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

Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: Boydell Press, 1990. This is the first of two volumes of the diaries of a provincial English businessman engaged in textiles, banking, and politics in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the diaries cover a span of nearly 50 years, and are a reflection of the industry, trade, and banking, the politiccs, and the social life of a relatively stable community in East Anglia; in a book-length introduction, the editor provides the background of the family, the local society, and the local economy, particularly the textile industry; includes a frontispiece portrait of the author, as well as many other illustrations, and genealogical tables of the author's family; survey map of the town in 1776 on the end papers (olive textured cloth with gold lettering, end of spine and one corner slightly bumped; illustrated blue dust jacket has tear on back edge, enclosed in clear mylar cover; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. As New. This book examines the ways in which Arabs and Jews, who successively occupied the same village in the mountains south of Haifa, remember and reconstruct their radically different pasts (white pictorial cover with reproduction of a painting of the village on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.: Sage Publications, 2001. Trade Paperback. As New. This book argues that modernity is in crisis, and proposes that the question of postmodernity is inseparable from postcoloniality (white pictorial cover with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer (distributed By Oxford University Press), 1994. Brings together all of the available data on occupational cancer in developing countries and shows that the global process of industrialization is resulting in increased exposures to occupational carcinogens in developing countries, owing to unsafe technology or ineffective legislation on occupational safety and health, factors which are exacerbated by the fact that a workforce with poor health and nutritional status, and which includes many women and children, is more vulnerable to many diseases, including cancer (upper right front corner slightly creased, otherwise a bright, clean copy). First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Academic Press, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a study of the nature of inequality in human society, based on a comparative analysis of occupational prestige heirarchies in over 60 nations; the author argues that stratification is inevitable in complex societies because they are characterized by a highly developed division of labor into distinct occupational roles, and occupational role differentiation inherently gives rise to inequalities in power, privilege, and prestige; moreover, all complex societies have fundamentally similar occupational status hierarchies because occupational differences in power, and hence in privilege and prestige, are rooted in the division of labor (dark brown cover with gold lettering, highlighting on three pages of a table of occupational titles in Appendix D, otherwise unmarked; cover and remainder of text in near fine condition)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. This play, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, combines Homeric and Caribbean themes; episodes of the story of Odysseus' protracted wandering from Troy to his island home of Ithaca are interspersed with commentary by a blind Caribbean singer; inscribed by the Nobel Prize author on the dedication page (black pictorial cover, pages have very faint corner crease; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore) . Inscribed By Author. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1963. This is a French edition (with all text in French) of the complete works of Arthur Rimbaud, 923 pages (black leather covers with gold lettering on spine; white dust jacket with red & black lettering, portrait of Rimbaud on the front, enclosed in clear mylar cover; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Leather-Bound. Fine/Fine.

Bruxelles, Belgique: Minerve. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text in French; this volume of Baudelaire's complete works is No. 2790 of a limited edition of 3,000, printed in Belgium (red cloth with faded, but legible, gold lettering on spine, pages slightly tanned, otherwise a very good, clean, tight copy)

Bristol, England, U.S.A.: Policy Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. As New. The material for this book results from the work of an international research group funded by the European Union to look at the development of workfare policies in Northern Europe; this book compares workfare programs from six European countries (Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark) with programs from the United States; it provides an analysis of the ideological debates that surround compulsory work programs and a detailed overview of the programs implemented in each country, including their political and social policy contexts and the forces that have combined to facilitate their implementation

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Churchill Livingstone, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This textbook is designed as a practical handbook for clinicians seeing patients with neurologic disorders (gray cloth with red & yellow lettering, very slight shelfwear, previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; an extremely large, heavy volume, may require extra shipping)

London, England, U.K.: Financial Times, 1975. This study, published in May 1975 by the Financial Times of London, has two basic aims: to show what happened to the great wealth that had been shifted from the oil consuming countries to the oil exporting countries after the oil price increases of October 1973 and January 1974, and what patterns were emerging for the future; and to serve as a business handbook to the countries around the Persian Gulf where the great bulk of the wealth had accrued; Part I looks at the global picture, cites the overwhelming importance of the Gulf littoral countries, and considers their attitude to the developing world; Part II gives a country-by-country survey and looks at inter-regional finance within the Muslim world; Part III gathers together an external picture of overall spending by the Gulf area countries on aid, armaments, development, and investment; Part IV offers conclusions (spiral-bound with blue, red, and white paper covers, front cover with oil map of the… Read More

London, England, U.K.: John Murray, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A history of British foreign policy during the quarter century prior to 1922; it examines the personal methods of those who directed foreign policy and the events of that policy; introduction by Valentine Chirol; includes maps and two illustrations, portraits of the Marquis of Salisbury (frontpiece) and David Lloyd George (dark blue cloth with bright gold lettering (minor edgewear and creased corner, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1974. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near Fine: selected writings of the University of Chicago sociologist grouped under the headings Community, The Family, Crime and Delinquency, and Methodology and Social Values (light blue cloth with silver lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Elgin, IL, U.S.A.: Brethren Press, 1978. This volume brings together for the first time many of the major documents, studies, and papers from the theological discussions on pacifism between the historic Peace Churches that began in Kansas in 1935, and after World War II with other churches in Europe and the United States, including the four Puidoux Conferences in Europe between 1955 and 1962, and the conferences and consultations sponsored by the World Council of Churches beginning in 1975 (white cover is slightly tanned with slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. This volume, part of the Heritage of Sociology series edited by Morris Janowitz, includes selections from the works of the renowned Polish-American sociologist, co-author of The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; includes an introduction by Robert Bierstedt which provides a brief biography and critical assessment of Znaniecki's writings and a bibliography of his works (yellow cloth with gold lettering; white dust jacket with portrait of Znaniecki on front cover, slight edgewear, chip on upper edge, small closed tear on front fold; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Lawrence & Wishart, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This issue of the journal New Formations includes articles that address the specifics of imperialist rhetoric, diasporic experiences, and racist practices in an attempt to develop a critical politics of diaspora; contriburors include Ien Ang, Ghassan Hage, C. J. W.-L. Wee, Neil Roughley, Julia Emberley, Johan Fornas, Iain Chambers, Rob Wilson, Gillian Swanson (white pictorial cover with orange border, slight shelfwear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Andover, MA, U.S.A.: Addison Gallery of American Art, 2004. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8 1/2" X 10 7/8. This book examines some of the finest works on paper from the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachussets; essays by Faye Hirsch, Linda Konheim Dramer, Carol Clark, and Trevor Fairbrother are followed by portfolios with full-page color reproductions of about 150 works from the collection of more than 2,500 drawings, pastels, charcoals, oils, and watercolors; inroduction by Susan C. Faxon (white pictorial covers with art works on the front and back, red end papers; white pictorial dust jacket also with works of art on the front and back; a bright, clean, tight copy; this is a very large, heavy book that can only be shippped by domestic media mail without additional charge)

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. As New. This volume brings together leading experts to examine the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina about better assessing, percieving, and managing risks from future disasters

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. This is an autobiography of the Palestinian academic, politician, and statesman, a supporter of Palestinian coexistence with Israel; includes photographs; inscribed, signed, and dated by the author on the title page (dark gray quarter cloth with gold lettering & light gray paper-covered boards has dent on front edge, crease at end of spine; pictorial dust jacket with photos on the front and back has very slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1947. This is a revised edition of the book, first published in 1931, which describes the discovery and preservation of America's first public reservation set aside for its natural beauty and scientific interest; it provides a chronology of events, and the persons who took part in them, and portrays a distinct and unique conception of land management; includes many black & white photographs, some by Ansel Adams and David Brower, and fold-out map of the Yosemite region; signed and dated by the author, Chief Naturalist of the National Park Service, on the front endpaper (green cloth with gold lettering on black label on spine, corners slightly bumped; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.