Search Results: Authors starting with G from Books of the World

New York: Arco, 1978. Paperback. Very Good+. Light foxing to edges and inside covers. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears, no folds, no creases. 138 pages. A great read for any political junkie. An insightful breakdown FOIA and how the average person can use it to their advantage.

New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. October 23, 2007. First Edition / ninth printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Spine ends lightly bumped. Light shelfwear wear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Suitable for gifting. 297 pages. Lexile: 850L. Reading level: 8-12 years. Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy explain the universe to readers of all ages. Garry Parsons' illustrations add humor and interest, and his scientific drawings add clarity; there are also 32 pages of full-color scientific photos.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1986. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Pictorial covers, no jacket as issued. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 284 pages. Profusely illustrated. Text, photographs, paintings, and maps explore the history of astronomy, the solar system, the universe, and new space discoveries.

New York: Penguin Books, April 2000. Trade Paperback. Movie Tie-In Edition, first printing / full number line. Very Good+. Prior owner's name inside cover. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light edgewear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 315 pages. At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman, divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir captures perfectly the magic of Kenya. Made into the motion picture starring Kim Basinger.

Laguna Hills, California: Walter Foster, 1995. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior Pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light foxing to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 70 pages. Illustrated in color. With concise, clear instructions and easy-to-read color charts, this is a valuable reference tool that takes you through the fundamentals of color theory, teaching you terms such as hue, value, and saturation. In addition, it provides the exact proportions for mixing dozens of blues, yellows, reds, pinks, oranges, greens, and purples. As you discover the joys of mixing both vibrant and nuanced colors, you also will learn how to mix a range of rich neutrals using complementary or primary colors, how to darken colors without resorting to black, and much more.

New York: Dover Publications, June 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight with reading creases. Light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x+468 pages. Gandhi's nonviolent protest movement, Satyagraha (satya = true, agraha = firmness), came to stand, like its creator, as a moral principle and a rallying cry. This is Gandhi's story of the path to his vision of Satyagraha and human dignity. Gandhi made scrupulous truth-telling a religion. His simply narrated account of boyhood in Gujarat, marriage at age 13, legal studies in England, and growing desire for purity and reform has the force of a man extreme in all things. He details his gradual conversion to vegetarianism and ahimsa (non-violence) and the state of celibacy (brahmacharya, self-restraint) that became one of his more arduous spiritual trials. In the political realm he outlines the beginning of Satyagraha in South Africa and India, with accounts of the first Indian fasts and protests, his… Read More

Lisboa: Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. Not from a library. No remainder marks. Cover with flaps. 91 pages. Nice full-colour exhibition catalogue with text in English. Published for the commemorative exhibition "Portugal in the opening of the world" at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, presented by the Organization of American States. Contents broken into sections "The Age of Closed Worlds", "The Significance of the Portuguese Discoveries", "The Culture of the Portuguese Discoveries", and "The Encounter Between the Worlds".

New York: Europa Editions, June 2006. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Prior owner's name and phone number to first page, otherwise Fine. Text block pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 290 pages.

London: Sphere Books / Abacus, 1990. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing. Tanned and foxed. Text unmarked. Spine creased. Not from a library. 162 pages. Most of the stories in this collection are about flags and why the English wave them. This collection also includes a ghost story; the story of a hanging in 1919 of a young boy; and "After the Strawberry Tea", a terror story of an English Chernobyl off the coast of Kent.

Des Moines, Iowa: Better Homes and Gardens Book. Paperback. 1993. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light shelfwear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 64 pages.

Des Moines, Iowa: Better Homes and Gardens. 1999. Paperback. Fine condition. Contents: Cookie Basics, Drop Cookies, Bar Cookies, Cutout Cookies, Shaped Cookies, Sliced Cookies, Kids' Cookies, Special Day Cookies, Old World Cookies, Recipe Index.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, January 2002. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 332 pages. The chronicle of a remarkable three thousand mile journey down the Mekong River as it runs through China, Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, 2005. Fine Book in a Fine jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 387 pages. An historical account of Joseph and Delia Russell Youngblood, presented as an historical novel, tells of the effects--immediate and lasting--of the Civil War on their lives and those who came after.

New York: Penguin, October 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine curved, but not creased. Light edgewear and creasing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 750 pages. A critically acclaimed study documents the outbreaks of newly discovered diseases around the globe, such as HIV, Lassa, and Ebola, and explores the social and environmental deterioration that helps to keep such viruses alive.

New York: W.W. Norton, December 1944. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Very Good, no jacket. Prior owner's book plate to front pastedown. Text appears unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 259 pages. 6 B&W plates. 23 cm. Grant Wood was a strange mixture of dungareed simplicity and sophisticated aloofness. Critics see this in his paintings; the people of Iowa saw it in him personally. It is the latter aspect that the author explored in this biography: Grant Wood as son, brother, townsman, student, teacher, friend, and very briefly as husband.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Government Printing Department, June 1987. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Very Good. Cover and pages securely bound by a single clean staple. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 14 pages.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, November 1992. Paperback. Navy with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. Very large, over-sized book: Elephant Folio: 12.0 x 18.25 x 0.9 inches. 6.5 pounds. 135 pages + 135 page index. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light corner and edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. A treasury of definitive maps and informative entries on every country on Earth. In addition, "Worlds Beyond" presents a stunning portrait of our solar system and the universe. 63 political maps, 13 physical maps, 243 city maps. More than 140,000 entries in the most comprehensive index ever. Maps and illustrated articles on Earth's processes and resources. Flags and facts for every country. New maps of the moon, the solar system, the Milky Way, and the universe.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1983. Hardcover. Good+ book in a Fair jacket. 3" wet stain to bottom of last two dozen pages, otherwise Near Fine. No markings. Sound binding. Dust jacket has heavy wear, chipping, tears, and a 3" chunk missing from bottom of front panel. Not from a library. 424 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 x 1.25 inches. 8.8 pounds. Large, heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: UsAF Counterproliferation Center, July 2003. Trade Paperback. Second Edition. As New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. Not from a library. 331 pages. Profiles the personalities and strategic cultures of some of the United States' most dangerous international rivals. Contents: 1. Deterring international rivals from war and escalation / Barry R. Schneider; 2. Killing in the name of God: Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda / Jerrold M. Post; 3. The Muslim brotherhood and Islamic radicalism / Gary M. Servold; 4. Struggle for the control of Pakistan: Musharraf takes on the Islamist radicals / Stephen F. Burgess; 5. Kim Chong-il's erratic decision making and North Korea's strategic culture / Merrily Baird; 6. The crucible of radical Islam: Iran's leaders and strategic culture / Gregory F. Giles; 7. "Saddam is Iraq: Iraq is Saddam" / Jerrold M. Post and Amatzia Baram; 8. Syria under Bashar al-Asad: clinging to his roots? / Christopher Hemmer; 9. Muammar Qaddafi and Libya's… Read More

Singapore: Times Editions, 1998. Oversized Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight and uncreased. Light dust stains to edges. Light wear to top corner. Very light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 168 pages.