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Zarathustra and ZoroastrianismStausberg, Michael
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Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism


Stausberg, Michael

softcover. Oakville, Ca, Equinox Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures in center.

Record # 470279


Price: $23.00 

 

Ancestral House - The Black Short Story in the Americas and Europe. by: Rowell (Editor), Charles H.

Softcover. Boulder, Westview Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600 pages. Clean, tight copy. An anthology of 70 short stories by writers of African descent. The authors are from Europe and the Americas (about half of them from the United States), and they include Alice Walker, Hal Bennett and John Edgar Wideman. Record # 511672
Price: $15.00 

AT THE DAWN OF TYRANNY: The Origins of Individualism, Political Oppression and the State. by: Sagan, Eli
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AT THE DAWN OF TYRANNY: The Origins of Individualism, Political Oppression and the State. by: Sagan, Eli

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and light fading to dust jacket. Record # 470099
Price: $12.00 

Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case by: Morrison, Toni
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Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case by: Morrison, Toni

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 418 pages. Softcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 468234
Price: $12.00 

 

Boadicea's Chariot - The Warrior Queens by: Fraser, Antonia

Hardcover. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations. 383 pages. Record # 69786
Price: $12.00 

 

Cinema Journal - Fall 1998 - Volume 37 - No. 2 by: Cinema Journal

Softcover. Champaign, University of Illinois, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages plus ads. Softcover. Features: Karen Hollinger on the Popular Lesbian Film, Jenny Kwok Wah Lau on Hong Kong Comedy of the 1980's, Kenneth Chan on Black Action Films of the 1990's, Asuman Suner on M. Butterfly, Carl Plantinga on Unforgiven, David Bordwell, Stuart Minnis and Peter Lehman on Pluralism in Film Studies. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 611335
Price: $12.00 

 

Confucius Lives Next Door. What Living in the East Teaches us About Living in the West. by: Reid, T. R.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Maroon boards, black cloth spine, gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803495
Price: $12.00 

Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson: His Own Story by: Jackson, Eugene W. IISides, Gwendolyn St. Julian
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Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson: His Own Story by: Jackson, Eugene W. II Sides, Gwendolyn St. Julian

Hardcover. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, hardcover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. At age 6, Eugene Jackson was tap dancing for nickels and dimes on the streets of Los Angeles. Soon after, Jackson landed the role of "Pineapple" in Hal Roach's enduring 1924 comedy series "Our Gang." A true trailblazer, Jackson opened the door for other African American entertainers. In his first-ever autobiographical work, Jackson recounts his remarkable career in show business as an actor, comic, singer, dancer and musician. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33754
Price: $18.00 

Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African American Kinship in the Civil War Era by: Berlin, Ira
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Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African American Kinship in the Civil War Era by: Berlin, Ira

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, New Press, 1st, 1997-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466184
Price: $12.00 

 

Fifties, The by: Halberstam, David

hardcover. New York, Villard Books, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 800 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light fading to spine, foil lettering. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center. Record # 469611
Price: $12.00 

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by: Wexler, Laura
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Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by: Wexler, Laura

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 2003, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Small stain to fore edge. Price sticker residue to front cover. Creasing to some pages, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468287
Price: $12.00 

Frederick Douglass by: McFeely, William S.
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Frederick Douglass by: McFeely, William S.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 465 pages. Hardcover. Foxing to dust jacket and fore edge. Creasing to some pages, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468288
Price: $12.00 

 

From Workshop to Warfare: The Lives of Medieval Women by: Adams, Carol, Partley, Paula, Bourdillon, Hilary, & Loxton, Cathy

Softcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Record # 804050
Price: $12.00 

Hoop Roots: Basketball, Race, and Love by: Wideman, John Edgar
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Hoop Roots: Basketball, Race, and Love by: Wideman, John Edgar

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, arc, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages. Softcover. Light edgewear to wrappers. Advanced Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. Record # 470045
Price: $12.00 

IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry
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IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 404 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations and photographs. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 404 pages. Record # 467422 Record # 467422
Price: $12.00 

JUMP UP AND SAY: A Collection of Black Storytelling by: Goss, Linda
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JUMP UP AND SAY: A Collection of Black Storytelling by: Goss, Linda

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Touchstone, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 301 pages. Softcover. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468291
Price: $12.00 

Kafka and Prague by: Bauer, Johann Transl. Falla, P.S., Illust. by: Pollak, Isidor
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Kafka and Prague by: Bauer, Johann Transl. Falla, P.S., Illust. by: Pollak, Isidor

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1st thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 191 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several large closed tears and folds, though its degradation has since been slowed by a plastic sleeve. Gray cloth covers with black text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. By providing evidence of the inseparable connection between the details of Kafka's life, the physical, social, and cultural surroundings in which it took place, and his imaginative products, this book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Kafka. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34467
Price: $14.00 

Last Train North, The by: Taulbert, Clifton L.
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Last Train North, The by: Taulbert, Clifton L.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Tulsa , Council Oak Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated end papers. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468224
Price: $12.00 

Lincoln and Black Freedom: A Study in Presidential Leadership by: Cox, Lawanda C. Fenlason
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Lincoln and Black Freedom: A Study in Presidential Leadership by: Cox, Lawanda C. Fenlason

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1st, 1982-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Light edgewear and tearing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 466149
Price: $12.00 

My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics Of Early African-American Literature by: Wideman, John Edgar
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My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics Of Early African-American Literature by: Wideman, John Edgar

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Running Press, 1st , 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1270 pages. Gilt titles on spine. Some stains to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468025
Price: $12.00 

One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream by: Vine, Phyllis
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One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream by: Vine, Phyllis

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.hardcover. New York, Amistad, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs in center, Crease/wrinkle in dust jacket on rear bottom edge, otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Record # 468500
Price: $12.00 

Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, The by: McManners (editor), John
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Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, The by: McManners (editor), John

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 768 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color and Black and white photographs. Tape repair on dust jacket, some edgewear. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468250
Price: $12.00 

Racism by: Froman, Robert
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Racism by: Froman, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 156 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket price-clipped, and the spine shows light fading, but it has since been protected by a clear plastic sleeve. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book compares the scientific concept of race with the social practice of racism, with special attention given to race relations in the United States. Clean copy. Record # 34490
Price: $55.00 

Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age by: Clary, David A.
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Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age by: Clary, David A.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.softcover. New York, Hachette Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover, light edgewear to wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Record # 470087
Price: $12.00