Search Results: Authors starting with U from Pegasus Book Orphanage

T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey 1964 Hardcover with illustrated boards Ours is and ex-library copy in transparent, protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode and rear pocket. Book in GOOD condition This book embraces all the paramount subjects with the knowledge of an expert, but in such a style even the inexperienced dog owner can easily understand the various technicalities of Boxer ownership. Subjects covered include breeding techniques, feeding and nutrition, the brood bitch, the stud, puppies, training shows and judging, diseases etc.

Alec Tiranti Ltd, London 1951 hardcover, 5" x 7½", with dust jacket Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Jacket edges show half a century's wear and rubbing. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Location map, and forty-eight b&w photographs with descriptive notes. Leon Underwood, sculptor and painter, has visited West Africa on his many travels in the study of primitive art, and writes on the subject from the aesthetic viewpoint. He discusses the abstract character of African art, its connection with the customs and beliefs of the African, and its connection with the abstract art of today.

Oxford at Clarendon Press, 2nd edition 1962 hard cover Very good condition with good dust jacket. Includes information on medicine as practised by the ancient Egyptians and Syrians, certain aspects of medieval medicine, the rise of physiology, tropical medicine, insanity, metabolism, vitamins, dentistry, drugs, and the statistical and arithmetical aspects of medicine.

Judy Piatkus, London 1992 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Over thirty amazing stories of hugely popular and talented people who lived and died in Hollywood.

Oxford University Press 1996 Soft cover Ex-ibrary with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, otherwise very good condition. A vigorous investigation of irrationalities in our daily thinking.

Cambridge University Press - first edition 1994 Hardcover with dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps & barcode. Apparently unborrowed copy. Fading to jacket spine. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Maroon cloth-bound hardcover, 9" x 6", with gold type to spine, & jacket. A comprehensive philosophical discussion of the principles relevant to self-defence as a moral & legal justification of homicide. Lucid & sophisticated account of a complex notion.

Australiana Facsimile Editions, Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide 1968 stapled booklet, 6" x 9½" with card covers Ours is a former Adult Education library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps & barcode. Facsimile reproduction in VERY GOOD condition Facsimile No 182. Originally published between July 1941 and October 1967, these nine supplements were reproduced as a single volume in facsimile format by the Libraries Board of South Australia in 1968.

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - 1990 Hardcover, 7¼" x 9½" (8cms x 24cms), with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket As our mechanized wristwatches tick away, more powerful biological rhythms are also keeping time. Daily and seasonal biological rhythms, a hidden influences in our lives, play an extremely important role in our normal physiology, behaviour, and health. Sue Binkley's in-depth study helps us understand the underlying mechanisms and gain control of everday situations such as travel, shiftwork, sleep, and seasonal changes, while we find out just what it is that makes us tick.

Merrill Lynch Europe for The Game Conservancy undated stapled booklet Book in GOOD condition Forty full-colour illustrations. Deals with northern hemisphere game bird, the Red Grouse, providing life cycle, predators, other upland game and wildlife, shooting parties (a grouse drive), and list of 'Dos and Don'ts of Grouse Shooting'.

Arkana, Penguin Group, London 1985 softcover, 5" x 7¾" Inch-long pen squiggle on half title page. Book in VERY GOOD condition. This material was originally published in three volumes - the Text, the Workbook for Students, and the Manual for Teachers - and is now together in this one-volume paperback edition. Although Christian in language, the 'Course' is a perrennial philosophy presented in a way which is meaningful for readers today. It is a self-study course designed to shift our perceptions, heal our minds and change our behaviour.

unknown publisher [Victorian Railway Authority?] n.d. Hardcover booklet, 12cms x 18cms Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Book in GOOD condition 'Safety is a fundamental of any railway system, and the methods of operating trains have been carefully developed over the years … The Trackman has an important role in ensuring this safety as it is his first duty to maintain the permanent way …This booklet deals with … the safety of the men working on the tracks … learn the correct way to do the work.' B&W photos of 25 tools with instructions for their use ('Check handles of shovels for splinters'); and 11 of track vehicles ('Keep a careful lookout for other rolling stock.').

Great Mountain West Supply, Salt Lake City, Utah - 1990 stapled booklet, 7" x 10", with card covers Booklet in AS NEW condition This book is printed on thick glossy paper stock to emphasise the glorious 67 full-colour photographs of unique historical buildings, statues, murals and monuments that portray the buildings and teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the 'Mormons'). It is also the history of early American settlers who moved from place to place until they reach the Great Salt Lake Valley.

Harper & Brothers, New York 1929 Hard cover, lacking jacket. Gold spine type now fading. Book in Good condition. Inscription to previous owner to free front endpaper (dated 1931). Original bookseller's label inside front cover.

Victor Gollancz, London - second impression 1973 hardcover, 8 3/4" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Sound binding. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, 12 b&w photographs. Here are the brief biographies of two dozen well-known climbers who helped to found and develop the sport from the early days until the outbreak of WWII. Some were truly outstanding figures, others contributed a small but significant mite to the sum total of mountaineering experience. Most are fairly well-known by name, but their exploits and backgrounds are seldom found in any detail. This book explains, perhaps, what it is that makes men climb mountains.

Faber & Faber, London - first edition 1992 Hardcover, 9½" x 6¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Page edges beginning to discolour. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with white title to spine, map frontispiece (Northern Ireland), 14 b&w photographs, Chronology 1969-89, Appendix, and Index. Explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland from the mid-seventies, when they were stepped-up, to the Loughgall shooting in 1987, in which eight Provisionals were killed - the biggest and most successful ambush of republican terrorists. Drawing on interviews with people at the heart of intelligence and special operations in Ulster, the book examines the roles of the Army, the police, Special Branch, MI5 and MI6, and assesses the 'shoot to kill' allegations, and other aspects in the struggle against a sophisticated… Read More

Faber & Faber, London - first edition, 2003 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket In a breathtaking work of narrative history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in Wellington's army. It is an extraordinary story of immense hardship, bravery and comradeship - an experience that changed the nature of warfare for ever. Includes colour reproductions and maps.1809 - 1815.

Constable & Co, London - first UK edition ISBN:0094633509 1980 Hardcover, 8¾" x 5½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode etc. Slight lean to spine.VERY GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Fawn cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, tinted top edge, illustrated endpapers, full-colour photographic frontispiece (Elburz mountains), one double-page map, 19 b&w photos, chronolgical list of Persian Dynasties, epilogue, bibliography, and index. This book traces the most crucial of Tamerlane's campaigns (1386 - 1388) across Persia, the Caucasus and Asia Minor, over mountain passes and across barren plains. The author recounts both the exploits of Tamerlane - the subjugation of the Kingdom of Georgia, the storming of the lakeside Castle of Van, the sack of Isfahan - and his own adventures among these nomad peoples.

Bantam Press 1995 hard cover + dust jacket Very good condition in very good unclipped dust jacket. Unlocking the secrets of mysterious and powerful new sects in the church. A critical study of the new movements, drawing on interviews with ex-members and on the author's own 9 years experience as a Focolare leader and his access to secret documents. This book will come as a shock to lay Catholics and priests alike, and to other Christians whose churches have been penetrated by this armada.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1978 Stapled booklet, 21cms x 14.5cms, with printed card covers Book in GOOD condition It is not necessary to have a great deal of land or even a large gaden to keep a few bee hives. Bees are not difficult to keep provided you follow a fe basic rules - the first being to make sure that you are not allergic to their stings! Just a few hives usually provide more than enough for your year's supply of honey. Fully illustrated guide.

Penguin 1986 softcover Very good condition. Subtitled: "All you ever wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask". The author sets out to awaken us to the dangers and delights of sleep and explains what happens during dreams. Includes information on snoring, insomnia, sleeping tablets, and much more.