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16 New York City Metrocards (doubles noted in parentheses) issued by the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) dating from 2013-2016.7 of the cards are from the "Poetry in Motion" series with the following poems: "Noche de Lluvia" by Aracelis Girmay (2); "Riverbed" excerpt by Seamus Heaney (2); "Ragtime" by Kevin Young (1); "West of Rest is Sleep" by Jeffrey Yang (2).7 of the cards with public service messaging: Subway Emergency Instructions (1 in English, 1 in Spanish); "Don't Become a Statistic" (2); Air Train JFK (1); "It's 9:00am, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" (1); Instructions to Parents About Safe Rides for their Kids (1).2 of the cards are commemorative: Grand Central Grand Centennial with clock illustration (1); NFL (National Football League)/NY-NJ 48th Superbowl Host Committee with football & skyline illustration (1).

Manhattan (New York, New York) Telephone business directory for 1983-1984 for area code 212 (at that time, the only area code for all 5 boroughs of the city of New York).(MCN # 50968). Per the inside front cover note: "this issue corrected to December 17, 1982". Pages yellowed but not brittle. Alphabetized by business category. Hundreds of business listings including professional listings such as attorneys, podiatrists, dentists, physicians, etc. Also includes a 70-page Index. Vivid reflection of business activity in 1980s Manhattan. The front & back cover half-page color photographs of typical NYC street scenes of the time were taken by photographer Stephen Green-Armytage.

Ex-Library Book. 1992 Conference articles on the concepts & methods of concurrent engineering in manufacturing including: Two Stage M.M.I.S. Models, rapid proto-typing, the "Magic Matrix" & concurrent CAPP & CAPM and with discussions of advanced applications within an industrial framework. With black & white line illustrations, photographs, graphs, & tables. Concurrent engineering has been defined as the "design of a product and simultaneously design of the tools to produce it."Synonyms: simultaneous engineering, parallel engineering.

26 original articles by over 20 authors on a very wide variety of medico-legal subjects as well as 2 actual & factual excerpts from medical testimony transcripts. Includes a Table of Contents, Appendix with 11 x-rays & other illustrations; each chapter has a separate Bibliography. Of historical interest on the state of medicine and the law in the mid-20th century. Many of the basic principles noted in these interesting articles still hold true today. Pages are made of good quality paper but are somewhat yellowed. Readable format.

Reading Copy. This is the 1943 English language translation of the 1939 French novel "Les Javanais" [The Javanese] by Jean Malaquais (1908-1998) (pen name of Vladimir Jan Pavel Israel Pinkus Malacki). The author was awarded the 1939 Rinaudot Prize for this novel. Per a review by Benjamin Ivry: the novel is a "gritty narrative based on slang terms of popular speech" about 200 workers, mostly foreigners, employed for the grueling mining work in a British-owned lead and silver mine in the south of France. Per Andre Gide letter to the author: the novel has "an epic grandeur, at once comical and tragic..." Per Leon Trotsky's review: the novel "never lapsed into propaganda."

Miscellaneous "Monopoly: The Simpsons Board Game" paper ephemera as follows: 1) paper money (4 - $500 bills with Mr. Burns' image; 9 - $100 bills with Abe's image; 5 - $20 bills with Homer's image; 5 - $10 bills with Bart's image; 22 - $1 bills with Maggie's image)2) 1 Community Chest card - "Pay Hospital $100"3) 9 Title Deed cards: 3 red cards (Ye Olde Off-Ramp Inn, Sleep-Eazy Motel, Rancho Relaxo); 2 green cards (Krustylu Studios, Itchy & Scratchy Land); 2 medium blue card (Springfield Glen County Club, Burns Manor); 1 orange card (Barney's Bowl-a-Rama); 1 light blue card (Kwik-E-Mart).Useful for collectors & for replacing lost/torn monopoly game paper money & cards.

Great Courses Music Appreciation Course - 6 DVDs with 24 lectures; 45 minutes/lecture; with illustrated 224 pg. Course Guidebook. "Explore the fascinating & surprising connections between famous music & historic events led by celebrated composer & music historian Robert Greenberg."Disc 1: Music and History, Madrigals and Maps; Handel: Water Music; Mozart: The Abduction from the Harem; Haydn: Mass in the Time of WarDisc 2: Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata; Beethoven: Wellington's Victory; Berlioz/de L'Isle: "La Marseillaise" ; Chopin: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12Disc 3: Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March; Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25; Gottschalk: The UnionDisc 4: Verdi: Nabucco; Wagner: The Ring; Dvorák: From the New World Symphony; Balakirev: Symphony No. 1Disc 5: Jánacek: Piano Sonata I.X.1905; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel; Holst: Ode to Death; Berg: WozzeckDisc 6: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13; Copland: Symphony No. 3; Górecki: Symphony No. 3; Crumb:… Read More

This is the 1990 authorized Greek language version of the original 1987 Time-Life English language book entitled "Mystic Places". Numerous glossy & color illustrations & photographs.
Transliterated Greek title: Mystikistikes Theseis.
Book Condition: good condition with intact binding however the front cover's 5 1/2" square glued-on color illustration by Lloyd K. Townsend of the Sphinx with a pyramid & eye in the background is missing; there is a 1" vertical light orange line on the front cover.
Description: Table of Contents: Essay: Paradise Lost; Chapt. 1: Atlantis - The Eternal Quest; Essay: Realm of Unfathomed Mysteries; Chapt. 2: Secrets of the Great Pyramid; Essay: The Stone Sentinels; Chapt. 3: The Meaning of the Megaliths; Essay: Along the Leys; Chapt. 4: Pictures on the Earth; Essay: Glyphs for the Gods; Chapt. 5: An Interior World; Bibliography; Index.