Jared M. Diamond

Sticker residue on back barcode and bottom spine

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Arizona

The Fates of Human Societies

Dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns

Guns, Germs, and Steel

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James W. Loewen

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

Examines more than one hundred sites that promote incorrect interpretations of American history and raises questions about what Americans choose to commemorate. Originally published as Lies Across America. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Lies Across America

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Stephen Jay Gould

The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

Mismeasure of Man

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Slipcover has shelf wear with sticker over back barcode. Some sticker residue on front. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Reflections in Natural History

Award-winning, bestselling author, evolutionary biologist, and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould takes the art of the essay to an unprecedented height of excellence in this vibrant new collection of writings on science and natural history. From fads to fungus, baseball to beeswax, Gould always circles back to the great themes of time, change, and history, carrying readers home to the centering theme of evolution. Illustrations.

Dinosaur in a Haystack

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Linda Tirado

All intact but water damage to back cover and last 30 ish pages. See photo

Living in Bootstrap America

Originally published in hardcover in 2014 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Hand to Mouth

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Charles Fishman

Slip cover showing wear in edges. Pages starting to yellow

How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--And How It's Transforming the American Economy

An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal the many astonishing ways Wal-Mart's power affects our lives and reaches all around the world. The Wal-Mart Effect: The overwhelming impact of the world's largest company--due to its relentless pursuit of low prices--on retailers and manufacturers, wages and jobs, the culture of shopping, the shape of our communities, and the environment; a global force of unprecedented nature. Wal-Mart is not only the world's largest company; it is also the largest company in the history of the world. Americans spend $26 million every hourat Wal-Mart, twenty-four hours of every day, every day of the year. Is the company a good thing or a bad thing? On the one hand, market guru Warren Buffett estimates that the company's low prices save American consumers $10 billion a year. On the other, the behemoth is the #1 employer in thirty-seven of the fifty states yet has never let a union in the door. Though 70 percent of Americans now live within a fifteen-minute drive of a Wal-Mart store, we have not even begun to understand the true power of the company and the many ways it is shaping American life. We know about the lawsuits and the labor protests, but what we don't know is how profoundly the "Wal-Mart effect" is shaping our lives. Fast Companysenior editor Fishman, whose revelatory cover story on Wal-Mart generated the strongest reader response in the history of the magazine, takes us on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes investigative expedition deep inside the many worlds of Wal-Mart. He reveals the radical ways in which the company is transforming America's economy, our workforce, our communities, and our environment. Fishman penetrated the secrecy of Wal-Mart headquarters, interviewing twenty-five high-level ex-executives; he journeyed into the world of a host of Wal-Mart's suppliers to uncover how the company strong-arms even the most established brands; and journeyed to the ports and factories, the fields and forests where Wal-Mart's power is warping the very structure of the world's market for goods. Wal-Mart is not just a retailer anymore, Fishman argues. It has become a kind of economic ecosystem, and anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping our world today must understand the company's hidden reach.

The Wal-Mart Effect

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Andrew Roach

"Used" stickers from bookstore on front cover. Book itself has no highlighting or creases

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

History

Heresy and Society 1100-1300

Exploring the relationship of heresy, dissent and society in the 12th and 13th Centuries, this is a thorough examination of the threat that heresy presented to both Church and lay powers.

The Devil's World

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All slipcovers yellowing and showing age. Solid hardbacks underneath with the one of black and white photos and cast /awards information.

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Vol 26-29, 1975-1978

John Willis' Screen World - 4 volumes 

Three books with varying degrees of wear on slipcovers. Solid hardback underneath with b/w pages with lots of photos. Some yellowing on edges 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

1975-75, 1976-76, 1976-77

John Willis' Theater World - 3 Volumes

Slipcover is yellowing and has stickers. Gorgeous glossy photo cover beneath

American Films of the 1970's

The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!

Jeremiah Tower

How I Began a Food Revolution in America

AS SEEN IN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT Newly revised and reissued to coincide with The Last Magnificent, a documentary feature produced by Anthony Bourdain, the indelible and entertaining memoir from Jeremiah Tower which chronicles life at the front lines of redefining modern American cuisine. Widely recognized as the godfather of modern American cooking, Jeremiah Tower is one of the most influential cooks of the last forty years. In 2004, he rocked the culinary world with a tell-all story of his lifelong love affair with food, and the restaurants and people along the way. In this newly revised edition of his memoir, retitled Start the Fire, Tower shares with wit and honesty his insights into cooking, chefs, celebrities, and what really goes on in the kitchen. Above all, Tower rhapsodizes about food—the meals choreographed like great ballets, the menus scored like concertos. No other book reveals more about the seeds sown in the seventies, the excesses of the eighties, and the self-congratulations of the nineties. With a new introduction by the author, Start the Fire is an essential account of the most important years in the history of American cooking, from one of its singular personalities.

Start the Fire

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Anaïs Nin

From a Journal of Love -The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1931-1932)

A year in the life (1931-1932) of writer Anais Nin when she met Henry Miller and his wife June.

Henry and June

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Paul Monette

National Book Award-winner Paul Monette presents a transcendent, powerful novel of three AIDS widowers who have seen each other through the worst of times -- and have found the courage to hope for the best. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Afterlife

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The Long Shot

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The acclaimed author of Afterlife and Borrowed Time tells the story of two Irish-Catholic brothers, one gay and one straight, one living with AIDS and one living in fear, whose fates collide on the California coast. Dramatic, darkly comic, and strongly plotted, this is a novel of families--those we are born into and those we select.

Halfway Home

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Two male lovers, a legendary movie goddess, a caretaker, and a polyestered Beverly Hills agent mount an incredible scam in this witty and wicked novel.

Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll

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Gertrude Stein

Classic lesbian erotic poem by the mistress herself -- Gertrude Stein.

Lifting Belly

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Karen Armstrong

The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The 4,000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

A History of God

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Harry M. Benshoff

Sean Griffin

Some scuffs and shelfwear. Black marker on bottom and side spine

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Representing Race, Class, Gender,and Sexuality at the Movies

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema. Introduces issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema in a lively and accessible manner. Provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Is designed specifically for students and includes 101 illustrations, a glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for futher reading and further viewing. Includes case studies of a number of films, including The Lion King, The Jazz Singer, Smoke Signals, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Celluloid Closet. Each chapter features a concise overview of the topic at hand, a discussion of representative films, figures, and movements, and an in-depth analysis of a single film.

America on Film

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James M. Robinson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel

The discovery of a previously lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot has electrified the Christian community. What Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell us about Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is inconsistent and biased. Therefore, the revelation of an ancient gospel that portrays this despised man as someone who saw his role in the Passion of Christ as integral to a larger plan--a divine plan--brings new clarity to the old story. If Judas had not betrayed Jesus, Jesus would not have been handed over to the authorities, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. Could it be that without Judas, the Easter miracle would never have happened?

In The Secrets of Judas, James M. Robinson, an expert historian of early Christianity, examines the Bible and other ancient texts and reveals what we can and cannot know about the life of the historical Judas, his role in Jesus's crucifixion, and whether the Christian church should reevaluate his intentions and possible innocence. Robinson tells the sensational story of the discovery of a gospel attributed to Judas, and shows how this affects Judas's newfound meaning for history and for the Christian faith.

The Secrets of Judas

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Jean-Yves Leloup

Jacob Needleman

Slight discoloration on bottom
 Edge (see photo)

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

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Vladimir Lossky

The Eastern Tradition ."..has never made a sharp distinction between mysticism and theology; between personal experience of the divine mysteries and the dogma affirmed by the Church." The term "mystical theology" denotes that which is accessible yet inaccessible; those things understood yet surpassing all knowledge.

The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church

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Frank Norris

Kevin Starr

Pages yellowing. Some crease and marks on cover

A Story of California

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details.

The Octopus

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

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Jared M. Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel

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Mismeasure of Man

Stephen Jay Gould

Dinosaur in a Haystack

Linda Tirado

Hand to Mouth

Charles Fishman

The Wal-Mart Effect

Andrew Roach

The Devil's World

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John Willis' Screen World - 4 volumes

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John Willis' Theater World - 3 Volumes

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The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!

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Start the Fire

Anaïs Nin; Anaïs Nin

Henry and June

Paul Monette

Afterlife

Paul Monette

The Long Shot

Paul Monette

Halfway Home

Paul Monette

Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll

Gertrude Stein

Lifting Belly

Karen Armstrong

A History of God

Harry M. Benshoff; Sean Griffin

America on Film

James M. Robinson

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Jean-Yves Leloup; Jacob Needleman

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Vladimir Lossky

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