Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. First American Edition. Hardcover. "We are greatly prejudiced by our size. We find it difficult to believe that an animal that is many times smaller than ourselves can have anything in any way comparable to our own motives, or to experience anything that resembles our basic emotions of fear and hunger, let alone aggression or sexual excitement." (from Foreword, pg. 7). Life in the..... More

New York, NY, USA: Taschen America, 1997. First Edition. Frans Lanting (b. 1951) is a Dutch National Geographic photographer, author and speaker. Lanting has been hailed as one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has appeared in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. For the past two decades Lanting has documented wildlife and our relationship with nature in environments from the Amazon to Antarctica. Lanting..... More

New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. "For centuries humanity has dreamed of life and intelligence beyond the Earth; for decades scientists have searched for it in every corner of the sky; for years Project Argus, a vast, sophisticated complex of radio telescopes, has listened for a signal indicating the existence, somewhere in the universe, of extra-terrestrial intelligence. Then, one afternoon, the course of human history..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1966. First Edition. Single Sheet Folded into Pamphlet. "The controversy over LSD and related drugs such as mescaline (peyote) and psilocybin has been heated and widespread; but the issues and the facts are seldom made clear. The purpose of The LSD Conference is to clarify the factual background of the controversy, and to present major research findings on various aspects of the use of these..... More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. "The combination of superb and thoughtfully-arranged illustrations, definitive text, and up-to-date illustration maps, all in a single volume, has already established the pocket-sized version of this guide...as the most essential reference to European bird identification. This sumptuous large-format edition with entirely redesigned text is intended to complement the field guide and permit greater appreciation of the extraordinarily beautiful artwork. The..... More

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1988. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Sara Lawrence Lightfoot. "In Balm in Gilead, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, the MacArthur-prizewinning sociologist, tells her mother's amazing story with both candor and passion. From girlhood in rigidly segregated Vicksburg, MIssissippi, to a distinguished career as a child psychiatrist, Dr. Margaret Lawrence has overcome every obstacle facing black women in our time...This stirring portrait is..... More

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nation's history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the Civil War, when Americans believed all things were possible. So daring a concept as spanning the East River..... More