Search Results: Titles starting with M from House of Our Own Books

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Argonaut Inc. Publishers, 1969. This is the first printing of a reprint of a book, first published in 1903, which contains the results of researches into the folklore of the Greek-speaking parts of Macedonia, carried on in 1900-1901 by the author under the the auspices of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University; the materials derived from oral tradition were supplemented from local publications; includes six appendices with text in Greek (dark blue bloth with gold lettering, small crease at upper end of spine, otherwise in near fine condition) . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 2001. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. This book applies contemporary macroeconomic theory and econometric modelling techniques in order to address policy issues relating to the CFA Franc Zone, a group of francophone African Countries sharing a common currency that is linked to the French Franc; within this methodological framework, the author analyzes the way in which the monetary institutions of the CFA influence macroeconomic development and policy formation (gray laminated boards with black lettering; in stock and available for immediate shipment)

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Basil Blackwell, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed By Author. This book constructs a framework for theories of macroeconomic dynamics; its immediate concern is with the traditional disequilibrium marodynamics, with theories that typically admit unfulfilled expectations or imperfectly functioning markets as dynamic determinants; inscribed, but not signed, by author on the front endpaper: "For.....with the author's compliments" (black cloth with bright silver lettering on spine is slighly rubbed on front cover; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Century Hutchinson, 1988. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First published in 1939, this book describes some of the traditional country jobs and skills still being practiced in England, from carpentry and joinery to thatching, weaving, and work in the smithies, in the woods and quaries, in the brickfields and potteries; it also includes a section on sea coast and riverside work; includes many drawings (pictorial cover with white lettering on black label, slight edgewear; otherwise a good, clean copy)

St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book examines the ways in which the Australian nation is represented in the media and the uses to which these representations have been put; it takes a series of recent events and shows how popular images of national identity are used to serve specific rather than national interests (black pictorial cover, edges of endpapers sightly tanned; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996. This book is the catalog of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum from November 1996 to February 1997 whose intent was to show that, as important as Dada was to the growth of American modernism, the ferment of New York played an equally critical role in the evolution of Dada itself; New York Dada activity, reflected within a small but important community of artists, writers, critics, and patrons located in and around the Arensberg circle, was influenced by new technologies of photography and cinema, psychoanalytic theory of the subconscious mind, and the social tumult of massive waves of immigration; includes scholarly essays on New York Dada and many illustrations; contributors include Francis Naumann, the exhibition curator, Todd Alden, Steven Watson, Lauren Ross, Allan Antliff, Jay Bochner, Abraham Davidson, Lauren Dalrymple Henderson, Amelia Jones, Rosalind Krauss, Molly Nesbit, Robert Rosenblum, Dickran Tashjian, Beth Venn, Barbara Zabel… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1969. Two volumes in one: Volume I: The Origins of Black Americans (378 pages); Volume II: The Black Community in Modern America (508 pages); includes essays by leading scholars in history, political science, and sociology (brown cloth with gold lettering; previous owner's name and date stamp on first page; glossy gray dust jacket with black lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

McHenry, IL, U.S.A.: Delta System Co., 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. This volume presents the proceedings of a conference on Language Diversity and Academic Achievement in the Education of African American Students, sponsored by the Coalition on Language Diversity in Schools, that brought together some 50 national leaders in language, education, and public policy around meeting the academic needs of African American students with respect to language variation (a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

London, England, U.K.: Lawrence & Wishart, 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This collection of essays explores the changing meanings of masculinity, at work, at home, in politics, in love; the contributors, who were participants in a conference sponsored by the journal MarxismToday in 1987, include the editors, Lynne Segal, Kobena Mercer, Isaac Julien, Suzanne Moore, Frank Mort, Victor Seidler, Cynthia Cockburn; includes photographs (white pictorial cover is slightly creased, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Spain: Vease This book presents managerial concepts and techniques essential to the development of organizations in innovative and compelling ways; it explains why the basic tools used to understand the economics of organization are relevant and when to use them; the authors are business management professors in Barcelona and Lausanne (white covers with tiny edge tear at end of spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8 1/4 " X 9 1/2".

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1984. A collection of articles from the 1970s by a Boston Globe reporter who moved to California and became a free-lance writer for New Times, Outside, Ramparts, Rolling Stone, and other magazines featuring the "new jouirnalism"; Hunter S. Thompson called his writing "so fine & rare & original that I was awed. It's a fine, elegant little book." (yellow cloth & orange paper-covered boards with gold lettering, yellow & orange dust jacket with slight edgewear, small tear at upper left corner, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Family Service Association of America, 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed By Author. This is a biography of Francis McLean, a social welfare pioneer, the first executive director of the National Association of Societies for Organizing Charity, the forerunner of the Family Service Association of America; the author, an associate and friend of McLean's, was the executive director of the Family Service of Philadelphia; includes frontispiece portrait of McLean; inscribed by the author on the front endpaper (green cloth with gold lettering, tan endpapers, has slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A.: Aspen Publishers, 1996. This book covers the range of activities being undertaken to improve the management of chronic health conditions; among the topics discussed by the contributors are the conceptional basis for chronic care and suggestons on how best to intervene, reorganizaton of the primary care system, the needs of special populations, approachs to implementing case management, and data as a tool for health plan improvement and program design (gray textured covers with white lettering, very slightly bumped corners; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. This book reports on the management of relationships between multinational corporations, their headquarters, foreign subsidiaries, and affiliated companies; in-depth studies of British, German, Japanese, and Swedish companies, as well as American organizations, provide insights into such areas as subsidiary autonomy, allocation of decision making power, structural arrangements, relationships between subsidiaries and host-countries, differences between managing wholly-owned affiliates and joint ventures, formality of relations, reporting systems, and others; includes figures and tables (black cloth with gold lettering, small crease at top of spine; dust jacket slightly sunned, small tear at top of spine, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Jerusalem, Israel: None, 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A report summarizing the activities of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Project held at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, from 1989 to 1992;. The project focused on developing a model for intervention among small groups. This model deals specifically with intergroup relations in the context of the Jewish-Arab conflict. The main goal of the project was to enhance the ability of individuals to cope with conflict situations in general, and the Jewish-Arab in particular. The model was developed in an action research framework (250 pages). Lower left rear corner and last few pages creased. .

San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Son, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the labor relations problems confronted by unions in the public sector; it outlines the common conceptions, goals, needs, and obligations the different parties involved in public sector collective bargaining bring to the process (green cloth, glossy green & white dust jacket)

London, England, U.K.: Quartet Books, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book is an appraisal of the Chinese Communist Party in light of the reality of China; the first part is a brief history of the party's experience before coming to power; the second part is a history of the People's Republic and its problems up to 1977; the third part examines the party's relationship to workers and peasants in the People's Republic; the fourth part appraises the degree of equality and democracy in China, and the ability of the state to defend its national independence; the fifth part assesses the significance of China's foreign policy and the activities of foreign supporters of Mao Tse-tung thought; the sixth part takes up the claims of the Chinese Communist Party in relation to its known record; the author worked as a journalist in Asia and was the former editor of International Socialism (pictorial covers with color photos of Chinese peasants and workers on the front and back, slight… Read More

Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.: T. & T. Clark, 1981. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is the third printing of the third edition, originally published in 1936, of this Greek-English lexicon; the author was a professor of Hellenistic Greek at McGill University (blue cloth with gold lettering, very slight edgewear, 2 small marks on fore edge, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This book provides the material for leaders who conduct worship with children, such as orders of service, prayers, stories, benedictions, scripture passages, organ selections, choir anthems; it accompanies The Book of Worship which contains the material to be used by children; the author was Assistant Professor of Religious Education at Union Theologcal Seminary and Principal of the Union School of Religion (olive green cover with dark black lettering on the front cover, faded on the spine, slight edgewear, Monthly Friends Meeting bookplate on the front pastedown; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Churchill Livingstone, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This manual is a guide to the small animal practitioner for identification, diagnosis, and management of common eye diseases in dogs and cats; it includes a concise description of the diseases and effective approaches to their management; includes photographs (green cover with white lettering, very slight edgewear, previous owner's name on bottom edge and corner of half-title page; otherwise a bright, clean, tight, unmarked copy)