Search Results: Communication from The Owl at the Bridge

New York, Philosophical Library [1954]. Contents: Function of philosophical aesthetics, W. B. Gallie; Dreariness of aesthetics, J. A. Passmore; Feelings, G. Ryle; Expression Theory of Art, O. K. Bouwsma; A study of the irrefutability of two aesthetic theories, B. Lake; Some distinctive features of arguments used in criticism of the arts, M. Macdonald; Critical communication, A. Isenberg; Use of 'good' in aesthetic judgments, H. Knight; Logic & appreciation, S. Hampshire; Art and the 'object of art,' P. Ziff. American issue of a Basil Blackwell edition. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Hard Cover. vi, 186 pages; 23 cm. Bound in Blackwell's lime-green cloth, spine browned; Very Good. Stock#44372.

Bookseller catalogue listing 238 items having to do with rhetoric, orations, orators, and the Council of Trent. 10 illustrations (front cover both sides + 4 plates); index; Good+. Stock#ofc0260.

Henry Holt, NY [c1999]. A John Macrae Book. 'First Edition'. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiii, [1], 249 p.; 24 cm. "Jim Nollman's adventures in four of the world's oceans to study whale and dolphin vocalizations. From these encounters we glimpse an ancient common heritage and evidence of cetacean self-awareness, a reality that promises a new environmental consciousness for us all." Blue pictorial dj; VG+; gift quality. Another copy, small gouge from rear edge; VG. stock#42462x.

Thorofare, N.J. : Slack ; New York, N.Y. Distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1984.. Hard Cover. 208 p. ; 24 cm. "He argued that social bonds are essential at transcending the stresses of everyday life and enriching it above the limitations of poverty as well as crossing communication gaps between generations." Bibliography: p. 199-206. Stock# 44,421. Vg / dj vg.

New York, Harcourt, Brace,Jovanovich, c1972. Soft Cover. vii, 179 p., illus., 23 cm. Textbook for a high school course in semiotics developed by the author. Stock# 41,000. Vg/ paper.

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1968, ©1962. Contents: Language and conception --Communication --Tensive language --Two ways of metaphor --From metaphor to symbol --The archetypal symbol --On the verge of myth --The sense of reality. ISBN (10) 0253201225. Soft Cover. 192 pages ; 20 cm. Very Good. Stock#47791.

Coyne Electrical & Radio School, 1957.. Soft Cover. [32] p., photos, folding diagrams; 28 cm. stapled in blue printed paper covers. Stock# 39,910a. Radio television technology, electrical communications

Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, [1975, c1972]. Soft Cover. xiii, 441 p. illus. 24 cm. Papers by members of the Royal Society Study Group on Non-Verbal Communication. "The importance in social relationships of the exchange of information by non-verbal gestures and expressions, though long appreciated by artists and writers, has only recently become the subject of serious scientific study. The subject has been approached from different angles by psychologists studying the relevance of non-verbal communication to interpersonal relationships, by anthropologists interested in how these processes help to integrate societies, and by ethologists extrapolating the results of animal studies to human behaviour. The scope of the volume ranges from formal analysis of the communication process by an information theorist (Professor Mackay) and by a linguist (Professor Lyons), to accounts of the role of expression in the theatre (Dr Jonathan Miller) and in the visual arts (Professor Gombrich). There are… Read More

Soft Cover. 24 pages; 20.5 cm. Cronin is described as one "who has been engaged during the last seven and thirty years in moulding and preparing pulpit speakers, forensic advocates, legislators, collegiate and university students in London, Dublin, At Oxford and Cambridge..." In a world without electronic amplification, Thadeus T. Cronin's emphasis on the physiology of projection makes sense, but what humorist made up his name?  Stock#OB179. Disbound.

Three separate related publications on how to start and support a business consulting practice, published by the Professional Business-Consultants Association and directed toward the small-business owner without prior experience. Typescript; paper covers; minor wear; Good. Stock#ofc0194. Sold as a lot.

Cambridge, MIT Press [1967]. . Soft Cover. viii, 64 p., index, illus.; 23.5 cm. Stock #29,573x. VG/ wrappers.. Linguistics, philology, grammar, communication.

N.Y., YMCA, Association Press [1961]. Hard Cover. viii, 408 p. 21 cm. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. 58th printing; first, 1926. Stock# 31,885. Good+/ no dj.

N.Y., Fawcett [1968]. Soft Cover. 192 p., index; 17.5 cm. Spoken, verbal, language is only one means of communication. Americans sent abroad to deal with other peoples should not only be taught to speak and read the language, but be thoroughly trained in the culture of the country.” More anthropology than linguistics. Stock# 32.045. Vg/ paper back.

Indianapolis, Droke House, 1951. Hard Cover. 318 p. 21.5 cm. Guides for business, social, and civic occassions. Stock# 30,198. Vg/ dj vg.

Perigee [Putnam, NY, 1976]. "Learn the principles of writing that fit every business need." Gift inscription on title-page verso. Soft Cover. 112 pages, index; 27.5 cm. Vg/ paper. Stock#31879.

NY, Oxford University Press, ©1999. Hard Cover. xvi, 124 p.; 22 cm. Based on a series of lectures at the NYPL. "In this visionary look into the future, Freeman Dyson argues that technological changes fundamentally alter our ethical and social arrangements and that three rapidly advancing new technologies-- solar energy, genetic engineering, and worldwide communication-- together have the potential to create a more equal distribution of the world's wealth." "Written with passionate conviction about the ethical uses of science, 'The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet' is both a brilliant reinterpretation of the scientific process and a challenge to use new technologies to close, rather than widen, the gap between rich and poor." Stock#4,256. VG, owner name on front fly/ Dj vg.

Glenview, IL., Scott, Foresman, 1990. Soft Cover. ix, 221 p., front. (port.), 19.5 cm. "Thomas A. Edison contributed to the basic structure on which modern communications and the information age would rest." Stock# 34,301. Vg/ paper.

N.Y., McGraw-Hill [1966]. . Soft Cover. xiii, 364 p.; 18 cm. Addresses two questions: what are communications and how do communications affect mankind." Stock #29,689. VG/ wrappers. Linguistics, social history, philosophy.