Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Illustrations by Norman Price. This book is about Captain Chris Baldry, a soldier whose reintegration to the British mainstream society is not easy, after he returns home during The First World War. Study questions. 82p. Measures 5x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36346
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Age tanning on pages. 406p. Measures 5x8.75 inches. Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society, completed by Marion Mainwaring. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921.
Seller Inventory # 36148
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. A mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces. 270p. Measures 5x7.75 inches. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. She was best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious.
Seller Inventory # 36347
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Text in Penguin Popular Classic series. This book is a collection of stories, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "A Case of Identity," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Boscombe Valley Mystery." 302p. Measures 4.5x7 inches.
Seller Inventory # 34377
Language: English
Published by Modern Library College Editions, 1967
ISBN 10: 039430991X ISBN 13: 9780394309910
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked. Age tanning. Edited by Travis Bogard. Includes Ah, Wilderness!, A Touch of the Poet, Hughie, and A Moon for the Misbegotten. 409p. Measures 4.25x7.25 inches. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature.
Seller Inventory # 33359
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated by Cecilia Puglesi Targeted for ages 9-14 years old. 32p. Measures 10.25x12 inches. Celebrates immensely talented artists whose contributions have left an indelible mark on Cuban art and culture.
Seller Inventory # 35220
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket missing. A scrape and a smudge on the front board. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture?s folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition. 326p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35983
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1945
ISBN 10: 0195003640 ISBN 13: 9780195003642
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Crease on cover. Tonned pages. A few page numbers written on front end page. First published in 1941, this is a reprint of the 1945 edition. Translated with introduction and notes by Francis MacDonald Cornford. Essentially an inquiry into morality, the Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Containing crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy, it is also a literary masterpiece. 366p Measures 5.25x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36401
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Some age toning. Includes 1,300 key figures of speech from history, mythology, scripture, literature and popular culture are all organized here in this handy A-Z reference guide. 275p. Measures 4x7 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36432
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Title in his Art History Mystery series, Jonathan Argyll Series, Book 2. In this book, art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano embark on a daring investigation after a member of a famous research committee is found dead in a Venetian public garden. Measures 4x6.5 inches. 230p. Iain Pears (b. 1955) is an English novelist, journalist, and art historian.
Seller Inventory # 35047
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. 340p. Measures 5x7.75 inches. After accidentally intercepting some telephone messages for the previous tenant of his new apartment, computer entrepreneur Henry Price is drawn into a nightmarish web of dark and dangerous secrets as he races against time to save the life of a woman he has never met.
Seller Inventory # 35039
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Tanned pages. Creases on the cover. In the first novel of the Cliff Janeway bibliomystery series, former Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway trades his badge for a bookstore--and quickly finds that rare books and murder make a volatile mix. Unpaginated section follow with an section from John Dunning's The Sign of the Book. 329p. Measures 5.25x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36254
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. In this luminous novel, a professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeer--why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of stories that trace ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work?s inspiration. 242p. Measures 4.5x7.5 inches.Includes interview with Susan Vreeland.
Seller Inventory # 36336
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Tanned pages. A sequel to the popular Booked to Die, this is another Cliff Janeway book. Janeway is a Denver cop who became a bookdealer. 432p. Measures 4.25x6.75 inches.
Seller Inventory # 34649
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Bumped edges. The book behind The Devil Wears Prada motive staring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. 360p. Measures 5x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36410
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how autism is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. Foreword by Oliver Sacks. 222p. Measures 5x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36344
Language: English
Published by W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1980
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. (1) Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History. ISBN: 0393009173. Bibliography. Index. 285p. (2) The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. Mass market paperback. ISBN: 0393300234. Index. Bibliography. 343p.
Seller Inventory # 31315
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (2007) and one of The New York Times?s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. This book tells the profoundly moving story of a journey in a future in which no hope remains. A father and his son, sustained by love, are the other?s entire world. 287p. Measures 5.25x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36335
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Pages are age toned. The frenzy surrounding the rumored discovery of an unknown Modigliani canvas increases when another rumor suggests that there are actually two "lost" paintings, and that one is an undetectably perfect fake. 256p. Measures 4x7 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35523
Language: English
Published by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1994
ISBN 10: 0912804300 ISBN 13: 9780912804309
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. Catalog for exhibition organized by the Asian Art Museum to introduce the spectacular tomb arts excavated in and around Xi'an in Shaaxi province to a broad public. Also a loose brochure for the exhibition. Bibliography. Beautifully illustrated. Maps and plans. Introductory essay by Patricia Berger.
Seller Inventory # 25046
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked. Fifth in the 'Strangers and Brothers' series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are affected by it. Hiroshima also causes mixed personal reactions. 236p. Measures 4.25x7 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35055
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Translated and introduction by Magnus Magnusson. This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. Maps. Chronological tables. Glossary. 181p. Measures 5x7.75 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36090
Language: English
Published by Grand Central Publishing, 2022
ISBN 10: 1538708477 ISBN 13: 9781538708477
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Measures 5.25x8 inches. 388p. In this book, two inexorable detectives, Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch, work together to find out where old and new cases intersect.
Seller Inventory # 35617
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Spot on back cover. 3 color plates. Legend to palace and garden. Essay. 36p. Measures 5x7.5 inches.
Seller Inventory # 34945
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. An absorbing espionage historical thriller. Winner of the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Novel Award. 324p. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35972
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Small ding on back cover. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how autism is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. Foreword by Oliver Sacks. 222p. Measures 5x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35977
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. This dynamic thriller and is also a social commentary that builds as two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. The story touches on the experience of feeling manipulated, threatened, and/or overlooked in the workplace. 357p. Measures 5.25x8 inches.
Seller Inventory # 35320
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked text. Soft bump on cover and slight rubbing on back cover. Translated by Rita Hamilton and Janet Perry, with an introduction and notes by Ian Michael. One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain. 242p. Measures 5x7.25 inches.
Seller Inventory # 36081
Published by Signet, 1967
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white photographs throughout. 242p. Measures 4.25x7 inches. Index. A Signet science book offering a mid-twentieth century perspective on the creation of the world and the evolution of life.
Seller Inventory # 33566
Published by A Mentor Book, 1973
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked text. Tanned pages. Worn edges. 142p. Measures 4.25x7 inches. A condensation and summary of Carl Jung's life and work.
Seller Inventory # 33794