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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. 150 page. The rear cover is rubbed. The edges of the text block are foxed. An address label is attached to the reverse of the front cover. There is scribbling on the title page.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 247 pages. The covers are lightlyrubbed and soiled. A name is written on the FFEP. The text is clean and unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. THis entire issue focuses on issues dealing with the northern European countries. There is wear to the extremities. Numerous pencil marks have been erased although there might still be some that have been missed. THis is a very solid and readable copy.…

Soft Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 4th Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edges lightly rubbed. (Author of Feed, a National Book Award Finalist). 192 pages.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Fair. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 219 p. Tale of Despereaux. Audience: Children/juvenile. tight copy, the text is wavy from dampness, some light edge wear.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Has very small publisher's remainder mark. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. 189 pages. The covers are rubbed and have small spots. There is moderate wear to the extremities. There is a tear on the top edge of the interior of the rear cover. The top edge and fore-edge of the text block are foxed. The text is in very good condition.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Sprawled along China's southern coast near Hong Kong, Guangdong is the fastest growing and most envied region in the country. With sixty million people in an area the size of France, the province has been a fascinating laboratory for the transformation of a static socialist economy and social system. Reforms instituted in the late 1970s by Deng Xiaoping have allowed this area to look outward once again and to move "one step ahead" of the rest of China and the socialist world in introducing new political and economic policies. Why did the new strategy come about? What happened in the various parts of Guangdong during the first reform decade?To answer these questions Ezra Vogel-one of the most widely respected observers of Asian economic and social development-returned to Guangdong, the subject of his award-winning book Canton under Communism, for eight months of fieldwork. The first Western scholar invited by a province to make such an extended visit, Vogel traveled to every prefecture in Guangdong and conducted hundreds of interviews to get a true picture of how post-Mao reforms are working. The result is a richly detailed study of a region on the cutting edge of socialist reform.One Step Ahead in China is a groundbreaking book, unique in its detailed coverage of Guangdong, the first socialist dragon to follow in the path of South Korea and Taiwan. Vogel paints a vivid portrait of Guangdong's accelerated development and surveys the special economic zones, the Pearl Delta, Guangzhou, and the more remote areas, including Hainan. He looks at the entrepreneurs and the role of the pervasive Chinese tradition of guanxi, in which friends and relatives of officials receive preferential treatment. He examines the problems of opening up a socialist system and places Guangdong in the context of the newly developing economies of East Asia. One Step Ahead in China is a groundbreaking book, unique in its detailed coverage of Guangdong, the first socialist dragon to follow in the path of South Korea and Taiwan. 6 maps, 7 tables. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in todays world?Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our timefearlessly and fullyand actually make progress.Islam and the Future of Tolerance has been published with the explicit goal of inspiring a wider public discussion by way of example. In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Harris and Nawaz demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very Good Condition 249 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. How does a teacher begin to appreciate and tap the rich creative resources of the fantasy world of children? What social functions do story playing and storytelling serve in the preschool classroom? And how can the child who is trapped in private fantasies be brought into the richly imaginative social play that surrounds him?The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers and classmates alike in the unique community of the classroom. It is the dramatic story of Jasonthe loner and outsiderand of his ultimate triumph and homecoming into the society of his classmates. As we follow Jasons struggle, we see that the classroom is indeed the crucible within which the young discover themselves and learn to confront new problems in their daily experience.Vivian Paley recreates the stage upon which children emerge as natural and ingenious storytellers. She supplements these real-life vignettes with brilliant insights into the teaching process, offering detailed discussions about control, authority, and the misuse of punishment in the preschool classroom. She shows a more effective and natural dynamic of limit-setting that emerges in the control children exert over their own fantasies. And here for the first time the author introduces a triumvirate of teachers (Paley herself and two apprentices) who reflect on the meaning of events unfolding before them. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Animal Thinking by Donald R. Griffin. This softcover edition, 5th printing, is in Very Good Plus (VG+) condition. The covers are in great shape and the binding is square and tight. There is minor abrasion on the half-title page, but the interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment to ensure protection from the elements, and a USPS electronic tracking number will be provided free of charge. Feel free to contact us for more information or additional pictures.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardcover First Edition, 1st printing (2008). Former library book; otherwise, the book is in Very Good condition. The covers are in great shape. The binding is square and tight. Dust jacket is protected by a Mylar jacket and fixed to the pastedowns. Other than library stamps, the interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Bell, Cece (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition, 1st printing in Very Good condition without a dust jacket. The covers are in great shape. The binding is tight. The interior pages are unmarked. Small abrasion to the front flyleaf. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition/1st printing in Like New or Fine condition with a nice, crisp dust jackdet. The covers are in great shape. The binding is tight. The interior pages are unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. Jacket show light shelf wear to top edge. Small abrasion to front flyleaf. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, very good with slightest opening line on spine. LEVINE, LAWRENCE W. Highbrow / lowbrow: the emergence of cultural hierarchy in America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1997, 9th printing, xii, 306pp., . Series: The William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization, 1986 In this unusually wide-ranging study, spanning more than a century and covering such diverse forms of expressive culture as Shakespeare, Central Park, symphonies, jazz, art museums, the Marx Brothers, opera, and vaudeville, a leading cultural historian demonstrates how variable and dynamic cultural boundaries have been and how fragile and recent the cultural categories we have learned to accept as natural and eternal are. For most of the nineteenth century, a wide variety of expressive forms--Shakespearean drama, opera, orchestral music, painting and sculpture, as well as the writings of such authors as Dickens and Longfellow--enjoyed both high cultural status and mass popularity. In the nineteenth century Americans (in addition to whatever specific ethnic, class, and regional cultures they were part of) shared a public culture less hierarchically organized, less fragmented into relatively rigid adjectival groupings than their descendants were to experience. By the twentieth century this cultural eclecticism and openness became increasingly rare. Cultural space was more sharply defined and less flexible than it had been. The theater, once a microcosm of America--housing both the entire spectrum of the population and the complete range of entertainment from tragedy to farce, juggling to ballet, opera to minstrelsy--now fragmented into discrete spaces catering to distinct audiences and separate genres of expressive culture. The same transition occurred in concert halls, opera houses, and museums. A growing chasm between "serious" and "popular," between "high" and "low" culture came to dominate America's expressive arts. . In this innovative historical exploration, Levine not only traces the emergence of such familiar categories as highbrow and lowbrow at the turn of the century, but helps us to understand more clearly both the process of cultural change and the nature of culture in American society. 9780674390775 ISBN 0674390776. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. A young boy takes his stuffed elephant everywhere he goes, including on vacation and even on a visit to school. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Focuses on Victorian culture, assessing the immense influence the ancient Greeks had on British classical education, the images and themes of George Eliot's writings, Christian sensibility, decorative arts, and English playing fields during the nineteenth century Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. This book contrasts Malthus with competing theories. Petersen discusses the trends since Malthus' day in fertility, mortality, and population growth. Also compares Malthus' economics with that of his contemporary, David Ricardo, as well as the links to the Keynesian thought of recent time. Petersen also comments on Malthus' stand on birth control, as well as on the rise of the neo-Malthusian movement and its successor in today's less developed countries. The review of both population trends and demographic theory over the past century and a half gives the reader a base from which he can judge in what respects Malthus did, or did not, forecast the future accurately. As Petersen points out, Malthus also influenced the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin, as well as its offshoot, Social Darwinism. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Fine. Revised ed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 276 p. Audience: General/trade.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A solution to inequalities wherever we lookin health care, secure retirement, educationis as close as the public library. Or the post office, community pool, or local elementary school. Public optionsreasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private optionsare all around us, ready to increase opportunity, expand freedom, and reawaken civic engagement if we will only let them. Whenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public optionsyet they are seldom celebrated as such. These government-supported opportunities coexist peaceably alongside private options, ensuring equal access and expanding opportunity for all. Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott challenge decades of received wisdom about the proper role of government and consider the vast improvements that could come from the expansion of public options. Far from illustrating the impossibility of effective government services, as their critics claim, public options hold the potential to transform American civic life, offering a wealth of solutions to seemingly intractable problems, from housing shortages to the escalating cost of health care. Imagine a low-cost, high-quality public option for child care. Or an extension of the excellent Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees to all Americans. Or every person having access to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank, with no fees and no minimums. From broadband internet to higher education, The Public Option reveals smart new ways to meet pressing public needs while spurring healthy competition. More effective than vouchers or tax credits, public options could offer us all fairer choices and greater security. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. PAPERBACK; Thirteenth Printing. VERY GOOD CONDITION.A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION; cpver has printed gold JOHN NEWBERRY MEDAL as part of the front cover design. "Now a Major Motion Picture" cover blurb sticker.; 269+pg pages; .yellow spine titles on brown decorated paper covers. .CLEAN, SOLID COPY. . Illustrated by Ering,timothy Basil Ilust (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Economies are constantly in flux, and economists have long sought reliable means of analyzing their dynamic properties. This book provides a succinct and accessible exposition of modern dynamic (or intertemporal) macroeconomics. The authors use a microeconomics-based general equilibrium framework, specifically the overlapping generations model, which assumes that in every period there are two generations which overlap. This model allows the authors to fully describe economies over time and to employ traditional welfare analysis to judge the effects of various policies. By choosing to keep the mathematical level simple and to use the same modeling framework throughout, the authors are able to address many subtle economic issues. They analyze savings, social security systems, the determination of interest rates and asset prices for different types of assets, Ricardian equivalence, business cycles, chaos theory, investment, growth, and a variety of monetary phenomena. Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory will become a classic of economic exposition and a standard teaching and reference tool for intertemporal macroeconomics and the overlapping generations model. The writing is exceptionally clear. Each result is illustrated with analytical derivations, graphically, and by worked out examples. Exercises, which are strategically placed, are an integral part of the book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. xviii, 415 p. A critique of the domestic policies of Ronald Reagan. Book has a small "embargoed for release" stamp on front flyleaf and lower corneres of some pages are folded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The softcover edition of "City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn" by William J. Mitchell is a 7th printing from 2000 and is in Very Good+ condition. The covers exhibit minimal wear with just a hint of shelf wear, maintaining great shape. The binding is secure and tight. There is a small abrasion on the first page, but the interior pages are clean and unmarked."City of Bits" serves as an engaging and comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, exploring virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell, an MIT professor, provides a technically well-grounded yet accessible examination of architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution.Rest assured, the book will be carefully packaged for shipment to ensure protection from the elements. An electronic tracking number from USPS will be issued free of charge. Should you require additional information or wish to see more pictures of the book, feel free to contact me. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologists everyday conversations with his fellow humanstaxi drivers, to be precise. This is a joy to read. Publishers Weekly If youve ever sat in the back seat of a taxi, you know that cabbies like to talk. Sports or politics, your job or theirs, taxi drivers are fine conversationalists on just about any topic. And when the passenger is astrobiologist Charles Cockell, that topic is usually space and what, if anything, lives out there.Inspired by conversations with drivers all over the world, Taxi from Another Planet tackles the questions that everyday people have about the cosmos and our place in it. Will we understand aliens? What if there isnt life out in the universe? Is Mars our Plan B? And why is the government spending tax dollars on space programs anyway? Each essay in this genial collection takes questions like these as a starting point on the way to a range of insightful, even poignant, observations. Cockell delves into debates over the inevitability of life and looks to both human history and scientific knowledge to consider what first contact will be like and what we can expect from spacefaring societies. He also offers a forceful argument for the sympathies between space exploration and environmentalism.A shrewd and entertaining foray into the most fundamental mysteries, Taxi from Another Planet brings together the wisdom of scientific experts and their fellow citizens of Earth, the better to understand how life might unfold elsewhere. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Arthritis affects over 100 million people worldwide, in every race, ethnic group and economic class. Yet the advances being made in arthritis research are known only to key specialists in the field. Because very few people understand the many diseases that make up arthritis, billions of dollars are wasted each year on unorthodox remedies, and the problems remain obscured by myth and prejudice. This book - intended to dispel the mystique and folklore surrounding this group of diseases - explains the scientific aspects of arthritis research and treatment to general readers. Derrick Brewerton brings together a vast amount of knowlwdge that is not readily available, and presents it in a narrative designed to be as lively as it is informative. Brewerton tells the story of arthritis research, from the days before germs were recognized as causes of disease and when the reasons for inflammation were obscure, to the present, when breakthroughs in genetics, epidemiology, X-ray crystallography, cell biology, and molecular biology support major advances in research and treatment. As he leads readers through the historic search for cures, Brewerton introduces relevant basic information on diagnosis, the role of germs and bacteria, body defenses, the nervous system, hormones, DNA, RNA, proteins, crystals, and cells. He also addresses the human element, discussing age, gender, emotions, pain and personality. Brewerton ends his story on a hopeful note, carefully explaining the prospects for prevention and treatment. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…