Search Results: Titles starting with A from Books of the World

Washington, DC: EPICA, July 1983. A few dust stains to back cover, otherwise As New. Interior pristine. Cover and pages tightly bound by two clean staples. 47 pages. An EPICA special report in both English and Spanish.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Quarter-bound in black paper over boards with patterned red paper sides; title in gilt on spine. As New book in a Fine jacket. Light rubbing to jacket. No tears, creases or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 453 pages.

New York: Vintage. Trade Paperback. October 7, 2014. 6th printing. Fine. Small chip to rear corner of spine tail, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Suitable for gifting. 157 pages.

New York: Vintage. Trade Paperback. 2014. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xxvi + 417 pages. Act of Congress focuses on two of the major players behind the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008: colorful, wisecracking congressman Barney Frank, and careful, insightful senator Christopher Dodd, both of whom met regularly with the author during the eighteen months they worked on the bill. The author shows how staffers play a critical role, drafting the legislation and often making the crucial deals. The author illuminates the hidden intricacies of legislative enterprise and shows us the workings of Congress in all of its complexity.

New York: The Viking Press. Hardcover. First Edition, second printing, June 1943. Beige linen over boards with red lettering to spine and red decoration to front board. Map endpapers. Near Fine book / no jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped, head slightly frayed. Ding to top, front corner. Discoloration in hinges. Not from a library. 317 pages. B&W illustrations by Robert Lawson. Winner of the John Newbery Medal for American literature for children. The author subsequently was hired as the English tutor of Crown Prince (later Emperor) Akihito of Japan.Here is a story of a boy of thirteenth-century England so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems "historical." Although crammed with odd facts and lore about that time when "longen folke to goon on pilgrimages," its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur's tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his gay… Read more

New York: Bantam Books, June 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Bantam Classic. 5th printing, SC4319. Good+. Spine creased. First page is clipped and has a booksellers ink stamp; the rest of the interior is tanned, but unmarked. Cover shows only minor shelf wear for a 50+ year-old paperback. 346 pages. Virgil's epic poems recount the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy.

New York: Bantam, October 1972. Mass Market Paperback. October 1972. New Bantam Edition. 5th printing, October 1978. Good. Underlining. Not from a library. 401 pages. Winner of the National Book Award for Translation. Virgil's epic poems recount the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy.

New York: Putnam. 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket rubbed. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears, no creases, no folds. 343 pages.

Bern: Hallwag. Map, folding. 1992. Near Fine. 1992/1993. Folding map in card covers. 1 map. Includes 3 insets. Color. 42. 5 x 32" (108 x 82 cm) sheet, folded in card cover 9.5 x 5.75" (23 x 15 cm) + 45pp index. Near Fine. No markings. No tears. Not from a library. No rema inder mark. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. German, English, Fren ch, and Spanish. .

Paris: Pneu Michelin. 11th edition. 1983. Folding map. Printed on one side. Color. 98 x 120 cm sheet, folded to 25 x 11 cm. Very Good. Unmarked. Edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Includes index to cities with chart showing climate and coverage diagram. Title and legend in French, English, and Arabic. Place names in French and English.

Paris: Pneu Michelin. 8th edition. 1973. Folding map. Printed on one side. Color. 98 x 120 cm sheet, folded to 25 x 11 cm. Good. A few markings on Guinea only. Edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Includes regional climatic chart and text. Place names in French and English.

Atlanta: African Studies Association. 1992. Periodical. Very Good. Articles: Towards a New Vision of Sustainable Development in Africa: Presidential Address to 1990 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Ann Seidman; Structures of Intermediation and Change in African Agriculture: A Nigerian Case Study, Dickson L. Eyoh; Representation Without Taxation: an Essay on Democracy in Rural Nigeria, 1952-1990, Jane I. Guyer; Politicization of Ethnic Identities in Sierra Leone, Jimmy D. Kandeh; Social Classes and Economic Restructuring in Pastoral Africa: Somali Notes, Abdi Ismail Samatar.

New York: Metro, 2012. Trade Paperback. Second printing. As New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 256 pages. Contents: The teatime experience, Sandwiches, Scones, Friands, Little tarts, Little cakes, Big cakes, Biscuits, Slices.

New York: Free Press. Hardcover. 2004. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 304 pages.

Cambridge: MIT Press. Hardcover. 1990. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Dust stains to top edge. Edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 204 pages.

London: Flamingo. Trade Paperback. June 1999. 6th printing. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxii + 385 pages. As he searched for evidence of Kali Yug, the "age of darkness" predicted by an ancient Hindu cosmology in a final epoch of strife and corruption, Dalrymple encountered a region that thrilled and surprised him. Venturing to places rarely visited by foreigners, he presents compelling portraits of a diverse range of figures. His love for the subcontinent comes across in every page, which makes its chronicles of political corruption, ethnic violence and social disintegration all the more poignant. The result is a dark yet vibrant travelogue, and a unique look at a region that continues to be marked by rapid change and unlimited possibilities as it struggles to reconcile the forces of modernity and tradition. Contents: Introduction -- The North. The age of Kali ; In the kingdom of Avadh ; The city of widows ; Warrior queen: the Rajmata of Gwalior ; East of Eton --… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 1977. First edition / full number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and edgewear to jacket, especially at spine ends. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 365 pages. A history of economic ideas by the most read social scientist of his era. The theme of this work is that what people believe about the workings of markets and their relationships to the state shapes history through the laws that are enacted or discarded. Contents: The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism; The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism; The Dissent of Karl Marx; The Colonial Idea; Lenin and the Great Ungluing; The Rise and Fall of Money; The Mandarin Revolution; The Fatal Competition; The Big Corporation; Land and People; The Metropolis; Democracy, Leadership, Commitment.

New York: W. W. Norton, September 1987. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Half-bound in tan linen over boards with red paper sides and metallic red lettering to spine. Deckle edge. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight; ends bumped. Light foxing to top edge. Light edgewear to jacket. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 444 pages. Agents of Innocence is the book that established David Ignatius's reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. On his web site, the author says about the book, "Although that book was sold as a novel, CIA officials and PLO leaders knew it was a real story. On the CIA's web site for many years, the book was listed among the recommended books about operations, with a note that said, 'Though a novel, senior officers say this book is not fiction.' I am told that at the agency's training facility near Williamsburg, known as "The Farm," the book is often recommended… Read more

Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 1984. First American Edition (stated). Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light shelfwear to covers. 224 pages. This book provided the first detailed analysis of the role of big business in Africa's agriculture. It exposed the activities of foreign companies in the diversion of much of Africa's food potential to the cash crop demands of Europe. Most aspects of company activity are illustrated with examples and there is a detailed description of trade and investment in coffee, sugar and the newer luxury crops such as flowers and vegetables. The attitude of the governments of Tanzania and Kenya towards agribusiness investment are contrasted and the book ends with a look at perhaps the most ominous of recent developments: Africa's increasing dependence on transnational supplied, large scale food production schemes.

New York: Twelve. 2017. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine jacket. Binding is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Cover is clean and crisp. Not clipped. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Suitable for gifting. New York Times Bestseller. From Al Franken comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.