Resultados de búsqueda: Sociology & Culture from Elk Creek Heritage Books

NY: Gotham Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Printing, April 2009. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book, ""Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight different states yet managed to maintain an enduring friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, a child's illness, and the mysterious death of one member of their group. . . . a testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life's joys and challenges--and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to number line with number two, at the time, the convention used by Random House to designate First Editions. Hard cover with salmon boards with light gray spine cloth, salmon gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust Jacket very good with gentle shelf & edge wear. No chips but bottom one inch of spine has light wrinkling; not price clipped.* From the book, ""A book about civilization in microcosm, Home Town makes us marvel afresh at the wonder of individuality, creativity, and civic order - how a disparate group of individuals can find common cause and a code of values that transforms a place into a home. And this book makes you feel like you live there.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold/gilt spine lettering. Endpapers with sepia toned photographs. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Back endpaper has shadow from one-inch dog-ear crease. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear. 213 pages. * From the front flap, '. . . the brainchild of sociologist Brenda Eheart, who envisioned the community as a solution the problem of revolving-door foster care. . . Here, 'unadoptable' children are given the chance to thrive in permanent homes.""

New Yoirk: Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, dark gray spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains a section of 65 glossy black & white photographs. 782 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear, mellow age toning to the white of jacket, small chip at corner of top back; has been price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . From a handful of radio stations, he build CBS. . . .The New York Times wrote of William S. Paley, ""He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball. . . .""

New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. Same date on Title Page & Copyright (1990) Hard cover in very good condition with green boards; gold gilt spine lettering and author's initials on front board also in gold gilt. Former owner's name & address in ink at top right corner of front free end paper. No other writing noted. Text block clean & tight; no markings to note. Deckle edges on the side text block. 245 numbered pages; concludes with a Chronology of pertinent dates in Chinese history from 1839 to1989. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""....It is the testament of a woman who is at once profoundly a daughter of her ancestral China - she was born in Shanghai - and, equally, a child of the America where she was raised from age eight. It is the work of a writer who is known to millions of American as an acclaimed best-selling… Leer más

U.S.A.: Harcourt, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. Hardcover with light beige boards and darker beige spine cloth containing gold colored spine lettering in very good condition. Light rust colored endpapers. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Top edge of text block contains a black marker line. Side edge of text block is uncut / deckle edged. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. Contains 67 black-and-white photographs and 12 maps.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Twelve, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6th Printing 6th Printing. Hard cover with white boards with green spine cloth and silver spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear. Not price clipped.

Random House, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated: First Edition; number line which contains number two. Hard cover in very good condition with wedgewood blue boards, cream spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Concludes with an extensive Index. 412 numbered pages. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book jacket, ""The single event that we know as 9/11 is over, but the shock waves continue to radiate outward, generated by orange alerts, terrorism lockdowns, and the shrinking of personal liberties we once took for granted. The stories in this book, of real people faced with extraordinary trauma and gradually transcending it, are the best antidote to our fears. 'Middletown, America' is a book of hope.""

Wings Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Stated 1996 Edition. Third Printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with cream colored boards and green gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no markings, no writings noted. Beginnings of gentle age toning to the papers. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; no price on flap; no clipping. * From the book, ""Certain to delight everyone who loves Irish history, lore, and indeed all things Irish . . . a delicious treasury of classics you will want to savor again and again. . . . "" Translated directly from the original Gaelic. See photo of back of book for a sample of those tales included.

New York: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition, August 1989; no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with red and cream boards and gold gilt spine lettering. There is a gift inscription of thanks the former owner on the front fly leaf signed by the author (signature not authenticated.) Otherwise text block clean and tight. Contains black and white photographs throughout. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket, ""The boundaries that divide nation from nation, culture from culture, are becoming increasingly blurred as global communication spurs greater understanding among people. But who are the people on the other side of the world? How do they view the United States? Themselves? And what are their aspirations and their dreams? 'Nearly One World' is truly a celebration that crosses all borders. Deciphers all languages. And instills in us the hope and… Leer más

Lake Placid, New York: Aviva Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. No number line; no additional printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with hard cover glossy boards containing a mirror image of the very good dust jacket. Top corner of front board slightly bumbed. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Dust jacket very good; only ghost of shelf & light edge wear; light wrinkles at head of spine; not price clipped. * Written by Jim and Jay Padar, father and son members of the Chicago Police Department. From the front jacket flap, ""Ever wonder what it's like to be a Cop?"" The 53 stories in this book answer the question.

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering; side edges deckled. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped * From the book, ""... offers a personal consideration of moral values as they relate to the important issues of the day.. . . . puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning of where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred"".

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publisher, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing Stated ""First Printing , 1961"" Hardcover measuring approximately 11.5 "" x 8.25"" x 7/8"" thick. Deep beige boards with dark maroon spine cloth containing gold colored lettering in good condition showing only mild shelf & edge wear. Endpapers contains sepia-tinted pictures of various shop items of the period. Text block is clean but shows age toning and a spot here and there but nothing that detracts from the text. Pages are of heavier than normal weight. The stitched signatures are intact but a bit loose. Please Note: This is an Ex-Library book. However, it has only very unobtrusive evidence of such. There is a pasted in card pocket on the front free fly leaf that still contains the card with the signatures of borrowers. There are library stamps on the copyright page. The Dust Jacket is in very good… Leer más

Troy, New Yoik: The Troy Bookmakers, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Signed by Author. First Edition; no other printings noted. Inscription by the author on Title Page. Soft cover, 9"" tall x 7"" wide, in fine condition. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings, no writing noted. 95 pages with each containing not only a written narrative but photos from all the places traveled to by Aunt Helen and items she collected : cloths, shoes, hats, fans, nesting dolls. . .. too many to list! Wraps crisp, shiny, tiny dog-ear crease on top front, no other tears or creases. * The author, Ellen Mnich, Aunt Helen's neice, takes on the persona of Aunt Helen and Aunt Helen's love of traveling all over the world, collecting items from everywhere, and learning about the cultures world-wide and created a program for children that became known as ""Aunt Helen's Closet: A Museum Approach to Education"" which has been featured on television and has… Leer más

San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Front top corner bumped. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""The People's Business is about what ordinary citizens can do to curtail corporate power. The authors consider a wide spectrum of approaches - from fundamental shifts in how corporations are created and operate, to minor adjustments in corporate governance and regulatory fixes that directly address specific harms. While the approaches are diverse, they share a fundamental view of democracy as the antidote to corporate power - that the people, through the mechanisms of democratic self-governance, should decide the ground-rules by which the economy operates.""

New York: Scribner, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. A 3 1/2"" w x 4 1/4"" h green sticker on front free end paper indicating book was ""a selection from the JP Morgan Private Bank Summer Reading List 2007..."" Dust jacket very good, showing only light shelf wear; not price clipped.

Woodstock, N.Y.: Windsor-Brooke Books, LLC, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition stated on copyright page in publisher's cataloging info and no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""Readers of ""Princess,"" the international best selling book about Princess Sultana, were gripped by the revelations of life with unimaginable wealth and shocking human rights abuses inside the royal family of Saudi Arabia.. . . In ""Princess Sultana's Daughters,"" the chilling truth of life behind the veil carried on with the compelling stories of Sultana's young daughters and other members of the Saudi royal family. . . . Now, with ""Princess Sultana's… Leer más

NY: Simon and Sc huster, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. One page has a wrinkle but it does not effect text. * From the book, ""Remarkable, enlightening, and heart-breaking . . . a stunning haunting book.""

NY: A Fireside/Learning Publication Book, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writings; only mark noted is one sentence that is underlined in black ink. * From the book, ""Dr. Gravitz and Ms Bowden have definitely filled a much needed area for adult children of alcoholics in their new book. This is the first book that attempts to answer many of the 'silent' questions of the millions of adult children of alcoholics in our society. Their years of experience, perceptions and sensitivities are obvious in this well-thought-out book."" ""Written with warmth, joy and real understanding, Recovery will inspire you to meet the challenges of the past and overcome the obstacles to your happiness.""

Boston: Beacon Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted; appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. . . . Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America - a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious… Leer más