Search Results: Titles starting with S from Palimpsest Scholarly Books

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth spine and blue cloth covers, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. viii/210 pages."Without meaning to be irreverent, it is fair to say that in the Middle Ages, at the height of its political and economic power, the Roman Catholic Church functioned in part as a powerful and sophisticated corporation. The Church dealt in a "product" many consumers felt they had to have: the salvation of their immortal souls. The Pope served as its CEO, the College of Cardinals as its board of directors, bishoprics and monasteries as its franchises. And while the Church certainly had moral and social goals, this early antecedent to AT&T and General Motors had economic motives and methods as well, seeking to maximize profits by eliminating competitors and extending its markets. "In Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm," five highly respected economists advance… Read More

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", shows faint spotting to upper half of front cover, spine displays sunning. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. 187 pages.
"In "Sade/Fourier/Loyola," eminent literary theorist Roland Barthes offers a fascinating treatise on the nature of philosophical creation. Barthes examines the parallel impulses of Loyola, the Jesuit saint, Sade, the renowned and sometimes pornographic libertine philosopher, and Fourier, the utopian theorist. All three, he makes clear, have been founders of languages--Loyola, the language of divine address; Sade, the language of erotic freedom; and Fourier, the language of social perfection and happiness. Each language is an all-enveloping system, a "secondary language" that isolates the adherent from the conventional world. The object of this book, Barthes makes clear, is not to decipher the content of these respective works, but to consider Sade, Fourier, and Loyola as creators of text."

Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is tight. Interior is clean and bright. Numerous b&w textual illustrations. Dust jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xxiv/274 pages."A collection of original essays, "Saints, Sinners, and Sisters" showcases the diverse questions currently being asked by gender scholars dealing with French, Netherlandish and German art from the medieval and early modern periods. Moving beyond the reclamation of personalities and oeuvres of 'lost' female artists, the contributors pose questions about gender and sex within specific historical contexts, addressing such issues as intended audience, use of the object, and patronage. These avenues of inquiry intersect with larger cultural questions concerning societal control of women. The book's three sections, 'Saints,' 'Sinners,' and 'Sisters, Wives, Poets' are each preceded by a concise introductory essay, detailing… Read More

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12.5", is bound in light brown cloth, with black lettering to spine and front cover. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 240 pages."Sam Hyde Harris, an early California plein aire landscape painter, earned his living as an artist from 1903, at the age of 14, until he passed away in 1977. This book offers a glimpse of his sometimes outrageous personality and insight into his methods and styles. It enables readers to witness his ability to communicate, both visually and verbally, what he internalized and gave back in the form of wonderful, bright images. It demonstrates his two distinct early styles of easel painting and the blending of those styles later in his career, as well as his teaching and philosophy. Sam's distinct styles are brought together in over 400 images that show the progression and refinement of his subject and technique. By including the different stages of a work of art--pencil drawings, work-up… Read More

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12.25", is bound in red cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine and facsimile of the artist's signature stamped in white on front cover. Book shows moderate wear, with mild sunning to spine. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Illustrated with architectural drawings, designs and plans. 126 pages plus 258 pages of plates.

Bibliotechnaya seriya. Small-format softcover volume (4.25" x 6.75") shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Color illustrations. 248 pages.

Twentieth Century Views. First printing. Volume is bound in black cloth, with faded gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits shelfwear. 185 pages.

Colección Solar. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 5.75" x 9.25", displays light shelfwear. Previous owner's name is stamped on top and fore edge of text block, as well as on title page. Pages are clean and bright. Three pages are dog eared. 182 pages.Case study involving the struggles to defend the communal land of an indigenous people of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6.5" x 8.5", displays very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. 295 pages.Historical/testimonial novel set in the Chile of the latter half of the twentieth century. Written by Chilean writer, journalist and academic Mónica Echeverría Yáñez (1920-2020) together with her daughter, who describe their participation in the struggle against the Pinochet dictatorship.

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.75", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. 317 pages."Ce livre est le fruit de discussions que, pendant trois ans, Jeannette Colombel a regulièrement entretenues avec Jean-Paul Sartre jusqu'à ce que la mort, brutalement, les interrompe, "la mort venue d'ailleurs" comme il aimait à dire."

Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Edited and translated by Jan M. Ziolkowski. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.5", is bound in burgundy cloth, with gilt-lettered black compartments to spine and front cover. Book displays small stain at bottom of spine. Book is otherwise in fine condition. Dust jacket is like new. Dust jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xlix/398 pages.
"Composed in Germany by a monastic poet steeped in classical lore and letters, the "Satires" of Amarcius (Sextus Amarcius Gallus Piosistratus) unrelentingly attack both secular vices and ecclesiastical abuses of the late eleventh century. The verses echo Horace and Prudentius, are laced with proverbs and polemic, and portray vividly aspects of contemporary life―the foppery of young nobles, the vainglory of the nouveaux riches, the fastidiousness of debauched gluttons. This is the first English translation of the "Satires."
The "Eupolemius" is a late-eleventh-century Latin epic that recasts salvation history, from Lucifer's fall… Read More

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75", is like new. xvi/462 pages.Contents:Introduction by Paul Aarts and Gerd Nonneman;"The Wahhabi ulama and the Saudi state: 1745 to the Present" by Guido Steinberg;"Islamo-liberal Politics in Saudi Arabia" by Stéphane Lacroix;"The War of Ideas: Education in Saudi Arabia" by Michaela Prokop;"Saudi Arabia's Economy: The Challenge of Reform" by Monica Malik and Tim Niblock;"Segmented Clientelism: The Political Economy of Saudi Economic Reform Efforts" by Steffen Hertog;"From Private Sector to National Bourgeoisie: Saudi Arabian Business" by Giacomo Luciani;"Circles of Power: Royals and Society in Saudi Arabia" by Madawi al-Rasheed;"Checks, Balances and Transformation in the Saudi Political System" by Iris Glosemeyer;"Political Opposition in Saudi Arabia" by Abdulaziz Sager;"The "Cycle of Contention" and the Limits of Terrorism in Saudi Arabia" by Roel Meijer;"Determinants and Patterns of Saudi Foreign Policy: "Omnibalancing" and "Relative… Read More

Author-signed first printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in turquoise paper spine and boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 278 pages.
Author's signature appears on title page.
Most recent work by award-winning Iranian-born US author Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (b. 1983)."Equal parts Marguerite Duras and Shirley Jackson, Rachel Cusk and Clarice Lispector, "Savage Tongues" is a compulsive, unsettling, and bravely observed exploration of violence and eroticism, haunting and healing, the profound intimacy born of the deepest pain, and the life-long search for healing."

Author-signed first printing. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 9", is in fine condition. Author's signature on title page under his printed name. 212 pages.
"Winner of the H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction at the 2004 Oregon Book Awards and GLCA's 2005 New Writers Award, Scott Nadelson's interrelated short stories are graceful, vivid narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own plots and desires as he struggles to balance his sense of identity with his longing to gain acceptance from his family and peers. In Kosher, Daniel's disdain for his parents' values and lifestyle, for their materialism and need for security, leads him to take a job as a telemarketer for the Robowski Fund for the Disabled, a charity benefiting two people only: Daniel and Helen Robowski. And in "Young Radicals," Daniel… Read More

Volume is bound in red cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. 256 pages.

Pioneers of Modern Architecture. First US edition. Preface by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 8.75", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographic illustrations, drawings and plans. Dust jacket, with price of $7.95 on front flap, shows light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 216 pages.
"The Los Angeles architect Rudolph Schindler is regarded today as one of the central figures of the Modern movement. Trained in Vienna under Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos, Schindler then migrated to Los Angeles under the apprenticeship of Frank Lloyd Wright. Surrounded by a clientele of progressive thinkers in the emerging intellectual culture of Hollywood, Schindler created a radical and intensely personal architectural conception, resulting in some of the seminal works of the twentieth century. Gebhard's Schindler, first issued in 1971, is the only full-length account of Schindler's… Read More

Second edition. Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", shows closed tear to upper inside corner of front cover. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright interior. xii/240 pages."The second edition of this international best seller has been fully revised and updated describing the complete chocolate making process, from the growing of the beans to the sale in the shops. The reader will discover how confectionery is made and how basic science plays a vital role. There is discussion of the monitoring and controlling of products, and the importance of the packaging. A series of experiments, which can be easily adapted to suit students, are included to demonstrate the physical, chemical or mathematical principles involved. This book is ideal for those studying food sciences working in the confectionery industry or just with a general interest in chocolate!"

Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6.5" x 9.5", exhibits very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. 223 pages."Ce recueil concerne la periode qui s'etend de Copernic à Newton: le temps d'une révolution astronomique et de la naissance de la science classique. Les douze articles qui le composent decrivent une conjoncture intellectuelle et scientifique historiquement située, saisie dans sa continuité et dans ses ruptures a travers des auteurs comme Porta, Kepler, Descartes ou Newton, mais aussi à travers des savoirs aussi divers que l'astrologie, la physiognomonie, l'art des machines ou la metaphysique."

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 146. Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear. ix/293 pages."The essays and commentaries presented here are intended to strike a balance between the disciplines to which the Bar-Hillel Colloquium (formerly the Israel Colloquium) is dedicated. The historical and sociological vantage point is addressed in Krammick's and Mali's treatment of Priestley, in Vicker's and Feldhay's studies of the Renaissance occult and in Warnke's and Barasch's work on the imagination. From a philosophical angle several concepts, all material to the methodology of science, are taken up: rule following, by Smart and Margalit; analysis, by Ackerman, explanation, by Taylor; and the role of mathematics in physics, by Levy-Leblond and Pitowsky. In addition, the volume contains the proceedings of two symposia dedicated to two towering scientific… Read More

The United States in the World series. First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in gray cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is in mylar cover. xiv/263 pages."During the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945–1952), U.S. film studios—in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers—launched an ambitious campaign to extend their power and influence in a historically rich but challenging film market. In this far-reaching "enlightenment campaign," Hollywood studios disseminated more than six hundred films to theaters, earned significant profits, and showcased the American way of life as a political, social, and cultural model for the war-shattered Japanese population.In "Screening Enlightenment," Hiroshi Kitamura shows how this expansive attempt at cultural globalization helped transform Japan into one of Hollywood's key markets. He also demonstrates the prominent role American… Read More