Search Results: Authors starting with G from House of Our Own Books

Poona, India: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, 1972. Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This is an enlarged and revised edition of the book first published a decade earlier by the Director of the Gokhale Institute; it consists of a series of articles written between 1955 and 1966; the author served on many boards of directors, academic and government committees, etc., and most recently was Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Government of India; book is misbound so that only the last two pages of the foreward are included, otherwise completely intact; 405 pages (light green cloth with black lettering, bumped corner; blue dust jacket with photo of author on front cover, slight shelfwear with a few creases and small tears along edges, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Durham, NC, U.S.A: Duke University Press, 1986. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This is a critical study of Bergman's career and artistic development that attempts to elucidate the structure of meaning in each of his films (white & black pictorial cover with a scene from Cries and Whispers on the front)

Cambridge, England, U.K.: Harvard University Press, 2002. Hard Cover. As New/As New. This is a collection of papers from a conference sponsored by Harvard University's Interfaculty Initiative in Mind/Brain/Behavior on the languages of thought; it includes three broad themes: first, the languages of thought are languages of the brain, the organ of thought; second, languages are embedded in processing systems, mechanisms that represent and process information; and third, history, context, and culture interact with the languages of the brain (black cloth with green lettering; black dust jacket with green lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2006. In this book Galbraith, former Ambassador to Croatia, describes the Bush administration's strategic miscalculations behind the war in Iraq and the blunders of the American occupation; inscribed and signed on the title page (black cloth and gold paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine, gold dust jacket with black & red lettering over map of Iraq). Inscribed By Author. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Hamden, CT, U.S.A.: Archon Books, 1970. This handbook contains summaries of all of Poe's tales and poems, arranged in alphabetical order by title, an alphabetical list of all the characters in the fiction and poetry with brief descriptions, and chronological lists of Poe's life and his fiction and poetry by year (dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine; a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Paris, France: L'Harmattan, 2001. Text in French; ths is a collection of essays by the German Professor of Romance Languages who has written extensively on Sartre and de Beauvoir (brown cover with red & white lettering has very slight shelf and edge wear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

U.S.A.: Veritas Prep, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" x 11. This test preparation book for the Graduate Management Admissions Test is focused on statistics, combinatorics, and probability and contains hundreds of sample problems (dark blue cover with white & black lettering, a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition except for corner crease on front cover; in stock and available for immediate shipment)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 2002. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. This is a 2010 reprint of the second edition of a Routledge Companion volume with a dozen essays on feminism by leading authorities, followed by an aphabetical dictionary of feminist terms, concepts, and figures, including prominent thinkers, activists, writers, and performers (brown & orange covers with white & black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a collection of essays that explores the influence of Foucault's later writings on basic theoretical and research concerns in the social sciences; it shows how Foucault's writings influence and reconstruct social theory and analysis; includes an introduction by the editors, The Project of Michel Foucault," and Foucault's lecture "Kant on Enlightenment and Revolution;" contributors include Colin Gordon, Pasquale Pasquino, Denis Meuret, Peter Miller, Nikolas Rose, Jacques Donzelot, Terry Johnson, Ian Hunter, Phil Bevis, Michele Cohen, Gavin Kendall (black & red front cover with white lettering, back cover has slight shelfwear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight, unmarked copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A collection of essays, originally published in the journal Economy and Society, reflecting the French influence on literary theory; it contains essays on the fiction of Perault, Borges, James, Eco, and Tournier, complemented by theoretical essays on power and representation that provide critiques of Barthes, Derrida, Deleuze, Marin, and Derrida (white cover with black lettering, slight edge and shelf wear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. In a series of essays the author examines the work of Mark Strand, Gerald Stern, Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin, Carole Schneemann, Steve McCaffrey, Cindy Sherman, and Barbara Kruger, among others, exploring how the changed relations of subjectivity and genre have shifted earlier readings of the hierarchies of the arts; Marjorie Perloff says that the author "moves with great finese between poetry and photography, performance and narrative. This book makes a significant contribtion to postmodernist and interdiscipinary studies." (white & black cover with black, red & white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect conditon except for very slight edge wear at top of spine)

Lewiston, NY, U.S.A: C. J. Hogrefe, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good. A collection of articles by American, British, and European scholars on the nature of relations among generations and the consequences of these relations for the community and its members, grouped into four sections: Intergenerational Relationships in the Process of Civilization, Multi-Generational Family, Distance and Alienation in Different Life Worlds, The Generation Concept and Tendencies in Research (white paper-covered boards with green stripes and lettering, slight edgewear, upper right front corner bumped with small tear in paper, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book provides a unique integrated approach to discourse analysis, presenting a theory of language-in-use as well as a method of research; it also includes an extended example of discourse analysis using some of the tools and strategies previously developed (light pink and black cover with slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Psychological Association, 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This book addresses the proper use of tests with Hispanics, who differ from other groups both because they use the Spanish language and because they represent a variety of cultures that differ from those considered to be mainstream; the intent of this book is to focus both on the science of differential psychology and testing and on the broad issues of practice; the chapters are grouped into four parts: Technical and Societal Issues, Educational Issues, Testing in Industry and Research, and Cultural and Clinical Issues (black cloth with gold lettering, previous owner's name on end paper; dust jacket has slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Israel: Academon, 1994. Revised. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. The author, a chemist, economist, and international consultant specializing in industrial and environmental strategy, offers a holistic approach to environmental problems that he contends will lead to gradual progress and yield better results than the measures often taken by government or proposed by environmentalists (green & white cover with very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Three Continents Press, 1980. This is a collection of critical essays on the work of the celebrated African writer Wole Soyinka, with two introductory essays on Soyinka's early writings and on Yoruba writers, followed by critical essays on his plays, poetry, and prose; includes two photographs and a definitive bibliography of Soyinka's writings (red & white pictorial cover with some shelf and edge wear, otherwise a good, clean, tight, unmarked copy). First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1983. A collection of essays by prominent British sociologists which attempt to integrate theoretical debate and empirical investigation on the issues of class and the division of labor; some essays focus directly on the division of labor and its relation to class domination, others are concerned with the labor process in capitalist production; another group of essays examines the structure of class relationships in industrial enterprise, looking particularly at class boundaries and the deliniation of class groupings; issues of class consciousness, such as the compliance of workers to managerial authority, and problems of industrial democracy and conlict are examined; contributors include, in addition to the editors, Tom Marshall, Ali Rattansi, Graeme Salaman, Ely Chinoy, David Lockwood, Richard Brown, Sheila Allen, Richard Scase, John Goldthorpe, Terry Johnson, Geoffrey Ingham, John Scott, Paul Hirst, and Tom Bottomore; foreword by T.H. Marshall;… Read More

Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.: Ten Mile River Press, 1983. Paper Covers. Very Good. Originally published in slightly different form in The Berkeley Monthly, this is a pamphlet of Gifford's fictional treatment of an imaginary notebook kept by the Swiss painter August Macke during a two week journey through North Africa in 1914 with Paul Klee (who kept an actual diary) and Louis Rene Molliet (white covers with painting by Macke on the front, photo of Macke and Klee in Tunis on the back, red endpapers, Gifford's drawing of Macke on the back of the half-title page, text includes two erratum slips; a bright, clean, tight copy with very small scrape on lower right front cover)

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: G. K. Hall, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. According to the author, the essays in this volume address a central theme of our times: the challenges to human reason and creativity implicit in the contradictions between contemporary threats to human existence and objective possibilities for meaningful lives for all humans attainable within the context of the current stage of scientific and technological developments and material resources; the essays address the subjects of human survival, social equality, peace, the Kibbutz, workplace collectives, social and family violence, work, income, and human liberation (tan cloth with black lettering and gold bands, slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.: Indiana University Press, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a collection of essays that examines the achievement of representative women poets of England and America in relation to the patriarchal social strictures and obstacles that discourage women from writing; the essays are divided into four sections, Poets before 1800, Nineteenth Century Poets, Modernists, and Contemporary Poets; the poets include Jane Lead, Anne Bradstreet, Anne Finch, Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Hilda Doolittle, May Swenson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Muriel Rukeyser (red cloth with gold lettering, slight shelfwear, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)