The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era. The United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1990
New York: Poseidon Press, c1991. First Printing. 24 cm, 514, illus., few library markings, DJ slightly soiled with slight edge wear. More
New York: Poseidon Press, c1991. First Printing. 24 cm, 514, illus., few library markings, DJ slightly soiled with slight edge wear. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1990. First Printing. 25 cm, 384, illus., bibliography, index, ink note on front endpaper, slight edge soiling. More
Place_Pub: Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1996. 335, wraps, illus., index, highlighting and ink marks to text The author argues that NAFTA is really about fundamentally changing Mexico's long-run economic future, but points out that very modest direct effects do not make NAFTA an unimportant agreement for the United States. More
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004. First Edition. First Printing. 248, index, minor wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Twelve, 2019. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, [2], 418, [4] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Bibliography. Index. Susan Lea Page (born February 12, 1951) is an American journalist, political commentator, and biographer, and the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for USA Today. Page has covered seven White House administrations and eleven presidential elections, and interviewed ten presidents. She founded and hosts a video newsmaker series for USA Today, "Capital Download". She appears frequently on cable news networks as an analyst and often guest-hosted The Diane Rehm Show, which was syndicated on National Public Radio. She was the first woman to serve as music chairman of the Gridiron Club show and was also president of the club in 2011, the oldest association of journalists in Washington. She was president of the White House Correspondents Association in 2000. She also served as chairman of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards and has twice been a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes. Her first book was published in 2019, a biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush titled The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty. In 2021, her biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was published, titled Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power. She is a frequent panelist on Fox News Sunday, This Week on ABC, Washington Week on PBS, and Meet the Press on NBC. She has won several awards, including the Merriman Smith Memorial Award, and the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency (twice). More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1992. First Printing. 248, illus., endpaper maps, notes, glossary, index, top corner front & rear boards bumped, some creasing to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1994. First Paperbk Printing. 248, wraps, illus., notes, glossary, index, small stains in margins of a few pages, some wear to cover edges. More
Philadelphia, PA: Camino Books, Inc., 2003. 10th Anniversary Edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. x, 405, [1] pages. Signed by the author in the title page. Includes Introduction by John Timoney, Prologue, Epilogue, Author's Glossary, Acknowledgments, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. The author was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, covering politics for ten years. Frank Rizzo, Philadelphia's mayor, represented stability and security in an increasingly unstable and insecure America, particularly in the largest cities. Long after his death, most police officers continued to speak of him fondly, even longingly, because he supported the police at a time when almost everyone else looked down on them and denigrated them. Here at last is the first full-scale biography of Frank L. Rizzo, one of the most beloved and feared public figures in urban American history. More
New York: Scribner, c1997. First Printing. 25 cm, 576, illus., references, index, black mark on bottom edge. More
Cincinnati, OH: Parody Productions, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Deck of Playing Cards. New in unopened clear plastic wrapping. Format is approximately 3 and 5/8 inches by 2 and 1/2 inches by 3/4 inch. Front of the deck has a picture of John McCain in the center under the word McCain and above the words Presidential Playing Cards. The other side had pictures of McCain as the King of Hearts, George W. Bush as the 8 of spades, and Condeleezza Rice as the Queen of clubs. The cards are below the words American Hero and above an image of the White House. One of the sides says Poker Size to the left of an image of a red, white and blue elephant with a bar code at the right. The opposite side states PresidentialDecks. The top says Made in America. The bottom has another bar code with the ISBN number and a statement that the John McCain 2008 campaign received no proceeds from the sale of this merchandise. It states that the art was by Kelly Hensing and the design was by Corey Ward. It also states Parody Productions, Cincinnati, OH. More
Arlington, Virginia: The Media Consortium Inc., 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [6], iii, [1], 359, [31--Notes and index]. Inscribed on the half title page by the author, Robert Parry. The inscription reads: To Jane--one of my heroes, Bob Parry Oct. 30, 2004. Includes Introduction, as well as chapters on The Wedding; Front Row; Surreptitious Entry; Containing the Secrets; First Interregnum; The First Restoration; The Pieces Arrayed; The Hostage Gambit; Hostage End Game; 'Debunked?'; Where Was George?; The Russian Report; Analyst Obstacles; The Magic Words; War at Home; Moon Rising; Untouchables; Ties That Bind; Moon's Generation Next; Dynastic Succession; Electoral Coup; September 11; To War; and Conclusion: Broken Toys. Robert Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) was an American investigative journalist. He was best known for his role in covering the Iran-Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of ConsortiumNews from 1995 until his death in 2018. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, figures, notes, bibliography, index, small crease in DJ flap, slight soiling to DJ, red mark on edge. More
New York: A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, illus. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 301, figures, notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author to Linda Chavez, conservative columnist & political commentator. More
Chicago, IL: The Noble Press Inc., 1991. First Printing. 344, wraps, illus., notes, index. More
New York: Morrow, c1994. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 366, illus., minor wear to DJ edges. More
Wilmington, DE: Cedar Tree Books, Ltd., 2003. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. 76 p. More
New York: Workman Publishing Company, 1997. 1998 Calendar Edition. approx. 370, wraps, 1998 calendar appears new and unused, some wear and soiling to box From the bestselling books; adapted from The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said and The 776 Even Stupider Things Ever Said. This is an impressive collection, reflective of thinking and speaking at the end of the last millenium and the last century. More
New York: Viking, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. 397, appendices, notes, index. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co, c1994. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 231, library stamp on fore-edge, library call number on spine, barcode and due date stickers attached to plastic sleeve on DJ. More
New York: Hyperion, c1995. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 404, notes, index, some soiling to DJ. More
New York: Hyperion, c1995. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 404, references, index, substantial underlining and some marginal notes, DJ somewhat soiled. Inscribed by the author. More
Knoxville, TN: Whittle Direct Books, 1990. First? Edition. First? Printing. 85, illus. (some in color), usual library markings, Federal Express ads One of the Larger Agenda Series, which presents original short books by distinguished authors on subjects of imnportance to managers and policymakers in business and the public sector. In this book, the quest of avoiding humiliation a second time (The X Factor), is discussed in a hilarious and informative fashion, leading from the locker room to the boardroom, with many strange stops in between. The author corners superstars like Bill Russell and Billie Jean King, famous coaches, the chairman of American Express, sports doctors, and mergers and acquisitions king Henry Kravis, and puts the same question to all of them: what is it that allows an individual, or a team, to outperform competitors who are no less gifted, mentally and physically? Their answers run the gamut from motivational rage to new-age meditation. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1993. First Printing. 25 cm, 249, index, front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1993. First Printing. 25 cm, 249, index. Inscribed by the author. More