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

New York: Inside News Publications, 1997. Trade 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.

Berkeley: Nolo, September 2016. Paperback. Ninth Edition. Fine. Unmarked. Slight corner wear, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 420 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, February 2012. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Fine 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, October 2006. Hardcover. 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. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 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… 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: 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: St. Martin's Press, July 2009. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight wear to top edge. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 470 pages. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. Born into one of Florence's most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France. Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark… Read more

Rare! Freetown, Sierra Leone: Peace Corps Sierra Leone. Photocopy. No date; circa 1988. No cover as issued. 64 pages.

New York: Washington Square Press, June 1992. Trade Paperback. Ninth printing. Good condition. 1x1 inch liquid stain to first lower corner of first three dozen pages, otherwise 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.

Guilford, Connecticut: GPP Travel, June 2010. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 184 pages. This is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover within a short drive from Washington, D.C. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of America's capital.

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: Viking, October 1983. Hardcover. First Edition, sixth printing. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to top edge. Jacket clean and bright with light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 752 pages. The definitive history of the Vietnam War. This monumental narrative clarifies, analyses and demystifies the terrible ordeal of the Vietnam war. It is filled with revelations drawn from secret documents and from interviews with the participants - French, American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government officials, journalists, nurses, workers and soldiers.

New York: Simon & Schuster. November 2013. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. A Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Book pristine. Light rubbing and slight edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 910 pages. A dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Focusing on the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and his successor, William Howard Taft--one-time colleagues and friends who later became sworn foes--Goodwin chronicles the birth of an activist press, which occurred when five of the nation's best-ever journalists converged at McClure's magazine and helped usher in the Progressive era.

New York: Macmillan, May 1994. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Foxing to edges. Jacket clean and bright in mylar cover. xxii + 474 pages with 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, May 2000. Trade Paperback. With May 2002 Addendum. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 124 pages.

New York: Warner, September 1997. Hardcover. First Printing (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine ends bumped. Jacket clean and bright with light edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 547 pages. 32 pages of plates.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company / An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1967. Book Club Edition. Very Good+ 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: Twelve, September 2009. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 532 pages. 40 pages of plates.

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.