ATWOOD, MARGARET

In Other Worlds: Sf and the Human Imagination

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008481. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; "This book brings together her three heretofore unpublished Ellmann Lectures from 2010: "Flying Rabbits," which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; "Burning Bushes," which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and "Dire Cartographies," which investigates Utopias and Dystopias. In Other Worlds also includes some of Atwood's key reviews and thoughts about the form. Among those writers discussed are Marge Piercy, Rider Haggard, Ursula Le Guin, Ishiguro, Bryher, Huxley, and Jonathan Swift. She elucidates the differences (as she sees them) between "science fiction" proper, and "speculative fiction," as well as between "sword and sorcery/fantasy" and "slipstream fiction."". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21465

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0771008481 Science Fiction Ursula Leguin marge Piercy Essays

AUBé (EDITOR), JEFFREY

Synthetic Probes for the Study of Biological Function

Frankfurt am Main: Beilstein Institut, 2013. Softcover. Light wear to white card covers. ; A bright, solid book, text in English ; Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a series of articles by various authors on a specific subject, roughly 150 pages.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17559

Catalogue: Science::Chemistry

Keywords: Gold Organic Chemistry Journal catalysis SCIENCE

AUSTIN, LEWIS

Saints & Samurai the Political Culture of the American and Japanese Elites

London: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0300018614. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's embossed stamp on title page, sticker damage lower back panel of DJ, light soiling ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Yale Studies in Political Science #27; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20942

Catalogue: Political Science

Keywords: 0300018614 Political Science

AXEN, DAVID; DOUGLAS BRYMAN AND MARTIN COMYN (EDITORS)

The Vancouver Meeting, Particles & Fields '91, Volume 2: Vancouver, B.C. , Canada, 18

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 1992. Hardcover. ISBN: 9810209878. Light edge wear; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1220 pages; A series on papers presented at the titled conference. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11333

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 9810209878 Science Physics SCIENCE

BAK, BORGE

Elementary Introduction to Molecular Spectra

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth boards show some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles front and spine (faded) ; 125 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19558

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: spectrum molecular SCIENCE

BALL, NORMAN R.

"Mind, Heart and Vision" Professional Engineering in Canada 1887 to 1987

Canada: National Museum Of Science And Technology, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0660120003. Price clipped DJ shows only light wear, bottom fore corner bumped. attractive gift notation verso of FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 183 pages; Pictorial views and description of Civil Engineering achievements in Canada from 1887 until 1987. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14704

Catalogue: Science::Civil Engineering

Keywords: 0660120003 Engineer Professional engineer Civil Engineer Architecture Canada SCIENCE Architecture

BARYAKHTAR, VICTOR & VICTOR BAR'YAKHTAR & VALERIE KUKHAR' & IVAN LOS' & VLADIMIR KHOLOSHA & VYACHESLAV SHESTOPALOV & GEORGE J. VARGO

The Chornobyl Accident a Comprehensive Risk Assessment

Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1574770829. Glossy, paper covered, illustrated boards show slight wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 271 pages; "The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chornobyl nuclear power plant since the April 1986 accident, present a comprehensive review of the accident. In addition, they present a risk assessment of the remains of the destroyed reactor and its surrounding shelter, Chornobyl radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, and environmental contamination in the region. The authors explore such questions as the risks posed by a collapse of the shelter, radionuclide migration from storage and disposal facilities in the exclusion zone, and transfer from soil to vegetation and its potential regional impact. The answers to these questions provide a scientific basis for the development of countermeasures against the Chornobyl accident in particular and the mitigation of environmental radioactive contamination in general. They also provide an important basis for understanding the human health and ecological risks posed by the accident.". Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18416

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 1574770829 chernobyl Nuclear power HISTORY SCIENCE

BERGMANN, LUDWIG & CLEMENS SCHAEFER & WILHELM RAITH

Constituents of Matter Atoms, Molecules, Nuclei and Particles

Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co, 1997. Hardcover. ISBN: 3110139901. Head of spine bumped, otherwise as new ; Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, bright, solid book, text unmarked ; B&W Illustrations; 9.8 X 7.0 X 1.8 inches; 902 pages; "Originally published as part of the renowned Bergmann-Schaefer textbook series on experimental physics, this volume fills an important void by providing a thorough treatment of the basic: atoms, molecules, nuclei, and particles. Written by experimentalists, it forms a unique compendium of our practical knowledge of the basic elements While keeping all of the rigor necessary for a clean treatment, the authors go beyond theory and describe major experimental results that give readers a clear view of the practical side of nature.". Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19565

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: 3110139901 Physics matter SCIENCE

BLESZINSKI, CLIFF & JOSHUA ORTEGA & ROD FERGUSSON

Sous la Surface: Une Plongée Dans le Monde de Gears of War 2

Epic Games, 2008. Hardcover. Illustrated by Chris Perna. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, as new. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is the French language version of Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2 and would have been included with the Frech language version of the game. It gives some background for the game. Part number X15-05135-02. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17119

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Games

Keywords: Gears of war French Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

BLOOM, HOWARD

The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 161614551X. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, erasure marks and trace of wite-out on front free endpaper.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 708 pages; "God’s war crimes, Aristotle’s sneaky tricks, Einstein’s pajamas, information theory’s blind spot, Stephen Wolfram’s new kind of science, and six monkeys at six typewriters getting it wrong. What do these have to do with the birth of a universe and with your need for meaning? Everything, as you’re about to see. How does the cosmos do something it has long been thought only gods could achieve? How does an inanimate universe generate stunning new forms and unbelievable new powers without a creator? How does the cosmos create?". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21561

Catalogue: Science::Astronomy

Keywords: 161614551X Creation Science SCIENCE

BLOOM, HOWARD K.

The Lucifer Principle a Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. Later Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0871136643. Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 6.03 X 1.3 X 9.12 inches; 466 pages; "The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. In a sweeping narrative that moves lucidly among sophisticated scientific disciplines and covers the entire span of the earth’s, as well as mankind’s, history, Howard Bloom challenges some of our most popular scientific assumptions. Drawing on evidence from studies of the most primitive organisms to those on ants, apes, and humankind, the author makes a persuasive case that it is the group, or ‘superorganism,” rather than the lone individual that really matters in the evolutionary struggle.". Very Good .

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Book number: 21087

Catalogue: Science::History::Behavior

Keywords: 0871136643 Science Genetics Human behavior evil HISTORY SCIENCE

MARTí I FRANQUèS & JOSEP GRAU & JOSEP BONET (EDITORS)

La Química de L'aire

Tarragona: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2011. Facsimile. Hardcover. ISBN: 8484241912. Boards show some shelf wear, light soiling. Small bump on top front board edge, small bumps to top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name heavily inked out on FFEP, which has bled through to first few pages. ; A tight solid book. ; 9.53 X 6.10 X 0.79 inches; 221 pages; Facsimile copy of 'Chemistry of Air', originally published in 1795 with notes by Grau and Bonet. Martí i Franquès was a 18th C. scientist who studied the properties of air. Text is in Spanish, Catalan and English. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17937

Catalogue: Science::Chemistry

Keywords: 8484241912 SCIENCE

BöRNER, GERHARD

The Early Universe

Berlin: Springer, 2004. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 3540441972. Only slight wear to dark blue boards, ; A bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 9.30 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 700 pages; This fourth edition of Börner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just updated version. In particular, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. And problem sections are also added. In the centre are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: The standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory and the questions of structure formation. Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16447

Catalogue: Science::Astronomy

Keywords: 3540441972 cosmology Physics quantum field theory Astronomy

BRADBURY, RAY

Quicker Than the Eye

New York: Avon Books, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0380973804. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ is crisp and clean, Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 261 pages; "The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17817

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0380973804 Science Fiction short stories

BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER

The Forest House

New York: Viking, 1994. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670844543. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Avalon #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 417 pages; Avalon is a prequel to Bradley's classic Mists of Avalon series. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21606

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 0670844543 avalon Eilan Gaius Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy