Search Results: Authors starting with L from BiblioStax

Rodale Press, 2009. Lt. shelf wear. Pages fine.In LL Cool J's Platinum Workout, LL let you in on the secrets of his transformation with his uniquely creative, yet no-nonsense regimen - enlivened with humor and sheer force of personality - he will inspire you to enjoy working out as never before, while building a body you never thought possible. LL Cool J and Scooter Honig blend standard free-weight lifts, plyometrics, fighters' moves, calisthenics, endurance training, and much more to create what they call their "combination platter" - a highly effective, dynamic, and diversified total-body workout. Whether you are just starting a program or looking to get to the next level, you can choose from four levels of fitness, from Bronze to Platinum. 242 pages.. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Lawrence, Kansas: R & D Publications, 1992. Lt. shelf wear. Pages fine. Text only, no diskette. Fourth printing revised for v.1.09. Programming embedded systems. 266 pages.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York, Lincoln, Shanghai: iUniverse Inc., 2006. Glossy pictorial wraps. Pages fine. Cover depicts a yellow diamond road sign w/bigfoot crossng. Novella begins with Luke Ambrose who only wanted to enjoy his snowmobile trip to an old abandoned mining community of Park City. But, he was not prepared for an encounter with two human-like hairy giants. When a friend injures one of the giant creatures, and they collect hair samples from the injured being. The mysterious ones then hide in an abandoned mine, and cannot be found. They give the blood and hair samples to a Tom Cameron, and have them tested by a DNA testing agency. The testing confirms the samples came from the hairy giant. Cameron's friend, Bud Racine, launches an expedition. But, the Council of Elders finds out about the expedition, and they summon the Nature spirits to protect the giants. An earth-shaking battle ensues between the human hunters and Nature's guardians. 54 pages.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. Stated Tenth Printing, August, 1972. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages good. Classic cover art. Few bookstore marks. 190 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1989. Green cloth boards, gilt cover, spine titles. Pages as new. Large 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" design. 380 pages. Name inside cover.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Facts on File Publications, 1987. First print. Large hardcover w/dj. Dk. blue textured boards, white stamped spine titles, as new. Pages fine. Illustrated throughout. Dj lt. edge wear; protected in new clear sleeve. An illustrated introduction to the evolution of man, from the early hominids to the present day. 256 pages. Name inside cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2001. Slight shelf wear. Pages fine, no writing. Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the many standards of distributional analysis used in the fields of social policy, welfare theory, and public finance. Using only basic constructions of calculus, probability, and the economics of consumer behavior, it develops a consistent mathematical approach into a self-contained and unified treatment of the distribution and redistribution of income. 313 pages.. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983. First printing; full number-line. Dark blue glossy pictorial boards, moderate shelf wear, bow. Pages very good; no writing. Stylish signature inside front, back covers: "Jim Cleereman, 786-7397". Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated throughout with geometric diagrams, photography. Scarce reference text. Contents include: Leetering, Notation, and Linework; Geometric Construction; Projection; Points and Lines; Planes; Intersections; Developments; Mining and Geology; Warped Surfaces; The Helix; Tangencies; Shades and Shadows; and, Vectors and Graphical Statics. Includes 6-page index. 446 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Higgins, John James; Scheetz, Patrick Joseph. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D. C.: Service Center for Teachers of history, Publisher, 1941. Blue wraps moderate wear. Pages good, some w/underscore. Saddle-stitch bind. Good reading copy. 39 pages.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Covington, Georgia : The Aramaic Bible Society , 2002. Scarce second edition. Glossy blue pictorial boards, slight shelf wear. Cover depicts shining cross, scroll, and stone plates w/red, white and yellow titles. Pages near fine. First couple w/little light pencilling. Bind fine; hinges intact. A word about the author Dr. George M. Lamsa at back board. For the first time, the idioms and metaphors in the bible are illustrated and explained in selected vignettes. George M. Lamsa brings to this work a lifetime of scholarship and translation of the Eastern manuscripts of the Bible. He was raised in Assyria. During his lifetime he translated "The Holy Bible" from the Aramaic of the Peshitta and authored over twenty books illuminating the original meaning of Scripture. While translating the Scriptures from the ancient Aramaic into English, Lamsa became aware of the idioms or colloquial metaphors often misunderstood in the original reference language and culture. He created this… Read More

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1983. Slight wear. Some tanning to cover. Pages fine; no writing. While translating the Scriptures from the ancient Aramaic into English, Lamsa bacame aware of the idioms contained. He created this volume of 1,000 uncommon expressions to facilitate understanding of the Bible. 84 pages. Insured post.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Prentice-Hall, 1987. Written by an experienced magazine editor, provides a practical introduction to magazine writing. Begins by emphasising necessity of thoroughly analyzing a magazine before trying to write for it, and then leads reader step-by-step through the magazine writing process: selecting article ideas; testing ideas on magazine editors; carrying out in-depth research; developing skills as an interviewer; writing and revising. 203 pages.. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Holyoke, Mass. - Ludgate Circus, London : The Elizabeth Towne Co. - L. N. Fowler & Co. , 1927. 1927 at title page. Stated copyright 1922 by Brown Landone. Rare book of intriguing interest. Sharp near very good rarity. Dark violet semi-soft cover fashioned with what appears to be a ribbed patterned leather or leather-like reptilian material, gilt spine titles, moderate edge wear, rub, spine chip. Front panel features Elizabeth Towne blind-stamped insignia "Self-Help Through Self-Knowledge - Nautilus - Offers New Selves for Old." Pages very good, clean. Illustrated endpapers with image of dignified lady in flowing garments and the Towne emblem motif repeated. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Near good rarity with very good interior of this powerful insight. Rather amazing elemental material of the human soul's potential and its Creator. Each highly charged chapter has further sub-chapters of diverse interest. Scarce volume and material. From introduction: Some are… Read More

152 West 42nd St., New York, N. Y. : The Book of Gold, Publishers , 1940. Intriguing original material. 1940 at copyright page. Brown pictorial wraps, some corner, edge wear, rub. Front cover features frontal image of Sphinx with great pyramid in b.g. Pages good. Bind good. Large illustration section at back in aid of concepts presented in text. Several pages of adverts at back. Near good rarity. 177 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Holyoke, Mass. - Ludgate Circus, London : The Elizabeth Towne Co. - L. N. Fowler & Co. , 1939. Stated copyright 1939 by Brown Landone. Rare book of intriguing interest. Pallid green matte wraps, black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, toning. Towne Books stated at spine. Pages very good, clean. Few w/lightly pencilled checkmarks in margin. Small antiquarian bookstore label inside cover shiny black w/gold font: "San Francisco's Metaphysical Library & Book Shop, 177 Post St." Saddle-stitch bind, good. Sharp very good rarity. Rather amazing basic material of human soul and its Creator. Each highly charged chapter has further sub-chapters of diverse interest. Scarce booklet and material. Contents: "Introduction; I. The Catalyst - What It Is and What It Does; II. The Catalyst of Uniting with Others; III. The Activating Power of Your Soul; IV. Soul Catalysts for Man's Use; V. Unused Power of the Spirit; VI. Like Unto Spirit; VII. The Key Power of All… Read More

New York: The International College Society , 1926. Stated: "Copyrighted 1923, 1926 by The International College Society, Inc." This is the "Patrons Edition. Prepared expressly for Patrons of Honor..." featuring two beautiful pictorial color plates in red, white and blue over gold b.g. and "in commemoration of the World War veterans and the widows and orphans that American patriots have not forgotten." Each volume with dark green linen cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, bump. Front covers features titles with torch and laurels oneither side, below titles is emblem of DVRC with American goddess comforting two disabled warriors and golden V at bottom corner with blind-stamped border fields. Spines feature titles and subtitles with volume numbers. Heavy stock deckled pages generally very good, clean. Several leaves remaining uncut in the set. Bright gilded exterior top edges. Each features over fifty amazing photo plates with… Read More

Orlando, Florida: The Landone Foundation , 1940. Rare material. White wraps, moderate wear, toning. Pages very good. Saddle-stitch bind, good. Tall slim booklet. Landone does not claim to be a prophet merely that every prediction he has made after consulting the Teleois data has proved to be true. An intriguing and more truthful sequence of WWII events based upon historical dates and Landone's past successful predictions. 28 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Lakeside, California: Adlai House Publishing, 1994. First printing; full number-line. Glossy pictorial wraps, light shelf wear. Pages fine. Illustrated throughout. Appealing w/many old photos, and entertaining stories along w/some of the most interesting and simple recipes. The spices and cajun cooking all lend to the rich flavors. They were called pirates, sea dogs, and buccaneers. Terror ruled the Caribbean waters for 300 years. From the West Indies to New Orleans arose another legend, some of the finest cooking to be found on the Seven Seas. Creoles, gumbos, and jambalya. A living legend. Travel back to the days of Caribbean adventures and the taste of the times. 125 pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag, 1970. Picctorial boards light corner, edge wear. Missing exterior spine. Bind good. Heavy stock coated pages very good. Illustrated with beautiful paintings of ancient ships throughout. 191 pages.. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

1480 Millar Drive, Glendale, California : Norseman Press - The Landsverk Foundation , 1969. Copyright 1969 by The Landsverk Foundation. Attractively signed and inscribed by O. G. Landsverk at front endpaper: "To Charles Jacobson, with my compliments - O. G. Landsverk, June 11, 1969". Sienna cloth buckram boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, light shelf wear, rub. Front boards and wrapper panel feature design of Norseman etching runic message with date into stone. Pages near fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce original beige dust wrapper, light shelf wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Front and back flaps provide detailed summary description of this volume's objective. Illustrated with nineteen varying designs of runic translation tables, imagery, and photos. Contents: "Foreword; Introduction; The Devlopment and Procedures of Norse Dated Cryptography; Four Early Elveventh-Century North American Runestones; The Kingigtorssuaq Cryptogram; The Kensington… Read More