Search Results: Titles starting with U from Books of the World

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, June 1991. Staple-bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Text unmarked. Securely bound by two rusting staples. 126 pages.

Bridgetown, Barbados: U.S. Embassy, January 18, 1983. Unbound photocopy. Very Good. Redacted. Not from a library. 85 pages.

Chicago: March/Abrazo, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with one-inch dog-ear crease to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 156 pages.

Washington, DC: U.S. Committee for Refugees, September 1996. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 16 pages.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1980. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing. Very Good book in a Very Good Jacket. Interior pristine. Spine square and tight. Dust stains to closed edges. One inch closed tear to jacket at rear flap fold. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 229 pages.

Alexander, North Carolina: Alexander Books, August 2000. Trade Paperback. Expanded Second Edition. Signed by author on title page. Not personalized. Fine. Interior pristine other than autograph. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 445 pages.

Thirst, North Yorkshire, UK: House of Stratus, 2002. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 98 pages.
Under the Deodars' is a disturbing, uncomfortable and unsettling read - as Kipling himself said, "it deals with things that are not pretty and ugliness can hurt". For here, Kipling takes as his subject matter the life of Englishmen and women in the Indian Subcontinent, and explores the ugly truth of what went on beneath the appealing "froth" of club life. Instantly rejected by many as being too harsh and too critical, 'Under the Deodars' is in fact a brilliant portrait of Anglo-Indians, and their unforgiving impact upon the provincial society of Simla.
Contents: The education of Otis Yeere -- At the pit's mouth -- A wayside comedy -- The hill of illusion -- A second-rate woman -- Only a subaltern -- In the matter of a private -- The enlightenments of Pagett, M.P.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2008. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 177-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Understanding genetics is like sitting down to work a massive puzzle. With each piece you examine, think through, and solve, you glean a new and amazing insight into humanity. Put several pieces together, and you can treat or cure a disease, save a developing fetus from a fatal birth defect, catch a criminal, or reunite a family. Each lecture begins with a helpful story that illustrates the importance of genetics. The course explicitly outlines the connections between the science of genetics and the health-related problems that plague us in modern society, and illuminates how studying genetics can be instrumental in solving those problems.Contents: 1ecture 1. Our inheritance -- lecture 2. Mendel and genes -- lecture 3.… Read More

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2007. DVDs. New. In plastic wrap. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six new DVDs in a new case along with a new 190-page paperback illustrated Course Guidebook. Understanding the Brain, a 36-lecture course by award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, takes you inside this astonishingly complex organ and shows you how it works, from the gross level of its organization to the molecular level of how cells in the brain communicate. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course will help you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions. Contents: Lecture 1: Historical Underpinnings of Neuroscience; Lecture 2 Central Nervous System - Gross Organization; Lecture 3 Central Nervous System - Internal Organization; Lecture 4 Central Nervous System - Subdivisions; Lecture 5 Cortex - Lobes and Areas; Lecture… Read More

Arlington, Virginia: Center For Advantage, 2003. Trade Paperback. First Printing (stated). Fine. Light shelfwear, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 122 pages. This volume clarifies Sun Tzu's philosophies on war without compromising the subtlety of thought needed to master them. Readers will find key advice on leadership, advantage, and how to proficiently overcome adversaries. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Six Principles of Sun Tzu, 1 - Winning Whole, 2 - Leading to Advantage, 3 - Deception, 4 - Energy, 5 - Strength & Weaknesses, 6 - Initiative; Observations of Sun Tzu's Principles Outside the Military; The Six Sun Tzu Principles as One; Conclusion; Sun Tzu on the Art of War ( translated by Lionel Giles ; edited by Robert Cantrell), I - Laying Plans, II - Waging War, III - Attack by Strategem, IV - Tactical Dispositions, V - Energy, VI - Weak Points and Strong, VII - Maneuvering, VIII - Variation in Tactics, IX - The Army on the March, X -… Read More

New York: Harper Perennial, March 2006. Trade Paperback. Fine. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 221 pages. The history of Iraq in one concise volume. Contents: Introduction; Ancient Iraq; Islamic Iraq; British Iraq; Revolutionary Iraq; American Iraq, Whose Iraq?.

New York: Harper & Row, February 1985. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Interior tanned but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelf and reading wear. xi + 419 pages. illustrations. First printing of the First Edition of this classic economics text.

New York: Warner, October 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 12th printing. Very Good. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine creased. Reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 256 pages. Hoping for a peaceful vacation in Suffolk, Adam Dalgliesh encounters instead the mystery of a famous crime writer's body found handless and floating in a local vicar's boat

Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, November 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light shelf and reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv + 338 pages.
A study of governmental slaves in Berbice from 1803 to 1831. The author illustrates that the imperial government arrived at the general abolition of slavery throughout its colonies in a rather ad hoc and piecemeal fashion. He also raises questions about the government's commitment to abolition.

Savage, Maryland: Bartleby Press, January 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Gift inscription on title page, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 285 pages.

Asheville, North Carolina: Bright Mountain Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. Inscribed by author on half-title page, otherwise As New. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 181 pages. Fine.

New York: Teachers College Press, January 2007. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by author to a colleague, otherwise As New. Not from a library.
In this important book, Norm Fruchter argues that our national failure to carry out the Brown mandate has produced segregated urban school systems that fail to educate poor students of color. Drawing on a rich array of research and personal experience, he examines why urban districts have failed and what must be done to transform our city schools. He identifies urban districts as the key actors in this transformation and profiles three school districts that have achieved significant success in closing the achievement gap. He also identifies grassroots community organizing as a critical lever for provoking and supporting meaningful change in schools. This provocative book should be read by all educators, policymakers, parents, and civic activists committed to improving public education for all students.
Book Features:Vignettes from the author's broad… Read More

New York: Penguin, June 2005. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Near Fine. Interior lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 476 pages + readers guide. In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a dangerous rescue effort draws the ears and eyes of the entire country. A two-and-a-half-year-old girl has fallen down a mine shaft--"the only sound is an astonished tiny intake of breath from Ursula as she goes down, like a penny into the slot of a bank, disappeared, gone." It is as if all hope for life on the planet is bound up in the rescue of this little girl, the first and only child of a young woman of Finnish extraction and her Chinese-American husband. One TV viewer following the action notes that the Wong family lives in a decrepit mobile home and wonders why all this time and money is being "wasted on that half-breed trailer-trash kid." In response, the novel… Read More

New York: Us Weekly. Single Issue Magazine. 2013. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 72 pages.

Oakland, California: Compass American Guides, February 1998. Trade Paperback. Third Edition. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 347 pages.