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Softcover. Nottingham University Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 512 pages, b&w illustrations. A complete and comprehensive history of Iraq's oil and gas industry during the 20th century, this account discusses how the industry has been overshadowed and marginalized by turbulent and violent historical and political events--including numerous coups, revolutions, and the tragic and destructive wars--and gives overdue recognition to its professionals. Providing a balanced and level-headed understanding of the current, grave situation in the country, this account also underscores the difficult relationship between the Iraqi government and the Iraq Petroleum Company while shedding light on how history shaped the industry itself. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 80 pages, color illustrations. In 1954, Roger Vivier invented the stiletto heel with its bold arch to complement the elegant models of Christian Dior. It was Vivier, too, who introduced the first black vinyl thigh-high boots that so flattered the leg, and later the practical square-toed pumps that endowed the urban amazon with her intrepid stride. Combining traditional techniques with bold touches of inspiration, this shoemaker extraordinaire made use of an unforeseen range of materials from fairy-tale embroidery and transparent plastic to metallic kid-skin and metal mesh, bending the conventional inventory of styles to his creative caprices without ever losing sight of his classical resources. Vivier's designs soon brought him into the international spotlight. For one of Rudolf Nureyev's first performances in the free world he created crocodile thigh-high boots, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, gold kid sandals, and for Catherine Deneuve as the infamous belle du jour, the wildly popular square-toed flats with silver buckles. Nicknamed "the king of the heel," this architect of fanciful footwear was always a step ahead of his day. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 161 pages, color illustrations by Barry Moser. A thought-provoking collection of twenty-five stories that reflect the wonder and glory of the origins of the world and humankind. With commentary by the author. Beautifully told by Virginia Hamilton, In the Beginning is a collection of twenty-five creation myth stories that will engage and fascinate readers while introducing them to cultures around the world. Researched extensively by both author and illustrator, each story includes one or more illustrations -- all stunning complements to the text. Each story is followed by author comments explaining its origin.The stories in this book reflect the wonderful range of the human imagination. In an Eskimo myth, for example, the first man pushes his way out of a pea pod. In a story from the Kono people of Guinea, death starts the world. A dramatic myth from China tells that the universe was originally in the shape of a hen's egg - and from this burst the first being. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, E P Dutton & Company, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket, 64 pages. B&w images from the motion picture tell the tale of the wild white stallion of the Camargue in the southern coast of France who is continually hounded by rough horse-breakers. It is little Follco, a primitive fisherboy, who does finally rescue him from them, plunging fearlessly into a choking swamp fire to get him out, then managing to mount and ride him to plunge into the Rhone as it rushes to the sea. We last see them swimming together on and on to a land "where all children and animals are friends" - forever. The movie, on which the book is based, won the Grand Prix for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 296 pages. Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.

Softcover. Raleigh NC, TwoMorrows Publishing, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages illustrated in color. This book looks at hundreds of Tinseltown's motion pictures that made the jump from the silver screen to the comics page, starting from the days of Charlie Chaplin and continuing through to the wonders of Steven Spielberg. Along with comics story pages from the industry's greatest talents-including JACK KIRBY, RUSS MANNING, AL WILLIAMSON, FRANK FRAZETTA, ALEX TOTH, DAN SPIEGLE, WALLACE WOOD, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, GEORGE PEREZ, and WALTER SIMONSON (to name just a few!)-you will discover full-color photo covers, posters, original art, and much more! It's the ultimate reference for films from the Thirties to the Seventies that were adapted to comics, including The Wizard of Oz, Ben-Hur, Around the World in 80 Days, Disney's cinema classics and animated movies, Yellow Submarine, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Alien, The Planet of the Apes series, and many others. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Angel City Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Published in cooperation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this collection of hand-painted poster art features many pieces by the renowned Batiste Madalena as well as other collectible artists. Now Playing tells the highly visual story of the movie posters painted by artists who were commissioned by theater owners in their communities. Unencumbered by having actually seen the films they were promoting, these artists were free to improvise, resulting in dramatically different renderings for the same film. Slide, Powell and Berthelsen present the first comprehensive and original research on this art form, and illustrate it with posters that have been lost to the public eye until now. Clean copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Softcover. London, Monthly Review Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 460 pages. A manuscript of this book was left by Miss Smedley at the time of her death in England in 1950. It has the greatest value both for historians and for the general reader. Miss Smedley spent many evenings over a period of years with Teh, probing his life history, recording his reminiscences and answers to her questions. As a biography of the leader of the Chinese Red Army, therefore, this book is and will remain unique, a priceless documentary source for all historians of the Chinese Revolution, present and future. But it is much more than that. By skillfully weaving the story of Chu Teh into the context of Chinese social and political development, Miss Smedley has succeeded in making modern Chinese history come alive as no other author has done. The drama of the desperately poor peasant boy from a remote region of China who became one of the two principal organizers and guiding spirits of one of the greatest revolutions of all time: this is Miss Smedley's theme, and she handles it superbly.

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 267 pages. This study synthesizes recent research on China's social and economic history, offering a perspective on the four centuries from the Ming Dynasty to the Communist revolution. Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author clarifies the complexities of Chinese society, covering a wide range of topics from population trends, class structure and religion to agriculture, commerce and manufacturing.

Softcover. London/NY, I.B. Tauris, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages, b&w illustrations. "La Reine Margot" is a very modern film, big scale costume drama, but with Chereau's experimental style. Pidduck investigates in graceful style stardom, genre, sexuality and gender in a single film. Patrice Chereau's 1994 film "La Reine Margot" presents a theatrical chiaroscuro Renaissance past where struggles for political and religious power are entwined with plots, poisons and the pleasures and perils of the flesh. Featuring the elusive star Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Perez, the film is renowned for its eroticised and violent depiction of the period. Julianne Pidduck's "Cine-File" does justice to this film, examining it as part of an influential recent cycle of French historical 'super-productions' including "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Germinal" and exploring its social and political contexts, in particular how "La Reine Margot"'s depiction of Renaissance religious intolerance offers a haunting allegory for twentieth-century French and European experience. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 2nd Ed., 1871, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 343 pages, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. The Second Edition, revised and enlarged from the 1869 printing. Front hinge tender, with a one inch tear on edge of spine at top, previous owner's signature on half title and title page. Internally clean.

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 183 pages, 125 photographs, 10 drawings. Showcases the significance of wagon wheels in the American West. The book features numerous illustrations and photographs, highlighting various types of wagons and their wheels. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth, covers stamped with an ornate gilt decoration, top edge gilt, 207 pages, 33 b&w plates. An historical account of the reign of Queen Anne, who was the queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702 to 1714. The book contains detailed biographies of the most important historical figures of the time, including politicians, writers, and military leaders. The author provides a comprehensive overview of the political and social climate of the era, including the War of the Spanish Succession and the Act of Union between England and Scotland. The book is an informative and engaging read for anyone interested in British history and the reign of Queen Anne. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket with fading to spine, 326 pages. Throwim Way Leg is a 1998 book written by Australian scientist Tim Flannery. It documents Flannery's experiences conducting scientific research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Western New Guinea. The book describes the flora and fauna of the island and the cultures of its various peoples. The title is an anglicized spelling of the New Guinean Pidgin "Tromoi Lek," to go on a journey. Flannery recounts his 15 trips to New Guinea beginning in 1981, when he was aged 26. He identifies at least 17 previously undescribed species during this period. clean copy.

Softcover. Stanford University Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 614 pages. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived on as if in a timeless world, their existence little different from that of the generations before them. The author of this lively, often witty, and always provocative work traces how France underwent a veritable crisis of civilization in the early years of the French Republic as traditional attitudes and practices crumbled under the forces of modernization. Local roads and railways were the decisive factors, bringing hitherto remote and inaccessible regions into easy contact with markets and major centers of the modern world. The products of industry rendered many peasant skills useless, and the expanding school system taught not only the language of the dominant culture but its values as well, among them patriotism. By 1914, France had finally become La Patrie in fact as it had so long been in name. Clean copy.

Hardcover. 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 184 pages. Drawing on the latest research, leading scholars shed new light on the culture, society, and legacy of the New Netherland colony. When Henry Hudson, sailing on the Half Moon for the Dutch East India Company, first laid eyes on the entrance to the Hudson River in 1609, a world of seemingly infinite possibilities lay before him and his crew. In 1624 the Dutch would take advantage of these opportunities and create the colony of New Netherland, building homes and communities that stretched from the Delaware Bay up along the Hudson River Valley to present-day Albany, New York. These twelve essays, written by preeminent historians of New Netherland, pull from diverse perspectives--social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and political--to weave together the dynamic and diverse history of the Dutch in America. These scholars explore all aspects of Dutch life, ranging from sailing methods to factional politics to written expressions of love. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 343 pages. Illustrated in black and white, with two color plates. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 312 pages. Remarkable for its scope and erudition, Jorge Arditi's new study offers a fascinating history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the pioneering ideas of Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu, Arditi examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over time. Analyzing courtesy manuals and etiquette books from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century, Arditi shows how the dominant classes of a society were able to create a system of social relations and put it into operation. The result was an infrastructure in which these classes could successfully exert power. He explores how the ecclesiastical authorities of the Middle Ages, the monarchies from the fifteenth through the seventeenth century, and the aristocracies during the early stages of modernity all forged their own codes of manners within the confines of another, dominant order. Arditi goes on to describe how each of these different groups, through the sustained deployment of their own forms of relating with one another, gradually moved into a position of dominance. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 246 pages. This is a major survey of the social and cultural history of sexuality in early modern Europe. Within a frame that includes the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, it weaves together statistical findings, discussions of changing sexual ideology, and evidence of belief structures regarding family, religion, science, crime, and deviance. While broad in overall scope and coverage, the transformations are framed to highlight the narrative of change over time within each domain. By emphasizing the interrelationship between practices and ideological change - in family form, religious organization, medical logic, legal structures, and notions of deviancy - Katherine Crawford's accessible survey reveals how these changes produced the conditions in which our modern notions of sexuality were developed. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 284 pages. James Melton's accessible study examines the rise of "the public" in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on England, France, and the German-speaking territories, this is the first critical reassessment of what the philosopher Jurgen Habermas called the "bourgeois public sphere" of the eighteenth century. Topics include the growing importance of public opinion in political life, transformations of the literary public realm, eighteenth-century authorship, theater publics, and new practices of sociability as they developed in salons, coffeehouses, taverns and Masonic lodges. Clean copy.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st pbk, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 611 pages. In the thirteenth century the French kings won ascendancy over France, while France achieved political and cultural supremacy over western Europe. Based on French sources, this meticulously documented study provides an account of how Philip Augustus (1179-1223) brought about this transformation of royal power. Light marking, highlighting to about 50 pages.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket that has sunning to edges, 383 pages. a fascinating history of a fourteenth-century village, Montaillou, in the mountainous region of southern France, almost destroyed by internal feuds and religious heterodoxy. Ladurie's portrait is based on a detailed register of Jacques Fournier, Bishop of Pamiers and future Pope Benedict XII, who conducted rigorous inquisition into heresy within his diocese. Fournier was a consummate inquisitor, an acute psychologist who was able to elicit from the accused the innermost secrets of their thoughts and actions. He was pitiless in the pursuit of error, and meticulous in recording that pursuit. LeRoy Ladurie analyzes the behavior, demography, social mentality, and cosmology of the community of peasants and shepherds, and vividly evokes the daily life of the village and mountain pastures.

Softcover. NY/London, Verso Books, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 378 pages. The emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of consciousness itself to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. Now that the printed page may become a thing of the past, The Coming of the Book is more pertinent than ever. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Carroll & Graf, 1st US, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 327 pages. In an extraordinary drama sweeping across seventeenth-century France, this probing biography of Cardinal Richelieu explores how a man of steely intelligence and ruthless ambition not only fulfilled his dreams of social prestige, personal wealth, and political power but at the same time realized his vision of a France unified as much by its culture as by its king. Clean copy.