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

London, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This biography of the British composer by his widow is a detailed account of his career, during which he was at the center of musical events in England for some sixty years; includes a frontispiece photograph of the composer reclining on a hillside and many other photographs throughout the text (green cloth with gold lettering on brown spine label is slightly cocked, caricatures of the composer on the front and back endpapers, previous owner's name on the reverse of the front end paper, pages are slightly tanned; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Methuen, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a history of the controversial Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force, from its formation in 1922 when it replaced the Royal Irish Constabulary, up to the 1980s; during the troubles of the 1960s, it became the most dangerous police force in the world in which to serve, with 250 member killed and 8,000 injured as a result of terrorist violence; includes photographs (black covers with silver lettering, corners very slightly bumped, pages tanned; black pictorial dust jacket with color photo of RUC members at a banned Loyalist march in 1986 has very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Albany, NY, U.S.A: State University of New York Press, 1995. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. This book is about the education of African Americans in large cities; the authors studied the largest school systems in the country to see how public school decentralization, aimed a improving the education of minorities, was conceived and implemented; they conclude that decentralization solves the problem of segregation by subordinating African Americans in the competition for educational resources while legitimating subordination in terms of equality and power; whites maintain their hegemony and blacks maintain control of urban institutions like public shool systems; school systems are kept separate and unequal and the racial conflict that sparked integration is transformed into concensus about the importance of empowering the community (white & green laminated covers)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1972. This is a three-volume anthology of papers on racial prejudice in Australia by experts working in the field of race relations; it was developed by an ad hoc committee of university and community leaders formed in 1970 to assist in the celebration of the United Nations International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination; Volume 1: Prejudice and Xenophobia, 0800865804; Volume 2: Black versus White, 0800865814; Volume 3: Colonialism, 0800865820 (orange covers with gold lettering have slightly bumped corners, pages are slightly tanned; white dust jackets with red & black lettering have slight edge wear; otherwise these are bright, clean, tight copies; this set can only be shipped by domestic media mail without additional shipping charge). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1992. Trade Paperback. As New. This book includes essays by American, British, and French scholars on the relationship between racism, the city, and the state; it focuses on the urban context of racialization, showing that the city provides the institutional framework for racial segregation; contributors include, in addition to the editors, Leonard Harris, David Theo Goldberg, Michael Peter Smith, Bernadette Tarallo, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Margaret Weir, Howard Winant, Susan Smith, John Solomos, Syd Jeffers, Harry Goulbourne (black, white & gray cover with white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: University Place Book Shop, 1977. Third Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. Originally published by Yale University Library in 1964, this is the third revised edition of this bibliography of American radical periodicals, including English-language Anarchist, Communist, and Socialist publications, compiled as a contribution to the study of the radical movement in America; in addition to the annotated bibliography of periodicals, it includes a lexicon and a genealogy of radical parties and groups and indexes of both editors and organizations; the author was the owner of a New York City book shop, a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, and a former Trotskyist (red cloth with gold lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book investigates the crisis in contemporary theater and celebrates the subversive in performance (blue pictorial cover with white & red lettering, very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

U.S.A.: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. As New. This is a collection of essays on the literature and popular culture of the 1930s that examine a wide range of texts from classics of the period to others previously ignored (white cover with blue & orange lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 2018. This is a study of Chinese policies regarding childcare and child welfare that were central to the formation of the modern Chinese state (black covers with black lettrers on gold spine label; red pictorial dust jacket; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Albany, NY, U.S.A.: State University of New York Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. As New. This book examines the thinking of John Rawls on the relationship between politics and religion and argues that for Rawls this relationship is central to the problem that liberalism has tried to solve: whether it is possible to have a just society composed of free and equal citizens who are divided by incompatible religious doctrines (red front cover with gray borders & white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

White Plains, NY, U.S.A.: Pro/Am Music Resources, 1993. This is a collection of essays by the English conductor, instrumentalist, composer, and scholar; the essays range from musical description and analysis to personal reflections and anecdotes; includes many photographs, a concert chronology, list of compositions and arrangements, and discography; also includes card with brief note signed by Leppard (gray cloth with silver lettering, very slight edgewear; tan dust jacket with black & white lettering has several edge tears, chips & creases; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; a large, heavy volume, 668 pages). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Malden, MA, U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This book introduces the principal writings of the three French theorists; it focuses on their common interest in the forms and conditions of knowledge and reveals their commitment to a critical understanding of how truth, meaning, and value are constituted in language and non-verbal texts; the last chapter briefly examines the work of Deleuze (black pictorial cover with white & blue lettering, very slightly rubbed; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. Good. Published for the Institute of Public Administration of the University College, Dar es Salaam, this collection of readings on the political economy of Tanzania is both descriptive and analytical; many of the selections date from before the union with Zanzibar and refer to the mainland portion of Tanzania formerly known as Tanganyika (spine worn & creased, lower right corner of cover and pages is creased, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. This is a collection of the author's essays on medieval poetry, including the Song of Roland, King Horn, Havelok, Sir Orfeo, Chaucer's Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, and Troilus and Crisyde, Morte Arthure, The Siege of Jerusalem, Purity, Pearl, Sir Gawain and the Green Knnight, and Piers Plowman (brown cloth with gold lettering & red decoration; tan dust jacket with blue & red lettering, slight edge wear, including small closed tear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a study of the development of rationalism in the Middle Ages and its relationship to the structure of society; includes illustrations and maps (dark green pictorial cover has very slight shelf wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This book defends the welfare state from attacks by the New Right and the conventional justifications of the Old Left; it shows that there are good reasons to favor an activist state promoting the social welfare of its citizens; for the author, the essential function of the welfare state is to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable members of society, to protect the interests of those who are not in a position to protect themselves (black & red cover with white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Routledge, 1968. These essays engage with Foucault's thought and its relevance by focusing on the social history of medicine; they deal with Foucault's historiographical, methodological, and philosophical writings, his ideas about prisons, hospitals, madness and disease, and his thinking about the body (gray pictorial cover with photo of Foucault on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. Fine.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A: American Historical Association, 1980. Paper Covers. Very Good. This pamphlet examined the important contributions made by historians of women and published during the previous fifteen years (1965-1980); it refered to writings that exemplify conceptual and methodological developments and the major themes of work, politics, and family and sexuality; it was also an attempt to assess the direction and achievement of the field at a time when historical studies of women had recently increased dramatically (red paper stapled cover with black lettering

Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Canadian philosopher and political scientist Charles Taylor captures the existential angst experienced by those societies and peoples of North America who are eager for recognition and are worried about the dangers that threaten their identity and their sense of belonging (blue cloth with gold lettering)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1975. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. This is a sociological study of remarried men and women with children from previous marriages; based on her own personal experience as a member of a reconstituted family, the author studied the factors that make for success or failure in family integration (blue cloth with gold lettering; blue dust jacket with orange lettering is sllighly rubbed with edgewear and a repaired edge tear; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)