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Twayne, Boston, 1990. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear.Patrick A. McCarthy's Ulysses: Portals of Discovery focuses on the ways in which James Joyce's complex modern masterpiece revolves around the reader's encounter with the text. By examining narrative technique and the issues of error, rumour, and truth in the novel, McCarthy shows how Joyce's text invites readers to make their own discoveries.

Dell, New York, 1981. First paperback edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, spine has light creasing, small chip at bottom of rear cover.Includes an introduction by Ben Bova, Ender's Game, Kingsmeat, Deep Breathing Exercises, Closing the Timelid, I Put My Blue Genes On, Eumenides In the Fourth Floor Lavatory, Mortal Gods, Quietus, The Monkeys Thought 'twas All In Fun, The Porcelain Salamander, Unaccompanied Sonata.

Harper, New York. 6th trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, light spine creasing, light nicks at spine ends and edges.In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover against the back drop of the Prague spring. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world's truly great writers.

Fawcett, Toronto, 1981. 17th printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on front cover.Originally published in 1927 this book attempts to acquaint the general public with the fundamentals of Individual Psychology. At the same time it's a demonstration of the practical application of these principles to the conduct of everyday relationships & the organization of personal life. Based upon a year's lectures to audiences at the People's Institute in Vienna, the book pointd out how the mistaken behavior of individuals affects social & communal harmony; to teach individuals to recognize their mistakes; & finally, to show them how they may effect a harmonious adjustment to communal life. Adler felt that mistakes in business or in science were costly & deplorable, but mistakes in the conduct of life are often dangerous to life itself. This book is dedicated by the author in his preface to the task of illuminating progress toward a better understanding of human nature.

Picador, London, 1999. First edition. Condition: Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket has edge creases and price sticker on back. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage costs.From the publisher: Part travelogue, part historical evocation, part personal quest and part reflection on the joys and perils of passage, An Unexpected Light is the stunning account of Jason Eliot's journey to a country considered off-limits to travellers for decades...A personal favourite.

Condition: Very good, light edge wear and nicks at spine, slight crease along spine, previous owner's name on inside front cover.The shocking story of an airline industry out of control: its adverse impact on consumers and what you can do about it.

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997. First edition. Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket, book has very light bumping at corners and remainder mark on edges, dust jacket has edge wear and creases along spine.Unlimited Power, the international bestseller by Anthony Robbins, has guided millions along the path to success. Now, in Unlimited Power: A Black Choice, Robbins and his longtime associate and friend Joseph McClendon III. an authority in the African-American community and Head Trainer for Robbins Research International, address the specific needs of African Americans in search of knowledge, courage, success, and a better quality of life.

St Martins Press, New York, 1996. First edition. Condition: Near fine in a very good plus dust jacket. Slight edge wear.Collected for the first time, these are the nonfiction writings of one of the most important voices in our time. Among Ballard's subjects are Dali and de Sade, Marilyn Monroe and Nancy Reagan, atom bombs and highways,s ex and science fiction...more than ninety pieces.