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paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $8.95, near fine, appears unused. CONWAY, JILL KER. The Road from Coorain. New York: Vintage Books, 1990, First Vintage books edition, August 1990, 238pp., . Cover design by Pamela Scheier. 9780679724360 ISBN 0679724362 7.80.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Tunnel Tigers is a colourful portrait of the off-beat characters who worked on Scottish hydro projects, and of the tensions that were created when men of various religious and ethnic groups shared the same space. Tunnel tigers are an elite group of construction workers who specialise in a highly paid but dangerous profession: driving tunnels through mountains or underneath rivers or other large bodies of water, in locations as far apart as Sydney and San Francisco. At the turn of the last century they tunnelled out the subways under New York and London; in the 1940s and 1950s they were involved in a score of huge hydroelectric tunnels in Pitlochry and the Highlands of Scotland. They continue with their dangerous craft today in various locations all over the world. Many of these daring men were born in north west Donegal, Ireland, where the tunnel tigers were viewed as local folk heroes because they had the bravado to work in dangerous conditions that few other working men could endure. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, appears unused, but old price label residue on rear cover. remainder dot on top foredge. ENQUIST, PER OLOV. The wandering pine: life as a novel. Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner. London: MacLehose Press, 2015, 1st printing of this edition number line ending in 1, 391pp., . What was it about Hjoggbole, a farming village in the northernmost part of Sweden, that created so many idiots - and writers? There was nothing to indicate that P.O. Enquist would be stricken by an addiction to writing. Nothing in his family - honest, hardworking people. Not a trace of poetry. And yet he worked his way, via journalism, novels and plays, to the centre of Swedish politics and cultural life. His books garnered prize after prize. His plays ran for decades and premiered on Broadway. Why then, living with a new wife in Paris, does he hole up in their palatial Champes-Elysees apartment, talking only to his cat? How is it that he wakes to find himself in an uncoupled carriage on a railway siding in Hamburg, two - or was it three? - days after the first-night party finished? And what is it that drives him to run shoeless through the deep January snow of an Icelandic plain, leaving the lights of the drying out clinic far behind? Narrating in the third person, as if he were merely a character in the eventful, perplexing and ultimately triumphantly redemptive drama of his own life, P.O. Enquist is as elliptical as Karl Ove Knausgaard is exhaustive. Clear-eyed, rueful, written with elegance and humour, this is the singular story of a remarkable man. ISBN 9781780870199 10.00.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $13.00, near fine. BERRY, WENDELL. Another turn of the crank: essays. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1995, 3d printing number line ending in 3, xii, 109pp., . Wendell Berry proposes, and earnestly hopes, that people will learn once more to care for their local communities, and so begin a restoration that might spread over our entire nation and beyond. The renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning global economy that threatens to homogenize and compromise communities all over the world. From modern health care to the practice of forestry, from local focus to national resolve, Berry argues, there can never be a separation between global ecosystems and human communities - the two are intricately connected; the health and survival of one depends upon the other. Another Turn of the Crank reaches to the heart of Berry's concern and vision for the future, for America and for the world. - CONTENTS: Farming and the global economy -- Conserving communities -- Conserving forest communities -- Private property and the Common Wealth -- The conservation of nature and the preservation of humanity -- Health is membership. 9781887178280 ISBN 1887178287 5.30.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good hardcover, no dust cover. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing. Binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, small ink check marks in the margins of the bibliography, otherwise very good. CLENDINNEN, INGA. Reading the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 227pp., . The events of the Holocaust remain 'unthinkable' to many men and women, as morally and intellectually baffling as they were half a century ago. Inga Clendinnen challenges our bewilderment., She seeks to dispel what she calls the Gorgon effect: the sickening of the imagination and the draining of the will that afflict so many of us when we try to confront the horrors of this history., Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' point of view., She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of writers such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo, the vexed issue of 'resistance' in the camps, and strategies for understanding the motivations of the Nazi leadership. She focuses an., Anthropologist's precise gaze on the actions of the murderers in the police battalions and among the SS in the camps., And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film. - CONTENTS: Beginning -- Impediments -- Part I. Victims: Witnessing -- Resisting -- Part II. Perpetrators: Defining: inside the grey zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkommando -- Leaders -- The men in the green tunics: the order police in Poland -- The Auschwitz SS -- Representing the Holocaust. 9780521645973 ISBN 0521645972.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price 7.99 pounds, near fine, appears unused. CONWAY, JILL KER. A woman's education: the road from Coorain leads to Smith College. London: Vintage, 2003, with number line ending in 1, vii, 143pp., . Offers an assessment of the author's life, passions, possibilities and the making of her decision to leave Canada and return to the United States to become Smith's first woman president. 9780099579915 ISBN 009957991X 4.00.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and tears. Clipped.

hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, attractive copy, near fine blue cloth, a couple of tiny flecks on right foredge, top foredge has decorative robin's egg blue flecks but this is part of the design. MCDONOUGH, JAMES L. Chattanooga : a death grip on the Confederacy. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1984, stated First Edition, xviii, 298pp., . The trust of events in McDougall's highly charged narrative brings alive the key figures on this stage. The Unions four most successful generals served together in only this one campaign, which was the last for the controversial Braxton Bragg. - CONTENTS: The dead lie so thickly -- War between the generals -- Stunned, like a duck hit on the head -- Rebels all around -- Brown's Ferry and Wauhatchie -- Our position, it strikes me, is objectionable -- The perfect order of a holiday parade -- Tell Cleburne we are to fight -- This feat will be celebrated -- Whiskey was not enough -- All hell can't stop them -- We will carry the line! -- The whole army is in retreat -- I fear we both erred. 9780870494253 ISBN 0870494252.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine and appears unused. SCHADE, WERNER. Joseph Beuys : Early watercolors. With an introductory essay by Werner Schade. Translation from the German by Paul Kremmel. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991, no indication of printing number, 106pp., . Series: Schirmer's visuelle Bibliothek. English A Schirmer/Mosel Production - Beuys, Joseph, 1921-1986. Introduction in ENGLISH, reproductions in color. 9780393307672 ISBN 0393307670 8.40.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A copy that's been read with wear and creases to the book.

Steinmetz, Horst, 1934-. Die Komödie der Aufklärung. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1966, 79pp., small PAPERBACK, neat but quite heavy pencil underlining on 16 pages. Metzler Realienbücher, M47.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ORIGINAL Reprint/Offprint of journal article, no covers; small dogears on lower corner of pages; a couple of small chips/nicks along edges of pages; pages browned; o/w in good condition. Magazine/Periodical.

Ringelnatz, Joachim, 1883-1934. Die wilde Miss vom Ohio und andere ungewoehnliche Geschichten. Mit 42 Handzeichnungen von ihm selbst. Nachwort von Helga Bemmann. Berlin: Karl H. Henssel Verlag, 1977, 213pp., small PAPERBACK, worn but good used copy, light wear around edges. 9783873290952 ISBN 3873290952.

, Gustafson, Donald F., 1934-. Essays in philosophical psychology. Garden City, Doubleday, 1964, 413pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, but some pencil underlining on about 10 pages. Original paperback publication. Anchor A417, a Doubleday Anchor Original.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2005). 2005 1st edition thus. 8vo paperback (149 x 211mm). Pp160. Colour illustrations of flies throughout. Minor faults else very good second-hand paperback. This is a useful, abridged edition of the author's well-received Fly Patterns: An International Guide, presenting all the fly patterns (some 300), with the most essential information about each and a good colour illustration. .

Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Conway, Jill Ker, 1934-2018. The road from Coorain. Vintage Books, 1990, 238pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Vintage Books Edition. 9780679724360 ISBN 0679724362.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, little used if at all. BEN-NAIM, ARIEH. Entropy: the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2017, xix, 274pp., . NOT an easy read. - "This book discusses the proper definitions of entropy, the valid interpretation of entropy and some useful applications of the concept of entropy. Unlike many books which apply the concept of entropy to systems for which it is not even defined (such as living systems, black holes and the entire universe), these applications will help the reader to understand the meaning of entropy. It also emphasizes the limitations of the applicability of the concept of entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. As with the previous books by the author, this book aims at a clear and mystery-free presentation of the central concept in thermodynamics -- the entropy. In this book, the concepts of entropy and the Second Law are presented in a friendly, simple language. It is devoid of all kinds of fancy and pompous statements made by authors of popular science books who write on this subject" - CONTENTS: The various definitions of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- Interpretation and misinterpretations of entropy -- Applications and misapplications of entropy. ISBN 9789813147676.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine. LAID IN: New York Times Book Review review by Daphne Merkin. CLENDINNEN, INGA. Reading the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 227pp., . Merkins' review is worth reading, especially the passage about the "exhiliration" and "bullying brutal action" which so excited the perpetrators such as Eichmann. - Rear cover text: The events of the Holocaust remain 'unthinkable' to many men and women, as morally and intellectually baffling as they were half a century ago. Inga Clendinnen challenges our bewilderment., She seeks to dispel what she calls the Gorgon effect: the sickening of the imagination and the draining of the will that afflict so many of us when we try to confront the horrors of this history., Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' point of view., She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of writers such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo, the vexed issue of 'resistance' in the camps, and strategies for understanding the motivations of the Nazi leadership. She focuses anthropologist's precise gaze on the actions of the murderers in the police battalions and among the SS in the camps. And she considers how the Holocaust has been portrayed in poetry, fiction, and film. - CONTENTS: Beginning -- Impediments -- Part I. Victims: Witnessing -- Resisting -- Part II. Perpetrators: Defining: inside the grey zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkommando -- Leaders -- The men in the green tunics: the order police in Poland -- The Auschwitz SS -- Representing the Holocaust. 9780521645973 ISBN 0521645972.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine. HALL, JAMES A. Jungian dream interpretation: a handbook of theory and practice. Toronto, Canada: Inner City Books, 1983, 127pp., . CONTENTS: Basic concepts of Jungian psychology -- The nature of dreaming -- The Jungian approach to dreams -- Dreams as diagnostic tools -- Questions of technique -- Ego-images and complexes in dreams -- Common dream motifs -- The dream frame -- Symbolism in alchemy -- Dreams and individuation -- The two tensions of dream interpretation. 9780919123120 ISBN 0919123120.

paperback. Zustand: Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, cover price $19.95, attractive copy, near fine, appears unused. small black remainder dots on top and bottom foredges. SAMUEL, RAPHAEL. The lost world of British communism. Preface by Alison Light. London: Verso, 2017, xii, 244pp., . "The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of postwar Britain's most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London's East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the world of British Communism in the 1940s. Samuel conjures up the era when the movement was at the height of its political and theoretical power, brilliantly bringing to life an age in which the Communist Party enjoyed huge prestige as a bulwark for the struggles against fascism and colonialism.". ISBN 9781784780418.

hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, slight fade, cover price $25.00, attractive copy, near fine cloth with red spine and black boards. GARDNER, LLOYD C. Safe for democracy: Anglo-American response to revolution, 1913-1923. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xii, 383pp., . Dust-jacket design by Richard Rossiter. "This groundbreaking book probes the ways in which two capitalist superpowers, Great Britain and the United States, reacted to the momentous challenge of revolution that emerged during the early years of this century. The revolutions that inflamed Mexico in 1910, China in 1911, and Russia in 1917 all occurred within the same period of upheaval that culminated in the Great War in Europe. Yet no previous study has treated these revolutions under one cover or assessed their collective impact on the Western democracies with such precision and insight." - CONTENTS: pt. I, The failure of imperialism: -- What comes of empire -- The American answer -- Intervention in Mexico -- Upheaval in China; -- pt. II, War into revolution: -- Exploding Germany -- The Russian glacier -- Ideological front lines -- Visions in a clouded prism -- The outskirts of Paris: Mexico and China; -- pt. III, A world made safe: -- Wilson and Lloyd George in Paris -- At arm's length and beyond -- The shape of things to come -- The Washington contract -- Hard road to a stalemate. 9780195034295 ISBN 0195034295.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; Softcovers; ex-library; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of corners of wraps and pages; a couple of small chips along edges of wraps; o/w in good condition.