Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

Unidentified

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Dashiell Hammett

First Edition
Two minor blemishes on cover. 
Otherwise, like new. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Red Harvest / the Dain Curse / the Maltese Falcon / the Glass Key / the Thin Man

In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. In the words of Raymond Chandler, "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse. . . . He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes." Beginning as a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines of the 1920s, he succeeded during his brief career in making his kind of crime fiction a crucial part of the fabric of American writing: a genre that did not evade reality but rather embodied the grittiness and harshness of modern urban life.

The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one Library of America volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett gave a harshly realistic edge to novels that were at the same time infused with a spirit of romantic adventure. His lean and deliberately simplified prose won admiration from such contemporaries as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op. In this raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town (modeled on Butte, Montana) nicknamed "Poisonville," the Op takes Machiavellian pleasure in pitting one faction against another to bring about their mutual destruction. The Op returns in The Dain Curse (1929) to preside over a more ornately melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a mysterious religious cult.

With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success. A tightly constructed quest story with an unforgettable cast of eccentric adventurers, it is at the same time shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny.

The Glass Key (1931), an exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous, traces intricate patterns of loyalty and betrayal in scenes charged with drama. His last novel, The Thin Man (1934), is a ruefully comic tale distinct from the rest of his work. Paying homage to the traditional mystery form, it is best remembered for its protagonists Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110)

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Michael Robinson

Rosalind Ormiston

The dust jacket has significant wear and tear on edges. However, the cover is the same underneath and has no damage. 
Interior is in great condition. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Illustration

Art Deco

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Book Club Edition!
Minor wear around edges of jacket. Some markings on exterior edges of the pages. Very minor yellowing on interior page edges. 
Otherwise, great condition!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A nocel of one women who helped convince Sherman that war is hell

Lorena (Book Club Ed)

Mary Stewart

Book Club Edition
Jacket has some wear around the edges and a few tears at the top of the cover. Edges on exterior of the pages has some markings and discoloration. 
Otherwise, book is in great condition. 

Camilla Haven and her mysterious companion, Simon, are plunged into a deadly adventure as they search Delphi for the truth implied in a letter Simon's brother, Michael, had written before his death.

My Brother Michael (Book Club Ed.)

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Helen McLean

Abiye Cole

Very minor wear on jacket. Small black ink dot on bottom of exterior pages. 
Otherwise fantastic condition. 

Learn to Understand the Personl Significance of Your Dreams

This whimsical yet effective book shows precisely how to analyze your dreams and use insights into them to improve all aspects of your life. It is vastly different from and superior to traditional dream interpretation books because it does not rely on lists of universal archetypes or symbols, but rather teaches you to retain, understand and capitalize on the knowledge gleaned from your dreamlife.With it in hand, you will learn to remember your dreams, keep a dream journal, compile a personal dream dictionary of recurring images and themes and relate dream messages to your waking life. The Dream Catchers organization, founded and run by the author, offers consultations via phone and e-mail to assist with the lessons imparted in the text.

Dream Working Handbook

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Evan Handler

Signed First Edition!
Overall condition is great, though there is some discoloration on edges at the top of the pages. 

My Comedy of Terrors

Based on the author's one-man off-Broadway show, a candid memoir of illness and survival describes his diagnosis with acute myeloid leukemia, his bizarre odyssey in and out of medical centers and hospitals, and his humor and determination in the face of fear. 20,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Time on Fire (Singed First Ed)

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Richard Flanagan

First American Edition!
Small red mark on the bottom of book on exterior pages. 
Otherwise, fantastic conditon. 

A Novel

First Person (First Amer Ed.)

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John Straley

First edition!
Very minor wear on jacket edges. Very small tear on the corner of jacket on the back cover. 
Otherwise fantastic condition!

Criminal defence investigator Cecil Younger spends his days coaching would-be felons on how to avoid incriminating themselves. He even likes most of the rough characters who seek his services. So when Sherrie, a returning client with a good heart but a penchant for bad boys, asks him to track down some evidence that will help with her case, Cecil begrudgingly agrees. Maybe he'll find something that will get her abusive boyfriend locked up for good.

Baby's First Felony (First ed.)

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Craig Lesley

First Edition!
Some wear on on face and edges of jacket. Small tear at the top on the back of the book. 
Otherwise in fantastic condition!

The hero, Danny Kachiah, a Nez Perce Indian, faces the conflict of preserving his heritage in a white dominated culture in this sequel to Winterkill (1984).

River Song

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Joseph F. Girzone

First edition!
Some wear on jacket edges. 
Otherwise fantastic condition. 

Joshua works through the children to bring peace to a village beset by violence.

Joshua and the Children (First Ed.)

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Peter M. Senge

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization

A pioneer in learning organizations offers five disciplines that reveal the link between far-flung causes and immediate effects and that can save organizations from becoming "learning disabled," helping them learn better and faster, in a revised edition of the best-selling business classic. Simultaneous. 20,000 first printing.

The Fifth Discipline

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Stacy Tuschl

How Business Owners Scale up While Scaling Back

Are You Running Your Business?? or is your business running you? Does being the CEO mean you are the Chief Everything Office in your organization?If that's the case, you are not alone, but it doesn't have to be that way anymore. In Well-Oiled OperationsTM, Stacy walks you through what you need to know and implement in terms of strategy, leadership, and systems to enable you to turn your business into a well-oiled operation, including:?Building a road map, prioritizing, and maximizing ROI?Conducting effective meetings, setting boundaries, and providing onboarding and hiring/firing techniques and best practices?How to systemize, delegate, and leverage most effectivelyYou'll learn exactly what you need to know to build a successful business that runs without you being there day in and day out!

Well-Oiled OperationsTM

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Alan Gregerman

First edition
There is an inscription on the first page. Otherwise condition is great. 


The Intriguing Truth about Insight, Innovation, and Success

A counterintuitive approach to fostering greater innovation, collaboration, and engagement Most of us assume our success relies on a network of friends and close contacts. But innovative thinking requires a steady stream of fresh ideas and new possibilities, which strangers are more likely to introduce. Our survival instincts naturally cause us to look upon strangers with suspicion and distrust, but in The Necessity of Strangers, Alan Gregerman offers the provocative idea that engaging with strangers is an opportunity, not a threat, and that engaging with the right strangers is essential to unlocking our real potential. The Necessity of Strangers reveals how strangers challenge us to think differently about ourselves and the problems we face. Shows how strangers can help us innovate better, get the most out of each other, and achieve genuine collaboration Presents principles for developing a "stranger-centric" mindset to develop new markets and stronger customer relationships, leverage the full potential of partnerships, and become more effective leaders Includes practical guidance and a toolkit for being more open, creating new ideas that matter, finding the right strangers in all walks of life, and tapping the real brilliance in yourself To stay competitive, you and your business need access to more new ideas, insights, and perspectives than ever before. The Necessity of Strangers offers an essential guide to discovering the most exciting opportunities you haven't met yet.

The Necessity of Strangers

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Rob Hopkins

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Government

Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times

Originally published: Totnes, Devon [England]: Green Books, 2011.

The Transition Companion

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James McSweeney

Marguerite Manela

Engineering

A Comprehensive Practical Guide for Closing the Food System Loop and Solving Our Waste Crisis

Composting at scales large enough to capture and recycle the organic wastes of a given community, whether a school, neighborhood, or even a small city, is coming of age, propelled by a growing awareness not only of our food waste crisis, but also the need to restore natural fertility in our soils. In-depth yet accessible, Community-Scale Composting Systems is a technical resource for farmers, designers, service providers, organics recycling entrepreneurs, and advocates of all types, with a focus on developing the next generation of organics recycling infrastructure that can enable communities to close the food-soil loop in their local food systems. The main scope of the book is dedicated to compost system options and design, from basic sizing and layout to advanced techniques such as aerated static pile composting. Management techniques and operational considerations are also covered, including testing, feedstock characteristics, compost recipe development, and system-specific best management practices. Though focused on recycling systems that include food scraps--the fastest growing sector of community-scale composting--the book is informed by and relevant to other composting sectors and will be a vital resource for anyone invested in diverting organic materials away from landfilling and incineration. Topics covered include: Community-scale models Estimating organics from individual generators and whole communities Food scrap collection Compost system sizing Aerated static pile (ASP) systems design In-vessel systems selection Integrating animals with composting Compatibility with compost heat recovery, vermicomposting, and other specialized methodologies Composting best management practices Nuisance management Mitigating persistent herbicides End uses, marketing, and sales Whether you're an engineer, community organizer, permaculturalist, public sector waste manager, farmer, or just a dirt lover, Community-Scale Composting Systems is the definitive manual on composting, written at a crucial time when communities are just starting to see what the composting movement will ultimately offer our food systems, local and regional economies, and planet.

Community-Scale Composting Systems

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John Englander

Angus King

Sir David King

Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward

Rising sea level will be tomorrow's global economic and humanitarian crisis--if we don't start adapting now. Around the world, rising sea level threatens coastal communities. It is unstoppable, requiring bold planning to avoid catastrophe. Though often seen as an environmental issue, it's more about our security and economy--and the impacts on our homes and communities. In his previous book, the bestselling High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis, renowned oceanographer John Englander clearly explained the science. In Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward, he updates the latest scientific information and presents a visionary outlook for what we need to do--showing the world how to survive, and even thrive, for ourselves and future generations. Englander explains: -Why sea level will rise regardless of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions -How high the sea could rise in the coming decades and the effects on assets and infrastructure -What you need to know to prepare and adapt for long-term sea level rise and short term flooding events -Why rising sea level and the massive adaptation required could be the greatest economic engine of this century

Moving to Higher Ground

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Robert Jerome Glennon

America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It

Unquenchable

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William Cronon

Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

This collection of essays historicizes the divorce of the 'natural' from the human, and shows that 'nature' is a human construction, arguing that what we have constructed we can reconstruct.

Uncommon Ground (SIGNED)

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Julia Watson

Crease in spine on the cover has come a part slightly but overall condition of the book is great. 

In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. Enter Lo--TEK, a design movement building on indigenous philosophy and vernacular infrastructure to generate sustainable, resilient, nature-based technology. With a foreword by anthropologist Wade Davis and spanning 18 countries from Peru to...

Julia Watson. lo--TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism

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Charles Eisenstein

Essays from the Covid Moment

Controversy and despair, hope and isolation, courage and division, withdrawal and reunion. How can we find meaning within this complex Covid moment—and emerge renewed? Renowned public speaker, bestselling author, social critic, and activist Charles Eisenstein offers a way forward through a series of unforgettable essays that give us a new model of sense-making. Through a series of piercing essays, The Coronation takes the reader through the initiation of the Covid era—exploring topics like despair, hope, courage, division, and reunion—in this stunning collection. Paired with each essay is the author’s commentary locating the essay in a social, political, and spiritual journey. After all, it wasn’t only outward normality that the pandemic disrupted. Of all the social crises that COVID-19 has revealed, The Coronation addresses the most profound: the crisis in our sense-making. An old reality has disintegrated. This book reveals just how deep that breakdown is. Acknowledging it, we might build something more sound, more whole, and more sane. Underneath the shifting sands of the arguments and narratives, something else calls to us: the possibility of renewal, a revolution in the agreements and myths that organize society. *Individually, these essays have been read, shared, and discussed by tens of thousands of people around the globe, but are collected together and bound here for the first time!

The Coronation

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Bo Burlingham

Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

Profiles fourteen companies that have achieved high levels of success by focusing on the quality of their products and services, rather than their bottom-line profits, in a guide for small businesses that reveals how to earn consistent revenues by becoming purpose-driven. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Small Giants

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Melanie Benjamin

Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley and her friends, the alluring socialite Swans. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate woman, desperately longing for true love and connection. Enter Truman Capote. Through Babe, Truman gains unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe's powerful circle. Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake-- even when the stories aren't his to tell.

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