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Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1985. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 153pp. Rubbing, toning, creasing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Sunning to spine of jacket. Gentle rubbing to edges of gray paper over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: T.S. Eliot's deep interest in Indian philosophical systems has long been acknowledged, but surprisingly little exploration of their influence on his poetry and drama has been undertaken. In T.S. Eliot, Vedanta, and Buddhism, Sri juxtaposes the essential perceptions of Indian thought with Eliot's work to illuminate his vision of the human condition.(Publisher).

New York: Little Simon, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2010. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Signed by Robert Sabuda to label adhering to rear board. Pictorial paper over boards. Hard bumping to tail of spine and closed tear to edge of head of spine at rear board. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Pop-ups are as new. Enclosed in original publisher's sleeve. A very presentable signed copy of this extravagant pop-up edition of the beloved fairy tale and the work of master of the art Robert Sabuda. Good condition due to tear at head of spine, interior fine.

Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". x, 270pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with 3 1/2" neat tear to front cover. Brown paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in gilt. Dust spotting to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When detectives come upon a murder victim, there's one thing they want to know above all else: When did the victim die? The answer can narrow a group of suspects, make or break an alibi, even assign a name to an unidentified body. But outside the fictional world of murder mysteries, time-of-death determinations have remained infamously elusive, bedeviling criminal investigators throughout history. Armed with an array of high-tech devices and tests, the world's best forensic pathologists are… Read More

[Chicago]: Northeastern Illinois University, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Good. First Edition. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". vii, 90pp. Mild wear to paper wraps, with dust soiling, rather heavy at rear wrap, and bumping and rubbing to extremities."Compliments of the Office of the President of Northeastern Illinois University" bookmark laid in. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable copy of this memoir of Northeastern Illinois University by its first president, Jerome M. Sachs (1914-2012), for whom the University's Jerome M. Sachs Administration Building is named.

London: William Heinemann, 2002. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". x, 270pp. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing and toning to edges. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When detectives come upon a murder victim, there's one thing they want to know above all else: When did the victim die? The answer can narrow a group of suspects, make or break an alibi, even assign a name to an unidentified body. But outside the fictional world of murder mysteries, time-of-death determinations have remained infamously elusive, bedeviling criminal investigators throughout history. Armed with an array of high-tech devices and tests, the world's best forensic pathologists are doing their best to shift the balance, but as Jessica Snyder… Read More

Hopewell: The Ecco Press, 1993. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". 445pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers and edges. Spots of toning to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An anthology of blues lyrics heavily weighted to the so-called "country blues" but covering the whole spectrum of blues, from beginnings in Texas, the Mississippi delta, Alabama, and Georgia, as well as the female "city blues" singers of the mid-'20's, to later developments in such urban centers as Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago.(Publisher).

New York: New York University Press, 2018. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". ix, 217pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Tail of spine is gently bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Book appears to be unread. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Explores the racialization of immigrants from post-Soviet states and the nuances of citizenship for this new diaspora. Mapping representations of post-1980s immigration from the former Soviet Union to the United States in interviews, reality TV shows, fiction, and memoirs, Claudia Sadowski-Smith shows how this nationally and ethnically diverse group is associated with idealized accounts of the assimilation and upward mobility of early twentieth-century arrivals from Europe. As it traces the contributions of historical Eastern European migration to the emergence of a white racial identity that continues to provide privileges to many post-Soviet migrants, the book places the post-USSR diaspora… Read More

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6". 311pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to decorative paper over boards. Light rubbing to all-edge gilt. Previous owner's name in ink to front flyleaf. Very occasional penciled notation to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions of Saint Augustine has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal. Starting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions, and following his ascent to influence as a teacher of rhetoric in Hippo, Rome, and Milan, Augustine is brutally honest about his proud and amibitious youth. In time, his early loves grow cold and the luster of wordly success fades, leaving him… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". xiv, 385pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the past ten years, there has been growing interest in applying our knowledge of the human brain to the field of education - including reading, learning, language, and mathematics. This has resulted in the development of a number of new practices in education - some good, some bad, and some just crazy. Hence we have had theories suggesting that listening to Mozart can boost intelligence, foot massages can help unruly pupils, fish oil can boost brain power, even the idea that breathing through your left nostril can enhance creativity! Sadly, there is a gap between what neuroscientists or cognitive psychologists know about brain/mind functions and the supposedly scientific theory underlying the practices used daily in our schools. So what has caused this… Read More

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1988. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. The Franklin Library First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 354pp. Mild shelf wear to covers and edges of blue leather over boards. Corners of boards are gently bumped. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments. Light dust-spotting to all-edge gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. With orange silk bookmark sewn in. Binding is sound. A handsome copy of this limited first edition work by Harrison E. Salisbury. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The second volume of the author's personal memoirs as a reporter for the New York Times; it covers the years 1954 to the present with material on China, Russia, and Vietnam.(Publisher).

London: John Murray, 1953. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good +. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 3/4". xii, 236pp. Mild wear to red cloth over boards with light rubbing to covers and bumps to edges. Faint sunning and white library markings to spine. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to gutters of endpapers. Stamp from Carolina Village Library to rear paste-down. Small inked notation to title page. Description from dust jacket has been pasted to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. An overall clean, colid copy this collection of portraits and paintings by Frank O. Salisbury.

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 419pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black leather over boards. Four raised bands to spine with five gilt compartments. Dust-spotting to all-edge gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With information card from The Franklin Library laid in. A handsome limited edition copy of this work by Harrison E. Salisbury. ABOUT THIS BOOK: By retracing the path, interviewing the survivors, and studying the archives, Salisbury chronicles the two-thousand-mile escape march from Chiang Kai-Shek in 1932 that marked the beginning of Chinese communism's rise to power under Mao Zedong.(Publisher).

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 213pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In Echoes, John Sallis mobilizes the figure of echo, used by Heidegger to characterize originary thinking, as the motif around which to organize a radical reading of Heidegger's most important texts.(Publisher).

New York: Peter Lang, 2015. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". viii, 263pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Concept mapping is a powerful means to promote metacognitive learning in students and teachers alike. When teachers integrate concept mapping into their instructional planning, they clarify the big ideas, expose new conceptual relationships, and refine learning goals for their students. Salmon and Kelly provide a research-based framework and corresponding strategies to help teachers develop, critique, and revise their concept maps. In using this approach, teachers refine knowledge for teaching in order to expand their adaptive expertise and ultimately improve the academic performances of their students. Teacher candidates at both the undergraduate and graduate level can use this book to support their professional learning and planning for teaching. Teacher educators… Read More

Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1986. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7". ix, 82pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book traces the history of the Washington Iron Works, in Franklin County, a small charcoal furnace typical in size and operation. The second Virginia works erected south of the James River and the first major industry of Franklin County, the Washington Iron Works differed from other antebellum Virginia ironworks in two ways: its continued vitality (in a period when iron-manufacturing companies rose and fell with alarming regularity) and the unusual talents and personalities of the men associated with it. The owner's of the ironworks and their extended families were among the most influential inhabitants of the county in the antebellum period, and their role in the county's history is remembered there even today.(Publisher).

Vancouver: Pediment Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. Signed by the author and by Jack Cristil in ink at title page. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 232pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Inked gift inscription to previous owner to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Mississippi State University and author Sid Salter present a celebration of the 58-year career of Jack Cristil, legendary MSU sports broadcaster. Over the course of his career, Cristil called 636 football games or roughly 60 percent of all football games played in MSU's history. In his 54 season of calling MSU men's basketball, he described the action of almost 55 percent of all men's basketball games ever played in school history. But that's only part of Cristil's extraordinary life. This book chronicles a remarkable journey in which Jack Cristil has been a… Read More

Dianne Salvador and Joel Wight, 2016. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 10" X 7". xxii, 275pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Doctors who mentor play a significant role in the development of their junior medical colleagues. This book equips doctors with knowledge and tools for performing the role of mentor to junior medical colleagues in a constructive and productive way. The approach to the mentor role described in this book will allow you to: -perform the relational and developmental work of mentoring -add structure to the mentoring you deliver -assist junior medical colleagues to develop knowledge, skills, performance, and awareness and practise of values -apply your mentoring knowledge and skills to diverse mentoring scenarios -contribute to cultural change in the field of medicine. In this book you will discover: -mentoring as a partnership and a process for doctor development -the mentor's… Read More

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". xx, 371pp. Rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Price sticker to front cover. Faint spots of toning to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pedagogy, both the discipline and the word itself, has had a tortured history. It has been used as a synonym for practice and acquired negative connotations that confuse it with pedantry, conferring low status on those associated with it (schoolteachers and professors of education). In the 1880s, for example, most university professors of pedagogy made a concerted effort to replace the term with education. In the 1960s, however, pedagogy surfaced again as an alternative to education in academic departments that had once openly ridiculed it. But pedagogy's fractured meaning cannot be explained away as a matter of technical jargon or political fashion. To do so conceals the power… Read More

Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, 2003. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/4". Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Small spot of toning to bottom edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. The philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles - From the French of Eusèbe Saverte is an unchanged reprint of the original edition of 1862.(Publisher).

Oxford: Westview Press, 2004. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". x, 193pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Penciled notation to first 15 pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Drawing upon the author's extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the world, Pastoralists is an authoritative synthesis of the varieties of pastoral life. At an ethnographic level, the concise volume provides detailed analyses of divergent types of pastoral societies, including segmentary tribes, tribal chiefdoms, and peasant pastoralists. At the same time, it addresses a set of substantive theoretical issues: ecological and cultural variation, equality and inequality, hierarchy and the basis of power, and state power and resistance. The book validates "pastoralists" as a conceptual category even as it reveals the… Read More