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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line). First printing. A "philosophical meditation of the relationship between two keyboards - the piano and the word-processor - -and what it means to use one's imagination (to improvise) on either. " The last chapter, which he states he… Read more about this item

Las Vegas:: Huntington Press,, (2010). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A book which shows a side of Las Vegas rarely seen - Stories from a "seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont street.. . They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless and they're set under Caesar's Palace… Read more about this item

Toronto:: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,, (1966). First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Seven talks presented on CBC Radio in January and February 1966. The topics include Nature and origins; non-violence in the ancient East, the precursors of Gandhi; Civil disobedience and the tradition of English dissent; strikes and civil… Read more about this item

Sausalito, CA: : PoliPoint Press, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which blends "personal history and social commentary, [as it] documents five decades of rising American militarism and the medias all-too-frequent failure to challenge it. Drawing on 40 years of intense activism, Solomon shows how the mainstream media have… Read more about this item

New York:: Dial Press,, 1968 (1970). Near fine (previous owner's name on first page). Trade paperback, 9th printing. Described on the cover as "The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a 5 Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial" this was a proclamation by this radical activist and co-founder of the Yippie movement calling for a counterculture revolution… Read more about this item

New York:: Trident Press,, (1970). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.. First printing. Described as a "compassionate illuminating study of the many masks worn by today's youth" this is a look at the various masks college students might assume by someone who has… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2008). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (crease to lower corner of a few leaves). First printing. A book which "brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy . . Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA:: And/Or Press,, (1982). First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers - minor wear to covers, light reading crease on spine. Scarce in the first edition. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Trained initially in astrophysics and as an astronomer, Vallee was involved in early research into artificial intelligence in the… Read more about this item

New York:: Tjhe New Press,, (2016). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). 4th printing. "A journey to the heart of our political divide". . . Hochschild embarks on a journey "deep into Louisiana bayou countrya stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA:: The MIT Press, , (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First edition. Interviews with 22 thinkers, artists, scientists, statesmen, and philosophers, originally published as part of a series in the Christian Science Monitor. "While the group generally agrees on the set of issues most critically in need of… Read more about this item

New York:: Stein & Day,, (1973). Near fine in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, chip to bottom edge of back cover, other minor edgewear).. First printing. Tongue in cheek essays on the life extension movement by this rather prolific writer and Libertarian activist. "Death is on its way out" - as scientists work on cryonics, and more.… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2001). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) His often hilarious explanation of how a generation that started out with so much promise lost its way. SIGNED on the title page. 211 pp.

New York:: Pantheon,, (2011). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (remainder line). First printing. A massive and fascinating book which "shows how information has become the modern eraÕs defining quality . . . From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of… Read more about this item

Oakland, CA: : Berrett-Koehler Publishers,, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (an unread copy, but boards slightly bowed).. First printing. "Former Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese shares powerful lessons learned from negotiating and collaborating with others who disagreed and even despised him." Foreword by Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew… Read more about this item

New York:: Basic Books,, (2015). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A report on the fast-growing world of sensory science.... including AI developers, VR engineers, pain analysts, flavor enhancers, and "even a few people who really are making the world a better place." SIGNED on the title page and… Read more about this item

New York:: Times Books,, (1992). Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 2nd printing, a trade paperback original. A graphic portrait of life inside one of America's largest prisons - the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, written by the prisoners themselves for The Angolite. the award winning prison magazine. In his NY Times Review, Russell Banks said that… Read more about this item

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "A ground-breaking book that changes the way we look at our world, our culture, ourselves." A book which is both provocative and entertaining as it offers a tour of the modern age from Darwin to quarks … Read more about this item

New York:: Appleton-Century-Crofts/ Meredith, (1968). Near fine (some sunning to back cover, but a tight, straight and clean copy). Trade paperback. A book of readings from those who spent some time at the "margin" - which might include prostitutes, nudists, drug experimenters, jazz musicians, mental patients and much more. Includes writings by Polly Adler, Whittaker Chambers, Thomas… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2012). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of rubbing to dj). First printing. The tenth book by this MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, who is the first African-American woman in Harvard's history to have an endowed professorship named in her honor. A book which explores the… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI:: UMI Dissertation Services,, 1995.. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in blue boards with white lettering on the spine. . Hardcover. A dissertation written for a PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994. Includes footnotes, tables, appendices, bibliography. INSCRIBED on the first page to " -- my editor and mentor. You gave life and… Read more about this item