Search Results: Authors starting with L from JKL Books

Seoul: National Institute of the Korean Language, 2014. Soft cover. As New. Like new. Contents: How linguistic imperialism continues: diagnosis and resistance / Robert Phillipson (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) -- Towards Community Centred Maori Language Strategy: Rational and Structure of Strategic Approaches / Glenis Philip-Barbara (Maori Language Commission, New Zealand) -- The Hungarian Language in the Age of Globalisation / Tamás Váradi (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) -- Tongues under Threat-Preserving Indigenous African Languages / Sihawukele Ngubane (Pan South African Language Board, Republic of South Africa) --Safeguarding Language Diversity in Indonesia / Sugiyono (The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation, Indonesia) -- Preservation Policies for the Korean Language-History and Problems / Kim Sejung (The National Institute of the Korean Language, Republic of Korea) --Protecting and revitalizing national… Read More

New York: New Benjamin Franklin House, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows slight wear only. Spine has faded. 74 pages. Contents: Letter of Transmittal -- Introduction / Professor Remi Haaz -- Preface: Europe in a New Dark Age -- 1. The Establishment of the Federal Republic of Iran -- 2. The Guiding Principal of Federal Law -- 3. A Draft Outline of the Central Government -- 4. The Division Between State and Federal Governments.

Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives , 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean pages; cover shows only slight wear. Former owner's stamp appears twice on title page and name is also written at top right corner of title page.

Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. Bright, clean pages. Cover shows some wear to edges, rubbing, and a crease along the spine. One page has come loose and been inexpertly repaired (protrudes). This page has two small ink marks on it. No further markings in this text. A good reading copy.

Walter Scott, 1891, 1891. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Ex-library. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Cover shows wear: front cover has been taped back onto spine, other side of spine is splitting, and spine tips are frayed/chipped. Boards are also rubbed and edges and corners worn. Internal hinges have cracked and side of title page has tear. Occasional pencil marks in margins. A good reading copy.

Chicago: Univ of Chicago , 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor wear to cover.

Toronto: MacMillan , 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear to edges. 237 pages. "I didn't set out to write a crusading novel. I just wanted to tell a few good stories about some interesting people who live in a senior citizen's hotel. But along the way I found myself engaged in a fight against prejudice. Many people, I discovered, are convinced that only the young are capable of feeling passion and falling in love. It just isn't true" -- dust jacket.

Abingdon Press, 1934, 1934. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Brown cover with gilt lettering/design, firmly bound. Cover shows minor shelf-wear only. Pen markings throughout the book, mainly in margins, but some underlining too. Previous owners' names on front end paper. Ex-library.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Like new, but with slight wear to dust jacket. 150 pages. "The final book by the father of modern travel literature -- Norman Lewis's landmark account of his 1934 journey through the Iberian countryside on the brink of civil war" -- dust jacket. BAY 34.

Singapore: National Library (Singapore), 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. Volume 2 only. Part of the larger series: Writing Asia: Literatures in Englishes. Like new, but with slight wear to covers and abrasion from the removal of a bookplate on half-title pages. 267 pages in each volume. "Sharing Borders . . . is the most comprehensive account we have to date of Singaporean and Malaysian literatures in English. Apart from the assessment of single authors, surveys, and special topics, it provides essential background, traces origins and early development, the way significant themes in the life of the two nations have evolved and been articulated . . . " 9789810839116 and 9789810839130. BAY 30.

Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper, stamp on lower text edge, and small sticker on title page. No other markings. Cover shows minor wear. No dust jacket. 165 pages. Contents: Introduction: Progress and problems -- Chronology -- A constitutional history -- Sound is better than silence -- Faith and freedom -- New technology, new battlefields -- Individual rights and collective interests -- Rights of the accused. BAY 30.

Copenhagen: Nordic Human Rights Publications, 1992. Soft cover. Good. Paperback, c1992. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, with the exception of 5 pages, which have highlighting and pencil markings. Binding is firm. Cover shows wear to edges, including edges of spine. Proceedings of the Seminar on Human Rights and the Modern Application of Islamic Law, Oslo 14-15 February 1992. A rare copy. Contents: Introduction / Tore Lindholm and Kari Vogt -- The concept of "Islamic reformation" / Mohammed Arkoun -- Toward an Islamic theology of toleration / Roy P. Mottahedeh -- A critique of an-Na?im's assessment of Islamic criminal justice / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Abdullahi an-Na?im on constitutional and human rights issues / Ishtiaq Ahmed -- Islamic law/shari?a and human rights: international law and international relations / Bassam Tibi -- Toward an Islamic reformation: responses and reflections / Abdullahi an-Na?im -- Islam and human rights: different issues, different contexts: lessons from… Read More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. 258 pages. "Adopting a boldly innovative approach to women's autobiographical writing, Francoise Lionnet here examines the rhetoric of self-portraiture in works the authors of which are bilingual or multilingual or of mixed races or culture. Autobiographical Voices offers incisive readings of autobiographical texts by the Afro-Americans Zora Neale Hurston and Maya Angelou; Marie Cardinal, a Franco-Algerian; the Caribbean writer Maryse Conde; Marie-Therese Humbert, from Mauritius and two canonical male figures, Augustine and Nietzsche" -- back cover. BAY 34.

London: Bell, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear to edges, light yellowing at back. 102 pages and 52 b&w and colour plates. "It is no exaggeration to claim that properly to understand the work of any artist, it is imperative to understand his techniques. This is particularly so in the case of such an artist as Blake, in which they bear such vast symbolic potential" -- Introduction.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. 186 pages. "A thoughtful account of life on a reserve and the interaction of Native people with White society, this volume is based on the author's three years' experience with one Indian band on the prairies, during a priod of intense negotiation between the band and the federal government" -- back cover.

ConchBooks, 1999, 1999. No Binding. Good. Loose-leaf. Text on thick, glossy paper; 130 attractive colour plates. Pages are unmarked, with the exception of small ink check marks alongside some sub-headings in the text section. Colour plates in pristine condition. Authors discuss systematic position, fossil history, distribution and habitat, shell morphology, biology, and history and shell collecting as it relates to Strombidae. They also delineate the five genera, which are depicted in the colour plates. Loose-leaf, A4 size, 4-hole punch (does not include binder, which can be purchased separately).

Ottawa: Novalis, 2006. Soft cover. As New.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Clean pages, firmly bound. Intermittent pen markings in margins throughout the text. Occasional underlining. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. BAY 36.

Lutterworth: Irene Glendinning, 1997. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear only. Inscription to previous owner on title page.