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SIGNED by Hillary Rodham Clinton on book plate on fly page, no inscription.
First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine undamaged, one hinge slightly loosened.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

In a world dominated by video games, voice mail, and television, it's easy to overlook the importance of the written word. If one very important thing parents can do to help their children learn is read to them, then encouraging them to write must run a close second. What better -- and more rewarding -- way to teach a child these invaluable communication skills than through letter writing? In her warm and engaging text, Mrs. Clinton suggests ways parents can help their children initiate and enjoy the experience of writing and receiving letters, sharing her family's (and pets') experience, and explains how… Leer más

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page. * First printing (number line contains "1"). * Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket like new, very light shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." The liberal class plays a vital role in a democracy. It gives moral legitimacy to the state. It makes limited forms of dissent and incremental change possible. The liberal class posits itself as the conscience of the nation. It permits us, through its appeal to public virtues and the public good, to define ourselves as a good and noble people. Most importantly, on behalf of the power elite the liberal class serves as bulwarks against radical movements by offering a safety valve for popular frustrations and discontentment by discrediting those who talk of profound structural change. Once this class loses its social… Leer más

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Book cover near new, modest wear at end caps - pages clean and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear, price-clipped; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

The American Indian has been ill-served by a succession of popular images: he passes from the lyric nonsense of nineteenth century Hiawatha to the cinematic nonsense of early Hollywood. It is only recently that he has been thought of as the ruined survivor of the white man's lust for land. Relieved of his tomahawk and feathered headress, the Indian is regarded today as an embarrassing ethnographic footnote to American history. What was the aborigine really like before the advent of the white man? Deep Valley provides an answer for one tribe: the Pomo of Northern California. The result of 25 years of research by two noted anthropologists,… Leer más

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

* SIGNED by author on title page, no inscription. * Book cover like new, very light shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

SIGNED by author on fly page, no inscription.
Stated First Edition.
Book cover shows light edge wear, small burn hole in spine cover - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket shows light shelf wear, small burn hole over spine cover; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon's best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting… Leer más

SIGNED by poet Qiu Xiaolong on title page, no inscription.
Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
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This book is a photographic exploration of life in the old and rapidly disappearing quarters of Shanghai, with accompanying poems and essays by the author of fiction and poetry, Qiu Xiaolong.
The photographs, all taken in a documentary style over a period of five years, represent an intimate and invaluable visual natural history of a way of life in the workers quarters and other central districts of the city that held sway throughout the 20th century and into the early years of the 21st century, before yielding to the ambitious ongoing efforts at urban reconstruction.
Mr. Qiu, whose best-known books are largely set in this old city, where his… Leer más

* SIGNED by author on half-title page, no inscription. * Stated First Edition, first printing (number line contains "1"). * Book cover near new, light edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
A superb collection of fifteen storiesincluding Wakefield, the inspiration for the film starring Bryan Cranstonby the author of Ragtime, The March, The Book of Daniel, and Billy Bathgate He has been called a national treasure by George Saunders. Doctorows great topic, said Don DeLillo, is the reach of American possibility, in which plain lives take on the cadences of history. This power is apparent everywhere in these stories: the bravery and self-delusion of people seeking the American dream; the geniuses, mystics, and charlatans who offer people false hope, or an actual glimpse of greatness. In 'A House on the Plains,' a mother has a plan for financial… Leer más

* SIGNED and dated by author on title page, no inscription. * Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket like new, slight shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
As the largest river on the East Coast of the United States, the rolling Susquehanna is the indispensable tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, the nations largest estuary. Gathering strength from scores of streams along its 444-mile journey, the river delivers half of the freshwater the bay requires to maintain its ecological balance. Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake traces the course of the Susquehanna River through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to the bay. Fifty-six short chapters discuss key locations along the route and how the river changes from sources to sea. These chapters also look at how natural resources influence, and in some ways shape, the lives of the people… Leer más

* Inscribed and SIGNED with doodle art by author on back of half title page. * First printing (number line contains "1"). * Book cover near new, light shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged. * Jacket near new, modest edge wear; protected in fresh mylar cover. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." The Moon, Father Forest, Great Fish of the Sea, and North Wind help a maiden rescue her true love from a troll princess in a faraway kingdom.

SIGNED by author on title page, no inscription. Also signed and inscribed by author on half title page.
Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket like new, slight edge wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

An Illustrated Catalogue of Engravings by Foreign Travellers from 1681 to 1900.

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author Ansel Adams on title page. * Stated First Edition 1983. * Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket near new, modest shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." The distinguished photographer shares his experiences and details the circumstances, methods, and technical and aesthetic problems surrounding the creation of forty of his most famous photographs.

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page. * Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket near new, modest shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." San Tran Croucher's earliest memories are of fleeing ethnic attacks in her Vietnamese village, only to be later tortured in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. Katya Cengel met San when San was seventy-five years old and living in California, having miraculously survived the Cambodian genocide with her three daughters, Sithy, Sithea, and Jennifer. But Sans familys troubles didn't end after their resettlement in California. As a teenager under the Khmer Rouge, Sans daughter Sithy had been the family's savior, the strong one who learned how to steal food to keep them alive. In the United States, Sithy's survival skills were best suited for a life of crime, and she was eventually jailed for drug possession. U.S. immigration law… Leer más

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Stated First Printing.
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Robert Irvine is not a typical chef, so it stands to reason that his upcoming fourth cookbook is anything but typical. The man who became famous for cooking his way out of impossible challenges and turning around failing restaurants has taken aim at redefining family dinner. Family Table brings together more than 50 of his all-time favorite family-style recipes. With these delicious and easy-to-make meals come his reflections on how to create strong family bonds by coming together in the kitchen and at the dinner table. We live in an age where distractions are all around us. This book is my urgent call to refocus everyone on what is right in front of us, what is… Leer más

* SIGNED by author on half-title page with "Happy hiking!". * Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine solid with single light crease. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Ginko Press, 2013. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. * RARE COPY - Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page. * Book cover like new, very slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. Blue satin ribbon marker. * No dust jacket issued with this book. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

FORBIDDEN CITY, USA captures the magic and glamour of a Chinese American nightclub scene that peaked in San Francisco during World War II. Previously unpublished personal stories, along with over four hundred stunning images and rare artifacts, are presented in this sexy and insightful chronicle of Asian American performers who defied racial and cultural barriers to pursue their showbiz dreams. It was the mid-1930s: Prohibition was repealed and the Great Depression was waning. With a global conflict on the rise, people were out to drink, dine, dance, and see a show to forget their woes--and what a surprise for the world to behold an emerging generation of Chinese American entertainers commanding the stage in their own nightclubs. FORBIDDEN CITY,… Leer más

* Inscribed and SIGNED by both authors on front and rear title pages. * Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

SIGNED by author on half title page, no inscription.
Book cover like new, light wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket near new, light shelf wear, price-clipped; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

In this autobiography, the country music star shares the painful lessons she has learned in a life filled with dizzying heights and abysmal depths.

SIGNED by illustrator/artist Kit Haskell on title page, no inscription.
First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover near new, light edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket shows light shelf wear with a repaired cut on the bottom front next to the spine; protected in fresh mylar cover. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Enter the world of cornices, cupolas, and colonnettes, prestigious architects, and even more prestigious residents Charming and deeply informative, part historical detective work and part gossip column, this 400-page book offers an architectural and social history of one of San Francisco s most attractive neighborhoods, Pacific Heights. Illustrated with specially commissioned art, the book tells the stories of 110 houses designed variously by Ernest Coxhead, Willis Polk, Houghton Sawyer, Julia Morgan, William Wurster, and other… Leer más