Search Results: Titles starting with B from JKL Books

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 1998. Soft cover. New. 4 volumes: pt. 1-4. These are the transcripts of the lectures and the guidebooks for the course. They are in shrink wrap and unopened. Prof. Robert Greenberg gave these lectures on Johann Sebastian Bach at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. This transcript and guidebook are part of the series "The Great Courses: Teaching that Engages the Mind.

Ottawa: Dovehouse, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows slight wear only. No dust jacket.

Penang : World Rainforest Movement; Sahabat Alam Malaysia, 1989. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear. "This book is the first comprehensive collection of documents and articles closely related to the plight of the natives of Sarawak, and their courageous fight to save the forests" (back cover). c.1989.

New York: Viking Adult, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket shows minor wear to edges and some rubbing. Remainder mark on lower edge of textblock (pages not affected). "Politicians, philosophers, and academics have spent countless hours debating the issues of greatest concern on college campuses today: multiculturalism, political correctness, race relations, sexual politics, and gender. But what has been noticeably missing from their discussions are the voices of the students themselves. Battling Bias is one of the first books to offer an analysis of their actions and reactions on their own college campuses " -- dust jacket. Contents: Who shall learn? -- The societal context -- Conflict within the ivory tower -- Coping with bias -- Speaking out -- Leading students -- Walking in two worlds -- Facing diversity -- A matter of survival. BAY 40.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear only, including scratch at back. "The region once known as Pimería Alta-now southern Arizona and northern Sonora-has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing Spaniards and Mexicans . . .In Beliefs and Holy Places, [Griffith] reveals some of the supernaturally sanctioned relationships that tie people to places within that region, describing the cultural and religious meanings of locations and showing how bonds between people and places have in turn created relationships between places, a spiritual geography undetectable on physical maps" -- dust jacket. BAY 36.

Vancouver: Mitchell , 1970. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Former owner's name on front free end papers. Minor tanning marks down inside edges of front free end papers. Cover shows minor wear only. No dust jacket. CDN BAY 9.

West Vancouver: Jasmine Books, 2000. Soft cover. Fine. Signed by author. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Slight wear to edges of cover. "This strong, detailed and careful analytical study is persuasive because it is no rant; it is calmly devastating." - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun Columnist (back cover).

Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As new. Discusses the internment of Italian Canadians in the 1940s, a phenomenon not widely known, even within the Italian Canadian community, and asks what effects internment had on the interned and later generations of Canadians of Italian heritage, and how to move forward after these events. Includes "diaries, oral histories and testimonials as well as commentary and analysis" -- back cover.

British Columbia, Canada: Gwendolyn Szychter, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm (staple-bound). Cover shows slight edgewear only. Inscribed to previous owner by a friend on title page. Signed by author also on title page.

Westlea, UK: Bible Society, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows slight wear only. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Back free endpaper is tanned, and final "Theme" index pages lightly tanned also. No dust jacket. BAY 29.

Marshall Brothers, 1920. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good. Ex-Library, published in 1920. Clean text, firmly bound. Head and tail of spine softening, small stain on front cover. This is a heavier volume - extra shipping will be charged to customers beyond the U.S.

London: Thomas Ward, 1832. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes bound together. Marbled paper with three quarter leather binding. Minor wear only to cover. Binding is solid. End papers have foxing. Top corner of first front free end paper has been clipped. Foldout map in first volume. Title page of second volume has previous owner's name at top. Well-preserved and handsome copy of two rare works. Ex-lib. REGS-404.

London: W.H. Allen , 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with silver lettering. Clean, unmarked pages, beginning to tan. Binding is firm. Dust jacket shows minor wear along edges. "When Bill Haley died in February 1981, he left a void as significant in its way as that created by the death of Elvis Presley. The first great white rock & roller, Haley mined a rich vein of pent-up teenage verve and frustration in the early 1950s with songs like 'Crazy Man Crazy,' 'Shake, Rattle and Roll,' and 'See You Later, Alligator'" (dust jacket). BAY 31.

London: Quartet Books, 1974. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear to edges, top of spine. Numerous black and white photographs. "Bix is a very rich life of a jazz player and deeply felt indeed. The research alone is stunning . . . beautiful characterization . . . insight" -- Kirkus Reviews (back cover).

Toronto: Stoddart, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED by Arthur Black. Clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows slight wear to corners. "For years Black has had his say on the popular CBC radio show 'Basic Black' and through his bestselling books; now it's his listeners' turn to do the talking and writing. From accusations to mild reproofs to outright funny stories, these letters prove to be as funny as the broadcaster himself" -- back cover. BAY 38.

Cambden, NJ: C. Howard Hunt Pen, 1956. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Good. 5th edition revised and enlarged. Clean, unmarked pages, staple bound. Cover has small closed tear at front upper edge and crease across the front upper corner; wear to edges. 63 pages, many with illustrations or photographs. BAY 29.

New York: Julian Messner, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Book is in very good condition, dust jacked in fair condition. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. Dust jacket has worn edges, a few small closed tears, and three small open tears at tips of spine and corners of cover. Book Club Edition. "A story of pioneering men and women and their children in a section of Louisiana far too often overlooked . . . a story of the great love and unswerving loyalty that illumined the lives of Mary and Brent Winslow, of their daughter Lavinia, and of the two cousins, Claude Villac and Flelix Primeaux, who were rivals for Lavinia's heart and hand" -- dust jacket.

Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows only slight wear. Black and white photographs, maps, illustrations. "Tensions leading to World War I brewed for years, and were brought to a head by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. But who was the assassin? What was his plan? Not many people know the name of Gavrilo Princip. Tony Fabijancic peels back the mystery surrounding Princip, and explores his journey to Sarajevo, his motivations, idealism, and Yugoslavianism" -- publisher.

M. Krisztinkovich, 1993. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear only. Translated from the Hungarian by Kenneth and Zita McRobbie; illustrated by Susanne Lansonius. Inscribed by author.

Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012. Soft cover. New.