Search Results: Authors starting with S from Books of the World

Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 1995. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. 400 pages.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2008. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 177-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Understanding genetics is like sitting down to work a massive puzzle. With each piece you examine, think through, and solve, you glean a new and amazing insight into humanity. Put several pieces together, and you can treat or cure a disease, save a developing fetus from a fatal birth defect, catch a criminal, or reunite a family. Each lecture begins with a helpful story that illustrates the importance of genetics. The course explicitly outlines the connections between the science of genetics and the health-related problems that plague us in modern society, and illuminates how studying genetics can be instrumental in solving those problems.Contents: 1ecture 1. Our inheritance -- lecture 2. Mendel and genes -- lecture 3.… Read More

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, May 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. No markings. Interior pristine. Very slight reading wear to edges. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. xii + 250 pages.
In struggling to retain their cultural unity, the Mexican-American communities of the American Southwest in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have produced a significant body of literature. Chicano Narrative examines representative narratives--including the novel, short story, narrative verse, and autobiography--that have been excluded from the American canon.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, May 1999. Hardcover. Revised Edition / first printing, full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by Author. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge. Jacket clean and bright. Edges rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 192 pages.
This is the book that ushered in the revolution in Thai cooking in kitchens across America. Featuring the classic recipes that earned Keo an international following, along with new recipes fresh from the kitchen of his world-famous restaurant in Hawaii. Keo's Thai Cuisine has long been the definitive source for home cooks serious about Thai cuisine. Each chapter is structured to allow a beginner to understand the components and philosophy of Thai cuisine, as well as prepare such winning dishes as Keo's Thai Spring Rolls, Evil Jungle Prince with Mixed Vegetables, and Musamen Beef Curry.

Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin, September 2014. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library.
Turn a spotlight on what's great about your school! Inform, engage, and support your school community with this step-by-step guide. Explore the benefits of branding and create an action plan for sharing the excellent things unfolding in your classroom, school, or district.
Contents: Introduction -- 1. The importance of Telling Your Story -- 2. Your Heart = Your Story -- 3. Building Your Brand and Preparing to Tell Your Story -- 4. Using Social Media to Tell Your Story -- 5. Giving Voice to All Stakeholders in the Storytelling Experience -- 6. Does the Brand Promise Match the Brand Experience? -- 7. It's a Wrap -- References.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2005. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 120-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Not from a library. From the estate of Amato Giaccia, MD. Suitable for gifting. An interdisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject. In 24 lectures, you will investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors, some of them abnormal. You will see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work. Contents: Lecture 1 Biology and Behavior—An Introduction ; Lecture 2 The Basic Cells of the Nervous System ; Lecture 3 How Two Neurons Communicate ; Lecture 4 Learning and Synaptic Plasticity ; Lecture 5 The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons ; Lecture 6… Read More

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1989. Trade Paperback. Good. Highlighting, underlining, and notes. Spine creased. Cover clean. Not from a library. 366 pages. This general history of Southeast Asia is a product of 20 years of university teaching and research and it aims to provide a broad survey of trends and currents in the historical panorama of the region, combining thematic and chronological approaches.

New York: Dell, August 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Pages tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers foxed. Not from a library. 367 pages.

Georgetown, Guyana: Prime Time Advertising, 1996. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Original bookseller's price to first page, otherwise unmarked. Securely bound with two staples. Covers clean. Not from a library. 60 pages.

San Francisco: Harper, October 1991. Trade Paperback. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. Remainder mark. 191 pages. A method of yoga for overall fitness that teaches "if it hurts, it's wrong'"--from a vibrant 83-year-old master.

London: HarperCollins, June 1996. Hardcover. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Slight edgewear. Publisher's sample label to jacket spine, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 144 pages. Lavishly illustrated encyclopedia of 130 old roses illustrated with over 200 color photographs. Shows how to use roses with arches, hedges, and walls, as well as in beds and borders, and offers advice on planting and maintaining a rose garden.

New York: H.S.D. Publications. December 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelf-wear and mild tanning. Small chipping to spine. Crease on rear cover. 164 pages. Contents: The Diver by Clark Howard (novelette); Martin for the Defense by Jaime Sandaval; Downright Murderous by George Grover Kipp; Monologue in a Meat Market by Frank Sisk; The Very Best People by Lee Chisholm; Delay in Flight by Donald Olson; Home-Town Boy by Jack Ritchie; Sweet, Sweet Revenge by Benjamin Swift; Games for Adults by John Lutz; The Second Thief by David A. Heller; Rubber Bullets by Edward D. Hoch; The Luck of the Kid by Pauline C. Smith; Triple Cross by Miriam Allen deFord; The Killing by Bill Pronzini; North to Grandview by Nancy Schachterle.

New York: Ecco / HarperCollins, April 2006. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Fine book with pictorial cover in a Fine half jacket. Not from a library. As New but for a black remainder mark on the bottom edge. xiv + 478 pages.In response to a declaration by the last royal governor of Virginia that any rebel-owned slave who escaped and served the King would be emancipated, tens of thousands of slaves--Americans who clung to the sentimental notion of British freedom--escaped from farms, plantations and cities to try to reach the British camp. This mass movement lasted as long as the war did, and a military strategy originally designed to break the plantations of the American South had unleashed one of the great exoduses in American history. Schama details the odyssey of the escaped blacks through the fires of war and the terror of potential recapture at the war's end, into inhospitable Nova Scotia, where thousands who had served the Crown were betrayed and, in a little-known hegira of the slave… Read More

New York: Little, Brown and Company, November 2010. First Edition, fourth printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Top front corner bumped. Two dog-eared pages. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 368 pages. The life of the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have… Read More

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. May 1976. Very Good+: Light soiling to front cover. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Minotaur in a Mushroom Maze" (serial, part 1 of 3) by Richard & Nancy Carrigan. Includes "Speculation" (novelette) by George O. Smith; "Projections" (novelette) by Stephen Robinett; "The Prince in Metropolis" (short story) by Gordon Eklund; "This, Too, We Reconcile" (short story) by John M. Ford; "How to Move the Earth" (science fact) by Stanley Schmidt; "New Worlds for Old" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Jack Gaughan, George Schelling, and John Schoenherr.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, December 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Binding square and tight. Interior unmarked other than the original bookseller's price stamp. Covers clean with mild shelfwear. Foxing to closed edges. Not from a library. 421 pages. A study of the role of human rights in United States policy toward Latin America from the early 1960s to 1980. The author proposes that to understand U.S. policy in Latin America, one must critically examine the deeply held beliefs of U.S. policy makers about what Latin America means to U.S. national security. Contents:Introduction1. Latin America and U.S. Public Opinion; 2. Interest Groups; 3. Diplomacy and Human Rights; 4. Economic Aid: Participants and Processes; 5. Economic Aid and Human Rights; 6. Military Assistance; 7. Multilateral Economic Assistance; 8. Linkages to the U.S. Private Sector; Conclusion.

Washington, D.C.: Women, Law & Development / OEF International, 1986. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine book. Light reading wear. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. xv + 354 pages.

Washington, D.C.: Women, Law & Development / OEF International, 1986. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine book. Light reading wear. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. viii + 163 pages. This book contains papers from a Workshop on Gender and Human Rights organized by the Institute for Women, Law, and Development as a part of NGO activities during the UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, June 1993.

Washington, D.C.: OEF International, 1986. Trade Paperback. A Very Good book. Prior owner's name to two pages. Underlinging to one page noted. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. 454 pages.

New York: Mallard Press, August 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine square and tight. Light foxing to top edge and endpapers. Light shelfwear to jacket. 208 pages. Heavy item; possible additional charge for international and/or expedited shipping.A fascinating full-color tour of the premier saltwater fishing locations around the globe, concentrating on locations most renowned for their outstanding sport fishing action. Featured are the east and west coasts of North America and the unparalleled fishing grounds of the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe. Focusing on the major attractions at each location--fish such as marlin, tuna, and bonefish. In addition, Schultz describes seasonal game fish presence and trends, fishing techniques, preferred seasonal fishing times, notable past catches (including world records) and angling folklore of each region. Superbly illustrated with full-color photographs and detailed diagrams.