Search Results: Non-Fiction from pacaritambo books

Harvard Common Press, 2018. New Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color illustrations - no credit given. CONDITION: NEW Harvard Common Press hardcover (pictorial boards), no DJ issued, new edition, 2nd printing. Loads of color illustrations but no credit given that I could find. CONTENT: Fatherhood doesn't come with instructions, but 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know is here to give some peace of mind. Learn what to expect on the lead up to the final big day when fatherhood starts! A baby brings great joy to a new father, but also, perhaps, some uncertainty. Don't let these preliminary nerves get to you and dampen what will no doubt be one of the most joyful day of your life. 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know provide information and encouragement to stave back the worry. A little fear is nothing to be ashamed of. For many men, fatherhood may seem like a new job for which they have had no training or experience. In these pages, pediatricians, and fathers themselves, Robert and… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD 1997 Simon & Schuster large hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Tiny "repaired" tear bottom DJ panel at fold. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: Recounts the trial of a radical union leader for the murder of Idaho's former state governor, a case that ultimately involved President Theodore Roosevelt and the tumultuous relationship between capital, labor, and the law in the 1900s. Multiple Pulitzer Prize winner Lukas, who committed suicide at age 64, aspires in his final book to use the 1905 assassination of Frank Steunenberg, governor of Idaho, as a platform from which to survey the panorama of the turn-of-the-century's incessant labor strife. The murder, investigation, and trial quickly became a cause for business, labor, and law enforcement, both private and public. Lukas attempts to gather every… Read More

Little Brown/Hachette, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Alice Oehr color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this "AS NEW"? Small black remainder dot top edges at spine. UNREAD 2020 Little Brown/Hachette large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Colored end pages. Color illustrations by Alice Oehr. Foreword by David Lebovitz. CONTENT: From simple sweets to complex confections, create dazzling desserts with this beautifully illustrated chocolate cookbook from a baking "legend" (New Yorker). Maida Heatter is one of the most trusted and beloved cookbook authors of all time. Her recipes, each a modern classic, have inspired extraordinary bakers such as Dorie Greenspan, Christina Tosi, and David Lebovitz, whose foreword introduces the joy of baking with Maida to a new generation. Throughout Maida's nearly 50-year career as a "genius" of baking (New York Times), one thing was constant: her passion for chocolate. She created hundreds of recipes… Read More

Sports Publishing, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD 2013 Sports Publishing (Skyhorse) hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. In April, months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended from play for at least a year. Even worse, in May, one of the league's bigger-than-life personalities, Big Daddy Lipscomb, was found dead, with police saying he perished from a heroin overdose, something those who knew him best still dispute. As play began in September, the Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its doors in Canton, Ohio, the same town where the National Football League was founded in 1921 and inducted its first class. Also, the war for players and prestige raged with the upstart American Football League trying to… Read More

Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2005. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Some B&W drawings and photos. CONDITION: Like New, appears one chapter may have been perused) 2005 Southern Illinois Univ. Press hardcover (gray boards with silver foil title and decoration), NO DJ issued, 2nd edition, 1st printing. Some B&W drawings and photos. Foreword by Romulus Linney. CONTENT: This guidebook for transforming actual American figures and events into dramatic form has aided many communities and groups in writing, planning, and producing first-rate historical dramas. The new edition of Creating Historical Drama: A Guide for Communities, Theatre Groups, and Playwrights features updated examples of drama and dramatic activities from short indoor productions to large-scale, outdoor historical dramas; new material about funding, economic impact on communities, budgeting, and marketing; and current information on physical theatre development. Responding to a national… Read More

Pegasus Books, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. 2 era B&W and Color Photo Sections. CONDITION: "AS NEW" - what makes this book As New? Nothing I can pinpoint; it just seems perused. 2017 Pegasus hardcover & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. 2 era B&W and color photo sections. End pages decorated with map of Darwin's travels. CONTENT: An acclaimed geologist leads the reader on an adventure through the landscape that absorbed and inspired Charles Darwin. Everybody knows-or thinks they know-Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people do not know is that Darwin was on board the HMS Beagle as a geologist-on a mission to examine the land, not flora and fauna. Tracing Darwin's footsteps in South America and beyond, geologist Rob Wesson sets out on a trek across the Andes, repeating the nautical surveys made by the Beagle's crew, hunting for fossils in… Read More

New York/Boston: Hatchette, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photos section. CONDITION: What makes this book "Like New"? - Small black remainder dot top edges. UNREAD 2017 Hatchette hardcover (white boards - who does that?) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W Era Photo Section. CONTENT: Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 St. Martin's Press hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. A few exercise illustrations in B&W. CONTENT: Ian K. Smith, M.D.'s unique new plan takes intermittent fasting to the next level, combining the power of time-restricted eating with a detailed program that flips the body into a negative energy state, scorching fat on the way to weight loss and physical transformation. Many IF books leave readers to figure out what and how much they should eat during their feeding window, and even how long to fast each day. Smith knows that even readers highly motivated to change their weight and their health need marching orders, and they're all here in Fast Burn!'s nine-week program. Dr. Ian believes in cleaner eating-forget perfect-and the two positively disruptive Jigsaw Weeks he works into his Fast Burn! program not only mix things up so Fast Burners stay on track, but… Read More

Writer's Digest, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Bob Eckstein cover art. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Writer's Digest trade paperback, first edition, first printing. Cover art by Bob Eckstein. Foreword by Holly Root. CONTENT: here is a certain perception from the outside that the publishing industry is a near insurmountable fortress, with gatekeepers and naysayers manning the turrets looking for any way to fire a flaming arrow at the dreams of an aspiring writer. Funny You Should Ask, based on the popular Writer's Digest column of the same name, assists to deconstruct, inform, and illuminate the path to publication and beyond, all while dispelling the rumor that those in the industry are better than thou. And even though each writer's publishing journey is like a game of PLINKO--you can drop the chip in the same slot every time and get a different result--there are still common constructs and confusions that can be shared and explored together in order to help inform all… Read More

Westview Press, 1998. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A few B&W photos throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Westview Press hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. A few B&W photos throughout. CONTENT: Upon arriving in India, the first English settlers found the humid, unforgiving climate almost unbearable. Malaria, cholera, and dysentery ravaged their beleaguered ranks, making the average life span for both men and women no more than 30 years. To escape these epidemics, they found refuge in the temperate climate of the hills. Above the clouds, Europeans built numerous hill stations, not just in India, but also in Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia. From the luxury of these curious establishments, they ruled their colonies with imperial aplomb. Colonialism lapsed and the foreigners were eventually expelled from these countries, yet the hill stations still remain. In early 1997, Barbara Crossette, the United Nations bureau chief for the New… Read More

Meadows Museum/SMU Press, 2004. Exhibition Book Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/New. Color photos throughout. CONDITION: NEW 2004 Meadows Museum/SMU Press hardcover (brown cloth boards) & dust jacket, Exhibition Book, no printing given. In shrink-wrap. Subtitle: Treasures of the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. CONTENT: Exhibition at SMU's Meadows Museum. Essays by Karl Kilinski II, Jennifer Neils, Ann Steiner, Sarah Price, and Mr. Warden. At the heart of this study of the relationship between Greek vases and their decoration - and between the decoration and the function of the vase - is a very well presented catalogue of 43 Greek and Etruscan vases exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Each entry comprises at least one colour photograph of the vase accompanied by a full description and discussion of the form of the vase, its function, date and historical context, and the design and meaning of its decoration. Arranged chronologically, the vases date from c.850 to the end… Read More

HarperCollins, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. No Illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "AS NEW?" 1 lightly bumped corner and on the DJ some light edge wear top spine and a small tanned area front at edge. UNREAD 1994 HarperCollins hardcover (maroon boards) & dust jacket, first American edition (paper standards cited), first printing. No illustrations. Bilingual - English/Hindi. CONTENT: Meera, they said, was mad. She is also the symbol Mahatma Gandhi chose to inspire his modern Indian renaissance, and the archetypal female saint, whose songs of love and devotion remain an integral part of Indian life and culture. Meera was a sixteenth century Rajput princess who renounced her privileged life and royal family to live as a mendicantwandering, dancing, and singing the praises of God. A devotee of Krishna, she was part of an influential religious movement (bhakti) that rejected distinctions of caste and creed, shunned the stultifying rituals and inaccessible scripture… Read More

Lorena Jones/Ten Speed, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A few charts throughout. CONDITION: NEW 2021 Lorena Jones/Ten Speed hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Several charts illustrate - i.e., Sugar Rush Chart, French vs American cuisine, etc. CONTENT: Investigative journalist Barry Estabrook was often on the receiving end of his doctor's scowl. Realizing he had two options-take more medication or lose weight-Estabrook chose the latter, but was paralyzed by the options. Which diet would keep the weight off? What program could he maintain over time? What diet works best-or even at all? Over the course of three years, Estabrook tried the regimens behind the most popular diets of the past forty years-from paleo, keto, gluten-free, and veganism to the Master Cleanse, Whole30, Atkins, Weight Watchers-examining the people, claims, and science behind the fads, all while recording his mental and physical experience of following each one. Along the way,… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2018. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. 2 era B&W and Color Photo & art reproduction sections. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Weidenfeld & Nicholson trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. 2 era B&W / color photos & art reproduction sections. CONTENT: The Gordon Riots of 1780 were the worst civil disturbance in British history, causing 285 deaths and widespread looting in central London. The riots had begun as an anti-Catholic protest against the Papist Act two years earlier, which intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics after over one hundred years of penalties against them. It is against this backdrop that the 50-year battle for Catholic Emancipation developed, culminating in the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829. A hugely sensitive issue during the Napoleonic Wars, William Pitt's government had fallen in 1806 over it. Its successful passage followed a vigorous campaign on the issue by Irish lawyer Daniel… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: AS NEW - why? - this was my book and I never got around to reading it - bought it new - but it has never been "crisp." therefore, "as new." UNREAD, but not crisp, 2019 Alfred A. Knopf large hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in new condition), first edition, no printing given. No decorations/illustrations. Large glossary. CONTENT: In this timely and important book, one of the most trusted and admired writers on the world of faith examines the meaning of Scripture. At a time of intolerance and mutual incomprehension, this work shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts.

Peachtree Publishers, 1995. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 1995 Peachtree Publishers large (and heavy) trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. Deckle edges. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: Based on almost 200 previously unpublished letters and extensive interviews with their closest associates, Walker's biography of Margaret Mitchell and her husband, John Marsh, offers a new look into a devoted marriage and fascinating partnership that ultimately created a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. This edition of Walker's biography celebrates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gone With the Wind in 1936. In lively extracts from their letters to family and friends, John and Margaret, who also went by Peggy, describe the stormy years of their courtship, their bohemian lifestyle as a young married couple, the arduous but fulfilling years when Peggy was writing her famous novel, the thrill of its acceptance… Read More

Gallery Books, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Short black remainder mark top edges at spine. DJ is new and has title and Author's name in embossed lettering. UNREAD 2015 Gallery Books hardcover (grey boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: trailblazing Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman Jr.-the first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL-tells his inspirational journey of persevering through every obstacle, remaining dedicated to the hard work and a no-excuses attitude that ultimately earned him a Super Bowl victory. Great for readers of all ages. Even at a young age, if anyone told Derrick Coleman what he couldn't do, he'd just reply, "Watch me." Diagnosed as hearing-impaired at age three, he faced a potentially limited future, but neither he nor his family were going to let that happen. Now Derrick shares the story of his remarkable journey toward NFL stardom, of the friends and… Read More

Media Lab Books, 2018. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W John Wayne photos throughout + other illustrations. CONDITION: LIKE NEW (small remainder dot bottom edges at spine) 2018 Media Labs hardcover (pictorial boards - NO DJ ISSUED), first edition, assumed first printing. B&W Wayne photos throughout plus other illustrations & drawings by T.E. Detwiler. CONTENT: First of all, this book is a hoot. However, it is also filled with situations and solutions which you might someday need, i.e., best way to kick down a door or how to throw a proper punch. Filled with step-by-step advice and real-world examples, this book illustrates dozens of hard-hitting and practical skills, from surviving in the wild and maintaining your home to handling yourself in a fight and negotiating a raise. You'll also find illustrations and countless photos of John Wayne in action, showing you everything you need to live a life that would make The Duke proud! Enjoy!! Oh - you… Read More

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2000 Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover (decorated gold boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. B&W ear photo section illustrates. CONTENT: A great writer's journey of exploration in an American place that is both strange and deeply familiar. In Ian Frazier's bestselling Great Plains, he described meeting a man in New York City named Le War Lance, "an Oglala Sioux Indian from Oglala, South Dakota." In On the Rez, Frazier returns to the plains and focuses on a place at their center-the Pine Ridge Reservation in the prairie and badlands of South Dakota, home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier drives around "the rez" with Le War Lance and other Oglalas as they tell stories, visit relatives, go to powwows and rodeos and package stores, and try to find parts to fix one or another of their on-the-verge-of-working cars. On the… Read More

St. Martin's Griffin, 2018. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2018 St Martin's Griffin trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. No illustrations. Extensive notes. The full subtitle is: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. NEW FORWARD. CONTENT: American democracy was never supposed to give the nation a president like Donald Trump. We have never had a president who gave rise to such widespread alarm about his lack of commitment to the institutions of self-government, to the norms democracy requires, and to the need for basic knowledge about how government works. We have never had a president who raises profound questions about his basic competence and his psychological capacity to take on the most challenging political office in the world. The award-winning authors of One Nation After Trump explain Trump's rise and the danger his administration… Read More