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New York: Knopf, 1983 159 p. ; 22 cm. Contents: Ice -- Asteroids -- Refugees -- Keats -- Comings and goings -- Natural law -- Why I love country music -- Swans -- Bridges -- In constant flight -- The evolution of birds of paradise. NF condition in like dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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1967 49 pp. Illustration, bibliographical footnotes. Harriot (ca. 1560-1621) was an English astronomer and mathematician. Short quotations in Latin (untranslated); brief summaries in Italian. Original reprint from "Physis: Rivista internazionale di storia della scienza" 9(2-3): 235-247, 257-292 [published in two parts]. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Very light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback... more information

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Bangkok, Thailand, 2001 xx, 232 pp. Illustrations, appendices, index. In this book, the author addresses the practical aspects of Buddhism; norms of life, the secret of nature, and the Universe revealed; and self-improvement. In a clear plastic book sleeve. CONDITION: In clear plastic sleeve. Imperceptible rubbing to covers; virtually as new.. First Edition, Third Impression. Paperback. Like New. 14 x 21 cm. ... more information

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1984. 45 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks. Former owner's last name written on front cover and on title-page.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 ix, 250 pp. Introduction, 7 essays, notes, afterword, select bibliography, index. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the role of presidents in postcommunist states. The countries studied are Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakstan among former Soviet republics, and Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary among Central European states. Leading experts assess presidential elections, presidential powers, president-parliament relations, and related issues. Co... more information

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999 404 pp. List of contributors. Finnish semiotics naturally forms part of the European state of the art, while remaining open to developments in the field coming from Russia and the United States. Though a "Finnish School of Semiotics" may not yet exist, Finland at the least boasts a vibrant semiotic tradiiton with its own history. This anthology consists of 30 essays, most of them written by Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian scholars. The essays reflec... more information

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999 404 pp. List of contributors. Finnish semiotics naturally forms part of the European state of the art, while remaining open to developments in the field coming from Russia and the United States. Though a "Finnish School of Semiotics" may not yet exist, Finland at the least boasts a vibrant semiotic tradiiton with its own history. This anthology consists of 30 essays, most of them written by Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian scholars. The essays reflec... more information

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New York: Scribner, 1986 viii, 214 p. ; 24 cm. Author won the Ernie Pyle memorial Award for his reporting from Vietnam in 1968.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. ... more information

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Koln, Germany: Bohlau Verlag, 1973 xiv, 568 pp. 1 color plate, illustrations, maps, footnotes, bibliographies. This is a fascinating festchrift for the well-known anthropologist. Contributions in German (26), English (5), and Italian (1). CONTENTS: Kurze Einleitung (Gisela Petri-Odermann). Mythic shapes of a desert culture (Ronald M. Berndt). Zur Frage der Korrelation von Oraltraditionen und Schriftquellen fur die Geschichte Sud-Atheopiens (Ulrich Braukamper). Gibt es eine Historische Ethnologie? (Florian D... more information

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Institute of Public Administration, 1995 xvii, 389 pp. Footnotes, appendix, chronology, bibliography. All essays translated into English from the original Arabic (originally published in 1995 as "Al-Idarah al-'ammah fi al-Mamlakah al-'Arabiyah al-Sa'udiyah"). CONTENTS: 1) The historical development of administration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [M. ibn 'Abd al-Rahman Tawayl]. 2) Legislative power in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [Fahad Mu'tad al-Hamad]. 3) Executive power in ... more information

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Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Co., 1967 First printing, May 1967 160 p. illus. 28 cm. VG+ in mylar dustjacket. (one corner bumped). First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Berkeley, CA: University of Califonia Press, 1949. viii, 255 pp. Bibliographical endnotes, index. A scholarly study of the bitter partisan strife in the late Roman Republic, in particular the final twenty years of free Roman institutions, 70 to 50 BC. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (several neat library stamps and marks) in very good condition. Originally held in the library of the now-defunct West Baden College (West Baden, Indiana). Text clean and free of all marks. Moderately light overall shelving wear t... more information

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Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006 viii, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Black quarter cloth over tan boards. Signed on the half-title page by the author. NF condition in like dustjacket. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: Palgrave (St. Martin's Press), 2000 xi, 299 pp. Bibliographical endnotes, index. Founded in 1868, the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) is the oldest national institution representing organized workers. This study explains and assesses the TUC's achievements, focusing on its creation of the Labour Representation Committee, which later became the Labour Party, and highlighting leaders who helped to shape the TUC from the 1926 General Strike to the New Unionism of the 1990s. CONDITION: Min... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004 340 pp. NF condition in like dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993 xii, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Midwestern history and culture. Notes. Index.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 ix, 221 pp. Illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1959 xix, 250 pp. Plates, illustrations, maps, one fold-out chart, bibliography, index. This book presents a synthesis of archaeological knowledge about prehistoric China (including Tibet, Sinkiang, Mongolia, and Manchuria as well as the modern Chinese heartland) from the earliest times to the beginning of the Shang. CONDITION: Former owner's last name stamped on front free endpaper. Light sunning to top edges of boards and bottom edge of spine. Minor bump to base of spi... more information

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Leningrad: Gidrometeorologicheskoe, 1964. 175 pp. Footnotes, fold-out chart, figures, bibliography. Text in Russian. This is a study of the climate in the Caucasus. Paper-covered boards show light overall wear, a nick to side edge (rear board), moderate wear and chipping at corners, light foxing to top and bottom edges, and overall uneven discoloration from exposure. Binding is sound; text is clean. A non-circulating, ex-library copy (the only evidence of this is the presence of the library and withdrawn st... more information

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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989 [11], 2-180 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm. Lacks the accompanying sound cassette. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bound in brown cloth, lettered in black on spine; with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. ... more information

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