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THE RHETORICAL READER, CONSISTING OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULATING THE VOICE, WITH A RHETORICAL NOTATION, ILLUSTRATING INFLECTION, EMPHASIS AND MODULATION; AND A COURSE OF RHETORICAL EXERCISES
by Porter, Ebenezer, D.D.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Second Edition.
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- 1849
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- Full-Leather
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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€24.28
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New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1849. Second Edition. . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Porter, an early 19th Century Congregational minister and seminary teacher, wrote several works on rhetoric and speech, on what he called the "art of reading." This book, "The Rhetorical Reader," was intended for use in academies and high schools and was issued in over… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NEXT CENTURY
by Halberstam, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Printing, First Trade Edition.
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780688103910
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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€10.97
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New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halberstam's eleventh book was written at the beginning of the last decade of the 20th Century, giving its author a sweeping view and penetrating analysis of world and national political and economic history over the past fifty years but equally as fascinating… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ACCIDENTAL THEORIST
by Krugman, Paul
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- Used - Near Fine to Fine
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- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
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- 1998
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780393318876
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€8.87
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New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. A collection of essays by this well-known economics analyst and columnist, written between 1995 and 1997, many appearing in Krugman's regular column in "Slate" or the "New York Times;" text is tight, square and clean with no underlining or… Read more about this item Item Price
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COURTS ON TRIAL: Myth and Reality in American Justice
by Frank, Jerome D., M.D., Ph.D.
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- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
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- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
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- 1963
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- Trade Paperback
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€8.17
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New York: Atheneum, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback; Atheneum 27; a classic, comprehensive analysis of the American legal system and its trial courts' ability to provide justice for all citizens, as appropriate today as when first published in the 1950s; First Printing of the First Atheneum Edition;… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WAR GAME
by Horowitz, Irving Louis
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- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1963
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- Mass Market Paperback
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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€11.21
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Ballantine S 705; Professor Horowitz's now-classic studies of the 'new' civilian militarists, written in the early years of the Vietnam War, seem equally appropriate and applicable today when men with little connection with the military make military policy,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HUMAN ZOO
by Morris, Desmond
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good Plus
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- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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€10.74
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Morris followed his bestselling "The Naked Ape," a brutally frank look at the human animal, with this work, an equally honest scrutiny of the society which humanity has created for itself; hardcover; First Printing of the First U.S. Edition; text is clean,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GREAT DIVIDE: Second Thoughts On The American Dream
by Terkel, Studs
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394570532
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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€13.77
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Terkel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War," revisits Americans and the American Dream in the 1980s to find an America increasingly divided by politics, economics, religion and philosophy, forgetting truth in pursuit of the trivial. Light remainder mark on top edge,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING: A Young Man Looks At Youth's Dissent
by Gerzon, Mark
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1970
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- Mass Market Paperback
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€7.94
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New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage paperback, Paperback Library 66-277; Gerzon was twenty in 1969 when he completed this analysis of the under-30 generation's alienation from middle class culture, systematically examining a wide range of issues including the draft, civil rights, war protest, poverty programs, drugs and… Read more about this item Item Price
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SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND SCHIZOPHRENICS
by Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
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- Used - Near Fine to Fine
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- First Edition Thus, Later Printing.
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- 1982
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780520047860
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€11.91
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Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Now considered a landmark work in sociology and anthropology, winner of the 1981 Margaret Mead Award, this beautifully written, sympathetic and sensitive study of mental illness in rural Ireland was seen as a classic work from its… Read more about this item Item Price
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LAW AND PSYCHOLOGY IN CONFLICT
by Marshall, James
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- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
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- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
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- 1969
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- Trade Paperback
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€6.07
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New York: Doubleday & Co., 1969. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Anchor A654; Marshall uses a large body of psychological studies and data to show that the American system of adversarial trial law is often a game of make-believe, that the perception and recollection of witnesses are so… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA
by Bedau, Hugo Adam, Editor
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- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1964
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- Mass Market Paperback
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€10.74
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New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Anchor Books A387; this anthology, edited by Bedau with contributions from experts with a wide range of opinions is still considered an authoritative and balanced presentation of the legal, moral, social and historical issues surrounding the use of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PURPLE DECADES
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
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- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374239275
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€15.64
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Readings from Wolfe's writing of the 1960's & '70's, chosen by the author and including selections from the "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Right Stuff;' dustjacket art also by Wolfe; spine is deeply creased, but book still whole and tight;… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOUL MATES
by Moore, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good
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- About Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060169282
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€8.22
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New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The companion volume to Moore's bestselling "Care Of The Soul" explores the difficulties and rewards of relationships; First Printing of the First Edition; dustjacket is rubbed, somewhat worn.
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