Search Results: Authors starting with N from BIAbooks

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1971. First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 1st printing, 1st American ed. McGraw-Hill 1971 VG/NF Book has tape marks and a stain on the back endpage otherwise in great cond. Dustjacket has very small tape mark and discoloration on back flap, picture of Nabokov on back cover. Novel by the author of Lolita.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. 1st Edition Later Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Nader revisits seventeen key traditions he absorbed from his parents, his siblings, and the people in his community. A reminder of a time when nature and community were central to the way we all learned and lived. Keywords: NADER WINSTED CONNECTICUT TRADITIONS ACTIVISM

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989. First Trade Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Profoundly revealing, beautifully written, this book shows the real human and political conditions of the South. A rich and compelling narrative he finds a culture of " order and faith and music and melancholy" defined and burdened by its past. A very attractive book with very minor edgewear a top of DJ spine. (Keywords: SOUTHERN STATES POLITICS CULTURE SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS JOURNEYS)

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Author's FIRST book. FINE except for small tear on top corner of DJ."Astute, funny and gracefully .wonderful novel penetrates to the heart that unites cultures in a single, ever perplexing, always fascinating humanity."--Michael Dorris. ".delightful look at modern India and Indians in the US are deliciously and bitingly drawn. a good read for all."--Library Journal

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's first novel.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book with 106 B/W Photos and index."A fine study--a testimony to Neely's extraordinary command of the material. It is a penetrating analysis that touches on the important questions about Lincoln."--James McPherson, Princeton University

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is a very attractive book. Each story in this collection has a unique setting or circumstance, and each character is fully drawn and believable. Nelson finds the right mixture of tension to make each story gripping but not sensational, compelling but not forced." -- Karen Sbrockey, Bloomsbury Review

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Bob. A Fine, Pristine, Collectible book. DJ is Price Clipped, else Fine.Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. "Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it." -President Barack Obama

New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1984. First Edition, Second Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean bright and fresh book. A slight closed tear at edge of back panel, else fine. This is the fantastic autobiography of Gerhard Neumann, the man who eventually became the head of General Electric's jet engine group. After graduating from a German university as a mechanical engineer, he was recruited for the Flying Tigers in China during World War II.

Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1999. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In a series of riveting stories, the Author shows boys facing the harsh challenges that forge or break character: cheating, bullying, drugs, alcohol, and competition. The book delves to the deepest roots of male character and to the sources of attachment, honesty, self-control, sportsmanship, generosity, and courage. Rather than looking for flaws and vulnerabilities, Dr. Newberger celebrates all the wonderful qualities that make boys boys. "In Newberger's book we find a comprehensive, analytical, and coherent study of the human male." --Boston Globe

New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A FINE, COLLECTIBLE, SIGNED BOOK. Signed by the author on a tipped-in sheet. "Signed Copy" sticker to the front panel of the dust jacket (circular). Ng's second novel explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood - and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. "To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears." -Reese Witherspoon

New York: Hyperion, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book, Ms. Ng was named one of America's best young novelists by Granta Magazine. In this profoundly moving FIRST novel, Fae Myenne Ng takes readers into the hidden heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, to a world of family secrets, hidden shames, and the lost bones of a "paper father." It is a world in which two generations of the Leong family live in an uneasy tension . Fae Myenne Ng's portraits of the everyday heroism of the Leongs--who inflict deep hurt on each other in their struggles to survive, yet sustain one another with loyalty and love--have made Bone one of the most critically acclaimed novels of recent years and immediately a classic of contemporary American life. --PW. "An extraordinary first novel . . . A hopeful, charming, and surprisingly joyous work." ---Chicago Tribune

New York: Hyperion, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An attractive book with some very minor edge wear on DJ., Ms. Ng was named one of America's best young novelists by Granta Magazine. In this profoundly moving FIRST novel, Fae Myenne Ng takes readers into the hidden heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, to a world of family secrets, hidden shames, and the lost bones of a "paper father." It is a world in which two generations of the Leong family live in an uneasy tension . Fae Myenne Ng's portraits of the everyday heroism of the Leongs--who inflict deep hurt on each other in their struggles to survive, yet sustain one another with loyalty and love--have made Bone one of the most critically acclaimed novels of recent years and immediately a classic of contemporary American life. --PW. "An extraordinary first novel . . . A hopeful, charming, and surprisingly joyous work." ---Chicago Tribune

New York: Overlook Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Scholastic Press, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book! ¿Sage is deftly characterized through humorous first-person narration, quickly establishing himself as a beguiling antihero. . . . First in the "Ascendancy Trilogy, this is an impressive, promising story with some expertly executed twists.¿ ¿ Publishers Weekly

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's FIRST novel. This book."is an exquisite creation, elegant and funny and smart and sad, a remarkable story of great and strange happenings in the life of a poor artist, .who commits a crime against his art and who, for a time, loses his way in life.A world lives inside this book."--Donald Antrim. A pristine book. Keywords: NIGAM SNAKE CHARMING DELHI INDIA DEBUT MIDDLE-AGED CRISIS DESPAIR REDEMPTION SOUL MATE

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Endpaper design by Ellisa Mitchell

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A splendid book with no flaws. Former President Richard Nixon draws on a lifetime of experience in international affairs to examine the crucial challenge facing the United States and the West; what must we do to ensure peace and prosperity.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A splendid book with no flaws. ".the most personal, profound, and revealing memoir ever written by a major political figure. It is Richard Nixon's frankest, most outspoken book to date - including the inside story of his resignation from the Presidence and its aftermath.

New York: Warner Books, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book is bright, clean and tight. DJ has some minor edgewear and a slight crease at spine. Richard Nixon on world politics and foreign policy and his strategy of what the U. S. must do if we are to remain a world power.