‎Biographie‎

‎Wali, K. C.‎

‎Chandra : a biography of S. Chandrasekhar‎

‎Red octavo, gilt to spine, x, 341 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography. || Contents: Prologue: Tracking the Legend of Chandrasekhar -- The Simple and True -- Choosing the Unconventional: A Family Trait -- Determined To Pursue Science: Lahore and Madras, 1910-1930 -- Discoveries, Personal and Scientific: Cambridge and Copenhagen, 1930-1933 -- Fellow of Trinity College: Cambridge, 1933-1934 -- The Absurd Behavior of Stars: Eddington and the White Dwarfs: Cambridge, 1934-1935 -- "I Must Push On in My Directions": Cambridge and Harvard, 1935-1936 -- Lalitha: Madras, 1936 -- Scientist in the Midst of Political Turmoil: Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1937-1952 -- The Autocrat of the Editor's Desk: The Astrophysical Journal: Chicago, 1952-1971 -- In the Lonely Byways of Science: Chicago, 1972-1989 -- Epilogue: Conversations with Chandra.‎

‎Stewart, J. I. M.‎

‎Myself and Michael Innes a memoir‎

‎Octavo in red DJ, 206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of b&w plates, b&w illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Authors, Scottish -- 20th century -- Biography. Stewart, J. I. M. (John Innes Mackintosh), 1906-1994. Detective and mystery fiction.‎

‎Catherine, of Siena, Saint; Scudder, Vida Dutton (editor and translator)‎

‎Saint Catherine of Siena as seen in her letters‎

‎Dark blue octavo, gilt to spine, gilt design of book and flower to front board, x, 352 pages, 21 cm. Bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. || Women saints -- Correspondence, Biography. Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380.‎

‎Carswell, John‎

‎The romantic rogue being the singular life and adventures of Rudolph Eric Raspe, creator of Baron Munchausen‎

‎Octavo in white DJ, vi, 277 pages, b&w illustrations ; 23 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Librarians -- Germany -- Biography.‎

‎Moore, Kenny‎

‎Bowerman and the men of Oregon the story of Oregon's legendary coach and Nike's cofounder‎

‎Octavo in white DJ, xvi, 432 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Signed and inscribed by author. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || No man has affected more runners in more ways than Bill Bowerman. During his 24-year tenure as track coach at the University of Oregon, he won four national team titles and his athletes set 13 world and 22 American records. He also ignited the jogging boom, invented the waffle-sole running shoe that helped establish Nike, and coached the US track and field team at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. With the full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike, plus years of taped interviews with friends, relatives, students, and competitors, two-time Olympic marathoner Kenny Moore -- himself one of Bowerman's champion athletes -- brilliantly re-creates the legendary track coach's life. - Publisher. Examines the life and work of the famous track coach, including his team titles and record feats at the University of Oregon, his role in the 1972 Olympics, his founding of Nike, and his relationship with runner Steve Prefontaine. Contents: Introduction : Men of Oregon -- That wild yearning -- Lizzie and the governor -- Wild Bill meets a mule skinner -- Barbara -- The University of Oregon -- Bill Hayward -- Medford -- The Tenth Mountain Division -- First principles -- A friend, a son, a community -- A dynasty begins -- Rome -- Innovation -- The 1962 season -- The AAU dictatorship -- Jogging -- The birth of BRS -- Tokyo -- A curious mind -- Rites of passage -- Lessons inserted -- Mexico City -- Enter, Prefontaine -- BRS becomes Nike -- Munich -- Transit and sorrow -- Legacy -- Rajneeshpuram -- Builderman -- Immortal messages. Track and field coaches -- United States -- Biography.‎

‎Lewis, Flora‎

‎Red pawn the story of Noel Field‎

‎Octavo in red DJ, 283 pages, b&w portrait ; 22 cm DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970. Spies, Communists -- United States -- Biography.‎

‎Haddox, John H.‎

‎Vasconcelos of Mexico, philosopher and prophet‎

‎Octavo in blue DJ, ix, 103 pages, b&w portrait ; 21 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || JosÈ Vasconcelos CalderÛn (28 February 1882? 30 June 1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic policies. Contents: Patriot-educator-philosopher -- Aesthetic monism -- Synthesis of the heterogeneous? -- Philosopher-prophet of Mexico -- True prophet of Mexico? -- One, yet many. Series: Texas Pan-American series. Biography.‎

‎Blau, Evelyne‎

‎Krishnamurti 100 years‎

‎Large quarto in blue illus DJ, sky-tree boards and endpapers, xi, 284 pages, b&w illustrations ; 29 cm. To tell Krishnamurti's vast, even mythic life story, Blau turns to a group of "witnesses" such as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Henry Miller, and Van Morrison, who reveal their personal recollections of him. Through various passages of his own writings, readers hear his authentic voice, unadultered by interpretation. 100 photos. Biography.‎

‎Lahr, John‎

‎Prick up your ears the biography of Joe Orton‎

‎Large octavo in dark green DJ, deckle edges, xiii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || This is the story of murder/suicide of playwright Joe Orton and his lover, Ken Halliwell. When Orton, after years of unsuccessful collaboration with Halliwell, breaks away and achieves fame and fortune on his own, Halliwell cracks, hammers Orton to death and then kills himself. Orton, Joe, 1933-1967. Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.‎

‎Knight, Curtis‎

‎Jimi an intimate biography of Jimi Hendrix‎

‎Octavo in multicolored DJ, Jimi portrait to front and rear DJ, 223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.‎

‎Carpenter, Humphrey‎

‎A serious character the life of Ezra Pound‎

‎Octavo in black DJ, xii, 1005 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, portraits, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.** || Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.‎

‎Mariani, Paul L.‎

‎William Carlos Williams a new world naked‎

‎Large octavo in dark red DJ, gilt to spine, xv, 874 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, 25 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.** || William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) emerged alongside Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Frost, and Yeats as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century. Paterson, Williams's epic masterpiece, raised everyday American speech to the highest levels of poetic imagination. A finalist for the national Book Award and a New York Times Notable Book, William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked is a remarkable, rich blend of art and scholarship. From a small-town doctor who delivered more than 3,000 babies to an extraordinary revolutionary, Paul Mariani unfolds Williams' life and times while simultaneously letting the reader inside the poet's mind and language in this definitive masterwork. Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.‎

‎Grumet, Robert Steven‎

‎Northeastern Indian lives, 1632-1816‎

‎Brown octavo, gilt to spine and front board, xi, 393 pages, b&w illustrations, maps, 24 cm. No DJ. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast. This collection of fifteen essays examines the lives of important but relatively unknown Native Americans. The chapters explore the complexities of Indian-colonial relations from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries, from Maine to the Ohio Valley. The volume is interdisciplinary, drawing on the methods and insights of social history, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and the study of material culture. Contents: Lost opportunities : Miantonomi and the English in the seventeenth-century Narragansett country /; Paul A. Robinson --; Uncas and the politics of contact /; Eric S. Johnson --; Wyandanch : Sachem of the Montauks /; John A. Strong --; Legacy of Robun Cassacinamon : Mashantucket Pequot leadership in the historic period /; Kevin A. McBride --; Chief Rawandagon, alias Robin Hood : native "lord of misrule" in the Maine wilderness /; Harald E.L. Prins --; Suscaneman and the Matinecock lands, 1653-1703 /; Robert S. Grumet --; Putting a face on colonization : factionalism and gender politics in the life history of Awashunkes, the "Squaw Sachem" of Saconet /; Ann Marie Plane.; "Standing by his father" : Thomas Waban of Natick, circa 1630-1722 /; Daniel Mandell --; Daniel Spotso : a Sachem at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, circa 1691-1741 /; Elizabeth A. Little --; Theyanoguin /; Dean R. Snow --; Shickellamy, "a person of consequence" /; James H. Merrell --; Moses (Tunda) Tatamy, Delaware Indian diplomat /; William A. Hunter --; Pisquetomen and Tamaqua : mediating peace in the Ohio country /; Michael N. McConnell --; Molly Brant : her domestic and political roles in eighteenth-century New York /; Lois M. Feister and Bonnie Pulis --; Walking the medicine line : Molly Ockett, a Pigwacket doctor /; Bunny McBride and Harald E.L. Prins. Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- Biography.‎

‎De Kooning, Willem; Rosenberg, Harold‎

‎De Kooning‎

‎Oblong folio in white color illus DJ, 293 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), 31 x 34 cm. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.** || The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey offers the full text of the 2000 paper entitled "Proximity of White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, Ranges to Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack Homesites," written by Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech. The authors observed the behavior of seven adult female white-tailed deer in northeastern Minnesota who lived near a wolf pack. Most of the deer survived without leaving their home site. Contents: Willem de Kooning -- Interview with the artist -- Statements by the artist. What abstract art means to me ; Content is a glimpse -- Chronology. De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997. Biography.‎

‎Thornton, Bruce S.‎

‎Searching for JoaquÌn myth, Murieta, and history in California‎

‎Octavo in grey color illus DJ, xii, 185 pages, 24 cm. "On a hot July morning in 1853, a gunfight between lawmen and bandits broke out on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. When the smoke cleared, Joaquin Murieta, one of the most notorious figures of the Gold Rush, was dead. Soon his severed head was traveling around the new state of California in a pickling jar, inspiring a myth that continues to grow today." "A penetrating inquiry into the life and times of this famous badman, Searching for Joaquin also probes the role that Murieta played in the creation of the myth of old Hispanic California - that lazy, sunlit land of missions and ranchos, plazas and fiestas, high passion and derring-do. As Thornton shows, Murieta continues to play multiple roles today: the chivalric outlaw who settles conflict with violence; the embodiment of a simpler world where life is lived more passionately; and most of all, the avenging angel who rectifies Anglo misdeeds against powerless Hispanics." "Searching for Joaquin is a classic piece of literary detective work, making the vanished past come alive again. In addition to opening a window onto a bygone time, Bruce Thornton shows how myth and history flow in and out of each other and affect the way we live now. Bruce Thornton teaches classics and humanities at California State University at Fresno."--BOOK JACKET. Contents: The Ride --; The Shootout --; The Feliz-Murieta Spree --; History --; Myth --; The Ride Back to Three Rocks. Outlaws -- California -- Biography.‎

‎Green, Peter‎

‎Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. a historical biography‎

‎Octavo in tan-black DJ, black spine, gilt to spine, xxxvii, 617 pages, b&w illustrations, maps, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career. Series: Hellenistic culture and society, 11. Contents: Philip of Macedon -- The garden of Midas -- From a view to a death -- The keys of the kingdom -- The captain-general -- The road to Issus -- Intimations of immortality -- The Lord of Asia -- The quest for ocean -- How many miles to Babylon? -- Propaganda at the Granicus. Generals -- Greece -- Biography.‎

‎Taylor, Paul Beekman‎

‎Gurdjieff and Orage brothers in Elysium‎

‎Tan octavo, xvii, 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, portraits, 21 cm. In 1922, at the age of 49, A. R. Orage left behind his brilliant career as editor of The New Age to work with G. I. Gurdjieff in France. He hoped to increase his moral and psychological powers in order to better serve the world at large, and England in particular. Orage went to Gurdjieff to find a way to convince others the value of an economic scheme that would harmonize industrial production, the flow of capital, and consumer capacities. He had not anticipated falling in love with a young American heiress, Jessie Dwight, while representing Gurdjieff in New York. From 1924 until the end of Orage's life, Jessie fought Gurdjieff for possession of Orage, while Orage did his best to stay aloof from the conflict. It is commonly assumed that Orage and Gurdjieff parted ways in early 1931 because of Jessie. But, as this book reveals, he and Gurdjieff both thought that it was time for him to resume his editing career, fortified with Gurdjieff's teaching. Orage did more in New York than represent Gurdjieff's interests. He taught his own psychological exercises and tutored a number of promising American writers. Most significantly, he stirred interest in Social Credit as a possible solution to the financial depression that gripped American and worldwide economies in the 1930s. Paul Beekman Taylor's engrossing account of the relationship between these two larger-than-life figures is informed by both rigorous scholarship and his own relationship with Gurdjieff." -- Publisher's description. Contents: 1873-1922: The mystic of Fleet Street -- 1922-1923: Orage's tale of two cities -- 1924: New York City: the land made abundant -- 1924: Jessie Dwight at Ch‚teau Gurdjieff -- 1924-1926: The book of life -- 1927-1929: No axe but truth to grind -- 1930-1931: Orage's agony with Gurdjieff -- 1932-1934: Between beasts and God -- Orage's legacy: journalism, occultism, and economy -- Gurdjieff and Orage on being, knowing, and loving -- Epilogue: mentors and stewards. Biography.‎

‎Marable, Manning‎

‎Malcolm X a life of reinvention‎

‎Large octavo in white DJ, b&w portrait to front DJ, 594 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, 25 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || This biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to trace his life from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination. Years in the making, it is a definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figures in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine. Through his tireless work and countless speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template for the self-actualized, independent African American man. In death he became a broad symbol of both resistance and reconciliation for millions around the world. Filled with new information and shocking revelations that go beyond the Autobiography of Malcolm X, this work unfolds a story of race and class in America, from the rise of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the struggles of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism through his own engagement with the Nation of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the world of Black Nationalism and culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. This work captures the story of one of the most singular forces for social change, a man who constantly strove, in the great American tradition, to remake himself anew. Contents: Life beyond the legend -- "Up, you mighty race" : 1925-1941 -- The legend of Detroit Red : 1941-January 1946 -- Becoming "X" : January 1946-August 1952 -- "They don't come like the minister" : August 1952-May 1957 -- "Brother, a minister has to be married" : May 1957-March 1959 -- "The hate that hate produced" : March 1959-January 1961 -- "As sure as God made green apples" : January 1961-May 1962 -- From prayer to protest : May 1962-March 1963 -- "He was developing too fast" : April-November 1963 -- "The chickens coming home to roost" : December 1, 1963-March 12, 1964 -- An epiphany in the Hajj : March 12-May 21, 1964 -- "Do something about Malcolm X" : May 21-July 11, 1964 -- "In the struggle for dignity" : July 11-November 24, 1964 -- "Such a man is worthy of death" : November 24, 1964-February 14, 1965 -- Death comes on time : February 14-February 21, 1965 -- Life after death -- Reflections on a revolutionary vision. Black Muslims -- Biography.‎

‎Hartmann, Thomas de‎

‎Our life with Mr. Gurdjieff‎

‎Octavo in black DJ, gilt to front board and spine, xiii, 130 pages, b&w map, portraits, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949. Biography.‎

‎Wolff, Werner‎

‎Anton Bruckner rustic genius‎

‎Octavo in custom brown DJ, 283 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits, music, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896. Composers -- Austria -- Biography.‎

‎Chan, Anthony B.‎

‎Li Ka-shing Hong Kong's elusive billionaire‎

‎Octavo in black DJ, red Chinese character to front DJ, deckle edges, xi, 251 p, b&w map, portrait, 24 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Capitalists and financiers -- Biography.‎

‎Alexander, David‎

‎Star trek creator : the authorized biography of Gene Roddenberry‎

‎Burgundy glossy illustrated dj with black spine, xxii, 599 pages :b&w illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index This volume is an authorized biography of American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991). He is best known for creating the original Star Trek television series and thus the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The author, drawing largely from Roddenberry's papers as well as the papers of and interviews with those close to him, he reveals Roddenberry's real-life inspiration for Mr. Spock, how his background influenced the show, and his relationships with the colorful cast of the TV show. He also traces Roddenberry's career in the Army Air Corps in WW II, as a Pan Am pilot and member of the Los Angeles Police Department, the author shows Roddenberry as a brave and adventurous man who proved to be hardworking and tenacious as well.‎

‎De Kooning, Willem; Rosenberg, Harold‎

‎De Kooning‎

‎Oblong folio in white color illus DJ, 293 pages, color & b&w illustrations throughout; 31 x 34 cm. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.** || The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey offers the full text of the 2000 paper entitled "Proximity of White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, Ranges to Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack Homesites," written by Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech. The authors observed the behavior of seven adult female white-tailed deer in northeastern Minnesota who lived near a wolf pack. Most of the deer survived without leaving their home site. Contents: Willem de Kooning -- Interview with the artist -- Statements by the artist. What abstract art means to me ; Content is a glimpse -- Chronology. De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997. Biography.‎

‎BONFANTI, Giovanni‎

‎Vita di Antonio Cesari P. D. O. scritta da Giovanni Bonfanti Veronese. Osservazioni intorno alla vita del Padre Ant. Cesari scritta dal P. Maestro Francesco Villardi Minor Conventuale.‎

‎Verona, Dalla Tipografia del Gabinetto Lett., 1833. In 8vo (cm. 23,6); brossura originale con titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 272 + 50. Esemplare in barbe. Manca il ritratto di Antonio Cesari. Ax‎

‎GOLDONI, Luca‎

‎Maria Luigia donna in carriera.‎

‎Milano, Rizzoli, 1991. Prima edizione. Questo libro non è soltanto la storia della vita di Maria Luigia, è anche una ricostruzione utilissima, originale e divertente di un’epoca, della sua quotidianità, delle sue diverse classi, di tanti fatti e fatterelli. In 8vo (cm. 22); cop. orig. rigida muta con titolo al dorso e sovraccoperta illustrata a colori; pp. 233, (5). Ax‎