Search Results: Titles starting with N from Underground Books, ABAA

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". x, 204pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A Naive Realist Theory of Colour defends the view that colours are mind-independent properties of things in the environment, that are distinct from properties identified by the physical sciences. This view stands in contrast to the long-standing and wide-spread view amongst philosophers and scientists that colours don't really exist - or at any rate, that if they do exist, then they are radically different from the way that they appear. It is argued that a naive realist theory of colour best explains how colours appear to perceiving subjects, and that this view is not undermined either by reflecting on variations in colour perception between perceivers and across perceptual conditions, or by our… Read More

Chicago: Libido, Inc, 1999. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 11 7/8" X 9". Unpaginated. Moderate edgewear to pictorial wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable copy of this collection of erotic art photography by Eugene Zakusilo, Trevor Watson, and Ralph Steinmeier. This item is oversize and will require additional shipping charges to ship internationally. Please contact us for a shipping quote.

St. Paul: Dragon Door Publications, Inc, 2003. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 1/4". 193pp. Creasing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Have you noticed--the greater a man's skill, the more he achieves with less? And the skill of strength is no exception. From the ancient days of Greek wrestling, to the jealously guarded secrets of Chinese Kung Fu masters, to the hard men of modern spec ops, warriors and allied strongmen have developed an amazing array of skills for generating inhuman strength. But these skills have been scattered far and wide, held closely secret, or communicated in a piecemeal fashion that has left most of us frustrated and far from reaching our true strength potential. Now, for the first time, Russian strength expert and former Spetsnaz instructor Pavel has gathered many of these devastating techniques into one highly teachable skill set. In The Naked Warrior Pavel reveals… Read More

Garwood, New Jersey: Jack Mohler Associates, 1981. Staplebound wraps. Near fine. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 3/8". 40pp. A touch of edgewear to staplebound color printed wraps, with light dust soiling. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. Mohler presents six fundamental values and incorporates Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs into his exploration of human motivation and behavior. A bright copy of this guide to personalities and values by Jack Mohler, specialist in management and sales training, founder of management and consulting organization Jack Mohler Associates, associate of Princeton Executive Institute, and former intelligence officer in the China Burma India Theater in World War II.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Electric Company, 1970. Staplebound wraps. Fair. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated, 12pp each. Staplebound pictorial wraps. Heavy wear to Narcissus Festival Cookbook, with 3 3/4" X 3" open tear to rear wrap. Light soiling and edgewear to wraps. Bindings are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid pair of these two cookbooks prepared "with a spirit of Aloha" for the Narcissus and Cherry Blossom Festivals in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1969 and 1970.

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1955. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 7/8" X 5 3/4". x, 319pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild edgewear to binding, with small tears to extremities, light dust soiling, and heavy sunning to spine. Blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear to binding. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown and stamp to front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Binding is firm and sound. A rare mark in red pen to age-toned pages. A very presentable 1955 printing of this investigation of nationalism by the editor of the American Historical Review.

London: The National Trust, 1939. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/2" X 6". 38pp. Moderate wear, toning, and sunning to stapled paper wraps, with bumping, edgewear, and small open tear to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice, solid copy of this government publication detailing the National Trust Acts.

Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc, 2020. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". vii, 143pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Previous editions of Native Tours provided a much-needed overview and analysis of anthropology's contributions to tourism as an emerging field of study. Such a cultural perspective illuminated key ideas surrounding worldwide host-guest relations and informed discussions of political and economic influences and the impacts, both negative and positive, of tourism as one of the world's largest industries. Applying a characteristically uncluttered, authoritative writing style alongside an exceptional command of the relevant literature, Chambers updates, refines, and extends his earlier work. He retains a focus on the social, cultural, economic, and environmental consequences of tourism, and provides a framework for understanding tourism initiatives in their particular… Read More

New York: DAW Books, Inc, 1984. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 7" X 4 1/8". 301pp. Moderate edgewear to pictorial paper wraps, featuring cover art by Jill Bauman. Creasing to corners and to spine. Slight lean to spine. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name to first page. Pages are gently age-toned, else clean and unmarked. Published in 1984, while Margaret Atwood was in the middle of writing The Handmaid's Tale, Native Tongue is the first in a dystopian trilogy that imagines a future America where women no longer have legal rights and the earth's financial wellbeing depends on a line of linguists who breed women to birth and to become ideal translators of alien languages before they send them to "Barren Houses." The women of the linguist lines, however, have for generations been secretly crafting a language of their own, a language of revolution. Professor of linguistics Patricia Anne Wilkins (1936-2015) began writing science fiction under the pen name Suzette Haden Elgin as a widowed single mother… Read More

New York: DAW Books, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very good +. First Edition. Paperback. First Printing, August 1984, with full number line. 7" X 4 1/8". 301pp, plus ads, including laid in Science Fiction Book Club mailer. Moderate edgewear to pictorial paper wraps, featuring cover art by Jill Bauman. Printer's error: raised red metallic title offset, covering tagline on front cover. Light creasing to spine. All edges yellow. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Published in 1984, while Margaret Atwood was in the middle of writing The Handmaid's Tale, Native Tongue is the first in a dystopian trilogy that imagines a future America where women no longer have legal rights and the earth's financial wellbeing depends on a line of linguists who breed women to birth and to become ideal translators of alien languages before they send them to "Barren Houses." The women of the linguist lines, however, have for generations been secretly crafting a language of their own, a… Read More

New York: Feminist Press, 2019. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/2". ix, 362pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Book appears to be unread. ABOUT THIS BOOK: First published in 1984, Native Tongue earned wide critical praise, and cult status as well. Set in the twenty-second century after the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment, the novel reveals a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights, and banned from public life. In this world, Earth's wealth relies on interplanetary commerce, for which the population depends on linguists, a small, clannish group of families whose women breed and become perfect translators of all the galaxies' languages. The linguists wield power, but live in isolated compounds, hated by the population, and in fear of class warfare. But a group of women is destined to challenge the power of men and linguists. Nazareth, the most talented linguist… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6". xiii, 246pp. Rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bumps to corners of black paper over boards. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This major addition to Ideas in Context examines the development of natural law theories in the early stages of the Enlightenment in Germany and France. T. J. Hochstrasser investigates the influence exercised by theories of natural law from Grotius to Kant, with a comparative analysis of the important intellectual innovations in ethics and political philosophy of the time. Hochstrasser includes the writings of Samuel Pufendorf and his followers who evolved a natural law theory based on human sociability and reason, fostering a new methodology in German philosophy. This book assesses the first histories of political thought since ancient times, giving insights into the nature and influence of… Read More

London: Bickers and Son, 1880. Third Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Third Edition. Leather_bound. This foundational book in the history of environmentalism is the work of parson-naturalist and birdwatching pioneer Gilbert White (1720-1793), referred to by many as the first environmentalist, and Selborne was the community he called home. Selborne is a small village in Hampshire, England. The Natural History of Selborne is an extraordinary work due precisely to its ordinary character. Rather than venture to the world's farthest reaches, the book blazed a different path for aspiring naturalists—a path toward home, revealing the value of digging deep and observing the world that lies right outside your door. The observations and correspondence of a humble parson of a country parish, Gilbert White's Selborne won the admiration of such titans as Virginia Woolf, who praised its near-novelistic prose, and Charles Dickens, who after reading it as young man, wondered "why every gentleman did not become an… Read More

New York: Routledge, 1995. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". x, 310pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This collection of essays analyzes relations of social inequality that appear to be logical extensions of a "natural order" and in the process demonstrates that a revitalized feminist anthropology of the 1990s has much to offer the field of feminist theory. Contributors: Susan McKinnon, Kath Weston, Rayna Rapp, Janet Dolgin, Harriet Whitehead, Carol Delaney, Brackette Williams, Sylvia Yanagisako, Phyllis Chock, Sherry Ortner and Anna Tsing.(Publisher).

New York: Routledge, 2001. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xi, 115pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Price sticker to rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Inked underlining and notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the 'scientific world-view' cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings. Drawing on sources including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl and Sartre, Olafson exposes the limits of naturalism and stresses the importance of serious philosophical investigation of human nature.(Publisher).

New York: Food Products Press, 2000. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 6". xv, 402pp. Very mild wear to pictorial wraps with light rubbing and toning to covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Book appears to be unread. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Recent concerns over environmental pollution and food quality degradation caused by the excessive use of chemicals have prompted scientists and policymakers to re-evaluate modern agricultural processes and search for alternatives that will aid in the production of healthy foods and the protection of our environment. Nature Farming and Microbial Applications summarizes current research in the field, highlighting unique practices such as the use of microbial inoculants and various alternatives to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The principles of nature farming, as set forth by Japanese philosopher Mokichi Okada, must fulfill these requirements: producing safe and nutritious food that promotes good health providing economic and… Read More

Santa Fe: SAR Press, 2012. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xiii, 285pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book is about the complicated and provocative ways nature, science, and religion intersect in real settings where people attempt to live in harmony with the physical environment. Scholars of philosophy, religious studies, and science and technology have been at the forefront of critiquing the roles of religion and science in human interactions with the natural world. Meanwhile, researchers in the environmental sciences have encountered disciplinary barriers to examining the possibility that religious beliefs influence social-ecological behaviors and processes simply because the issue resists quantitative assessment. The contributors to this book explore how scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs are engaged to shape natural resource management, environmental activism,… Read More

Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 307pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of glossy paper over boards. A spot of toning to edge of text block. Occasional inked underlining and notation to pages, mostly to first half of book. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Throughout its evolution, Piaget's theory has placed meaning at the center of all attempts to understand the nature and development of knowing. For Piaget, all knowing - whether sensorimotor, representational, or reasoned, and whether directed toward successful problem solutions or toward general understanding - is necessarily a construction which arises out of meaning making activity. It was in this context that the editors of this volume approached the board of directors of the Jean Piaget Society with a proposal to organize a recent annual symposium around the topic of the nature and development of meaning. In forming this symposium and in moving from… Read More

Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxiii, 253pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: What does it mean to find a gene or set of genes that are associated with ADHD, schizophrenia, or autism? Could we eradicate such diseases from our species through gene therapy? Is it possible to eradicate from our genome the genetic material that predisposes us to be too aggressive, too shy, less intelligent, or not active enough? Who has the political power and/or moral authority to make these decisions? The premise of Nature and Nurture is that the complexity of the transactions between nature and nurture--between genes and the environment from the cellular to the cultural level--make these questions incredibly complex and in need of careful attention by educators, scientists, the public, and policymakers. A product of the conference held at… Read More

New York: Teachers College Press, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". xii, 303pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: With unprecedented scope and vision, Dr. Dai systematically redefines giftedness and proposes a new framework for the field of gifted education. He identifies nine essential tensions, revolving around three core questions: What do we know about the respective roles of natural ability, environment and experiences, and personal effort in talent development? How do we identify the gifted and talented, and study the process of gifted and talent development? And finally, how do we define the aims of gifted education and promote excellence? Sure to be a milestone in the field, this book: -Scrutinizes some of the deeply held assumptions about the nature of giftedness and explains why a contextual, developmental approach is a… Read More