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Food to Nurture the Mind

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: The Children's Foundation : 1970

Seller ID: 33544

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Sunned spine. 24p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Text of a lecture Bruno Bettelheim delivered to the Children's Foundation in December 1969.

Bruno Bettelheim (1904-1990) was an Austrian-born psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the United States.

Much of his work was discredited after his death due to fraudulent academic credentials, allegations of patient abuse, accusations of plagiarism, and lack of oversight by institutions and the psychological community.
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The Forms of Action at Common Law: A Course of Lectures

By: Maitland, Frederic William

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1968

Seller ID: 33543

Binding: Paperback

Unmarked. Some edge wear. Edited by A. H. Chaytor and W. J. Whittaker. 75p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

This study looks at the forms of action and how they are a part of the structure upon which rests the whole common law of England.
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Chanzeaux: A Village in Anjou

By: Wylie, Lawrence (editor)

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Harvard University Press : 1966

Seller ID: 33542

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket with some edge wear (clipped) under clear mylar cover. Sticker on front end page. Black-and-white illustrations. Index. Notes. Maps. 383p. Measures 6.5x10.5 inches.

Contributors include Evelyn Ackerman, Frederic Ballard, George de Menil, Elizabeth Fox, Stephanie Krebs, Roger Lewin, Jonathan Wylie, Lawrence Wylie, Thomas Yager, and others. Topics include history, farming, population, social organization, religion, politics, and more.
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Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in House

By: Messer, Sarah

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Viking Press : 2004

Seller ID: 33541

ISBN-13: 9780670033157

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Notes. Bibliography. Black-and-white illustrations. 390p. Measures 6x8.5 inches.

This book is a living history, a story of America from its wild beginnings in colonial New England through nine generations of the Hatch family.
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Physical Anthropology of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea (Anthropological Studies in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea, 2)

By: Littlewood, Robert

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: University of Washington Press : 1972

Seller ID: 33539

ISBN-13: 9780295951331

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Sticker on front end page. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Black-and-white images. Tables. 224p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

Foreword by James B. Watson. Appendices by John Thomas Barksdale and Russel Conda Boyd II.
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The Human Body: How it Works (Second Revised Edition)

By: White, Jon (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Imagine Publishing : 2014

Seller ID: 33538

ISBN-13: 9781910155301

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Over 400 incredible images. 194p. Measures 9.25x11.75
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Trails of Indochina: Signature Collection 2012-2013 (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Bali)

By: Trails of Indochina

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Trails of Indochina : 2012

Seller ID: 33537

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated. Maps. Foldout pages. Travel Guide. 108p. Measures 8.25 inches square.
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Arts of Asia: Special Korean Issue (July-August 1981)

By: Sunu, Choi; Kung-Sung, Lee; Wickman, Michael et al

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Arts of Asia Publications : 1981

Seller ID: 33536

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Bumped cover. Extensively illustrated. 154p. Measures 9x12 inches.

Articles include Some Characteristics of Korean Art, The Modern Art Movement in Korea, The Palaces of Seoul, Buddhist Sculptures of Korea, and more.
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Winterthur Garden: Henry Francis Du Pont's Romance with the Land

By: Magnani, Denise

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Winterthur Museum : 1995

Seller ID: 33535

ISBN-13: 9780912724133

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Remainder mark on bottom. Black-and-white and beautiful color plates. 192p. Measures 9.25x9.75 inches.

The Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Photographs by Carol Betsch.
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Planting in Patterns (The Classic English Gardening Guide)

By: Taylor, Patrick

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Harper and Row : 1989

Seller ID: 33534

ISBN-13: 9780060161248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name stamped on front end page. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Index. Color images throughout. Suggested reading. 112p. Measures 9.25 inches squared.

Describes the formal elements of garden design, using hedges, topiary, parterres, knots, mazes, and pergolas, and shows how to use them for best effect.
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Turandot: Lyric Drama in Three Acts and Five Scenes

By: Adami, Giuseppe; Simoni, Renato

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: G. Ricordi & Co. : 1926

Seller ID: 33533

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Crease on cover. Some age tanning. 89p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Music by Giacomo Puccini. In Italian and English, with the English version by K. H. B. d Jaffa.

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
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Chilham Castle

By: Oswald, C. A.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: English Life Publications

Seller ID: 33532

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked booklet. Beautiful color images. Map. Undated. Measures 6x7.5 inches. 25p.

Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174; manor house was completed in 1616 for Sir Dudley Digges.
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California History: (Volume LXIV, No 4, Fall 1985)

By: California Historical Society

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: California Historical Society : 1985

Seller ID: 33531

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white. Measures 8.5x11 inches. pp254-335.

Includes Hetch Hetchy; Dorthea Lange and Russell Lee; San Francisco's Aquatic Park; Phoebe Hearst; and more.
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Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space

By: Sorkin, Michael (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Hill and Wang : 1992

Seller ID: 33529

ISBN-13: 9780374523145

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Bookstore sticker inside cover. Black-and-white illustrations. 240p. Measures 6x9 inches.Examines a new kind of urbanism, describing it as a theme park, an apparently benign environment in which all is structured to achieve maximum control and in which the idea of authentic interaction among citizens has been thoroughly purged. Suggests this new cityscape--from Silicon Valley to Epcot Center, South Street Seaport to downtown Los Angeles-- reveals disturbing implications for American public life. Contributors include Margaret Crawford, Langdon Winner, Neil Smith, Edward W. Ooja, ...
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The Casual Vacancy

By: Rowling, J. K.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Little, Brown and Co. : 2012

Seller ID: 33528

ISBN-13: 9780316228534

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 503p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series. Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is her first novel for adults.
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Potam: A Yaqui Village in Sonora

By: Spicer, Edward H.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: American Anthropological Association : 1954

Seller ID: 33527

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Tanned edges. American Anthropological Association volume 56, No. 4, Part 2, Memoir 77, August 1954. 220p plus 11 figures/map. Bibliography.

The town of Pótam is located in the Municipality of Guaymas (in the State of Sonora), Mexico.
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

By: Newitz, Annalee

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Norton : 2021

Seller ID: 33526

ISBN-13: 9780393652666

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 197p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. 4 maps.

Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy's southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today.
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Science Magazine: Features the undersea volcanic explosion in Tonga (1 July 2022)

By: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 2021

Seller ID: 33525

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Godd

Unmarked text. Features the undersea volcanic explosion in Tonga. Also bioresorbable coolers to block nerve pain, Oceania people in multiple waves by male migrants, and more. Volume 377, No. 6601, pp1-124
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Mein Leben mit Mozart: Aus dem Französischen von Inés Koebel (German Edition, with CD)

By: Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Viene Auflage : 2005

Seller ID: 33524

ISBN-13: 9783250600855

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Includes CD. 133p. Measures 6x8 inches.
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California History: California Authors (Volume LXXII, No 3, Fall 1993)

By: California Historical Society

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: California Historical Society : 1993

Seller ID: 33522

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white.Measures 8.5x11 inches. pp222-302.

Includes the early University of California Press, Clarence King, Gerald Haslam, Wallace Stegner, and others..
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Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasure

By: Deiss, Joseph Jay

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: J Paul Getty : 1989

Seller ID: 33521

ISBN-13: 9780892361649

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. 222p. Measures 6x9.25 inches. Index. Bibliography.

A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.
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California History (Volume 80, No 4, Winter 2001/2002)

By: California Historical Society

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: California Historical Society : 2001

Seller ID: 33520

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. pp162-256. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Includes Winston Churchill in California, Pasadena, Carey M. Williams, and more.
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London: A Social History

By: Porter, Roy

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Penguin Books : 1994

Seller ID: 33519

ISBN-13: 9780140242386

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Remainder mark on bottom. Black-and-white illustrations, including maps. 431p. Index. Further reading.
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Journal of the American Musicological Society (Volume XXXVII, Number 2, Summer 1984)

By: Hill, John Walter (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: American Musicological Society : 1984

Seller ID: 33517

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Some foxing on edge. pp233-447. Index. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

Articles include "The Milan Partbooks: Evidence of Cipriano De Rore's Compositional Process" by Jessie Ann Owens, "Venezia Favorita da Maria: Music for the Madonna Nicopeia and Santa Maria della Salute" by James H. Moore, Alan Tyson on Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, and more.
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Women Artists of Southern California: Then and Now

By: Finkel, Bruria

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Track Gallery 16 : 2007

Seller ID: 33516

ISBN-13: 9781424337972

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Rubbed spine. 44p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Beautifully illustrated in color. Exhibition featuring the work of 36 women artists residing in Southern California who have made art since the 1970s.

Artists include Bruia Finkel, Karen Carson, Lita Alberqueque, Diane Buckler, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Rachel Rostenthal, Miriam Wosk, Sheila Pinkel, Ruth Weisberg, Connie Zehr, and others.
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