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Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris Et Ses Environs. [Floods of January 1910] [Paris And Its Surroundings]

By: N/A

Price: $29.95

Publisher: France, A. Taride, Editeur: 1910

Seller ID: 005226

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

15 full plate black and white photographs, Picturesque views of the streets flooded. Oblong 12.5 by 9.5 inches. Light paper wrappers. Stapled bindings. Handling wear to outer wrapper. Interior very good.

The 1910 Great Flood of Paris (French: Crue de la Seine de 1910) was a catastrophe in which the Seine River, carrying winter rains from its tributaries, flooded the Paris conurbation, France. The Seine water level rose eight metres above the ordinary level.
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A New Shipworm from Panama

By: Bartsch, Paul

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution: 1941

Seller ID: 007270

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 99, No. 21. 8 pages with one plate. Some toning to pages, no other flaw.
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Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042- A Four-Part Invention

By: Bova, Ben; Pohl, Frederik; Pournelle, Jerry; Sheffield, Charles

Price: $12.95

Publisher: New York, NY, AvoNova: 1994

Seller ID: 007804

ISBN: 0688131735

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

First Edition, First Printing. Unused, Unread, Unopened. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve.

The authors share a collection of original stories and essays that speculate on what the world will be like fifty years from now and discuss the sociological and technological implications of their expectations.
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Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want

By: Bryan Welch

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Kanas, B&A Books: 2010

Seller ID: 005905

ISBN: 0615421296

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

SIGNED with a non-personal inscription by the author. No Flaws; Gift Quality.

This groundbreaking book cuts through the pessimism and denial that pervade today's discussions of sustainability and invites readers to visualize a verdant and prosperous future for humanity and all the living things that share our planet.

As a practical guide, it offers a process for making our current lifestyles more sustainable and inspires us to look beyond the immediate obstacles to nurture the "destination fixation" that stimulates all humanity's greatest achievements.
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Time and Space: A Summary of the Problems Involved as to Their Nature and Reality

By: Carrington, Hereward

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Girard, Kansas, Haldeman-Julius Publications: 1948

Seller ID: 008335

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Stapled wraps. Number B-714
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An Introduction to Regression Graphics (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

By: Cook, R. Dennis ; Weisberg, Sanford

Price: $49.95

Publisher: New York, Wiley-Interscience: 1994

Seller ID: 009180

ISBN: 0471008397

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Covers the use of dynamic and interactive computer graphics in linear regression analysis, focusing on analytical graphics. Features new techniques like plot rotation.

The authors have composed their own regression code, using Xlisp-Stat language called R-code, which is a nearly complete system for linear regression analysis and can be utilized as the main computer program in a linear regression course. The accompanying disks, for both Macintosh and Windows computers, contain the R-code and Xlisp-Stat.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. [and if you have access sealed floppy disks]
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Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children from Birth to Age Five

By: Guernsey, Lisa

Price: $12.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Basic Books: 2007

Seller ID: 005933

ISBN: 0465027989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

A science journalist and mother of two, Guernsey manages to extricate straightforward information and guidelines from the morass of research, articles and debates on screen media and child brain development. Easily digestible chapters are smartly structured around 12 pervasive concerns of interviewees from all walks of life. Guernsey explains how parents can shrewdly navigate a TV, DVD and video game market that has only begun developing its potential, much like the minds of the children it targets.

No flaws or blemishes; Gift Quality.
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A Treatise on Surveying, Containing the Theory and Practice: To Which is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry

By: Gummere, John (1784-1845)

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Kimber and Sharpless: 1843

Seller ID: 012382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

John Gummere though self-taught was one of the most eminent mathematicians of during the late 18th and early 19th century in the United States. He was a keen astronomer and one of the founders of Haverford College in Pennsylvania. His surveying Treatise was an influential book for civil engineering. ---------------- Bound in full mottled calf a bit of damp-staining on front fore edge; gilt titling on an affixed label. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, The text is clean though toned. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbing on the edges. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 152 pages with called fo...
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From Sun to Earth 1665-1999, A History of Saint-Gobain (and Pont-a-Mousson)

By: Hamon, Maurice

Price: $21.95

Publisher: France, JC Lattes: 1999

Seller ID: 008182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very Carefully handled, no flaws to note. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean. 269 pages w/appendix & bibliography, B/W and color photographic illustrations.

Founded in 1665, Saint-Gobain is the only French company to have survived the transition from its original incarnation to thrive as a global, multinational group with merging with Pont-a-Mousson in 1970. "From Sun to Earth" candidly portrays the people and events that shaped Saint-Gobain and Pont-a-Moussson.
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Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence

By: Hardy, Kenneth V.; Laszloffy, Tracey A.

Price: $21.95

Publisher: New York, The Guilford Press: 2006

Seller ID: 011575

ISBN: 1593854404

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.

Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families.
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The Space Shuttle: A Photographic History

By: Harrington, Philip S.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: San Francisco, California, U.S.A., Browntrout Pub: 2003

Seller ID: 003236

ISBN: 0763170631

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.----- With one hundred full-color photographs by Roger Ressmeyer and others and with text by popular astronomy writer Phil Harrington, "The Space Shuttle: A Photographic History" tells the fascinating and inspiring story of the space shuttle program from 1972 to 2003.
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Men of Other Planets

By: Heuer, Kenneth; Forward by Charles H. Smiley

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy: 1951

Seller ID: 012757

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Astronomer Kenneth Heuer, speculates on the kinds of humanoid life that could be possible on the other planets, moons and asteroids of outer space. Highlighted by 8 full-page illustrations and 20 diagrams by R.T. Crane adds both a science fact and fictional aura to the quirky propositions. P>
Grey patterned cloth boards with gold spine titles. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has minor edge wear on the lower front panel. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, Minimal shelf handling wear. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall, 165 pages. First Edition, First Printing.
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Hippocrates Works: v. 3 (Loeb Classical Library #149)

By: Hippocrates; E. T. Withington translation

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Cambridge and London, Loeb: 1989

Seller ID: 011063

ISBN: 0674991656

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Hippocrates, said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BCE, learned medicine and philosophy; travelled widely as a medical doctor and teacher; was consulted by King Perdiccas of Macedon and Artaxerxes of Persia; and died perhaps at Larissa.

Apparently he rejected superstition in favour of inductive reasoning and the study of real medicine as subject to natural laws, in general, and in individual people as patients for treatment by medicines and surgery.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.
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Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier

By: Kinder, Gary

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1987

Seller ID: 012862

ISBN: 0871131390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust jacket in new Mylar has a small closed tear on top front edge.

Drawing on interviews with Meier and witnesses, as well as with the professional security team that investigated the case, the author presents all sides of the most remarkable UFO story in history.
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I Love a Cop, Third Edition: What Police Families Need to Know

By: Kirschman, Ellen

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, The Guilford Press: 2018

Seller ID: 011494

ISBN: 146253385X

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.

Dr. Kirschman recognizes the modern challenges facing police officers and the families who love them. I Love a Cop is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the person beyond the badge. [David M. Corey, PhD, ABPP, police psychologist]
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The Ancient Engineers

By: L. Sprague De Camp

Price: $24.00

Publisher: New York, Barnes and Noble Books: 1993

Seller ID: 012999

ISBN: 0880294566

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.First Edition, First Printing.

L. Sprague de Camp delves into the heart of the mystery. He introduces us to the master builders who had the vision, the power, and the passion to reach for the clouds and touch the heavens. We share in some of the greatest technological triumphs of all time-triumphs of the human mind, imagination, and spirit.
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The Millennial City: A New Urban Paradigm for 21st-Century America

By: Magnet, Myron [Editor with an introduction]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chicago, Ivan R. Dee: 2000

Seller ID: 012634

ISBN: 1566632854

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.

This is the definitive forum for the best new ideas in urban government. (John Norquist, Mayor, City of Milwaukee)
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Liners to the Sun

By: Maxtone-Graham, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Sheridan House: 2000

Seller ID: 012883

ISBN: 1574091085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

SIGNED with an Inscription by the Author. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.

Indispensable reading...virtually encyclopedic in its approach. (Travel Weekly) The definitive book about cruise ships... [ Fresno Bee] Taking a candid and insightful look at the rich history, construction and the crews of the great ships.
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The Only Way to Cross: The Golden Era of the Great Atlantic Express Liners---from the Mauretania to the France and the Queen Elizabeth 2

By: Maxtone-Graham, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble: 1997

Seller ID: 012884

ISBN: 0760706379

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

SIGNED by the Author with an inscription. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.

The Only Way to Cross transports readers to that bygone maritime era, when dozens of liners steamed in and out of New York, accommodating the rich on lavish upper decks and hordes of immigrants deep within their holds.

For those in first class, comfort, luxury, and privilege were endemic. Armchair travelers will relish anecdotes about the famous and infamous, the rich and eccentric. Royalty, financial barons, con artists, crooked gamblers, and stowaways rub shoulders wi...
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Ghosts Demons UFO's and Dead Men: 1

By: Mitanidis, Philip

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Germany, Createspace: 2009

Seller ID: 005331

ISBN: 0973325879

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No flaws or blemishes . Gift Qiality. The paranormal exposed through a collection of supernatural stories inspired by true events.
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