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

Boston: Little, Brown, 1984. Trade Paperback. Third Edition. Good+. Prior owner's name to front page. Some underlining. Spine straight with light creases. Dust stains to top edge. Edgewear to cover. Not from a library. 400 pages.

Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1985. Trade Paperback. Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to rear cover. Dust stains to top edge. Dampstain to bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 114 pages. Here, resurrected, is an 1893 fantasy--at once quaint and alarmingly current--by forgotten suffragist, feminist, and anarchist Lois Waisbrooker in which men agree--reluctantly and under pressure--to change roles with women for fifty years as a social experiment concerned with the ending of all war. The narrator, a "childless widow," falls asleep after reading another feminist novel, The Strike of A Sex; and, stimulated by earlier conversations with her "infidel" old aunt, she dreams of a confrontation between the beautiful Lovella, the embodied spirit of motherhood, and Selferedo, the embodied spirit of the love of power, clad in an officer's uniform. Selferedo's plans for war are foiled when, at Lovella's urging, the wives, mothers, daughters, and… Read More

London: New Burlington Books. Hardcover. 1995. Fine. London: New Burlington Books, September 1995. Hardcover. Fine book in a Nea r Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket spine fa ded, otherwise clean and bright. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a li brary. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 128 pages. 100 recipes. Color illust rations. .

New York: Simon & Schuster, September 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 380 pages. Why did the stock market crash more than 500 points on a single Monday in 1987? Why do ancient species often remain stable in the fossil record for millions of years and then suddenly disappear? In a world where nice guys often finish last, why do humans value trust and cooperation? At first glance these questions don't appear to have anything in common, but in fact every one of these statements refers to a complex system. The science of complexity studies how single elements, such as a species or a stock, spontaneously organize into complicated structures like ecosystems and economies; stars become galaxies, and snowflakes avalanches almost as if these systems were obeying a hidden yearning for order.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, November 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Near Fine. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Infinity Sense" (novelette) by Verge Foray (Howard L. Myers). Includes "The Rites of Man " (novelette) by John T. Phillifent; "Split Personality" (novelette, nominated for the 1970 Ditmar Award for the Best Australian Long-form Science Fiction) by Jack Wodhams; "The Ultimate Danger" (short story) by W. Macfarlane; "The Alien Enemy" (short story) by Michael Karageorge (Poul Anderson); "The Shots Felt 'Round the World" (science fact) by Edward C. Walterscheid; " Political Entropy" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Leo Summers.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, December 1965. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Beehive" aka "Dawnman Planet" (serial, part 1 of 2) by Mack Reynolds. Includes "Mission 'Red Clash '" (novelette) by Joe Poyer; "Warrior" (short story) by Gordon R. Dickson; "Countercommandment" (short story) by Patrick Meadows; "Heavy Elements" (science fact) by Edward C. Walterscheid; "Breakthrough in Psychology!" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas and Gray Morrow.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. July 1970. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Leo Summers illustrating "Per Stratagem" (novelette) by Robert Chilson. Includes "Star Light" [Mesklin] (serial, part 2 of 4, nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards) by Hal Clement; "Beau Farcson Regrets" by Jack Wodhams; "Rare Events" by D. A. L. Hughes; "Ark IV" by Jackson Burrows; "Zero Resistance" (Science Fact) by W alter C. Walterscheid. "The Pot of Message" (editorial). Illustrated by Leo Summers and Kelly Freas.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. October 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Half-inch tear on upper front hinge, else Near Fine. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr for "Hierarchies" (serial, part 1 of 2) by John T. Phillifent. Includes "The Golden Halls of Hell" (novelette) by John Paul Henry; "Moon Spore" by G. I. Morrison; "The Crier of Crystal" [Conscience Interplanetary] by Joseph Green ; "Mr. Winthrop Projects" by Tak Hallus [Stephen Robinett]; "Motion Day at the Courthouse" by Ted Thomas; "Supernove" (science fact) by Edward Walterscheid; "Antipollution Device" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, David Cook, and Leo Summers.

South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Third Printing. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, with slight crease. Rubbing and a few small wet spots to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 436 pages. For a few years in the early 1960s the CIA seemed to be running a perfect covert war in Laos - quiet, inexpensive, just enough arms to help Meo (Hmong) tribesmen defend their home territory from the communist Pathet Lao. Then the big American war next door in Vietnam spilled across the border. How the perfect covert war ballooned into sorrow and disaster is the story Roger Warner tells in Shooting at the Moon, awarded the Cornelius Ryan Award for 1995's Best Book on Foreign Affairs by the Overseas Press Club. Warner describes his characters with a novelist's touch - soldiers and diplomats busy with war-making; CIA field officers from bare-knuckle warriors to the quiet men pulling strings in the shadows; and above all the Meo as they… Read More

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, May 2011. First printing (stated) / full number line. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 291 pages, 16 pages of plates.

New York: Fairchild Books, December 2010. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading and shelf wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 302 pages. This textbook/workbook trains students' eyes to develop a visual understanding of color and the principles of design through guided observation and engaging activities. Lavishly illustrated with full-color graphics and photos, the book demonstrates how color and other design elements are combined in nature and the visual arts. Part One presents color, the most immediately noticeable element of design. Part Two integrates color with the other design elements and shows how they interact according to the principles of design. Students can apply their learning by completing a series of activities and record their work with photos for future reference.

New York: New American Library / Signet, February 1969. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing (stated). No ISBN. Signet Q3770, 95¢. Very Good+. Interior lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light reading and shelfwear to covers, including light creases. No tears, no folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 143 pages.

New York: St. Martin's Press, August 2015. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated) / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 231 pages.

New York: Us Weekly. Single Issue Magazine. 2013. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 72 pages.

New York: Basic Books, April 1977. Hardcover. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Shelfwear to bottom edge. Jacket clean and bright with a single small nick at spine head. No library markings. No ownership markings. No remainder mark. Not clipped. $8.95 price on front flap. x + 188 pages, 5 leaves of plates. ill. ; 22 cm. This classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains to general readers what happened when the universe began, and how we know.

Garden City, New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, April 1984. Trade Paperback. Interior unmarked. Binding straight, tight and uncreased. Reading and shelf wear to cover, and a cup ring. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv + 465 pages.

New York: H.S.D. Publications. February 1974. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelf-wear and mild tanning. Chipping to spine. 164 pages. Contents: The Lemon Drink Queen by John Lutz (novelette); The Iron Cross by Frank Sisk; Icky Pink by Donald Olson; The Seersucker Heart by Henry Slesar; The Doll by Pauline C. Smith; Triple Play by James Holding; Fool Me Twice by Virginia Long; Murder Strikes Out by Richard M. Ellis; Bang! You're Dead! by Margaret E. Brown; He Can't Die Screaming by William Brittain; Final Judgment by Bryce Walton; The Way Memory Works by A.F. Oreshnik; The Accusing Eyes by Richard O. Lewis; $16,940.00 by Larry Niven; $1.81 by Edward Wellen.

New York: Puffin Books, June 2002. Mass Market Paperback. Second printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean with light shelfwear. Not from a library. 218 pages. Working as a mother's helper to a wealthy family that's surrounded by lavish houses and beautiful swimming pools is about as far from her working-class neighborhood in New York as Dorothy can get. But something is not quite right in the Hoades' house. They are hiding something-or someone-in the cottage behind the house. And when curiosity gets the better of her, Dorothy stumbles upon their secret-a secret that could cost her her future.

October 1978. New Dell Edition. Second printing, September 1979. Very Good. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight with a light crease. Edgewear. Dog-ear crease to lower rear corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 285 pages. Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination -- Moscow. In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, "I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev." Not far away, in the War Room at the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense and his aides watch with growing anxiety as the luminous blips crawl across a huge screen map. High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator bomber, a colonel stares in disbelief at the attack code number on his fail-safe box and wonders if it could possibly be a mistake. First published in 1962, when America was still reeling… Read More

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. March 1995. Hardcover. First printing (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 238 pages. A collection of humorous stories about Southern characters, places, and goings-on, from leaky mansions to fishing camps to one-room schoolhouses.