Search Results: Titles starting with I from Infinity Books Japan

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US: Grand Central Publishing, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Congratulations--just by looking at this webpage, you became 25% more patri otic. From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23¬ø hours of your d ay. I Am America (And So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephe n doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast. Dictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three-day weekend, t his book contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The Ameri can Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form. Always controversial and outspoken, Stephen addresses why Hollywood is dest roying America by inches, why evolution is a fraud, and why the elderly sho uld be harnessed to… Read More

US: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A crisp clean first edition (as stated) no markings throughout: Dupont University--the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of Amer ica's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tr adition . . . Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from North Carolina. But Charlotte soon learns, to her mounting dismay, that for the uppercrust coeds of Dupont, sex, Cool, and ke gs trump academic achievement every time. As Charlotte encounters Dupont's privileged elite--her roommate, Beverly, a Groton-educated Brahmin in lusty pursuit of lacrosse players; Jojo Johanss en, the only white starting player on Dupont's godlike basketball team, who se position is threatened by a hotshot black freshman from the projects; th e Young Turk of Saint Ray fraternity, Hoyt Thorpe, whose heady sense of ent itlement and social domination is clinched by his accidental brawl with… Read More

US: Rowman & Littlefield Publish, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. I Am Intelligent: From Heartbreak to Healing--A Mother and Daughter's Journ ey through Autism by Peyton Goddard, Dianne Goddard This riveting memoir of extreme loss and unimaginable gain recounts the story of a child who, although unable to expressherself, lives fully aware of her limiting circumstances. Robbed of speech and bodily control, and despite her loving parents' best efforts to help her, Peyton Goddard suffered neglect and ongoing abuse by many who dismissed her as autistic and severely mentally retarded. No one could have imagined that she possessed a brilliant mind in her uncooperative body until her first opportunity to communicate electronically at age 22 when she typed "i am intlgent," a breakthrough reminiscent of The Miracle Worker. Today Peyton is following through on her vow to be an advocate on behalf of other devalued people. Her inspirational life helps readers transcend stereotypes and join her in the… Read More

US: Studio, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Dozens of full-color photographs pay tribute to the legendary American rebel and the customized, hand-built motorcycles he creates, in a volume that looks at his extraordinary choppers, his lifestyle, and his shop, West Coast Choppers. Simultaneous. 100,000 first printing.

US: Back Bay Books, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. I come from a country that was created at midnight When I almost died it wa s just after midday. .When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in P akistan. one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fo ught for her right to an education.On Tuesday. October 9. 2012. when she wa s fifteen. she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. and few expected h er to survive.Instead. Malalas miraculous recovery has taken her on an extr aordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen. she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the No.

US: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (B, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Just when Joey Pigza's wired world finally seems to be under control, his g ood-for-nothing dad pops back into his life. This time, though, Carter Pigz a is a new man - literally. After a lucky lotto win, Carter Pigza has a cra zy new outlook on life, and he's even changed his name to Charles Heinz. He thinks Joey and his mom should become new people, too. Soon Joey finds him self bombarded with changes: a new name, a new home, and a new family busin ess - running the beat-up Beehive Diner. He knows he should forgive his dad as his mom wants him to, and get with the new family program. But Joey is afraid that in changing names and going with the flow he will lose sight of who he really is. In this rocket-paced new chapter in Joey Pigza's life, a favorite hero disc overs what identity… Read More

US: William Heinemann, 2019. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 'An anarchic and lovingly perverse writer.' Ali Smith 'I think Nicola Barker is incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified b y its spirit of adventure.' Kevin Barry 'She really is a genius.' Guardian Charles, a forty-year-old boutique teddy bear maker and wearer of ironic t- shirts, is trying - and failing - to sell his small, characterless house in Llandudno. Avigail, yes Avigail, his estate agent, is trying - mostly in v ain - to rein in Charles's most unhelpful eccentricities, including his rep eated recounting to potential buyers of an unsuccessful burglary that took place twelve years ago. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. When Wang Shu and her daughter view the house, a series of seemingly innocu ous events distorts the reality of the characters' lives, causing Avigail t o revaluate her beliefs - and all of the… Read More

US: Guardian Faber Publishing, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. This updated edition of the bestselling and wildly popular I Am the Secret Footballer features a new introduction and an additional chapter. The anony mous writer of The Guardian's "Secret Footballer" column gives Premiere Lea gue fans an insider's look into the unseen world of professional football. It is often said that 95% of what happens in football takes place behind cl osed doors. Many of these stories I shouldn't be telling you. But I will. Who is The Secret Footballer? Only a few people know the true identity of t he man inside the game. Whoever he is-and whatever team he plays for-TSF is always honest, fearless and opinionated. Here he takes readers past the lo cker-room door and reveals the inner-workings of a professional club, the e xhilarating highs and crushing lows and what it's really like to do the job most of us can only dream of doing. TSF chronicles the exploits of his Premiership colleagues with a gimlet eye and frank… Read More

US: CreateSpace Independent Publ, 2019. Near Fine. In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. AN AMBITIOUS ARTIST meets his hero, the avant-garde celebrity, Xeluco. They work together, deceive each other, argue and fight. One is killed - but who is the real victim? Who's the real Xeluco? And who's in control? A tale of primordial obsession in a contemporary setting of blurred identities and manufactured realities. A continent-crossing journey of lust, laughter, anger and wonder stylishly told with an innovative structure and imaginative spontaneity that will surprise and captivate its readers.

US: Sooriya Publishers, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Onyx, 2001. Very Good. Finally back in print-a classic Richard Jury novel from "one of the establi shed masters of the genre" (Newsweek). Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury takes on an elusive strangler in a case of family secrets-and family lies... "Witty...stylishly crafted." (The Washington Post) "[Grimes] gets our immediate attention [and] holds it...with something more than mere suspense." (The New Yorker) "A superior writer." (The New York Times Book Review).

US: Kensington, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Drive me wild / by Lori Foster -- Something Wilde / by Janelle Denison -- Touch me / by Shannon McKenna.

Faber and Faber, 1993. Very Good+. In these interconnecting stories, the author explores the love that binds g enerations to each other, the love between parent and child, the power of w hich can be as destructive as it can be creative. Ellen Gilchrist is the au thor of "The Annunciation" and "In the Land of Dreamy Dreams

UK: Penguin, 1977. Paperback. Good.

US: Gryphon House Inc, 1998. Very Good. The I Can't Sing Book: For Grown-ups Who Can't Carry a Tune in a Paper Bag. ..But Want to do Music with Young Children by Jackie Silberg Can you tap your feet to a beat? Read aloud? Sway from side to side? Twang a rubber band? If the answer is yes, you have all the skill necessary to teach music to children. Chapters include activities that teach the elements of music, such as rhythm, sound, language, movement, and instruments.

US: Virago Pr, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. When the Mortmain family move into a ruinous castle, they don't really see why everyone regards them as profoundly eccentric. Then the American heirs to the castle turn up - energetic mother and her two eligible young sons. The stage is set for a romantic comedy.

U.S.A.: Playboy Press, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. An unbelievably funny, revealing memoir from a man who served as Howard Hughes' bodyguard in the years that the legendary eccentric became a recluse.

US: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP, 2005. Paperback. Like New. For centuries The I Ching or Book of Changes has been consulted for wise ad vice. The I Ching is more than just a book, it is a living, breathing oracl e which you can consult at any time, whether you need specific advice or ge neral guidance. The Chinese believe it will help to promote success and goo d fortune and to impart balance and perspective to your life. Brian Browne Walker's new, highly accessible translation of The I Ching allows you to ma ke the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages your own. The easy-to-use format and the contemporary language of this edition will be a boon to new users. Devotees of The I Ching will also find that this version enhances their un derstanding of the ancient text.

US: Repro Books Limited, 2018. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Their dreams were not too different from ours. Each one achieved success- school principal, poet, police constable, chartered accountant and social entrepreneur. But the road was long, the hurdles seemingly unpassable. The real-life narratives of the twentyfive young writers in this book reveal the bridges they built between the slum communities they were born in and the world outside. These are stories we walk past, faces we don't stop to notice. These voices show a maturity beyond their years, reminding us that honesty, courage, success and compassion are in each one of us if we are given the right opportunities to develop them.