John L Thornton (211 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. What we want for schools reveals what we value as a society."What's the point of school?" Parents have a stock set of responses, but the question remains unsettled, even two centuries after the Prussians invented compulsory education. The Prussian idea of what a school is for - to mold the populace to serve the state - seems unacceptable today. In vogue, instead, are slogans like "acquiring marketable skills" and "realizing your full potential." These ideas powerfully shape our culture. Ultimately, they boil down to pursuing one supreme value: individual success in a competitive world.Schools are a mirror of our society as a whole; what we want for schools makes plain what and whom we value in our common life. In the Christian tradition, the life of discipleship is also a school. In this educational community, under the instruction of our one Teacher, we learn not to seek empowerment, but to find strength in weakness; not to out-achieve others, but to serve them; not to pursue our passion, but to obey a call.Also in this issue: poetry by Christian Wiman; reviews of new books by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Francisco Cantú, Leif Enger, Carol Anderson, Stephanie Land, and Susan Wise Bauer; and art by Margaret McWethy, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Gérard David, Jackie Morris, Gustaf Tenggren, Sergey Dushkin, Anja Percival, Dmitry Samofalov, Christoph Wetzel, Sherrie York, Cathleen Rehfield, Pawel Kuczynski, and Jason Landsel.Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause with others.…

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Softcover. Condition: Fair. Edition Unstated. The text has underling and marking, the back inside cover has writing, the cover has shelf wear with a lower corner curl and wear to the spine edges. Some of the lower page corners are lightly creased as it appears the book may have been dropped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560730970. …

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. The text has minimal underlining, The cover has very minor shelf wear. More on E skid!! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560747020.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. The text has highlighting, The cover has very minor shelf wear. More on E skid!! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560747022.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. The text has highlighting, The cover has very minor shelf wear. More on E skid!! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560747023.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. The text has highlighting, The cover has very minor shelf wear with a small tear on the upper back spine edge. More on E skid!! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560747024.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. The text has highlighting, The cover has very minor shelf wear. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 16. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560747021.…

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Clean text, minor wear to cover Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0195102533. ISBN/EAN: 9780195102536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560805607.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. ex-library hardcover with usual stamps and markings This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Ex-Library with usual attending marks and stamps, dust jacket in brodart sleeve which has been taped to covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper; light edgewear, minor soils; foxing on endpapers. Illustrated "study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to the medical sciences". 293 pages. Book.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled, the spine darkened and title faded. x & 288 pages, illustrated with 12 plates. The endpapers and pastedowns are darkened and foxed. Very good. First edition.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 87, No 1, pp. 1-22, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Thornton, John L., and R. I. J. Tully. Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to Science. Third, Revised Edition. London: The Library Association, 1971. Copyright John L. Thornton and R. I. J. Tully, 1971. ISBN 0-85365-425-4. Hardcover in brown cloth, no dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. A few light scratches to the front board and slight bumping at the spine; there are pencilled notations on the front pastedown and copyright page, and the pages are otherwise clean. Photographs are part of the listing detail. Carefully packed for shipment. Domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. Expedited and international shipping available where permitted. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 6d. …

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Chronology Of Librarianship An Introduction To The History Of Libraries And Bank Collecting. Book.

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Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good.

x-lib. with all attendant defects o/w a good clean working copy Cloth Lightly worn, soiled jacket.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, no jacket. Mild foxing to the closed page edges and browning to the endpapers, signature of a previous owner to the front free endpaper, the body of text unmarked, b&w plates, x + 288pp.