Top Books of 1972
The most significant literary works published this year.
Watership Down
By Unknown Author
*Watership Down* is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's *Watership Down* is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.
Bridge to Terabithia
By Unknown Author
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Bumi Manusia
By Unknown Author
Bumi manusia
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
By Unknown Author
Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.
The Stepford Wives
By Unknown Author
The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who suspects the submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands. Also contained in: - [Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 1 - 1973](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16036164W) - [Three by Ira Levin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16660211W)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
By Unknown Author
This is a story set in a post-apocalyptic future. The Cold War progressed until it was too complicated for humans to manage, so the three major superpowers each developed a computer program to help run the war. When one of the programs becomes sentient it eliminates all of the human race except five persons, which it tortures for eternity.
The Gods Themselves
By Unknown Author
The year is 2100 A.D.… And Man no longer stands alone in the universe. Now there are other worlds, other living beings. Alien beings who mate in threes and live on pure energy. New breeds of humans who have created their own environment and freed themselves from every social and sexual taboo. Yes, it is the future of new worlds, ever-changing worlds. And yet among them there is still Earth. Earth, where Man still strives to be the best. To advance himself beyond all other beings and their worlds. And this final, glorious step in mankind’s technical progress has been achieved: the discovery of an unlimited, non-polluting energy source. But what seems to be progress may, in reality, end in complete tragedy. Earth’s unlimited energy source is about to trigger unlimited destruction—and the end of a universe.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By Unknown Author
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
The Farthest Shore
By Unknown Author
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
By Unknown Author
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by American author Judy Blume and published in 1972. It is the first in the Fudge series. The story focuses on a nine-year-old boy named Peter Warren Hatcher and his relationship with his two-and-a-half-year-old brother, Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher. ---------- Also contained in: [Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Superfudge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24313213W)
Le città invisibili
By Unknown Author
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating fine details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take.
The dark is rising
By Unknown Author
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
Nate The Great (Nate The Great)
By Unknown Author
Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the lost picture! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! CAN NATE SOLVE THE CASE FOR HIS FRIEND ANNIE? Nate the Great has a new case! His friend Annie has lost a picture. She wants Nate to help her find it. Nate the Great must get all the facts, ask the right questions, and narrow the list of suspects so he can solve the mystery.
Lady of Quality
By Unknown Author
The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is a beautiful heiress, and hopelessly single, has twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. When she sponsored young pretty Miss Lucilla Carleton's "coming out," the town's social elite were shocked. After all, how could Annis find Lucilla a husband when she could not choose one for herself? Then Lucilla's handsome and egotistical uncle and guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, arrived to approve the sponsorship. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of the runaway heiress, Lucilla, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive's uncivil and high-handed guardian, Oliver. Befriending the wayward girl brings unexpected consequences, among them the conflicting emotions aroused by her guardian, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. Chafing at the restrictions of Regency society in Bath, Annis has to admit that at least Carleton is never boring. And his brash and rakish manner quickly succumbed to the will of Annis, this remarkable heiress no man had yet subdued. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible.
Superfudge
By Unknown Author
Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. It is the sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great, and is the third in the Fudge series. Won – Books I Love Best Yearly: Early Readers Award (1990)-1991 ---------- Also contained in: [Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Superfudge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24313213W)
Ways of Seeing
By Unknown Author
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.
Quella stratopica vacanza alla pensione Mirasorci...
By Unknown Author
Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. Sometimes a busy businessmouse like me needs a nice, relaxing vacation. But of all the rotten rats' luck -- every time I tried to get away, disaster struck. My aunt Dizzy Fur's mouse hole caught on fire, my office was flooded, and our printing press broke down! When I was finally ready to depart, all the good trips were booked up. I was stuck in a flea-ridden old hotel, sharing a room with a bunch of Gerbil Scouts! I couldn't wait to get back to my comfy home in New Mouse City....
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
By Unknown Author
Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients. For over forty years, generations of readers have thrilled to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye. In *All Creatures Great and Small*, we meet the young Herriot as he takes up his calling and discovers that the realities of veterinary practice in rural Yorkshire are very different from the sterile setting of veterinary school. Some visits are heart-wrenchingly difficult, such as one to an old man in the village whose very ill dog is his only friend and companion, some are lighthearted and fun, such as Herriot's periodic visits to the overfed and pampered Pekinese Tricki Woo who throws parties and has his own stationery, and yet others are inspirational and enlightening, such as Herriot's recollections of poor farmers who will scrape their meager earnings together to be able to get proper care for their working animals. From seeing to his patients in the depths of winter on the remotest homesteads to dealing with uncooperative owners and critically ill animals, Herriot discovers the wondrous variety and never-ending challenges of veterinary practice as his humor, compassion, and love of the animal world shine forth. (Printed in the UK as two books: Book #1 - *If Only They Could Talk*, and Book #2 - *It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet*.)
Molecular biology of amphibian development
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The Halloween Tree
By Unknown Author
"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin's. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings."--Booklist
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
By Unknown Author
Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.
Living with Adam
By Unknown Author
From MILLS AND BOON BACK COVER: Like so many other teenagers, young Maria wanted to get away from home. Her stepbrother Adam Massey was a successful doctor with a house in London - so what more convenient, Maria reasoned, than for her to come and live with him while she decided what to do with her life? So she descended on Adam's house. But she had left just two things out of her calculations. One was that it was five years since she had seen Adam; she remembered only a comforting older brother - but the Adam she now met was an attractive, sophisticated man of the world, who after all was not really related to her. The other was Adam's beautiful, possessive girl-friend - or was she his financee? - Loren Griffiths, who was clearly not going to take kindly to any competition, and was quite capable of dealing with it in her own ruthless way.....
Julie of the Wolves
By Unknown Author
Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? Or is she Julie (her "gussak"-white people-name), the modernized teenager who must mock the traditional customs? And when a pack of wolves begins to accept her into their community, Miyax must learn to think like a wolf as well. If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving?
The Flame and the Flower
By Unknown Author
The extraordinary Birmingham Family Saga commences in The Flame and the Flower -- it continues in The Elusive Flame and concludes in A Season Beyond a Kiss. (All Kathleen E. Woodiwiss titles are available from PerfectBound.) The FlowerDoomed to a life of unending toil, Heather Simmons fears for her innocence--until a shocking, desperate act forces her to flee. . . and to seek refuge in the arms of a virile and dangerous stranger.The FlameA lusty adventurer married to the sea, Captain Brandon Birmingham courts scorn and peril when he abducts the beautiful fugitive from the tumultuous London dockside. But no power on Earth can compel him to relinquish his exquisite prize. For he is determined to make the sapphire-eyed prize. For he is determined to make the sapphire-eyed lovely his woman. . .and to carry her off to far, uncharted realms of sensuous, passionate love.
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
By Unknown Author
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great is a children's novel by Judy Blume, first published in 1972. It is the second book in the Fudge series.
The Terminal Man
By Unknown Author
The classic thriller and "New York Times" bestseller is reissued with a new look. Prone to violent seizures, Harry Benson undergoes an experimental procedure that implants electrodes in his brain, sending soothing pulses to the brain's pleasure canyon. However, Harry learns how to control the pulses and increase their frequency. Harry then escapes--a homicidal maniac loose in the city--and nothing will stop his murderous rampage. Reissue.
Dark Angel
By Unknown Author
**At last, Heaven would find the happiness she longed for... free from the scorn and contempt of her past!** In her grandmother's fine, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreamed of a wonderful new life -- of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes and most important, love. The pearls of culture, wisdom and breeding would now be hers. Soon she would make the Casteel name respectable, find her brothers and sisters, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there were strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. And as Heaven reached out for love, she was slowly ensnared in a sinister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions!
Elric of Melniboné
By Unknown Author
**Elric of Melniboné** is a 1972 fantasy novel by **Michael Moorcock**. It is the first original full-length novel to feature **Elric**, the last emperor of the stagnating island civilisation of Melniboné who wields the cursed, soul-drinking sword **Stormbringer**.
The Word for World is Forest
By Unknown Author
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet whose small, green-furred, big-eyed inhabitants have a culture centered on lucid dreaming. Terran greed spirals around native innocence & wisdom, overturning the ancient society. Humans have learned interstellar travel from the Hainish (the origin-planet of all humanoid races, including Athsheans). Various planets have been expanding independently, but during the novel it’s learned that the League of All Worlds has been formed. News arrives via an ansible, a new discovery. Previously they had been cut off, 27 light years from home. The story occurs after The Dispossessed, where both the ansible & the League of Worlds are unrealised. Also well before Planet of Exile, where human settlers have learned to coexist. The 24th century has been suggested. Terran colonists take over the planet locals call Athshe, meaning “forest,” rather than “dirt,” like their home planet Terra. They follow the 19th century model of colonization: felling trees, planting farms, digging mines & enslaving indigenous peoples. The natives are unequipped to comprehend this. They’re a subsistence race who rely on the forests & have no cultural precedent for tyranny, slavery or war. The invaders take their land without resistance until one fatal act sets rebellion in motion & changes the people of both worlds forever.
Como Europa subdesarrollo a Africa
By Unknown Author
Es una redefinición del proceso global del desarrollo de las metrópolis capitalistas (Europa y Estados Unidos) y su estrecha dependencia del proceso de subdesarrollo de las periferias, y de África en particular. Entre las contribuciones de Rodney se pueden destacar: su ampliación del análisis de la totalidad; su análisis de la superestructura, particularmente del papel de la religión; su reordenamiento cronológico de la historia de la explotación; y su afirmación de que el capitalismo ha sido siempre europeo. Uno de los principales argumentos, a lo largo de la narrativa es que África desarrolló a Europa al mismo tiempo que Europa subdesarrollo a África. Poniéndose en manifiesto las políticas de poder y explotación económica que llevaron a África, al precario estado que se encuentra en lo social, económico y político a fines del siglo XX. Sin embargo, Rodney creía, que cada africano tiene la responsabilidad de comprender el sistema, (capitalista) y trabajar para su derrocamiento. In this new edition, Angela Davis offers a striking foreword to the book, exploring its lasting contributions to a revolutionary and feminist practice of anti-imperialism.
Blubber
By Unknown Author
Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.
Post Captain
By Unknown Author
Presents the continuation of Jack Aubrey's life as the Peace of Amiens docks the Commander onshore, to France, and back to sea.
Surfacing
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Anansi the Spider
By Unknown Author
In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky
Walter the baker
By Unknown Author
By order of the Duke, Walter the baker must invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times.
General chemistry
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The think and grow rich action pack
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Sommarboken
By Unknown Author
"This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland." -- Publisher's description.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
By Unknown Author
The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.
Startide Rising
By Unknown Author
David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago. The neo-dolphins are dolphins which have gone through the "Uplift" process, which creates through genetic engineering more intelligent sentient beings. For the neo-dolphins, this is also a test of their ability to apply their intelligence, knowledge and skills to Galactic space travel and exploration. The Terrans find an ancient fleet of starships, and on a nearby planet, an ancient (human?) skeleton. There are other Galactic races, who are also keen to find information about the first Galactic civilization. Their hot pursuit of the Terrans forces “The Streaker” to land on the planet Kithrup, whose watery environment and atmosphere are similar to Earth. Above the planet, the starships of the other Galactic races fight each other. On Kithrup, the dolphins and humans begin repairs to the Streaker, and to explore the ocean, and the inland area of their landing site. They discover an aboriginal species living amongst the trees and lakes inland. There is evidence that there has been another Galactic race on the planet in the very distant past. Within the crew of the Streaker, tensions and conflicts develop on how to escape from Kithrup. The story centers on individual human and dolphin characters, and their struggle to survive and eventually to return to Earth with their very important findings. The story becomes one about courage, determination, friendship, love, and betrayal, both for the humans and the dolphins. Main human characters: Gillian Baskin, Tom Orley, Ignazio Metz. Main neo-dolphins: Captain Creideiki; Hikahi; Keepiru; Makanee; Takkata-Jim.
Facts about Yugoslavia.
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Bless Me, Ultima
By Unknown Author
Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past.
Effective business communications
By Unknown Author
This text now includes a prologue on the high-technology office of today and tomorrow, including international and intercultural examples. Over 400 business examples show how and how not to express ideas, and there are over 300 end-of-chapter exercises and problems, including detailed cases. There is a greatly enlarged chapter on global communications to show how international and intercultural communications affect business, and new boxed examples of written communication throughout the text. Coverage of new technology, employment-related communication topics, business reports, and oral communications has also been expanded.
The social animal
By Unknown Author
How are the beliefs and behaviors of people influenced by others? For more than twenty years, Elliot Aronson's The Social Animal has been captivating readers by looking at the answers to this multifaceted question. Presenting the story of modern social psychology as a vivid, engaging narrative, Aronson has provided the most authoritative and accessible introduction to the field available. And by staying close to the real work of social psychologists, he ensures that each new edition incorporates the most important recent research and insights. The result: a classic - venerable yet vibrant. . With this new edition, Aronson updates his examination of the patterns and motives of human behavior. Focusing on classic and contemporary studies on conformity, sexual attraction, politics, race relations, advertising, war, and scientific ethics, he incorporates much new information and understanding, including analyses of the Los Angeles riots, U.S. involvement in Somalia, the controversies over false memory and smokers' rights, and other front-page events. The Social Animal captures the creativity of scientific inquiry into human interaction. It draws readers into the excitement of social psychology while clearly explaining its fundamental principles and applications to everyday life.
In my own way
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
By Unknown Author
A Cordelia Gray MysteryMeet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family, Cordelia soon realizes it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister.
[Ixil language publications.
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Freaky Friday (Cascades)
By Unknown Author
Thirteen-year-old Hadley begins to better understand her teacher and herself when she has to spend a day in her teacher's body.
Saturday's Child
By Unknown Author
From the back cover: "Abigail worked hard for a living. And she expected to continue, for no man had shown signs of wanting to marry her - least of all the mysterious Professor Dominic van Wijkelen. Certainly he admired her nursing skills. He confidently asked her to take on his private cases, which took Abigail from London to Holland and then Spain. But all he seemed to feel for her was intense dislike. Did Dominic not trust women? Was she too plain? Whatever the reason, there was little Abigail could do about it..."
Chocolate Fever
By Unknown Author
Henry Green was a boy who loved chocolate. He liked it bitter, sweet, dark, light, and daily; for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks; in cakes, candy bars, milk, and every other form you could possibly imagine. Henry probably loved chocolate more than any boy in the history of the world. One day--it started off like any other day--Henry found that strange things were happening to him. First he made medical history with the only case of Chocolate Fever ever. Then he found himself caught up in a wild and hilarious chase, climaxed by a very unusual hijacking!
The Lost Continent
By Unknown Author
In its time, this was the most famous novel of many about the continent of Atlantis. In our day, nearly a century later, it must still rank as one of the best. Vivid prose describes the geological upheaval that ended a civilization. Characters are totally believable and utterly unforgettable.
The Greatest Secret in the World
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The Signal-man
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Sefer Ziv ha-shemesh
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Mouse Tales
By Unknown Author
Contains: The Wishing Well Clouds Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse The Mouse and the Winds The Journey The Old Mouse The Bath
A Stranger Came
By Unknown Author
It was a bombshell when old Mr. Elsgood said that a newcomer, Stephen Harmon, was coming from London to take over the law firm of Elsgood and Elsey in the sleepy Midland town of Cheslyn Slade. Nell, Mr. Elsgood's secretary, was not at all sure that she was going to like the change - especially when she overheard Stephen Harmon saying, "My secretary works for peanuts. Come to think of it, that's about what she's worth."
Intermediate algebra
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Master Of Moonrock
By Unknown Author
The formidable and ruthless Thane Benedict was the very last person young Loren Knight would have chosen to be her guardian. However, there it was; he was indeed to have charge of her until she was twenty, and here she was, at Moonrock, his vast station in the middle of Australia's Outback, for the next two years. It was going to be a solitary life, so far from civilisation - but nevertheless, perhaps it wasn't the best time for Loren's cousin Janet to Moonrock to stay - and to fall in love with Thane. There was something not quite right about Janet's relationship with Thane. And what about that other girl, Felicity Bradon? The whole situation was rather too complicated for Loren to take in. Would it all become too much for her?
Understanding movies
By Unknown Author
Annotation. Designed to help movie watchers analyze films with precision and technical sophistication, this book focuses on formalism--how the forms of the film (e.g., camera work, editing, photography, etc.) create meaning. It sheds light on how television and movies communicate, and the complex network of language systems they use. Chapter topics cover developments from all aspects of cinema, contemporary films, personalities in the field, photography, movement, editing, sound, acting, drama, story writing, and theory. For movie critics and fans alike.
Women & madness
By Unknown Author
An examination of the female condition and what is called madness.
Electronic devices and circuit theory
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada
By Unknown Author
Este libro excepcional reúne la novela corta que le otorga su título y otros seis relatos más, de los que todos menos uno pertenecen a la etapa de plena madurez del escritor. Fueron los años en los que Macondo le abrió las puertas del realismo mágico: la frase se hace más larga y caudalosa, la realidad se expresa mediante fórmulas mágicas y legendarias, los milagros se insertan en la vida cotidiana. Contenido: Blacamán el bueno vendedor de milagros El ahogado más hermoso del mundo El mar del tiempo perdido El último viaje del buque fantasma La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada Muerte constante más allá del amor Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes
My Name is Asher Lev
By Unknown Author
"Memorable...A book profound in its vision of humanity, of religion, and of art."THE WALL STREET JOURNALHere is the original, deeply moving story of Asher Lev, the religious boy with an overwhelming need to draw, to paint, to render the world he knows and the pain he feels, on canvas for everyone to see. A loner, Asher has an extroardinary God-given gift that possesses a spirit all its own. It is this force that must learn to master without shaming his people or relinquishing any part of his deeply felt Judaism. It will not be easy for him, but he knows, too, that even if it is impossible, it must be done...."A novel of finely articulated tragic power...Little short of a work of genius."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWFrom the Paperback edition.
Modern chess openings
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The Persian Boy
By Unknown Author
Historical novel set in the time of Alexander the Great. This novel tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas, a eunoch who was sold to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with the great general, sustaining Alexander through mutiny, assassination attempts and two wives.
One week, one trouble
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Bride of the Rif
By Unknown Author
Sara's life had been a precarious one, touring the world with her grandfather, who lived on his wits to support them both. It was a way of life which was to have far-reaching consequences for Sara. Once it would have seemed preposterous that she would become a "Bride of the Rif" with such wedding ceremonies as the "cleaning of the wheat" and being painted with henna.
Uncertain Summer
By Unknown Author
Serena had given up her job and gone to Holland in order-as she thought-to marry Laurens van Amstel who had proposed to her after a whirlwind romance. So it was mortifying, to say the least, that soon after she arrived she began to realize that Laurens was trying to back out of the situation-that, in fact, he had every intention of marrying another girl. His cousin Gijs had an answer to her problem-but wasn't it a rather a drastic one?
Tabitha in Moonlight
By Unknown Author
Sister Tabitha is an efficient nurse, but when she falls in love with Dutch surgeon Marius van Beek, she has no idea how to deal with her feelings. If only Marius would ride up on a white horse and ask for her hand in marriage. But can real people live happily ever after like those people in fairy tales? - Goodreads.com
You Just Don't Understand
By Unknown Author
Just sit down and read it. Yes, you will want to throw it. You will want to forget it, but that is not possible. It will cross your mind and impact you when you would otherwise just get frustrated. There is one major error, when you read it and reflect on it, forget the gender comments, they are a distraction. Gender is not the answer, see the later book, "That's Not What I Ment" for more understanding. You will never have another conversation understanding the same again.
The wooing of Beppo Tate
By Unknown Author
The Wooing of Beppo Tate is an account of life in Kendal, a small village in Jamaica, similar to the author's own childhood home.
Ira Sleeps Over
By Unknown Author
A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear.
The Sunbird
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Man of steel and velvet
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
An alphabet of tales
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Ansel Adams
By Unknown Author
This illustrated autobiography focuses on Adams' dedication, adventures, achievements, friendships, wisdom, and concern for human beings and nature.
The Jewish-Japanese Sex and Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves
By Unknown Author
A comedy writer, his family and odd inner circle of drunken friends who make up the Honansville Ecology Club, undergo a project to reintroduce his wolf to the wild. Jack Douglas, who wrote for Laugh-In and made numerous appearances on the earlier Jack Paar show, loved wolves.
Psicologia social
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The friends of Eddie Coyle
By Unknown Author
"Eddie Coyle is a small-time punk with a big-time problem - who to sell out to avoid being sent up again. Eddie works for Jimmy Scalisi, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs. But a cop named Foley is onto Eddie, and he's leaning on him to finger Scalisi, a gang leader with a lot to hide. And then there's Dillon, a full-time bartender and a part-time contract killer pretending to be Eddie's friend. These and others make up the bunch of hoods, gunmen, thieves, and executioners who are wheeling, dealing, chasing, and stealing in the underworld of Eddie Coyle."--BOOK JACKET.
The slave community
By Unknown Author
This volume is one of the first historical studies of slavery in the United States to be presented from the perspective of the enslaved. This work contradicted those historians who had interpreted history to suggest that African American slaves were docile and submissive who enjoyed the benefits of a paternalistic master-slave relationship on Southern plantations. Using psychology, the author analyzes fugitive slave narratives published in the 19th century to conclude that an independent culture developed among the enslaved and that there were a variety of personality types exhibited by slaves. He asserts that by concentrating on the slave owner, historians have presented a distorted view of plantation life that "strips the slave of any meaningful and distinctive culture, family life, religion, or manhood." "The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although unlettered, unarmed, and outnumbered, slaves fought in various ways to preserve their manhood." This impressive and original study views the institution of slavery from a new perspective- that of the slaves themselves. The author challenges the timeworn stereotype of the slave as a passive and docile creature who lacked drive, purpose, and responsibility. He traces the development of the slave's personality traits, analyzes the patterns of resistance within the slave community, and proves conclusively that the slave had a rich cultural and family life that was deliberately kept hidden from the eyes of his white masters. Unlike the many accounts that deal with slavery from the outside, this book ventures inside the slave quarters to re-capture the slave's family life, music, religion, and folklore. Using a variety of sources, including the memoirs of former slaves, the author examines the ways that blacks became enslaved, their process of acculturation in the American South, and their deep ties to their African heritage. He shows how the slave was able to control parts of his own life while often wearing the mask of submissiveness required by the harsh realities of the plantation regime. The author draws upon psychological and sociological insights to reinterpret master-slave relationships. He includes the planter's viewpoint and the traveler's impression to create a dimensional portrait of plantation life that effectively separates mythology from historical reality. -- from Book Jacket. The personality and culture of the plantation slave are investigated from black autobiographies and other historical sources.
The pain of being human
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Guide to quality control
By Unknown Author
This is classic management book which first describes Ishikawa's Cause and Effect Fishbone diagram. Ishikawa is credited for making the Japanese motor industry successful
Experiments in molecular genetics
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Working
By Unknown Author
A collection of interviews with working people in a wide variety of occupations.
Irrigated wheat
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The upstairs room
By Unknown Author
When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger-she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse. Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini -- separated from their family and confined to one tiny room -- the war seemed to go on forever.
Anti-Œdipe
By Unknown Author
"A major work in the development of critical theory in the late 20th century, Anti-Oedipus is an essential text for feminists, literary theorists, social scientists, philosophers, and other interested in the problems of contemporary Western culture."--
Desecration of my kingdom
By Unknown Author
This is the story written by King Fredrick Edward Mutesa II of Buganda Kingdom narrative his escapefrom Mengo place in 1966 after being over thrown by his prime minister Apollo Milton Obote in alliance with Col Idi Amin. Amin later over threw Obote.
The Cave of the White Rose
By Unknown Author
Juliet Grey was delighted when Lance Crimond offered her a job as secretary to his delightful mother in a lovely part of Scotland, although she wasn't very keen on Lance himself. She was even more delightful, though, when she arrived at Castle Ross to work and met Lance's brother Gareth...
Black Gangster
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
A Distant Sound of Thunder
By Unknown Author
It had not taken Rebecca long to fall wildly in love with Piers St. Clair -- not much longer, in fact, than it had taken her to discover that he was married. So, all too swiftly, that idyll on a romantic Pacific island had had to come to an end. Now, three years later and back on the other side of the world, Rebecca had found a new life. But she had not found a new love, although young Paul Victor was doing his best to make her look his way. Nothing would ever make her forget Piers, she knew -- and when, through Paul, Piers suddenly came back into her life again, Rebecca knew that she had never stopped loving him. But it was only too obvious that Piers felt nothing for her now but bitterness. Could she ever free herself, now, of this love that so clearly had no future?
The Sheep Look Up
By Unknown Author
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The “trainites,” a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive.
The Toothpaste Millionaire
By Unknown Author
Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower didn't set out to be a millionaire--he only wanted to save money on toothpaste. After challenging himself to make a gallon of toothpaste for the same price as a single tube, Rufus and his best friend Kate set up a backyard business that soon succeeds beyond their wildest expectations.
Pattern making by the flat-pattern method
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Modern English
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Myths to live by
By Unknown Author
Includes material on "the buffalo-gods, Quetzalcoatls, Buddhas, fairy queens and other such figures."
Le Devin
By Unknown Author
During a violent thunderstorm, a strange fortune-telling soothsayer turns up in the Gaulish village, drawing Asterix's friends into his web of enticing deception. In the midst of general confusion, Asterix is unable to convince his fellow villagers of the soothsayer's deceit - whose warnings of foreboding are sure to rip the Gaulish village apart.
The Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
By Unknown Author
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Männer mit dem rosa Winkel
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Rapture of the desert
By Unknown Author
Chrys didn’t trust men, and she had no intention of allowing herself to fall in love with one and sacrifice her career as a ballet dancer as a result. And when an unhappy accident meant that she must rest for a year and forget her dancing altogether during that time, she was even more determined not to get involved in any romantic situation. It was not, therefore, the best time for her to meet Anton de Casenove, who was just the type of man she most needed to be on her guard against – half Russian prince, half man of the desert; a romantic combination. Conscious of his overwhelming masculine appeal, Chrys hurriedly got a job that would take her right away from him, into the heart of the Arabian desert. But Anton de Casenove was a determined man…
No way but surrender
By Unknown Author
Account of a vice-admiral.
Les Lauriers de César
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Symbol sourcebook
By Unknown Author
This book is an authoritative guide to international graphic symbols.
Mister Messy
By Unknown Author
Mr. Messy is in a pickle when Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy come to call.
Kombination der Gestirneinflüsse
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
A Day No Pigs Would Die
By Unknown Author
"We're not rich, Papa." "Yes we are, boy. We have one another to fend to, and this land to tend." When young Rob Peck saves a neighbor's cow, the neighbor gives him a pig as a reward. Pinky is Rob's constant companion as he juggles backbreaking farm work with the schooling that is so important to his father. Pinky is a pet and a friend, but on a farm, every animal must have its use. And on a farm, even a boy must sometimes be a man. Will the support of a loving family and the plainspoken Shaker teachings of his father, Haven, be enough to see Rob through on the day no pigs would die? - Back cover.
Accounting, the basis for business decisions
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The optimist's daughter
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Satan is alive and well on planet earth
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The joy of sex
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Electrical engineering fundamentals
By Unknown Author
xvii, 812 p. 25 cm
Then came Hazrat Ali
By Unknown Author
The book is an autobiography of an Indian Journalist - a Parsi by faith. He describes how Hazrat Ali {the cousin brother of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) and his wali}helped him in achieving various goals and overcome difficulties in his life. He also vividly relates the story of his visit to Najaf (Iraq) the mausoleum of Hazrat Ali where unfaithful were not allowed to visit but by miracle he got inside the shrine and writes his divine experience. Salman Haider
Towards a neutral South-East Asia?
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
Smokescreen
By Unknown Author
Famous actor Lincoln Edwards takes a short trip to South Africa to check on a dying friend's race horses which haven't been running as well as they ought. He survives two murder attempts, but might not survive the third. Manacled to the steering wheel of a car abandoned in a famous game park, he knows who trapped him there, and why. But not how he is going to survive.
Sister of the Bride
By Unknown Author
Esther has little in common with her selfish sister Averil, now widowed with a young son. But when Averil asks her to stay with Rodney while she goes away on a cruise, Esther agrees. Averil’s living arrangements make for some complications to this plan, since she lives in a cottage on the estate of Vance Ashmore, her late husband’s employer, who is said to be planning to marry Averil himself. Yet Vance maintains a more enigmatic profile, and Esther is not sure which rumors about him she can believe.
The Fifth Head Of Cerberus
By Unknown Author
Bien loin de la Terre, deux planètes soeurs, Sainte-Anne et Sainte-Croix, ont été colonisées par des Français qui ont détruit la population indigène de la seconde. Des décennies plus tard, après que les colons ont été eux-mêmes vaincus et dispersés, un ethnologue consacre sa vie à retrouver les traces de cette culture effacée et oubliée.
Deathwatch
By Unknown Author
***Madec was not the kind of man Ben would ordinarily have chosen as a companion for a quiet hunting trip.*** The only time Madec ever laughed was when he told some story about how smart he was. He was a cold man who liked to hurt things, and ***he was dangerous with a gun***. But Ben needed money to pay for another semester at college, and so when Madec offered to hire him as a guide to hunt bighorn sheep in the desert mountains, he agreed. ***It was a mistake that very nearly cost Ben his life.*** "***An exciting novel of suspense,*** based on a fight to the finish between an honest and courageous young man and a cynical business tycoon who believes that anything can be had for a price."***--Horn Book.*** ***An ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults, Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award, A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, New York Public Library--Books for the Teen Age.***
Introduction to hydrology
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The Columbian exchange
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1972.
The giant jam sandwich
By Unknown Author
When four million wasps fly into their village, the citizens of Itching Down devise a way of getting rid of them.
What do you say after you say hello?
By Unknown Author
What Do You Say After You Say Hello? explains what makes the winners win, the losers lose, and the in-betweens so boring... In it, Dr Eric Berne reveals how everyone's life follows a predetermined script - a script they compose for themselves during early childhood. The script may be a sad one, it may be a successful one; it decides how a person will relate to his colleagues, what sort of person he will marry, how many children he will have, and even what sort of bed he will die in... What Do You Say After You Say Hello? demonstrates how each life script gets written, how it works and, more important, how anyone can improvise or change his script to make a happy ending...
Limits to Growth
By Unknown Author
*Limits to Growth*, a study of the patterns and dynamics of human presence on earth, pointed toward environmental and economic collapse within a century if "business as usual" continued. In 1972, the book's findings sparked a worldwide controversy about the earth's capacity to withstand constant human and economic expansion. More than 40 years later, with more than 10 million copies sold in 28 languages, this "little book with powerful ideas" endures as a touchstone for anyone seeking to understand the complex relationships underlying today's global environmental and economic trends.