New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1991 This clever story starts out "On Monday, I took a wrong turn at the Milky Way," and is the story of a friendly alien landing on earth, meeting a boy and spending the day with him, and leaving with a gift of a dandelion. Binding is very good, upper RH corner is slightly bent. Date stamped on first page in book. Each page beautifully illustrated, all fine. Unpaginated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1986 A Walt Disney Beginning Reader. Cinderella is already married and her stepsisters come for a visit. Cinderella feels bad that they don't seem to be having fun, so she throws a surprise party for them. But the stepsisters heard party and did everything they could to ruin it. The binding is slightly sunned. All the pages are fine. Very slight shelf wear at the bottom of the binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.... more information

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New York: New York: Bantam Books, 1986, 1986 Hard Cover, Pictoral Cover. No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume 6, Fun-to-Read library. Walt Disney Beginning Reader. Binding and pages fine, very slight edge wear on binding. Other volumes available, search this bookstore with keyword "Walt Disney." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.... more information

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Philadelphia, PA: Courage Books, 2004 Do you want to do something with that eyesore of a tree in your front yard? Do you want to astound guests as your dinner parties with sumblime decor? Welcome to the art of topiary! It may not be child's play to trim and prune those gnarly shrubs into the Coliseum, but you'll be well on your way to creating shapes and designs that will have your neighbors looking twice. This book provides a complete history and photos of extraordinary topiaries around the world. ... more information

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Redmond, Wa: Microsoft Press, 1994 For all of us who love MS-DOS, this is a great reference book. It is for versions 6.0 and the 6.2 upgrade, and the level of upgraders and new users. It is a valuable source from Microsoft, there are numerous ideas and explanations, and lots of full-color drawings. This book would be valuable to anyone using MS-DOS, especially those developing applications with C or C++. The binding is fine. 343 pages including index; even the index defines words as programming or other def... more information

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New York: DK Publishing, 1996 Let your imagination run far beyond the familiar and everyday as you prepare for a merry holiday season, with help from this book. Transform your home with beautfiul mantelpiece displays, dramatic door wreaths, or jewel-like candle centerpieces. Create your own distinctive wrapping paper and stunning gift cards. Use dried flowers and fresh greenery to turn every room into a winter wonderland. Just choose your favorites from the full-color photographs, and follow the easy step-b... more information

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Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1997 Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can't remember current things, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother rang away from his violent father to take refuge in the hills north of Ottawa. Luckily for Mickey, his wonderful Uncle Ronald and crafty twin aunts, the O'Malley girls, embrace, love, and protect him. Despite the fact that they are under siege for not paying their ... more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, 2002 This book was a winner of the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Jewish-Christian Relations. "What did Pope Pius XII, his advisors, and his assistants at the Vatican do to help the Jews of Italy during World War II? This meticulously researched and balanced book finds that, despite the persistent myth that the pope worked from behind the scenes to help the Jews, he and those around him actually did very little." "An authoritative, balanced and, in the end... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994 Doris Lessing is a prolific author. She has written numerous novels, series, short stories, opera, poetry, and non-fiction works. This autobiography begins with her childhood in Africa and ends on her arrival in London in 1949 at the age of 30 with the typescript of her first novel, The Grass is Singing, in her suitcase. There are few modern autobiographies so revealing of the mind of their creator. This shows a woman uncompromising, from the beginning, i... more information

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Secaucus, NJ, U.S.A.: Carol Publishing Group, 1995 The daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minelli has endured excruciating trauma and failure, and exhilirating passion and success - with the help of drugs, lovers, and a few close friends. This is the touching story of a bewildered little girl searching for the childhood she never had and a love that has eluded her. There are many intimate details included about her childhood, her troubles with her mother, her marriage to Pet... more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1996 Jean-Yves Blot has first-hand experience of underwater archaeology, having carried out excavations and surveys in three oceans. The staggering treasures that lie beneath the ocean make the seabed the biggest museum in the world. For a century divers have been plundering its riches, bringing up ancient Greek statues, Viking ships, 18th-century trading vessels, and even entire towns. Learn how underwater archaeology - so different from its above-ground counterpart - can rev... more information

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Binghampton, NY: Yale Univ. Pr, 1999 In this book the idea of the Renaissance is itself reborn." - Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University. In this rich and engaging book, Leonard Barkan tells the full cultural story of the emergence into daylight of the artworks of antiquity that had lain beneath Roman ground for more than a thousand years. As discovery and rebirth became literal daily narratives in the fifteenth century, Barkan shows, Renaissance conceptions of art, art history, aesthetics, and histor... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938 The Pipers need to buy a piece of land and end up paying much more than the property is worth. Peter is determined to help Mrs. Piper, so he designs a home that can be built on their lot. After construction begins, they are warned to be wary of the Red Circle. Several people become ill, and strange sounds are heard at night coming from the unfinished house. Judy's search for the mysterious culprit becomes more intense when her cat falls ill. 250 pages, later printing... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2000 In April 1879, on a remote military base in Texas, Captain Andrew Geddes, a decorated Army officer of dubious moral reputation, faced a court-martial. The trial unearthed shocking tales of seduction, incest, and abduction. This happened in the post-Civil War period, when Americans were striving to define their moral codes anew. The highest figure in the United States Army, General Sherman, got involved, and made it his personal mission to se that Geddes ... more information

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Bashford & O'Neill, 1998 Fred Gosman had an old-fashioned marriage. His wife cooked, and he ate. But when his 22 year marriage ended. he was forced to fend for himself. He made a life changing decision - he would learn to cook! Astonishing things happened along the way. He destroyed a blender and a towel rack. Prepared Minute Rice for Asians. But this book is more than a funny book about cooking. It's downright helpful, even for experienced cooks. Fred shares cooking tips, ... more information

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Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 2003 This richly detail ethnographic work tells the story of a period of deep civil unrest in India. In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency which gave her the power to silence opposition through arrests and censorship, and to introduce a new program of reform which included draconian campaigns of slum clearance and family planning. In the capital city of Delhi access to basic civic amenities became dependent on the production of a sterilization certificat... more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1988 No other ship in history has attracted so much attention, stirred up so much powerful emotion, or accumulated so many legends and myths as the Titanic. This volume is a fresh look at this incredible story, one that centers on the people who built the ship, crewed her, and sailed on her. It follows the great ship through her path toward disaster, slowly sinking in the North Atlantic on April 14, 1912. The story doesn't end there; the high drama of the U.S. Senate ... more information

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Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Pr, 2001 This is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. John Conroy sits down with torturers from several nations and comes to understand their motivations. His compelling narrative has the tension of a novel. He takes us into a Chicago police station, two village in the West Bank, and a secret British interrogation center in Northern Ireland, illustrating the experience of the victim, the rationalizations of the torturer, and the se... more information

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New York: The Modern Library, 1926 This definitive edition is the final form of Upstream with corrections to correspond with the original text published in 1922. Boards are very good, green with gold lettering. The spine is very discolored from the sun. 299 pages, front and back cover splitting away on the inside. A red star is stamped on the last page. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003 In 1926, Herbert Asbury, great-great-nephew of Francis Asbury, the first American Bishop of the Methodist Church, submitted a chapter of his profane work-in-progress, an almost spiteful memoir of his boyhood in Farmington, Missouri to H. L. Mencken's American Mercury magazine. Mencken published "Hatrack," the story of the town prostitute. The Mercury was then banned in Boston at the incitement of the New England Watch and Ward Society as "bad, vil... more information

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