Top Books of 1977
The most significant literary works published this year.
The Silmarillion
By Unknown Author
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit.
Chemistry
By Unknown Author
The book provides the basis of modern chemistry that every student needs for their professional development and as preparation for more complex chemistry courses. It also offers features that facilitate learning and serve as a guide for students to acquire a conceptual understanding and the skills needed to solve problems. The first five chapters offer a microscopic and phenomenological view of chemistry, while the latter review the chemistry of nonmetals, metals, organic chemistry and biochemistry.
The Shining
By Unknown Author
The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller; its success firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his struggle with alcoholism. The book was followed by a sequel, Doctor Sleep, published in 2013. The Shining centers on the life of Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. His family accompanies him on this job, including his young son Danny Torrance, who possesses "the shining", an array of psychic abilities that allow Danny to see the hotel's horrific past. Soon, after a winter storm leaves them snowbound, the supernatural forces inhabiting the hotel influence Jack's sanity, leaving his wife and son in incredible danger. ---------- Also contained in: - [Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917547W) - [Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24233994W)
The Thorn Birds
By Unknown Author
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.
Foundation's Edge
By Unknown Author
After the defeat of the Mule by the Second Foundation, Terminus enjoys a period of prosperity and stability which is publicly attributed to the Seldon Plan, but which some feel is the work of the Second Foundation. A search is begun to determine if the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile, the Second Foundation finds that there is evidence of an independent force acting against the Mule to protect the Seldon Plan. A search is launched to determine what this force is and if it is a threat. The end result is a search for Earth (Terminus being the last planet settled by the galactic empire and Earth being the metaphoric opposite of first human planet settled). A final three way confrontation results in a fateful decision and an open question.
Ramona and Her Father
By Unknown Author
Lately Ramona had the terrible feeling that she was the only happy member of the Quimby family. Since her father lost his job, he seemed too worried to love her anymore. Ramona's mother and big sister Beezus had become awfully busy and and grouchy. Even Picky-picky, the family cat, was grumpy. He didn't like her new cheaper food and had eaten the Quimby's Halloween jack-o'-lantern instead. Ramona tried everything she could to make things better. With Beezus's help she launched a campaign to stop her father from smoking so much, but he didn't seem to appreciate it. Ramona also tried to act adorable, like kids in TV commercials. Mr. Quimby said the boy who sang the Whopperburger jingle made a million dollars year! Ramona wanted to make a million dollars, too, because then her father would surely be fun again. ---------- Also included in: - [The Trouble with Ramona and Beezus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17377136W)
Understanding Nutrition
By Unknown Author
This text presents core information for an introductory nutrition course. Each chapter includes a section examining current and often controversial topics, such as functional foods and food biotechnology. Learning features include margin definitions and a glossary, health promotion advice, and interesting facts, plus exercises on nutrition-related calculations, Internet activities, and study questions. This ninth edition contains new information on genetics, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and alternative therapies. Whitney was formerly on the faculty at Florida State University. She is a dietician registered with the American Dietetic Association. Rolfes is a founding member of a nutrition information resource center. c. Book News Inc.-- Distributed by Syndetics Solutions, LLC.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
By Unknown Author
Contains: The boy who talked with animals The hitchhiker The Mildenhall treasure The swan The wonderful story of Henry Sugar Lucky break [A piece of cake](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504283W)
The Grouchy Ladybug
By Unknown Author
A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Concepts concerning time, natural cycles, and relative size and questions about manners and social behavior are dealt with in a humorous story about a bad-tempered, boastful ladybug.
From head to toe
By Unknown Author
Encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals; presented in a question and answer format.
Bloodline.
By Unknown Author
Elizabeth Rolfe, only child of one of the world's richest men, has everything. When her father dies, she discovers that her inheritance includes far more than his international pharmaceutical company.
Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy
By Unknown Author
Incorporating the thinking, feeling, and behaving dimensions of human experience, the tenth edition of Corey's best-selling book helps students compare and contrast the therapeutic models expressed in counseling theories. Corey introduces students to the major theories (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems, feminist, postmodern, and integrative approaches) and demonstrates how each theory can be applied to two cases ("Stan" and "Gwen"). With his trademark style, he shows students how to apply theories in practice, and helps them learn to integrate the theories into an individualized counseling style. - Publisher.
On Photography
By Unknown Author
On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography, among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with that of Depression-era documentary photography commissioned by the Farm Security Administration. ([Wikipedia][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography
Illusions
By Unknown Author
Wonderfully written, a glimpse into faith, self-reliance and friendship, witty and thought provoking. Barnstorming pilot meets a messianic man who has misgivings about his purpose. His scripture is captured in a greasy spiral bound notebook and he changes the lives of all he meets.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
By Unknown Author
La relación amorosa del joven escritor Varguitas con una mujer de su familia mayor que él, la tía Julia, y la desaforada presencia del folletinista Pedro Camacho en la misma emisora de radio donde Varguitas trabaja, son las dos historias en que se vertebra el argumento de *La tía Julia y el escribidor.* La noble pasión amorosa entre la tía Julia y el aprendiz de novelista, que la sociedad limeña de los años cincuenta trata por todos los medios de impedir, se combina con las narraciones truculentas del folletinista de las ondas. Esta narración mayor de Mario Vargas Llosa reúne el interés de los relatos de aventuras, donde coinciden de forma brillante la encendida pasión shakesperiana con su correlato melodramático, la inesperada confluencia del devoto de la alta literatura con el escribidor rastrero.
A Hora da Estrela
By Unknown Author
Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Colas, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness, and yet he cannot avoid the realization that for all her outward misery, Macabéa is inwardly free/She doesn't seem to know how unhappy she should be. Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane, empty narratoredge of despair to edge of despairand, working them like a pair of scissors, she cuts away the reader's preconceived notions about poverty, identity, love and the art of fiction. In her last book she takes readers close to the true mystery of life and leave us deep in Lispector territory indeed.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
By Unknown Author
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, *Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes* celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan
I am the Cheese
By Unknown Author
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive.
The Dragons of Eden
By Unknown Author
Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Dragonsinger
By Unknown Author
Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.
In Patagonia
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Financial Management
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
A Scanner Darkly
By Unknown Author
see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2172516W/A_Scanner_Darkly
To Catch A Butterfly
By Unknown Author
Kate had always adored Cornwall, and when the wealthy business tycoon Damian St. Ewan offered her a job there for two months - despite the fact that she didn't like tycoons in general and Damian St. Ewan in particular - she decided the opportunity was too good to miss. She had taken it for granted that the job in question was a secretarial one, so she was astounded when she arrived in Cornwall to learn that Damian had had something quite different in mind. It appeared that he wanted a temporary fiancee, to keep another woman at bay. And something told Kate that she would be playing with fire if she agreed . . .
The Hour of the Dragon
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Charmed Life
By Unknown Author
An elegant stranger appears on seedy Coven Street and collects the two Chant orphans -- Gwendolen, a powerful young witch, and Cat, her brother. The stranger, known as "Chrestomanci," delivers the children to the grandeur of Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack. These can be read in the order published, or the author has suggested a different reading order, found here: https://www.howtoread.me/chrestomanci-order/
Mouse Soup
By Unknown Author
A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.
A Spell for Chameleon
By Unknown Author
Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey himself. But no one could fathom the nature of Bink's very special magic. Bink was in despair. This was worse than having no magic at all...and he would still be exiled.
Gateway
By Unknown Author
Heechee Saga
Journey Under The Sea
By Unknown Author
The reader embarks on an expedition in an underwater vessel to find the lost city of Atlantis. By choosing specific pages, the reader determines the outcome of the plot.
Music in theory and practice
By Unknown Author
"Music in Theory and Practice" is an introduction to musical styles from the Renaissance to the present. It includes more complex chords, an emphasis on larger forms, and strategies for composition analysis. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire.
Dispatches
By Unknown Author
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, *Dispatches* became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, *Dispatches* makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time. *Dispatches* is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.
People of the earth
By Unknown Author
People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years ago. This is a global prehistory, which covers prehistoric times in every corner of the world, in a jargon-free style for newcomers to archaeology
Psychology
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
One L
By Unknown Author
See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26908W/One_L
Shall we tell the President?
By Unknown Author
After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane's has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life. The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead. The lone survivor: FBI Special Agent Mark Andrews. Now, only he knows when the killers will strike. But how can he alone unravel a ruthless conspiracy―in less than one week? The race to save the first woman president begins now…
Criminalistics
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
By Unknown Author
Amelia Bedelia helps out by teaching a class but she takes the list of activities very literally. Planting bulbs becomes planting light bulbs. Practising a play becomes practising playing. Using apples to solve maths problems becomes finding apples and getting the children to try to take them away from each other. It's a story full of humour and mayhem and kids will enjoy laughing over Amelia Bedelia's mistakes.
The Hills Of Home
By Unknown Author
**Her homecoming was bittersweet** Shelley was grieved to return to her plantation home to find her beloved stepfather desperately ill, but delighted to see Mitch, his son, again. She had always adored Mitch, but so did a hundred other girls. Therefore, when he suddenly proposed marriage, no one was more surprised than Shelley. But soon it became apparent that Mitch was only fulfilling the dearest wish of his dying father. However, Shelley longed for him to have another motive!
Digital fundamentals
By Unknown Author
Digital fundamentals / Thomas L. Floyd. 10th Edition Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2009
Price of Happiness
By Unknown Author
**It was a simple lie But he doubted her** Tessa stared at Matthew's unrelenting face. "It alters everything." he exclaimed furiously. "Everything between us has been destroyed by your deliberate deceit." She had known he'd be angry but surely if he truly loved her the problem would not have been insurmountable. Didn't he know how much she dreaded the life he was sending her back to?
The wars
By Unknown Author
Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war -- the War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare, of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.
Ceremony
By Unknown Author
"This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Navaho young man. Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremny that defeats the most virulent of afflictions-despair. "Demanding but confident and beautifully written" (Boston Globe), this is the story of a young Native American returning to his reservation after surviving the horrors of captivity as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Drawn to his Indian past and its traditions, his search for comfort and resolution becomes a ritual--a curative ceremony that defeats his despair."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Devil's gateway
By Unknown Author
Vicky had only herself to blame. Agreeing so hastily to the proposal by Conrad de Jungh for a marriage of convenience was, in retrospect, foolish. Yet, what else could she have done? Only when they reached her new home on the remote South African veldt did Vicky fully realize the extent of her attraction to this tall, dominating stranger. Now he was her husband. And she was obliged to hide her growing love!
Risk
By Unknown Author
Roland Britten was an amateur jockey, and an accountant by profession, who woke up one morning and found he couldn't move his hands. And all he could hear was the noise of an engine, very close by. He finally decided he was lying in the dark, tied to a generator. But why? And where? And by whom? And what would happen next.
Grasp a Nettle
By Unknown Author
Love and then hate. It was a seesaw. Jenny sighed. If only Toby hadn't been so complacent, believing that marrying him was the best thing that could happen to a girl. He was a nice enough man, but dull. When she'd argued with him, he hadn't contradicted her once! If only it had been the professor... but she couldn't imagine that man behaving so tamely. Besides, he didn't love her. "My dear girl," he had said, "you flatter yourself and me, too--I have no interest in you at all!"
Social psychology
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Shanna
By Unknown Author
Sensuous free spirit Shanna Trahern takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise -- leaving the dashing condemned Ruark Beauchamp to the gallows of Newgate Prison. But no hangman's noose will deny Ruark the ecstasy of his true love. An exquisite beauty in desperate need . . . A condemned man with nothing left to lose . . . A magnificent tale of freedom and passionate destiny from the incomparable storyteller-- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss SHANNA Behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison, a pact is sealed in secret--as a dashing and doomed criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress . . . in return for one night of unparalleled pleasure. In the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a promise is broken--as a sensuous free-spirit flees to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the handsome stranger she married to the gallows. But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with his exquisite, tempestuous Shanna's. And no iron ever forged can imprison his magnificent passion . . . and no hangman's noose will deny him the ecstasy that is rightfully his.
Bitter Harvest
By Unknown Author
It was at her engagement party that Raine met the forceful Greek Darius Kallergis, who announced there and then that he wanted her and intended to have her - and as a result ruined her chances of a rich and titled husband. Furious, she determined to be revenged on him. And so here she was in Greece, living in a beautiful house in fabled Delphi, surrounded by every luxury and comfort, the wife of a rich and handsome man with whom, belatedly, she had fallen in love. Yet for all that Raine was desperately unhappy. And it was no consolation at all to know that it was all her own fault.
Coma
By Unknown Author
They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures--were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up. Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning. Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in--or a victim of--a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?
The Amityville Horror
By Unknown Author
The Amityville Horror is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is claimed to be based on the paranormal experiences of the Lutz family, but has led to controversy and lawsuits over its truthfulness. ---------- Also contained in: - [Sarah Bernhardt And Her World / My Mother/My Self / Snow / The Amityville Horror / The Guggenheims][1]
My inventions
By Unknown Author
**From the Publisher** My Inventions has been the primary source for all Tesla biographers. Editor Ben Johnston has a 16 page introduction that traces Tesla's career through a maze of sensationalism and controversy. **From the Back Cover** The reclusive, brilliant engineer who: Invented the Niagra power system that made Edison's obsolete Sold Westinghouse 40 patents that broke a General Electric monopoly Discovered the radio methods that Marconi converted into a fortune Built a radio-guided torpedo before Ford ended the horse-and-buggy era Tried, with J.P. Morgan's backing, to change the earths electric charge! Joined giants Ampere, Watt, and Volta in history's most select circle when the world scientists named a new unit of magnetism and Tesla.
Pineapple Girl
By Unknown Author
It was a pineapple given to her by a grateful patient that led Eloise Bennett to meeting the Dutch doctor Timon van Zeilst. Shortly after that, Eloise went to Holland to nurse a patient and there was Dr. van Zeilst again! Thrown into his company, Eloise soon realized that she loved him. But Timon was going to marry the beautiful Liske—so why would he look twice at Eloise?
Introduction to psychology
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Digital image processing
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Sole Survivor
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Egalias døtre
By Unknown Author
**Egalia’s Daughters** (original title: *Egalias døtre*) is a novel by Gerd Brantenberg that was first published in 1977 in Norwegian. The novel is like most of Brantenberg's other work norm-breaking in such a way that it questions the social, existential and erotic position of women in the society. The book has been translated into several languages and is considered a feminist literature classic. The name of the former feminist community Megalia was based partly on the name of this book. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalia%27s_Daughters))
Lucifer's Hammer
By Unknown Author
Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978. The story details a cometary impact on Earth, an end to civilization, and the battle for the future. It encompasses the discovery of the comet, the LA social scene, and a cast of diverse characters whom fate seems to smile upon and allow to survive the massive cataclysm and the resulting tsunamis, plagues, famines and battles amongst scavengers and cannibals.
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
By Unknown Author
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself is a 1977 young adult novel by Judy Blume. The story is set in 1947 and follows the imaginative 10-year-old Sally, who likes to make up stories in her head, her family moves from New Jersey to Miami Beach. While not as controversial as some of her other novels, Blume does manage to address the following themes of late 1940s life in America: racism, anti-Semitism and sibling rivalry. ---------- Also contained in: [Novels (Iggie's House / It's Not the End of the World / Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself) ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27714093W)
A Morbid Taste for Bones
By Unknown Author
12th-century Shrewsbury monks go to Wales to recover a 7th-century saint’s relics, and encounter opposition from the relics’ current keepers. Then the opposition leader is murdered.
Our Sister Killjoy
By Unknown Author
Out of Africa with her degree and her all seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to makes sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home? A profound version of the theme of self discovery, this novel explores the thoughts and experiences of a Ghanaian girl on her travels in Europe. It is a highly personal exploration of the conflicts between Africa and Europe, between men and women, and between a complacent acceptance of the status quo and a passionate desire to reform a rotten world.
Never Go Back
By Unknown Author
For years Celia had longed to meet someone special, one particular man she could love to distraction. But... Guy Ryland? Guy Ryland--the man who had bought out her father, who had forced her to leave home, whom she had hated for so long. She wondered what he'd meant when he said, "It won't make any difference. It will be all the same in the end." It was as if he'd mapped out a campaign, his victory over her a foregone conclusion!
Wordpower
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Captive Bride
By Unknown Author
The irresistible call of adventure brings lovely 17 year old Christina Wakefield to the alluring Arabian desert. But fate imprisons her after she encounters 32 year old Sheik Abu, the strikingly handsome though arrogant adventurer, whom she had known in England as Philip Caxton. Once Christina had rejected Philip's fervent offer of marriage. But now she is to be his slave -- desperate for the freedoms denied her...yet weakened by her heart's blazing desire to willingly explore her virile captor's most sensuous cravings.
Just and Unjust Wars
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Rage
By Unknown Author
A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the rest of his class hostage. Over the course of one long, tense and unbearable hot afternoon, Charlie Decker explains what led him to this drastic sequence of events, while at the same time deconstructing the personalities of his classmates, forcing each one to justify his or her existence. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [The Bachman Books][2] [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/bachman_novel/rage.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81591W/The_Bachman_Books_(Rage_The_Long_Walk_Roadwork_The_Running_Man)
I will marry when I want
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
The Silva mind control method
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Love Is a Dog from Hell
By Unknown Author
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
Goblin Hill
By Unknown Author
It was only after Lucy and Stephen Charteris had died that their daughter Faith learned that she was not their real daughter at all, but adopted - more, that both her real parents were still living, although they had long ago parted and each had remarried. Her father, it seemed, was in New Zealand, and Faith could not rest until she had gone there in search of him. But the real problem, she soon realised, was her father's grim stepson Gareth Morgan, who could not forget the old family scandal that had almost ruined his own parents life - and who could not forgive Faith for it either! '
Artificial intelligence
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Flood insurance study
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Mind of my mind
By Unknown Author
Mind of My Mind is the second novel in Butler's Patternist series and is the prequel to her earlier novel Patternmaster.
Miss Nelson is missing!
By Unknown Author
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Grinding It Out
By Unknown Author
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training and advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries. But even more interesting than Ray Kroc the business legend is Ray Kroc the man. Not your typical self-made tycoon, Kroc was 52 when he met the McDonald brothers and opened his first franchise. Now meet Ray Kroc, the man behind the business legend, in his own words. Irrepressible enthusiast, perceptive people-watcher, and born storyteller, he will fascinate and inspire you. You'll never forget Ray Kroc.
How to sell anything to anybody
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Bride at Whangatapu
By Unknown Author
"I want my son more than I want you.- Logan Sutherland told Fiona, and she had to admit that he had good reason to be angry with her. She might have been bitterly hurt by his rejection of her after that one night of love five years ago, but she knew she should have let him know that she had had his baby. Now, however, he was prepared to marry her to get possession of little Jonathan - and arrogantly sure that he could make her fall in love with him all over again, just as a bonus. But although Fiona was prepared to marry him for the sake of her son's future, she was determined to fight the double threat of Logan's masterful charm and her own treacherous heart.
Where seagulls cry
By Unknown Author
"I'll be perfectly frank with you, Kim," Ursula said with calm deliberation. "Why don't you give up? Go back where you came from and leave Adam alone. Can't you see he desperately wants his freedom?" Kim stared at Ursula in stunned silence, then felt anger rising. Ursula wanted her to go, for that would leave the field clear for her. Well. Kim decided, if Adam wants his freedom, he can say so. She wasn't going to run off like a scared rabbit!
Digital computer electronics
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
A pattern language
By Unknown Author
Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they believe must be present in order for an environment to be pleasing, comfortable, or in their words, "alive." The patterns start at the most general level -- the first pattern, "Independent Regions," describes the ideal political entity, while another of my favorite patterns, "Mosaic of Subcultures," described the proper distribution of different groups within a city. The patterns gradually become more specific -- you'll read arguments about how universities should relate to the community, the proper placement of parks, the role of cafes in a city's life. If you wonder about the best design for a home, the authors will describe everything from how roofs and walls should be built, down to how light should fall within the home, where your windows should be placed, and even the most pleasant variety of chairs in the home. An underlying theme of all the patterns is that architecture, at its best, can be used to foster meaningful human interaction, and the authors urge us to be aware of how the houses we build can help us balance needs for intimacy and privacy.
The tao of love and sex
By Unknown Author
litened about
The People of the Black Circle
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Avenging angel
By Unknown Author
Terese loved her stepfather dearly, and it was a dreadful shock when she learned that he had only a short time to live. Certainly she would have done anything to spare him any further tragedy - so when the imposing Manuel Delgado told her that he intended to sue her stepfather for fraud, she was prepared to do just about anything to prevent it. Even to marry Manuel - which was, it appeared the price he was asking. And he also made it clear that the marriage would not be in name only. How could she go through with it? And why was Manuel so insistent, when it was obvious that more than one woman would be only too willing to become his wife?
The Ivory Cane
By Unknown Author
From the moment they met in the streets of San Francisco, Sabrina had mixed feelings about him. Bay Cameron was strong and noble, but insufferably rude. Moments after he saved her life, he had insulted her pride – an unforgivable crime as far as she was concerned. Sabrina Lane was blind, but she could easily see that this man brought out her most passionate impulses. She might even fall in love with him – if she could stand his company.
Our husband has gone mad again
By Unknown Author
A book centred on an African polygamy life, politics, and women with a good sence of comedy.
Light from Many Lamps
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
A summer to die
By Unknown Author
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death.
The Bahamian Pirate (Harlequin Romance #2072)
By Unknown Author
Serena did not see any particular harm in pretending to be the granddaughter of nice old Mrs. Tonetti. But that was before she had crossed swords with the indomitable Jordan Kerr. Deeply suspicious of the whole thing, he was clearly not going to leave Serena in peace!
Dangerous Alliance
By Unknown Author
Somehow, Kent realized, she must go away. She had no defenses where Matt King was concerned. And she was no good at pretending. Meeting his eyes firmly, she answered his question. "In a way, you're right." she said coldly. "You once asked me if I was afraid of you. I wasn't then, I am now." But she knew that no matter where she went, she would go on loving Matt King.
Environmental impact assessment
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
The encyclopedia of tarot
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
The loved and the feared
By Unknown Author
The world-famous film star Serafina Neri made slaves of the men who surrounded her. Yet her life was hedged about by fear, and a strangeness that made her rely on the companionship of the ruthless Rick Lordetti day and night – or so people said. And it was Rick whom Donna Lovelace had met in the moonlit Colosseum on the never-to-be-forgotten night; Rick with whom she had fallen in love. But then, when she took a job as Serafina’s secretary, Donna met him again, only to find that he treated her as a stranger…Was that one night of romance all that Donna would ever have of Rick?
The Honourable Schoolboy
By Unknown Author
In the aftermath of the events described in *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy*, George Smiley attempts to bring the Circus back from the brink and undo the damage caused by the traitor/mole Bill Haydon while still pursuing his "arch nemesis" Karla.
Self-efficacy
By Unknown Author
Ideal for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses, or for professional use, the book is based on Bandura's theory that those with high self-efficacy expectancies - the belief that one can achieve what one sets out to do - are healthier, more effective, and generally more successful than those with low self-efficacy expectancies. He begins with a discussion of theory and method: what self-efficacy is and how it can be developed. Bandura then demonstrates how belief in one's capabilities affects development and psychosocial functioning during the course of life, underscoring provocative applications of this work to issues in education, health, psychopathology, athletics, business, and international affairs. Ideal for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses, or for professional use, the book is based on Bandura's theory that those with high self-efficacy expectancies - the belief that one can achieve what one sets out to do - are healthier, more effective, and generally more successful than those with low self-efficacy expectancies. He begins with a discussion of theory and method: what self-efficacy is and how it can be developed. Bandura then demonstrates how belief in one's capabilities affects development and psychosocial functioning during the course of life, underscoring provocative applications of this work to issues in education, health, psychopathology, athletics, business, and international affairs.
Kingfisher Morning
By Unknown Author
It was a far cry from researching Thomas Hardy – which was what Emma had gone to Dorset to do – to looking after the three young Hart Children while their mother was in hospital. Nevertheless, Emma found it all much more fun than she had expected apart from the disapproving presence of the children’s uncle Ross. He had been described to her as ‘a mail chauvinist of the worse sort’ – and Emma had no reason to quarrel with that description! But, apart from that, what was the mystery surrounding this seemingly happy little family, and what was their connection with the shadowy figure of Leon Daumaury?
Elvis, what happened?
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
A sense of words
By Unknown Author
Judith knew that her assignment in Switzerland, translating for a big engineering firm, was going to be a challenge. But just how much of a challenge she didn't realize, until she met the stern head of the firm, Dieter Steiner, who believed only a man could tackle the job. So Judith had to prove him wrong!
No second parting
By Unknown Author
Could she say goodbye again Logan Tate had walked out of Marianne's life eight years before, breaking her heart as cruely as he had broken their engagement. Now he was back--a widower, with a little girl who desperately needed a mother. "I want to marry you for my daughter's sake," Logan said bluntly. "Our relationship would be strictly platonic. I'd provide you with a home and security ...." Marianne had to decide. She could either become Logan's wife in a loveless marriage, or lose him forever.
Oppression and struggle for justice in Latin America.
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Silver on the Tree (The Dark Is Rising #5)
By Unknown Author
The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with this ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of the British Isles, and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels to a satisfying close.
A child's right to read
By Unknown Author
Summary: One of four programs designed to improve the teaching and learning of reading : this program deals with the importance of oral development as the foundation for reading and writing.
Neue Sachlichkeit und Realismus
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Leo the Lop
By Unknown Author
Leo is a lop-eared rabbit whose ears go down, not up. The other normal rabbits laughed and laughed until they discovered that down was normal and up was not. A classic Serendipity story about the meaning of normal.
Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Heine in der bildenden Kunst der DDR
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Girl for a millionaire
By Unknown Author
A three-week cruise on a millionaire's yacht! To Laurel it was more than tempting. And when her fellow worker said she couldn't go herself unless Laurel accompanied her as chaperone, Laurel allowed herself to be persuaded. What a mistake! For, once aboard the yacht, Laurel discovered she had really been brought along as "company" for Nicolas Ponti. The fact that Nicolas was young, handsome and wealthy did nothing to console her. Laurel could see a battle ahead ... and she had no intention of losing!
Every Wise Man
By Unknown Author
When Olivia Darcy went to work as secretary in the delightful Raynor household, she got on happily with everybody - with her boss, Charles Raynor, and two of his sons, Paul and Julian. Everybody except one, the third son, Matthew, who had seemed to take an instant dislike to her. But why? It wasn't as if he could possibly know her secret...
Kritik der burgerlichen Geschichtsschreibung
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Portrait of Jaime
By Unknown Author
Portrait of Jaime by Margaret Way "I won't marry for years yet!" Beautiful, talented, about to inherit a fortune, Jaime had the world at her feet. At least, she thought she did and marriage was for the future. But handsome Quinn Sterling wanted to announce their engagement now and Jaime was undecided. One nagging questions haunted her. Was Quinn just using her as a pawn against her grandfather...or did he truly love her?
Hematology procedures manual
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
The Face of Fear
By Unknown Author
To stop a brutal killer, the NYPD enlists the help of clairvoyant Graham Harris. He sees the murders in his mind--sometimes at the moment they are happening. Then he sees the most terrifying vision of all--his own murder...
Yōchien de wa ososugiru
By Unknown Author
Arguing that the period for the most effective learning is the first two or three years of life, the author outlines an innovative approach to child raising and character formation in infancy.
Storm passage
By Unknown Author
Tara Smith and Nick Bryant had been through a lot of adventures together--a shipwreck, being stranded on a Pacific island and then dramatically rescued--so perhaps it did not come entirely as a surprise to her when he asked her to marry him. But the reasons for his asking her were quite plain--he wanted a mother for his little girl. Nick's expression was unreadable as he asked, "Just why did you agree to marry me, Tara?" Because I was in love with you, Tara wanted to say, although now she wasn't so sure. She hadn't love THIS man; she'd loved the person she had imagined him to be. But this man was her husband. And all she knew was that he had the power to hurt her as no one ever had before.
The Anarchical Society
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
More Than a Carpenter
By Unknown Author
The story that could change your life. Skeptic Josh McDowell thought Christians were out of their minds. He ridiculed and insulted them, then decided to combat them with his own thorough research to disprove the claims of Jesus Christ. To his surprise, he discovered that the evidence suggested exactly the opposite — that Jesus, instead of being simply a first-century Hebrew carpenter, truly was the God he claimed to be. With over 15 million copies in print since its original publication, *More Than a Carpenter* has changed countless lives. Now, in this revised and updated edition, Josh is joined by his son, Sean, as they tackle the questions that today's generation continues to ask: "Can I be spiritual without believing in God?" "How can I make sure that my life counts for something?" "Is it really possible to know anything for sure about God or Jesus?" Read the story. Weigh the facts. Experience his love. And then watch what happens. - Back cover.
The Devil on Horseback
By Unknown Author
Minella Maddox grew up on a great English estate. But as the schoolmistress' daughter, her place was not, and never could be, at beautiful Derringham Manor. And that is where the trouble started, for Derringham's young heir thought he saw in Minella just the kind of wife he wanted. But a dark and cruelly handsome French count, who always got what he wanted, thought she was just the kind of mistress he had to have. Not for nothing was he called the Devil on Horseback. Yet Minella's humble heritage was to prove more precious that titles and riches, for it freed her to follow her heart, leading her into adventures and dangers she had never dreamed of. It put her directly in the path of another woman's hatred, swept her up into the deadly terrors of the French Revolution and, finally, carried her into the arms of the great and powerful man she loved.
Bride of Zarco
By Unknown Author
Stranded in Madeira, Samantha found herself under the protection -- and, far more annoyingly, under the thumb-- of the lordly Joao Goncalves Zarco, the local lord of all he surveyed. The situation came to a head when he announced that she must marry him. One half of her wanted to agree; the other half realized it was madness. What answer would Samantha give?
The Holy Qur'an
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
One-Way Ticket
By Unknown Author
Melanie arrived at Coorabin. But whatever her reasons for leaving London for Australia, love for David was no longer one of them. She had believed David could offer her a new life in a land of great vitality. Now she felt as far from him as the moon. Her feelings were a mixture of pity for him and anger at herself. And excitement over his brother, Jay. If Melanie hadn't known anything about falling in love before, she did now, and the feeling was frightening!
The Vision
By Unknown Author
Mary Bergen es un clarividente, capaz de prever los asesinatos que van a pasar en el futuro cercano, pero no puede evitar que se lleven a cabo. Sin embargo, ahora se enfrenta a un poder más fuerte que el suyo, un poder que se está apoderando de ella y tratando de matarla antes de que pueda identificarlo.
The Book of Merlyn
By Unknown Author
The "last" chapter of The once and Future King," which tells how Arthur, Guenever, and Lancelot come to their ends.
Girl in a White Hat
By Unknown Author
Charlotte has traveled to Spain to be the secretary of her mother’s friend. Although there is a tacit understanding that Charlotte and her employer’s son make a match of it, Charlotte is instead swept off her feet by the local aristocrat, Don Gerardo.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
By Unknown Author
see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15331408W/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy_The_Eye_in_the_Pyramid_The_Golden_Apple_Leviathan
The Dosadi Experiment
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1977.
Death of a Expert Witness
By Unknown Author
Tras la muerte violenta de un forense mientras trabaja. Adam Dalgliesh debe hurgar en la intimidad de los científicos vinculados a la víctima por sus tareas, problemas e incluso celos profesionales. Todos son especialistas en el comportamiento de la muerte y en desenmascarar a un criminal con un microscopio o un tubo de ensayo. En este caso, sin embargo, el asesino podría hallarse en el mismo laboratorio.