Search Results: Authors starting with G from Riverwood's Books

London: Phoenix Books/Publishers. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 1857992911 . Very nice shape, interior clean & unmarked, light edge/corner wear to cover, light spine creasing. "A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined...." (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .

Atria Books. New. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0743442210 . New book, very small remainder mark bottom edge of pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Author Marc Gafni always intuitively felt that the erotic must have a powerful link to the sacred, but not until he committed himself to the study of Hebrew mysticism was he able to articulate this link. According to Gafni, most people assume that eros is just another word for sex. "The fact that we so often confuse eros with sex merely reminds us of how distant we are from true erotic engagement, " he writes. And herein lies Gafni's mission for this book.... Drawing from the ancient texts of the Kabbalist tradition, Gafni unravels the wondrous relationships among sex, eros, love, and the sacred. He calls this discussion "Hebrew tantra, " yet readers of all denominations will find this an inspiring book on sacred sexuality....." (380noto? ) .

Warner Books. Very Good. 1981. Softcover. 0446943630 . Paperback 1981 printing. Cover has light wear to corners and edges, light creasing to cover, some corner curling, light soiling, age tanning to edges. Interior clean and unmarked. B/w cartoons. "If the things you must swallow turn you into a blithering idiot....like horrible movies, insane TV, depraved politicians and all the other monstrous abuses of our modern world.....You need our idiotic antidote! Try....Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mad, and you'll turn into a horrible, insane, depraved monstrous MADman!" (110os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

R.S. Means Company. Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0876295367 . Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages are all intact. A few pages have some light wrinkling to one upper corner and the occasional small spot is seen. Some soiling to outer edge of pages. Laminate on cover has light scuffing and a few small tears on rear. Good solid working copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 347 pages; Answers Your Questions About Plumbing Estimating & Installation for Residential & Commercial Projects * Comprehensive coverage of plumbing materials and methods, subsystems and components -- fully illustrated * Estimating tools and materials * Specifications and drawings: how to interpret information and perform a takeoff * Pricing quantities for the estimate and calculating markup * Preparing the bid * Glossary of plumbing terms and symbols for reference Includes special sections on change order analysis,… Read More

Calgary, AB: Ward 8 Press. Very Good+. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 0973680172 . Excellent condition, clean and unmarked other than a couple tiny light edge stains seen. Cover has light corner wear and slight curling of corners. The Dandelion Spirit tells one woman's courageous journey away from abuse and into her one true self. With aching honesty she illuminates her path back to life and leaves a trail for others to follow. One step at a time. (428-noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0618805753 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and intact, light soiling to outer edge of pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; A boy, a medieval emperor, and an obsession that wouldn't quit. What is so compelling about falconry? To find an answer, Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons in this engaging volume, interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And film writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker, who brought the… Read More

Basic Books. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0465098150 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and tight, cover has a little wear at corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery. (*photo shown is a stock photo) [572] .

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773731903 . Stoddart 1999 edition, same ISBN (different cover art) . Ex-Library book but still in very nice condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear, scuffing to jacket. Interior pages clean, tight and unmarked. B/w photos/illustrations. 207 pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; From Publishers Weekly: Galloway (Snake Dreamer) and 11 other Canadians, most of them authors of children's books, share their recollections of growing up during WWII. Taken together, the pieces evoke the leisurely feeling of stories shared around the family dinner table. The most memorable moments come through in the details: Janet Lunn discusses her desire to hide her grandparents' German names; Dorothy Joan Harris describes the rising tensions in the late 1930s in Japan, where her father was an English professor, that finally drove the family to Canada, as well as her… Read More

Workman Publishing. Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0894803182 . Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings.. Interior of pages clean, first endpage a little loose at bottom but pages otherwise tight, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Cover has light scuffing and light wear to laminate at corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Topiary, as defined in the book's glossary, is "the art of shaping plants, by clipping and training, to create living sculptures." The authors, well-known horticulturists, provide chapters on traditional designs for hedges, trees, and espalier displays, and also cover container topiary, ivy training, knot gardens, and frame making. They give a historical context for each chapter, but emphasize application, presenting instructions for 75 projects. Their advice includes recommended plants, design hints, tools and supplies, and maintenance. The format is clear and readable, and… Read More

William Sloane. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Book club. Hardcover wear is minimal, a little edge bumping, no markings. Very clean and tight. Dustjacket has several tears, couple small pieces torn out, edgewear. 286 pages, 8 1/2" x 6".Fiddler's Green has the color and freshness of its background-the salt air and wind of the Pacific Coast fishing grounds and the activity of the men who work them. "-the imagined Elysian Field of sailors and vagabond-craftsmen-where credit is good, where there's many a lass and many a glass. and never a stormy sea."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: William Sloane. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. William Sloane, New York. Edition not stated, assumed to be U. S. First edition, 1958 date on title page and verso, as well as intact price on front flap. Hardcover is very clean, light soiling outer edge of pages, cover edges have some tanning/fading. Pages clean and intact, no markings. Jacket has several small edge tears/chips, soiling to rear, tanning to edges, not price clipped. SUMMARY: The trouble with Lazy Ethel (a hurricane) is that she doesn't exist. But the residents and other visitors to the small Pacific atoll being visited by the hack who broke the story of Lazy Ethel's approach don't know that. The story of a hurricane which began as a figment of an irritated meteorologist's imagnination and arrived as a very real and flattening blast to a man's pretensions. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0374430896 . New & unread, no markings. Young adult to adult reading. In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer desperate for adventure, college cash, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents finally caught up to them in a bust at the Chelsea Hotel. For his part in the conspiracy, the twenty-year-old Gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. In Hole in My Life, this acclaimed author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 8vo .

Ace Books. Very Good+. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0441470548 . Very light edge & corner wear, light creasing to rear. Internal pages are clean & tight, it has rather heavy age tanning inside covers. 236 pages. "Attend, beloved listeners to the tale of Scheherazade, whose magical stories are her only defense against made kings, evil djinn and an unspeakable mother-in-law....For truly it will take a silver tongue to save a pretty neck..." (* Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Pocket Books. Very Good. 1960. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Cover has light creasing, small tears to spine bottom and light edge/corner wear. Pages are clean and unmarked, age tanning to pages. "Take a no-holds-barred proxy war for a rich Texas oil company, with Jerry Conway, its young president, fighting for survival. Add a beautiful woman in a mudpack and not much else who gives up a freshly fired .38 to Conway before she shows him the door. Top it off with the body of another young woman with a bullet in her chest fired by the same gun, and you have the recipe for the perfect murder -- and the perfect frame-up. " [115-osl]; Perry Mason Mystery; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Star Books. Very Good+. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0352306351 . Very nice condition. Cover has light edge and corner wear. Pages clean and intact, with no markings. 253 pages. When the Russian flag flutters over Whitehall, you'll be glad of Golgotha. Golgotha - A cunningly complex plan buried deep in the minds of lost sleeper agents who may no longer exist....One day your freedom may depend on it....One man's mission through the terror-torn streets of police-state Britain. (noto280) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: Vintage Books. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 0394721047 . Softcover 1976. Cover has light edge and corner wear, small creases and scuffs. Pages are intact with age tanning to page edges and inside covers. Occasional light soiling within book. A lucid account of why quasars, pulsars, black holes and the new atomic clocks are vindicating einstein's revolutionary theory. A completely revised updated edition of Relativity for the Million. b/w illustrations. (245os3-24) ; 8vo .

Ace Books. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Softcover. 0090019903 . Ace Books edition, 1962. Great condition for it's age. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, age tanning to edges and inside covers. Cover has light wear at corners, one light crease on front and small pink ink marking on spine. "A ripsnorting novel of a tough lawman in Arizona's most lawless days." [95-osl]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Element Books. Near Fine. 1995. 1852306343 . Excellent condition, clean & tight, no markings. Light wear to corners & a little discoloration upper edge of pages. "This expanded & updated edition of an already highly praised homoeopathic guide includes: an innovative symptom analysis for identifying the correct remedies; comprehensive index of mental, emotional & physical symptoms; treatement of common ailments and conditions; first aid remedies for use in the home. [osl-266] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

U. K.: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PR. Good+. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0198762666 . Overall wear is light, however approx. 25 pages have pen underlining and/or highlighting. Pages are otherwise clean. Cover has light scuffing and light edge and corner wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; * Winner of the 1991 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association * Winner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Crime and Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, USA The first comprehensive account of the role of punishment in modern society, this book buils upon the work of Durkheim, Foucault, and others, and provides a fascinating interpretation of this complex social institution, showing how penal institutions interact with strategies of power, socio-economic structures, and cultural sensibilities. [450-noto] .

Walter Foster Publications. Very Good+. Softcover. Undated, circa 1950s to 1960s. Oversize softcover, folio (approx. 14 x 10") - light wear overall, B/w & Color illustrations throughout - approx. 40 pages. This is one of the wonderful Walter Foster How-To Art Series. (250-osl) ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .