greene, Humphrey Carpenter and Nicholas Tucker.' etc. Illustrated. 224 pages. 7.75 x 10 inches..

Westport - London: Praeger, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. ISBN: 0-275-95918-X, Very little to no wear. Quite clean. '[The author], a former Society president and the author of numerous other books in history and biography, has produced an eminently readable and comprehensive history of the Society's first 50 years, and of the world of autographs during that period. [This book] covers a wide spectrum of issues, from price escalation to the Autopen, from remarkable acts of altruism by Society members to the sinister forgeries of Mark Hofmann.' 171 pages..

London - New York: Jane's, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor bumping to the spine bottom, very little wear overall. Text is clean. 'Unexpected contrast in the world of aerospace is the theme of this year's Jane's Aviation Review. Military developments dominate once more and are covered by articles on space warfare and the Bright Star US-Egyptian joint exercises.' etc. Illustrated. 160 pages. 8 x 10.75 inches..