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200 year old books do not usually look like that
Edit: My simple suggestion has caused a lot of negativity in other comments. It could be real, just not super valuable.
Edit 2: I'm on mobile but this is it I think.
yikes
http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/old-man-sea/author/hemingway/signed/sortby/1/
1st edition 1952?
EDIT: RIP my inbox - I posted when there was like 5 posts
EDIT2: Ok guys, I get it, best you can do is x dollars
learn to properly open a hardcover and they are wonderful. It sounds pretentious, but there is a much better way to use them then "crack the spine like a contortionist" or the opposite "I can only open this book 45^o "
example - http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/16/how-to-open-a-new-book/
You may be looking at the first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (US edition), which is worth ~$1000 (and I have one!). But the first edition of the UK book (the Philosopher's Stone) is indeed worth much more, as there were only 300 copies printed I believe. So if OP is telling the truth and he is the owner of one of those 300 original copies, it is worth a lot of money.
Edit: Apparently there were 500. Source
Even if fake, my random book picking skill is legendary. Bought "The Man in the High Castle" cause I just finished "Do Androids Dream." 99 cent. 1st edition. Worth, $1500 - 4500. See here - http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=dick&fe=on&sortby=1&tn=the+man+in+the+high+castle
>The deckle edge was unavoidable until the 19th century, a byproduct of the papermaking process. Since it became unnecessary, the rough edge gradually turned into a status symbol. Advertisements for books in the late 1800s are rife with mentions of a “deckle edge” alongside the fine paper on which a title was printed. But even that aspect has begun to fade as modern book buyers do not know what to make of it. > >Paper begins as a suspension of fibres in a water slurry that is drained through a screen. A frame temporarily placed around the screen to restrain the mixture in place is known as a deckle. A papermaker lifts the deckle after draining sufficient water and before pressing the paper with felt and continuing the process to a finished sheet. > >The deckle cannot make a perfect seal against the screen, and fibres seep under its edge, which creates the rough-edged pattern. Before the era of continuously produced paper, which began with the invention in the early 1800s of the so-called Fourdrinier machine, all paper had a deckle edge. That edge could be trimmed or not. Sarah Werner of the Folger Shakespeare Library says there appears to be no rhyme or reason in the books she has examined as to why one might be shorn of roughness while another reveals the papermaking process. Timothy Barrett, an expert on historical papermaking at the University of Indiana agrees. He says the fashion for deckle edges has waxed and waned, though the edges were mostly trimmed.
From here: http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2012/07/16/deckle-edges-or-uncut-edges-on-a-book/
The best version out there is Jeremy Bernstein's Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall. It is heavily annotated by Bernstein (a physicist/historian) which helps make a lot more sense of the scientific discussions. You can get it used for a song on AbeBooks, or pretty cheap new on Amazon.
nice find. the $37k is for the whole collection.
First edition Old Man and the Sea, they're selling for $22.5k
Two minutes of Google reveals that a 1st edition of Leaves of Grass is worth around $120K. I'm honestly a bit surprised that a 19th century book was forced to be so rare considering that printing wasn't exactly a new art.
Edit: To clarify, I have a pair of first edition novels, admittedly not from someone as famous as Walt Whitman, that were printed in 1832. I paid $40 for them and they're not worth much more than $100 or so (I think).
first time poster here. made an account just to reply to this question.
In college I worked at a used book store for in-store credit. They had a first edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for around $100. I started saving my in-store credit to buy that book, but would inevitably find another "must have" book, so I never quite got enough credit to purchase it... then, Hunter Thompson killed himself. the book was gone the very next day.
of course the price skyrocketed, but I don't think I would have ever sold it
I'm not going to throw them out, I'm going to resell them or donate them. And they are ones that I've either read or probably won't read anytime soon. And don't worry, I kept the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ;) http://www.abebooks.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Five-Complete-Novels/18109879474/bd?cm_mmc=gmc-_-gmc-_-PLA-_-v01&product=COM9780517226957NEW
Actually, as someone who worked in an antique book store, $300 sounds very generous for something like this.
A) It's only from 1878. That's not very old in the antique book world.
B) It's a bible. Bibles are not rare, unless you can attach some sort of significance to it.
I'd say an offer of $50 would be more than generous. There's pretty much zero chance of any collectors wanting this.
Here is an 1840's family bible for sale on AbeBooks.... for $40.
Apparently it's pretty rare these days. Here's someone who wants 110 bucks for a copy of this underappreciated but prescient work.
Not even joking, we do sell old phonebooks. I have local area directories from the 1930s to the 1980s, people buy them for the historical information.
Phone books used to be much cooler - like a little Facebook profile. It had your name, your profession, how many people lived in the house, if you were married, if you owned the house...
And it had reverse street address lookup. If you were wondering who lived on 343 Oak Street, just check the phone book.
Abebooks.com has many used copies.
The Hedge Knight - $7.50 Shipping included.
Jackie Christie wrote a book on sex, as well:
> Sexual Relations A His and Hers Guide to greater intimacy
> Sexual Relations a His and Hers Guide to finding greater intimacy offers the reader much needed insight into what it takes to have a long lasting fulfilling and intimate relationship This amazing and insightful handbook will also offer tips ideas and antidotes for the bedroom and more Sexual Relations covers a variety of topics that range from dating to opening the lines of communication, even becoming an expert at oral sex and everything in between This go to guide is geared toward men and women looking to introduce more excitement into their lives and relationships In addition Sexual Relations will also feature candid and revealing real life stories thoughts and desires from some of entertainment s most buzz worthy Celebrities This intense insightful and sexually charged as well as highly anticipated release is definitely be spicing things up for married couples and single folks alike
> http://www.abebooks.com/9780979482717/Sexual-Relations-Guide-greater-intimacy-0979482712/plp
The Adams and Sullivan were unopened, and the Hemingway appeared to only have one that had even been removed from the box, with the others having unwrinkled wax paper still on them and unbent spines. They seem to be from the 1930's, so possible first editions...?
Edit: Thanks for the information everyone. While certainly not first editions, they are very early prints.
A bunch here. Plus you can get them for SUPER cheap.
EDIT: Looks like you guys bought them all. Only took 15 minutes :/
EDIT2: The author (Jane Claypool Miner) has some other gems, such as How to Be a Teen Model and Navajo Victory: Being a Native American.
Want to plug <em>The Name of the Wind</em> by Patrick Rothfuss. I read all the HP books back in the day, LotR, Eragon series, GoT series and I'm going to be so bold as to say this tops all of them.
It's the first book in a series of which there is currently only one other book (The Wise Man's Fear). Author is working on the third, and Rogue's Anthology apparently has a short story about one of the (awesome) secondary characters in it, but I can't find Rogue's on abebooks yet.
I'm only partially through Wise Man's Fear, so I can't speak to its greatness or lack thereof yet. But holy shit, Name of the Wind... only book that's ever made me legitimately lol (once) and one of the few books that have made me actually full-on cry (3 times). It's beautifully written, and words do not do it justice (somewhat ironically).
Please please please, anyone who enjoyed the types of books I am referencing, check it out. It's in such a universe that "magic" is a thing, but is not over-the-top... actually, Ursula K. LeGuin's A Wizard of EarthSea is the closest I've read to this, so if you're familiar with her work, you'll love this.
TL;DR abebooks.com, hella cheap books. Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind, read it. That is all.
Most conservative estimates put literacy rates at around 10% minimum, almost certainly this is higher in cities, and much higher in "civilised" areas, such as close to Rome, in the Greek city-states and in the Eastern Empire, however we see evidence that Kingdomart has stated that shows in some cases, we see much higher, up to a third of an auxiliary unit could sign their name Source.
We most likely see an increase of literacy to the end of the Roman Empire, as in the 4th Century AD we begin to see public schools being funded, and with that we would see a rise in literacy.
If you want to know more, your best bet would be A.K Bowman's Literacy in the Roman World
abebooks.com has it for $7, free shipping (limited quantity), and other sellers there may have great deals on it as well.
come to /r/rarebooks or /r/bookcollecting, where people actually know what they are talking about.
your book appears legit on a number of levels. there is no reason to expect an old book to be falling apart or brittle or aged beyond use. absolutely NONE.
books from this period in fine condition abound.
we'll help you out in either of those subs. wading through these amateur comments is pure hell, frankly.
EDIT: fat-finger syndrome when typing the link
EDIT2: yours appears to a be single volume from THIS set of commentary published over a number of years (which is why you are finding differing dates for other copies) You have only one volume of the two-volume "Commentary on the Apocalypse"
Because there was only a limited run before the publisher stopped printing copies and started selling the Kindle version exclusively.
So Amazon doesn't have the license to sell hard-copies and the only Marketplace Seller is using an auto-pricing program to track his inventory and it probably glitched.
But you can still buy the book. A few sellers on AbeBooks have it listed for about 30 bucks.
Read to her the exciting and educational stories of Greek, Roman, Norse, Native American, Australian, and African mythology. She will benefit from wonderful time spent together with you and will love to take you with her after she graduates from college to visit Greece and Italy and the other places you planted with love within her heart. http://www.abebooks.com/Childs-Intro-Greek-Mythology-hc-Format-Hardcover/16717833895/bd?cm_mmc=gmc-_-gmc-_-PLA-_-v01&product=COM9781579128678NEW
>The Hitler surname is probably based on "one who lives in a hut" (Standard German Hütte for hut) or on "shepherd" (Standard German hüten for to guard); alternatively, it might be derived from the Slavic words Hidlar or Hidlarcek (small cottager or small holder)
So no its probably not derived from smallholder(Slavic origin)but rather ''he/she who lives in a hut''. It was and still remains a popular pastime for historians to try and find Jewish or Slavic connections to Hitler himself or his family. In this case its still a decent possibility though, that his surname is of Slavic origin.
A great book called Hitler's youth is the source of most of this.
Hi badlucktv! (that's awesome, no "appointment" tv for you !) I cribbed it--I was lazy. Learned the principles in clinical psych to use in counseling but i r a lazzee cat today. The book I got for class :
There are a bunch more, used for cheap on Amazon, etc. But CBT and REBT stuff is easy to find on the internets.
Are you looking for just a dust jacket replacement?
Can give AbeBooks a try. With a bit of looking (they've got 200 or so PoA listings up) should be able to find a used copy with a decent dust jacket, especially since you don't care about the rest of the book.
I would say there is one significant difference. The vast majority of terrorists in the 70's era wanted to live and to get away with their crimes (maybe by escaping to Cuba, for example). We are currently in the era of suicide bombers and mass shooters who actively want to die. This makes negotiating with them (as used to be standard practice) difficult or even pointless. BTW, I'd like to mention IMO THE book on 70's terrorism, "Crusaders, Criminals, and Crazies" by Dr. Frederick J. Hacker. It's fascinating.
http://www.abebooks.com/Crusaders-Criminals-Crazies-Terror-Terrorism-Time/157947840/bd
The Best internet place to go for this type of stuff is Abebooks.com Rare Books. Ebay is a notorious front for stolen books and counterfeit signatures in books. A cheap signature would be in one of his worse books i. e. "The White Plague", but those would also be the ones more likely to be faked, as that would greatly increase the worth of an undesirable old book.
Frank wasn't stingy with his autograph. There are stories of him going into bookstores, and signing all the copies of his work on the shelves. Also, he had a particular habit of crossing out the printed name on the title page and signing there. That was something the first authors did when printing presses were in their infancy.
First Edition, First State Wonderful Wizard of Oz, signed by L. Frank Baum, in excellent condition. Not even sure one exists. Later states and/or those in less good condition exist, but this? This would be the holy grail, for sure.
This is the closest I can find, and the binding's pretty grubby.
While the Germans didn't firebomb the city in a Dresden-esque style, they certainly did their damndest with conventional air raids and Luftwaffe attacks. Throughout the entirety of the battle the Luftwaffe threw a simply disgusting amount at the Red Army. But it has to be noted that most of the Battle of Stalingrad is occurring in a Russian winter and weather, visibility, and ground conditions made it difficult for the German Air Force to assist the Wehrmacht as the battle dragged on.
As to why the Germans wanted the city? While a lot of it has to do with morale and the show of it all, there are some pretty dern good strategic reasons as well. In regards to the morale, Hitler himself and some members of the German High Command thought it would be a massive blow to the morale of the Soviet people to hear that the city that bared the name of their leader had fallen to the Nazis. On the flip side of the same coin, it would be a boon to the German military morale and a solid bounce back from the failed offensive to capture Moscow earlier in the year. So as to the morale part, the drive to capture the city makes some sense.
Strategically, Stalingrad sits on the Volga River and acts as a key transportation hub in Southern Russia. A German occupation of Stalingrad cuts the rest of Russia off from the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus. With Stalingrad in German hands, the Southern Volga becomes a Wehrmacht stream and all river transportation would likely stop dead in its tracks. With the Caucasus too cut off from the Russians, the Soviet Union loses access to an oil rich region.
So there are some legitimate reasons that the Germans work disturbingly hard to capture the city instead of just wreck it.
Awesome book for the subject! -> http://www.abebooks.com/Stalingrad-Antony-Beevor-Penguin-Books-Australia/11264289533/bd?cm_mmc=gmc-_-gmc-_-PLA-_-v01
Imagine writing books for a living and being able to make a $15 copy worth $35K just by writing your signature on it. Looks wouldn't be as important for me if I had that life.
Generally, I'd say your best bet is to learn the language you want to learn.
Swiss German is indeed quite different from standard German and if Swiss is what you want to learn, learning German first will only marginally help with that. A decent book I've found (and basically the only one) for learning Swiss is this one. The only thing is the method of instruction is standard German.
I would bet that the majority of learning material for Swiss is going to be from German, so that will make learning Swiss difficult.
There's also the problem that Swiss German isn't really a written language, so it's going to be difficult to find that kind of useful material as well.
There are some resources here, but not all the links still work.
There's also the issue of every major area having its own dialect of Swiss German. Of course, those are generally going to be closer to each other than to Standard German.
On the other hand, if you go with standard German, there are tons of resources, tons of native materials, tons of movies and music, and probably more than you can ever use. On top of that, most people that you're going to end up speaking with in Swizterland will already know High German and you can use that while having them also teach you Swiss German when you're there.
tl;dr Swiss German is very different from Standard German but lacks the necessary resources for you to really be able learn much of it. But if your heart is set on learning Swiss, go for it.
I commonly use www.abebooks.com. The easiest way is to enter the ISBN into a search engine then find the cheapest book. That one is usually the international version. Most of the time around $50 for new books. Their 'a few weeks' delivery estimate is usually exaggerated, most of the time DHL drops it off in less then a week.
A mere $9,000.00. Of course the $10.00 shipping kills the deal.
Couldn't find an exact match, but it looks to be about $40 I mean it's print from the 1800s, not exactly an original manuscript.
If you want a more complete list, try this:
This book has poisons listed by type (animal venom, medical, street drugs, pesticides, etc.), they're toxicity level, what they do to the body, and forensic instances when they were actually used to commit crimes and how they were used. I've found it to be a valuable resource.
>Prices on AbeBooks for first editions range from $40,000 to $55,000 – depending on condition.
The catch - there were only 500 made and credited to Joanne Rowling.
>In case you have a copy of the Philosopher’s Stone in the attic, the main characteristics of a 1997 first edition first issue are a print line that reads 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and the crediting of "Joanne Rowling," not JK on the title page.
Edit - apparently someone linked this page for you already in a lower comment.
this is probably more realistic. $6k for a set of first printings sold in august. The only thing I can see driving up the price significantly would be author autographs, since Tolkien signed his works relatively rarely.
I use AbeBooks and buy international editions, often can get a much cheaper current version, but sometimes have to get the previous edition to get a great deal. International edition is the same but on cheaper paper and not hardback. Exactly same content though.
http://grrm.livejournal.com/381419.html
GRRM on this topic -
>(Tyrion is my favorite character. Okay? OKAY? Can we PLEASE put that one to rest?? I love all my viewpoint characters, Arya and Sansa and Bran, Jon Snow and Brienne, Arianne and Cersei and Jaime, Theon, even Victarion and the Damphair, ALL of them, but I love Tyrion the bestest. Tyrion son of Tywin, the Imp, second son of Casterly Rock. How many bloody times do I need to say it?? I swear, from now on, whenever anybody asks me, "who is you favorite character," I am going to start naming characters from other people's books. Cugel the Clever. Flashman. Gatsby. Hotspur. Solomon Kane. A different one each time...
and a few random news articles i found in about fifteen seconds of googling on this UBIQUITOUS QUESTIOn -
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1251
>That being said, my favourite character is definitely Tyrion. He's the one who I most enjoy writing.
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Fantasy/george-martin.shtml
>He’s the easiest character to write. I like his wit, and he’s got a certain amount of torment and angst to him, which makes for good drama.
ad infinitum
The website abebooks sells the "eastern" or "asian" editions of textbooks at a much lower price. Basically all textbooks go for like $20 plus $20 shipping.
The textbooks contain the same material but are printed softcover on sometimes lower quality paper. In my experience they have been of generally good quality.
Yes. It is absolutely much better! It makes a lot more sense.
The other thing about it is the translation can really make or break the book. A lot of the "free" translations (out of copyright, such as on Project Gutenberg) really don't flow in English, as it was originally written in older French. I tried a few versions and just couldn't get into it. It just didn't flow, was confusing, and was too hard to follow.
You really want to read the Penguin Classics translation by Robin Buss. Hardcover here: http://www.abebooks.com/9780141392462/Count-Monte-Cristo-0141392460/plp . It flows fantastically in English (almost to the point like the original text was in English), and it doesn't try to translate everything literally. There are also awesome footnotes that explain some of the translation points a bit further and provide historical context on certain names / people / places that would have been common knowledge when this was written, but aren't so well known today.
Heck, there's even an entire introduction that explains why the unabridged version is so much better than several of the abridged versions (and points out what they cut and the random nature of those cuts and how they do a disservice to the story).
But yes. The Penguin Classics version is really the only English version you SHOULD read.
There will be a line of numbers on the copyright page, if the lowest number is 1 (normally at the end of the line), it is a first printing.
First printings in book one are much more valuable than first printings in the other books. Since they did not know how successful Harry Potter would be the number of books printed in the first run was pretty small.
With each book, larger and larger quantities were printed in the first run, and are a lot less rare.
Edit: For example, the first printing of Philosopher's Stone was only 500 books. Depending on condition, one would be worth $40,000-$55,000
Source: http://www.abebooks.com/docs/harry-potter/hp-holy-grail.shtml
Welcome. I think it's an excellent idea to have at least 3 of each component (3 brushes, 3 soaps, 3 razors, 3 aftershaves), since that draws one into the shave by requiring a more thoughtful choice than if you have 2---with 2 the tendency is just to toggle between them---and with but 1 there is no choice to be made at all, so the shave can tend toward being done on auto-pilot rather than as a mindful experience---cf. this post and also Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's <em>Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience</em>.
You're right in saying that it's just shaving, but for at least some that is like saying that participating in a Zen tea ceremony is just having a cup of tea. There can be more to it than that, but that in part depends on one's mindset and process.
Still, it's a broad tent, and you are most welcome. Have you ever considered getting a slant? They seem exceptional to me for reasons described at the link, though if one's beard is relatively light he's not apt to notice the difference.
Georges Braque Le Solitaire?
Edit: Did a google image search
That set was published by Houghton Mifflin in the late 80's and through the 90's. They exist as hardbacks, paperbacks in a set and paperbacks with jackets sold individually. Not sure why they don't have the maps, I don't think they have the Gates of Moria drawing either. Could be a simple matter of printing costs.
You can find them here on AbeBooks in the paperback set. The hardbacks can be found here.
The ISBNs are as follows: Paperback set: 0395489075 Hardback set: 0395489326
Are you referring to the UK, US or Canadian release?
I'm confused, because I hve a third edition paperback (UK release) and can't remember the picture
Edit: Ah, I found out wherethe confusionmight stem from "first edition" paperbacks were printed from 1997 through 201 (the year wen the first movie was relased.
I took the liberty of doing the search for OP.
Looks like OP is missing a book.
AbeBooks is really good for this as well. I think they're actually owned by Amazon now, but I feel like it's a bit easier to navigate through the same booksellers. I used the site once to make a nice collection for a friend, searched and found a seller with good reviews and prices and clicked the "ask bookseller a question" and told them what I was looking for. They ended up doing sort of a "lot" item for me and gave me a bit of a discount on it.
Also, searching ebay for "Discworld lot" came up with some good results, and again you might be able to contact a seller there to put together a custom lot for you if they have all (or most) of the books.
You can also try /r/bookexchange for the possibility of swapping some books with a redditor if you have extras too!
This book, while out of print- goes into her life and I believe some ancestry: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0671207962?pc_redir=T1
She was a fascinating woman!
Try looking for it here: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=nympho+other+maniacs
I don't know a ton about how stunts were done back then either. I'm guessing there was very little governing what went on on set, and I think the unions are the ones who really made things safe eventually.
The Wiki for that film cites a book called Stunt: The Story of the Great Movie Stuntmen as a source for this story. It looks to be out of print, but there are used copies available for cheap it looks like! I'm buying one now.
We'll be here waiting for you. :)
Also, if it might be of any help you might find your textbooks for cheap in some of these sites:
Hang in there! It'll get better.
Raincoat...not rain hat.
REI membership (joking)
Map of McDonald Forest or Bald Hill Park near Corvallis
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska (It's my Bible.)
I am to understand the old slant 6 engines were the benchmark for engine cuisine that has yet to be bested.
Manifold Destiny has all the details on cooking this way.
NEVER PAY FOR TEXTBOOKS AT A BOOKSTORE.
Options:
Order books from somewhere like AbeBooks, which is 100x cheaper.
Your school may have free access to e-books for many textbooks. Go to your school library website to find out.
Google it. Sometimes textbooks are lying around online.
Also (which I highly, totally, positively don't condone \cough) you can usually torrent the book you're looking for.
Here we go again...
This is really becoming a bad joke, yet again the comment section is overrun with a certain demographic lamenting the fact that not enough awareness is being paid to a very specific, very uncommon instance of sexual assault.
Hey while we are at it let's get mad about how the majority of drunk driving PSA's in the United States depict more men driving drunk than women! This seems like a much better use of your time seeing as there are some actual statistics you could point to that argue the case of equality/inequality or whatever the fuck it is you are arguing. Or does that not stir up much controversy with feminists, and therefore is rendered illegitimate?
Rape statistics are hard to find but it seems the reality is that less than 1% of rape victims are men raped by women. Far less actually: The odds of being raped by a woman as a man are 0.0063%
The odds of you being struck by lightning is 0.02% WHERE ARE THE LIGHTNING PSAs!!!!!!
This data was not a result of a direct study, but extrapolated from other data. I am also not a math wizard so please if you are skilled in stats check this.
Sources:
A forum post which explains the relevant data
I'm not saying this very very very infinitesimal form of rape is not disgusting and traumatizing, I am merely suggesting that if you are complaining about it not having a PSA ad then your priorities are way fucking off.
I don't know the first thing about Bible appraisal. But I would imagine the OP locating his specific edition within these AbeBooks search results, and grading his example against this criteria would yield a ballpark estimate.
However, according to these appraisers, 19th century edition bibles are generally worth $50.00 - $300.00. In their words, it's simply not old enough to be more valuable. The exceptions are specific editions, listed below:
>An 1896 Glasgow Scotland Miniature Bible
>An 1843-1846 Harper Brothers N.Y. Illuminated Bible
>An 1841 English Hexapla Parallel New Testament
>An 1833 Noah Webster Bible
>An 1808 Jane Aitken Four-Volume Bible
>An 1800 Giant Macklin Bible Seven-Volume Set
>A Bible bound in precious metals and gemstones
I've mentioned this over in r/books, but you should check out The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson.
Let me be clear, it's a novel, but it covers the period in history that you're asking about. And while the main characters are fictional, there are historical figures dispersed throughout.
Add to all of this that it discusses, at length, the spread of Christianity throughout Norway and Denmark and the general attitudes of common people as well as royalty to the new religion, not to mention that it's a fantastic read, and it might help to answer your question in an entertaining way.
One thing you could do is redo calculus, but with a proof-oriented book instead of whatever was used for your AP calculus class. Good books for this include Spivak's "Calculus" and Apostol's "Calculus".
I did not link to Apostol's book above because Amazon only has the US edition, which is heart-attack inducing expensive. It is available in an international edition, which is a lot less expensive. It's paperback instead of hardback, but is well bound. It's available from sellers here on Abebooks and here on Biblio.
Note that Apostol is in two volumes. Volume I is single variable calculus, and volume II is multi-variable. You would just need volume I.
Sorry to inform you, but you have a later printing book club edition.
If you take a look at this picture:
You'll see the BOMC (Book Of The Month Club) information, along with the zip code. Zip codes didn't come into use until the 1960s. They also mention compact discs and cassettes. "Elmer" was first printed in 1927. It looks like this is just a modern reprint.
Also, if you look at the back cover here:
you'll see the little square imprint at the bottom right indicating a book club edition.
In general, the book looks to have some wear and perhaps some water damage? to the rear cover. The jacket, with that sticker and the tears, is not the best either. As a book club edition in average condition, I'd give it a value of $5.00 USD.
You can purchase this edition in nearly new condition here for $12.00 USD.
I did a bit more poking around and found the ISBN, which is 0099264811 - looks like it was printed in 1994.
It is. But its notoriety from being listed on Abe's Weird Books has made it absurdly expensive: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Trimmer&sts=t&tn=Avoid+Huge+ships
I found an offer for all three books (it's a trilogy, obviously) for 875 $
Nice find, OP
Go onto http://www.abebooks.com/ and find out the prices of each book.
List your books on http://craigslist.org/. Do not put up any personal information. When a buyer is interested, meet up in a well lit, public area to make the sale. Make sure they do not give you counterfeit money. Bring along a friend too.
AbeBooks.com is my go-to for cheap books. I think they started out as a textbook resource, but you can find a lot of things you wouldn't expect if you search by ISBN. A lot of their books are available new or used.
If it is signed by Russell, it seems it could be worth a nice little chunk of change - probably not the $385 with the one in very good condition, but still might fetch $100 or so.
Abebooks is great for tracking down rare books, just be prepared to spend a pretty penny on them most of the time.
I'm a subsistence farmer. We have about 3 acres of organic open pollinated gardens. We raise a beef cow every other year. We also keep sheep, pigs, goats and 1000's of birds. We occupy a niche market selling exotic farm fowl hatching eggs to support the farm. We do have outside incomes to supplement the larder. We are in northern Minnesota so we know how to survive in the cold and what crops can grow in this less than sultry environment. We can, we save seeds and work to perfect our seed stock through selective harvesting of seeds. Only the strongest, earliest and largest get planted next year. 90% of our farm is built from materials salvaged from the local dumps. We have orchards, a dozen types of berries and we grow our own hops for beer. We run a sugar bush in the spring. We even keep bees. We have an earth home that is passive solar and wood heated. We cut our own firewood. It is a lot of work and not for the lazy. It can be done and we are proof of that.
A good resource for books, current and out of print, in hard copy is American Book Exchange. New and used books sometimes for pennies on the dollar.
The types of proofs in higher math are on a much different level than the ones you did in geometry. I suggest you start learning some Calculus before delving too much into proofs.
If you want to get into higher math, you'll need to be comfortable with doing proofs. Check this out for an easy example of a college-level proof. I suggest getting a book, too. This is the one we used in my proofs class. There are almost certainly better ones out there, but this worked ok for me.
Its been said time and again, but its definitely worth repeating. You LEARN math by DOING math, not by reading a book or listening to a professor. If you want to know it, you have to practice.
Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and eat more vegetables after that. Eat red meat at least once a week.
Find a brand of pencil you like (wood or mechanical), and get a lot of them. I like regular old yellow Ticonderogas and the Pentel GraphGear 500. Get some erasers while you're at it.
Buy some nice notebooks. Go ahead and splurge on some leather-bound ones if the paper quality is good. I'm also happy with those big three-subject wirebound ones.
I seriously recommend you buy yourself a whiteboard and a bunch of fine tip dry-erase pens (Expo brand is the best). I can't emphasize enough how useful it will be. I use mine every damn day and I absolutely love it. I have a couple small ones (about the size of a piece of paper) and two larger 4'x3' ones for when I need to do some serious mathing.
Try to find textbooks online first to save some money, but be wary of eye strain since reading on a computer monitor can be harsh. If you would like physical copies of books, check AbeBooks for an international edition or something. I buy tons of books from places in India and China for a tiny fraction of their North American list price. I definitely prefer physical books over digital ones.
If you're not from Toronto, check out the Toronto subreddit. There are regular meetups if you're into that kind of thing but I generally just use it to find out about interesting stuff to do around the city.
Get a bike so you can stay fit. Also get a monthly metropass thing (forgot what they're called) to make your life easier.
And don't forget to read a regular, non-math book every once in a while.
Sure thing! It's coming in at an affordable $14,111.82 USD, and the best part is, shipping is absolutely free.
I thought that too, but turns out probably not. See http://www.abebooks.com/docs/harry-potter/hp-collecting-guide.shtml
My wife has one like yours, it was printed in Canada several years after the UK version (which is the actual first edition).
I don't know if this helps with your decision on which book to get, but if you check out AbeBooks, you can find 11/22/63 and Under the Dome for about $5 a piece with free shipping.
They're from The Readers Library Publishing Company.
Here's an AbeBooks search where you can see others with the same red covers. Reading the bookseller descriptions on those may tell you more. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=h&bx=off&ds=30&pics=on&pn=The%20Readers%20Library&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17
Give her a science encyclopedia. I read the shit out of it during my childhood. Covers pretty much everything a kid should know before high school
Look through it first, and when she asks a question, ask her if she looked it up yet. Good skill to learn anyways.
> I apologise for any grammar/spelling mistakes. English is not my native language.
No need to apologize. Your English is about 350% better than the vast majority of reddit anyway. Congratulations on the find, and I hope you can have it authenticated or at least appraised. There's what I think is a copy of the same book you have on AbeBooks for about $1800, but I can't be sure because the description isn't in English. Hope it helps anyway and best of luck to you.
It doesn't look like too much, you have the second edition, fifth impression copy of a paperback. It doesn't look like it's in the best condition, with the wear and creasing on the cover and the spine.
AbeBooks has similar editions for $1-$10.
> The Kunlun Slave
I think he's talking about this story. This book seems to contain it.
It's the life of a runner. You should read Once A Runner by Mr. John L. Parker. Don't wiki it or google it. just go on abebooks.com and buy yourself a copy. Trust me and everyone here who has read it; you'll love this book.
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is an interesting look at the factors leading to the 19th century pre-eminence of the west. Takes into account historical, anthropological, and geographic evidence from all corners of the globe.
The Birth of the Modern World by C.A. Bayly takes a comprehensive look at the time period between the French Revolution and World War 1 and does so on a Global scale taking into account aspects of world history outside of a western perspective. Very interesting chapter about the haitian slave revolt and Toussaint Louverture.
If you have access to a University library, or know any history majors, see if you can score a reading list or textbook from a 1st year 'Roots of World Civilization' or similar survey course. Textbooks aren't the most fun, but they cover a shit ton of information, usually in a fairly compressed format.
Abebooks is a great website. Everything is dirt cheap and ships internationally. Just do a search for 'world history' or whatever you're interested in: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=world+history&sts=t&x=0&y=0
Buy the latest edition of Kalat's "Biological Psychology" that you can afford. I got the 7th edition for like $5 on abebooks.com. In fact a quick search shows that they are even cheaper than that. Gazzaniga's "Cognitive Neuroscience" is also a great text.
Read either and you should have a good foundation to start understanding neuroscience research.
AbeBooks (a subsidiary of Amazon) and Biblio are good. The both provide a market for independent book dealers (both for new and used books).
What sets them apart from many of the other sites that provide searching and price comparison among independent dealers is that many of those take you to the dealer's site to actually order. With AbeBooks and Biblio, you order through them, and they both provide guarantees so you can get your money back if the books do not arrive or if they are not in the condition expected.
The cheapest textbooks are usually international editions, which typically are the same as the US edition except they are paperback and illustrations are not in color. If you are willing to buy from sellers in India or China you can sometimes find books that are $200 in the US hardback edition for as little as $3 (plus about $15 shipping...). If you want a US dealer, such books typically go for around $20, but shipping is a lot less.
If you aren't looking for a specific book, such as the required textbook for a class, but are just trying to learn more about some specific area of physics, check out Dover. They like to take classical textbooks that are out of print, and reprint them in inexpensive paperback editions, which are physically of very high quality.
I'd read Basic Economics and Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell to start getting a handle on the economic side of things. Michael Shedlock aka Mish is pretty good too. he's also very economics oriented.
- Bring lunch to work everyday.
- Buy used books on abebooks (you can find pretty much anything softcover for ~$3).
- Cut cable a long time ago.
- When it was time to buy a new car, I bought an eight-year-old Prius with 90K miles on it. I haggled the price down from 6K to 5K. I used to have to fill up my 98 Accord every week. Now my tank is smaller and I fill up every two weeks.
- When I DO treat myself to something nice, I'm very cost-conscious. I buy inexpensive wine from Trader Joe's (between $4 and $6/bottle), luxury bath products from TJ Maxx (SO much better all around that Marshall's or Ross), and I got myself the MK purse I use as a birthday present for $30 after finding it 75% off and using coupons.
You want Hatch and Redpath: A Concordance to the Septuagint. Free & legal scan available here. Just be aware that there is precious little English, except for the introduction it is all Greek and Hebrew.
The photo could not have been taken earlier than 1967 because that is when the book in the bottom right corner, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, was first published.
That's the regular novel. He has the graphic novel:
https://www.amazon.com/First-Law-Blade-Itself-Graphic/dp/1926838246/
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9781926838243&sts=t
I guess it is what it says on the bottle, a Bodegas Riojanas 1973 from Cenicero, Rioja, Spain. Probably all or mostly Tempranillo. Abebooks sell a cleaner, larger version of the label here.
I like abebooks for international editions of textbooks. Here is a search displaying multiple copies for ~$10
Michael Bolton in Office Space
This character in the movie Office Space was named after the singer Michael Bolton. While it was an intentional running joke in the movie, you could tackle it the same way. Other characters in your story try to make stupid jokes referencing the real Tom Hardy, and your Tom Hardy rolls his eyes and is like, "Yeah, ok, we share the same name. I get the joke."
Also, imagine all the real life Harry Potters out there. While they all aren't Tom Hardy-caliber famous celebrities, they are still real people whom the boy wizard shares the same name with.
Don't worry about it. If you like the name, it is an ordinary enough sounding name that it could be written off as "coincidence".
The tone of helpfulness, civility, and courtesy has been maintained surprisingly well even as the subscribership has grown—the sub has more than 25 times as many subscribers now than when I first joined. And given the tone of the sub, any negativity and particularly any hostility sticks out like a sore thumb and is encysted by downvotes.
If you've read Robert Axelrod's fascinating book, <em>The Evolution of Cooperation</em>, you can see one explanation of why it happens. (Link is to secondhand copies, the cheapest of which cost little more than shipping.)
I didn't find the New York Times article, but it's referenced here. Quoted from the link:
>In October 2008, the New York Times asked Obama to provide a list of books and writers that were significant to him. Here goes – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois’ Souls of Black Folk, Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail, Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory and The Quiet American, Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Cancer Ward, John Steinbeck’s In Dubious Battle, Robert Caro’s Power Broker, Studs Terkel’s Working, Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments, and also Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men – a novel about a corrupt Southern governor (Rod Blagojevich anyone?). And then there were his theology and philosophy influences - Friedrich Nietzsche, Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich.
read the book The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. It is an awesome read about the beginnings of the Mercury and NASA space programs.
So I just searched amazon, and that #1 book is available for $139.
The international version is available at AbeBooks.com for $13.33.
BookRenter.com has it for rent for $26.95.
What gives? Is it just the campus bookstore ripping off students or is this just an inaccurate article?
Bound for Anything does custom notebooks with one layout option being city maps. Unfortunately Barcelona isn't an option right now, but maybe if you contacted them they would be willing to add it?
I found a City Moleskine for $35 and another place for $18...
Sorry to say though that I don't think there is really much out there like this. It's a cool idea, but probably not high enough demand for there to be a lot of options.
While he lied about his father, Frederick Hughes, starting a church to avoid paying taxes, Opie has NEVER talked about the fact that his father is the author of the book The O.J. Simpson Conspiracy.
So far, my favorite psychonaut type book has been Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Willson, available here.
Sounds like a blast. If I were you, I'd x-post this over in /r/meditation and grab a book or two on meditation and/or yoga.
Have fun, stay safe!