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Published by Beacon Press,U.S., 2004
ISBN 10: 0807071439ISBN 13: 9780807071434
Seller: Lavender Path Antiques & Books, Harwinton, CT, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Softcover, 175 pages in fine condition, 1st edition, 1st printing. Writers explore 21st century Boston. A new vivid profile of Boston through the work of 15 of the city's finest writers.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1989
ISBN 10: 0807023736ISBN 13: 9780807023730
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Beacon Press 1989 Very Good/ Light wear to bright glossy cover, Pos penned inside cover, tight unmarked pages. Illustrated.
Published by Boston: Beacon Press,U.S. 1993, 1993
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used: Good. Trade Paperback. Good ++. Slight crease and curl on ft. cover. Some marginalia in pencil. Fine interior.
Published by Beacon Press, U.S., 1983
ISBN 10: 0807067113ISBN 13: 9780807067116
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. 175 p. Audience: Professional and scholarly. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 308.
Published by Beacon Press (MA) 1995-05-01, US, 1995
ISBN 10: 0807062022ISBN 13: 9780807062029
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 271 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 460874.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1995
ISBN 10: 0807023086ISBN 13: 9780807023082
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. 2nd Printing. Beacon Press 1995 2nd Printing Fine/Fine DJ Teal cloth with gold lettering, bright red end papers, page edges dyed purple. Bright pages.
Published by Beacon Press, U.S., 2000
ISBN 10: 0807083429ISBN 13: 9780807083420
Seller: The Bark of the Beech Tree, Depoe Bay, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Debut novel from this lady - born in Iran, raised in Uganda, educated in the U.S. and the U.K., resident of France. She is a follower of the Baha'i Faith, the teachings of which feature in this unusual book set in the 19th century on the pilgrim route between Mecca and Medina. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1994
ISBN 10: 0807070602ISBN 13: 9780807070604
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Good. Voluntarily separating herself from the outside world, an editor and book r eviewer comes to terms with her inner self, realizing the extent to which s he gives credence to superficial things.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 2003
ISBN 10: 0807071331ISBN 13: 9780807071335
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The revered American Poet Laureate reflects on the meaning of work, solitud e, and love with "extraordinary nobility and wisdom" (The New York Times) When Donald Hall moved to his grandparents' New Hampshire farm in 1975, his work as a writer and a life devoted to the literary arts must have seemed remote from the harsh physical labor of his ancestors. However, he reveals a similar kind of artistry in the lives of his grandparents, Kate and Wesle y. From them, he learned that the devotion to craft--be it canning vegetabl es, writing poems, or carting manure--creates its own special discipline an d an 'absorbedness' that no wage can compensate. In this "sustained meditation on work as the key to personal happiness" (Los Angeles Times), we see how the writer has modeled his own life on his family's lives of work, solitude, and love. When Hall comes face to face with his own mortality halfway through writing this book, we understand both his obsession with work and its ultimate consolation.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1999
ISBN 10: 0807072141ISBN 13: 9780807072141
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. First Edition NL with 1. Beacon Press 1999 First Edition NL with 1 Fine/Fine DJ New old stock. Ever-so-slight wrinkle to jacket spine o/w New.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1997
ISBN 10: 0807027758ISBN 13: 9780807027752
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Beacon Press 1997 Fine/ Urnead. Pos penned inside cover. Tight unmarked pages.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 2014
ISBN 10: 080708607XISBN 13: 9780807086070
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of D r. King--in his own words Too many people continue to think of Martin Luther King, Jr., only as "a So uthern civil rights leader" or "an American Gandhi," thus ignoring his impa ct on poor and oppressed people around the world. "In a Single Garment of D estiny" is the first book to treat King's positions on global liberation st ruggles through the prism of his own words and activities. From the pages of this extraordinary collection, Dr. King emerges not only as an advocate for global human rights but also as a towering figure who collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert J. Luthuli, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other national and international figures in addressing a multitude of issues we still struggle with today: from racism, poverty, and war to religious bigotry and intolerance. Introduced and edited by distinguished King scholar Lewis Baldwin, this volume breaks new ground in our understanding of King.
Published by Beacon Press (MA), US, 1988
ISBN 10: 0807064386ISBN 13: 9780807064382
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism. Blacklisted, his famed voice silenced, "Here I Stand" offered a bold answer to his accusers. It remains today a defiant challenge to the prevailing fear and racism that continues to characterize American society.
Published by Beacon Pr, US, 2004
ISBN 10: 0807032646ISBN 13: 9780807032640
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. First Edition NL with 1. Beacon Pr 2004 First Edition NL with 1 Fine/Fine DJ Pages lightly tanned. In Plastic.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 2010
ISBN 10: 0807085839ISBN 13: 9780807085837
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Demography is destiny. It underlies many of the issues that shake the world , from war and economics to immigration. No wonder, then, that fears of ove rpopulation flared regularly over the last century, a century that saw the world's population quadruple. Even today, baby booms are blamed for genocid e and terrorism, and overpopulation is regularly cited as the primary facto r driving global warming and other environmental issues. Yet, surprisingly, it appears that the explosion is past its peak. Around t he world, in developing countries as well as in rich ones, today's women ar e having on average 2.6 children, half the number their mothers had. Within a generation, world fertility will likely follow Europe's to below replace ment levels-and by 2040, the world's population will be declining for the f irst time since the Black Death, almost seven hundred years ago. In The Coming Population Crash, veteran environmental writer Fred Pearce re veals the dynamics behind this dramatic shift. Charting the demographic pat h of our species over two hundred years, he begins by chronicling the troub ling history of authoritarian efforts to contain the twentieth century's po pulation explosion, as well as the worldwide trend toward the empowerment o f women that led to lower birthrates. And then, with vivid reporting from a round the globe, he dives into the environmental, social, and economic effe cts of our surprising demographic future. Now is probably the last time in history that our world will ho.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 2008
ISBN 10: 0807085774ISBN 13: 9780807085776
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Nature is fragile, environmentalists often tell us. But the lesson of this book is that it is not so. The truth is far more worrying. Nature is strong and packs a serious counterpunch . . . Global warming will very probably u nleash unstoppable planetary forces. And they will not be gradual. The hist ory of our planet's climate shows that it does not do gradual change. Under pressure, whether from sunspots or orbital wobbles or the depredations of humans, it lurches-virtually overnight. -from the Introduction Fred Pearce has been writing about climate change for eighteen years, and t he more he learns, the worse things look. Where once scientists were concer ned about gradual climate change, now more and more of them fear we will so on be dealing with abrupt change resulting from triggering hidden tipping p oints. Even President Bush's top climate modeler, Jim Hansen, warned in 200 5 that "we are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond whi ch there is no redemption." As Pearce began working on this book, normally cautious scientists beat a p ath to his door to tell him about their fears and their latest findings. Wi th Speed and Violence tells the stories of these scientists and their work- from the implications of melting permafrost in Siberia and the huge river s ystems of meltwater beneath the icecaps of Greenland and Antarctica to the effects of the "ocean conveyor" and a rare molecule that runs virtually the entire cleanup system for the planet. Above all, the scientists told him what they're now learning about the speed and violence of past natural climate change-and what it portends for our future. With Spe.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1992
ISBN 10: 0807075027ISBN 13: 9780807075029
Seller: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Young, White, and Miserable is a critically acclaimed study that compelling ly shows how the feminist movement of the 1960s found momentum in the seemi ngly peaceable time of the 1950s. Wini Breines explores white middle class America and argues that mixed messages given to girls during this decade le nt fuel to the fire that would later become known as feminism. Concluding w ith a look at the life and suicide of social scientist Anne Parsons, this b ook is a poignant and important look into conditions that led to the women' s movement.
Published by Beacon Press,U.S., 1971
ISBN 10: 0807043869ISBN 13: 9780807043868
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Brown 1/4 cloth, yellow paper-covered boards, lettered in black. Former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 1st ed. xxxvi,348 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Published by Beacon Press, US, 1968
ISBN 10: 0807046795ISBN 13: 9780807046791
Seller: SPHINX LIBRARY, CHONBURI, Thailand
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book Condition: Very Good with slight tropical speckling to Page Edges. Otherwise, clean, clear text in tightly bound volume. No internal inscriptions, markings or stains. 4th Printing of 1968 Beacon Press Paperback Edition. Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches\nWeight: 13.6 ounces. The broad scope of this rich book succeeds in giving the reader an introduction to myth and mythmaking. Contents: Introduction . HENRY A. MURRAY 1. The Historical Development of Mythology . JOSEPH CAMPBELL 2. Recurrent Themes in Myths and Mythmaking . CLYDE KLUCKHOHN 3. The Yearning for Paradise in Primitive Tradition. MIRCEA ELIADE 4. Theories of Myth and the Folklorist . RICHARD M. DORSON 5. Stars and Stories . PHYLLIS ACKERMAN 6. Some Meanings of Myth . HARRY LEVIN 7. New Directions from Old . NORTHROP FRYE 8. An Examination of the Myth and Ritual Approach to Shakespeare. HERBERT WEISINGER 9. The Working Novelist and the Mythmaking Process. ADREW LYTLE 10. World Interpretation and Self-Interpretation: Some Basic Patterns. ERNST TOPITSCH 11. The Three Romes: The Migration of an Ideology and the Making of an Autocrat. ROBERT LEE WOLFF 12. The Myth of Nazism . HENRY HATFIELD 13. The World Impact of the West: The Mystique and the Sense of Participation in History. JOHN T. MARCUS 14. A Modern Mythmaker . PHILIP RIEFF 15. Myth and Identity . JEROME S. BRUNER 16. Myth and Mass Media . MARSHALL MCLUHAN 17. The Possible Nature of a "Mythology" to Come. HENRY A. MURRAY APPENDIX: I. "The Necessity of Myth." MARK SCHORER II. "Reflections on Violence." GEORGES SOREL III. "Doctor Faustus." THOMAS MANN IV. "Freud and the Future." THOMAS MANN. The volume that lies ahead of you is notable in the main for its scope, diversity, import, scholarship, and style. This is apparent from the start, since Mr. Campbell's brilliant chapter, written as his introduction to a work in progress--no less than a world-embracing history of mythology in four volumes--possesses all these qualities and something more, the vision of an emergent, energy-releasing frame of mind for those who are disposed and capable. Beginning with the earliest known patternings of myth in the Orient and Near East, Mr. Campbell carries us swiftly down the ages with eloquence and apt citations through daemonic and metaphysical mythology to the humanistic, poetic mythology of Greece, and finally to our current situation, leaving us with the seminal idea of extending Huizinga's conceptions of the "play-sphere" to the whole realm of myth. Although Mr. Campbell mentions the global distribution of certain mythic themes, in this volume it is Mr. Kluckhohn who with the skill of gift and discipline brings his encyclopedic and exact knowledge of primitive cultures to bear upon the question of cross-cultural universals in the field of myth as well as upon the problem of the psycho-sociological function of mythic imaginations. His substantial chapter, full of sage comments, now constitutes our most dependable basis for the reconstruction, among other things, of certain features of contemporary psychoanalytic theory. In contrast to these two authors, the equally knowledgeable and comprehensive Mr. Eliade has chosen to concentrate on a single integrate of myths, those descriptive of Paradise, the immortality of primordial man, his communion with God, his fall, the origin of death, and the discovery of the "spirit." With signal clarity and distinction, both of feeling and of thought, Mr. Eliade portrays the intimate relationship of this mythic compound with the ecstatic trances of shamanism, as well as the ideological continuity between this most elementary form of mystical experience and Christian mysticism. In the next chapter, Mr. Dorson, our foremost champion of the folklorist's point of view and methods, draws his sharp sword of reason and of satire and attacks the Hydra of monomaniac theories relative to the proper interpretation of myths. Here, for many of us, his special service consists in highlighting t.
Published by Beacon Press,U.S., 1977
ISBN 10: 080702757XISBN 13: 9780807027578
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:080702757X.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1996
ISBN 10: 0807031178ISBN 13: 9780807031179
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 268 pages. Corners slightly worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Signed and Inscribed by One Author (?).
Published by Beacon Press, US, 2010
ISBN 10: 0807085928ISBN 13: 9780807085929
Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Previous owner's name penned on title page. Underlining and markings in margins of scattered pages throughout. Binding is square and tight. Boards are soiled and rubbed, with minor wear to edges. Text block is lightly soiled. Dust jacket has some slight edgewear, creases and closed tears at spine ends and corners. Dust jacket covers are lightly soiled, scuffed and rubbed. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
Published by Beacon Press, (US), 1971
ISBN 10: 0807064149ISBN 13: 9780807064146
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 77pp. Fine in near fine, spine faded dustwrapper with some light soiling to the panels. Inscribed by the author to Barry Beckham.
Published by Beacon Press, US, 1959
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Beacon Press 1959 Near Fine/ Unread. Ever-so-faint soil to upper front near page edges and on page edges o/w Fine. Tight unmarked pages.