Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Outside the Door

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The House Where I Live

Excellent like new condition as shown!

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Publisher	‎J. B. Lippincott; First Edition (January 1, 1969)
Language	‎English
Item Weight	‎12.8 ounces
Customer Reviews	4.5 out of 5 stars 6Reviews


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Book overview
For some years, Mr. Borland has been writing quarterly articles for The Progressive, and here has assembled in chronological order twenty of these essays, each one treating a season of the year, the sequence covering the years 1964-1968. As always, Hal Borland makes us smell the woodsmoke in Autumn, feel the snow in January, taste the sap in the buckets in early spring, glory in the perfection of a summer dawn, and hear with a felling of mystery the honking of the wild geese in migration or the barking of a fox at midnight. When Hal Borland talks of the land he loves, the green-growing things that spring from it, we don't think in such cold terms as "balance of nature" or "conservation." We know now why the old Navajos sing: "Beauty all around me, with it I return. Now on the trail of beauty, there I return."

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

A report from the country

Homeland

Alice Walker

Patricia Holt

New York


Introduction by Patricia Holt

Throughout her distinguished career, Alice Walker's work has been at the center of controversies around language, censorship, truth and art. Alice Walker Banned explores just what it is that various groups have found so threatening in Walker's work, bringing together the short stories "Roselily" and "Am I Blue?," an excerpt from the novel The Color Purple, as well as testimonies, letters, and essays about attempts to censor Walker's work by the California State Board of Education. The introduction by San Francisco Chronicle Book Review editor Patricia Holt offers insightful and ironic commentary on the efforts of the Traditional Values Coalition to pressure the State Board of Education into withdrawing Walker's stories from a statewide exam, while excerpts from a Board of Education hearing offer views from across the political spectrum on these efforts to censor Walker's work.



...a fascinating, frightening book...

--Mirabella

...an invaluable contribution to the literature of censorship...

--Booklist

...this book will allow a cooler, more informed discussion of an important debate.

--Library Journal


Alice Walker Banned

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Ruth Rendell

Nebraska

The First Inspector Wexford Mystery

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. These are the hallmarks of crime legend Ruth Rendell, "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world" (Time magazine). From Doon with Death, now in a striking new paperback edition, is her classic debut novel--and the book that introduced one of the most popular sleuths of the twentieth century.

There is nothing extraordinary about Margaret Parsons, a timid housewife in the quiet town of Kingsmarkham, a woman devoted to her garden, her kitchen, her husband. Except that Margaret Parsons is dead, brutally strangled, her body abandoned in the nearby woods.

Who would kill someone with nothing to hide? Inspector Wexford, the formidable chief of police, feels baffled -- until he discovers Margaret's dark secret: a trove of rare books, each volume breathlessly inscribed by a passionate lover identified only as Doon. As Wexford delves deeper into both Mrs. Parsons' past and the wary community circling round her memory like wolves, the case builds with relentless momentum to a surprise finale as clever as it is blindsiding.

In From Doon with Death, Ruth Rendell instantly mastered the form that would become synonymous with her name. Chilling, richly characterized, and ingeniously constructed, this is psychological suspense at its very finest.

Praise for From Doon with Death

"One of the most remarkable novelists of her generation."--People

"She has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche."--P.D. James


From Doon with Death

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John Dunning

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

Surprised by a visit from a difficult-to-manage former cop from his old precinct, bookstore owner Cliff Janeway is unable to resist Slater's invitation to help recover a stolen edition of a rare and valuable book. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

The Bookman's Wake

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Purchased from a library and has exterior markings, but interior pages are excellent. #rarebooks #charitablegiving #nonprofit #philanthropy #education

Wisconsin

Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity

Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which cannot establish causal relationships. By contrast, the chapters in this book study charity using experimental methods in which the variables of interest are experimentally manipulated. As a result, it becomes possible to identify the causal factors that underlie giving, and to design effective intervention programs that can help increase the likelihood and amount that people contribute to a cause.

For charitable organizations, this book examines the efficacy of fundraising strategies commonly used by nonprofits and makes concrete recommendations about how to make capital campaigns more efficient and effective. Moreover, a number of novel factors that influence giving are identified and explored, opening the door to exciting new avenues in fundraising.

For researchers, this book breaks novel theoretical ground in our understanding of how charitable decisions are made. While the chapters focus on applications to charity, the emotional, social, and cognitive mechanisms explored herein all have more general implications for the study of psychology and behavioral economics.

This book highlights some of the most intriguing, surprising, and enlightening experimental studies on the topic of donation behavior, opening up exciting pathways to cross-cutting the divide between theory and practice.

The Science of Giving

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Niel Hancock

Oklahoma

Across the Far Mountain

The Wilderness of Four

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Shaun Hutson

Cover has some creases as does the sline but the spine is intact and not cracked. A few pages has light type. But is good reading copy.

Florida

Erebus

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Bill Clinton

Pennsylvania

How Each of Us Can Change the World

Examines the types of charitable work done by individuals and nonprofit organizations to demonstrate how anyone can make a difference in society through the life-changing act of giving.

Giving

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Cover has cuts and flaws but book is in very good condition. And it's rare.

The Dream Game

Minnesota

Great condition as shown! The story of the famine of the 1840's which killed a million Irish peasants, sent hundreds of thousands to the New World, and influenced history down to the present day 

ASIN	‎B000KBHGAG
Publisher	‎Harper and Row; Reprint. edition (January 1, 1962)
Language	‎English
Hardcover	‎510 pages
Item Weight	‎1.01 pounds
Best Sellers Rank	#349,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Customer Reviews	4.6 out of 5 stars 8Reviews


Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The story of the famine of the 1840's which killed a million Irish peasants, sent hundreds of thousands to the New World, and influenced history down to the present day

The Great hunger

Mark Haddon

Rare first edition in fine condition. Collectible. 

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Rare advance reader’s copy for first American edition in good condition. Sleeve slightly creased. Hardcover shelf worn. Collectible. 

Damage

Ian McEwan

Rare first edition in very fine condition. 

A successful, happily married neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne is drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, following a minor motor vehicle accident on the way to his regular squash game, an encounter that has savage consequences when Baxter, believing that the doctor has humiliated him, visits the Perowne home that evening during a family reunion. 400,000 first printing.

Saturday

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The Outposter

Josephine Hart

Rare first edition in very fine condition. Collectible. 

Ruth smiles, but beneath the surface nurses a hatred as powerful as the sea, and as sharp as the coldest of blades. The object of Ruth's malevolence is her cousin, Elizabeth -- orphaned at nine months and raised by Ruth's parents as their own -- whose very presence stole Ruth's birthright as only child. From this twisted sense of betrayal grows an envy, dark as night, from which there can be but one refuge: Elizabeth's destruction. "From the Paperback edition.

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Dick Morris

Eileen McGann

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

#1 New York Times Bestseller! In Catastrophe, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann—authors of the megabestsellers Fleeced and Outrage—take a hard look at America in free fall and at how Barack Obama is transforming a vulnerable U.S. into a socialist state. Their seventh consecutive New York Times bestseller, Catastrophe is a call to arms for every American skeptical of Big Business and politics as usual—and a must read for fans of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Bernie Goldberg, and Glenn Beck.

Catastrophe (signed)

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James Matthew Barrie

California

Peter Pan

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Celia King

A Pop-Up Book

Seven Ancient Wonders

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Jules Vern

Peter Glassman

Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne, illustrated by Barry Moser. Seventh printing published by William Morrow and Company 1988. 

Fine condition jacket, fine condition volume. A like new condition copy, no wear. 

ISBN: 0688075088

Maine

Translated by George Makepeace Towle. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Barry Moser's sixteen exquisite watercolors capture Verne's beloved novel of suspense in this deluxe gift edition that will be treasured for years to come. A "handsome new edition...The translation is clear and sprightly."--New York Times Book Review.

Around the World in Eighty Days

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John Stanley

*Audio Books* 17 Sherlock books and interview w/ Sir  Author Doyle on 8 cds. No scratches or skips.

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