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Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press, c1979. First Printing. 24 cm, 220, illus., tables, glossary, index, DJ somewhat soiled and wrinkled: small edge tears. More
Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press, c1979. First Printing. 24 cm, 220, illus., tables, glossary, index, DJ somewhat soiled and wrinkled: small edge tears. More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 450 pages. Inscribed on the fep to an individual, with a dated comment, by the author. Book includes fifteen chapters, Notes, Acknowledgments, and an Index. Martin Prager Mayer (January 14, 1928 – August 1, 2019) was the writer of 35 non-fiction books, including Madison Avenue, U.S.A. (1958), The Schools (1961), The Lawyers (1967), About Television (1972), The Bankers (1975), The Builders (1978), Risky Business: The Collapse of Lloyd's of London (1995), The Bankers: The Next Generation (1997), The Fed (2001), and The Judges (2005). Mayer's books describe and criticize American industries or professional groups. His book on Madison Avenue was described by Cleveland Amory as "The first complete story on the ... advertising industry". He was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. The author argues that a specialized world demands specialized courts and judges expert in the subjects they much consider. Following the leadership of Chief Judge Judith Kaye of New York's highest court, the Conference of Chief Justices from all fifty states has endorsed her use of "Problem-solving courts" to take the judiciary into the twenty-first century. More
New York: Pantheon Books, c1984. First American Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 343, some wear, soiling, and small edge tears to DJ, sticker residue on DJ. More
Danbury, Connecticut: Rutledge Books, Inc., 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, 507, [7] pages. Illustrations. Signed by the author, Bill McCullough, with sentiment on the half-title page. Includes Dedication, Introduction, and Foreword, as well as 24 chapters. Minuteman/Activist tells how the author's innovative ideas for resolving problems connected with public safety produced a high level of cooperation from the civilian population during the military occupation of Germany from 1945-1948. His experiences as a judge in military government court and as a member of a denazification board will very likely provide unusually interesting reading. Allied-occupied Germany was the administration of Germany from the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II until the founding of East and West Germany in 1949. The victorious Allies asserted joint authority and sovereignty over Germany as a whole, defined as all territories of the former German Reich west of the Oder–Neisse line, having declared the destruction of Nazi Germany at the death of Adolf Hitler (the 1945 Berlin Declaration). The four powers divided "Germany as a whole" into four occupation zones for administrative purposes under the three Western Allies (the United States, the United Kingdom, France) and the Soviet Union, respectively. This division was ratified at the August 1945 Potsdam Conference. The four zones were agreed by the United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union at the February 1945 Yalta Conference, setting aside an earlier division into three zones (excluding France) proposed by the September 1944 London Protocol. More
New York: Dutton, 1999. First Printing. 309. More
New York: Dutton, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [3], 273, [5] pages. Sighed by the author on the second fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Illustrated DJ. Eagerly awaiting the birth of his first child when a prominent homosexual lawyer is murdered, Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney directs his staff along elusive leads that result in two additional deaths and the discovery of a chilling series of killings. Michael McGarrity (born 1940) is a New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer. He has written a dozen crime novels set in New Mexico and the American West trilogy, historical novels also set in New Mexico consisting of Hard Country, Backlands and The Last Ranch. As deputy sheriff of Santa Fe County he founded their sex crimes unit. In addition to law enforcement work, he has been an investigator and caseworker for the New Mexico Public Defender's Office. He worked on rehabilitating prison programs after the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot in 1980. McGarrity has taught at several colleges and universities as well as the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. As a social worker he published a number of articles in professional journals on a wide range of topics, ranging from therapy programs for children, to program assessment and evaluation, and drug treatment interventions. McGarrity's crime novels take place in modern New Mexico, with law enforcement officer Kevin Kerney as the protagonist. The settings are vividly evoked and range from the Tularosa Basin and Lincoln County to Hermit's Peak, although many take place in Santa Fe. More
Boston, MA: Williams Book Store, 1945. Presumed second edition, org pub. in 1938. Hardcover. 484 p. incl. front. (port. ) illus., diagrs. 24 cm. Index. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, c1992. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 362 pages. Illus., front DJ flap price clipped, residue of pencil erasures on title page & pp. 87-88. Signed by the author. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., c1992. Third Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 362 pages Illus., endpaper illus., index. Bookplate signed by the author. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xix, [1], 362, [2] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Endnotes. Index. DJ somewhat scratched. Signed by the author on half-title page. Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980) and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988). He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several public policy councils and think-tanks, including the Constitution Project and the Heritage Foundation. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He currently sits on the National Advisory Board of Center for Urban Renewal and Education. He is on the board of directors of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, xix, [1], 362, [2] pages. Illustrations. Occasional Footnotes. Endnotes. Index. Some creasing to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980) and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988). He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several public policy councils and think-tanks, including the Constitution Project and the Heritage Foundation. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He currently sits on the National Advisory Board of Center for Urban Renewal and Education. He is on the board of directors of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. More
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1971. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 133, [1] p. 21 cm. More
Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press, 2017. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xx, 309, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Boxes. Signed bookplate on half-title page. Page 129/130 has lower corner creased. Resmaa Menakem (born Chester Mason, Jr.) is an American author and psychotherapist specializing in the effects of trauma on the human body and the relationship between trauma, white body supremacy, and racism in America. He is the author of “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies,” which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2021 and "The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning,". He is also the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute.[ For ten years, Menakem cohosted a radio show with former U.S. Congressman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on KMOJ-FM in Minneapolis. He also hosted his own show, “Resmaa in the Morning,” on KMOJ. Menakem has served as the director of counseling services for Tubman Family Alliance, a domestic violence treatment center in Minneapolis; the behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; a divorce and family mediator; a social worker for Minneapolis Public Schools; a youth counselor; a community organizer; and a marketing strategist. From 2011 to 2013, Menakem was a community care counselor for civilian contractors in Afghanistan, managing the wellness and counseling services on 53 U.S. military bases. More
Salem, OR: DIMI Press, c1995. First Edition. 22 cm, 178, wraps, illus., rear cover and a few pages crinkled. More
Detroit, MI: Michigan Office of Civil Defense, 1951. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Taped spine. Event brochure laid in. The brochure format is approximately 16.5 inches by 10 inches, tri-folded resulting in six panels, all with text. Minor tears at folds. The interior three panels present the agendas for May 21, 22, and 23, 1951. The exterior three panels announce the Target - Detroit events, and present information and points of contact for the City of Detroit Office of Civil Defense, The Michigan Civil Defense Council, and the Civil Defense Metropolitan Area Coordination Executive Committee. Cover is worn, torn and soiled. Unique [?] surviving very detailed materials from a 1951 Civil Defense exercise involving the city of Detroit. Approximately 2.5 inches with multiple paginated sections. Cover says Theoretical Solution of April 16th Mock A-Bomb Attack on City of Detroit [on front and back covers]. Front cover also says File Copy and has a 'received stamp dated June 19 1951 by the City of Detroit. Among the speakers on the first morning were: Mayor Cobo of Detroit, Governor G. Mennen Williams, and Col. S. L. A. Marshall, military historian and analyst. The three days went from about 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with recesses for meals. There were individual speakers and panel discussions. Among the key topics addressed were: Civil Defense, Hypothetical Problem and solution, Communication, Aerial Survey, Traffic Engineers, Transportation, Evacuation, Law Enforcement, Medical, Education, Welfare, Engineering, Rescue, Decontamination, Utilities, Air Raid Wardens, Mortuary, Four-County Mutual Aid, Windsor, Ontario Civil Defense, Mobile Support, State Police, State Troops, and Mortuary. More
New York: Hyperion, c2002. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 336, some wear and soiling to DJ, DJ flap creased. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1933. Fourth printing [stated]. Hardcover. 253, [3] pages. Decorative front cover (worn) Frontis Illustration. Illustrations. Boards weak and have been restrengthened with glue. Cover worn and soiled. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Corners rubbed. Part of DJ pasted to fep. Endpapers discolored. Name and address label of previous owner inside front cover. Max Miller was a reporter for the San Diego Sun and author of 28 books. In 1932, he wrote 'I Cover the Waterfront', a much praised account of San Diego's port community that inspired Hollywood movies and became the title of a jazz standard sung by many from Billie Holliday to Frank Sinatra. The book characters include true-life sea captains, Portuguese fishermen, flying squid, sparkling Garibaldi fish, movie stars, Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and a beautiful young woman who got away. More
New York, NY: Signet Book, 2003. First Signet printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. [8], 454, [2] p. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 421, [3] pages. A Note on Sources. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Jerry W. Mitchell is an American investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. He convinced authorities to reopen cold murder cases from the civil rights era, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal". In 2009, he received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation. Mitchell was a court reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in 1989 when the film Mississippi Burning inspired him to look into old civil rights cases that many thought had long since turned cold. His investigations have led to the arrest of several Klansmen and prompted authorities to reexamine numerous killings during the civil rights era. In 1996, he was portrayed by Jerry Levine in the Rob Reiner film, Ghosts of Mississippi, about the murder of Medgar Evers and the belated effort to bring killer Byron De La Beckwith to justice. He was featured in The Learning Channel documentary Civil Rights Martyrs that aired in February 2000 and was a consultant for the Discovery Channel documentary Killed by the Klan which aired in 1999. Mitchell received his undergraduate degree in communications from Harding University and his master's in journalism from Ohio State University in 1997. Mitchell's work inspired others. Since 1989, authorities in Mississippi and six other states have reexamined 29 killings from the civil rights era and made 27 arrests, leading to 22 convictions. More
Cleveland, OH: World Pub. Compay, [1965]. First Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 415 pages. Illus., gift inscription on front endpaper. Inscribed by the author--nice inscription, clearly from author, but not autographed. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 239, [7] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Inscribed on the half-title by the author. Mark Stephen Monmonier (born 2 February 1943) is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He specializes in toponymy, geography, and geographic information systems. His popular written works show a combination of serious study and a sense of humor. Most of his work is published by University of Chicago Press. He has appeared on National Public Radio interview programs. For example, in his work, From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: how maps name, claim, and inflame, Monmonier discusses topics such as: the propensity of conquerors to rename places after those friendly to the new regime; the tension between place names assigned by the federal Board on Geographic Names and state and local government agencies; and the effects of political correctness and racism on place names. In Spying with Maps, the author looked at the increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location tracking across a wide range of fields such as military intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic engineering. Could these diverse forms of geographic monitoring lead to grave consequences for society? To assess this very real threat, I examine how geospatial technology works, what it can reveal, who uses it, and to what effect. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 179, [5] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Name in ink on fep. Susanna Moore (born December 9, 1945) is an American writer and teacher. Moore worked as a model and script reader in Los Angeles and New York City before beginning her career as a writer. Her first novel, My Old Sweetheart, published in 1982, earned a PEN Hemingway nomination, and won the Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She followed this with The Whiteness of Bones in 1989, and her third novel, Sleeping Beauties, in 1993. All three of these novels were set in Hawaii and charted dysfunctional family relationships. Moore gained particular critical notice for her fourth novel, In the Cut (1995), which marked a departure from her previous works in both setting and content, concerning a New York City teacher who has a sexual affair with a detective investigating violent murders and dismemberments in her neighborhood. It was adapted into a 2003 feature film of the same name by director Jane Campion. In 1999, she received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. More
New York: Dutton, 2003. First American Edition. 322, map. More
New York: Dutton, 2003. First American Edition. First Printing. 322, map, some scratches on rear DJ. Inscribed by the author (Charles Moose). More
New York: Dutton, 2003. First American Edition. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. [10], 322, [4] Pages. Map. Signed by the author (Charles Moose) on the title page. Charles Alexander Moose (August 4, 1953 – November 25, 2021) was an American author and police officer. He was best known for his role as being the primary official in charge of the efforts to apprehend the D.C. snipers in October 2002. During his law enforcement career, Moose served as the chief of police for Montgomery County, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon. In 1975, he joined the Portland Police Bureau in Portland, Oregon. He then earned a Ph.D. in urban studies and criminology in 1993. In 1993, Moose became the police chief of the Portland Police Bureau and served as the top law enforcement official for the city until 1999. In 1999, he became the 15th Chief of the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. In October 2002, he was the primary official in charge of the efforts to apprehend those responsible for the Beltway sniper attacks. Until 2005, Moose served as the Squadron Commander of the 113th Security Forces Squadron, D.C. Air National Guard, United States Air Force. Moose deployed to Operation Katrina and served as military liaison and adviser to the New Orleans Police Department in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Moose was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and served as the 154th Security Forces Commander in Hawaii. Moose later graduated from the Honolulu Police Academy and reported for duty as one of the members of the Honolulu Police Department. On August 4, 2010, The Gazette reported that Moose was no longer employed at the department. More