Search Results: Titles starting with T from House of Our Own Books

Rego Park, NY, U.S.A.: Marble House Editions, 2005. Trade Paperback. Fine. 11" X 8 1/2. Eiseman, Joan. Inscribed By Author. This is the story of a young boy who yearns to own the "magic boots" he has seen in an antique shop window; in her first book, New York artist Joan Eiseman has painted in words and pictures the 1950s Brooklyn that exists only in memory; inscribed by the author/illustrator on the title page (red pictorial cover; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book addresses itself to the problem of understanding the relationship between psychoanalysis and language in terms of both traditional philosophical theories on language and contemporary linguistic theories; the contributors, from a variety of academic disciplines, discuss and evaluate the works of Jacques Lacan, the French psychoanalyst who re-emphasized the primacy of language in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis; the essays also explore the more general question of the place of language in human and social relationships (orange pictorial cover, very slight edgewear, small tear on page edge, slight scuff along lower edge of title page, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Bombay, India: Asia Publishing House, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This volume of readings provides a picture of the culture and civilization of Southern India and Ceylon, and the achievements of the Tamil people, particularly in the domain of art and trade; the material covers such topics as language, literature, political and social history, the fine arts and religion, and represents the views of well-known Asian, American, and European professors of Dravidology, including Thomas Barrow, Murray Emeneau, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Heinrich Zimmer, and Jean Filliozat; the editor, a native of Ceylon, was Secretary-General of the International Association of Tamil Research and editor of the Journal of Tamil Studies (black cloth with gold lettering, pages slightly tanned, former owner's name on front endpaper; red & black dust jacket is edgeworn; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.: Cornell University Press, 2011. This book is the third in a trilogy of studies by the author of race and imperialism in British culture from about 1800 to the modern era; this volume focuses on various contradictions inherent in racist and imperialist ideology by examining racial stereotypes in Victorian literature and culture that helped to justify British imperial authority (black covers with gold lettering on spine; brown pictorial dust jacket with red, black & white lettering; a bright, clean tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Oxford University Press, 1984. Second Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a revised, expanded edition of a book that examines the effect of taxation on the supply of labor (blue cover with orange & blue lettering, spine and edges sunned, but not faded; Oxford University Press Printer's Library label inside front cover and stamp on copyright page; otherwise a bright, clean, completely unmarked copy)

Bristol, PA, U.S.A.: Falmer Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A collection of essays which reconstructs the careers of twentieth-century teachers, emphasizing the parts played by crucial social, economic, and political events and issues, the school organization, and various people such as students and parents in shaping the subjects' evolving definitions or perceptions of their roles as teachers in particular communities (very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W.W. Norton, 2011. This book uses cognitive neuroscience to rethink traditional teaching methods; it reviews the neurobiological foundations for learning, explaining how neural patterns impact attention, emotional processing, memory formation, and motivation; each chapter contains a summary and review of material to aid teachers in translating neurobiological information into the classroom as well as practical interventions, instructional strategies, and resources (white & gray pictorial cover; a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. As New. 8" x 10".

London, England, U.K.: Zed Books, 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book is the first systematic attempt to examine the attempts of third world countries to enforce an effective transfer of technology and the factors shaping their varying degrees of success; it argues that a new strategy is required, one that is geared to raising the technological level of the majority of the population, and advocates radical programs based in part on expanding domestic mass markets by raising the purchasing power of the poor; the author is a nuclear physicist and development economist (pictorial cover, pages tanned, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A: Routledge, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A collection of the author's writings assessing television as a global and local force, a cultural and textual system, a corporate and domestic, political and artistic object of study; it draws on current critical theory in cultural studies to develop a wide-ranging view of television broadcasting in Britain, Australia, and the United States (very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Detroit, MI, U.S.A.: National Writers Union, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of stories and poems by Detroit workers from a festival sponsored by the Southeast Michigan Local of the National Writers Union and the Metropolitan Detroit YMCA in 1998; includes photos of the writers reading their works (light blue paper cover with black lettering and drawings, a good, clean tight copy)

Madrid, Spain: Editorial Gredos, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Text in Spanish / texto en español (white cover with red & blue lettering, slight edgewear with small edge tear, pages uncut; a good, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Macmillan Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This book, one of a series of literary companions to British authors, provides an assessment of Tennyson's life and writings, with an emphasis on his later poetry; includes s section of black & white illustrations (dark blue cloth with gold lettering is slightly rubbed on the front cover; pictorial dust jacket with Burchett's painting of Cornfields has slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book examines the relationship between territorial change and military conflict from 1816 to 1980, focusing on the relative power of the states involved, international norms, the legitimacy of the exchange, and the importance of the territory involved; it concludes with a discussion of current and future territorial disputes (black covers with green & black dust jacket; a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

New York, NY, U.S.A: Praeger Publishers, 1992. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. This book grew out of a lecture series on terrorism sponsored by the Global Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine; the essays, by leading experts on terrorism, are revised versions of public lectures presented during the academic year 1989-1990; contributors were asked to address the causal background of terrorism and the impact on various audiences and institutions and to suggest responses that could form the bases of public policy (blue cloth with gold lettering on red background; underlining and marginal notes on 8 pages of the first essay, remainder is unmarked)

Cranbury, NJ, U.S.A.: Bucknell University Press, 1985. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A collection of eight essays that illustrate the variety and intensity of contemporry literary criticism (charcoal grey cloth with gold lettering; dust jacket has slight wear, repaired tear, and a few creases along upper and lower edges, otherwise a bright, clean copy)

University of Alabama Press, 2018. This is an annual volume of essays on theatre history published by the Mid-Atlantic Theatre Conference; this volume includes four studies in theatre history, a special section on Theatre, Politics, and Change, an award-winning essay from the annual conference, and book reviews; also includes photographs and other illustrations (a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. As New.

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This is a collection of essays on the relationship between theater and other cultures; the author is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Paris (purple cover with white lettering,a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1943. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a study of the labor movement in New York State in the last two decades of the 19th century when it sought, through industrial action, to improve working conditions and, through political action, to secure the passage of laws to improve its staus; and the attitudes and activities of Theodore Roosevelt as an Assemblyman, Mayoral candidate, Police Commissioner, and Governor in regard to labor (dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine, embossed seal on front cover, review copy stamp on front endpaper, one corner bumped; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. This is the first English translation of a series of lectures delivered by Barth which confront and challenge the theological liberalism of the great 19th century Protestant theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher; includes an introduction by the editor and a forward by Barth (black textured cloth with gold lettering on spine has small edge tear on half-title page; orange dust jacket with black & white lettering has slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore) . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A: Holmes & Meier, 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book examines the various ways in which the theories of the capitalist economy have been constructed and assesses their strengths and limitations; one of its main conclusions is that there have been very few, if any, new ideas in economic theory since the time of Adam Smith; what distinguishes schools of thought is not so much new discoveries as a differing organization of or emphasis on a recurring set of ideas (black & green cover, slightly cocked, pages slightly tanned, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)