Search Results: Authors starting with J from Birkitt's Books

Oberoi Grand, 2009-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Jacket has light wear, binding sound, internally clean. The Oberoi Grand, fondly referred as the 'Grande Dame of Chowringhee' offers the ultimate classical residence in the City of Joy. This heritage hotel’s neo-classical facade and grand pillared entrance mark a successful fusion of classical Victorian and traditional Indian style and reflect the city’s colonial history.Standing stately for over 125 years, The Oberoi Grand combines classic architecture and charm with state of the art amenities and facilities, offering guests an oasis of tranquility amidst the bustling city.

Distributed in USA by Haynes Publications, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. VG/VG. Jacket has Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Peter Filby has assembled in this book a truly amazing collection of photographs showing the extraordinary versatility of the Mini. At one end are the standard production Minis and the secret prototypes, developing through the Millionaire Minis and the radically customized Minis, ending with the alternative Minis such as the 120 mph Unipower GT, the outrageous 3 wheeled Stimson Scorcher and the ultra-practical Midas.

University of Illinois Press, 1987-11-01. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x0. No dust jacket, blue cloth boards have minor wear, binding sound, internally clean. 136 pages, includes an index and notes.

Urim Publications, 2008-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 108x14x153. Jacket has minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Covenantal Imperatives, a collection of essays selected from the nearly six decades of Rabbi Walter Wurzburger's illustrious career, combines the author's master of Halakhah with a deep understanding of Jewish philosophy. By adopting religious cohesion as the cornerstone of his ideas, Rabbi Wurzburger builds a case for the meeting point of ethics and traditional Judaism, delving deeply into the thoughts of some of the greatest Jewish thinkers, especially those of his teacher, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Covering topics ranging from cooperation with non-Orthodox branches of Judaism, the Sabbath, and his concept of modern Orthodoxy, Rabbi Wurzburger's essays are a true representation of the work of an original thinker and leader in the American Jewish community.

Paris, France: Galerie Denise Rene, 1985. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Wraps are soiled, rear cover has writing, binding sound, internally clean. 24 page art exhibition catalog, illustrated in black and white and color. Contains an interview with the artist, text in French and English. Includes a short biography. From Wikipedia: "Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen. During World War II he worked with Danish modernist artists such as Asger Jorn, Carl-Henning Pedersen and Egill Jacobsen and participated in the circle around the journal Helhesten who later came to make up the COBRA-movement. In this period he created massive stone sculptures that he called "fabeldyr" (fantastic animals). He traveled to France with his colleague Richard Mortensen and lived there from 1947-69. During his time in France he began creating sculptures in cast iron. In France he received the nickname Gros Robert.From 1962-81, he was a professor at Kunstakademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. In 1969… Read More

Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004-12-15. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x10. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, front endpage has a gift inscription, else pages clean and unmarked. Against a backdrop of European unrest, immigration to America flourished in the nineteenth century for European Jews as for other groups. Two waves of immigration brought Jews to New Mexico, the first largely of German men in the 1840s and 1850s and the second of Eastern Europeans with the coming of the railroad to New Mexico in the 1880s. This book lights the drama that unfolded for these young Jewish merchants, tradesmen, and laborers, who were linked in their homeland through a complex web of intermarriage and who built quite successfully on their cultural and social relationships to become among New Mexico's most prominent, productive citizens.

Obecni Dum, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Text in Czech. Jacket has light wear, binding sound, internally clean. published on the occasion of the exhibition 3.5.- 19.10.1997 in Prague. 292 pages, size 32x23 cm. All-cloth binding with dust jacket, many illustrations.

Paladin Pr, 1993. paperback. Very Good. 8x0x11. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.

Notion Music, Inc, 2008. Very Good. Workbook only, no software. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.

The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach FL, 2006-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. National Foundation for Contemporary Art (FNAC) has arrived in highfalutin style."Shortcuts Between Reality and Fiction: Video, Installations, and Paintings from Le Fonds National D'Art Contemporain" at the Bass Museum unveils nineteen major works by artists represented in what is considered the most significant collection of contemporary art in France, marking the organization's debut in the United States. All told, FNAC has amassed more than 80,000 works in its collection.The burly exhibit features works by Pierre Bismuth, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Claude Closky, Malachi Farrell, Thomas Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, Anne-Marie Jugnet, and Alain Clairet, Bertran.

University Alabama Press, 1986-10-30. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. Jacket has minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Representing the synthesis of approximately ten years of archaeological research along the central Tombigbee River, this book offers new theoretical and interpretive contributions to the study of human activity in the Tombigbee River Valley from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1450. The authors have devised a new taxonomic approach that allows them to portray cultures as they gathered momentum and peaked in their potential as social, economic, and political structures. The data acquired for this study are from the massive cultural resource management program that accompanied the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.

Darlington Productions, 1995, 1995-01-01. Perfect Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Minor shelf wear, stapled binding, pages clean and unmarked. 23 pages, profusely illustrated in black and white.

Charlestown, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004-04-27. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. In this photographic history of Johnstown, readers will enjoy more than two hundred rare images, many published here for the first time, from the collections of historical organizations and private individuals. After enduring three devastating floods, residents have adopted the phrase "This town won't die" as a testament to their gritty determination to survive and to be seen as more than flood victims. Johnstown records the true American Dream: the faces of immigrants building their lives in a new country; the expansive golden age of American industrial growth in the steel, mining, and railroad industries; a community's iron will in the face of destruction; and a snapshot of human bonds through love for family and nation, as well as an inherent faith. Father-daughter authors R. Dean Jobe and Lyndee Jobe Henderson offer perspectives from two… Read More

Greenwood Press Reprint, 1974-06-04. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 0x0x0. No dust jacket, Minor shelf wear, binding tight, several pages have slight staining, pages have bracketing and underlining. Dr. Thompson's little book has a significance out of all proportion to its size. Indeed, it may not improbably prove to be the most important contribution in recent years to the criticism of the British dominion in India. “Nation and Athenaeum -- On the British action against the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858; includes critical evaluation of the workIncludes bibliographies and index

ECLIPSE PRESS, 2000-09-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x8. Jacket has minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. A portrait of celebrated thoroughbred racing horse Native Dancer, nicknamed "The Grey Ghost," relates his competition in the 1953 Kentucky Derby, two-time win of the Horse of the Year title, and induction into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.

Doubleday, 1966. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Jacket is worn, edges lightly tattered and soiled, spine ends are worn, corners are lightly bumped, binding sound, internally clean. Robert Tyre Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded the Masters Tournament. The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world.

National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Environment Canada - Parks, 1986-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 9x7x0. Minor shelf wear, front cover has a sticker remnant, binding tight, spine has chipping to the bottom from sticker removal, pages clean and unmarked. The “wine” bottle, a staple product of British bottle-glass factories during the 18th and early 19th centuries, played a crucial role in shipping, storing, maturing, and serving various products—primarily beverages. These cylindrical bottles were not only widely used in Britain but also found their way to her colonies and other countries engaged in trade with Britain.In this meticulous study, Jones examines 211 sealed and dated cylindrical bottles alongside 127 complete undated bottles. The goal? To establish criteria for dating these cylindrical “wine” bottles produced between 1735 and 1850.

Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation, 1981-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 10x8x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Includes brief specs, a couple historical notes, and a photograph or artistic representation of the following vessels: the ship Cambridge, the brig Jessie, the schooner Anne and Mary, the brig Lady Lilford, the schooner Peri, the barque Alma, the brigantine Glance, the brigantine Fanny Bailey, the brigantine Kathleen, the brig Comet, the brigantine Sela, the brigantine Brothers, the brigantine Swift, the schooner Topaz, the brigantine William, the ship William Yeo, the brig Saladin, the brig Warblington, the brig William Cundall, the schooner Annie Howlan, the brigantine Atlanta, the brig Bornholm ex-Glencairn, the ship L.C. Owen, the brig Maggie, the brig Speed ex-Eliada, the barque Undine, the brigantine Hero, the brig Catherine, the barquentine Try Again, the barquentine Amanda, the schooner Kelso, the schooner Troubadour, the brigantine Volant, the… Read More

Ellijay, GA: Jordan Ink, 1985. paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Stories about Pine Island, Florida and its people. 152 pages, illustrated in black and white.

United States Golf Association, 1996-01-01. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor wear to right corner, rear cover has an address sticker. Appears unread.