Search Results: Titles starting with R from Diatrope Books

American Council of Learned Societies, 1987. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Mailing label on back. ACLS Occasional Paper, No. 3. Text of the Memorial Service for R. M. Lumiansky that was held at the New York Public Library on September 21, 1987. Speakers: Vartan Gregorian, Joel Conarroe, Robert Raymo, Elizabeth Pochoda, John E. Sawyer, Georges May, and Stanley N. Katz. 19pp. Robert M. Lumiansky (1913-1987) was a scholar of Medieval English and president of the American Council of Learned Societies.

London: The Royal Academy of Arts, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Some rubbing on cover. Features the Summer in the City, Kirchner's Berlin, The Art of the Skyscraper, and a New Look at Leonardo. 96p. Well illustrated. Reviews.

London: The Royal Academy, 2003. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Some bumps on cover. Features Dresden. Includes Sarah Greenberg talking to Kurt Vonnegut, whose experience as a POW in Dresden defined his writing. Also features Gunter Grass, Max Hastings, and Jonathan Jones. Extensively illustrated.

The Royal Academy, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Includes Charlotte Mullins on contemporary art galleries in London, Chloe Sayer on the Days of the Dead, a tour of young talent by Morgan Falconer and Chris Orr, Hugh Pearman talks to Deyan Dudjic on the Architecture Biennial, Laura Gascoigne on the market for artists studios, etc. Lavishly illustrated. 106p.

Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1969. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. A few scrapes on back cover. Chronologies. Bibliographies. Map. 81 B/W illustrations. 55p. ROM has had a long-standing commitment to East Asian art. This booklet looks at the mid-twentieth century collection.

UNESCO, 1951. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. UNESCO publication 892. Previous owner's sticker on cover. Topics include the effects of changes in the environment, differences in specific abilities, cultural differences and more. 40p. Klineberg was a Canadian psychologist. His pioneering work in the 1930s on the intelligence of white and black students in the United States was instrumental in winning the Supreme Court school segregation case, Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954.

Owl Books, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Section of plates. This definitive biography shows how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a reluctant reformer. It is a compelling portrait of the determined woman behind the publicly shy but brilliant scientist and writer. 634p. Measures 6x9 inches.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable/very good. Unmarked text. Includes dust jacket under protective plastic cover. Loose hinge. References. 408p. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, 2001. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Includes "'Celtic Exodus'" The Famine Irish, Ethnic Stereotypes, and the cultivation of American Racial Nationalism by Dale T. Knobel, "Irish Identities before and after the Act of Union" by Jacqueline Hill, J.J. Lee on De Valera's use of words and more. 131p.

Counterpoint, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 9x6x1. Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Finalist for the 2022 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction, Finalist for the Publishing Triangel's Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, Winner of the 2022 Gina Berriault Award. An examination of family, sacrifice, and empathy. 373p. Measures 6.5x9.25 inches.

Columbia University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket. Notes. Index. 311p. Demonstrates the social uses of interpretation by analyzing the later writings of Foucault and the careers of critics in relation to Foucault's work, including Derrida, Kristeva, Said, Rorty, Harold Bloom and others. Topics include cultural politics, Mask plays, a postmodern poetics of a critical reading and more.

Temple University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Pasted image on front end page. Crease on back inside flap of dust jacket. Essays by Linda Alcoff, Frank Cunningham, Ann Ferguson, Milton Fisk, Roger S. Gottlieb, Andrew McLaughlin, Linda Nicholson, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, David Schweickart, Elizabeth V. Spelman, Thomas E. Wartenberg, and Iris Marion Young. Bibliography. Index. 288p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.

University of California San Francisco, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 229p. Illustrated. Measures 8.75x11.25 inches. Radiology is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals.

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, 1989. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Catalog for January 20-March 4, 1989 exhibition and a guide to the study on clothing as artwork. Artists: Estelle Akamine, Robert Armstrong, Nelda M. Barchers, Frank D. Cole, Sheila Ghidini, Bruce Guttin, Adelie Landis, Kathleen Ann Laskey, Kristin Peterson, Nick Vaughn, and Jerilea Zempel. 23p.

Seattle: Ranier Bancorporation, 1977. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Color plates. 70p. Asian, International, and Northwest artists. Includes Rodin, Chinese porcelain, Morris Graves, Richard Gilkey, Charles Kelley, Donald Wilson, and others. Embossed title on cover.

CEE Bankwatch Network, 2007. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. November 2007. Topics include Laos: Nam Theun 2, South Africa: Berg Water Project, Swaziland: Maguga Dam, Uganda: Bujagali Dam, Southern Africa: Lesotho Highlands Water Project and Tanzania: Lower Kihansi Dam. Also recommendations. 39p.

The Rand Corporation, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Articles include (among others) "The Financing of Innovation: Learning and Stopping" by Dirk Bergemann and Ulrich Hege, "Financing Auction Bids" by Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and S. Viswanathn, "An Economic Theory of the Fifth Amendment" by Hugo M. Mialon, and "Barriers to Innovation and Subsidy Effectiveness" by Xulia Gonzalex, Jordi Jaumandreu, and Consuelo Pazo. pp. 719-971.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 76p. 98 illustrations (50 in full color). Measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches. References. Raphael (1483-1520) painted the Colonna altarpiece circa 1504-05. This catalog explores the Colonna altarpiece

Chicago: Art Institute Of Chicago, 2000. Brochure. Very Good. Unmarked. Measures 4.25x11 inches. 10-sided gallery brochure. 7 small reproductions, descriptive text, and summary of exhibition activities.

Scala Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear protective cover. Beautifully illustrated. The Raphael Cartoons are 7 large cartoons for tapestries on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London since 1865. Designed by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515-16 and showing scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. They are the only surviving members of a set of ten cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel Study outlines recent x-rays and research. Bibliography. Index. 96p.