Heyday books berkeley (82 Ergebnisse)

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Quarto, glossy paper covers, 144 pp., b/w photos, selected readings, index Forward by James Nottage. Articles are "Introduction: Looking at America from the West to the East, 1850-1920s," Ava F. Kahn, "American West, New York Jewish," Hasia R. Diner, "To Journey West: Jewish Women and Their Pioneer…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This is the story of San Francisco, a unique and rowdy tale with a legendary cast of characters. It tells of the Indians and the Spanish missions, the arrival of thousands of gold seekers and gamblers, crackbrains and dreamers, the building of the transcontinental railroad and the cable car, labor…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This stunning full-colour original paperback takes a penetrating look at the majestic oak, from its microscopic cell-by-cell processes to a survey of the grand Diaspora by which it has spread all round the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Fupis a contemporary fable that inspires an evangelical fervor in all who read it.Start with Granddaddy Jake Santee, a cantankerous, ninety-nine-year-old coot with a taste for gambling and whiskey; add in Tiny, his gentle giant of an adopted grandson, whose passion for building well-crafted fences…

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Collection of 22 short stories about California as it is now. Contributors include Alice Adams, Michelle Cliff, Dagoberto Gilb, Laura Kalpakian, Roy Parvin, Greg Sarris, T. C. Boyle, Howard Norman, Chitra Divakaruni and others. Author biographies. 33…

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr. Photo essays by Ilka Hartmann. Emphasis is on the gains made in the Native American movement, despite the actual loss of Alcatraz itself. 155 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new, but upper corner slightl…

PAPERBACK, appears unused, only light scratches along spine, very good. KHERDIAN, DAVID, ed. . Forgotten Bread First-generation Armenian American Writers. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2008, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xiv, 481pp., . A collection of writings by seventeen first-generation Armenian American authors, includ…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy. Slightest suggestion only of dust dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved: tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages; Physical desc. : xxxvii, 195 p. : ill. , maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187)…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In California's Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music's hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century. It turned displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and it aggr…

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. When Roberta Spear died of leukemia in 2003, she left behind an almost completed fourth book of poetry - those new poems, along with selected poems from her first three books are included here. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Levine. xix, 151 pp. Fine in illust…

Zustand: VERY GOOD. Trade paperback. An anthology of stories and excerpts by those who lived and wrote in California, ranging from John Steinbeck to Khaled Hosseini. SIGNED by TWO authors: Gary Soto and Luis Rodriguez. Among the other contributors are Yxta Maya Murray Maxine Hong Kingston, Chitra Divakaruni, Paul Beatty, Joan Di…

Zustand: VERY GOOD. Trade paperback. An anthology of stories and excerpts by those who lived and wrote in California, ranging from John Steinbeck to Khaled Hosseini. SIGNED by THREE authors: Gary Soto, David Mas Masumoto, and Luis Rodriguez. Among the other contributors are Yxta Maya Murray Maxine Hong Kingston, Chitra Divakarun…

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. An anthology of stories and excerpts by those who lived and wrote in California, ranging from John Steinbeck to Khaled Hosseini. Among the contributors are Yxta Maya Murray Maxine Hong Kingston, Chitra Divakaruni, Paul Beatty, Joan Didion, Richard Rodriguez, Gary So…

Zustand: FINE. 3rd printing, a trade paperback originaL. A significant anthology which collects the works of seventy-six contemporary California poets, including Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Mark Jarman, Adrienne Rich, Dennis Schmitz, Carolyn Kizer, Gary Soto, Al Young, Kim Addonizio, Charles Wright, Carol Muske, Larry Levis,…

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. An anthology of stories and excerpts by those who lived and wrote in California, ranging from John Steinbeck to Khaled Hosseini - SIGNED by Luis Rodriguez at "My Ride, My Revolution": Among the other contributors are Yxta Maya Murray Maxine…

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Collection of 22 short stories about California as it is now. SIGNED by TWO authors: T. C. Boyle at his story "Sitting on Top of the World" and by Greg Sarris at "The Magic Pony." Other contributors include Alice Adams, Michelle Cliff, Dagoberto Gilb, Lau…