Search Results: Authors starting with K from Zoar Books & Gallery

San Francisco, CA: The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1976. First Edition . Printed Wraps. Very Good+. 9 1/4" X 6." 117 pages. A great history of cable cars in San Francisco. Light brown wraps. Spine tail worn. Sticker mark on front wrap.

Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4." 352 pages. Drawing on the writings of Robert E. Lee, the author condenses Lee's management brilliance into 260 concise, essential strategies for communicating new initiatives and goals, reacting to changing priorities, sustaining peek performance against great odds, and turning failure into new opportunities.

New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1989. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/4" X 8." 278 pages. The story of the first expedition to run the entire length of the Earth's longest river. A terrific adventure.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Alice Kaplan's "Dreaming in French' is an eloquent, brilliant, and often moving portrayal of three remarkable weman whose personal and intellectual engagement with France transformed them, and by extension America as well.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Susan Kaplan. 5" X 7 1/2", 289 pages. Includes Bermuda and the Bahamas. A guide to the common invertebrates and fishes of Bermuda, The Bahamas, Southern Florida, The West Indies, and the Caribbean Coast of Central and South America. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light wear on dust jacket top edge. Pages xi to 4 detached but present. Shelf wear to wraps.

Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishing, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 216 pages. 2nd edition. Here is the how, what, when, and why of the Space Shuttle. The system and its parts are described in everyday terms. Jacket has small tear on upper edge and rear bottom edge. Some edgewear and bumping.

London: Arcturus Publishing, 2009. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Fine/None. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sacred geometry, numerology and other mystical concepts long forgotten in modern design are discussed aloneside the crop circles in which they have been found. The result is a groundbreaking book that reaches to the heart of these mysterious creations. Bookstore sticker on spine tail. Minor underlining on page 9.

New York, NY: Noonday, 1959. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8" X 5.5." 293 pages. Stories by Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Forster, Woolf, and Huxley. Includes a short biography of each writer as well as a full discussion of his major novels.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2014. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/2" X 10", 571 pages. Built from the ground up to focus on what matters to students in today's high-tech, globalized world, this book represents a new generation of products optimized for digital delivery and available with the best-in-class adaptive study resources in McGraw-Hill's LearnSmart Advantage Suite. Engagement with real-world problems is built into the very fabric of the learning materials as students are encouraged ti think about economics in efficient, innovative, and meaningful ways.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271 pages. Poet's first novel about sexual violence and our culture's fascination with it.

New York: American-British Art Center, 1942. Printed Wraps. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bulletin of the Iranian Institute: Vol. V, No.4. Plum-colored wraps have some edge wear and fading along edges. Fore-edge of wraps has small tears along it. Illustrated with 1 color plate and the rest B&W plates.

New York: Fawcett/Crest, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author planned to portray a new type of hero, a "nihilist," who would represent the values of the younger generation. Set at a very specific moment in history, the novel reveals the full breadth of nineteenth-century Russia.Spine ends bumped. Tiny tear at top corner of wrap.

New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Al Kilgore. 9.5" X 6.25." 310 pages. A comprehensive course in magical entertainment, weaving together technical expertise and the phychology of mystification. More than 50 tricks explained. Spine ends bumped. Shelf wear. small tears on spine ends of dust jacket. Corners chipped.

Greenfield, MA: St. James Episcopal Church, 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6" X 9." A history of the church. Larger print for easy reading.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. First Edition . Soft cover. As New. 9 1/4" X 6." 295 pages. In this book foreign policy specialists join with other distinguished experts on Iran to analyze the intricate interplay of relations among the three nations since World War II. The contributors scrutinize the ways that Iran has become adept at playing one powerful party against the other, the historical reasons for Iranian attitudes toward foreign powers, America's unpredictable dealings with Iran, and Soviet reactions to Iran. The book is both an invaluable historical appraisal and a guide to future international relations with the Islamic Republic.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. First Edition . Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 175 pages. By the author of the Nancy Drew books. Number 25 in the Dana Girls series. Minor bumping and wear to spine ends. Corners slightly worn.

Ontario, Canada: J. L. Keirstead, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 10" X 13." 176 pages. One of Canada's best-known landscape artists. These paintings are drawn from Keirstead's personal places. Full-colour reproductions of 112 paintings, 58 photographs, 5 maps, 4 sketches, painting tips, personal anecdotes, and a biography of the artist. Very slight wear at corners.

Gig Harbor, WA: Harbor Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2." 3 volumes. You get book one and book two plus the cookbook that goes with them. The cookbook's corners are slightly curled. Illustrated with photos showing the different positions. Helps you on the way to health & longevity.

Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, 2000. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 9" X 6". 96 pages. A collection of David Keller's Poetry.

New York, NY: Dutton, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9.25" X 6.25". 293 pages. This epic historical novel follows the true story of a remarkable heroine, Mary Patten, who found herself in one of the most dangerous straits of sea in the Western Hemisphere, Cape Horn, with a ship of mutinous sailors to command and a deathly sick husband, their captain, to care for.