Search Results: Titles starting with U from Underground Books, ABAA

Los Angeles: Write Bloody Publishing, 2016. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. Signed by the author in ink at front free endpaper. 9" X 6". 280pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Derrick C. Brown is a comedian, poet and storyteller. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former Paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne and is the president of one of what Forbes and Filter Magazine call "...one of the best independent poetry presses in the country," Love is the only war with dying for. This collection contains all new work from All The Energies of Death and the best works from Derrick's previous works: Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife, Scandalabra, Strange Light, Our Poison Horse, and I Love You is Back.(Publisher).

Mountain View: Bob Anderson Publications, 1987. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 10 3/4" X 8". 112pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean, solid copy of this premier issue of Ujena Girl, a spinoff magazine of its sister publication, Swimwear Illustrated. Its stated goal was to bring back the pin-up style poses with models wearing Ujena brand bathing suits.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xi, 308pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Sticker to rear cover. Remainder mark to edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This provocative book argues that, very often, people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail. Elster shows how seemingly disparate examples that limit freedom of action reveal similar patterns, so much so that he proposes a new field of study: constraint theory. The book is written in Elster's characteristically vivid style and will interest professionals and students in philosophy,… Read More

Hercules Powder Co, 1970. Good. 3 3/4" X 8 1/2". Rubbing, toning, and surface paper loss to cardboard. Penciled notation to rear of cardboard. Some toning to comb-case. Comb is clean and intact. A vintage advertisement encouraging businesses to put their brand on combs made by Hercules Powder Company.

New York: Viking, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 254pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Brown paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable—yet hopelessly earnest—narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.(Publisher).

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 984. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xvii, 311pp. Rubbing, toning, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of blue cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Slight lean to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A discussion of the unconscious from the clinical perspective is joined by discussions from cognitive, psychobiological, and behavioural perspectives in this book. The major contribution of the book is to provide intelligent discussions of the unconscious. The chapters are informative, and include points that are controversial enough to spur useful further discussion of the roles played by the unconscious. Discussion of the unconscious is a pleasurable pursuit, and is likely to make an important contribution to psychology.(American Psychological Association).

New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1908. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 8" X 5 1/2". xvii, 436pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of green cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Lean to spine. Toning to endpapers. Very occasional penciled notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Unconscious Mind by Alfred T. Schofield is a comprehensive exploration of the concept of the unconscious mind. The book delves into the origins and development of the concept of the unconscious, its role in psychology and psychoanalysis, and its relationship to consciousness and perception. The author also examines the various theories and models of the unconscious mind, including Freudian psychoanalysis, Jungian archetypes, and modern cognitive psychology. Schofield explores the ways in which the unconscious mind influences our thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and how it can be accessed and utilized… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8 3/4" X 6 1/4". 535pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black paper over boards with spine backed in blue and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day, here is a novel that is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond his control. The setting is a nameless Central European city where Ryder, a renowned pianist, has come to give the most important performance of his life. Instead, he finds himself diverted on a series of… Read More

Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/8" X 5 1/8". 192pp, plus ads. Moderate edgewear to green cloth covered boards, with light dust soiling and corners bumped in. Red and black decorations and lettering to cover and spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Binding is sound. Contents are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout in black and white.

New York: Vintage Books, 1958. Paperback. Good. Paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. 7 1/4" X 4 1/2". 376pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, creasing, and spots of surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Penciled notation to rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. Light foxing to insides of covers and to endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Under the Volcano remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him. Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life—the Day of the Dead—his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from… Read More

16" X 15". Never again worry about how many books to bring with you on a day out and about--you've got the the Underground Books tote-pak! Convert from tote to backpack with the pull of a strap! Zipper-secure and made from natural cotton canvas, the Underground Books tote-pak is soft and durable at the same time, the perfect fit for life on the go (or for supporting your favorite bookstore while staying safely at home and carrying your to-be-read pile from room to room). See it in action here: https://www.facebook.com/UndergroundBooksCarrollton/videos/564482307479582/.

London: Hodder Education, 1995. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6". xv, 304pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Light rubbing to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xi, 187pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine backed in brown and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this landmark work, a Nobel Prize-winning economist develops a new way of understanding the process by which economies change. Douglass North inspired a revolution in economic history a generation ago by demonstrating that economic performance is determined largely by the kind and quality of institutions that support markets. As he showed in two now classic books that inspired the New Institutional Economics (today a subfield of economics), property rights and transaction costs are fundamental determinants. Here, North explains how different societies arrive at the institutional infrastructure that greatly… Read More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xvii, 398pp. Book presents nicely with price-clipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with toning, rubbing, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Several closed tears to edges of jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Occasional inked underlining and notation to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Originally published in 1962. The central aim of this book is to discuss the development of Alfred North Whitehead's thought and to underscore how it is unique. Understanding Whitehead collects nine essays written by Victor Lowe originally published between 1941 and 1961.(Publisher).

Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/4" X6 1/4". vi, 171pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Where does the production of celebrity end and its consumption begin? Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and reality TV allow us a previously unimagined engagement with the manufactured persona of celebrity. Understanding Celebrity has become the go-to text for understanding the connection between the production and consumption of this persona . The long-awaited second edition assesses the changing nature of this pivotal relationship in celebrity studies. The book: Explains how social media is key in establishing an online presence for celebrities Critically analyses the changing nature of fan culture within the online environment Delves into a richer and more detailed account of the history of celebrity Examines in greater depth the increased role of reality TV… Read More

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 341pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown cloth over boards. Creasing and a tear to edge of page 109/110. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Works of early Irish authors include a strong biblical component, but indicate that independent thought is accepted. Scarcity of scientific data, a real interest in the physical world, and the need to validate the scriptures encouraged seventh-century Irish scholars toward critical reflection on scientific matters. Their world-view was based on materials drawn from the Bible, on earlier Christian works and on personal reflection and contemplation. This volume looks at the Irish contribution to the development of western thought in the early middle ages.(Publisher).

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". vi, 304pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. Moreover, while the inheritance of wealth and the better schooling typically enjoyed by the children of the well-to-do contribute to this process, these two standard… Read More

Atlanta: Flatline Press, LLC, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5 3/8". 101pp. Still enclosed in publisher's shrinkwrap, this is a pristine copy. About Unexpected Results: "In medicine, each day brings complex cases with life-or-death decisions. When these decisions succeed against the odds, the results are as uplifting as they are unexpected. Dr. Newton Turk gives his readers a remarkably wide and nuanced look at the life of a highly accomplished surgeon. He does so by presenting eight of his most unusual operations; each one involves a person with slim chances of survival, and each one combines science, intuition, and determination. His narrative style is terse yet amiable; his descriptions portray both the medical challenges and the colorful personality of each patient. What shines through is the author's boundless passion for helping others, his appreciation for the beauty of life and also its fragility. Unexpected Results is more than an enjoyable memoir; it is also a call to… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 271pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light foxing to inside of dust jacket. Red cloth over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in gilt. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's stamp to front free end paper. Inked underlining to first 20 pages. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: For all its flaws, the author finds in this heightened quest for meaning an essentially healthy "ecology of the spirit." It is the elaboration of a transcendent impulse bequeathed to humanity by ancient visionary traditions. If it is raw, it is also filled with promising energy. If it is unsettling, it is also life-enhancing. If it is anarchic, it also anticipates an exponential multiplication of the potentialities of humanity, the "unfinished animal.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at special publisher's page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 467pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life. Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped… Read More