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

Washington, DC: World Bank, February 1994. Paperback. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 104 pages. Report No. 12618-SL.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 1999. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight, ends bumped. Black remainder mark to top edge. Light foxing to edges. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. Not from a library. Not clipped. 254 pages. This is the journey of Meggie Singh and her father, a charming, befuddled professor of philosophy from Guyana. Every summer Meggie and her parents pack up their luggage, leave New York City, and move to the home of Aunt Inez and Uncle Tom in England. There, Professor Singh struggles to write a book that takes on one of the greatest paradoxes to confound thinkers of the twentieth century: the dual nature of light as both particle and wave. Each chapter in The Professor of Light is a summer spent in England as Meggie moves from childhood to the brink of adulthood and Professor Singh grooms his daughter in a rich mix of philosophy and Indian-Caribbean storytelling. But… Read More

New York & London: Chatham House / Seven Bridges Press, 2000. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. New. Slight damage to cover. xix + 244 pages. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1919. Paperback Pamphlet. Brown and buff illustrated card wraps. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Very Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1918. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Very Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1916. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps tied with purple string. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1916. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps tied with purple string. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Very Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1917. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps tied with purple string. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1915. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps tied with purple string. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1917. Paperback Pamphlet. Orange, brown and buff illustrated card wraps. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Fair. Not from a library. 16 pages.

Flushing, New York: Ultimate Publishing. September 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Binding tight. Lightly tanned. Check marks next to titles on contents page, otherwise unmarked. Spine ends creased and chipped. Two half-inch tears to hinges. One-inch closed tear to front cover. Reading and shelf-wear. No mailing label. Not from a library. 164 pages.Edited by Joseph Ross. Includes: The Longest Voyage (novelet) by Richard C. Meredith; Same Autumn in a Different Park (short story) by Peter Tate; The Green Splotches (short novel, 1920) by T. S. Stribling; The Ivy War (novelet, 1930) by David H. Keller; Beware the Fury (novelet, 1954) by Theodore Sturgeon; No Charge for Alterations (novelet, 1953) by H. L. Gold.

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. Hardcover. No additional printings listed. Illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. Good+ book / no jacket. No prior ownership marking. Spine straight and sound. Edges and corners worn to boards. Not from a library. 160 pages; frontis, profusely illustrated.

New York: Simon & Schuster, January 2015. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight curl. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 481 pages. The author documents how the low-fat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health.

Harlow, England: Prentice Hall Business, August 2011. Trade Paperback. Second Edition. First printing / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 220 pages. These golden principles show you how to inspire your team to perform (and what to do when it doesn't). They reveal the secrets of managing yourself and your team in a way that gets results. Your life will be easier. Your successes will be greater. And when you are headhunted or promoted (again) nobody will be surprised. Least of all you.

New York: Arcade, August 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Full number line. Interior unmarked. Spine square and tight. Jacket clean and crisp. Not from a library. 392 pages. One of India's foremost writers assesses the country's achievements and failures over the first fifty years of its independence from British rule and notes India's importance in the challenges facing America in the twenty-first century.

San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine square and tight. Not from a library. 359 pages.

New York: Golden Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line (on rear pastedown). Pictorial covers. Illustrated map endpapers. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Corners and spine ends lightly frayed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 93 pages. 10.5 x 12.25 inches. Extensive color illustrations. A panorama of city life showing the many facilities a city offers--parks, shops, zoos, various modes of transportation, museums, libraries, and other diverse things.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2002. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 192 pages. A unique window on an extraordinary life lived with tremendous zest, discrimination, and intelligence. The Duchess of Devonshire is the youngest of the Mitford siblings, the famous brood that includes the writers Nancy and Jessica. Like them, she has lived an unusually full and remarkable life, and like them she has an inimitable expressive gift. In Counting My Chickens, she has gathered extracts from her diaries and other writings to create a multifaceted portrait of her life at Chatsworth, the home of the Dukes of Devonshire, that is pithy, hilarious, wise, and always richly rewarding.

Mount Vernon, New York: Consumer Reports, 1986. Hardcover. BOMC Edition. No ISBN. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder marks. 242 pages. With first aid for carpet stains (blot with white clothes, immediately) and instructions on care for bronze, silver, and cast-iron, Consumer Reports continues its efforts to educate and protect the masses. There are details on house cleaning products, furniture care, clothes washers and fabric softeners, air cleaners and hand soaps, and a full appendix on stain removal. Next time you trip with your cup of coffee, you'll wish you had some fast answers.

Washington, DC: U.S. Department of State, February 1986. Staple-bound pamphlet. Department of State Publication, 9457. Very Good. Prior owner's embossed stamp to title page. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 8.5 x 11 inches. 23 pages.