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U.S.A.: LA Bonne Cuisine, 1980. This is both a good cookbook and a good buy. It contains over 550 recipes, carefully tested for accuracy and excellence, all standardized and easy to follow. Techniques which may be unfamiliar to out-of-town cooks are vividly described. 346 pgs.with indices and photographs.. ISBN: 0-9606880-0-5. Spiral Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COOKERY AMERICAN LOUISIANA COOKING REGIONAL. ... more information

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Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1993. Trade Paperback. Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-8157-8681-6. The impact of economic integration on labor markets among countries with different living standards is once again a hot topic. Thi s book is the authoritative volume on European experience with wages, employment, and conditions of work. Comparitive and historical in scope, the essays in this book set issues in a context which sh o uld be most useful to scholars, st... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Organic chemistry is above all a laboratory science. Despite great theoretical advances, it is still not possible to predict reliably the outcome of many organic reactions. It thus becomes necessary to discover in the laboratory the exact conditions necessary to synthesize a given organic compound or to determine the mechanism of a reaction. Questions at the end of each chapter point to important aspects of the subject. 223 pgs. with index, charts, photographs and illustra... more information

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Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Offic, 1963. This manual lpesents the general subject of medical hematology, together with the procedures to be followed in the collection and processing of hematological specimens for examination by Army laboratories.with appendix, bibliography, index, illustrations and charts.. Three-Ring Binder. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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New York: Messner, 1973. Ladder Company 108 is one of the busiest ladder companies in New York City. It is also one of the best, and firemen from other cities come to watch and learn from these brave firefighters. They risk their lives climbing the ladder into burning buildings, crawling on their stomachs through smoke-filled rooms, and searching for people caught inside. Roma Beame was right there with the men of Ladder Company 108 on many of their calls. 62 pgs. with photographs.. ISBN: 0-671-32641-4. ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1998. ISBN:0671871242. With gripping realism and ironic wit, John Westerman portrays the hierarchies, the good guys and the lowlifes of the political arena - and the cop world - in Ladies of the Night, and delivers first-rate suspense fiction with the powerful punch of a tabloid headline.. Cloth and Hardboard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NEW YORK STATE FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL LONG ISLAND N Y MURPHY FRANK FIC... more information

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Warner Books, 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True stories of police women in America's toughest city.. MYSTERY. ... more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1948. This book is an excursion into the mind of the woman who so disturbed her husband, her court, and the man who dared look! Now you will know why Godiva rode--and why Tom peeped! Bantam Book No. 469. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.: New Future Publishing, 1997. The author has developed this political thriller using terrifying facts and incidents to shake the reader. He uses greed, distrust and a lust for power to weave a power struggle during an accident at a biological and chemical weapons facility.. ISBN: 0-9654507-0-8. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. AMERICAN LITERATURE. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 2003. The author returns with a charming time-travel romance sequence. Robyn's fantasy of courtly romance comes up against the brute reality of medieval politics: the politics of murder, warfare, and betrayal. 399 pgs.. ISBN: 0-312-86995-9. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION FANTASY. ... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1953. A reprint of one of Jonathan Latimer's most celebrated novels. It involves Private detective Bill Crane in a plot that involves a stolen body, the police, a sinister gambler, and a gun-happy petty politician, all who think Crane has the body. Classic crime noir.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Vintage Books, 1953. The action of this book passes not only in Rome and Paris but wanders through numerous capitals of Europe, and involves saints, adventurers, pickpockets, and Lafcadio Wluiki. Gide's preoccupation with the idea of unmotivated crime here achieves its most extended treatment, and Lafcadio, one of the most original creations in all modern fiction, is the instrument of the crime.242 pgs.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2001. The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and on the porch of the big green house on Green Street, fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from the window of heaven and wondering how a Sanctified Brethren boy could turn out so badly. 291pp. Inscribed by author to former owner.. ISBN: 0670030031. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Hardboard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7&frac3... more information

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A Touchstone Book. The Life of a Sioux Medicine Man. Trade Paperback in Good Condition.. BIOGRAPHY. ... more information

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Henry Holt. 1993 HB in VG/G First Edition 413pp Acknowledgements, Sources, Notes, Index, Maps & Photographs. At the center of this dramatic, well-paced narrative is the flesh and blood Sitting Bull - a leader of his people and a man of rare complexity.. BIOGRAPHY. ... more information

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Stuart, FL, U.S.A.: Family Skills, Incorporated, 1985. Introducing three little friends who want to be friends with you. If you let them, they'll take you on the most magical adventures you can imagine. Their names are Heada, Heartly and Doofer.They're all very different, because they come from three different lands in the wonderful Kingdom of Theysay. Includes color photographs, Heada's Dictionary and Other Books from Family Skills.. ISBN: 0-934275-00-9. First Edition. Hard Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8vo ... more information

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Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Bethany House Publishers, 1992. The author spins an unforgettable drama of Ireland's battle to survive, both on the Emerald Isle and in the streets of the New World. In famine-ravaged Ireland, the revered poet-patriot Morgan Fitzgerald, brought down by a gunman's bullet, seeks to restore his ruined life and bring hope to the next generation. 393 pgs. with List of Principal Characters.. ISBN: 1-55661-112-9. Cloth and Hardboard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"... more information

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Viking. 1983 Trade PB in good condition 255pp with bibliography & index. In sleep, man with his own tremendously advanced computer-his brain-might be performing an operation similar to and as vital as the mod ern computer program clearance. This book prese nts interesting speculations and important data.. NEW AGE. ... more information

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New York: The Odyssey Press, Inc, 1967. The purpose of Language In Uniform is to acquaint students with the most common varieties of propagandistic writings and to help them toward understanding how to analyze and evaluate such writings. 212pp. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1996. Clinicians and researches working with children frequently encounter problems in multiple domains, including language, learning, and behavior, and recent studies show that as many as one third of children seen in psychiatric clinics for behavioral and learning problems may also have underlying language disorders. Enlivened with case vignettes, and offering insights into the range of current thinking on language and behavior, this book is a rich resource... more information

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