New York: Norton, 1999. Later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 494 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, this chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the..... More
New York: Random House, 1999. First, thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 233 pgs, two sections of color photos. In 1996 film-maker and writer Matt Dickinson, with foremost British mountaineer Alan Hinkes, successfully scaled Mount Everest's North Face despite hurricane force winds and brutal temperatures. Dickson is the first..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 313 pgs. Eleven stories encompassing, in their range and variety, the natural and the supernatural, the world of reality and the realm of the incorporeal. They are evocations of moods, mystical and aglow with life, which linger long in one's..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing. Hardcover. 6 x 8, 239 pgs, b&w illustrations, decorated endsheets. A wonderful childrens collection of stories. Nice vintage book. More
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 1998. Fourth edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 571 pgs, index, maps. Complete travel information for sightseeing, lodging and dining, plus outdoor adventures like camping, hiking and scuba diving, and hidden locales like secret gardens, waterfalls, and even the Church of Elvis in Portland. More
London: DK Publishing, 1998. Paperback. 8 x 10, 1008 pgs, color illustrations throughout. Beautifully illustrated dictionary for young and old alike! More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988. Third edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 303 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos. The author talks about the right approach, the right equipment, the best skills and techniques, and on safety and survival. More
Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 9, 258 pgs, index, glossary, section of b&w photos. An entertaining tribute to ten menand& women whose unique skills and accomplishments have made significant contributions to Canadian alpine history. More
New York: P.F. Collier & Son. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 558 pgs. One of the three volumes (Vol. II) of the "Conan Doyle's Best Books" set, Sherlock Holmes Edition. No date, turn of the century. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 291 pgs, index. In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Frances Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown: the location of the Nile River's source. They traveled deep into an uncharted African..... More
Springfield, VA: Beachway Press, 1998. Second printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Features more than 60 of the state's greatest mountain bike rides: coastal towns, sagebrush plains, high deserts, and the depths of Hells Canyon. More
New York: Dutton, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 328 pgs, illustrated by Tom Beecham. Twenty-three stories of high adventure and narrow escape in the outdoors. More
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 510 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, b&w photos. In the summer of 1936, Generalissimo Francisco Franco led a group of right-wing nationalists in a military attack on the Republican government of Spain--the start of what would become..... More
New York: Norton, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 320 pgs, index. Interesting ideas and intriguing information about how we detect lies. The author used history, fiction and laboratory studies to shed light on some of our strongest impulses and most deeply human behavior. Contains a significant amount of..... More
Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Co., 1975. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 222 pgs, mapped endsheets. Adventurous and well-written, the authors' saga of yacht delivery from Halifax down the Atlantic to South America, and across the ocean to Europe; their ten year yacht delivery business. More
Asheville, NC: Native Ground Music, 1998. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 64 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Relive the glory days of railroading! Discover railroad oddities, poetry of the rails, railroad diner lingo, strange railroad laws, flying railroads, train heroes and villains, hobo lingo and porters' secret codes. Also..... More
New York: Scribners, 1986. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 298 pgs. Tom Wolfe, William Kennedy, Ken Kesey, George Plimpton, Sally Quinn, Bob Greene and more capture the details behind the people and places of our country. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 286 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, b&w illustrations. Six centuries before the birth of Christ people began to imagine an immense land at the bottom of the world, a land of marvels, of enormous wealth and mystery. This is..... More
New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., 1947. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 312 pgs. Fictional stories by Thomas Mann, Ben Hecht, Langston Hughes, James Joyce, and many others. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 318 pgs. The author (1878-1952) was an English romantic writer, one of the founders of the Regency romantic genre. In all he wrote some forty novels. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 278 pgs, index,,endnotes, b&w historical photos.Tthe unpredictable story of America's first major scientific discovery -- the use of anesthesia -- told in an absorbing narrative that traces the dawn of modern surgery through the lives of three extraordinary men..... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2000. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pgs, index, color photos and illustrations and maps throughout. Tips and directions for nature adventures in parks, preserves, forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhose Island and Connecticut. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 390 pgs. The enthralling page-turner now a major motion picture starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro Here is a gripping novel, inspired by real-life events, about a private team of British vigilantes that sets out..... More
Cleveland, OH: World Syndicate Publishing, 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 316 pgs. Contains a valuable chapter on airplane navigation by Captain Robert Schofield Wood. Also has a copy of the contents of the book presented to Captain Lindbergh by Secretary of State Kellogg of world wide congratulations received by..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First American edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 385 pgs, bibliography. The writings of the men and women who traversed, circumnavigated, and settled Australia. More