Search Results: Titles starting with X from Ground Zero Books

Knoxville, TN: Whittle Direct Books, 1990. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, ex-lib.. 85, illus. (some in color), usual library markings, Federal Express ads One of the Larger Agenda Series, which presents original short books by distinguished authors on subjects of imnportance to managers and policymakers in business and the public sector. In this book, the quest of avoiding humiliation a second time (The X Factor), is discussed in a hilarious and informative fashion, leading from the locker room to the boardroom, with many strange stops in between. The author corners superstars like Bill Russell and Billie Jean King, famous coaches, the chairman of American Express, sports doctors, and mergers and acquisitions king Henry Kravis, and puts the same question to all of them: what is it that allows an individual, or a team, to outperform competitors who are no less gifted, mentally and physically? Their answers run the gamut from motivational rage to new-age meditation.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Deb Caponera (Author photograph). xiv, [2], 351, [1] pages. Illustrations. Appendix: Principal Figures. Notes. Index. The dust jacket has some scoffing on the back. Leah Garrett is a professor and "Larry and Klara Silverstein Chair in Jewish Studies" and Director of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, at Hunter College, City University of New York. Garrett graduated with honors from Maryhurst University in 1991. The following year she completed a Diploma in Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, England. Garrett completed her Ph.D. with Honors in 1999 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. In the same year, she was appointed as an assistant professor at the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado, and served there in this position until 2008. In 2008, she took up a post at Monash University, Melbourne Australia as a research professor for Contemporary Jewish… Read More

New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1959. fair to good. 64, wraps, illus., text has darkened, covers soiled and stained. Book for young readers.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1971. presumed second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8 inches. x, [6], 170, [4] pages. Maps. Illustrations. DJ worn, stained and soiled. Includes Preface; The Challenge; The Challenge Met; The Passage; The Attack; Aftermath; and Index. Includes 11 illustrations between pages 142 and 143, as well as two Black and White maps (Attack on the Tirpitz, and Tirpitz Berth). An account of a secret World War II mission unparalleled in the annals of the sea. Thomas Gallagher's account of the gallant and almost unbelievable expedition of British midget submarines to attack and disable the German battleship Tirpitz is one of the great stories to come out of World War II. The Tirpitz was the mightiest naval vessel in all of Europe. When the Germans slipped her into the fjords of occupied Norway in January 1942, she became an overwhelming menace to Allied shipping. Her presence made it impossible for British battleships and… Read More

New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 232 pages. Index. Bookplate (with compliments from Perot Systems) signed by the author. The author describes a collaborative business environment in which ideas are shared and businesses learn to create harmony, be transparent, understand the role of customers, and continuously cross-engineer.

New York: Warner Business Books, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Jon Valk (Jacket Design). viii, 232 pages. Index. Inscribed by the author on fep. James (Jim) Champy (born 1942) is an American business consultant, and organizational theorist, known for his work in the field of business process reengineering, business process improvement and organizational change. Champy earned his B.S. in 1963 and his M.S. in Civil Engineering in 1965 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School in 1968. Champy was chairman and chief executive officer of CSC Index, the management consulting arm of Computer Sciences Corporation. Subsequently he was chairman of Dell Perot Systems' consulting practice, where he was responsible for providing direction and guidance to the company's team of business and management consultants. Champy consults with senior-level executives of multinational companies seeking to improve business… Read More

Leningrad: Avrora, 1979. Presumed First Edition, First printing [1 of 3,000]. Hardcover. Very good. 167, [3] pages. Color frontis. Abbreviations. Indexes. TEXT IS PRIMARILY IN RUSSIAN. English language summaries 159-161. Unpaginated Contents page in English. Contents include: Foreign Gold Coins in Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Russia by V. Potin; Novgorodki of Grand Princes: A Study in the Comparative Die Linkage Analysis of Fifteenth Century Russian Coins by M. Lvov; Russian Hoards of Ingots and Coins in the Hermitage by M. Sotnikova and L. Spassky; Russian Hoard Pottery in the Hermitage Collection by V. Kallinin, and Materials Relating to the Topography of Finds of Russian Coins (Fourteenth to twentieth Centuries) Registered by the Hermitage in 1948-74 by M. Sotnikova. For Russian numismatics, the socialistic era started with the end of all private coin collections: most of them were seized by the new government and distributed amongst nationalized museums. Others were taken abroad… Read More

Place_Pub: Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1971. good, good. 415, footnotes, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: edge tears/chips, red dot and blue mark on top edge. Texas Pan American Series. Illuminating introduction by Thomas F. McGann demonstrates how the author's piercing analysis of Argentine history reveals much about man's condition in the Western world during the 20th century. Part history, part social psychology, part prophecy.

Osaka, Japan: XX Corps Association, 1945. fair to good. 28 cm, 406, illus., weakness to fr board, discoloration ins bds & flylves, binding edges worn, small tears at spine. Dornbusch #703.

Rocklin, CA: Prima Pub, c1997. First Printing. good. 28 cm, 239, wraps, illus., references, index, glossary of New Zealand terms, covers somewhat worn.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First edition. First edition [has "A" on verso]. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Minor instance of red pencil underlining/marginal marks. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some pages uncut. Some spine fading.. xi, [1], 236 p. Includes bibliography. Occasional footnotes. The primary purpose of this narrative was to produce a clear and comprehensive story of Xeonphon's life and adventures that would be of interest to the general reader.

New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1997. Reprint. Second printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. Good. Signed by author. Slightly cocked. Signed on t-p.. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. [10], 290, [4] p. From Wikipedia: "Lyn Elizabeth Hamilton (August 6, 1944 September 10, 2009) was a Canadian author of archaeological mystery novels. Born to John Hamilton, a lawyer and politician, and Gwen, a librarian, Lyn Hamilton grew up in Etobicoke and was educated at the University of Toronto. She worked in communications in the public service and private companies before publishing her first novel at the age of 50. She had been director of Cultural Programs Branch for the province of Ontario and director of public affairs for the Canadian Opera Company. Later, Hamilton taught mystery writing for the School for Continuing Studies of the University of Toronto and served as writer-in-residence for libraries in North York and Kitchener. She died on September 10, 2009 from cancer, aged 65. From… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1973]. First Printing. very good, fair. Wacupia. 24 cm, 270, illus. (some in color), maps, glossary, edges soiled, DJ worn and soiled with tears. Foreword by Kenneth S. Breecher. Detailed account of the environment, character, history, and myths of the fifteen tribes of the Upper Xingu region.

New York: Simon & Schuster, c1992. First Printing. very good, good. 25 cm, 464, illus. A picture of the world of pornography, drawing on accounts from the people closest to the Mitchells, and tracing of the brothers' relationship from triumph to fratricide. The book contains various references to Hunter S. Thompson, who was a Mitchell brothers' intimate.