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Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Goodyear-Marshall Publishing Company, 1920. Hardcover. Tenth Edition. Good. Extensive notes in pencil. Not from a library. 207 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster. May 2009. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. A few dust stains to top and fore-edge, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxv + 306 pages. Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts. Contents: The Tiananmen massacre. The student protests begin ; An editorial makes things worse ; Power struggle ; The crackdown ; The accusations fly ; The campaign against Zhao ; Zhao's talk with Gorbachev -- House arrest. Zhao becomes a prisoner ; The investigative report ; Zhao's lonely struggle -- The roots of China's economic boom. Conflicting views at the top ; An early setback ; Opening painfully to the world ; Finding a new approach ; Zhao and Hu clash ; Playing a trick on a rival ; One step at a time ; The economy gets too hot… Leer más

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1913. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth over board. Color frontis, three color plates, and many B&W illustrations. Good. Covers are heavily worn. Corners, spine ends, and bottom edges are frayed. Names of prior owners and "West Liberty, Iowa" penciled to front pastedown. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Small tears and wrinkling to page edges, but no writing noticed in text block. Sewn binding is straight and tight. 191 pages. 6 x 7.5 inches. Contains selections from such authors as Susan Coolidge, Laura Richards, and Mary Wilkins, authors whose stories for children are classics and who know and interpret delightfully the interests of the little people.

New York: HarperCollins / Perennial, August 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 329 pages. In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world -- making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Determined to expose what he realized was the landscape's secret fourth dimension, Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this unseen universe to create an epochal and remarkably beautiful hand-painted map. But instead of receiving accolades and honors, he ended up in debtors' prison, the victim of plagiarism, and virtually homeless for ten years more. Finally, in 1831, this quiet genius -- now known as the father of modern geology… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt, April 2009. Trade Paperback. First printing / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 445 pages. What happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth.

Cambridge: Polity, February 2011. Trade Paperback. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiii + 241 pages. Contemporary Diplomacy offers a comprehensive introduction to the changing actors, venues, processes and functions of diplomacy in the 21st Century. Aimed at students and practitioners alike, this textbook explores the critical theoretical tools that can be employed to understand diplomacy and its evolution since the end of the Cold War. It also shows how the study of diplomacy can contribute to the analysis of 21st Century conflict and international relations more broadly.

Boston & Chicago: Sibley & Company. Hardcover. 1915. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Dark blue cloth over boards. Sewn binding. Good. Former textbook with a few notes and doodles.

New York: Mcgraw-Hill, 1989. Hardcover. 13th Edition. Near Fine. No markings. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing and wear to covers. Not from a library. xl + 1013 pages. Samuelson's classic economics textbook.