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Tanzania Second Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development: 1st July, 1969 - 30th June, 1974, Volume III: Regional Perspectives.

By: N/A

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of Tanzania: 1970

Seller ID: 22495

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

4to - 25 x 17.5 cm.; 327 pp. Pale green covers with black lettering over a flat stapled binding. Subtitled: "Strategy of Planning for Regions". 28 fold out maps included within the text. The covers show mild edge wear and are soiled. The interior is clean and the binding is solid.
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Lehrbuch der Erdbeschreibung in Naturlicher Verbindung mit Weltgeschicte, Naturgeschichte und Technologie fur den Schul- und Privatunterricht (Theil I, II)

By: A. Zacharia. (Hrsg. Louis Thomas).

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Verlag von Ernst Fleischer: 1869 / 1870

Seller ID: 14171

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

8vo - 22 x 13.5 cm.; A two volume set written in German. I Theil: Der gesammte geographische Lehrstoff in Verbindung mit Weltgeschichte, Naturgeschichte un Technologie. viii, 476 pp. II Theil. Bilder aus der Lander- und Volkerkunde. viii, 472 pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corners, gilt lettering on spine, 4 raised bands, green endpapers. Some rubbing on covers, edgewear with bumped corners and worn through tips and at spots along bottom edge of boards, text block browned with some soiling, minor foxing, former owner's name cut out of front free-endpaper on each volume...
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Selected Speeches and Papers, At an Induction Course for District Chief Executives.

By: Ahwoi, Kwamena. (editor).

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Accra, Ghana., Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.: 1995

Seller ID: 17615

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 16 cm.; 130 pp. Venue: Accra International Conference Centre, July 18-22, 1994. Minor wear on paper wraps.
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The Muslim Conception of International Law and the Western Approach.

By: Al Ghunaimi, Mohammad Talaat.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff: 1968

Seller ID: 15078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 24 x 15 cm.; xv - 228 pp. After establishing the historical background to this question, the author then goes into the Muslim legal legacy and finally international law. Bibliography, footnotes. Al Ghunaimi was U.N. Legal Advisor and Professor of Public International Law at the University of Alexandria, UAR Library binding with spine sticker, stamped text block and usual library attachments to front endpapers, some water damage on bottom corner affecting some pages in the margins, a small dent in a few pages; text pages are clean, binding tight.
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Phonology in the Twentieth Century, Theories of Rules and Theories of Representations.

By: Anderson, Stephen R.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois., University of Chicago Press.: 1985

Seller ID: 34470

ISBN: 0226019152

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 373 pp. Author traces the concepts of "rule" and "representation" from the beginnings of scientific linguistics, in the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, Baudouin de Courtenay, Mikolai Kruszewski, Roman Jakobson, Louis Hjelmslev, J R Firth, Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, Leonard Bloomfield, etc. Soiling on card stock cover, former owner's book plate on verso of front cover; otherwise, text is clean, binding sturdy.
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Collected Works, Volume I.

By: Ariyaratne, A. T. (edited by Nandasena Ratnapala)

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Sri Lanka, Sarvodaya Research Institute.:

Seller ID: 19665

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20 x 12.5 cm.; 173 pp. A collection of various articles written by Ariyaratne, the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka, a grass-roots community development movement inspired by Gandhi, Vinobha Bhave and Buddhist philosophy. Some wear on card stock cover and a small inked notation on half-title page; binding sturdy, text pages clean.
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Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse.

By: Baker, Carolyn.

Price: $10.80

Publisher: Bloomington, New York., iUniverse, Inc.: 2009

Seller ID: 30709

ISBN: 1440119724

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 20.5 x 12.5 cm.; lv - 334 pp. Endnotes, suggested resources. Baker is an adjunct professor of history and psychology, manages a website called Speaking Truth to Power, and writes on various issues, environmental, social justice, spiritual and emotional well being. An as-new and unused book.
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Legal Problems of an Enlarged European Community.

By: Bathurst, M. E. ; K. R. Simmonds; N. March Hunnings; Jane Welch. (editors).

Price: $16.00

Publisher: London, UK., Stevens & Sons: 1972

Seller ID: 15031

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 24.5 x 15.5 cm.; xix - 369 pp. red cloth with gold lettering on spine. British Institute Studies in International and Comparative Law No. 6. Divided into seven sections on the Irish Constitution, Courts, Legislatures, Foreign Relations, Company Laws, Transport, and Agriculture, this is a collection of articles by J. Lynch, John Temple Lang, Pierre Pescatore, Nicole Questiaux, Karl Newman, L. J. Brinkhorst, Arved Deringer, J. D. B. Mitchell, Torkel Opsahl, Hunnings, Hilding Eek, Christian Tomuschat, H. H. Marshall, Simmonds, Christen Boye Jacobsen, Jacques Van Damme, Gustaf Petren, Garret...
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Problèmes de langage au Québec et ailleurs.

By: Beguin, Louis-Paul.

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Editions de l'Aurore.: 1978

Seller ID: 21765

ISBN: 0885321383

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 259 pp. The text is in French. Beguin considers the use of language as typified in the Montreal newspaper, "Le Devoir". Preface by M. Robert Choquette, the president of the Academie canadienne-fr ancaise. Minor shelf wear to the covers, otherwise very clean and solid.
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The Human Shape of Work; Studies in the Sociology of Occupations.

By: Berger, Peter L. (editor).

Price: $6.40

Publisher: New York., Macmillan.: 1964

Seller ID: 18513

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; vii - 241 pp. Black cloth with gilt and white lettering on spine. Six essays as follows: 1 - "In the Basement - The Apartment Building Janitor" by Raymond L. Gold, 2 - "Manning the Machines - The Assembly-Line Worker" by Ely Chinoy, 3 - "On the Margin - The Engineering Technician" by William M. Evan, 4 - "In the Courts of Power - The Advertising Man" by Ian Lewis, 5 - "On the Pinnacles of Power - The Business Executive" by Kenneth Underwood, 6 - "Some General Observations on the Problem of Work" by Peter L. Berger. Library stam...
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Segregationist Violence and Civil Rights Movements in Tuscaloosa.

By: Blasi, Anthony J.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Washington, DC., University Press of America: 1980

Seller ID: 16157

ISBN: 0819109142

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; vi - 168 pp. Yellow card stock covers with black lettering. A sociological recounting and analysis of the racial tensions and problems in Tuscaloosa; Contents by chapter: 1 - "The Problem with Social Movements, 2 - "The Ku-Klux and Class", 3 - "The Autherine Lucy Incident and Consciousization", 4 - "The Day the Governor Stood in the School House Door", 5 - "Tuscaloosa Activism: The Organizing of the Black Community", 6 - "The Integration of the Tuscaloosa Churches: The Shadow of Legislated Morality", 7 - "The Social Movements...
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Anatomy of Corruption in Nigeria.

By: Bolaji, Labanji.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Ibadan, Nigeria., Daystar Press: 1970

Seller ID: 5946

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

12mo - 18 x 12.5 cm.; 144 pp. Green card covers with white lettering. Contents: Introduction. Definition of Corruption. Corruption of the Soul. Corruption of the Body. Corruption of Office. Brake on Corruption. Plaudits for the Incorruptible. Minor soiling on cover and like edgewear. The interior is clean and the binding is sturdy. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered.
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The Field of Cultural Production, Essays on Art and Literature.

By: Bourdieu, Pierre

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press.: 1993

Seller ID: 21161

ISBN: 0231082878

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; viii - 322 pp. First published in the UK the same year. Edited and with an introduction by Randal Johnson. "The essays in this volume deal with such diverse topics as Flaubert's point of view, Manet's aesthetic revolution, the historical creation of the pure gaze, and the relationship between art and power".
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: Caring for Aging Parents.

By: Bowling, Lynn Carol.

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Lima, Ohio, Fairway Press: 1998

Seller ID: 11868

ISBN: 0788009958

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 220 pp. "A true-life account of how the author . . . . dealt with the decisions and devastations of caring for elderly parents . . ." Told from a Christian perspective. Bowling has written two other books on life issues. The covers show some light general wear.
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The Kinsey Corruption: An Exposé of the most Influential "Scientist" of Our Time.

By: Brinkamnn, Susan.

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Weat Chester, Pennsylvania., Ascension Press.: 2004

Seller ID: 31735

ISBN: 1932645713

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; (4) - 84 pp. Previous owner's address label on the first page, else fine.
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Collected Papers in Psychology.

By: Brother Philip. (B. R. Philip).

Price: $36.00

Seller ID: 14011

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo; A collection (14 in all with 12 listed in the index on the inside of the front cover plus the two others that are not listed but bound in) of various reprints of articles and works published by R. B. Philip bound into a single green folder with a cord binding. The collection includes: 1 - "The Measurement of Attention: A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America . . ." reprinted from Studies in Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume II, Number 1, June 1928, 2 - "Reaction Times of Children" offprinted from the American Journal of P...
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Rural Development in Ghana

By: Brown, C. K. (editor)

Price: $14.40

Publisher: Accra, Ghana, Ghana Universities Press.: 1986

Seller ID: 28000

ISBN: 9964301243

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; xii - 325 pp. A collection of 24 articles by various experts on rural development in Ghana looking at policies, strategies, resources, organizations, possible problems. Tables, footnotes, index. Some wear on card stock covers, light soiling, former owner's name on half-title page; in general, an unmarked, sturdy volume.
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Journey to the Common Good.

By: Brueggemann, Walter.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Louisville, Kentucky., Westminster John Knox Press.: 2010

Seller ID: 31008

ISBN: 0664235166

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 125 pp. Brueggemann "brings together contemporary cultural analysis with biblical insights . . ." He is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. An as-new and unused book.
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Promoting Good Citizenship.

By: Bryce, James.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts., Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press.: 1913

Seller ID: 26862

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

12mo - 17.5 x 12 cm.; xx - 57 - (1) pp. Wine-red cloth over thin though rigid boards with gilt lettering on the spine and a blind stamped publisher's device centered on the front board. One of the Riberside Literature Series. After the 15 page introduction by Ada L. F. Snell, Bryce's work is in two parts; "Indolence" and "How to Overcome the Obstacles". From the contents page: "The two essays by Mr. James Bryce included in this volume are reprinted with permission of Yale University from Mr. Bryce's lectures on the Dodge Foundation, published in book form by the Yale Univer...
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Keep Your Old Folks at Home.

By: Bucchieri, Theresa

Price: $4.80

Publisher: Canfield, Ohio, Alba Books.: 1975

Seller ID: 20278

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

12mo - 17.5 x 11 cm.; xii - 171 pp. From the back cover: "[this book presents] a pressing appeal that old folks be given the comfort and dignity of spending their declining years in the family circle and is a moving description of how the author actually did this". Previous owner's name blacked out on the bottom of the first page and the covers show mild shelf wear. Otherwise, it appears to have never been read.
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Category: Social Sciences