London: Chatto & Windus, 2013. Suzanne Dean (cover design). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A remarkable literary debut shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America. Darling is only ten years old, and yet..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Signed by author. Succinct cross-referenced entires of virtually every aspect of Waugh's fictional works are set in a practical alphabetical format. More
New York: APress, 2011. Trade Paperback. Today, nearly every charitable nonprofit, advocacy group, professional group, and politician relies on the philanthropy of others. Whether it's a private college, a hospital or museum, a lobbying group, or a local, low-budget food shelf, operational and marketing costs and capital investments are often..... More
Hong Kong: Government Printer, 1983. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. More
United States: Perma Press, 2017. First Edition (presumed). Trade Paperback. Inscribed and signed by the author. Umbrella: A Political Tale from Hong Kong is the first comprehensive account of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement. It examines in detail the 2014 campaign for genuine universal suffrage, situating it within the contexts..... More
London: 4th Estate, 2019. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Ah Hock is an ordinary man of simple means. Born and raised in a Malaysian fishing village, he favors stability above all, a preference at odds with his rapidly modernizing surroundings. So what brings him to kill a man... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they’ve reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring..... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. David Gentleman (cover drawing). First Penguin Edition, Fifth Printing. Paperback. Part of the Penguin Modern Classics series No. 1059 Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown..... More
Torino, Italy: Einaudi, 1967. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is a bilingual, Italian/English edition. With a preface in the Italian by Fernanda Pivano Edgar Lee Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas, and he grew up in the small towns of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois. The author of 40 books of..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1952. First Edition (presumed), Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. In this classic text, the master teacher whose works have moved and inspired millions presents inspirational advice and simple self-help that will bring true success and happiness. These seventy-two meditative essays, each accomplished by a brief affirmation..... More
New York: The Free Press, 1992. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Will compares the success America has had in spreading the democratic/free market message abroad with the difficulties it is experiencing at home. He examines the merits and demerits of contemporary American culture, and the place that the..... More
Boston: Beacon Press. With Lloyd L. Brown and an introduction by Sterling Stuckey. Reprint. Paperback. Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States..... More
Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1966. First Paperback Edition, Second Printing. Trade Paperback. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Fifth Edition. Paperback. This is a 'free examination copy'. The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking. A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking, this classic text makes scientific thinking, research methods and statistics accessible to undergraduates at a common sense level..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Third Edition. Paperback. Bringing together practical methods from both history and composition,Writing History provides a wealth of tips and advice to help students research and write essays for history classes. The book covers all aspects of writing about history, including finding topics and researching them..... More
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