Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1989
ISBN 10: 0394572246 ISBN 13: 9780394572246
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A74/A50.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1986
ISBN 10: 0394555406 ISBN 13: 9780394555409
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First American Edition. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A39.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2009
ISBN 10: 0375425144 ISBN 13: 9780375425141
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First American Edition. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M39.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2004
ISBN 10: 0375422986 ISBN 13: 9780375422980
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First American Edition. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M6/A41.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1994
ISBN 10: 0679433643 ISBN 13: 9780679433644
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A6.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2000
ISBN 10: 0375410198 ISBN 13: 9780375410192
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Johanna Roebas (illustrator). 1st Edition. THE FEAST OF LOVE is just that -- a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones. In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other -- disparate people joined by the meanderings of love -- and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. THE FEAST OF LOVE was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Best Book. Authoralso of A RELATIVE STRANGER, and SAUL AND PATSY, among others. Fine, sirst edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust cover. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L106 L5.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1995
ISBN 10: 0679439080 ISBN 13: 9780679439080
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A68/A85.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1999
ISBN 10: 0375403515 ISBN 13: 9780375403514
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have revolutionized our understanding of the human mind and human cognition. But what implications do these new findings have for the place of reason--long considered the crowning human faculty that ensured transcendent purpose--in human life? This is the profoundly important question Donald Calne, a leading neurologist and clinician, addresses in Within Reason. His conclusions are startling, disturbing, and of immense potential usefulness. Offering both a general explanation of the way the mind works and a compelling humanistic defense of the value of science and rationality, Calne shows that reason has no direct links to the brain's pathways of pleasure and satisfaction that motivate our behavior. Reason is simply a powerful tool put into the service of goals it cannot determine or change. Within Reason brilliantly and succinctly delineates how reason--through its deployment in all domains of human endeavor, from science to religion, from ethics, commerce, and government to art and music--has enabled mankind to achieve dominance over all other forms of life without providing any specifiable content, beyond survival, to the meaning of existence. Echoing the great religious and philosophical traditions but written from the perspective of neuroscience, WITHIN REASON offers a new and fascinating picture of the role of rationality in both evolution and daily consciousness. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF81.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2001
ISBN 10: 067943979X ISBN 13: 9780679439790
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Finalist for the 2001 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Fine, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A28.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2000
ISBN 10: 0679436154 ISBN 13: 9780679436157
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Finalist for the 2000 National Book Award for Fiction. A novel about memory loss, THE DIAGNOSIS tells the story of Bill Chalmers who loses his memory while rushing to work one morning. When his memory returns, a numbness afflicts him and over the following months he is forced to endure tests without conclusive results and a wife who believes he is imagining the illness. Author of REUNION and EINSTEIN'S DREAMS. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not price-clipped or remainder-marked} L28.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2003
ISBN 10: 0375422544 ISBN 13: 9780375422546
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led a quiet life as William Randolph Hearst's butler. His days are filled with the rituals of Hearst's life and the demands of running a grand house. But in his most private thoughts and memories, he relives another life: his abandonment of his wife and children in Iceland for an actress in New York, a reckless affair and a tragic death, financial downfall, and the profound retreat from life that led him to Hearst's San Simeon. No one else knows the secret of the man he once was?husband, father, businessman, lover?and, ultimately, even he will choose to forget that this person ever existed. WALKING INTO THE NIGHT is a stunning portrait of a man wrestling with guilt and secret passions. Olaf Olafsson surpasses anything he has accomplished thus far in this wise and beautiful novel. Author of THE JOURNEY HOME and ABSOLUTION. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L59.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2007
ISBN 10: 0375423516 ISBN 13: 9780375423512
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. OFC 2R. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2014
ISBN 10: 0307911586 ISBN 13: 9780307911582
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: Mint. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by author and dated 26 June 2014 on title page in black funtain ink. Mint, unread copy opened only for signing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L130. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Pantheon, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2004
ISBN 10: 0375422560 ISBN 13: 9780375422560
Anbieter: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australien
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 228 pages. The title page has a name inscirption from a previous owner, otherwise The book has a minimal wear. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
Verlag: Pantheon, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1986
ISBN 10: 0394747232 ISBN 13: 9780394747231
Anbieter: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australien
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Set of two books. The books are housed is a cardboard slipcase which has a few small scuffs on the edges. The books have minimal wear. Volume I: 159 pages. Volume II: 136 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
Verlag: Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1997
ISBN 10: 0679442790 ISBN 13: 9780679442790
Anbieter: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, USA, 1997. First (1st) printing (full number line to "1") of "First American Edition" (stated). As New in As New Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. Translation from the German - Der Vorleser - by Carol Brown Janeway. Text block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. Binding is black boards with bright white title, etc., to spine, all corners square, with slight dimple to lower front corner. Dust Jacket is bright and unblemished, with original prices ($21.00 US; $28.95 CDN) intact on the front flap. See photos. 218 pages. 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches. The Reader became the first German novel to reach the top of the New York Times Best Seller List, remaining there for 15 weeks. It was made into an Oscar winning film (2008) starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. The novel has received many awards including the following: 1995 Stern des Jahres ("Star of the Year") from the Munich newspaper Abendzeitung ("Evening News"), 1997 Grinzane Cavour Prize (Italian), 1997 Prix Laure Bataillon (French), 1998 Hans Fallada Prize.