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

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 588 pages.
In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toymaker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam-engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgwood; the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor, and theorist of evolution (a forerunner of his grandson Charles). Later came Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen and fighting radical. With a small band of allies they formed the Lunar Society of Birmingham (so called because it met at each full moon) and kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Blending science, art, and commerce, the Lunar Men built canals; launched… Read More

Normal, Illinois: Dalkey Archive Press, November 2003. Trade Paperback. First English Edition (stated). As New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 221 pages. A biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. One of the most interesting and paradoxical comparisons coming out of Ugresic's dissection of book culture is the similarity between the art of socialist realism (as prescribed by the Soviets) and the nature of contemporary marketplace to produce and promote art that appeals to every-one.

New York: H.S.D. Publications. April 1972. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelf-wear and mild tanning. Small chipping to s pine. 164 pages. Contents: Let Your Fingers Do the Walking by Jack Ritchie (novelette); A Melee of Diamonds by Edward D. Hoch; The Missing Tattoo by Clayton Matthews; Among Thieves by Alberto N. Martin; No Way Out by Robert Colby; A Mutual Understanding by James McKimmey; The Star Salesman by Edward Y. Breese; The Artifial Liar by William Brittain; Second Thoughts by Carroll Mayers; True Friends by Patrick O'Keeffe; Satisfaction by Virginia Long; Within the Law by John Lutz; The Escapee by Clark Howard; Survival Tactics by Leo P. Kelley; Night of the Twisters by James Michael Ullman.

New York: Scribner. October 2004. Trade Paperback. Second printing per number line. Near Fine. Lightly tanned. Text unmarked. Slight corner wear. Old price sticker. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. ix + 370 pages. This book explains the impact of the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud on American foreign policy, business, and national security.