New York: Philomel Books, 2015. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 402 pages. Illustrated Endpaper. Map. Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Index. Signed by the author sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author at the top of the title page DJ has some wear and soiling. Introduction. Part I: It's Your Economy; Part II: It's Your Right; Part III: It's Your Body; Part IV: It's Your Environment; It's Your World. Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is an American writer and global health advocate. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was a special correspondent for NBC News from 2011 to 2014 and now works with the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative. Clinton received an undergraduate degree at Stanford University and later earned master's degrees from University of Oxford and Columbia University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in international relations from the University of Oxford in 2014. Clinton married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in 2010. In 2007 and 2008, Clinton campaigned extensively on American college campuses for her mother's Democratic presidential nomination bid and introduced her at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She assumed a similar role in her mother's 2016 presidential campaign, making more than 200 public appearances as her surrogate and again introducing her at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Clinton has authored and co-authored best-selling children's non-fiction books and co-authored a scholarly book for adults on global health policy, as well as articles and opinion pieces published in major media outlets. More

New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 554, [4] pages. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling and small tears/chips. Minor soiling on verso. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Steve--Fellow author who knows how much of oneself goes into one of these. With warm personal regards Walt. Introduction by Budd Schulberg. Walter James Sheridan (20 November 1925 - 13 January 1995) was an investigator who is best known for his role in the prosecution of Jimmy Hoffa. During World War II, he served in the US Navy's Submarine Service. After the war he graduated from Fordham University in 1950. Sheridan joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, resigning after four years over J. Edgar Hoover's focus on anti-Communism. He was then a National Security Agency investigator for three years. Sheridan was an investigator for the United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management, recruited by Robert F. Kennedy in 1957. He was a regional coordinator for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, and a coordinator for the Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968. After Robert Kennedy was appointed Attorney General in 1961, Sheridan became a special assistant to Kennedy working as the effective chief of a team investigating Hoffa and the Teamsters. From 1965 to 1970, he was a NBC News special correspondent, producing documentaries on crime and gun control among other issues; his unit received a Peabody Award for work on the 1967 Detroit riot. In the 1970s and 80s, he was a principal aide to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. More

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1998. First Edition, First Printing Thus. Trade Paperback. 116, [4] pages. Illustrations. Endnotes. This is the first integrated appearance of this material, which was originally published in the Biblical Archaeology Review issues of November/December 1989, March/April, 1992, and January/February 1996. Includes Foreword by Hershel Shanks, Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review and chapters on: Reconstructing Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem; A Pilgrim's Journey; Quarrying and Transporting Stones for Herod's Temple Mount; Reconstructing the Triple Gate; Locating the Original Temple Mount; and The Ark of the Covenant: Where It Stood in Solomon's Temple. The site of ancient Israel's holy Temple is uncovered stone by stone in this special selection of groundbreaking articles from the pages of Biblical Archaeology Review. Illustrated throughout with stunning photos and clear explanatory drawings, this book by famed archaeological architect Dr. Leen Ritmeyer and archaeological researcher and writer Kathleen Ritmeyer explains what archaeology can teach us about this holy ground. Dr. Ritmeyer is the world's leading authority on the archaeology of the Temple Mount, having worked with Israel's most respected excavators. More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [3], 393, [3] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Some endpaper discoloration noted. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Pastor and Carolyn Corlson--Best Wishes Sam Dillon. Preface, List of Characters, A Note on Sources. Notes. Index. Ten Chapters: The Pit; Insurgent Roots. The Rise of the Ex-Guards; The Project; Dirty War; The Cutoff; The $100 Million Offensive; Back in the Camps; The Quilali Tribunal and Final Verdicts. These are followed by an Epilogue. Sam Dillon's news reportage from Latin America has been rewarded with numerous honors, including two Pulitzer prizes. He began his journalism career in 1981, when he reported on the civil war in El Salvador for the Associated Press. In 1987, Dillon was part of a team that won the Pulitzer for a series of stories on the Iran-Contra scandal, a situation in which the administration of U.S. president Ronald Reagan was accused of illegal arms dealings and negotiating for hostages. Dillon won his second Pulitzer for a series of articles on the effects of drug-related corruption in Mexico. Dillon's book Comandos: The CIA and Nicaragua's Contra Rebels drew on his knowledge of the civil war in El Salvador, which pitted the contra rebels against the Sandinista government. Comandos shows some positive points about the contras as well as detailing their record of human-rights abuses, and also reveals the complicity of the Central Intelligence Agency in their activities. Dillon focuses his account on Comandante Johnson, a contra leader who attempted to stop the abuses that were so commonplace among the rebel forces. More

London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1965. Presumed First U.K. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is 8.5 inches by 9.75 inches. 144 pages followed by 87, [1] illustrations. Footnotes. Index of Illustrations. Bibliography. Some discoloration of endpapers. Red ink notation at bottom of title page. DJ has scuff to flap, wear, tears, chips and soiling. Originally published by Verlag Freies Gestesleben, Germany. Preface by Jacques Y. Cousteau. The narrative of the book is in the tradition of Goethe and Rudolf Steiner, viewing nature as ruled by a single unifying principle which is apparent in all movement and form. Today we need "water consciousness" and we can begin with this essential and classic book on water as the universal bearer of living, formative processes. Beginning with simple flowing phenomena of water and air, Schwenk gradually builds up, with the help of marvelous photographs and drawings, the "letters" of an alphabet that will allow us to "read" the living meaning of water. Do common principles and rhythms underlie the movement of water, whether it be in the sea or in a plant -- or in the blood of a human being? The laws revealed in the subtle patterns of water in movement are shown in this thought-provoking work to be the same as those perceptible in the shaping of bones, muscles, and myriads of other forms in nature. Sensitive Chaos shows the unifying forces that underlie all living things, and observes such phenomena as the flight of birds; the formation of internal organs such as the heart, eye, and ear, air patterns in musical instruments; the formation of mountain ranges and river deltas; weather and space patterns; and even the formation of the human embryo. More

Independence, MO: Two Trails Publishing, 2007. Signed Limited Edition [stated], Number 145 of 200. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 11 inches. xix, [3], 501, [7] pages. Illustrations. Endnotes. Index. Also inscribed by the editor on the dedication page. Inscription reads Dear Ginger, This book project really began with your typing my grandfather's manuscript into MS Word. Thank you for doing that task so professionally. Dan. The contents include: Part 1, Kentucky Roots; Part 2, Development of Clay County, Missouri; Part 3 Hold-Ups and Bad Boys; Part 4, Frank James; Part 5, Jesse James; Part 6, The Younger Boys, Part 7, Jesse's Family and Relatives, and Part 8 Kearney Revisited. Bud and Donny Pence, great uncles of author Samuel Anderson Pence and neighbors and contemporaries of Frank and Jesse James, were members of Quantrill's Guerrillas during the Civil War. They participated in many engagements against Union forces led by William Quantrill, including the ill-fated foray into Kentucky in 1865, and survived to tell about it. Samuel Anderson Pence worked on this manuscript primarily during the 1950's. It is based on what he knew or believed to be true at that time. During the intervening decades the availability of additional genealogical information brought to light some details about the subjects of this book which differed from what Sam Pence wrote. For the most part the editor has left the text as originally written. Some end notes have been provided where new information or discrepancies have been identified. More

New York: The New Press, 1980. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xxv, [1], 470 pages. Footnotes. Rear cover has some damp signs and wear. Some staining noted to fore-edge and bottom edge--no impact to text. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed at the top of the title page. In this book are a hundred American voices, captured by hunch, circumstance, and a rough idea. There is no pretense at statistical 'truth' or consensus. There is, in the manner of a jazz work, an attempt, of theme and improvisation, to recount dreams, lost and found, and a recognition of possibility. In this unique look at one of our most pervasive national myths, Studs Terkel persuades an extraordinary range of Americans to articulate their version of "The American Dream." Beginning with an embittered winner of the Miss U.S.A. contest who sees the con behind the dream of success and including an early interview with a highly ambitious Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terkel explores the diverse landscape of the promise of the United States, from farm kids dreaming of the city to city kids determined to get out, from the Boston Brahmin to the KKK member, from newly arrived immigrants to families who have lived in this country for generations, these narratives include figures both famous and infamous. Filtered through the lens of our leading oral historian, the chorus of voices in American Dreams highlights the hopes and struggles of coming to and living in the United States. This is a classic work of oral history that provides an extraordinary and moving picture of everyday American lives. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xxxv, [1], 229, [7] pages. Notes. Index. Edge tear in rear voce. Foreword by Lewis Thomas. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the “Moscow Link” ?a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book’s conclusions. This work makes dramatic long lasting climate predictions of the effect a nuclear winter would have on the Earth, an event that is suggested by the authors to follow both a city countervalue strike during a nuclear war, and especially following strikes on oil refineries and fuel depots. More

New York: Picador, 2006. Later printing. Trade paperback. xiii, [3], 236, [4] pages. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Front cover states: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Translator's Preface. Historical Notes. Prologue: A Solitary Human Voice. Part One: The Land of the Dead. Part Two: The Land of the Living. Part Three: Amazed by Sadness. In Place of an Epilogue. On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown---from innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster---and their stories reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty with which they still live. Comprised of interviews in monologue form, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucially important work, unforgettable in its emotional power and honesty. Svetlana Alexievich is a journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. Chernobyl, the acclaimed HBO miniseries (winner of ten Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards), is based in large part on the personal recollections from Voices from Chernobyl. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 392 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Lee Smolin (born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a member of the graduate faculty of the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. Smolin's 2006 book The Trouble with Physics criticized string theory as a viable scientific theory. He has made contributions to quantum gravity theory, in particular the approach known as loop quantum gravity. He advocates that the two primary approaches to quantum gravity, loop quantum gravity and string theory, can be reconciled as different aspects of the same underlying theory. His research interests also include cosmology, elementary particle theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, and theoretical biology. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 443, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. A Note to the Reader. Glossary. Longer Summaries. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Louisa Gilder was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2000. This is her first book. In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as “spooky action at a distance.” In that same year, Erwin Schrödinger christened this correlation “entanglement.” Yet its existence was mostly ignored until 1964, when the Irish physicist John Bell demonstrated just how strange this entanglement really was. Gilder both humanizes and dramatizes the story by employing the scientists’ own words in imagined face-to-face dialogues. The result is a richly illuminating exploration of one of the most exciting concepts of quantum physics. More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 313, [1] pages. Illustrations. Ink notations on fep, and on multiple pages up to about page 60. No additional in marks or notations observed in the remaining pages. Contents include Acknowledgments; Introduction: A False Dichotomy; The Human/Robot Debate; Human Spaceflight as Utopia; Promoting the Human Dimension; Robotic Spaceflight in Popular Culture; The New Space Race; Interstellar Flight and the Human Future in Space; Homo sapiens, Transhumanism, and the Postbiological University; An Alternative Paradigm?; and Appendix: Inadequate Words; Notes, and Index. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author and a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Howard E. McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University. McCurdy is considered an expert on space policy and NASA. In 1998, he was selected to be the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, a one-year fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum. McCurdy received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. More

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 409, [3] pages. Formulae, Illustrations. References. Author Index. Name of former owner in ink on fep. Nicholas P. Nicholas P. Jewell is Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Since arriving at Berkeley in 1981, he has held various academic and administrative positions, most notably serving as Vice Provost from 1994 to 2000. He’s also served as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at Princeton University (1979–1981), and held academic appointments at the University of Edinburgh, Oxford University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at the University of Kyoto. Dr. Jewell is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the 2012 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science from Harvard University. He is the 2005 winner of the Snedecor Award from COPSS, and won the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health in 2004. In 2000, he was honored by the Director’s Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for providing “extraordinary leadership and vision in implementing strategies that enhance the disaster resistance of the University of California, Berkeley, and universities throughout America.” In addition the 2005 Alfred E. Alquist Award was given to UC Berkeley’s SAFER program that he launched and led for many years. He received a doctorate in Mathematics in 1976. More