Search Results: Titles starting with K from House of Our Own Books

Jakarta, Indonesia: Penerbit PT Gramedia, 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Indonesian-English dictionary; according to the English editor, it contains an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of English expressions; 1240 pages (dark red cloth with bright gold lettering, creases on spine, a few minor indentations, red dust jacket with slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; a large, heavy volume, may require extra postage)

Lahore, Pakistan: Vangaurd, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a collection of articles on migrants and low-income housing in Karachi, Pakistan, based on research carried out by the Amsterdam Free University's Department of Sociology of Development since 1968; the volume is in three parts; the first part sets the stage with articles on rural-urban migration, informal housing, government housing policies, and squatting; the second part is devoted to upgrading and legalization of autonomous settlements; the third part concentrates on interlinkages of political interests and the informal housing systems (white laminated cover, spine ends slightly creased, small brown mark on rear cover; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This book deals with Marx's conception of man as an essentially social and moral being; its purpose is not only to discuss critically certain aspects of Marx's thought, but also to consider ideas about man and society, which Marx shared with others, that have had a profound influence on social theory and practice; it contrasts Marx's position with Hegel's and argues that the differences between them, though significant, were misconceived by Marx and by later Marxists; it explains how Marx's views about religion, law, morality, the state, ideology and revolution are all intimately connected with his conception of man, which owes more to Hegel than to any other thinker (black cloth with gold lettering, corners very slightly bumped; dark pink dust jacket with white & black lettering is sunned along spine and top edge; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. As New. This study of literary theorist Kenneth Burke traces his career and situates his work in relation to postmodernity (blue cover with white & yellow lettering, author's photo on the back; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Lexington, KY, U.S.A.: University Press of Kentucky, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed By Author. This is a study of the debate during the 1790s over the structure and function of government in Kentucky, the first Western state to enter the union in 1792; inscribed by the author on the front endpaper (gray cloth with gold lettering on front and spine, very slight edgewear; otherwise an bright, clean, tight copy)

Oxford, England, U.K.: Berg, 2004. This book contains the author's three lectures on Kinship and Social Organization delivered in 1913 at the London School of Economics and first published the following year, and his article The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Inquiry published in 1910 in The Sociological Review; also included are an introduction by Raymond Firth and two commentaries on Rivers and kinship by Firth and David M. Schneider (yellow & white laminated covers with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket.

Bremen, Germany: Hempen Verlag, 2005. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. This is the second volume of the selected writings of the German linguist and specialist in Indo-European languages, particularly Tocharian, published in Germany; this volume includes 35 articles, 29 in English and 6 in German, on Armenian and Indo-European languages other than Tocharian (which are included in the first volume) and on the nature of linguistic change; Werner Winter (1923-2010) taught at universities in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, and edited several hundred books in linguistics for the publisher Mouton (white covers with black lettering & gold decoration; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

London, England, U.K: Oxford University Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. An analysis that takes the view that knowledge is based on belief, followed by discussions of truth, belief, justification, skepticism and materialism (bright blue cover with white lettering, slightly dented along spine, otherwise a good, clean copy)

St. John's University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A collection of documents, policy statements, and public speeches that provides a record of the history and development of the Nationalist Party of China during its first 75 years, with an introduction and chronology by the editor (yellow cloth with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1999. Trade Paperback. As New. This book is an introduction to Kyrgyzstan that provides an overview of its history until the collapse of the USSR and its political and economic development since independence; includes a chronology, map, and bibliography (pictorial cover with photo on the front; available for immediate shipment)