Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 394 p. Selected Bibliography. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 394 p. Selected Bibliography. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xxvii, [3]527 p. Illustrations. Annals of Communism. Audience: General/trade. More
Berlin: Kiepenheurer und Witsch, 1954. 292, map, text has darkened, pencil marginal marks on a few pages, DJ worn & soiled: edge tears/chips, tear & piece missing at spine. More
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003. Second Printing. Wraps. 242 pages. Wraps, endnotes, index. Signed by the author. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, [2], 338 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Credits. Index. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. 11 March 2010 To Alvin, A most magical dance teacher! Will all best wishes, Nancy Sherman. Nancy Sherman (born 1951) is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. She was also the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Sherman is the author of several books, and her views on military ethics have been influential. Sherman writes about courage and the use of emotions from a soldier's point of view. She asserts that soldiers returning home often receive insufficient care, leaving them ill-prepared for civilian life. She considers post-traumatic stress disorder, comparing the dysfunctional anger shown by some soldiers after they come home from war to the anger that may be functional on the battlefield. The relationship of anger to courage may be deemed controversial, Sherman sees this as a relationship in displaying courage since soldiers must suppress their anger, fear, and other battlefield emotions, inducing a disorder that releases these emotions after a battle, in nonviolent situations. The process by which courage is summoned and displayed on the battlefield can lead directly to PTSD when they return home -- a process that can be addressed effectively by proper care upon their return. Sherman's books include Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers; The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Soldiers; and Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind. More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001. Signed Limited Edition No 274 of 1000 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Hardcover. [2], 193, [5] pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays—including The Crow—and has published over 84 books including 10 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. His best known script work is the film The Crow, for which he was the initial writer, before David Schow reworked the script. He also wrote scripts for Deep Space Nine and Poltergeist: The Legacy. He was nominated for an Emmy in the Prime Time Animation category for an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. More
New York: Marvel Comics Group, 1980. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 68 p. Includes illustrations. Page count includes cover. More
Topeka, KS: Crawford Press, 1982. First Edition. First? Printing. 321, illus., DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small edge tears. More
Berkeley, CA: Southeast Asia Resource Center, 1977. Presumed first edition/first printing. The Human Rights Issue. Wraps. 28 cm. 44 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 370, [4] pages. Black mark on bottom edge. This is a Micah Dalton thriller. DJ is price clipped and has sticker residue on the front. David Stone is a well-known name in the realm of American military thrillers, and it’s an alias used by an author hailing from a family full of military tradition. So it’s fitting that an individual with such a profound family history in the armed services excels at writing books in this specific genre. As an author he exhibits a keen understanding of military life due to his personal connection, crafting characters that readers find alluring. This sense of authenticity makes his work appealing to those who enjoy military thrillers. Every character in his books is meticulously crafted; this attention to detail is a fundamental aspect of Stone’s writing prowess. His protagonists are not just characters but are comprehensive portrayals of individuals who encapsulate the trials and tribulations faced by military personnel. This ability to perfectly create believable characters makes his stories intriguing, convincing his readers to invest emotionally in his narratives. In addition, Stone’s talent bloom doesn’t stop at the construction of individual characters but extends to the design of his stories as a whole. His ability to weave compelling stories makes for an engaging narrative and keeps readers on the edge of their seats. This knack for storytelling, combined with his richly-textured characters, offers a thrilling ride that keeps his readers perpetually entertained, making David Stone an absolute standout in the world of American military thriller authors. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10]. 342 pages. DJ in plastic sleeve. In Saigon during the last stages of the Vietnam war, a small-time journalist named John Converse thinks he'll find action - and profit - by getting involved in a big-time drug deal. But back in the States, things go badly wrong for him. Robert Anthony Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor. He was five times a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, which he did receive in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers. Time magazine included this novel in its list 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Stone was also twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and once for the PEN/Faulkner Award. During his lifetime Stone received material support and recognition including Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, the five-year Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Stone also offered his own support and recognition of writers during his lifetime, serving as Chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board of Directors for over thirty years. Stone's best known work is characterized by action-tinged adventures, political concerns and dark humor. Many of his novels are set in unusual, exotic landscapes of raging social turbulence, such as the Vietnam War; a post-coup violent banana republic in Central America; Jim Crow-era New Orleans, and Jerusalem on the verge of the millennium. More
Washington, DC: Clearinghouse/Sci & Hum Righ, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 161, wraps, illus., corner of cover clipped to remove signature. More
Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 487, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and chips. Inscription on the title page signed by Eric Stover. Inscription reads For Annie, With best wishes, Eric Stover. Eric Stover is an American human rights researcher and advocate and faculty director of the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley. Stover officially began his human rights work as a researcher at Amnesty International in London, England, from 1977-1980. During this time, the organization won the Nobel Peace Prize for its “campaign against torture,” and the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. Following Amnesty International, Stover became the Director of the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1992, Stover served as the Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights where he worked on forensic missions to examine mass gravesites for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. While at PHR, Stover performed research on the sociomedical consequences of land mines in war-torn countries such as Cambodia. His research helped launch the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which, along with the organization’s director, Jody Williams, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. He has published seven books and numerous reports and articles for press and scholarly publications. Stover became the Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center (HRC) at the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1996, two years after the center was established. More
Takoma Park, MD: Dryad Press, 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 160 p. Illustrations. Title Index. Glossary. More
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2019. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 542 pages. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. G. Flint Taylor (born April 16, 1946) is an American human rights and civil rights attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, who has litigated many high-profile police brutality, government misconduct and death penalty cases. Taylor has pursued public interest law to take on allegations of corrupt police tactics and wrongful convictions in the city of Chicago and elsewhere. Taylor was part of a team of negotiators in the 2015 landmark decision by the City of Chicago to award reparations to the survivors of police torture, becoming the first municipal government to do so. During his second year in law school at Northwestern, Taylor began to work with a group of lawyers who were representing counterculture political groups, including the Black Panther Party (BPP), the Young Lords Organization, Rising Up Angry and the Weathermen. In August 1969, these lawyers, together with two other law students, established the People's Law Office (PLO) on the north side of Chicago. In his book The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago,[71] Taylor recounts much of his struggle for human rights against the systemic racism of a corrupt criminal justice system in Chicago. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1981. First Pocket Book paperback printing. Trade paperback. More
Beirut, Lebanon: Inst for Palestine Studies, 1977. Quarto, approx. 130, 10 separate chapters in wraps in one folder/binder, illus., appendices, some wear, soiling, & pencil erasures folder/binder. More
Seoul, South Korea: The Institute for South-North Korean Studies and The Korea Herald Inc., 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 62, [2] pages. Map. Cover has some wear and soiling. Conditions inside North Korean prison camps are unsanitary and life-threatening. Prisoners are subject to torture and inhumane treatment. Public and secret executions of prisoners, especially in cases of attempted escape, are commonplace. The mortality rate is very high, because many prisoners die of starvation, illnesses, work accidents, or torture. The DPRK government denies all allegations of human rights violations in prison camps, claiming that this is prohibited by criminal procedure law, but former prisoners testify that there are completely different rules in the prison camps. Many other former prisoners, including Kang Chol-hwan and Shin Dong-hyuk, gave detailed and consistent testimonies on the human rights crimes in North Korean prison camps. According to the testimony of former camp guard Ahn Myong Chol of Camp 22, the guards are trained to treat the detainees as subhuman. The North Korean prison camp facilities can be distinguished into large internment camps for political prisoners and reeducation prison camps. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. [10], 388, [2] pages. Notes. Sources. Select Bibliography. Index. Some wear to DJ. Stains inside DJ and some stains and discoloration to the back cover. Minor bottom edge staining of pages at the very back . Gordon Thomas (1933–2017) was a British investigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence. Thomas was the author of 53 books published worldwide including Journey into Madness, The Pope's Jews, Secret Wars and Gideon's Spies. His first book, completed at the age of seventeen, is the story of a British spy in Russia during World War II, titled Descent Into Danger. He refused the offer of a job at a university in order to accompany a traveling fair for a year: he used those experiences for his novel, Bed of Nails. Since then his books have been published worldwide. He has been a foreign correspondent beginning with the Suez Crisis and ending with the first Gulf War. He was a BBC writer/producer for three flagship BBC programs: Man Alive, Tomorrow's World and Horizon. He was a regular contributor to the Japanese news magazine Facta and he lectured widely on the secret world of intelligence. He also provided expert analysis on intelligence for US and European television and radio programs. More
New York: Encounter Books, 2008. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. illustrations (some in color). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Leo Keith Thorsness (February 14, 1932 – May 2, 2017) was a Colonel in the United States Air Force who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for an air engagement on April 19, 1967. He was shot down two weeks later and spent six years in captivity in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. The Medal of Honor action included: "As their F-105 circled the parachutes of Kingfish 02-Alpha and 02-Bravo, relaying the position to Crown, the airborne search and rescue HC-130 command aircraft, Johnson spotted a MiG-17 off their right wing. Though not designed for air-to-air combat, their aircraft responded well as Thorsness attacked the MiG and destroyed it with 20-mm cannon fire, just as a second MiG closed on his tail. Low on fuel, Thorsness outran his pursuers and left the battle area to rendezvous with a KC-135 tanker over Laos." He returned to the battle with good effect. More
New York: Knopf, 1961. First American Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 183, footnotes, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and soiled, tear in rear DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 133, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 283, illus., map, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1994. 23 cm, 140, wraps, illus. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1994. 23 cm, 133, wraps. More