First volume of this encyclopedia of world travel of late 1950s to early 1960s. Pages have turned ivory due to 60+ years since printing. It’s fun to go back in history this way. Excellent and authentic book for your Retro Modern home or office. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Vol. 1

Encyclopedia of World Travel (first edition)

James Patterson

Maxine Paetro

Possibly first edition, this book is in perfect condition 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Murder Most Beautiful 

Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's elite Los Angeles detective agency and along with it such cases as an NFL gambling scandal, eighteen unsolved schoolgirl slayings, and the murder of his best friend's wife.

Private

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Tim Green

Successful powerful attorney acting as vigilante

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

From all appearances, Jack Ruskin is a mild-mannered and well-respected lawyer practicing in New York. But he is also living every parent's nightmare: His teenage daughter has recently been the victim of a brutal and horrific attack by a sexual predator. As Jack tends to her, his constant sorrow and pain gradually grows into hot-blooded rage. It turns out that her attacker has a long history of sexual crimes and - as is the case with many repeat sex offenders - was allowed back on the streets to wreak more harm once he did his time in jail. As Ruskin's rage builds, he is convinced that it is finally time to take matters into his own angry hands - but how far will he go to make certain that justice is done?

The Fifth Angel

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Michael Ledwidge

First edition. Successful New York lawyer with a secret past suddenly disappears 

A Good Wife and Mother Vanishes 

Now You See Her

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Pete McDaniel

Well documented history of African Americans trying to make it in a traditional white sport. Very well referenced. Includes foreword by Tiger Woods 

The Heroic Story of African-Americans in Golf

Narration on the history of African-Americans in golf.

Uneven Lies

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David Alan Grier

Alan Eisenstock

The Chocolate-Covered Truth

FROM GROWING UP IN DETROIT, where he marched as a ten-year-old with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama, where he narrowly avoided the Purple Tunnel of Doom but still saw nothing, David Alan Grier examines how he -- and America -- have changed for the better and the funnier. Within these pages, Grier imagines being called to serve in President Obama's cabinet as the "secretary of mirth"; takes you to a wild and emotional election night party he hosted that didn't go as planned; explains the true meaning of the "magical Negro"; recalls the formative episodes from his life -- including being rejected by the Black Panthers at their headquarters door and turning down the initial offer to work on In Living Color -- and for the first time ever sneaks you backstage at Dancing with the Stars, where he exposes the inner workings of the show -- the camaraderie between dancers and stars, the excruciatingly painful rehearsals, the outrageous preparations, and each hysterical moment of his four-episode appearance and subsequent public meltdown. Grier unabashedly muses on politics, culture, and race while recounting his own life story in this edgy, timeless, hilarious, and revelatory memoir and look at all things Barack. Barack Like Me is David Alan Grier at his best -- the man, comic, and twenty-first-century thinker -- funny, brilliant, and original.

Barack Like Me

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Mary Stewart-Wilson

David Cripps

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Built by Sir Edward Lutyens in the early 1920s, this famous dolls' house was presented to Queen Mary as a gesture of goodwill from prominent artists, craftsmen and authors. It reproduces in miniature an established way of life between the wars and is described and illustrated in this book.

Queen Mary's Dolls' House

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James Kakalios

Physics

A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World

Explains how everyday products were made possible by quantum mechanics, covering the Schrèodinger equation, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and nanoscience.

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

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Mary-Ellen Siegel

Gray Williams

Albert Lefkovits

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Science

New Hope for an Old Disease

Shingles

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From Antiquity to the Quantum 

A History of Classical Physics 

Sherwin B. Nuland

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Illustrated History of Medical Pioneers

The best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning How We Die chronicles the history of medicine through profiles of important physicians and research scientists and reviews key medical theories and pioneering advances, with portraits of Galen, Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey, Joseph Lister, and other medical pioneers .

Doctors

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Thomas E. Whiteley

Gerald J. Kloc

Carlton E. Brett

Rolf Ludvigsen

An Illustrated Guide

"Trilobites are the most lifelike of fossils--many well-preserved specimens belie their great antiquity and seem almost ready to arch their bodies, peer about with their compound eyes, and crawl forward as if to complete a journey that was interrupted hundreds of millions of years ago."--from the Foreword"New York State is and has long been a magnet for trilobite hunters.... New York's trilobites were among the first illustrated fossils in North America.... Many outstanding localities in New York State, from the majestic Ordovician limestone bluffs of Trenton Falls, to the Silurian beds in the great gorge of Niagara River, to the Devonian shale cliffs of Lake Erie, continue to yield abundant and spectacular trilobite fossils. New York strata have also yielded more trilobites with preserved appendages and other "soft parts" than almost any other region of the world.... Spectacular, ornate trilobites from New York ranging from a few millimeters to nearly a half meter in length, are featured in museums all over the world."--from the PrefaceThis superbly illustrated book reviews the trilobite fossils found throughout New York State, including their biology, methods of taphonomy (preservation of specimens), and the broader Paleozoic geology of the state. A general chapter on the geology of New York State places the importance of these now-extinct invertebrate marine animals into context. Sixty-seven line drawings and 175 black-and-white photographs illustrate individual species, many represented here by type specimens, and display the eerie beauty that has made New York State trilobites favorites of collectors the world over.

Trilobites of New York

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Owsei Temkin

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology

"A thoroughly admirable and informative introduction to our knowledge of epilepsy in the Western world from antiquity to the early twentieth century." - American Scientist Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of modern neurology. First published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print available in both paperback and eBook formats.

The Falling Sickness

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Soranus

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Including a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. An introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.

Soranus' Gynecology

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Math

Blackjack for Winners

Merrill D. Peterson

History

America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After

Between 1915 and 1925 as many as 1.5 million Armenians, a minority in the Ottoman Empire, died in Ottoman Turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the Syrian Desert. Peterson explores the American response to these atrocities, from initial reports to President Wilson until Armenia's eventual absorption into the Soviet Union.

Starving Armenians

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The Fifth Angel

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Now You See Her

Pete McDaniel

Uneven Lies

David Alan Grier; Alan Eisenstock

Barack Like Me

Mary Stewart-Wilson; David Cripps

Queen Mary's Dolls' House

James Kakalios

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

Mary-Ellen Siegel; Gray Williams; Albert Lefkovits

Shingles

J . D. Bernal

A History of Classical Physics

Sherwin B. Nuland

Doctors

Thomas E. Whiteley; Gerald J. Kloc; Carlton E. Brett; Rolf Ludvigsen

Trilobites of New York

Owsei Temkin

The Falling Sickness

Soranus; Owsei Temkin

Soranus' Gynecology

Scott Frank

Blackjack for Winners

Merrill D. Peterson

Starving Armenians

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Nelson Doubleday and C. Earl Cooley, Eds.

Encyclopedia of World Travel (first edition)

James Patterson; Maxine Paetro

Private

Tim Green

The Fifth Angel

James Patterson; Michael Ledwidge

Now You See Her

Pete McDaniel

Uneven Lies

David Alan Grier; Alan Eisenstock

Barack Like Me

Mary Stewart-Wilson; David Cripps

Queen Mary's Dolls' House

James Kakalios

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

Mary-Ellen Siegel; Gray Williams; Albert Lefkovits

Shingles

J . D. Bernal

A History of Classical Physics

Sherwin B. Nuland

Doctors

Thomas E. Whiteley; Gerald J. Kloc; Carlton E. Brett; Rolf Ludvigsen

Trilobites of New York

Owsei Temkin

The Falling Sickness

Soranus; Owsei Temkin

Soranus' Gynecology

Scott Frank

Blackjack for Winners

Merrill D. Peterson

Starving Armenians

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