BARNETT, STEVE (edited by).

The Nissan Report. An Inside look at how a World-Class Japanese Company makes products that make a difference.

New York. Currency Doubleday. 1992. Cloth. Dustwrapper. 189pp. Very good. ISBN 0385421273.

Worpsweder AntiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 771250

Catalogue: Japan

Conquest, Robert

A World of Difference

New York, Ballantine Books, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Ballantine Books U2213. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 26630

Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: SCIENCE FICTION, VINTAGE PAPERBACKS

Robert Conquest

A World of Difference

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Better known as a poet and historian, this is Conquest's first novel, a sci-fi treat set in 2007 and described as "a fast-moving story of conspiracy and love among the planets." Light toning to endpapers, but otherwise all is in VG+ clean, crisp and bright internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Smart black boards with bright cream titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, a little faded to spine, in protective sleeve. A very nice copy of a scarce novel. 12mo. 192pp . Very Good/Very Good.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 104856

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: IOBA25

Robert Conquest

A World of Difference

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon science-fiction novel set in the early twenty-first century, written by Robert Conquest. The first edition. With the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Uncommon work. Written by Anglo-American author, poet and editor, Robert Conquest, who was well known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre, notably for producing the Spectrum Anthologies with Kingsley Amis. This particular novel is set a few decades after World War Three, in the year 2007, surrounding the story of four friends as they seek new ways to achieve independence from an increasingly-controlling government. With a "complicated and discursive plot combining political speculation with a remotely told scientific adventure centred on a new "photon drive" which is destined to give humanity a chance to reach beyond the solar system", John Flute, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online.With the ownership stamp of B. Forshaw, British broadcaster and journalist. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Owners stamp and pen annotation to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very good, with light edge wear and the odd closed tear. A little sunning to the spine and light soiling to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 908Q28

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Robert Conquest A World of Difference science-fiction dust wrapper A World of Difference None

HOLLENDER, JEFFREY; CATLING, LINDA

How to Make the World a Better Place: 116 Ways You Can Make a Difference

New York, Norton, 1995. Ed.: Reprint, 21 Cm. Paperback. ISBN: 0393312917. A Very Good paperback with lightly rubbed covers. Clean, tight, unmarked. -. Very Good/Wraps.

George Cross BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 26718

Catalogue: Self Help

Keywords: Self Help 0393312917

Audrey Howard

A World of Difference

Coronet Books 1996 Paperback, 583pp. By the author of THE SKYLARK'S SONG and THE MALLOW YEARS. Cosseted heiress Jenna Townley marries ambitious Conal MacRae despite her father's disapproval. Can she triumph over the past and keep both the legacy and the man she was meant to love?. (ISBN: 9780340639757). Fair.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1109615

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Foreign Languages9780340639757 9780340639757

Johnson, Barbara

A World of Difference

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1987. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii,225 pp.. Some pencilled underlinings & notes. Good.
¶ Contents: Introduction; Nothing Fails Like Success; Rigorous Unreliability;Is Writerliness Conservative?; Gender Theory and the Yale School; Deconstruction, Feminism, and Pedagogy; Significant Gaps: A Hound, a Bay Horse, and a Turtle Dove: Obscurity in "Walden"; Erasing Panama: Mallarmé and the Text of History; Teaching Ignorance: "L'Ecole des Femmes"; Poetic Differences: Strange Fits: Poe and Wordsworth on the Nature of Poetic Language; Disfiguring Poetic Language; Les Fleurs du Mal Armé: Some Reflections on Intertextuality; Other Inflections of Difference: Mallarmé as Mothert; My Monster / My Self; Metaphor, Metonymy, and Voice in "Their Eyes Were Watching God"; Thresholds of Difference: Structures of Address in Zora Neale Hurston; Apostrophe, Animation, and Abortion. Bibliography: p. 213-222; Includes index.

Expatriate Bookshop of DenmarkProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS015990I

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Literature, , , , , , ,

Kuoni

Kuoni Far East: a world of difference

Kuoni, 2001.Paper covers.Fine/No Jacket.Scarcely used. In English.1.0 kg.

Acanthophyllum BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 44445

Catalogue: Travel Guides

LEADBETTER (Charles)

Mechanick Dialling: or, the New Art of Shadows: freed from many Obscurities, Superfluities and Errors of Former Writers upon this Subject, The whole laid down after so plain a Method that any Person (tho' a Stranger to the Art) with a Pair of Compasses and Common Ruler only, may make a Dial upon any Plane for any Place in the World, as well as those who have attained to the greatest Knowledge and Perfection in Mathematicks. Illustrated with many Copper Plates, and examples of Dials for London, Exeter, Bristol, Worcester, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich, Lincoln, Chester, Liverpool, York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Durham, Edinburgh, Dublin, &c. To which are added, 1. A Choice of Mottos in Latin and English. 2. A New and Correct Alphabetical Table of the most eminent Cities, Towns, in the whole World; shewing the Elevation of the Pole, and the Difference of their Meridian from London. 3. The bart and most approved Methods of Painting Sun Dials.

London: Printed for Edward Wicksteed at the Black Swan in Newgate-Street, 1737. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 22, 17-193, [1] pp., 12 folding engraved plates, illustrations in the text, a few leaves slightly soiled, minor water-stain to upper outer corner of first few leaves, contemporary calf, corners rubbed, spine ruled in gilt, morocco label. Charles Leadbetter, writer on astronomy and practical mathematics, was born on 26 September 1681 in the village of Cronton, Lancashire. An early interest in practical astronomy is presumed from his Mechanick Dialling (1737), which includes a vertical sundial for a wall facing exactly 21°10' west of south, for the latitude of Cronton. Wallis, British Mathematic, 717LEA37.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31019

Keywords: Mathematics TECHNOLOGY

MARCUS, JULIE

A World of Difference: Islam and Gender Hierarchy in Turkey

London, Zed Books. 1992. (ISBN: 9781856491860). Paperback. Used, Paperback. Covers' corners are slightly worn and creased. A few minor marks on page block. Text is clear throughout on sound, clean pages. TS. Very Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 467383

Catalogue: Gender & Sexuality Studies

Keywords: 9781856491860

MAYFIELD, JAMES B.

One Can Make A Difference: The Challenges and Opportunities of Dealing with World Poverty

Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A. University Press of America, Inc. 1997. (ISBN: 9780761807155). paperback. Used, Softcover. Deals with "The Role of Rural Development Facilitators (RDFs) in the process of Rural Development". Rather scuffed softcover with a few superficial abrasions. Spine ends and leading corners a little worn. Pages white and clean. Text bright and tight. AF. Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 261304

Catalogue: Culture/Civilization/Society

Keywords: 9780761807155

PEACE, ADRIAN

A World of Fine Difference. The Social Architecture of a Modern Irish Village.

University College Dublin Press. 2001, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1 900621 60 6) Soft cover. Book, 157 p. Good.

Antiquariaat Het KofschipProfessional seller

Book number: 017155

Keywords: 1900621606

Reedman, A. & Shimazaki, Y.

A world of difference: 40 years of the CCGR in E. & S.E. Asia (CCOP) 1966-2006

CCGP, Bangkok, 2006.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 9742263868.Fine/V.g. Signed by the authors on t.p.Slight edge wear to jacket. In English.1 kg.

Acanthophyllum BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 20341

Catalogue: Geology

Keywords: 9742263868

Schopke, G., ed. / Pittinger, J., transl. German/English

Greece - . A World of Cruises, A World of Difference

Cruise World Society - Epirotiki, z.j., kleurenfoto's, geb.harde kaft, 23x32 cm., als nieuw. porto 3,90.

KastenvolPrivate seller

Book number: 168204258

Keywords: overig diverse

SINE, TOM.

The Mustard Seed Conspiracy. You Can Make a Difference in Tomorrow's Troubled World.

London: MARC. 1981. "Sets out some of the challenges we are likely to face in the next two decades, then shows how we can find God's clear direction as we explore creative responses to these opportunities. His arguments are studded with practical examples - from across the world of how God is already working for change through his people". Pp 312, slight toning to pages. P/b. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 25516

Catalogue: Christianity

Keywords: Sine Mustard Seed Conspiracy Christianity God 22336 Christianity