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New York: CRC Press, 2017. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xviii, 458pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Written by international contributors, Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications first draws a learning map that shows where learning is involved within organizations, then examines how it can be sustained, perfected, and accelerated. The book reviews empirical findings in the literature in terms of different sources for learning and partial assessments of the steps that make up the actual learning process inside the learning curve. Traditionally, books on learning curves have focused either on cost accounting or production planning and control. In these books, the learning curve has been treated as a forecasting tool. This book synthesizes current research and presents a clear picture of organizational learning curves. It explores how organizations improve other… Read More

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 462pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle bumps to corners of red cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. New findings in molecular biology challenge the gene-centered version of Darwinian theory according to which adaptation occurs only through natural selection of chance DNA variations. In Evolution in Four Dimensions, Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb argue that there is more to heredity than genes. They trace four "dimensions" in evolution -- four inheritance systems that play a role in evolution: genetic, epigenetic (or non-DNA cellular transmission of traits), behavioral, and symbolic (transmission through language and other forms of symbolic communication). These systems, they argue, can all provide variations on which natural selection… Read More

Chicago: Thos. W. Jackson, 1952. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 7 5/8" X 5 1/4". 96pp. Mild edgewear to pictorial wraps, with small tears to head and tail of spine and slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A charming 1950s copy of this joke book from Thos. W. Jackson, illustrated throughout.

Jackson and Ashley, 1994. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xii, 316pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and light creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Lean to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This is a catalogue of the contents of Henry Miller's study at the time of his death. Some of the items listed include correspondences, ephemera, books, pamphlets, photographs, memorabilia, and more. Because of the literary and historical importance of the archive, it was to be sold as a single lot, which was appraised at over $1.2 million in 1993. This is one of 1,000 Trade Paperback copies printed.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, at the Clarendon Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xxvi, 428pp. Mild edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with small tear to head of spine. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt, slightly off to the right. Light shelfwear and dust soiling to cloth. Hinges a touch tender. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy in dust jacket of this biography of a powerful force in the world of economics, international finance, and monetary policy, by his daughter, herself an economist.

Selangor: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2010. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 9" X 6". xvi, 390pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Light rubbing and toning to edges of text block. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Starting with fond memories of a fascinating childhood in Sarawak, this long-awaited autobiography of Brother Michael Jacques offers a very personal and engaging account of the long and distinguished career of one of Malaysia's most prominent educators.(Publisher).

London and New York: Wallflower Press, 2013. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xv, 223pp. Lacks dust jacket. Wear to black paper over boards with rubbing and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Price stickers to front and rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Film Dialogue is the first anthology in film studies devoted to the topic of language in cinema, bringing together leading and emerging scholars to discuss the aesthetic, narrative, and ideological dimensions of film speech that have largely gone unappreciated and unheard. Consisting of thirteen essays divided into three sections: genre, auteur theory, and cultural representation, Film Dialogue revisits and reconfigures several of the most established topics in film studies in an effort to persuade readers that "spectators" are also "audiences," that the gaze has its equal in eavesdropping, and that images are best understood and appreciated through their interactions with words. Including an… Read More

London: BBC Books, 1995. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 10" X 7 1/2". 224pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. A spot of faint toning to edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: One of the world's foremost authorities on Indian cooking presents more than 100 authentic yet surprisinghly simple recipes for the best-loved delicacies of India. There are helpful chapters on equipment, techniques, seasonings, and menu planning as well. Color photographs.(Publisher).

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1988. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8". Unpaginated. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1915, the imperial household of Japan invited Frank Lloyd Wright to build the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. And for the next seven years, the hotel was Wright's consuming passion. When its flexible "natural" design enabled the hotel to withstand the violent earthquake of 1923, which razed nearly every other large building in Tokyo, its survival provided strong confirmation of Wright's principles of organic architecture.(Publisher).

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 X 6 1/2". 451pp. Bound in full green leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing to all-gilt edges of text block. Discoloration to edges of silk moire endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, and occasional faint foxing to pages throughout, otherwise pages are free of marks and notation. Staining to silk ribbon placemaker. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn but still quite handsome limited edition of this collection of this collection of stories by Henry James.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. New/new. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Marlon James to page tipped in by publisher. Stated First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". xxviii, 626pp. Light shelfwear to unclipped pictorial dust jacket featuring the artwork of Pablo Gerardo Camacho. Bound in black paper over boards, with spine backed in blue cloth and lettered in metallic green. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, crisp, and unread. A highly presentable signed first printing of this second novel in Marlon James' Dark Star trilogy, the sequel to the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf. ABOUT MOON WITCH SPIDER KING: In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and… Read More

New Delhi: Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2005. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 346pp. Rubbing, toning, creasing, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle bumps to corners of red cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: History of ancient education, as the name of the title suggests, brings to fore a systematic account of origin and development of education in the earliest societies. Other pertinent issues like evolution of alphabet, grammar and literature are also given due coverage. The authoritative information is covered under ten chapters namely--Emergence of old world culture; Education in Ancient India in cultural perspective; culture and education in ancient China; Chinese conception of education; Egyptian culture and education; The history of old Greek education; Later Greek education; Education of Herbrews; Theocratic education of the Herbrews; and… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1895. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Volume V Only. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xxiii, 281pp. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt and front cover stamped in black. Wear to boards with rubbing and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Light rubbing to top-edge gilt. Penciled notation to front free endpaper. Vertical edges of several pages are frayed where it appears previous owner opened the still-connected pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. Connective mesh is visible at inside of rear hinge. Binding remains sound. An overall solid copy of this 1895 copy of Anna Jameson's writings on Italian Painters. With illustrations throughout. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote.

New York: Viking, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 254pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Brown paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable—yet hopelessly earnest—narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.(Publisher).

Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 10" X 7". vii, 303pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Previous owner's name in ink to inside of front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Whether you're a runner, skier, cyclist, triathlete, or rower, as an endurance athlete you need to race and train as fast as possible without hitting the wall from high levels of lactic acid in your bloodstream. Elite athletes and coaches know that increasing lactate threshold is essential to success. Now you can use this knowledge to push your performance to the limit. Lactate Threshold Training is an advanced training guide to help you improve endurance performance. This innovative book explains the theory behind the training and presents practical programs to improve your lactate threshold and race faster than ever before. The book also includes discussion on the use of EPO and the struggle against doping in… Read More

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. Includes color postcard of Gorgeous George dated 1951. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". viii, 198pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket fitted within protective archival sleeve. Minimal wear to jacket with spots of very light creasing to edges and a small, closed tear to top corner of front cover. Moderate toning to front and rear edges of jacket flaps. Blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in metallic purple. Very faint toning to edges of boards. A small brown spot to bottom edge of spine, and two small brown spots to top edge of rear cover. A strip of toning to center of front and rear pastedowns. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Postcard is encased in protective sleeve and is in very good condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: There is a world where truth, beauty, and innocence battle nightly with the… Read More

Burbank, California: Hahne, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by Jim Steinmeyer to half-title "with all best wishes and in the spirit of Mr. Jarrett" and dated June 2001. 8 3/4" X 11 3/8". 279pp. Dark blue cloth over boards, with spine backed in lighter blue, and upper board and spine stamped in silver. Mild shelfwear to binding. Text block a touch shaken--the usual for books of with these dimensions. Binding remains firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable first printing of this 2001 reproduction of Guy E. Jarrett's controversial 1936 magical text, here annotated, with additional material, and signed by Jim Steinmeyer himself, the inventor behind many of the famous illusions used by magicians from Siegfried & Roy to David Copperfield. ABOUT THE COMPLETE JARRETT: In 1981, Jim Steinmeyer produced Jarrett, but that was only part of the story... The Complete Jarrett is a spectacular new edition of the… Read More

St. Louis: Elsevier, 2016. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 11" X 8 3/4". xix, 870pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: With an easy-to-follow approach and unmatched learning support, Jarvis's Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition isthe most authoritative, complete, and easily implemented solution for health assessment in nursing. This tightly integrated learning package continues to center on Carolyn Jarvis's trademark clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical examination and health assessment across the patient lifespan. It's packed with vivid illustrations, step-by-step guidance and evidence-based content to provide a complete approach to health assessment skills and physical examination. With a fresh focus… Read More

London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 218pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Bookseller's sticker to rear cover. Rubbing and toning to edges of text block. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As interest grows in theories of lifelong learning not only across society but also as an area of serious academic study, the need has arisen for a thorough and critical study of the phenomenon. This distillation of the work of renowned writer Peter Jarvis addresses this need, looking at the processes involved in human learning from birth to old age and moving the field on from previous unsystematic and mainly psychological studies. Instead, Jarvis argues that learning is existential, and so its study must be complex and interdisciplinary. The result is a giant step towards building a complete and integrated theory of how humans learn, taking account of existing… Read More

London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". xiii, 218pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Bottom corner of text block is bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As interest grows in theories of lifelong learning not only across society but also as an area of serious academic study, the need has arisen for a thorough and critical study of the phenomenon. This distillation of the work of renowned writer Peter Jarvis addresses this need, looking at the processes involved in human learning from birth to old age and moving the field on from previous unsystematic and mainly psychological studies. Instead, Jarvis argues that learning is existential, and so its study must be complex and interdisciplinary. The result is a giant step towards building a complete and integrated theory of how humans learn, taking account of existing theories to see if they can be reconciled with a more complex… Read More