E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2001 Brutal Imagination is made up of two cycles of poems, each confronting the same subject: The black man in white America. The first cycle deals with the vision of the black man in white imagination. Narrated largely by the black kidnapper invented by Susan Smith to cover up the killing of her two small sons, it displays Eady's stunning range: His deft wit, inventiveness, and skillfully targeted anger. The second cycle, "Running Man," pres... more information

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New York: Harcourt, brace, Javonovich and Company, 1987 A varied, interesting text book. It includes poems, stories, information articles, study pieces, and lots of great illustrations and photographs. The book is worn on all corners, but the heaving binding is very good everywhere else. 328 pages, no marks or tears found (I went through it pretty carefully). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Random House, 1988 Binding is fine, no worn spots, glossy pictoral cover. An "I can read by myself Beginner Books." 64 pages are fine, illustrated by author. Letters are large for young readers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Pr, 2000 No Intermissions is the first comprehensive biography of Anges de Mille, an American cultural giant: Dancer, choreographer, director, labor union leader, bestselling author, and passionate advocate of the arts. During a life that spanned most of the 20th century, de Mille worked and played with a fabulous cast of characters, from her uncle (Cecil B. de Mille), to Charlie Chaplin, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, and many others. Drawing on unpublished papers and on exte... more information

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Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.A.: Breckling Press, 2004 After Dark is a singularly sensous collection of high-style knits in glorious yarns and eye-popping colors. Sensation photography. a learn-to-knit refresher.detailed schematics.color charts.yarn notes. Included are 20 cool knits for hot nights, such as: Sexy beaded halter, knock-out belt, sizzling sleeveless tee, wraparound pashamini shawl, and party togs for stylish tots. Hard cover with a spiral binding inside - the pages lie flat! 121 pages including abbr... more information

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New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1975 This volume contains the fascinating illustrated story of how the revered Bishop Nicholas of Myra evolved into jolly old Santa Claus. In many ways, Nicholas was a paradox: The same man who saved three young girls from being sold into slavery publicly slapped the face of a suspected heretic at the Council of Nicaea. Lavishly illustrated, the pictures allow us to see as well as read about Nicholas' transformation, which is an enigmatic story. It is peppered with little... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1979 Ed Edelson brings the world of the child star alive for readers of this book. He tells the story of some of the most famous child stars of the twenties through the seventies. Judy Garland winning the hearts of young and old, Micky Rooney as Andy Hardy. Elizabeth Taylor certainly made it big; but she was one of the child stars who became even more famous as an adult. Edelson takes you through the glitter and tells you how it really is. The jacket has a small tear a... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1988 The Copeland family, of Listre, North Carolina, goes back a long way. A Copeland bride planted wisteria by her back porch 20 years before the Civil War. Now her vine has just about taken over the woods around the family graveyard. Meredith's father, Albert Copeland, keeps a sort of written family record. He keeps it in some notebooks he bought to log the flight of his home-built floatplane, a project Albert first undertook back in 1956, when his... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Readers Digest, 1994 This volume provides 23 simple and more complex woodworking projects for the patio, deck, garden and yard. It is written by home improvement experts with captioned color demonstration photos and clear, detailed lay-outs that help guide each project to completion. Projects include a garden bench, adirondack chair, porch glider and swing, gazebo, playground, window box, BBQ grill table, sandbox, patios, decks, and more. This book will be equally useful for an e... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1993 For twelve years, from behind a desktop microphone in his study in Tallahasee, Florida, Red Barber charmed, delighted, surprised, taught and entertained millions of listeners of National Public Radio's Morning Edition. Barber's commentaries wove together tales from sports events past, his views of the current athletic scene, biblical allegories, historical references, and the lastest goings-on among the flora and fauna of his garden. Part of what made... more information

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New York: St Martins Press, 2001 Maria Callas, born in America to Greek parents who had been in the U.S. a scant four months, was expected to be a boy. When born, her mother insisted she be "taken away" and wanted nothing to do with her ten pound baby girl. Despite these initial trials, Callas grew up into a beautiful young lady with a beautiful voice to match. This is her biography, from birth to death, and includes the many twists and turn her volatile life took. Included is her marriage to Aris... more information

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Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts, 1995 Between March and September 1974, as Richard Nixon's presidency unraveled on national television, Bill Ehrhart, a decorated Marine Corps sergeant and antiwar Vietnam veteran, fought to retain his merchant seaman's card after being busted for marijuana. He also had a number of other arrests, and was thrown out of New Jersey by the Maple Shade police. All occurred while the House Judiciary Committee conducted hearings on Nixon's impeachment. Busted sh... more information

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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949 Binding is good, wear on all edges and a dent on the top near the corner. 221 pages, slightly yellowed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Public Affairs, 2004 A tale of monstrous corruption, titanic egos, and delicate diplomacy." - The Washington Post. Elie Wiesel has provided the foreword to this intriguing book. Imperfect Justice is Eizenstat's personal account of how the Holocaust became a political and diplomatic battleground fifty years after the war's end, as the issues of dormant bank accounts, slave labor, confiscated property, looted art, and unpaid insurance policies convulsed Europe and Amer... more information

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Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 1992 This book is a manual of the heavens that teaches you astronomy. It includes charts of the heavens for each month of the year for the northern and southern hemispheres. These are handy to take outdoors (with a small flashlight) to learn the different constellations. It also includes an A-to-Z dictionary of astronomical terms, lots of tips, including which planets can be seen without aid, and what can be seen with binoculars. There are many be... more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Back Bay, 1999 In the soaring, three-story space that is the Tower of Life at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., sixteen hundred photographs collected by the historian Yaffa Eliach give face to a murdered people. In this book, Eliach brilliantly and movingly records the history of that people. Nineteen years of scholarship, a poet's ear, and a storyteller's voice have yielded what is perhaps the richest, fullest, most detailed portrait of ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2000 This is the author's debut novel in which the lives of an obese Englishman, a Slovakian shoemaker, an ice-cream man, and a young girl converge in the Arizona desert. Theobald Moon lives in a lonely corner of the Arizona desert, tending his spectacular cactus garden, his tiny mobile home, and his astounding appetite. A refugee from the life of south London, Theo has moved to this unfamiliar country and is raising Josephine, who has known no other life... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers This is a work of startling sadness and a story of family loss, tragedy and the sheer meanness of fate. The story is of Maggie Tulliver, daughter of a miller in the English midlands. Like many 19th century literary girls, her intelligence and emotional capacity outflank those of her family and cause problems. She is devoted to her brother Tom but he is very limited in his understanding. Maggie turns to Philip Wakem, son of a local lawyer and sadly deformed. Disaste... more information

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Troll Associates, 1992 Binding has glossy pictorial cover. Cover is fine. Spine is slightly cocked. 124 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York, NY: Hurst & Company, 1906 This is a volume from the series "Log Cabin to White House." The book begins with his boyhood and describes the adventures, hobbies, and work throughout his life. He is spoken of as an author, legislator, field sportsman, soldier, reformer and executive. The last chapter, Words of Wisdom, has extracts from of his more well-known speeches. The front is fine, showing the White House against a gold background and Roosevelt as a soldier. The binding has moderate... more information

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