Search Results: Authors starting with N from Palimpsest Scholarly Books

Book, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is new, still in shrinkwrap. 304 pages."This legendary novel has been the source of much anxiety and contention for Nabokov's fans - and family. The late Vladimir Nabokov requested that this unfinished work be destroyed, but his son, Dmitri, did not oblige, although neither did he allow the work to be published - until now. "The Original of Laura" is about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous woman, and whose meditations concern the nature of death. The novel was complete in Nabokov's mind, though he died before he could translate his vision on to paper. It is hard, however, to imagine any scholars, Nabokov enthusiasts or literature lovers being disappointed by even these fragments."

Author-signed first printing. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 9", is in fine condition. Author's signature on title page under his printed name. 212 pages.
"Winner of the H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction at the 2004 Oregon Book Awards and GLCA's 2005 New Writers Award, Scott Nadelson's interrelated short stories are graceful, vivid narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own plots and desires as he struggles to balance his sense of identity with his longing to gain acceptance from his family and peers. In Kosher, Daniel's disdain for his parents' values and lifestyle, for their materialism and need for security, leads him to take a job as a telemarketer for the Robowski Fund for the Disabled, a charity benefiting two people only: Daniel and Helen Robowski. And in "Young Radicals," Daniel… Read More

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is in mylar cover. xii/287 pages."In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about slavery was to explore—or deny—its obvious shortcomings, its inhumanity, its contradictions. To celebrate it required explaining away the nation's proclaimed belief in equality and its public promise of rights for all, while to condemn it was to insult people who might be related by ties of blood, friendship, or business, and perhaps even to threaten the very economy and political stability of the nation.For this reason, Paul D. Naish argues, Americans displaced their most provocative criticisms and darkest fears… Read More

First printing. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 8.5", is in fine condition. Pages printed in reverse order. 220 pages."Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world."Naoki Urasawa (b. 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, who has been called one of the artists that changed the history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once.

This trilingual work (Catalan, Spanish, English) charts the career of Spanish photographer Joaquim Gomis (1902–1991), placing particular emphasis on his "photoscopes," albums in which he developed a language somewhere between that of the cinema and of reportage to document the work of contemporaries such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Antoni Gaudí.

Islamic Philosophy Translation Series. Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.5", is bound in gray cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and covers. Book is like new. Bilingual in Persian and English. Various paginations. "This book contains the Persian texts and an English translation of three metaphysical treatises by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tusi descended from Abu Ja'far ...Our author was born on the 18th day of February in the year 1201 in city of Tus, located in the north eastern province of Khurasan in Iran, and died in the city of Baghdad in Iraq, in the 26th day of June in the year 1274."

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. Numerous textual illustrations. Text is in Hebrew. 206 pages.Biography of Israeli playwright and translator Nissim Aloni (1926-1998), who was recipient of the 1983 Bialik Prize for literature and the 1996 Israel Prize for stage arts – dramatics.

Folio, measuring approximately 13.25" x 18.75", is new, still in shrink-wrapped publisher's box. 608 pages.
"After Egon Schiele (1890-1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model Gustav Klimt, he had just ten years to inscribe his signature style into the annals of modernity before the Spanish flu claimed his life. Being a child prodigy quite aware of his own genius and a passionate provocateur, this didn't prove to be too big a challenge. His haggard, overstretched figures, drastic depiction of sexuality, and self-portraits in which he staged himself with emaciated facial expressions bordering between brilliance and madness, had none of the decorative quality of Klimt's hymns of love, sexuality, and yearning devotion. Instead, Schiele's work spoke of a brutal honesty, one that would upset and irreversibly change Viennese society."
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Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.5", is in fine condition. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. 226 pages."Identifying three reasons for the outbreak of World War I -- preemption, loss of control, and miscalculated escalation -- Lebow argues that all three are equally serious threats to peace and survival. He documents how psychological stress during previous crises has induced erratic behavior, even paralysis, on the part of national leaders. A nuclear crisis, Lebow argues, would generate even more stress because of the unprecedented danger involved and the time pressure leaders would probably face under the circumstances -- and for this reason an undesirable outcome is altogether too likely. To counter this danger, he offers several practical recommendations to reduce crisis instability and, with it, the likelihood of nuclear war."

Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", shows light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Numerous tables and graphs. xii/283 pages."This book provides the first systematic explanation of the origins of constitutional designs from an analytical, historical, and comparative perspective. Based on a comprehensive analysis of constitutional change in Latin America from 1900 to 2008 and four detailed case studies, Gabriel Negretto shows that the main determinants of constitutional choice are the past performance of constitutions in providing effective and legitimate instruments of government and the strategic interests of the actors who have influence over institutional selection. The book explains how governance problems shape the general guidelines for reform, while strategic calculations and power resources affect the selection of specific alternatives of design. It also emphasizes the importance of the events that trigger reform and the designers' level of electoral… Read More

First printing. Five-volume set.These books are in excellent condition.Alphabetically arranged entries in five chronological volumes focus on individual authors, works, and topics related to multiethnic American literature. Reflecting the vast cultural diversity of American literature, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive introduction to the spectacularly diverse range of ethnic-minority American writers. Including more than 1100 alphabetically arranged entries, it is useful to those interested in understanding contemporary American society and literature. This is a heavy item that will require extra shipping cost.

First printing. With an introduction and afterword by the author. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.25" x 8", is like new. 192 pages."These three plays were written and performed over the memorable summer of 2020. Forced into isolation as the pandemic raged and protests against racism spread after the murder of George Floyd, the Apple Family of Rhinebeck, New York, gather over Zoom to share meals and weather the storms. Together, virtually, they swap jokes, stories and their adventures with grocery shopping and dating; they reveal their depression and fears, they mourn lost friends and even watch a dance performance, as the world outside sputters out of control, amidst anger, illness, and a coming election."

Coleccion Opera Mundi. First printing. Edition, prologue and notes by Hernan Loyola. Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new, with texts on Bible paper. Illustrated cardboard slipcase displays light wear. 1498 pages.This volume brings together texts from the last ten years of Neruda's life (1964-1973), as well as his incomplete memoirs "Confieso que he vivido: memorias" (1933-1973), a selection of his correspondence (1922-1973), a selection of interviews (1926-1971), and Neruda's translations of the works of Rilke, Joyce, Blake, Whitman, Hermlin, and Baudelaire, among others.

Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 8.5" x 10.5", is, together with dust jacket, new, still in shrinkwrap. 244 pages."Explores how the Renaissance artist Hans Holbein the Younger came to develop his mature artistic styles through the key historical contexts framing his work: the controversies of the Reformation and Renaissance debates about rhetoric"

Wisconsin Studies in Film series. Second edition. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is new. xxix/408 pages."The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. "A History of the French New Wave Cinema" offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave."

First printing. Volume is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and facsimile of author's signaure on front cover. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name and date (November 1976) appear on front flyleaf. Pages are clean and bright. Price-clipped dust jacket displays wear, with mild rubbing to panels and closed tears at top/bottom of spine panel. Jacket is preserved in paper-backed mylar cover. 190 pages.

Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest, No. 20. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in tan cloth, with gilt-lettered black compartments to spine and front cover. Book is new. This work contains textual illustrations and extensive bibliography. xxviii/327 pages."Newell, himself with nearly three decades of service to the U.S. Army, provides readers with a brief introduction to the people and events that have made the U.S. Army the strongest military force in the world. The volume profiles the leaders and the accomplishments of the U.S. Army from the beginning of its 226-year history to the present. Entries include: Top military and civilian leaders; Notable enemies; Logistics/weaponry; Significant wars. Includes a listing of the army casualties by war, as well as lists detailing the total number of those who served in the army, the number of army battle deaths, as well as war injuries. Several appendices accompany the dictionary, covering topics such as the… Read More

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays small closed tear at top edge of rear panel. Jacket, otherwise in fine condition, is preserved in mylar cover. x/308 pages.Preface: "The idea of this book originally came to me during my years of study with Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles ( 1938-1941). At that time I was first introduced to the most radical works of Schoenberg works virtually unknown in this country so far as public performances are concerned. I felt the need of a historical background which would explain the origins of the new style. It was this which brought me to a study of the works of Mahler and Bruckner; for Schoenberg's oft expressed indebtedness to Mahler plainly indicated that the roots of Schoenberg's style might be found in Mahler's scores ( however different Mahler's music might be in texture from Schoenberg's), and the relationship between Mahler and Bruckner… Read More

Volume, measuring approximately 7" x 9.75", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Top edge of text block is tinted black. Interior is clean and without markings. xii/724/v pages.

De Proprietatibus Litterarum, Series Maior 27. Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.5", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition. Jacket, with sunning to spine panel, is preserved in mylar cover. xv/456 pages.