Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2008
ISBN 10: 1594489807ISBN 13: 9781594489808
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Whimsically recounts the author's experiences of being raised by parents who believed that the working world was a man's domain and that her priority was to marry into wealth, describing the refocus that occurred when she fell in love with and married a husband who expected her to contribute financially. 30,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.15
Used offers from US$ 8.54
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1996
ISBN 10: 1573220450ISBN 13: 9781573220453
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In this commanding and impassioned inquiry, Harold Bloom draws on a lifelong study of religion and, in particular, of Gnosticism, the knowing that God is not an external force but resides within each on of us. Through the ancient literatures of Jewish Kabbalah, Christian Gnosticism, and Muslim Shiite Sufism, he reveals to us the angels not as the kitschy cherubs we know today, but as magnificent, terrifying, sublime beings who have always played a central role in Western culture. He allows us to feel their splendor, and to experience the powerful role that dreams and near-death experiences have held throughout the centuries. And in the dazzling final chapter, he delivers a Gnostic sermon in which he urges us toward transcendence.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.33
Used offers from US$ 8.70
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2004
ISBN 10: 1573222844ISBN 13: 9781573222846
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Journeying from the Bible to twentieth-century writings, the distinguished literary critic and author of Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human explores the ways in which literature can transform and shape one's life, discussing such topics as the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes, Plato and Homer, St. Augustine, Freud and Proust, and more. 75,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 17.73
Used offers from US$ 8.73
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573223093ISBN 13: 9781573223096
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: used. A portrait of the Grammy Award-winning lead singer of U2 discusses how his life and achievements defy rock-star clich?s, describing his transformation from a post-punk band singer to one of the industry's most famous figures, his long-time marriage to his childhood sweetheart, and his work as a spokesperson for Third-World issues.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 19.36
Used offers from US$ 8.90
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1995
ISBN 10: 1573220051ISBN 13: 9781573220057
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Traveling to China during the Cultural Revolution to become an English teacher, the free-spirited, Beatles' music-loving Katherine awakens in her students a desire for Western lifestyles and becomes caught in a doomed love triangle. A first novel. By the author of Red Azalea. 40,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 33.95
Used offers from US$ 8.96
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2004
ISBN 10: 1573222771ISBN 13: 9781573222778
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. In a collection of conversations, the Dalai Lama shares his profound spiritual insights into the essence of forgiveness, the circumstances under which he could be capable of violence, how he learned to love his enemies, his personal fears, and his experience of pain.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 19.73
Used offers from US$ 9.11
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2000
ISBN 10: 157322152XISBN 13: 9781573221528
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Describes the process of writing and publishing from an editor's perspective, with advice on seeking agents, dealing with rejection, and identifying several author personality types.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 20.98
Used offers from US$ 9.18
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594487480ISBN 13: 9781594487484
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. * National Bestseller and winner of the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award* Hailed by Edmund White as "a brilliant new novel" on the cover of the New York Times Book Review* Lauded by Jonathan Franzen, E. L. Doctorow and many othersFrom a global literary star comes a prize-winning tour de force - an intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia.Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed not only as one of South Americas greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, award-winning novel, Vásquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.In the city of Bogotá, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The article transports Antonio back to when the war between Escobars Medellín cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombias streets and in the skies above. Back then, Antonio witnessed a friends murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friends family have been shaped by his countrys recent violent past. His journey leads him all the way back to the 1960s and a world on the brink of change: a time before narco-trafficking trapped a whole generation in a living nightmare.Vásquez is one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature, according to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and The Sound of Things Falling is his most personal, most contemporary novel to date, a masterpiece that takes his writing-and will take his literary star-even higher.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 19.50
Used offers from US$ 9.26
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2000
ISBN 10: 1573220493ISBN 13: 9781573220491
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The noted spiritualist and author of Be Here Now provides wisdom for middle-aged baby boomers, offering humorous and insightful guidance to exploring the joy, pain, and opportunities of middle age. 85,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 22.82
Used offers from US$ 9.36
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2008
ISBN 10: 1594488525ISBN 13: 9781594488528
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts-in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion-the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for Americas Founding Fathers.The Invention of Air is a book of world-changing ideas wrapped around a compelling narrative, a story of genius and violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping historical change that provokes us to recast our understanding of the Founding Fathers.It is the story of Joseph Priestley-scientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jefferson-an eighteenth-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the United States. And it is a story that only Steven Johnson, acclaimed juggler of disciplines and provocative ideas, can do justice to.In the 1780s, Priestley had established himself in his native England as a brilliant scientist, a prominent minister, and an outspoken advocate of the American Revolution, who had sustained long correspondences with Franklin, Jefferson, and John Adams. Ultimately, his radicalism made his life politically uncomfortable, and he fled to the nascent United States. Here, he was able to build conceptual bridges linking the scientific, political, and religious impulses that governed his life. And through his close relationships with the Founding Fathers-Jefferson credited Priestley as the man who prevented him from abandoning Christianity-he exerted profound if little-known influence on the shape and course of our history.As in his last bestselling work, The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson here uses a dramatic historical story to explore themes that have long engaged him: innovation and the way new ideas emerge and spread, and the environments that foster these breakthroughs. And as he did in Everything Bad Is Good for You, Johnson upsets some fundamental assumptions about the world we live in-namely, what it means when we invoke the Founding Fathers-and replaces them with a clear-eyed, eloquent assessment of where we stand today.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 20.36
Used offers from US$ 9.46
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1999
ISBN 10: 1573221279ISBN 13: 9781573221276
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Furnishes a fascinating and provocative investigation into the fate of the illegitimate daughter of Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric+a8, Lieserl, who was left in the care of her maternal grandparents and who mysteriously vanished at the age of eighteen months. 25,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.87
Used offers from US$ 9.49
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001
ISBN 10: 1573221872ISBN 13: 9781573221870
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The best-selling author of Living Buddha, Living Christ draws on the principles of Buddhism to discuss the potentially devastating impact of anger on human health and offers a variety of stories, techniques, and tools designed to help transform anger into peace and bring harmony and healing into one's life. 45,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 38.78
Used offers from US$ 9.52
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2002
ISBN 10: 1573222224ISBN 13: 9781573222228
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A natural remedies guide to preventing and treating cancer lists foods, supplements, and tip on how to assess personal risk, stop cancer growth, and cope with traditional treatments. 30,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 31.20
Used offers from US$ 9.52
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
ISBN 10: 1573220965ISBN 13: 9781573220965
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. Through exemplary stories and exercises, an expert on the "dark side" of the psyche shows readers how to confront and release their darker, selfish impulses and feelings in order to live more fully and authentically and move closer to others.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 41.38
Used offers from US$ 9.53
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2000
ISBN 10: 1573221678ISBN 13: 9781573221672
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A new guide to interpreting dreams takes readers a step further in their exploration of the unconscious, explaining how to apply the important lessons of dreams to everyday life. 17,500 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 24.82
Used offers from US$ 9.53
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573223107ISBN 13: 9781573223102
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Friends and lovers from an early age, ballet dancers Adam and Sandra find themselves ill-prepared for the demands of attaining their hopes of stardom, promised when an aging and ailing ballet master finds in Sandra a muse who may fulfill his dream of creating an opulent performance of Sleeping Beauty. 40,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 20.94
Used offers from US$ 9.54
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2011
ISBN 10: 1594487855ISBN 13: 9781594487859
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A New York Times columnist delivers an eye-opening big idea: Embracing mistakes can make us smarter, healthier, and happier in every facet of our lives.In this persuasive book, journalist Alina Tugend examines the delicate tension between what we're told-we must make mistakes in order to learn-and the reality-we often get punished for making mistakes, and therefore try to avoid them or cover them up. In Better by Mistake, Tugend shows that mistakes are everywhere, and suggests that when we acknowledge and identify them correctly, we can improve not only ourselves, but our families, our work, and the world around us.Through fascinating research, Tugend reveals how trying to avoid mistakes can affect us from the earliest stages in our lives and shape us into adults who steer clear of risks and challenges. She takes us behind the scenes into cutting-edge behavioral studies; invites us into the high-stakes world of health care and aviation, where mistakes can cost lives, and delves into the art and science behind learning how to craft a sincere apology and accepting responsibility for mistakes.Bold and dynamic, insightful and provocative, Better by Mistake turns our cultural wisdom on its head to illustrate the downside of striving for perfection, and the rewards of acknowledging mistakes and embracing the imperfection in all of us.Watch a Video.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 21.27
Used offers from US$ 9.54
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001
ISBN 10: 1573221902ISBN 13: 9781573221900
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Important Buddhist scholars share their insights into the rule of Saint Benedict, revealing surprising common ground shared by the monastic traditions of Christianity and Buddhism.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 32.46
Used offers from US$ 9.58
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1999
ISBN 10: 157322118XISBN 13: 9781573221184
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. A young Canadian woman describes her decision to seek out adventure before settling down to a conventional life, her journey to the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, her remarkable encounter with the country and its people, and the ways in which her odyssey transformed her life. 10,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 21.04
Used offers from US$ 9.64
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2000
ISBN 10: 1573221562ISBN 13: 9781573221566
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. American First. Visiting a grim London prison as part of rehabilitative charity work, upper-class suicide survivor Margaret Prior is drawn into the Victorian world of enigmatic spiritualist and inmate Selina Dawes and is persuaded to help her escape. 15,000 first printing. First serial, Salon.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 45.25
Used offers from US$ 9.69
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001
ISBN 10: 1573221910ISBN 13: 9781573221917
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Filled with fame, fortune, tragedy, excess, betrayal, and salvation, a powerful glimpse into the life of Picasso and his first family, as told by his granddaughter, reveals his controlling ways and alcoholism that led to the destruction of their family and how she learned to come to terms with the blessings and curses of the Picasso legacy. 50,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 19.73
Used offers from US$ 9.87
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2010
ISBN 10: 1594488991ISBN 13: 9781594488993
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. For anyone who's ever pondered what everyday life was like during the time of Jesus comes a lively and illuminating portrait of the nearly unknown world of daily life in first-century Palestine.What was it like to live during the time of Jesus?Where did people live?Who did they marry?And what was family life like?How did people survive?These are just some of the questions that Scott Korb answers in this engaging new book, which explores what everyday life entailed two thousand years ago in first-century Palestine, that tumultuous era when the Roman Empire was at its zenith and a new religion-Christianity-was born.Culling information from primary sources, scholarly research, and his own travels and observations, Korb explores the nitty-gritty of real life back then-from how people fed, housed, and groomed themselves to how they kept themselves healthy. He guides the contemporary reader through the maze of customs and traditions that dictated life under the numerous groups, tribes, and peoples in the eastern Mediterranean that Rome governed two thousand years ago, and he illuminates the intriguing details of marriage, family life, health, and a host of other aspects of first-century life. The result is a book for everyone, from the armchair traveler to the amateur historian. With surprising revelations about politics and medicine, crime and personal hygiene, this book is smart and accessible popular history at its very best.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 21.25
Used offers from US$ 9.96
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573223034ISBN 13: 9781573223034
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A new translation of two key works by the renowned twentieth-century poet includes Sonnets to Orpheus, a reflection of the writer's deep reverence for nature; and Duino Elegies, a meditation on human impermanence and its link to all life and times. 15,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001
ISBN 10: 1573221759ISBN 13: 9781573221757
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A nun and recovering alcoholic describes how she joined Alcoholics Anonymous and how she rediscovered a deeper spirituality as she made her way through the Twelve Step program, tracing the lessons that AA taught her about forgiveness, community, and a deeper relationship with God and explaining how the program changed her life. 20,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 28.79
Used offers from US$ 10.33
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2006
ISBN 10: 1573223239ISBN 13: 9781573223232
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 0. A renowned expert on the social and economic impact of technology and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Wireless Society explains how fast-developing technologies, broadening gaps between economic classes, and global extremism are posing difficult challenges in today's world, recommending greater environmental responsibility and possible scientific solutions. 50,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 17.87
Used offers from US$ 10.68
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2004
ISBN 10: 1573222887ISBN 13: 9781573222884
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The noted scholar, peace activist, and Zen Buddhist master draws on profound spiritual insights, combined with a series of concise meditations, reflections, and contemplations, to help readers find practical techniques for diffusing anger, fear, jealousy, and other powerful emotions and cultivating love in every aspect of life. 50,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 29.86
Used offers from US$ 10.90
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2009
ISBN 10: 1594488606ISBN 13: 9781594488603
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Drawing from his own experience and the lives of some of the world?s great writers and poets, David Whyte brings compelling insights to our three most important commitments? to another, to our work, and to ourselves?to frame a complete picture of a satisfying life.David Whyte knows there are three crucial relationships, or marriages, in our lives: the marriage or partnership with a significant other, the commitment we have to our work, and the vows, spoken or unspoken, we make to an inner, constantly developing self. In The Three Marriages, the bestselling author, poet, and speaker argues that it is not possible to sacrifice one relationship for the others without causing deep psychological damage. Too often, he says, we fracture our lives and split our energies foolishly, so that one or more of these marriages is sacrificed and may wither and die, in the process impoverishing them all. Whyte looks to a different way of seeing and connecting these relationships and prompts us to examine each marriage with a fierce but affectionate eye as he shows us the importance of cherishing all three equally.Drawing from his own struggles to achieve this goal as well as exploring the lives of some of the world?s great writers and activists?from Dante to Joan of Arc, from Austen to Dickinson?Whyte reveals that our core commitments are irrevocably connected. Only by understanding the simultaneously robust and delicate nature of the three marriages and the stages of their maturation, he maintains, can we create a real portrait of what makes us tick and a real sense of finding a place in the world.In prose that?s at once lyrical and inviting, Whyte investigates captivating ideas for bringing a deeper satisfaction to our lives, one that goes beyond our previously held ideas of balance.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.61
Used offers from US$ 11.12
Also find Hardcover
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 2006
ISBN 10: 159448922XISBN 13: 9781594489228
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: used. A collection of short satirical works by the author of Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline includes the award-winning "The Red Bow," in which a town is consumed by pet-killing hysteria, and "Bohemians," in which two supposed Eastern European widows attempt to fit into suburban USA. 25,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 25.48
Used offers from US$ 11.41
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1996
ISBN 10: 1573220299ISBN 13: 9781573220293
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The first book of its kind, Goddess of the Americas is a prismatic exploration of the mother goddess, the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, protector of the downtrodden - a perfect fusion of Aztec, indigenous, Catholic, and folkloric world traditions, who made her first miraculous appearance on American soil in 1531. Through a variety of forms - original essays, historical writings, fiction, drama, and poetry - the illustrious contributors to this volume examine the impact this potent deity has had on the history of Mexico, its people, politics, religion, art, and literature, and her influence beyond that country, in Latin America, North America, and Europe.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 31.61
Used offers from US$ 11.48
Also find Hardcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
ISBN 10: 1573220906ISBN 13: 9781573220903
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The first American Tibetan Buddhist monk shares his own philosophies for enlightening readers and the world, based on a thirty-year friendship with the Dalai Lama and firsthand experience of the social revolutions of India, China, and Tibet. 40,000 first printing.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.39
Used offers from US$ 11.52
Also find Hardcover First Edition