Search Results: Authors starting with E from House of Our Own Books

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Paradigm Publishers, 2007. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This book attempts to trace class in different cultural situations and practices to make the fact of class and its effects visible; according to Peter McClaren, "the central theme is how the rewriting of the material as cultural undercuts any real means for social transformation" (white & red cover with black lettering has very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Plume, 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. A novel by the Nigerian writer, signed on the half-title page (black & white pictorial cover with green endpapers; faint corner crease, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.: Sage Publications, 1993. Reprint. Trade Paperback. As New. This book provides a new perspective on the status of class in modern society, as the fragmentation of established class structures and the emergence of new social movements have altered traditional expressions of class; it proposes a cultural conception of class as the basis for understanding modern societies; it re-evaluates the role of the middle classes and links class to social theories of power and cultural capital, producing a cultural theory of class which incorporates the changing forms of collective action and the new social movements (black & green cover with white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.: Adastra Press, 1999. This is the third printing of a collection of poems written between 1970 and 1993 and includes poems from previous collections, uncollected poems (1988-1992), and new poems (1993-1997); the poet Stephen Dunn calls this book "a moving record of how Vietnam hurt him into poetry, and into a moral vision;" inscribed, signed, and dated on the title page (plain tan cover with yellow lettering, author's photo on the back, has slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Inscribed By Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a study of the question of idolatry in the religious and political controversy of the Reformation; it provides a survey of the development of the Reformed attitude toward idolatry from Erasmus through Calvin; its central thesis is that Calvin, in defending the heritage of the Reformed attitude toward idolatry, forged a new theological metaphysics in which the boundaries between the spiritual and the material were more clearly drawn, and that this reaffirmation of the centrality of spiritual worship provided the ideological foundation for much of the social and political unrest that accompanied the spread of Calvinism (gray pictorial cover with black & white lettering, slight reading crease on front; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

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)

Tournai, Belgium: Casterman, 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A French translation by Jack Houssa of the English edition of To Be an Arab in Israel, first published by Pinter in 1975; a memoir of a Palestinian journalist, born in Haifa before 1948, and his experiences growing up and living in Israel, confiscation of his family's property, discrimination against Arabs, and arrest for political activity (white pictorial cover with very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Geoffrey Bles, 1956. This is a complete selection of the letters of the British composer, selected, edited, and annotated by the leading authority on Elgar, author of a biographical study; includes a few other writings and an appendix with letters from G. B. Shaw to Elgar, with a frontispiece photograph of Elgar as well as many other photographs and illustrations throughout the text (green textured cloth with gold lettering on spine, end papers slightly foxed, pages slightly tanned; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1987. This is a complete two-volume collection of every letter of importance known to survive between the composer Edward Elgar and his publishers, transcribed and annotated with commentary by the editor, an authority on Elgar's life and work; each volume also includes a section of photographs (black textured cloth with gold lettering in fine condition; blue dust jackets with portraits of Elgar on the cover have very slight edge wear; otherwise these are bright, clean, tight copies; in stock & available for immediate shipment). Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London, England, U.K.: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First published in 1921 when the author was the British ambasador to Japan, this book provides a vivid historical sketch of the Hindu and Buddhist religions (blue cloth with bright gold lettering, a few corners and spine ends slightly bumped, Barnes & Noble label pasted over the publisher's name on the title page of each volume; altogether, these are bright, clean, tight copies; unless shipped media mail, will require extra shipping)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1994. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This book is a reappraisal of the literary and artistic contribution of women to modernism and in particular the self-representation and construction of artistic identity; it examines the ways in which women, including Natalie Barney, Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, and Gertrude Stein, responded to modernism and the way their work has been positioned in relation to that of men; includes many illustrations (brown & white covers with self-portraits of Romanine Brooks on the front and back; a few pages have faint corner creases, otherwise a bright, clean, tight, unmarked copy)

London, England, U.K: Pluto Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book focuses on a number of problems, questions, and issues relating to nuclear power of concern to workers in the nuclear industry as well as to the anti-nuclear movement; it is divided into three main parts: the political economy of nuclear power, nuclear power and employment, and political strategies for the anti-nuclear movement and the trade unions (orange and green cover with very slight wear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Associated Scientific Publishers, 1975. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. This is a collection of papers and discussions from a symposium in 1974 on the second-order effects of industrial growth on human health; the symposium begins with the directly harmful effects of industry and the way they can be mitigated by pollution controls and legislation for the protection of health at work; it then considers the impact of industrialization on human health in developing countries, as illustrated by the experience in Ghana, Iran, India, South-East Asia, and Japan; the final section goes beyond the issues of occupational hazards and environmental pollution to consider the impact of industrial society as such on human health and well-being, with discussion of the concepts of health, disease,and medical care in a rapidly changing world (gray cloth with gold lettering; tan pictorial dust jacket with scratch on back; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

England, U.K.: Thames & Hudson, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. This is a study of the rise to power of Macedonia under the leadership of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great; it provides a detailed account of the foreign policy that brought Macedonia from the periphery to the center of Balkan and Aegean affairs; includes chronology of Philip's reign and two maps (light gray textured cloth with gold lettering & decoration has very slight edge wear; previous owner's name on front end paper; gray & white dust jacket has two small scratches on the front cover, edges are darkened, otherwise in very good condition; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Lanham, MD, U.S.A.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Trade Paperback. As New. This book, part of a series sponsored by the journal Latin American Perspectives, is a collection of articles that examine the experience of the 21st century radical left regimes in Latin America, with case studies of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador as well as discussions of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba (pictorial cover with photo of Hugo Chavez and Rafael Correa on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1993. Trade Paperback. As New. The author, one of Australia's leading political scientists, argues that in order for Australia to cope with the impact of greater global competition for markets the time has come to shift the emphasis away from the free market to the social market, and to give the state greater responsibility for market development (a bright, clean, tight copy)

Hicksville, NY, U.S.A.: Exposition Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. This book, by the Nigerian critic and scholar, formerly Dean of Arts at the University of Lagos, is a critical study of Joyce's Stephen Hero, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses which contends that the significance of these works must be sought in the inner lives of Joyce's characters; this study concentrates on how Joyce delves into the consciousness of his characters and explores their intimate emotions (dark blue textured cloth with bright gold lettering, pages slightly tanned; dark blue price-clipped dust jacket is slightly rubbed with creases and small tears along edges)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 2001 This is a brief critical introduction to the revolutionary and Napoleonic conflicts; based on current historiography, it discusses the expansion of France, the extent to which Napoleon was responsible for this success, the changing attitude of the French people towards Napoleon, the campaigns of Napoleon and Wellington, and the events leading up to Napoleon's exile; includes maps and time charts (pictorial cover with very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This study guide for a textbook in international economics includes the basic ideas of each section of the text, solutions to problems from the text, additional problems, self-tests with answers, and sample exams (purple front cover has corner creases; otherwise a bright, clean, unmarked copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Octagon Books, 1972. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This is a reprint of a book originally published by Columbia University Press in 1944, a study of Robert Burton's 17th century medical treatise, The Anatomy of Melancholy; it examines Burton's theories of psychiatry and evaluates them in terms of modern psychological knowledge (maroon cloth with gold lettering & designs, very slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)