Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A.: Baby Steps Press, 1993 Great for discussion with a book club - ten copies available. Are people more alike or more different? Are our experiences in growing up so different from one another? Anita Pace takes her feelings, experiences, fears and dreams and they are re-told from you child to womanhood. As she becomes increasingly aware of her sexuality and inequities between the sexes, she must struggle to become who she is, although the striving for confomity has been driven inside... more information

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 2000 Ani Pachen has vivid memories of her life as a young girl in Tibet. She remembers the days spent racing her father on horseback through the fields near her village, evenings when the bright and powerful of the village would meet in her family's home to share stories. She remembers afternoons spent in solitary prayer, preparing for her future as a Buddhist nun. She remembers when her biggest fear was the possibility of an arranged marriage. In the bli... more information

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Western Publishing, 1994 Slight scuffing on the front amd a small "X" on the back bottom right. Title page has a water mark, otherwise pages are fine, no tears or marks. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Owl Books, 1999 The New Yorker said: "Tim Page's artfully annotated selection of Powell's letters lays bare her triumphs and misadventures. Its darkest moments are almost refexively transformed by her supple wit." This volume traces a richly talented writer's fifty-two-year journey from her childhood in a small Ohio town to the glitter of Manhattan. Powell wa a prolific letter writer, and her correspondence provides an intimate look at the woman about whom T... more information

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Ballatine Books, 1991 Book has never been read. A story of a man who becomes obsessed by women, but when that hunger seems to die, something else takes it's place. 153 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989 This book has never been read. The price is not clipped. The jacket is near fine. There is a mark on the front from a sticker, and the back has two places where the finish on the paper is wrinkled; also a few scuff marks. 254 pages including an index. No other marks or tears noted. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Singapore: Political Association, National University of Singapore, 1989 This volume brings together diverse viewpoints of authors writing from different fields of interests and study. The perspectives presented here constitute a multi-dimensional approach in thinking and talking about democracy. The issues and the role of the intellectual in society in distinctive senses concern ideal visions of political and social arrangements. The ideologies which may be the propelling forces of societies are as interes... more information

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Harper & Brothers, 1946 Binding is fine, black with gold lettering. Spine is sun-lightened. 20 Georgian folk tales; 227 pages, fine condition. Illustrations throughout. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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Champaign, IL: Garrard Pub Co, 1977 This book for young children is about a family of children who want to buy their mother a birthday present. The two older children build a large snowman, and try to sell it, but they tell their younger brother that he is not big enough to help. So he makes little snowmen, and puts them in a box to sell in their neighborhood. He turns out to be the one who earns enough money to buy the birthday present! Unpaginated, large type for beginning readers, well illustrated throug... more information

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Delacorte Press 1992; HB with DJ. DJ very good, slight wear at top & bottom of spine and one small slit on front bottom. A couple in a neighborhood that is going from frumpy to yuppy takes an elderly woman's bad luck to be named her legal guardian. When she retu rns from the hospital all of her dogs are dead, but that's not all. 370 pages, fine condition. 6.25 x 9.25.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2002 Washington Post Book World said of this book 'Erna Paris gives us a rich, if painful, inventory of the recent, dubious uses to which we are putting the past.' How do nations come to terms with their most painful history and what role should trials play in the attempt to reconcile national trauma in the aftermath of war, terror, and other crises? In this searing, personal examination, Paris takes the reader on a remarkable journey through four ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton Books, 1994 A smart and successful young attorney, Gail Conner is on the verge of a partnership at a major law firm in the "new" Miami, a city more Latin than Anglo, with a dark side that slides right into the Everglades. But Gail's success at work has masked failure in her personal life. An empty marriage, a daughter she hardly knows, and a past she would rather forget. Mylar cover. 343 pages, small discoloration in bottom right of one page inside, approx. 10 page... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991 Parker's sleuth Spenser returns in a bittersweet thriller mixing memory, desire and danger. This novel tells a constantly surprising tale of past crimes and present perils. A family breaking up was using their son Paul as a pawn; Spenser straightened out the troubled teen. Now Paul has reconciled to his mother's wanton ways and wants to see her, but she has disappeared. He and Spencer follow her trail and Paul is led back, through his own rites of passage, alo... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991 Parker's sleuth Spenser returns in a bittersweet thriller mixing memory, desire and danger. This novel tells a constantly surprising tale of past crimes and present perils. A family breaking up was using their son Paul as a pawn; Spenser straightened out the troubled teen. Now Paul has reconciled to his mother's wanton ways and wants to see her, but she has disappeared. He and Spencer follow her trail and Paul is led back, through his own rites of passage, alo... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1993 Young World: A Child's First Encyclopedia. This book shows how all sorts of interesting things are made, and all kinds of interesting work. The white binding is fine. 125 pages including index. All subjects are illustrated, and there is a short definition and description. No marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Random House Children's Books, 1995 Open this book and step back in time to the awe-inspiring world of the DINOSAURS! Ten pairs of stunning full-color prehistoric picture puzzles reveal the mighty marvels of the past. At first glance the pictures on facing pages seem the same. But look again - can you spot the differences between each pair? If you get stuck, the answers, complete with dozens of fascinating facts about the time of the dinosaurs, can be found following each puzzle. 45 pages. The... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991 Pacific Beat begins on a May night in Newport Beach's Back Bay, with the discovery of a brutally murdered woman. The victim is one of their own, a police officer and so, it appears, is the killer. The suspense mounts as the search for her killer becomes more intense. The binding is fine, jacket has a slight bend at the top near the spine. 364 pages, very white with no tears or marks. The page edges have two tiny spots on them which do no go through the pages. Price... more information

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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968 Women of America, you cannot afford to be without this book. Knowledge is power, and the knowledge imported here will give you power not only over husbands and children, but also over friends, neighbors, inanimate objects and a malignant fate. And by the way, men, better take a look at it yourself, if only in self-defense. C. Northcote Parkinson now considers such domestic topics as romance, marriage, the family and household management. A very amusing book! The bi... more information

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Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907 This story takes place in the West. It begins with sixteen people, including one woman, traveling on horseback and by foot. Ten were infantryment, and they had deadly skirmishes with the Sioux Indians. Bob Hampton was among these men. He saved the woman by climbing up the canyon, where below there was more fighting. The men who survived returned to Hampton and the woman, where she became a love interest for Hampton and another man. All in all it's a rough and t... more information

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Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 2002 Through the centuries, artisans have decorated and embellished wooden furniture, chests, and other objects in countless ways. This handsomely illustrated volume instructs you in the most important techniques and presents projects you can adapt to suit your needs and tastes. Included are lists of tools and and materials you will need to carry out projects like those described throughout the book. The projects highlight decorative methods such ... more information

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