Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 068485466X ISBN 13: 9780684854663
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Andrew Solomon takes the reader on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is truly stunning.The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has had on various demographic populations around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness.The depth of human experience Solomon chronicles, the range of his intelligence, and his boundless curiosity and compassion will change the reader's view of the world.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 0684870754 ISBN 13: 9780684870755
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Ten years after Elisabeth Kbler-Rosss death: An inspiringguide to life, distilled from the experiences of people who face death (Kirkus Reviews)-the beloved classic now with a new introduction and updated resources section.Is this really how I want to live my life?Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide us through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of working with the dying have shown the authors that certain lessons come up over and over again. Some of these lessons are enormously difficult to master, but even the attempts to understand them can be deeply rewarding. Here, in fourteen accessible chapters, from the Lesson of Love to the Lesson of Happiness, the authors reveal the truth about our fears, our hopes, our relationships, and, above all, about the grandness of who we really are.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2007
ISBN 10: 0743286790 ISBN 13: 9780743286794
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St. John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slow-flowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles there, a chain of events is set in motion that will changed her life irrevocably.Rainbow's End captures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Lauren's childhood reads like a girl's own adventure story. At the height of the war, Lauren rides through the wilderness on her horse, Morning Star, encountering lions, crocodiles, snakes, vicious ostriches, and mad cows. Many of the animals are pets, including Miss Piggy and Bacon and an elegant giraffe named Jenny. The constant threat of ruthless guerrillas prowling the land underscores everything, making each day more dangerous, vivid, and prized than the last.After Independence, Lauren comes to the bitter realization that she'd been on the wrong side of the civil war. While she and her family believed that they were fighting for democracy over Communism, others saw the war as black against white. And when Robert Mugabe comes into power, he oversees the torture and persecution of thousands of members of an opposing tribe and goes on to become one of Africa's legendary dictators. The ending of this memoir is a fist to the stomach as Lauren realizes that she can be British or American, but she cannot be African. She can love it - be willing to die for it - but she cannot claim Africa because she is white. 950.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 1987
ISBN 10: 0689117752 ISBN 13: 9780689117756
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Provides a history of and a guide to one of New York City's most vital neighborhoods including a discussion of its famous residents, past and present, and a survey of its buildings, monuments, and traditions.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2000
ISBN 10: 0743202090 ISBN 13: 9780743202091
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. The book that taught America how to cook,now illustrated with glorious color photographyALL ABOUTVEGETARIAN COOKINGA fresh and original way to put the classic advice of Joy of Cooking to work -- illustrated and designed in a beautiful and easy-to-use new book. Organized by subject, including stocks and soups, salads, beans and tofu, pasta and grains, and more More than 100 of Joy's recipes, including Grilled Ratatouille Salad, Tuscan-Style Stuffed Artichokes, and Winter Root Vegetable Braise Invaluable tips and techniques for buying, storing, and preparing vegetablesSixty years after Irma Rombauer advised new cooks to "Stand facing the stove," America's love affair with Joy of Cooking continues unabated. And why not? Joy in hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades, Joy of Cooking has taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged.All About Vegetarian Cooking upholds that standard. While keeping the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book, All About Vegetarian Cooking is organized by ingredient and type of dish. Chapters include stocks and soups, salads, vegetables, beans and tofu, pastas and grains, and eggs, and incorporate more than 100 of Joy's bestloved vegetarian recipes, from Roasted Vegetable Lasagne to Greek Spinach and Cheese Pie. You'll also find information on nutrition for vegetarians, planning menus, and rules for serving sizes, as well as tips and techniques for buying, storing, and preparing fresh vegetables. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable.Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) of Joy, or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before, Joy of Cooking: All About Vegetarian Cooking is for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name. Joy has never been more beautiful.The Indispensable Kitchen Resource.All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2000
ISBN 10: 0743202104 ISBN 13: 9780743202107
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Hardcover. Condition: used. 1. The book that taught America how to cook,now illustrated with glorious color photographyALL ABOUTSOUPS & STEWSA fresh and original way to put the classic advice of Joy of Cooking to work -- illustrated and designed in a beautiful and easy-to-use new book. Chapters covering vegetable soups and stews, legume soups and stews, chowders, meat and poultry soups and stews, fruit soups, and more More than 130 of Joy's most popular recipes -- from Fresh Tomato Soup to Mulligatawny Soup to Brunswick Stew -- plus recipes for 14 different stocks Easy-to-follow tips and techniques for effective storage, serving, and ingredient substitutions Sixty years after Irma Rombauer advised new cooks to "Stand facing the stove," America's love affair with Joy of Cooking continues unabated. And why not? Joy in hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades, Joy of Cooking has taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged.All About Soups & Stews upholds that standard. While keeping the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book, All About Soups & Stews is organized into ten chapters that cover stocks and broths, chowders, fish and seafood soups and stews, fruit soups, and more. This book incorporates more than 130 of Joy's best-loved recipes -- Chicken Stock to Irish Stew to Melon Soup. You'll also find recipes for a dozen or more condiments and quick breads, as well as techniques for straining and storing stock. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable.Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) of Joy, or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before, Joy of Cooking: All About Soups & Stews is for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name. Joy has never been more beautiful.The Indispensable Kitchen Resource.All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743202945 ISBN 13: 9780743202947
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. A compelling compilation of previously unpublished war letters, encompassing every major conflict from the Civil War to Desert Storm, offers vivid accounts of famous battles, fierce declarations of love, reflections on the nature of warfare, and expressions of fear, loneliness, humor, patriotism, and anger during a time of war. 350,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 1995
ISBN 10: 0684813335 ISBN 13: 9780684813332
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. America's leading experts on parent-child communication reveal how parents and teachers can work together to open kids' minds to enjoyable learningFrom the heralded authors of the multimillion-copy best-seller How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk comes a breakthrough book showing parents and teachers how to handle one of the burning issues of our day: how to motivate kids to succeed in school, at a time when schools are rife with violence and many students are openly rebellious.Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish developed this book in response to constant requests to adapt the unique communications strategies that hallmark their books, lectures, and audiovisual workshops to specific concerns of the classroom. To do so, they teamed up with two award-winning teachers who well know the problems of our faltering school system.This book utilizes the dramatically effective "dialogue" technique (what to say and how and when to say it) that has made Faber and Mazlish's work famous worldwide. It also features engaging "right and wrong" cartoons that show how to handle typical learning situations so kids will be inspired to do their best.Each chapter includes questions and answers and stories from parents and teachers that illustrate how both have successfully used this method to help kids handle the schoolwork, behavioral, and peer problems that interfere with learning. In every chapter there is a one-page "quick reminder" that sums up that chapter's salient points for speedy reference.How To Talk So Kids Can Learn is truly a landmark book, sure to be eagerly welcomed by all parents and teachers who seek to inspire kids to be self-directed, self-disciplined, and responsive to the wonders of learning.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 1986
ISBN 10: 0684174723 ISBN 13: 9780684174723
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 3rd. In the socially dislocated period after World War I, an American expatriate and a British peeress conduct a hopeless love affair.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743202554 ISBN 13: 9780743202558
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Softcover. Condition: Good. The Definitive, Completely Up-to-Date Guide to Planning a Jewish WeddingSince its original publication in 1986, The New Jewish Wedding has become required reading, assigned to engaged couples by Conservative, Reform, and Reconstruc-tionist rabbis alike. In this new revision, Anita Diamant, one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish life, continues to offer step-by-step guidance to planning the ceremony and the party that follows -- from hiring a rabbi and wording the invitation to organizing a processional and hiring a caterer. She also includes:A new chapter focusing on converts, non-Jews, and same-sex couples Essential Web sites All new art, with examples of ketubot, invitations, and other wedding paraphernalia New poems and new translations of the seven wedding blessingsComplete, authoritative, and indispensable, The New Jewish Wedding is a must-have resource for anyone who wants a wedding that combines spiritual meaning and joyous celebration.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2009
ISBN 10: 1416567216 ISBN 13: 9781416567219
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. The true story of an incredible disaster and heroic rescue at sea told by two masterful storytellersIn the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril.In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic's mercy.The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of the two ships. Coast Guard cutters raced to the aid of those on the Fort Mercer, and when it became apparent that the halves of the Pendleton were in danger of capsizing, the Guard sent out two thirty-six-foot lifeboats as well. These wooden boats, manned by only four seamen, were dwarfed by the enormous seventy-foot seas. As the tiny rescue vessels set out from the coast of Cape Cod, the men aboard were all fully aware that they were embarking on what could easily become a suicide mission.The spellbinding tale is overflowing with breathtaking scenes that sear themselves into the mind's eye, as boats capsize, bows and sterns crash into one another, and men hurl themselves into the raging sea in their terrifying battle for survival.Not all of the eighty-four men caught at sea in the midst of that brutal storm survived, but considering the odds, it's a miracle -- and a testament to their bravery -- that any came home to tell their tales at all.Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman have seamlessly woven together their extensive research and firsthand interviews to create an unforgettable tale of heroism, triumph, and tragedy, one that truly tells of the Coast Guard's finest hours.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 1998
ISBN 10: 0684845652 ISBN 13: 9780684845654
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Hardcover. Condition: used. A prize-winning author offers an ecologically sensitive story about a boy named Abel, who grows up loving the sea and develops an enduring relationship with a large grouper that inspires him to save his homestead. 25,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999
ISBN 10: 0684717964 ISBN 13: 9780684717968
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. 1960, includes 64 pages of photographs, Paperback, 519 pages.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2000
ISBN 10: 0684870746 ISBN 13: 9780684870748
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. A Message From ElisabethWe all have lessons to learn during this time called life; this is especially apparent when working with the dying. The dying learn a great deal at the end of life, usually when it is too late to apply. After moving to the Arizona desert in 1995, I had a stroke on Mother's Day that left me paralyzed. I spent the next few years at death's door. Sometimes I thought death would come within a few weeks. Many times, I was disappointed that it did not come, for I was ready. But I have not died because I am still learning the lessons of life, my final lessons. These lessons are the ultimate truths about our lives; they are the secrets to life itself. I wanted to write one more book, not on death and dying but on life and living.Is this really how I want to live my life?Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.In Life Lessons, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kbler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide readers through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of working with the dying have shown the authors that certain lessons come up over and over again. Some of these lessons can be difficult to master, but even the attempts to understand them are deeply rewarding. Here, in fourteen accessible chapters, from the Lesson of Love to the Lesson of Happiness, the authors reveal the truth about our fears, our hopes, our relationships, and, above all, the grandness of who we really are.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2009
ISBN 10: 143910946X ISBN 13: 9781439109465
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. A human rights award winner and member of the Afghan parliament recounts her work in underground girls' schools during the Taliban's reign and how she risked her life to denounce powerful warlords in Afghanistan, in a book by a woman who has survived four assassination attempts.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743201353 ISBN 13: 9780743201353
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. Teaching voice lessons to the privileged members of society during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Susan Duff is hired by a man who once harbored political ambitions to teach his African-American chauffeur how to sing and perform. By the author of Dancing at the Rascal Fair. 60,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 1995
ISBN 10: 0684196786 ISBN 13: 9780684196787
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A fascinating combination of architecture and cultural history offers a comprehensive chronicle that captures the excitement and politics involved in the building of the Empire State Building, the technological breakthroughs of its construction, and more. 15,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 074321501X ISBN 13: 9780743215015
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 0. A beautifully illustrated cookbook from the Joy of Cooking series presents a wide range of delectable salads, featuring an array of salad recipes, organized by type--tossed, green, garnished, warm, vegetable and fruit, potato, cole slaw, bean, rice, pasta, and grain--and including both traditional favorites and exotic international specialties. 125,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2004
ISBN 10: 0743246721 ISBN 13: 9780743246729
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The author of A Natural History of the Senses celebrates the fantasia of the human brain, lending a woman's perspective to neuroscience while reporting on the latest discoveries, the nature of consciousness, language development, and more. 60,000 first printing.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2010
ISBN 10: 1416551603 ISBN 13: 9781416551607
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming-that dirty, concupiscent art-and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer."Single, thirtysomething, working as a writer in New York City, Kristin Kimball was living life as an adventure. But she was beginning to feel a sense of longing for a family and for home. When she interviewed a dynamic young farmer, her world changed. Kristin knew nothing about growing vegetables, let alone raising pigs and cattle and driving horses. But on an impulse, smitten, if not yet in love, she shed her city self and moved to five hundred acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with him. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of their first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through the following harvest season-complete with their wedding in the loft of the barn.Kimball and her husband had a plan: to grow everything needed to feed a community. It was an ambitious idea, a bit romantic, and it worked. Every Friday evening, all year round, a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the "whole diet"-beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables-produced by the farm. The work is done by draft horses instead of tractors, and the fertility comes from compost. Kimballs vivid descriptions of landscape, food, cooking-and marriage-are irresistible."As much as you transform the land by farming," she writes, "farming transforms you." In her old life, Kimball would stay out until four a.m., wear heels, and carry a handbag. Now she wakes up at four, wears Carhartts, and carries a pocket knife. At Essex Farm, she discovers the wrenching pleasures of physical work, learns that good food is at the center of a good life, falls deeply in love, and finally finds the engagement and commitment she craved in the form of a man, a small town, and a beautiful piece of land.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 1989
ISBN 10: 0684191806 ISBN 13: 9780684191805
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition first Printing. Freddie Montgomery, a thirty-eight-year-old one-time scientist, returns to his native Ireland to reclaim a seventeenth-century Dutch school painting which he believes to be part of his patrimony, committing a ghastly murder along the way.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743246969 ISBN 13: 9780743246965
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Recounts the dramatic events surrounding the trial of Sandy Jones and her teenage son, who were accused of murdering a real-estate developer, describing the trial's three-year process of explosive courtroom scenes, class conflicts, and crushing state power. 75,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986
ISBN 10: 0684185784 ISBN 13: 9780684185781
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A portrait of the landscape, animals, and people of the Arctic captures the beauty and peril of this harsh region and explains what an understanding of this unknown land means to the modern, urbanized world.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2002
ISBN 10: 0743216792 ISBN 13: 9780743216791
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Combines top party food recipes from the "Joy of Cooking" series with a previously unpublished drinks section, in a guide that includes the how-tos for such fare as nachos, Buffalo chicken wings, and eggnog. 50,000 first printing.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2013
ISBN 10: 1451645600 ISBN 13: 9781451645606
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia-a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary grace.The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the worlds most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity-an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and graceAs a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress in Calgary, Alberta, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia-the most dangerous place on earth. On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives wife lessons from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory-every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity-and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark, being tortured.Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is the searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 1988
ISBN 10: 0684189437 ISBN 13: 9780684189437
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An investigative reporter probes the legal proceedings following the death of three people on the set of the movie "The Twilight Zone," pointing to culpable individuals who escaped questioning, analyzing problems with the trial, and questioning the movieindustry's recklessness.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743252071 ISBN 13: 9780743252072
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The first in a two volume concordance of Stephen King's best-selling epic, The Dark Tower series, covers Books I through IV--The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, and Wizard & Glass. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Published by Brand: Scribner, 2009
ISBN 10: 1416597883 ISBN 13: 9781416597889
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written.Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams, and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. It ranked as the number one most sought-after out-of-print book in the United States in 2007.Once a Runner is the story of Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the political and cultural turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school's athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team.Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life: a head-to-head match with the greatest miler in history. This book is a rare insider's account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners; an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man's quest to become a champion.
Published by Brand: Scribner, 2001
ISBN 10: 0684868776 ISBN 13: 9780684868776
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Taking a close-up look at gender roles and conditioning, the best-selling author of I Don't Want to Talk About It explores the current status of intimate relations between men and women and introduces five Core Relationship Skills that couples can use to develop true intimacy. 100,000 first printing.
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Published by Brand: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2023
ISBN 10: 0684104156 ISBN 13: 9780684104157
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. HistoryUS Civil War.
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