Search Results: Authors starting with R from The Brooklyn Bookman

PORTER, J.R.: Jesus Christ: The Jesus of History, The Christ of Faith. New York, Oxford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Paperback, 240 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / History – Religion / Christianity. Condition: Very Good Plus. Tiny bump to the corner of the front cover. Evident creasing along the spine. Overall, book is in excellent condition nevertheless. An concise and very accessible examination of the founder and history of one of the world's great religions. Profusely illustrated. "A marvelous gift at Easter time or for a child's confirmation, this attractive, informative volume gives us an inspiring portrait of one of the most complex figures of world history." Highly recommended. ISBN: 0195325435

RANDALL, Marta: The Sword of Winter. New York, Timescape, 1983. BOOK CLUB EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 241 pp. Subject: Novel / Fantasy. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. A bit of foxing to the top-side of the book. Very faint traces of wear to jacket's extremities. All interior pages clean and unmarked. Stirring heroic fantasy by a modern master of the genre.

REBORA, Giovanni: Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Food in Europe. New York, Columbia University Press, 2001. First American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 196 pp. Originally published in Italy in 1998. Translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld. Subject: Non-Fiction / Gastronomy, History / Food Habits-Europe / Cookery, European. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus / Fine. Faint edge-wear to the jacket's extremities and a crease at the bottom edge of book-spine. There is a page crease-fold at the top right-hand corner of page 17. Otherwise book is complete, clean with all pages fully intact. A lovely copy. "A deliciously illustrative and informative survey of the origins of European cuisine and "at table" behavior." You'll never look at a fork the same way ever again! ISBN: 0231121504

REICH, Christopher: Rules of Deception. New York, Anchor Books, 2009. Originally published: 2008. First Paperback Edition. Softcover, 548 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature-Espionage Thrillers. Condition: Good Plus. Creases and spine-roll to the spine itself. Corner creases to the covers, but all pages unmarked and clean. Exciting espionage fiction that reads like a Hitchcock thriller! Don't miss it. This book also includes an excerpt to the author's sequel Rules of Vengeance. ISBN: 9780307387820

REICH, Wilhelm: Beyond Psychology: Letters and Journals, 1934-1939. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 256 pp. Edited with an introduction by Mary Boyd Higgins. English translation by Derek & Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz. Subject: Nonfiction / Wilhelm Reich, 1897-1957 – Diaries and Correspondence / Psychoanalysts – Diaries and Correspondence. Book & jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Some edge-wear to jacket's top extremity. Book is gently used with all pages clean and crisp and illustrated with rare black and white photos detailing the famed psychologist's life and times. An apt selection of diary entries and letters corresponding from the dissenting pen of the 20th Century's most controversial psychoanalysts. ISBN: 0374112479

REMFRY, David: Dancers. Boca Raton, Fl., Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2002. Stated First Edition. Softcover, 144 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Modern Art / Collected Works / David Remfry Exhibition: November 12, 2002-January 12, 2003. Condition: Very Good. Some traces of wear to the corners. All pages clean and unmarked. This book was based upon a 2002-2003 exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art of the renowned artist's body of work (begun in 1985). It details an increasingly significant contribution to contemporary British and American art. Also provides a mid-career survey of Remfry's work and features essays by Edward Lucie-Smith, Dore Ashton and Carter Ratcliff. ISBN: 0936859415

NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds: Going Where It's Dark. New York, Delacorte Press, 2016. FIRST EDITION / ADVANCED READER'S COPY. Softcover, 336 pp. Subject: Novel / Childrens & Young Adult Fiction. Condition: Like New. Slight curvature to the pages and reverse cover – otherwise book is in almost brand new condition. A delightful "coming-of-age novel about a boy whose daily life is difficult because he stutters but who discovers enormous courage when he goes on heart-pounding cave adventures." New and exciting, first-rate childrens and young adult fiction. ISBN: 9780553512427

ROBB, George: Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover, 248 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Women's Studies / American History-Women and Finance. Condition: Like New. A very gently used copy with all pages clean and bright. A unique look and study regarding the emergent and vital role played by women in the development of American finance dating from the Gilded Age up to the aftermath of the Great Depression. An important contribution to women's studies and American economic history. ISBN: 9780252082719

ROBBINS, Michael W.(Editor): Brooklyn: A State of Mind. New York, Workman Publishing, 2001. Stated First Printing. Softcover, 392 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / New York-Brooklyn / Description & Travel / History. Condition: Very Good. Very light curling to the front cover's edge. Otherwise a copy in top-notch condition with all pages clean and fully illustrated throughout. "Celebrate America's hometown in a rollicking portrait from Brooklyn's legion of writers, artists, raconteurs and neighborhood savants." ISBN: 0761116354

ROGERSON, Barnaby: Rogerson's Book of Numbers: The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World. London, Profile Books, Ltd., 2013. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 278 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Numbers – Life and Culture / Reference. Condition: Very Good Plus. Gently-used copy with only a hint of rubbing at the upper tips of the book-spine. All pages clean and unmarked. A fascinating exploration by noted British author into the origins and meaning of numbers which permiate human culture and daily life. This book "provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued by the many roles numbers play in folklore and popular culture, in music and poetry, and in the many religions, cultures and belief systems of our world." ISBN: 9781781250990

ROSEN, Ruth: The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Stated Second Printing. (Originally published in 1982.) Paperback, 245 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History-U.S. Prostitution – early twentieth century / History-Women's Studies. Condition: Good Plus. Creasing to the front cover near the lower left hand corner. Corner chip at the upper part of the book-spine. All pages clean and unmarked. Cogent and well-researched history of a topic all too neglected by previous scholars. A necessary addition – from a feminist perspective - to the literature of American social history. ISBN: 0801826659

ROTH, Philip: Exit Ghost. Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 292 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature. Book and jacket condition: Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Small crease-fold to the lower corner of the interior front flap of jacket. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition and dust wrapper with all pages clean and unmarked. First-rate brilliant novel by the world-famous author of The Plot Against America and the classic Goodbye, Columbus. ISBN: 9780618915477

ROTH, Veronica: Divergent. New York, Katherine Tegen Books, 2012. Paperback, 487 pp. Subject: Novel / Yound Adult & Children's SF / Dystopias / Divergent Trilogy, Book 1. Condition: Very Good Plus. Small "bumping" to the upper right-hand corner of front cover and very light ruffling of pages at the fore-edge. Otherwise book is in near-fine condition. Includes bonus materials which inspired the author's book. This is the thrilling, world-famous SF novel that inspired the 2014 motion picture. A must for all fans. ISBN: 9780062024039

PATTERSON, James & ROUGHAN, Howard: Truth or Die. New York, Vision, 2016. First paperback edition. Paperback, 338 pp. Subject: Novel / Crime Thriller. Condition: Good Plus. Tilting, creasing and rolling to the spine. Pages clean, complete and unmarked. First rate thriller by best-selling author of the Alex Cross novels. Hang on tight! ISBN: 9781455584970