Touchstone book ny (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st PB Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. NY, A Touchstone Book pub. by Simon & Schuster, (c. 1987), 1987. Soft cover. Pages 414 pp.,trade paperback. Very good condition. #092900A.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Publisher's glossy wraps. George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry - these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the final victory at Yorktown and the new Congress, "Patriots"; vividly re-creates one of history's great eras. This meticulously researched narrative history brings to life the American Revolution?the battles, the treacheries, the drama, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom. Very light shelf-wear, else fine, tight, and square. NEAR FINE. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 640 pp First Paperback Edition. Thirteenth Printing.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's glossy wraps. Once read, show minimal signs of use, else fine; unmarked, tight, and square. NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 528 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 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: Fair. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. 462 pages; B&W photographs. Minor water stains on first few pages. Foxing stains on the exterior edges of textblock. Minor rubbing and creasing on the covers. Light yellowing on pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

First Edition with 1 in the numberline; small 4to; cloth backed boards with gilt spine lettering; hardcover; 298 pages plus author's note and author Q & A; a very good clean tight copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9.25 inches. 363, [3] pages. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. This is a cheerful lexicon of Yiddish words which have become part of the English language, plus English words and phrases which have been transformed into Yinglish; the whole garnished with stories, jokes, parables, reverent quotations from the Talmud, and a glittering gallery of writers, rabbis, sages, and wits, with impulsive side trips into the faith, folklore, genius and history of the Jews--from their servitude in Babylon to their magnitude in Beverly Hills. Entries on Yiddish words, phrases, and sentence forms that have become, or are becoming, parts of the English language are accompanied by stories, jokes, parables, and Talmudic insights. Containing a medley of words in different states of adoption into English, Hooray for Yiddish! is organized alphabetically--in its own way. Garnished with stories, jokes, parables, epigrams, acerbities, and Talmudic insights, Hooray for Yiddish! takes us on illuminating side trips into the faith, folklore, tradition, genius, history--and, of course, language--of the Jewish people. When you finish, you will be speaking Yiddish like a native. So enjoy! Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography. Rosten showed an interest in books and language very early and began writing stories when he was only nine. During the Great Depression, when he was unable to find other work, he taught English for recent immigrants at night. These experiences eventually became the source of his most popular works. Rosten studied political science, economics, and psychology at both the University of Chicago, where he obtained his doctorate in political science, and the London School of Economics. From this time date his life-long friendships with Milton Friedman, W. Allen Wallis and other economists who would become influential in forming American neoliberalism. Like them, Rosten became a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society. Like other University of Chicago graduates, during the war he worked in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, both as deputy director at the Office of War Information and as assistant to Lowell Mellett, one of Roosevelt's aides. After the war, his connection with Allen Wallis led to his involvement with forming the Social Sciences division at the RAND Corporation. Although Rosten, who was already involved in Hollywood at this point, did not work full-time at RAND, he was an influential consultant on human psychology and put RAND in contact with several influential academics such as Hans Speier and Bernard Brodie. He also suggested that RAND contact the Ford Foundation for funding. Rosten is best remembered for his stories about the night-school "prodigy" Hyman Kaplan, written under the pseudonym Leonard Q. Ross. They were published in The New Yorker from 1935 and collected in two volumes published in 1937 and 1959, He is also well known for his encyclopedic The Joys of Yiddish (1968), a guide to Yiddish and to Jewish culture including anecdotes and Jewish humor. It was followed by Hooray for Yiddish! (1982), a humorous lexicon of the American language as influenced by Jewish culture. Another Rosten work is Leo Rosten's Treasury of Jewish Quotations. First Touchstone Edition [Stated] First Paperback printing [stated].…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Seventh Printing [Stated]. 759, [7] pages. Illustrations. Includes Preface and Afterword, as well as A Note on Sources, Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and Index. Some chapters cover "The Decisive Hour Has Come"; Living Here Is Very Oppressive"; "No Ordinary Time"; I Am a Juggler"; "I Can't Do Anything About Her"; "Arsenal of Democracy"; "Business As Usual"; "A Great Hour to Live"; "A Completely Changed World"; "What Can We Do to Help?"; By God, If It Ain't Old Frank!"; "We Are Striking Back"; The Greatest Man I Have Ever Known"; It Is Blood on Your Hands'; "It Was a Sight I Will Never Forget''; "The Old Master Still Had It"; "It Is Good to Be Home"; "Everybody Is Crying"; and "A New Country Is Being Born". Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, and political commentator. Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time:won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History. Doris Kearns Goodwin writes a brilliant narrative account of how the United States of 1940, an isolationist country divided along class lines, still suffering the ravages of a decade-long depression and woefully unprepared for war, was unified by a common threat and by the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become, only five years later, the preeminent economic and military power in the world. At the center of the country's transformation was the complex partnership of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Franklin manned the war room at the White House and held meetings with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mackenzie King, and other world leaders to discuss strategy for the war abroad, Eleanor crisscrossed the country, visiting the American people, seeing how the war and policies her husband made in Washington affected them as individuals. Goodwin relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt, surrounded by his small circle of intimates, led the nation to military victory abroad against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society. Derived from a Kirkus review: A superb dual portrait of the 32nd President and his First Lady, whose extraordinary partnership steered the nation through the perilous WW II years. In the period covered by this biography, 1940 through Franklin's death in 1949, FDR was elected to unprecedented third and fourth terms and nudged the country away from isolationism into war. It is by now a given that Eleanor was not only an indispensable adviser to this ebullient, masterful statesman, but a political force in her own right. More than most recent historians, however, Goodwin is uncommonly sensitive to their complex relationship's shifting undercurrents, One element creating tension was tactical politics: FDR, seeing increased arms production as crucial to the war effort, sought to close the divide between businessmen and his administration, while Eleanor prodded him not to forget about labor, civil rights, and Jewish refugees. As grateful as he was to her for acting as his political eyes and ears, Franklin also could react testily to her unremitting lobbying at times when he desperately needed relief from the strains of running the war effort. Equally fascinating here are the often semi-permanent White House guests who filled the couple's "untended needs": their daughter and four sons; FDR alter ego Harry Hopkins, shaking off grave illness to go on critical diplomatic missions; Franklin's secretary Missy LeHand, prevented by a stroke from serving the man she loved; exiled Princess Martha of Norway, who gave Franklin the unqualified affection of which Eleanor was incapable; two of Eleanor's confidantes, future biographer Joe Lash and the ex-journalist Lorena Hickok; and Winston Churchill. A moving drama of patchwork intimacy in the White House, played out against the sweeping tableau of the nation rallying behind a great crusade.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First trade paperback edition, first printing (stated), 1971. Clean and tightly bound with unmarked contents. The covers and spine show light creasing and the spine colors are slightly faded. Still a nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xiii, [3], 266, [6] pages. Inscribed by the co-author, Tansy Howard Blumer. The inscription reads, To Wayne--I hope you enjoy this. It is the result of a collaboration that was almost as much fun as ours has been. Tansy, 5/29/08. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is University Professor of Public Service and president emeritus of The George Washington University, after serving nineteen years as the fifteenth president of the university. At the beginning of his career, he served as the special assistant to the U.S. Education Commissioner for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He began his career in higher education at Boston University and later became President at the University of Hartford. From there he went to The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of numerous books including "Presidencies Derailed", The Art of Hiring in America's Colleges & Universities, Thinking Out Loud, Reflections on Higher Education, Speaking His Mind, and Big Man on Campus. He is co-author of "The Art of Hiring in America's Colleges & Universities" and "Letters to the Next President." Trachtenberg increased the national profile of the university, and has fostered the observance of school traditions such as George Washington's birthday celebration. During Trachtenberg's tenure as president the university created five new schools: Public Health and Health Services, Public Policy and Public Administration, College of Professional Studies, Graduate School of Political Management, and Media and Public Affairs; and initiated the University Honors Program. An eye-opening and at times controversial insider's look at the current state of higher education in America, from one of the nation's most distinguished and down-to-earth university presidents. At a time when daily news headlines scream of competitive college enrollments, skyrocketing tuition, campus violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and other campus scandals, the former president of The George Washington University tells it like it really is. Educated at Columbia, Yale, and Harvard universities, with a membership in Phi Beta Kappa, more than fifteen honorary doctorates, four books, and numerous published articles, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is one of the leading voices in American higher education. Here he brings his thirty years of experience, wisdom, and wit to reveal what goes on behind the scenes in the difficult and rewarding challenge of running a university. Using wonderful anecdotes from his own life, Trachtenberg explains with compassion and his trademark humor the insight he has gained from the halls of learning. For parents who will write big checks to send their sons and daughters to college, for businesspeople of all kinds looking for leadership lessons, and for anyone invested in America's system of higher education, this book is a major work about the importance of sustaining our nation's natural brain trust. First Touchstone Hardcover Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Jessica McConnell (Jacket photograph) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xiii, [3], 266, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author, Trachenberg. The inscription reads, Its an honor to have the name Trachenberg associated with Funger. You guys are true friends. Than you for 20+ years. God bless. Steve June 2008. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is University Professor of Public Service and president emeritus of The George Washington University, after serving nineteen years as the fifteenth president of the university. At the beginning of his career, he served as the special assistant to the U.S. Education Commissioner for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He began his career in higher education at Boston University and later became President at the University of Hartford. From there he went to The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of numerous books including "Presidencies Derailed", The Art of Hiring in America's Colleges & Universities, Thinking Out Loud, Reflections on Higher Education, Speaking His Mind, and Big Man on Campus. He is co-author of "The Art of Hiring in America's Colleges & Universities" and "Letters to the Next President." Trachtenberg increased the national profile of the university, and has fostered the observance of school traditions such as George Washington's birthday celebration. During Trachtenberg's tenure as president the university created five new schools: Public Health and Health Services, Public Policy and Public Administration, College of Professional Studies, Graduate School of Political Management, and Media and Public Affairs; and initiated the University Honors Program. An eye-opening and at times controversial insider's look at the current state of higher education in America, from one of the nation's most distinguished and down-to-earth university presidents. At a time when daily news headlines scream of competitive college enrollments, skyrocketing tuition, campus violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and other campus scandals, the former president of The George Washington University tells it like it really is. Educated at Columbia, Yale, and Harvard universities, with a membership in Phi Beta Kappa, more than fifteen honorary doctorates, four books, and numerous published articles, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is one of the leading voices in American higher education. Here he brings his thirty years of experience, wisdom, and wit to reveal what goes on behind the scenes in the difficult and rewarding challenge of running a university. Using wonderful anecdotes from his own life, Trachtenberg explains with compassion and his trademark humor the insight he has gained from the halls of learning. For parents who will write big checks to send their sons and daughters to college, for businesspeople of all kinds looking for leadership lessons, and for anyone invested in America's system of higher education, this book is a major work about the importance of sustaining our nation's natural brain trust. First Touchstone Hardcover Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Jessica McConnell (Jacket photograph) (illustrator). Signed.…