Search Results: Titles starting with A from Joseph Valles - Books

上海 ：世界书局 , [Shanghai : Shi jie shu ju (World Publishing House)], Feb / 59 (1959), 1959. Good. [2], 524, 1005, [14] pp. : tables ; 18 cm. ; orange cloth with gold characters, in green and white dustjacket ; frayed dustjacket ; front flyleaf out ; name on front ep ; foxing ; shaken ; thick volume ; listing of parts of speech at back in tables plus a short chapter on composition ; G/FAIR [This listing contains text in Chinese fonts]

Redmond, Wash. : Microsoft Press, 2000., 2000. Fine. 2nd ed. ; xxx, 654 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0735611092; 9780735611092 LCCN: 00-29213 ; OCLC: 43641374 ; "Microsoft Press applies its popular competency-based learning format to A+ certification test preparation. Entry-level IT professionals, computer service technicians, and other computer science track students can use the kit to build real-world expertise with systems hardware and operating systems--as they prepare for the corresponding skill areas of the A+ exam. The entire course is feat ured on the CD-ROM." ; color pictorial boards ; CD-Rom present ; FINE

Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia : Bay Books, an imprint of Murdoch Books Pty, Limited, 2005, 2005. Fine. 1007 pp. ; full color illustrations ; stiff paper wrappers ; "The A-Z of Garden Flowers" is an easy-to-use reference for novice and expert gardeners alike; Easy-to-use growing guide, with one plant per page; clear and concise details on when and where to grow each plant; Full color photographs of more than 450 plants -- Flowers and ideas for all-year-round gardening" ; thick volume ; writing on title page, else FINE

[Cairo] ; Lausanne, Switzerland : al Ahram/Elsevier, 1969., 1969. Very Good. 3rd printing ; 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm. ; OCLC: 20840818 ; LC: DT56.9 ; Text in English, French, and German. ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; travellers' guide through the areas of Abydos-Esna, Edfu-Komombo, A swan-Kalabsha, Philae, and Abu Simbel in Egypt, with historical background to various locations ; VG

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971., 1971. Poor. 192 pp., portraits, 22 cm. ; red cloth with silver and black lettering, in dustjacket illustrated by Putzu ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, pocket ; back eps torn, missing ; slight knock ; tears on endpapers ; foxed ; ISBN: 0684124491 ; LCCN 78-158884 ; READING COPY ; POOR

[New York] : A William Morrow, Sweet Springs Press Book, 1986., 1986. Good. Peach cloth with silver lettering, no dustjacket ; small spot on lower front cover ; grease pencil mark on front ep ; color plates, several black & white photos, map ; G

New York : Routledge, 1999., 1999. Very Good. x, 306 p. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0415923328 ; LCCN: 99-16197 ; OCLC: 41467819 ; LC: DS799.63.C6 ; Dewey: 327.5105124/9/09049 ; Contents: Economic interdependence and political divergence: a background analysis of the Taiwan Strait crisis / Suisheng Zhao - - The origins of conflict across the Taiwan Strait: the problem of differences in perceptions / John F. Copper -- Changing leadership consensus: the domestic context of war games / You Ji -- Changing leadership perceptions: the adoption of a coercive strategy / Suisheng Zhao -- The Taiwan Strait crisis: causes, scenarios, and solutions / Qimao Chen -- The political economy of Taiwan's mainland policy / Yun-han Chu -- The cross-strait talks of 1993, the rest of the story: the irresolvable conflict in cross-strait relations / Shelley Rigger -- The prospects of a larger war: Chinese nationalism and the Taiwan Strait conflict / Edward Friedman -- The Taiwan Strait crisis of 1996: implications for U.S. security… Read More

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Fireside edition, 1st printing ; vi, 153 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; LC: BL520.C63; Dewey: 133.9/01/3 ; OCLC: 29795281 ; "A Fireside book." ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents : A jgsaw of past life memories -- Living with Mary -- First steps into my past -- need for proof -- Malahide at last -- Search for my children -- A lost family is found -- Reunions -- Return to Malahide -- Journey's end ; "For as long as she could remember, Jenny Cockell had known that she had lived before as Mary Sutton, a young Irishwoman who had died over twenty years before Jenny was born. Her constant dream-memory was of Mary dying, alone and desperately worried about what would happen to the eight young children she was leaving behind. When at last her own children were born, Jenny finally acknowledged that she needed to find out what had happened to her lost family." ; "this will make the hair on the back of… Read More

Foster City, CA : IDG Books Worldwide, 2000, 2000. Very Good. [1st ed.], 4th printing ; xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) ; ISBN: 0764534726 (alk. paper); 9780764534720 (alk. paper); LCCN: 00-103976 ; LC: TK5105.8885.A26; Dewey: 005.2/76 ; OCLC: 45105447 ; pictorial paper wrappers ; "Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Inside you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key Active Server Pages tasks, including: Processing data from a form, Creating a cookie, Using query strings, Encoding a URL, Creating a custom component, Locking application variables, Using a Windows script component, Connecting to a database, Creating a custom error message, Using the File Access component, The companion CD-ROM includes:, Shareware versions of WEB-ED Page and Scripting Editor and ASP Express, Evaluation versions of Edit 2000 and Visual InterDev 6, Plus, all sample code and an e-version of… Read More

[Atlanta, GA] : [Isssued by various state publishers], 1937-1999, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A 50 volume set ranging from 1937 to 1999 ; composed of various editions issued by various publishers ; Vols. for 1956- issued in 2 v.: v. 1. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia; v. 2. Local and special acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia. ; without volumes for 1957-2, 1958, 1959-2, 1961-2, 1969-2, 1972-2, 1980-2, 1985-1998, 1999-1 ; uniformly bound in tan cloth ; ex-lib, no labels ; condition ranges from fair (for the 1937-38 volume) to as new for later volumes ; A difficult to find set ; perfect and necessary for a Georgia legal office or library ; can be used without electricity, computers or the internet! ; VG.

Millwood, N.Y., Kraus Reprint Co., 1973, 1878., 1978. Good. 122 pp. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 782649 ; Reprint. Originally published: London, N. Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1878. ; Edited from the Laud MS 622 in the Bodleian library. ; LC: PR1119 ; also contains: The Life of St. Alexius; Solomon's Book Wisdom; St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens Before Doomsday; The Lamentation of Souls. ; the poem, "consisting of 83 short couplets, is in MS. Laud 622 f. 26 v (c. 1400). The piece speaks of Edward (1307-1327) as still living, and prophesies that he shall become Emperor." ; brown cloth ; foxing ; G

Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1967., 1967. Fine. [1st edition] ; 79 pp. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 67-18248 ; LC: PS3563.O3; Dewey: 811/.5/4 ; OCLC: 1974880 ; deep purple and green textured faux leather with gold lettering and designs in green ochre and grey pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Fire sacrifice - - The young David -- Sorrow and joys of the Buddha -- India's face -- Something is missing -- The appointment -- Sunday in the graveyard -- A leavetaking -- Are roses, syringas... -- Castaway -- Take heart -- Adams's choice. ; the poems of John Moffitt owe much to his twenty-four years following the Hindu religious training, his entrance into a Hindu monastery, and his subsequent animadversion to Roman Catholicism, and mysticism plays an important role as the backdrop for his poetry ; "John Moffitt spent his last 60 years in Castle Rock, WA where he delivered mail and socked away big money from logging his land. He was a reclusive and mysterious millionaire...He lived in a shack and cared for a… Read More

New York : Dembner Books : Distributed by Norton, 1982, 1982. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 104 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 0934878099 (pbk.); 9780934878098 (pbk.) LCCN: 81-17391 ; LC: E176.1; Dewey: 973/.09/92 ; OCLC: 7947480 ; stiff colored pictorial paper wrappers ; Wry Presidential caricatures up to Ronald Reagan, sometimes referencing fads current at the time of publication ; FINE.

Brooklyn, New York : Arist Music Company, 1966, 1966. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 15 copies ; SATB ; AE 135.

Fort Worth ; Philadlephia ; San Diego ; New York ; Orlando ; Austin ; San Antonio ; Toronto ; Montreal ; London ; Sydney ; Tokyo : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1991., 1991. Good. 2nd edition ; pictorial boards ; ISBN: 0030328535; 9780030328534 LCCN: 90-46994 ;LC: HQ796; Dewey: 305.23/5 ; OCLC: 22346857 ; xxii, 580 pp. ; illustrated ; " ...motivates students to challenge their own beliefs and assumptions and to critically evaluate the research, experts' opinions, statistics, and theories about adolescence. The book incorporates contemporary issues and research on adolescence, such as the impact of temperament on adolescence, attention deficit disorders, mothers and teenage sons, and adolescents with troubled peer relationships. In addition, readers will come to recognize the powerful role of race, family income and gender in adolescents' lives. Nielsen engages the reader through the use of an informal writing style, photographs, cartoons, graphics, self-quizzes and boxed inserts." ;… Read More

New York ; London : Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1951., 1951. Very Good. xix, 360 pp. ; brown cloth with dark brown lettering, in worn and torn dustjacket ; pencilings on front and rear eps ; foxing ; Contents : Definitions: molecular aspects of adsorption -- Measurement of adsorption, treatment of data -- Relations between relative extent of adsorption and properties of adsorptive -- Summary of relations: graded effluents and adsorbents -- On the nature of separation processes -- Batchwise adsorption and decolorization; List of adsorbents -- Chromatography (Tswett-Column analysis, chromatographic adsorption analysis, differential countercurrent adsorption analysis) -- Ion exchange methods -- Partition chromatography -- On the use of adsorption. ; VG/FAIR

Pompano Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, 1983., 1983. Good. ii, 106 p. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 093219415X (pbk.); 9780932194152 (pbk.) ; OCLC: 9404361 ; LC: HV5133; Dewey: 362.82; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; "Janet Woititz broke new ground in our understanding of what it is to be an Adult Child of an Alcoholic . Today she re-examines the movement and its inclusion of Adult Children from various dysfunctional family backgrounds who share the same characteristics. After more than ten years of working with ACoAs she shares the recovery hints that she has found to work. Read Adult Children of Alcoholics to see where the journey began and for ideas on where to go from here." ; "Adult children of alcoholics are impulsive. They tend to lock themselves into a course of action without giving serious consideration to alternative behaviors or possible consequences. This impulsivity leads to confusion, self-loathing, and loss of control over their environment. In addition, they spend an excessive amount of… Read More

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1988., 1988. Very Good. 3rd printing ; xvi, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0130102407 (pbk.) :; 9780130102409 (pbk.) LCCN: 87-18671 ; OCLC: 16225006 ; LC: QA76.73.C15; Dewey: 005.4/3 ; "...design of C programs that interact with a user via character displays and keyboards. ..best available for UNIX and MS-DOS...the code for everything in this book is shown in its entirety, including the lowest level assembly language..." ; VG

New York ; Chichester ; Brisbane ; Toronto : John Wiley & Sons, 1979., 1979. Very Good. 4th ed., 6th printing ; xvii, 939+76+16 pp. ; paper wrappers ; wear to spine ; ISBN: 0471021407; 9780471021407 ; LCCN: 78-5073 ; LC: QA401; Dewey: 510/.2/462 ; OCLC: 3770758 ; label on back cover, with small tear ; G

Indianapolis, IN, USA : H.W. Sams, 1986., 1986. Very Good. 1st ed. ; x, 502 p. : illustrated ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0672224860 (pbk.) :; 9780672224867 (pbk.) LCCN: 86-61876 ; OCLC: 14293975 ; LC: QA76.73.C15; Dewey: 005.13/3 ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; name on front ep ; "...for the programmer, hacker, manager, or student who is ready to move beyond the basics of C programming...How to access routines in the ROM ... to perform direct BIOS access, how to use system calls, how to use input/output ports, how to control the video screen, ho w to access all of a pc's memory, how to write simple assembly language routines and integrate them into a pc program... ; nick to back cover ; crease on front cover ; else VG