2005, ISBN: 9780415070553

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New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 2005. -----The scan you see is the book you get Large soft cover/trade, clean square and tight, flat uncreased spine, (xxi) 461 pages, no names, Near Fine cond… Mehr…

New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 2005. -----The scan you see is the book you get Large soft cover/trade, clean square and tight, flat uncreased spine, (xxi) 461 pages, no names, Near Fine condition. "In this unprecedented collection of science fiction & fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning mement when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster first comes to life, is present when Bruce Wayne resolves to become Batman, and overhears the cosmic conclusions of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Offering the wit and wisdom of renowned authors and definitive versions of key statements such as Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek's Prime Directive, this comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs." Contents include: foreword by Arthur C. Clarke / intro by Gary Westfahl / Actions / Aliens / Alien Worlds / Ambition & Hope / Animals / Apocalypse / The Arts / Astronauts & Space Travelers / Beauty / Belief / The Body / Books / Buildings & Architecture / Business & Economics / Change / Children & Young People / Choce / Cities / Civilization & Barbasism / Class System / Clothing & Nudity / Communication & Speech / Communities / Computers / Cosmology & Eschatology / Courage & Cowardice / Cultures & Anthropology / Darkness and Light / Death / Destiny / Dimensions / Dreams and Sleep / Earth / Education / Emotions / Evil / Evolution / Exolution / Expoloration & Adventure / Fear and Horror / Flying / Folly & Stupidity / Food and Drink / Freedom / Friendship / The Future / God / Gods and Demons / Governments / Happiness and Sadness / Heroes & Superheroes / History / Humanity / Humor and Laughter / Imagination & Ideas / Immortality / Impossibility / Individualism and Identity / Intelligence / Justice / Kindness / Knowledge & Information / Language / Laws and Crimes / The Laws of Scince Fiction / Life / Logic / Loneliness & Solitude / Love & Romance / Machines & Technology / Madness & Sanity / Marriage / Mathematics / Media / Medicine & Disease / Memory / Money / Monsters / Morality / Mothers and Fathers / Music / Nature / Old Age / Overpopulation / Pain & Suffering / Paradoxes / Paranoia / Perception & Vision / Plants / Politics / Power / Problems / Progress / Psychic Powers / Psychology / Questions & Answers / Race Relations / Reality / Religion / Revolutions & Rebellion / Roads and Automobiles / Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs / Science / Science Fiction / Scientists / The Sea / Secrets & Mysteries / Sex / Space / Spaceships / Space Travel / Stars / Stories & Writers / Surrealism / Survival / Thinking / Time Travel / Travel / Truth / The Universe / The Unknown / Utopia / Violence / War and Peace / Wealth & Possessions / Weapons / Wisdom / Women & Men / Work / Index of Authors / Index of Titles. Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket Illustration: Gort standing by his spacecraft in a scene from "The Day the Earth Stood Still". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Yale Univ Press, 2005, 4, London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Published 1992 by Routledge, London, and simultaneously in the US and Canada by Routledge. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Price sticker on back cover. * From the back of book, a review by J. William Harris, University of NH,"Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who lay out the influential interpretation of the South as a "paternalistic" society and culture, and contributions from recent scholars who provide dissenting or alternative interpretations of the relations between masters and slaves, men and women. The essays draw on a wide range of disciplines, including economics, psychology and anthropology to investigate the nature of plantation and family life." "Explanatory notes guide the reader through each essay and the editor's introduction places the work in its historical context." Includes bibliographical references and an Index., Routledge, 1992, 3<

1992, ISBN: 9780415070553

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Shodensha. New. 3! / / 18.8 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm / 0.22 kg, Shodensha, 6, Shodensha. New. / / 18.8 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm / 0.22 kg, Shodensha, 6, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. First E… Mehr…

Shodensha. New. 3! / / 18.8 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm / 0.22 kg, Shodensha, 6, Shodensha. New. / / 18.8 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm / 0.22 kg, Shodensha, 6, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Beverly Armstrong (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace edge rubs. Published simultaneously with hard-cover edition, 1971. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Guide to the best of wines produced in California in the late 1960s. The volume concentrates on table wines --- unfortified with 10.5 to 14 percent alcohol --- and, restricted to those wines denominat "premium wines" (not bottled in bulk in gallon or half gallon jugs) with prices ranging from $1.50 to $4 a bottle (the wonders of yesteryear), Text in 5 parts: Part I, Some General Topics; II, The Wineries & Their Wines; III, Sampling of Smaller Wineries; IV, Jug-a-Lug; and V, Conclusion, followed by pointers on how to read/interpret California Wine Labels. The co-authors are both native Californians who toured the famous wine-growing areas of Europe together in their student days, and both teach a course in wine appreciation at the Univ of California in Davis. With the passage of time, the book also marks a milestone in the history of California wineries and their products., Doubleday, 1971, 4, New York:: A Walker Gallery Book,, (1977.). First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large format trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. An "engaging" book on the appeal of owls through the ages, as interpreted by artists and craftsmen over the centuries - from the ancient Greeks and Athena's owl to the powerful symbolism of the owl in Eskimo culture, the depiction by naturalists such as Audobon and Bewick and whimsical interpretions in macrame, feathers, and painted wood. Profusely illustrated, mostly in full color. 72 pp., A Walker Gallery Book, 4, London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Published 1992 by Routledge, London, and simultaneously in the US and Canada by Routledge. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Price sticker on back cover. * From the back of book, a review by J. William Harris, University of NH,""Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who lay out the influential interpretation of the South as a ""paternalistic"" society and culture, and contributions from recent scholars who provide dissenting or alternative interpretations of the relations between masters and slaves, men and women. The essays draw on a wide range of disciplines, including economics, psychology and anthropology to investigate the nature of plantation and family life."" ""Explanatory notes guide the reader through each essay and the editor's introduction places the work in its historical context."" Includes bibliographical references and an Index., Routledge, 1992, 3<

1992, ISBN: 0415070554

[EAN: 9780415070553], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Routledge, London and New York], HISTORY, SLAVERY - SOUTHERN STATES, ECONOMIC ASPECTS WOMEN STATES PSYCHOLOGY, History|Social His… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780415070553], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Routledge, London and New York], HISTORY, SLAVERY - SOUTHERN STATES, ECONOMIC ASPECTS WOMEN STATES PSYCHOLOGY, History|Social History, Literary Collections|American|African-American, History|United States |Civil War Period (1850-1877), Children's Non-fiction|People & Places|United States , Stated: First Published 1992 by Routledge, London, and simultaneously in the US and Canada by Routledge. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Price sticker on back cover. * From the back of book, a review by J. William Harris, University of NH,"Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who lay out the influential interpretation of the South as a "paternalistic" society and culture, and contributions from recent scholars who provide dissenting or alternative interpretations of the relations between masters and slaves, men and women. The essays draw on a wide range of disciplines, including economics, psychology and anthropology to investigate the nature of plantation and family life." "Explanatory notes guide the reader through each essay and the editor's introduction places the work in its historical context." Includes bibliographical references and an Index., Books<

1992, ISBN: 0415070554

[EAN: 9780415070553], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London], J. WILLIAM HARRIS UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE USA SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE SLAVE… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780415070553], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London], J. WILLIAM HARRIS UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE USA SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE SLAVE SOUTH REWRITING HISTORIES, Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who lay out the influential interpretation of the South as a `paternalistic' society and culture, and contributions from more recent scholars who provide dissenting or alternative interpretations of the relations between masters and slaves and men and women. The essays draw on a wide range of disciplines, including economics, psychology and anthropology to investigate the nature of plantation and family life in the South. Explanatory notes guide the reader through each essay and the Editor's introduction places the work in its historiographical context. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<