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enda, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. When the village does not have access to a doctor, this book is meant to help the caregiver. Book is in French language only. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. Why pay more? When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock.

New York: DK - A Darling Kindersley Book, 2011. First Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9 1/4" x 11 1/4. Ombler, Gary - Photography. 200 Pages. Owner's name on front endpaper with green hi-liter that bled through slightly. Remainder of book is as new with flawless pages. Did you ever wonder what you can do with all of those LEGO bricks after you have created that first project. With this LEGO Ideas Book, you can take what you already have and make something new! The book is divided into six themed chapters -- transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful make and keep. Each with basic templates of key models and spreads to inspire you to create your own. Hints and tips from Master Builders can help you turn your classic car into a race car or add a bridge to your castle! Don't be concerned if you haven't got all the bricks you need: this book also shows how to simplify details, making this a great user-friendly guide for any building ability.… Read More

Paris: Editions Fleurus, 1993. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9" X 9. 191 Pages Indexed. October 1993 Edition. This book is in the French Language. Un materiau vieux de presque 2000 ans et pourtant toujours neuf. Le papier se coupe, se broie, se met en quatre, se plie a tous vos caprices pour donner forme a vos idees, pour creer et inventer volumes et surfaces. Decoupage, impression, origami, collage, papier mache, cartoonage, pop'up. Cet ouvrage aborde en detail toutes les techniques et temoigne de l'ceuvre d'artistes contemporains. Contents in 17 Parts: Le Papier, Origami, Pop-Ups, Sculpture, Papier Mache, Pate a Papier, Decor du Papier Mache et de la Pate a Papier, Fabrication du Papier, Decoupage, Maquette, Automatismes, Silhouettes Quilling, Cartonnage, Tissage, Compositions Abstraites, Objets Decoratifs, and Compositions Figuratives.

New York: Avon - HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. First Printing . Mass Market. Good. 430 Pages. Simón Frederick Cynster sabe que una novia perfecta -- y una amante perfecta -- son lo mismo. Así que decide encontrar la pareja ideal -- alguien que sea una perfecta dama de día ... y una amante ardiente de noche. Pero Simón no está dispuesto a anunciarlo al mundo entero y así correr el riesgo de que todas las viudas adineradas se encaprichen con él. Por eso comienza su búsqueda cuidadosamente en la fiesta de la mansión Glossup...y queda sorprendido cuando siente una irresistible atracción por la testadura Portia Ashford. Aunque la conoce desde la infancia, jamás la había considerado como una posible esposa ... hasta que un beso apasionado le hace cambiar de parecer para siempre. Pero a medida que él y Portia comienzan a explorar lo más profundo de la arrebatadora pasión que comparten, sucede algo… Read More

Lima, Peru: Promocion Editorial Inca S.A. - Peisa, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 3/4" x 8. Tokeshi, Eduardo - Cover Art. 245 Pages. No defects noted. Very attractive wrap-around cover with dust jacket-like flaps. Interior text pages are flawless. Una historia de amor en la que los dos protagonistas recorren no sólo el mundo de los sentimientos, sino el propio mundo iberoamericano. Ella vive, con una fuerza extraordinaria, los distintos avatares de la historia de Latinoamérica de los últimos 25 años. Él, un artista que tiene su centro de operaciones en París, viaja por las realidades y los mitos de América Latina. Su principal relación es epistolar. Ella ha perdido las cartas de él, pero a través de las suyas, que él conserva, cobra fuerza la idea de que en efecto ella es como Tarzán. Hay que leer el libro para llegar a saber, en medio de un gran entusiasmo sentimental y literario, en el mejor estilo de Bryce… Read More

Classic COmics Library. Soft cover. Very Good. Spanish Comics.

Nicolas San Juan, Mexico: Grupo Editorial Tomo, S.A De C.V., 2010. Third Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8 1/2" X 10 3/4. Dore, Gustavo - Drawings. 223 Paginas. As new book with no marks or stamps. 3a Edicion abril 2015. Un 14 de mayo de 1265, en el barrio de Florencia llamado Porta de San Pietro, nacio un nino que llegaria a ser un poeta universal y a quien pusieron por nombre Durante Cacciaguida, de la familia Alighieri. Su primer nombre, Durante, siqnifica "el perdurable", 10 que pareciera la premonicion de su destino, aunque de manera apreciativa se Ie llama Dante, y con ese nombre paso a la historia. Su segundo nombre: Cacciaguida era el de un ancestro noble y caballero que combatio en las "Cruzadas" sin pena ni gloria para Ia historia general, pero si para la historia familiar. Cacciaguida era un heroe domes- tieo y seguramente el modelo de un caballeroso idealismo para Dante quien, desde muy pequefio, adopto la imagen romantica que Ie proporcionaba el recuerdo… Read More

Carlsbad, Califoria: Hay House, 2010. First Printing August 2009 . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. 385 Pages. A Spanish Language Book. What would you do if you were sitting quietly in your living room when a mysterious couple appeared from out of nowhere and then told you they were ascended masters who had come to reveal some shocking secrets of existence and teach you the miraculous powers of advanced forgiveness? When two such teachers appeared before Gary Renard in 1992, he chose to listen to them (and ask a lot of impertinent questions). The result is this startling book: an extraordinary record of 17 mind-bending conversations that took place over nearly a decade, reorienting the author's life and giving the world an uncompromising introduction to a spiritual teaching destined to change human history.

Mexico D.F.: Grupo Editorial Tomo, 2010. Third Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" X 10 1/4. Dore, Gustave - Illustrations. 254 Pages. Attractive book with dust jacket like flaps.There is an inked price at the top of the frontispiece. No other marks to this otherwise new condition book This is the January 2013 Third Edition. There are many full page black and white illustrations by Gustave Dore. The Divine Comedy is considered an allegorical epic. The work is divided into three parts: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. This great adventure tells a great journey through the spiritual world. The composition of the poem is ordered according to the symbolism of number three, a number that symbolizes the sacred trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as well as balance and stability in some cultures. There are three main characters, Dante, who personifies man, Beatriz, who personifies the faith, and Virgilio, who personifies reason. ----- La Divina Comedia es considerada una epopeya… Read More

Buenos Aires: Alfaguara Bolsillo, 2000. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4 1/2" X 7. 518 Pages. There is a gift inscription on the front endpaper and two instances of underlining on page 11. No other defects noted to this otherwise very good book. Por que regresa Urania Cabral a la isla que juro no volver a pisar? Por que sigue vacia y llena de rniedo desde los catorce anos? Por que no ha tenido un solo amor? En La Fiesta del Chino, la esperada y magistral nueva novela de Mario Vargas Llosa, asistimos a un doble retorno. Mientras Urania visita a su padre en Santo Domingo, volvemos a 1961. En la capital dominicana, un dictador tiraniza a tres millones de personas, sin saber que se esta gestando una conspiracion en su contra. Vargas Llosa, un clasico contemporaneo, relata e1 fin de una era dando voz, entre otros personajes historicos, al implacable general Trujillo, el Chivo, y al sosegado y habil doctor Balaguer, sempiterno presidente de la Republica Dominicana. Con un ritmo y una… Read More

Albuquerqe, New Mexico: West End Press, 2000. First Edition Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 97 Pages. This is a stated First Edition released in 2000. I was born and raised on South Williams in Albuquerque. I still remember seeing the other "r" in Albuquerque in some of the signs and books. Then just as suddenly as I began to notice those Rs they disappeared completely. When I was little, it never occurred to me that there was a language other than Spanish. It was the only language I heard and spoke until I started pre-primary school at John Marshall. There, we were not allowed to speak Spanish, only English. At home, around my daddy, my brothers and I would be speaking a little bit of English we learned at school. I can still see him reading the newspaper and looking over his bifocals. Scolding us sternly, he would say, "No esten hablando ingles." So, we'd switch to Spanish. It was the same thing throughout our neighborhood. Our parents spoke Spanish… Read More

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Event Horizon Press, 2015. First Edition First Printing Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11. Pacheco, Rosalinda. 51 Pages. A pristine gift condition book. Interior text and hand drawn illustrations are flawless. In the Spanish-speaking world, storytelling, folklore, legends and myths always teach a lesson. These lessons revolve around life skills, acquiring tolerance, and understanding the difference between right and wrong. Children have learned for generations that making correct decisions will affect their entire lives. They also know the environment around them can help or hurt, so they must be aware of any danger. The most famous story known throughout the world in different variations is the story of la Llorona, a crying ghost who mysteriously appears. This ghost is mostly seen near waterways, but can also be seen in other places. The base of the story is that if a child is playing in a ditch or river, la Llorona might appear, take the child with her,… Read More

Lima, Peru: SANMARTI y Cia. S.A., 1955. Trade Paperback. Good. 7 3/4" x 9 1/2. 528 Pages Indexed. February 1955 Edition. Stiff covers. Dust jacket is a bit tattered with some small chunks missing but is complete with flaps. Pardee Ex Libris label insice front cover. Evidence of light moisture expsure to the last few pages. Otherwise interior is tight with fairly high quality paper illustrated with photographs and no marks or stamps. This work is a rresult of 12 travels to Equatorial America; it contains a most comlete descriptionn of her animals and polants with their uses. From the Prologue - Esta modesta obra, que tengo el agrado de ofrecer al publico, es el resultado de viajes, investigaciones y estudios hechos durante cincuenta anos, ampliados pOr las informaciones de las 130 obras consultadas, editadas en nueve idiomas distintos. Se compone de tres partes: la primera es un relato de los viajes realizados despues del ano 1944, habiendo sido los ankriores publicados oportunamente; la… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" X 8 1/4. 349 pages. Corners bumped. No marks or stamps. Clean white pages and straight. A book that re-creates the legend of Eva, Juan and Isabel Perón. It is set in an imaginary Latin country where political corruption lives with the devout cult of the Virgin. The story is used by the author to examine the ways in which illusion makes legend & how history often needs legend more than truth. By the author of "Such Good Friends". Signed by author on first title page dated May 1989.

Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1997. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 7 1/4" x 9. 220 Pages. This book introduces entering students to the kinds of questions asked in academic settings and the ways people try to answer them. Students will begin to understand how universities are organized, why we are divided into departments and colleges, and how the interests of different disciplines sometimes intersect. They will see how UNM faculty members, graduate students, and staff memebers participate in the discurse of their disciplines, studying subjects that make a difference in New Mexico and in the broader world. And because these writers are right here at UNM, students ewill be able to hear them speak, send them questions by mail or e-mail, perhaps even meet them for conversation. As students read, they will also be learning to think and to wirte in the ways common to the academy. The carefully written discussion questions wil help them learn to read… Read More

Dubuque, IA, U.S.A.: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1999. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Good. 7" X 9. Adams, Ansel - Cover. 276 Pages with Author and Title Index. A textdbook made expecially for the students who take English 101 at the University of New Mexico. It's designed to help them think about the kinds of questions people study in academic context and the ways they try to answer them. As students read, discuss, and write about the essays, articles, stories, poems, and photogaphs in this book, they will also be learning to explore issues, to think, and to write in the ways common to the university. The first edition of La Puerta, poublished in 1997, featured work submitted by the faculty, staff, and students of UNM. Almost five thousand students have used the boook, exploring the work of UNM's historians, fiction writers, sociologists, architects, and poets. For the new edition, the editors have chosen a new selection of work by members of the UNM community, retaining… Read More

New York: Harper - Colophon Books, 1970. First Paperback Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8. 418 Pages Indexed. First Harper Colophon edition published 1970. #CN 203. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Tight square book with no marks, underlines or store stamps. Mr. Steiner's staggering achievement in La Raza is to paint the broad picture to supply the details, to suggest a political sophistication and a perceptual depth and cutural richness of which "Angelos" are wholly unaware.

New York: Harper - Colophon Books, 1970. Trade Paperback. Good +. 5" x 8. First Harper Colophon edition published 1970. #CN 203. 418 pages indexed and sources. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. Photos. Tight square book with no marks, underlines or store stamps. Mr. Steiner's staggering achievement in La Raza is to paint the broad picture to supply the details, to suggest a political sophistication and a perceptual depth and cutural richness of which "Angleos" are wholly unaware.

Mexico, D.E.: Punto de Lectura, 2011. 17th Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5" x 7 1/2. 522 Pages. Tight, straight, as new book with flawless interior text pages. Sono el telefono y supo que la iban a matar. Lo supo con tanta certeza que se quedo inrnovil, la cuchilla en alto, el cabello egado a la cara entre el vapor del agua caliente que goteaba en los azulejos. Bip-bip. Se quedo muy quieta, conteniendo el aliento como si la in movilidad 0 el silencio pudieran cambiar el curso de 10 que ya habia ocurrido. Bip-bip. Estaba en la bariera, depilandose la pierna derecha, el agua jabonosa por la cinrura, y su piel desnuda se erizo igual que si acabara de revenrar el grifo del agua fria. Bip-bip. En el esrereo del dormitorio, los Tigres del Norte cantaban historias de Camelia la Tejana. La traicion yel contrabando, decian, son cosas incompartidas.

Odo, SA: Empresa Constructora, 1991. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9 X 11 3/4. 130 Pages. Wrap-around pictorial boards and pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with color photography on every page. There is a three inked-line gift inscription to New Mexico congressman Lujan. There are no other marks, stamps or labels of any sort to this otherwise as new book with near flawless illustration and text pages. It is surprising to note that the first European power to initiate the exploration and conquest of the Atlantic Ocean was the smallest country of all, Portugal. Columbus's first sighting of land on was October 12, 1492. Many institutes in Spain collaborated for the reconstruction of the three historical ships upon the 500th year anniversary of the famous event. Contents in Six Chapters: Historical Introduction, The Santa Maria, The Pinta and the Nina, The Discovery Ships, Scale Reproductions of the Ships of Columbus's First Voyage, The Quinto Centenario Sailing Vessels,… Read More