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New York.: Ballantine Books by arr. w/ E.P. Dutton, 1978. First edition. 1st paperback Ballantine.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Marred by lower front cover angled tear, repaired w/… Plus…

New York.: Ballantine Books by arr. w/ E.P. Dutton, 1978. First edition. 1st paperback Ballantine.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Marred by lower front cover angled tear, repaired w/ clear tape; else fine. Oh, rats! .. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Horror fiction: A re-imagined plague carried by swarming rats and the parasites they carried. Inspired by the 14th century Black (or Bubonic) Plague (and subsequent outbreaks), all too real in Europe. This setting begins in New York City. From back cover, "The invaders are tiny, microscopic organisms with a foreign name, Yersinius pestis. A girl named Sarah Dobbs is their beachhead". She coughed explosively on an annoying man impeding her at a Port Authority. Reviewed as having scientific authenticity and scary suspense." Sad to say, the dedication reads "To Lucy", which is this bookseller's name. Coincidence, I hope., Ballantine Books by arr. w/ E.P. Dutton, 1978, 4, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1983. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Fool for Love by Sam Shepard and The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife / words by Sam Shepard ; music by Sam Shepard & Catherine Stone. A clean, unmarked copy., City Lights Books, 1983, 3, Little, Brown. Very Good. Paperback. 2006. 288 pages. <br>The economy [isn't] a bunch of rather dull statist ics with names like GDP (gross domestic product), notes Tim Harfo rd, columnist and regular guest on NPR's Marketplace, economics i s about who gets what and why. In this acclaimed and riveting boo k-part expos? part user's manual-the astute and entertaining colu mnist from the Financial Times demystifies the ways in which mone y works in the world. From why the coffee in your cup costs so mu ch to why efficiency is not necessarily the answer to ensuring a fair society, from improving health care to curing crosstown traf fic-all the dirty little secrets of dollars and cents are delight fully revealed by The Undercover Economist. A rare specimen: a b ook on economics that will enthrall its readers . . . It brings t he power of economics to life. -Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Fre akonomics A playful guide to the economics of everyday life, and as such is something of an elder sibling to Steven Levitt's wild child, the hugely successful Freakonomics. -The Economist A tou r de force . . . If you need to be convinced of the everrelevant and fascinating nature of economics, read this insightful and wit ty book. -Jagdish Bhagwati, author of In Defense of Globalization This is a book to savor. -The New York Times Harford writes li ke a dream. From his book I found out why there's a Starbucks on every corner [and] how not to get duped in an auction. Reading Th e Undercover Economist is like spending an ordinary day wearing X -ray goggles. -David Bodanis, author of Electric Universe Much w it and wisdom. -The Houston Chronicle From Publishers Weekly Nat tily packaged-the cover sports a Roy Lichtensteinesque image of a n economist in Dick Tracy garb-and cleverly written, this book ap plies basic economic theory to such modern phenomena as Starbucks ' pricing system and Microsoft's stock values. While the concepts explored are those encountered in Microeconomics 101, Harford gr acefully explains abstruse ideas like pricing along the demand cu rve and game theory using real world examples without relying on graphs or jargon. The book addresses free market economic theory, but Harford is not a complete apologist for capitalism; he shows how companies from Amazon com to Whole Foods to Starbucks have g ouged consumers through guerrilla pricing techniques and explains the high rents in London (it has more to do with agriculture tha n one might think). Harford comes down soft on Chinese sweatshops , acknowledging conditions in factories are terrible, but sweatsh ops are better than the horrors that came before them, and a step on the road to something better. Perhaps, but Harford doesn't qu estion whether communism or a capitalist-style industrial revolut ion are the only two choices available in modern economies. That aside, the book is unequaled in its accessibility and ability to show how free market economic forces affect readers' day-to-day. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevie r Inc. All rights reserved. From Bookmarks Magazine Harford expo ses the dark underbelly of capitalism in Undercover Economist. Co mpared with Steven Levitt's and Stephen J. Dubner's popular Freak onomics (*** July/Aug 2005), the book uses simple, playful exampl es (written in plain English) to elucidate complex economic theor ies. Critics agree that the book will grip readers interested in understanding free-market forces but disagree about Harford's app roach. Some thought the author mastered the small ideas while kee ping in sight the larger context of globalization; others faulted Harford for failing to criticize certain economic theories and t o ground his arguments in political, organizational structures. E ither way, his case studies-some entertaining, others indicative of times to come-will make you think twice about that cup of coff ee. Copyright ? 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Editorial Re views From Publishers Weekly Nattily packaged-the cover sports a Roy Lichtensteinesque image of an economist in Dick Tracy garb-a nd cleverly written, this book applies basic economic theory to s uch modern phenomena as Starbucks' pricing system and Microsoft's stock values. While the concepts explored are those encountered in Microeconomics 101, Harford gracefully explains abstruse ideas like pricing along the demand curve and game theory using real w orld examples without relying on graphs or jargon. The book addre sses free market economic theory, but Harford is not a complete a pologist for capitalism; he shows how companies from Amazon com t o Whole Foods to Starbucks have gouged consumers through guerrill a pricing techniques and explains the high rents in London (it ha s more to do with agriculture than one might think). Harford come s down soft on Chinese sweatshops, acknowledging conditions in fa ctories are terrible, but sweatshops are better than the horrors that came before them, and a step on the road to something better . Perhaps, but Harford doesn't question whether communism or a ca pitalist-style industrial revolution are the only two choices ava ilable in modern economies. That aside, the book is unequaled in its accessibility and ability to show how free market economic fo rces affect readers' day-to-day. Copyright ? Reed Business Inform ation, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Fro m the Back Cover The Undercover Economist is a rare specimen: a b ook on economics that will enthrall its readers. Beautifully writ ten and argued, it brings the power of economics to life. This bo ok should be required reading for every elected official, busines s leader, and university student. --Steven D. Levitt, author of F reakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyt hing Harford writes like a dream--and is also one of the leadin g economic thinkers of his generation. From his book I found out why there's a Starbucks on every corner, what Bob Geldof needs to learn to make development aid work properly, and how not to get duped in an auction. Reading The Undercover Economist is like spe nding an ordinary day wearing X-ray goggles. --David Bodanis, aut hor of E=mc2 and Electric Universe If you need to be convinced of the ever-relevant and fascinating nature of economics, read th is insightful and witty book by Tim Harford. Using one interestin g example after another, The Undercover Economist demonstrates ho w economic reasoning -- often esoteric and dull, but totally acce ssible in Harford's hands -- helps illuminate the world around us . Indeed, Harford's book is a tour de force. --Jagdish Bhagwati, author of In Defense of Globalization As Tim Harford demonstrat es brilliantly in this enjoyable book, the powerful underlying id eas of economics can, in the hands of the right person, illuminat e every aspect of the world we inhabit. --Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, and auth or of Why Globalization Works Most people think economists are boring, opinionated and wrong. Tim Harford is often right, always opinionated, but never boring. He shows how economics can be use d to illuminate our everyday lives. Whether you want an explanati on of the price of a cup of coffee or of poverty in the third wor ld, Harford has it all. --John Kay, author of Culture and Prosper ity: The Truth About Markets About the Author Tim Harford is an editorial writer at the Financial Times, where he also writes th e newspaper's Dear Economist column and The Undercover Economist column, which also appears in Slate. He lives in London. About t he Author Tim Harford is an editorial writer at the Financial Tim es, where he also writes the newspaper's Dear Economist column an d The Undercover Economist column, which also appears in Slate. H e lives in London. Review Required reading. -Steven Levitt, auth or of Freakonomics A playful guide to the economics of everyday life, and as such. . . something of an elder sibling to Steven Le vitt's wild child, the hugely successful Freakonomics. -The Econo mist A book to savor. -The New York Times The Undercover Econom ist is a book you must pick up if you want a fresh perspective on how basic ideas in economics can help in answering the most comp lex and perplexing questions about the world around us. -Business Today [Harford] is in every sense consumer-friendly. His chapte rs come in bite-size sections, with wacky sub-headings. His style is breezy and no-nonsense. . . . The Undercover Economistis part primer, part consciousness raiser, part self-help manual. --Time s Literary Supplement Anyone mystified by how the world works wi ll benefit from this book - especially anyone confused about why good intentions don't, necessarily, translate into good results. -The Daily Telegraph (UK) Harford writes like a dream - and is a lso one of the leading economic thinkers of his generation. From his book I found out why there's a Starbucks on every corner, wha t Bob Geldof needs to learn to make development aid work properly , and how not to get duped in an auction. Reading The Undercover Economist is like spending an ordinary day wearing X-ray goggles. -David Bodanis, author of E=mc2 and Electric Universe Popular e conomics is not an oxymoron, and here is the proof. This book, by the Financial Times columnist Tim Harford, is as lively and witt y an introduction to the supposedly 'dismal science' as you are l ikely to read. -The Times From AudioFile This delightful behind- the-scenes look at basic economics should be required listening f or anyone who's looked up at a Starbucks menu and asked, Why am I paying four dollars for a cup of coffee? Robert McKenzie reads w ith an educated English accent that entertains as well as enchant s, and he makes a point to be both clear and challenging in his d elivery. The author's take on money is laugh-out-loud funny, and listeners who tune in for the entertainment value will find thems elves educated in the ways of the economic world. Magnificently w ritten and read, this book solves some of the mysteries of everyd ay life with wit and style. R.O. ? AudioFile 2006, Portland, Main e-- Copyright ? AudioFile, Portland, Maine Excerpt. ? Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. One Who Pays for Your Coffee ? The long commute on public transportation is a commonplace exp erience of life in major cities around the world, whether you liv e in New York, Tokyo, Antwerp, or Prague. Commuting dispiritingly combines the universal and the particular. The particular, becau se each commuter is a rat in his own unique maze: timing the run from the shower to the station turnstiles; learning the timetable s and the correct end of the platform to speed up the transfer be tween different trains; trading off the disadvantages of standing room only on the first train home against a seat on the last one . Yet commutes also produce common patterns-bottlenecks and rush hours-that are exploited by entrepreneurs the world over. My comm ute in Washington, D.C., is not the same as yours in London, New York, or Hong Kong, but it will look surprisingly familiar. Farr agut West is the Metro station ideally positioned to serve the Wo rld Bank, International Monetary Fund, and even the White House. Every morning, sleep-deprived, irritable travelers surface from F arragut West into the International Square plaza, and they are no t easily turned aside from their paths. They want to get out of t he noise and bustle, around the shuffling tourists, and to their desks just slightly before their bosses. They do not welcome deto urs. But there is a place of peace and bounty that can tempt them to tarry for a couple of minutes. In this oasis, rare delights a re served with smiles by attractive and exotic men and women-toda y, a charming barista whose name badge reads Maria. I am thinking , of course, of Starbucks. The caf?is placed, inescapably, at the exit to International Square. This is no quirk of Farragut West: the first storefront you will pass on your way out of the nearby Farragut North Metro is-another Starbucks. You find such conveni ently located coffee shops all over the planet and catering to th e same desperate commuters. The coffee shop within ten yards of t he exit from Washington's Dupont Circle Metro station is called C osi. New York's Penn Station boasts Seattle Coffee Roasters just by the exit to Eighth Avenue. Commuters through Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, can enjoy a Starbucks without leaving the station concour se. In London's Waterloo station, it is the AMT kiosk that guards the exit onto the south bank of the Thames. At $2.55 a tall cap puccino from Starbucks is hardly cheap. But of course, I can affo rd it. Like many of the people stopping at that caf? I earn the p rice of that coffee every few minutes. None of us care to waste o ur time trying to save a few pennies by searching out a cheaper c offee at 8:30 in the morning. There is a huge demand for the most convenient coffee possible-in Waterloo Station, for example, sev enty-four million people pass through each year. That makes the l ocation of the coffee bar crucial. The position of the Starbucks caf?at Farragut West is advantageous, not just because it's loca ted on an efficient route from the platforms to the station exit, but because there are no other coffee bars on that route. It's h ardly a surprise that they do a roaring trade. If you buy as muc h coffee as I do you may have come to the conclusion that somebod y is getting filthy rich out of all this. If the occasional gripe s in the newspapers are correct, the coffee in that cappuccino co sts pennies. Of course, the newspapers don't tell us the whole st ory: there's milk, electricity, cost of the paper cups-and the co st of paying Maria to smile at grouchy customers all day long. Bu t after you add all that up you still get something a lot less th an the price of a cup of coffee. According to economics professor Brian McManus, markups on coffee are around 150 percent-it costs forty cents to make a one-dollar cup of drip coffee and costs le ss than a dollar for a small latte, which sells for $2.55. So som ebody is making a lot of money. Who? You might think that the ob vious candidate is Howard Schultz, the owner of Starbucks. But th e answer isn't as simple as that. The main reason that Starbucks can ask $2.55 for a cappuccino is that there isn't a shop next do or charging $2.00. So why is nobody next door undercutting Starbu cks? Without wishing to dismiss the achievements of Mr. Schultz, cappuccinos are not in fact complicated products. There is no sho rtage of drinkable cappuccinos (sadly, there is no shortag, Little, Brown, 2006, 3, City Lights Books, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., City Lights Books, 1983, 2.5, Larks Press, Dereham, Norfolk, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Barnard, Mary. black titles spine; illustrated by the author's b/w. line drawings; "teacher, counsellor, magistrate and occasional journalist, Mary Barnard wrote her diary whenever time could be spared from a hectic domestic schedule, for it is about the bringing-up of six children, three daughters, one son and two nieces, in a large house on the outskirts of Norwich just after the last war. With husband James, the City Treasurer, and her strong-minded mother, Nana Loornes, plus an entertaining succession of home helps, she struggled against the post-war food and clothing shortages to keep the three generations happy under one roof. Like life itself this book is both humorous and sad, but mainly optimistic. Extracts have already been enjoyed by women's groups. Here is the whole story, beautifully illustrated by the author."; previous owner's address label on f.e.p.; 190 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Barnard, Mary. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; East Anglia; Norfolk; Norwich; England; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0948400323. ISBN/EAN: 9780948400322. Inventory No: BOG00014. . 9780948400322, Larks Press, 1997, 3, Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books/Blue Pelican, 1967. Slight wear to cover. This is the first balanced account of abortion in Britain today. In it, the author employs the face-to-face documentary techniques he used in The City and The Doctors to investigate the types of operation which money and desperation can acquire, the back-street variety, those carried out illegally by doctors, usually at great risk to the abortionist, the legal 'Harley Street' operations, performed on psychiatrists recommendations, and those few done on the National Health Service. The author argues no case; but through the tissue of half-truths, euphemisms, and evasions he uncovers there emerges a sad picture of medical legerdemain and social hypocrisy.......Paperback. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Revised Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback., Penguin Books/Blue Pelican, 1967, 2.5, NYC: War Department, 1945 Cover: Silver Hunter, Manila Bay. Articles include: Rackets veterans should watch out for; Divers hunt for silver pesos in Manila Bay; The French movie studios are back in business; People on the Home Front: Arthur E. DuBois; Dr. Herbert Zipper is free to reorganize the Manila Symphony; Welcome to Korea; Arriving home on the Queen Elizabeth - sketches by Sgt. Bob Greenhalgh; Sad Sack cartoon - "Lush Living"; Bernard Baruch's report on the VA; Yank Pin-up: Donna Reed; Yank fiction: Casulty in New York by Bill Feinberg; Bronco Rider Tom Knight. Edgewear, newspaper slightly creased from having been folded in half., War Department, 1945, 3, The City Museum of Novi Sad, 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9788676370191, The City Museum of Novi Sad, 2006, 0, William Collins. Very Good. 6.02 x 1.06 x 9.21 inches. Paperback. 2015. 320 pages. <br>An extraordinary insight into life under one of th e world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the sto ry of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriati on and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in Nor th Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China g ave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Her mit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she wi tnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told the best on the planet? Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family. She could not return, since rumours of her escape were spreading, and she and her famil y could incur the punishments of the government authorities - inv olving imprisonment, torture, and possible public execution. Hyeo nseo instead remained in China and rapidly learned Chinese in an effort to adapt and survive. Twelve years and two lifetimes later , she would return to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea, on one of the m ost arduous, costly and dangerous journeys imaginable. This is t he unique story not only of Hyeonseo's escape from the darkness i nto the light, but also of her coming of age, education and the r esolve she found to rebuild her life - not once, but twice - firs t in China, then in South Korea. Strong, brave and eloquent, this memoir is a triumph of her remarkable spirit. Editorial Reviews Review 'The most riveting TED talk ever' Oprah 'Hyeonseo Lee brought the human consequences of global inaction on North Korea to the world's doorstep ... Against all odds she escaped, survive d, and had the courage to speak out' Samantha Power, U.S. represe ntative to the U.N. 'This is a powerful story of an escapee from North Korea. In the hallowed meeting rooms of the United Nations in New York, ambassadors from North Korea recently sought to sho ut down stories like this. But these voices will not be silenced. Eventually freedom will be restored. History will vindicate Hyeo nseo Lee and those like her for the risks they ran so that their bodies and their minds could be free. And so that we could know t he truth' Michael Kirby, chair of the U.N. commission on human ri ghts abuses in North Korea 'When I first met Hyeonseo Lee, the u nflinching manner in which she told her story was inspirational. She experienced hunger, coldness, fear, terror, threats and pursu it. All this she had to endure, simply for being a North Korean r efugee. But the one thing that she held onto was her humanity, ev er stronger as she continuously sublimated her hardships into hop e. This is a sad and beautiful story of a girl who could not even keep her name, yet overcome all with the identity of what it is to be human' Jang Jin-sung, author of 'Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Es capee - A Look Inside North Korea' About the Author Hyeonseo L ee grew up in North Korea but escaped to China in 1997. In 2008, after more than 10 years there, she came to Seoul, South Korea, w here she struggled to adjust to life in the bustling city. Recent ly graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, she has b ecome a regular speaker on the international stage fostering huma n rights and awareness of the plight of North Koreans. She is an advocate for fellow refugees, even helping close relatives leave North Korea. Her TED talk has been viewed nearly 4m times. She is married to her American husband Brian Gleason and currently live s in South Korea. </div About the Author Hyeonseo Lee grew up i n North Korea but escaped to China in 1997. In 2008, after more t han 10 years there, she came to Seoul, South Korea, where she str uggled to adjust to life in the bustling city. Recently graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, she has become a regu lar speaker on the international stage fostering human rights and awareness of the plight of North Koreans. She is an advocate for fellow refugees, even helping close relatives leave North Korea. Her TED talk has been viewed nearly 4m times. She is married to her American husband Brian Gleason and currently lives in South K orea. </div ., William Collins, 2015, 3, New York: Bantam Books, 1951. (vii) 342 pp. Bantam Giant A964. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; faintly store stamped. Wraparound cover art by Robert Maguire. Here is the full, terrifying truth about the epidemic of crime, the shocking and violent outburst of crimes against people that is turning the cities into jungles. This is an expose and an alarm but it is also a demand for action - where are the cops? And sadly, it is even more true today than it was seventy years ago. The Chapters are: Part One: A New Pattern in Crime: You Are the Target; Women Are Easier Game; How Safe Are Your Children; A Man's Life - and His Castle. Part Two: Meet the Criminal: The Story of a Crime; Crime and the Homosexual; Rampage; The Crime of Rape; The Worship of Violence. Part Three: Where Are the Cops: Our Naked Cities; New York's Finest - or Blindest; A Case that Was Bungled; A Tale of Two Cities. Part Four: What Can Be Done: Put the Cop Back on the Beat; A New Kind of Cop; Educate Educate Educate; What to Do with Sex Criminals; Who's Insane; and Crime and Punishment.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Robert Maguire;. Vintage Paperback., Bantam Books, 1951, 3, Bloomington: iUniverse, Inc./Toronto & Winnipeg: At Bay Press, 2011. As new. Paper bound, flat-signed (no gift inscription, just the author's signature) by the author on the title page, Pp79. A fine copy. From the rear cover: ""These short fiction and prose selections depict the author's exploration of life experiences from various naarrative stances and his attempt to understand ego development and self-actualization. Following up the success of his recent novel ""Etchings in the Dead Wax"", familiar topics like fear, sadness, mental illness, forgiveness, and understanding the environments we share reappear as the author digs deep in the inkwell in search of answers. The title offering is a candid coming of age piece loosely based around real events in the city of Winnipeg."" We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba., Bloomington: iUniverse, Inc./Toronto & Winnipeg: At Bay Press, 2011, 0<