Search Results: Authors starting with W from The Brooklyn Bookman

WAHL, Erik: Unthink: Rediscover Your Creative Genius. New York, Crown Business, 2013. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 223 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Creative Thinking / Creative Ability in Business / Organizational Change / Self-Help. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Sticker scuff found on the upper left hand corner of back board's reverse. Otherwise no other physical imperfections. Pages clean, bright and not marked. A nice copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. An interesting exposition on stoking the fires of human creativity by noted artist and entrepreneur. ISBN: 9780770434007

ISAACSON, Walter (Ed.): A Benjamin Franklin Reader. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover, 551 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History and Autobiography-Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 / Selected Writings. Condition: Very Good Plus. Light sunning to the pages, but clean and not marked. A gently-used copy in near-fine condition that is pleasing to the eye. The living and inspirational writings of the most pre-eminent scientist, philosopher and statesman of eighteenth century America. Includes such classics as the famous Autobiography
and Poor Richard's Almanac. ISBN: 0743273982

WALTER, Jess: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel. New York, Harper Perennial, 2013. Originally published in 2012. Stated First Harper Perennial Edition 2013 (later printing). Softcover, 337 pp. (with an appendix). Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature. Condition: Good Plus. Relative wear to covers (not too excessive). Some toning to pages, but unmarked and clean overall. Bestselling novel of deft social satire lampooning Hollywood culture and epic films. Not to be missed! ISBN: 9780061928178

WAN-LONG SHANG, Wendy: The Way Home Looks Now. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 2015. First Printing. Paperback, 250 pp. Subject:Novel / Children's and Young Adult Fiction. Condition: Very Good Plus. Gently used copy. Light traces of wear to the corners, but the pages are clean and not marked. "Acclaimed author Wendy Wan-Long Shang brings her signature warmth, gentle humor, and wisdom to this poignant story of healing and loss, family, and the great American pastime, baseball." ISBN: 9780545852241

WATERS, John: Carsick. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 322 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Travel / Autobiography. Book and Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Light wear to the book-spine's tips. Otherwise a book in excellent condition with clean pages in a more than fine dust wrapper. The quirky wanderings and observations of the celebrated writer, actor and director. Not to be missed! ISBN: 9780374298630

WEINBAUM, Stanley G.: The Black Flame. New York, Avon, 1969. Stated First Avon Printing April, 1969. (Originally published in magazine form in 1939 and in book form in 1948.) Avon Book # V2280. Paperback, 223 pp. Subject: Novel / Science Fiction / Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. Condition: Very Good. Light creases to the spine and border adjacent to it. Otherwise a copy in first-rate condition with beautiful vintage cover art by Ronald Walotsky. Visionary speculative fiction classic by one of the genre's great pioneers!

WHITE, Neil: In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir. New York, Harper Perennial, 2010. Originally published: 2009. Trade Paperback, 216 pp (with a 10-page appendix). Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir / Prisoners-Carville, Louisiana-Autobiography. Condition: Good Plus. Minimal underlining and marking of text found on pages 169, 182, 186-188, 190-193, 198, and 212-214 (but still quite readable). Light edge-wear to boundary of book-spine. Numerical markings on the reverse cover's interior. Otherwise a copy in near first-rate condition. Compelling and poignant account of one individual – convicted of bank fraud – and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in America's last leper colony (which also doubled as a Federal prison). "An extraordinary memoir at once funny, poignant, and uplifting. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts reminds us all what matters most." ISBN: 9780061351631

WIESEL, Elie: Legends of Our Time. New York, Schocken Books, 1982. Originally published in 1968. Reprinted 2004. Trade Paperback, 197 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / Memoirs / Jewish Studies. Condition: Very Good Plus. Gently used copy, but the book is in near-excellent condition with clean and crisp pages. "As a child in Sighet, as a young boy in Auschwitz, as a teenage displaced person...as a young man at the beginning of his career, Elie Wiesel had haunting, often surreal encounters with a wide range of people – sages, mystics, teachers, and dreamers. In Legends of Our Time, he shares with us some of their stories." A powerful, enduring all-too-human document of the last century. ISBN: 0805211756

WIESEL, Elie: Dawn. New York, Bantam, 1982. Originally published in France in 1960. Paperback, 102 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature. Condition: Very Good Plus. Small scuff to the upper fore-edge, some sunning to the pages but all clean. A powerful novel about the painful birth of modern Israel – the second in Wiesel's internationally-acclaimed
Night trilogy. ISBN: 0553225367

WILLIAMS, Tennessee: A Streetcar Named Desire. New York, Signet, 1951. Later Printing. Paperback, 142 pp. Subject: Drama / Literature. Condition: Good Plus. Typical creasing to the spine and a bit of underlining, marking to the text. Still a nice copy with black/white photo illustrations throughout. One of the most important American plays of the last century. This play also inspired the award-winning film starring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh. ISBN: 0451167783

WINEAPPLE, Brenda: Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877. New York, HarperCollins, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 722 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History-U.S.-19th Century. Book & jacket condition: Very Good. Faint edge-wear to the extremities of both jacket and book-copy, but both in above-average condition with unmarked pages. A monumental study of the forces and personalities that shaped the modern American nation. ISBN: 9780061234576

SELLIN, Robert G. & WINTERS, Elaine: Cultural Issues in Business Communication, Second Edition. Berkeley, CA, Program Facilitating, 2006. Paperback, 119 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / Business Communication / Cultural Issues. Book condition: Like New. A short, concise and insightful guide to successfully sharing information and articulating ideas in international business transactions. A definite must for any business-person navigating diverse cultural differences within the competitive global business climate. ISBN: 0970324413

WOLFE, Gene: The Knight. New York, TOR Books, 2005. First Mass-Market Edition: August, 2005. Paperback, 527 pp. Subject: Novel / Fantasy / Wizard Knight Series – Book 1. Condition: Very Good. Extremely light edge-wear to the lower extremities with light bumping to the corners. Faint sunning to the pages, but no other imperfections. Overall a copy in excellent shape with an attractive cover. The is the first book in the acclaimed fantasy series encompassing Arthurian ideals, Norse mythology and Celtic legends. A must for all fans. ISBN: 0765347016

WOODRESS, James: Willa Cather: A Literary Life. Lincoln & London, University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Originally published: 1987. Stated First Bison Book Printing: 1989. Softcover, 583 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Biography-American Novelists / Willa Cather, 1873-1947. Condition: Very Good. Light bumping to corners. All pages bright, clean and not marked. Book is illustrated with rare family photos. A copy in near-fine condition. The definitive biography of one of America's most important authors. A must-read for those wishing to understand Cather and her work. ISBN: 9780803297081