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The Feminine (Spacious as the Sky)
By: "Arguelles, Miriam & Jose"
Price: $10.95
Publisher: "Boulder, CO", Shambhala: 1977
Seller ID: 9-6Y001
ISBN: 877731136
Condition: GOOD
"Tight, bright, clean with slight curl. Cover edges are rubbed with 1/4"" chip and a 1"" corner crease. Back cover corner has 1/2"" crease. 152 pages, including bibliography, with 101 black and white photographs and line illustrations. 8.5x10x.5"" (22x25.5x1.3cm). An examination of the history of the sacred feminine principle in cultures around the world and its interaction with the masculine." View more info
The world of Copernicus
Price: $6.48
Publisher: NY, Signet(#P2370): 1951
Edition: (9th printing)
Seller ID: 48P014
Condition: GOOD
The life and work of the great astronomer. Tight and square. Covers creased and soiled. Owners name on 1st pg. View more info
"Pasado, presente y futuro (Original title: Past, Present and Future)"
By: "Asimov, Isaac (Adolfo Martin, trans.)"
Price: $27.95
Publisher: "Barcelona, Spain", Plaza & Janes: 1989
Edition: "(Primero edicion, Enero, 1989)"
Seller ID: 23H001
ISBN: 8401803616
Condition: FINE
"As new except for faintest soil to exterior page edges. ""presenta un vasto panorama de multiples fenomenos que afectan a la Humanidad y a nuestro planeta."" 443 pages. Text in Spanish." View more info
The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation
By: "Asimov, Isaac (Anthony Ravielli, illus.)"
Price: $12.95
Publisher: NY, "NAL, Signet, Mentor MJ1774": 1963
Edition: (10th printing)
Seller ID: 9-9P002
Condition: NEAR FINE
"Tight, bright covers, slightly age tanned but clean and unmarked pages, square. ""What we are inside and out…described in exact and lucid detail by a famous scientist-writer…"" 320 indexed pages with occasional; illustrations. 4.25x7x.75""" View more info
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Science
By: "Asimov, Isaac"
Price: $15.95
Publisher: NY, Random House: 1991
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 09T032
ISBN: 0679404376
Condition: NEAR FINE/ Fine DJ
"As new except for a few tiny spots on exterior top of page edges. ""fantastic, grand tour of the cosmos…beginning with Eratosthenes (240 B.C.) and ending with tieh stunning scientific achievements of the present day...Asimov deftly reveals the secrets of the universe with explanations that anyone from novice to scholar can understand and enjoy..."" 285 indexed pages." View more info
The Atomic Bomb: Facts and Implications
Price: $24.95
Publisher: "Chicago, IL", Atomic Scientists of Chicago: 1946
Edition: "(1st edition, 2nd printing)"
Seller ID: 7NT065
Condition: VERY GOOD
"Tight, yellowed, clean interior, age soiled exterior, faint curl. Staple bound. 64 pages. Includes photos, diagrams, vocabulary & bibliography. ""the information, convictions, and conclusions presented in the following collection of essays by the atomic scientists did not begin with the dropping of the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima but are rather the outgrowth of serious considerations given this problem since the inception of the atomic bomb projects in the early part of this last war.""" View more info
Audubon and His Journals Volume 1
By: "Audobon, John James and edited by Maria Audobon"
Price: $1.00
Publisher: "Dover, 1960":
Seller ID: B002L0IONM
ISBN: B002L0IONM
Condition: GOOD
Audobon and His Journals: with Zoological and Other Notes VOLUME 2
Price: $1.00
Publisher: Peter Smith (republication of Dover edition of 1960):
Seller ID: B0019QTOME
ISBN: B0019QTOME
Condition: very good
Quattro Pro 6 for Windows
Price: $7.25
Publisher: "Cambridge,MA", Course Technology: 1995
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 40X020
ISBN: 0760032807
Condition: GOOD
"Bright, tight, pretty clean, w/curled corners. Some cover creasing. Underlinings and a few notes in margins." View more info
The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway
By: "Auletta, Ken"
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Random House:
Seller ID: 9780679457381
ISBN: 0679457380
Condition: very good
For the past four years, Ken Auletta has been covering the emerging world of electronic communications for The New Yorker -- the technical side, the business side, and the human side of such companies as Viacom, Disney, Time Warner, Paramount, Microsoft, and News Corp. In this compelling collection of his pieces on media partnerships and divorces, hirings and firings, and ambitious new ventures, Auletta takes you inside this volatile world as no one else could.With exclusive access to many of the industry's top players -- from Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates, Gerald Levin, and John Malone to Sum... View more info
A Decade of Progress in Refractory Metals (1965 Gillett Memorial Lecture)
Price: $49.95
Publisher: "Philadelphia, PA", American Society for Testing and Materials: 1966
Seller ID: 5-3T007
Condition: VERY GOOD+
"As new except for filing notation on top corner of front cover and major point underlined with ruler on page 3. 54 page, staple-bound. " View more info
Francis Bacon: The Major Works
By: "Bacon, Francis (Brian Vickers, ed.)"
Price: $19.95
Publisher: NY, Oxford University Press: 2002
Seller ID: 15T041
ISBN: 0192840819
Condition: FINE
"As new except for faint age-yellowing of pages. ""The major prose (Advancement of Learning; Essays; New Atlantis) in full, together with 16 other pieces not otherwise available…"" 813 pages including Index, Notes and Suggested Reading list." View more info
Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons (Control of Nature)
Price: $8.25
Publisher: Prometheus Books:
Seller ID: 9781573925389
ISBN: 1573925381
Condition: GOOD
Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist. From the discovery of fission to the Manhattan Project, to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the arms race and early steps toward arms control, this book provides a context for developments in the period 1939-1963.Lawrence Badash traces the course of this tumultuous and apocalyptic period with scientific clarity and sympathetic understanding. View more info
The End of Healing: A Journey through the Underworld of American Medicine
By: "Bailey, Jim"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: The Healthy City:
Seller ID: 9780985420390
ISBN: 0985420391
Condition: very good
The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction
Price: $7.00
Publisher: William Morrow & Co:
Seller ID: 9780688042875
ISBN: 0688042872
Condition: GOOD
Political Anthropology
Price: $6.44
Publisher: NY, Vintage(#V-818): 1972
Edition: (1st thus)
Seller ID: 4DP063
Condition: NEAR FINE
"Tight, faint yellowing, clean for age, square. Faint rubbing & creasing. Translation from French by AM Sheridan Smith. Summary of the current state of knowledge about the political life of non-Western societies." View more info
The Eternal Darkness: a personal history of deep-sea exploration
Price: $32.95
Publisher: "Princeton, NJ", Princeton University Press: 2000
Edition: "(Signed, 1st edition)"
Seller ID: 26T006
ISBN: 069109554X
Condition: FINE
"Signed by author. As new - gift quality. ""One of the greatest schientific and archaeological featds of our time has been to finally cast light on the 'eternal darkness' of the deep sea. This is the story of that achievement, told by the man who has done more than any other to kae it possible..."" 388 indexed pages including extensive ""Further Reading"" list." View more info
Soil Surveys and Land Use Planning
By: "Bartelli, Klingebiel, Baird & Heddleson"
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy: 1966
Edition: "(7th printing, 1977)"
Seller ID: 4-3H001
Condition: VERY GOOD-
"Tight, bright, clean, slight flare to covers. 19 essays on ""soil survey, or soil mapping...the process of determining the soil types, or other properties of the soil cover, over a landscape, and mapping them for others to understand and use"" as applied to planning for development or agriculture. 187 illustrated pages." View more info
"Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology, Volume 19)"
Price: $19.95
Publisher: "Oxford, UK", Berg: 2004
Seller ID: 12T016
ISBN: 1845202783
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! ""describes certain aspects of the society of the Pathans of the Swat valley in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan…the material on which it is based was collected by the author in the period February-November 1954"" Chapters on: General Ecology and Ethnology of Swat; Underlying Frameworks of Organization; Neighborhood, Marriage and Affinity; Relations of Inequality and Authority; Land Tenure and Political Relations within Local Communities; Authority and Following of Chiefs; Authority and Following of Saints; Alliances and Political Blocs... View more info
"Ants, Indians, and Little Dinosaurs: A Celebration of Man & Nature for the 75th Anniversary of Natural History Magazine"
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Scribner:
Seller ID: 9780684143125
ISBN: 0684143127
Condition: GOOD