Building Age, Signed (15 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete numberline). SIGNED (inscribed) by author on half-title page. $24.95 price present on DJ flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Acceptable dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page. Slightly dampstained.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by Michael Moon on second page. Light edge wear, clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! Inscribed by Author. Book otherwise looks like new; shelf wear due to age makes it Very Good. Previous owner's blind stamp on title page. No apparent marks in text. Binding tight and square. Light wear on cover. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hard bound, no dust jacket. Inscribed by Paul Goldberger, and signed to the previous owner on the half title page. A nice copy, bright and clean. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front end page. An unread book with slight shelf wear. Explains what readers can do to build and maintain healthy bones for life. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, stated; first printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the second front endpaper: "To Phil / Thanks for all your support! / Best always, / Tom Asacker." The book is unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $19.99); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing, with full number line. Binding tight; pages clean; boards show a bit of wear to leading corners. Inscribed by Goldberger to prior owner on half-title page and dated 20 January 2010. No dust jacket, as published. 2.7 pounds. 320 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Signed and inscribed by author. In excellent condition. DA. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK signed 1st edition in very good condition. Price unclipped, minor wear. A couple of small dents to jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards/blue-green spine/gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Prologue: The Room; Introduction; Afterword: Back to the Room; Acknowledgments; Notes and Further Reading. The rear upper jacket contains an unobtrusive less that 2 inch repaired closed tear (see photographs); the jacket is in otherwise as new condition. The lower left jacket front contains a 2 1/2 inch sticker stating "Bunch of Grapes Bookstore Autographed Copy". Signed by the author with black marker at the lower section of the full title page. The blank first free front endpaper contains a neatly scripted vintage 2010 gift inscription. "A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?" At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave. Hamlet's BlackBerry argues that we need a new way of thinking, an everyday philosophy for life with screens. To find it, Powers reaches into the past, uncovering a rich trove of ideas that have helped people manage and enjoy their connected lives for thousands of years. New technologies have always brought the mix of excitement and stress that we feel today. Drawing on some of history's most brilliant thinkers, from Plato to Shakespeare to Thoreau, he shows that digital connectedness serves us best when it's balanced by its opposite, disconnectedness. Using his own life as laboratory and object lesson, Powers demonstrates why this is the moment to revisit our relationship to screens and mobile technologies, and how profound the rewards of doing so can be. Lively, original, and entertaining, Hamlet's BlackBerry will challenge you to rethink your digital life." - from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Powers, a former staff writer for the Washington Post, has written about media, technology, and other subjects for a wide variety of publications, including the Atlantic, the New York Times, and McSweeney's. This book grew out of research he did as a fellow at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. A two-time winner of the Arthur Rowse Award for media criticism, he lives on Cape Cod with his wife, author Martha Sherrill, and their son. This is his first book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 267 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.99." Mild general shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed flat by Powers on title page. Shelved in Technology. 1408850. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 319pp.Signed by Paul Goldberger on title page. 9781580932646 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Z. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Later printing. The format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xv, [3], 267 pages. Notes. Further Reading. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads For Lisa, Thank you for introducing me so nicely and warmly at Aspen! With admiration and gratitude Bill July 2011. William Powers (born March 14, 1961) is an American writer, journalist, and technologist. He is the author of Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age. Powers graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history and literature. He was a U.S. Senate aide working on foreign relations, intelligence and military affairs. Powers joined The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times and many other publications. He created The New Republic's first media column, and wrote a column about the intersection of media and politics that appeared in Atlantic Media's National Journal and The Atlantic online. Powers is a two-time winner of the National Press Club's Rowse Award for media criticism. He was a Media Fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center and a resident fellow at the MacDowell Colony. He has given keynote talks at conferences such as South by Southwest and the Aspen Ideas Festival. A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: Where's the rest of my life? Hamlet's BlackBerry challenges the widely held assumption that the more we connect through technology, the better. It's time to strike a new balance, William Powers argues, and discover why it's also important to disconnect. Part memoir, part intellectual journey, the book draws on the technological past and great thinkers such as Shakespeare and Thoreau. Connectedness has been considered from an organizational and economic standpoint, from Here Comes Everybody to Wikinomics, but Powers examines it on a deep interpersonal, psychological, and emotional level. Derived from a Kirkus review: A deconstruction of the notion that total connectedness brings happinessâ"or even productivityâ"and a concise guide to navigating social technology without sacrificing the personal or professional interactions that draw us there in the first place. Former Washington Post staff writer Powers argues that space (from connectedness) and balance (within it) are the most integral tenets to maintaining sanity within the increasingly plugged-in world. The author dubs the idea of continual connectedness "Digital Maximalism," a phenomenon that is "encouraging the unhealthy extreme, the digital equivalent of alcoholism." To frame his argument, Powers looks at seven renowned intellectuals and the historical movements to which they are pegged. These include Plato, and the need for occasional distance from the crowd; Gutenberg, and the idea that technology can be utilized to reflect inwardly; Franklin, and the benefit of establishing positive rituals; and Thoreau, whose Walden Pond experiment resulted in the valuable notion that solitude is a necessary part of sustaining a social existence. These ideas are echoed in the author's argument that serial focus results in less depth of experience, because endless screen time precludes true introspection. The author also asserts that it's not too late to effect positive changes in our digital habits. He proposes easy modifications like Internet-free weekends, vacations without cell phones, eschewing smart phones to eliminate the temptation to check e-mail when not at a computer, or blocking office workers from accessing e-mail for an hour or two per day. It's the philosophy behind the suggestions that brings about positive and habitual change, and the author has found that routine is the key to success. Provides new insights and the book is interestingly packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, SIGNED, PRICECLIPPED, B/W GLOSSY PICTURE ILLUSTRATIONS, HIS FATHER WAS A SURGEON MARCH 1961, 1st edition, 4TH PRINTING, VG/GOOD+ , . Signed by author. Pages are clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned. Binding and cover are NEARfine. Dust jacket shows modest wear & RIP & CREASE ON BACK & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS Wear . Full-page inscription 208 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. 208 pgs, Selected Bibliography , STARRED IN DEVIL & MISS JONES, DIAL M FOR MURDER, CARPETBAGGERS, ETC, & 173 EPISODES OF TV SHOW, BOB CUMMINGS SHOW, HE WASA MARRIED WITH 7 Children, He died of Kidney failure from Pneumonia. Signed by Author(s).