Search Results: Titles starting with U from Pegasus Book Orphanage

N.Y. Crown 1981 Hard cover G/VG (prev owner's name on eps) From the television series, a panoramic celebration of America in the second half of the twentieth century; a uniquely personal view of its history, dreams, fears and struggles. Gold printing to quarter bound spine and embossed front boards.

St Martins Press, New York - first edition 1998 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Today Area 51, with its remote location and huge dry lake beds, is being used to develop and fly stealthy high-speed aircraft. It would seem, however, that there is a lot more going on than the authorities would like us to believe. Susan Wright provides very persuasive evidence that UFOs are appearing in Nevada, as well as in other locations. Her's is an exhaustive and rivetting report on current ufology. Includes eighteen b&w photographs.

Star 1980 paperback Good condition, crease on front cover A book which breaks the barrier of official disinformation about UFO activity, with alarming facts about CIA involvement in the death of an astrophysicist and the story of an erotic interplanetary encounter.

Blandford 1999 Soft cover Very good condition. Does the real truth about ufos and their sightings lie much closer to home than any of us have ever imagined? What is the connection between secret flight technology, alleged ufos, and government black projects? What really happens at the mystery air bases? Includes numerous b&w photos.

St.Martins Press 1976 hard cover + dust jacket Ex library copy in fair condition, ffep torn out, some text underlining, DJ in protective covering A book which took 2 years to write, during which time the author sifted through more than 10,000 reports and sightings. Concentrates on hard facts and includes startling photos.

Brockhampton Press, UK 1992 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Very good book in very good dustjacket Did you know that a UFO sighting occurs somewhere on the planet every 3 minutes? Packed with 100 revealing photos and compiled by one of the world's leading UFO writers, this handbook shows you how to evaluate your own experience and decide whether it was a real UFO or one of the countless possible identified objects. Also includes a section on the most ufo haunted places in the world.

Pegasus Education Group 2017 soft cover Gift suitable, signed by author on request. Barry Watts presents 30 amazing UFO encounters from ‘Down Under’ (Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea) – each case is re-examined from witness testimony, newspaper reports, and appraisal by experts.

Chatto & Windus, London - second impression 1971 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket From the Baltic to Czechoslovakia stretches an 860-mile frontier - the world's most hazardous border - fortified with mines, tripwires, floodlights, dogs, watchtowers and fifty-thousand soldiers. Starting with the mapping of post-WWII occcupation zones and the exodus of Germans to the West, this book examines every aspect of this border: political, military, economic and social; its development during the Cold War, the guards who man it on both sides, the escapes, the deaths, the villages, the checkpoints and the broken power and telephone lines. Its one stretch of the Iron Curtain that is far from decaying. The book is engagingly illustrated and well indexed.

Random House 1978 soft cover Excellent condition Who gets ulcers, and why? What is the ulcer-prone personality? How to diagnose ulcers, how to treat them, what to eat. Is surgery really necessary? Everything you ever need to know about ulcers is contained in this book.

Carlton Books Ltd 1997 Softcover, 28cms x 23cms, with card covers Book in VERY GOOD condition This is the definitive book on beer and beer drinking. Illustrated with 240 photographs and 100 beer labels, plus 8 detailed maps of the beer regions of the world. Also includes a gazetter of pubs, bars and taverns to help you find and have fun drinking the great beers of the world, including features on famous beer festivals.

Parragon, Queen Street, Bath, UK 2008 Hardcover, 22cms x 28cms (8¾" x 11"), with dust jacket over printed boards Inscription to previous owner hidden under front flap. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is a celebration of the most exciting high-performance motorcycles ever built! More than 140 bikes are here, grouped in order of production to tell the story of the motorcycle's thrilling high-speed evolution over the last 100 years. Riders of modern superbikes will find many of their favourites in action here, from the awesome four-cylinder Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Kawasaki ZX-10R to the unmistakable Harley-Davison V-Rod. All displayed in more than 500 full colour images from many of the two-wheeled world's leading photographers. Read about the great bikes and the brave and fascinating characters who built and rode them.

Constable & Robinsons, Fulham Palace Road, London 2005 Hardcover, 23½cms x 16cms, with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy with transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, and stickers. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket For more than four decades since his death in 1963, John F Kennedy has captured the imagination of people around the world. Myth and conjecture have swirled around him, his life and his work. Nonetheless, the secret with the most profound and catastrophic impact on America has remained hidden. 'Ultmate Sacrifice' reveals this secret for the first time, providing the missing piece to one of the great puzzles of post-war America: the truth behind the events surrounding JFK's assassination in 1963. Book based on information mined from thousands of recently declassified files, and interviews with Kennedy's 'inner circle'. 28 photographs & files.

RD Press, Surry Hills, Sydney - reprint edtion 1992 hardcover, 9¼" x 11½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the only comprehensive photographic catalogue of teddy bears of all ages from around the world, this is the most beautiful and practical book on teddies ever produced. Over 300 specially commissioned, full-colour, annotated photographs make identification simple, and caring for and repairing bears straightforward. It is the essential guide for all bear enthusiasts.

Haynes Publishing Group, Yeovil, UK 1983 hardcover, 8½" x 11", with colour illustrated board covers Book in AS NEW condition Here they are! ALL Ultralight and Microlight aircraft available throughout the world at its publication; plus homebuilts, prototypes and a selection of earlier, historically important, aircraft. Altogether, over 250 different aircraft are covered, complete with specifications, performance data, prices and (usually) illustrations. Includes hang-gliders-types with small engines to perfect miniature aircraft with fixed wings! A most unusual book this one - it is both authoritative and readable!

Basic Health Publications Inc. 2006 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Ex-library copy with usual stamps and stickers, otherwise very good book in very good protected dustjacket. UCSCs have demonstrated great efficacy in promoting the healing of many conditions. Drs. Steinblock and Payne share some of the science that underlies stem cell therapy and puts a human face on this field with accounts of people who have benefited.

Random House, New York - 1988 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode cut from endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket "Long before the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the Soviet Union suffered a long series of technological catastrophes which have been carefully hidden from the outside world. Jim Oberg has done a remarkable job of detective work in ferreting out dozens of these incidents over the past fifty years. His research raises the most serious questions about quality control in Soviet technology, common sense in Soviet leadership and truthfulness in public disclosures," - Nicholas Daniloff. (eg Admiral Nakhimov, rail disasters, aviation catastrophies, anthrax, mutiny, explosions.)

Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney - first edition 1998 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Ethnee Holmes a Court was raised in the wilds of colonial Rhodesia - and could shoot, drive, ride, and run a mile a day. These skills would serve her well through the vagaries of a life which has seen her outlive both her sons and three husbands (one of Australia's richest entrepreneurs was her son, Robert). Today, she is a celebrated horse breeder and businesswoman. Here, she looks back on a time past, one which will never be re-created. 28 b&w photographs.

HarperCollins, publishers, London 1997 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Felt pen mark to bottom edges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket British producer David Puttnam, the only Eurpoean to have run modern Hollywood studio, provides the first comprehensive account of the struggle for sovereignty over the twentieth century's most popular and influencial medium of mass culture. It is a conflict which has pitted Hollywood moguls like Louis B Mayer, Jack Warner, and Michael Eisner against politicians, tycoons and cultural elites all over the world. As a result, Hollywood's global dominance is the most visible symbol of the 'Americanization' of the world (Donald Duck as World Diplomat). Packed book weighs 1¼ kilos (expect slightly higher-than-usual shipping).

Secker & Warburg, John Street, London 1959 Hardcover, 5¾" x 8½" (14cms x 21½cms), with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket In telling of his pre-war years, at school, as a novelist and foreign correspondent, George Paloczi-Horvath describes the events that pushed him farther to the Left and led to his escape from Hungary in 1941 to work for the British in the S.O.E. Branch. He shows how the conviction grew that "the choice then was Fascism or Communism" - and his decision to return after the war and join the Party. He resumed his career as a writer until he was thrown into prison without trial for five years along with many others. A FASCINATING MEMOIR.

Mrs V Garlick, publisher, Melbourne 1981 hardcover, 6½" x 8½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. Text in typewritten style; ribbon place marker. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is a very different kind of travel book. The author, an Australian journalist, travelled extensively in South East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines, Borneo, Korea, Guam, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea) living and teaching among the people he met. Returning to Melbourne in 1977, he died following a heart attack and was buried at sea. These travel tales were found in his cabin and have been put into book form to commemorate his memory. Nine b&w photographs.