Titles starting with N from Simplyusedbooks

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. Book Club Edition. Trade Paperback. New. History. "The 1936 Olympics in Germany were to be a modern showplace for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, a chance to show their stuff before the world and inspire even more admiration at home, Eminent historian David Large brings these unforgettable Olympics to life in a splendidly written account, providing fascinating surprises along the way. Never read. 401 pp. ... more information

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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1981. First Owl Book Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. A Novel. A classic of war fiction, The Naked and the Dead is indisputably one of the great books of the twentieth century, acclaimed as the finest, most intelligent and passionately written novel to come out of World War II. A good, clean and unmarked copy. 721 pp. ... more information

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New York: Vintage Books, 1999. First Vintage Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. History. In 1675 Algonquian Indians all over southern New England rose up against the Puritan colonists with whom they had lived peacefully for several decades. The result was the bloodiest war in American history, a terrifying conflict in which the Puritans found themselves fighting with a cruelty they had thought only the natives capable of. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy except for a couple of small scratches ... more information

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New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Non-Fiction. Black and white Illustrations and photographs. Fanny Kelly's story of life among the Sioux Indians is among the best of, "Captivity Stories" that were popular in the mid-nineteenth century. It details her capture and ordeals and at the same time gives us a vivid picture of a way of life that was soon to disappear. Pages are bright and clean. 274 pp. ... more information

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Atlanta, GA: Turner Pub, 1993. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Native American History. Dispossessed of their ancestral homelands by successive invasions of Europeans, the first real Americans have long been cloaked in a veil of myth and legend that has hidden from us the true richness and diversity of Indian civilizations and cultures. This newly unfolding legacy represents an unparalleled body of untapped wisdom, which even now provides fresh perspectives on very modern problems. The ast... more information

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Chicago: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Native Americans. In good condition except for text underlined throughout the book. No DJ. 236 pp. ... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Ballantine Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Native American History. Our place names, our farming and hunting techniques, our crafts, the very blood that flows in our veins---all derive from American Indians in ways that we consistently fail to see. In Weatherford's words, "Without understanding Native Americans, we will never know who we are today in America." A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 310 pp. ... more information

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Illinois, U.S.A: Calcomp Nutrition/Alliance Publishing Group, 2004. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Health. Kevin Trudeau blows the lid off a nest of deception and double-standards concerning general and individual health in his explosive new book. Kevin has risked government prosecution to bring you the full story of an intricate conspiracy. From the retail supermarket outlets of huge, publicly traded corporations comes processed, manipulated, engineered "food products" -- produced by ... more information

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Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1962. Revised. Paperback. Good. Native American History. A thorough and readable account of the largest Indian tribe in the U. S., this work on the Navaho considers four aspects of his life: first, Navaho history from archaeological times to the present; second, the Navaho's present economic situation and his attempts to wrest a livelihood from his harsh physical environment; third, the Navaho's sense of the supernatural: his myths, beliefs, anxieties, fears, h... more information

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance Pub Co, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. World War II. Many black and white photographs. The Navajo Indians who rallied to America's call during World War II, to perform a unique and vital duty--that of devising and employing a secret code using their native tongue, a code which proved totally indecipherable to the enemy--are immortalized in this fascinating work. Pages are clean and tightly bound. 170 pp. ... more information

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Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 1993. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Cowgirl Philosophy. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 138 pp. ... more information

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Nanaimo, British Columbia: Cinnabar Press Ltd., 1982. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Autobiography. In this fascinating memoir, Joe Garner takes us from the early days of pioneer life on Saltspring Island, where his parents settled after their stay in Victoria, through his boyhood adventures as a hunter and trapper, to his subsequent exploits as an entrepreneur and innovator in several of the west coast's burgeoning industries. A good, clean and unmarked copy. Also signed by the author himself. 270 p... more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1965. Reprint. Paperback. Ex-Library. Essays. In fair condition, clean and unmarked. 122 pp. ... more information

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New York: A Metropolitan/Owl Book, 2002. First Owl Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Culture. Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them, inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on six to seven dollars an hour? A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 230 pp. ... more information

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New York: Popular Library, 1964. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. A Novel. A nice vintage collector's edition. Number 60-2108. Original price 60 cents. A super-spy novel in the best tradition of Thunderball and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. Protected in a clear mylar sleeve. 221 pp. ... more information

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Livingston, Montana: Clark City Pr, 1992. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Nature. "A joyful celebration of solitude, thoughtful, leisurely, and exceptionally well-written---in effect, a marvelous book, in its unpretentious marvelling at self and nature" ---Peter Matthiessen. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 162 pp. ... more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 1977. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. When Agnes Morley Cleaveland was born on a New Mexico cattle ranch in 1874, the term "Wild West" was a reality, not a cliché. In those days cowboys didn't know they were picturesque, horse rustlers were to be handled as seemed best on the occasion, and young ladies thought nothing of punching cows and hunting grizzlies in between school terms. Mrs. Cleaveland's personal history of her experiences is ... more information

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New York: Broadway Books, 2003. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Current Affairs. Bill O'Reilly is even madder today than when he wrote his last book, The O'Reilly Factor, and his fans love him even more. He's mad because things have gone from bad to worse in politics, in Hollywood, in every social stratum of the nation. A good, clean and unmarked copy. 190 pp. ... more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1996. First Bison Books printing. Trade Paperback. Good +. An Historical Novel. Originally published in 1950, No Survivors was the first of Will Henry's many novels based on historic incident. In it he shows what General Custer's lonely stand and final moments at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn might have been like, militarily and emotionally. A better than good copy. Clean. No marks. 343 pp. ... more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1972. Hardcover. Good +/good. Art. Now we have the originals before us and can see how they were made, how the artist manipulated brush and pencil, what the colors really are. We can see beyond subject matter to the technique, and, with perception, to the man himself who created these very surfaces. Is he an artist according to your definition? A better than good copy except for the wraps have been slightly sunned, otherwise a collectors dream. 157 pp. ... more information

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