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

Chennai, India: Indian National Trust For Art And Cultural Heritage, Tamil Nadu Chapter, 2003. Trade Paperback. First edition (stated). Slight bump at top of spine, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. Not clipped. 348 pages.Several Indian cities that were born as a result of colonization served as showcases of the power of the colonizer, manifest in huge buildings, wide roads, large green parks and other infrastructure. Their architecture, though early on a pure model of established Classical and other European styles, eventually gave way to a refined combination of strong local traditions. Madras, one of the first major seats of the British, is one such town that has grown rapidly, but unfortunately at the stake of its heritage. Its vast architectural wealth, including the fine examples of the Indo-Saracenic style - that was a marriage between the Hindu and the Islamic styles - is fast vanishing.This richly illustrated volume offers an insight into what remains… Read more

New York: Inside News Publications, 1997. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. ix + 396 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 2012. First Edition (stated). As New book in an As New jacket. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Not damaged. 149 pages. What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan ... paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 2006. First Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Edgewear to jacket. 527 pages.A major reevaluation of America's place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century. Kagan strips away the myth of America's isolationist tradition and reveals a more complicated reality: that Americans have been increasing their global power and influence steadily for the past four centuries. Even from the time of the Puritans, America was no shining "city up on a hill" but an engine of commercial and territorial expansion that drove Native Americans, as well as French, Spanish, Russian, and ultimately even British power, from the North American continent. Even before the birth of the nation, Americans believed they were destined for global leadership. Underlying their ambitions was a set of ideas and ideals about the world and human nature. Kagan focuses… Read more

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 1975. Hardcover. First edition / complete number line. Fine book. Gray cloth over boards with title stamped in umber on spine. Binding is square and tight. Interior is pristine other than original bookseller's price-stamp on the half-title page. No dust jacket. 361 pages. The first half of the book deals with the evolution of U.S. strategic policy. In the second half, the author sets out analytically the basic issues of the strategic debate, making a lucid case for alternative nuclear postures and policies.

New York: Vintage. Trade Paperback. 2014. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xxvi + 417 pages. Act of Congress focuses on two of the major players behind the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008: colorful, wisecracking congressman Barney Frank, and careful, insightful senator Christopher Dodd, both of whom met regularly with the author during the eighteen months they worked on the bill. The author shows how staffers play a critical role, drafting the legislation and often making the crucial deals. The author illuminates the hidden intricacies of legislative enterprise and shows us the workings of Congress in all of its complexity.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. July 1965. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Editor: John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr illustrating "Trader Team" (serial, part 1 of 2) by Poul Anderson. ALSO: "In the Light of Further Data" (short story) by Christopher Anvil; "Soupstone" (novelette) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (novelette) by Mack Reynolds; "Though a Sparrow Fall" (Nebula-nominated short story ) by Thomas N. Scortia [as by Scott Nichols]; "Delivered with Feeling" (short story) by Lawrence A. Perkins; "Hands Full of Space" (science fact) by Stephen A. Kallis, Jr. Interior artwork by: John Schoenherr and Kelly Freas.

New York: Davis Publications. Digest-size Magazine. March 2, 1981. Very Good. Small bit of old sticker on bar code. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Paul Lehr for "Paradise Misplaced" (novelette) by Ian Stewart. Includes "We're Working on It" (novelette) by Robin Kincaid; "The Shroud" (short story, Locus nominee) by Michael McCollum; "Mustard Seed" (short story) by Jayge Carr; "Shuttle Down" (serial, part 4 of 4) by Lee Correy (G. Harry Stine); "And Now - Supergravity!" (science fact) by Margaret L. Silbar; "Nunc Dimittis" (The Alternate View) by Jerry Pournelle; "Who Is Killing the Space Program?" (guest editorial) by Stephen A. Kallis; "Biolog: Ian Stewart". Illustrated by Paul Lehr, Brad Hamann, Broeck Steadman, Wayne D. Barlowe, and Robert McMahon.

New York: Washington Square Press. Trade Paperback. June 1992. Ninth printing. Good condition. 1x1 inch liquid stain to first lower corner of first three dozen pages. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. A nice reading copy. 438 pages; 16 p. of plates : ill ., maps. 21 cm. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped.

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. December 1978. Trade Paperback. 2nd printing. Very Good. Binding is square and tight. Interior is pristine other than original bookseller's pricemark on the half-title page. Cover shows mild shelfwear. Not from a library. 584 pages.The United States has used military force short of war as an instrument of diplomacy on many occasions and in many areas of the world in the years since the Second World War. This book describes and analyzes the circumstances accompanying 215 shows of force and examines how effective these actions were in helping to attain U.S. foreign policy objectives. Which type of force (air, ground, naval) was most often used? What did the forces do and how effective were they? Of what significance was Soviet involvement when U.S. military power was called upon to influence events? Was the threat presented by the alerting or deployment of strategic nuclear forces or by very large conventional forces especially telling? How clear is it that a… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Quarter-bound in dark blue linen with light blue paper sides and silver titles to spine. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tights. Light foxing to edges and a few pages. Edgewear and light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 452 pages. The story of the small group of men who devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use nuclear weapons.

New York: Free Press. Trade Paperback. July 1995. First Free Press Paperback Edition. "With a New Preface." Full number line. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder mark. x vi + 333 pages. Here is the untold story of an inbred, gifted, and powerful elite of families and friends who dominated America's relations with the Middle East for over a century. Known to Foreign Service colleagues as "the Arabists" these were the men and women who had spent much of their lives, usually with their families, living in the Arab world as diplomats, military attaches, intelligence agents, and educators. Descended from the missionaries, scholars, and explorers who first ventured into the region--an offshoot of the WASP elite that ruled America during the nineteenth century--the Arabists were an exclusive caste linked by complex social, institutional, and family ties. Thoroughly at home in Arab cultures and often enjoying relations of longstanding… Read more

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. First Edition, Second printing. Near Fine. Original bookseller's price-stamp on half-title page, otherwise interior is pristine. Binding square and tight. Cover shows minor shelfwear. Mild foxing on closed edges. 733 pages. A systematic account of Soviet use of force in 190 incidents since World War II. These military operations were intended to expand and preserve authority in areas adjacent to the Soviet Union, to influence other Communist regimes, to respond to Western and Chinese actions, to counter threatening developments in neighboring nations, and to foster favorable relations with emerging countries.

New York: Macmillan. Hardcover. May 1994. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Foxing along closed edges. Jacket clean and bright in mylar cover. xxii + 474 pages. Photos and maps. The most infamous of the trading companies established by the great European powers, the English East India Company was the world's greatest trading power. For more than two centuries, they dominated world trade, raised armies and demolished nations.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. June 1971. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by Kelly Freas for "Glory Day" [Telzey Amberdon] (novelette) by James H. Schmitz. Includes "The Habitat Manager" (novelette) by S. Kye Boult [William E. Cochrane]; "The Swan Song of Dame Horse" by Ted Thomas; "With Friends Like These..." (short story) first story by Alan Dean Foster; "The Outposter" (serial, part 2 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson; "Alpha-Wave Conditioning" (science fact) by K. C. Keefe; "Bargain Spacement" (editorial).

Washington, DC: American Academy of Diplomacy. Trade Paperback. 2000. Near Fine. Rubbing to cover. Interior pristine. Not from a library. 124 pages.

New York: Viking. Hardcover. 11th printing. November 1985. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing to cover. No tears or creases. Dust stains to page edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 337 pages.

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1967. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Book plate to FFEP. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket with small tears along edges, jacket spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 583 pages.

New York: Vintage. Trade Paperback. 1997. Very Good. Gift inscription on half-title page. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. 413 pages. A pithy and practical casebook on our shrinking right to privacy. The Fourth Amendment, protecting against unreasonable seizures, does not necessarily prevent an arrested person from being strip-searched, and the authors consider a welter of legal and ethical dilemmas involving the clashing interests of people who wish to be left alone and employers, police and the press, whose jobs may make them intrusive. The use of metal detectors and drug tests in schools and workplaces, women's right to abortion and contraception, people suing to squelch reporting by the media, patients' right to refuse further medical treatment or to undergo assisted suicide, and claims against voyeurs are among the issues and conflicts discussed. Also examined are new privacy conflicts arising in the workplace as employers, facing rising health insurance costs and increased… Read more

Santa Monica, California: Clover Park Press, 1995. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Perfect condition. 289 pages. In the first months of 1964, five female Peace Corps Volunteers went on a journey. They moved a step at a time, from the last place to the next, 4,000 miles from Liberia across the continent and the great Sahara Desert to Algiers. This book is the story of the somewhat random intrusion of the transient selves upon each other and upon the people among whom they passed. Like the Harmattan winds that accompanied them, they moved through each place, stirring it a little, taking a part of it, and leaving a part of ourselves behind. It was a period of hopefulness for them and for the young African nations they visitied. Colonialism was passing, everything was possible. They lived in the present, intensely, learning, testing, improvising their way. In the crucible of Africa they faced the unknown and met themselves. It was a wonderful time.