{"id":237,"date":"2025-10-23T23:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-12-22T04:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:59:42","slug":"random-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Select Titles from Partner Publishers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>\n.gallery {display:grid !important; grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr); gap:20px;}<br \/>.gallery .gallery-item {aspect-ratio:2\/3; overflow:hidden;}<br \/>.gallery .gallery-item a, .gallery .gallery-item img {width:100%; height:100%; display:block;}<br \/>.gallery .gallery-item img {object-fit:cover;}<br \/>@media (max-width:1024px){.gallery{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr)}}<br \/>@media (max-width:800px){.gallery{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}}<br \/>@media (max-width:480px){.gallery{grid-template-columns:1fr}}<br \/><\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-237 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aircraft-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aircraft-400x600.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aircraft-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280'>\n\t\t\t\t$14. You&#8217;ve most likely observed aircraft before, so here is a chance to read about observing aircraft. This book is small, perhaps a snug fit in a back pocket, or inside a cap. Illustrations are about what you&#8217;d expect&#8211;various aircraft with a decided emphasis on planes. Very few (or none) images of helicopters, spaceships, hang gliders; nor are there many (none) photos of hot-air balloons, which have always seemed a rather dangerous&#8211;and completely unnecessary&#8211;vehicle.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PreRaph-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-279\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-279'>\n\t\t\t\t$22. Maybe you didn&#8217;t even know there was a regular Raphaelite dream, let alone a pre-one. Not sure if that&#8217;s an image or a stain beneath author&#8217;s name. Anyway, this one is definitely not recommended. But sure, we&#8217;ll deliver it. We will probably give you a free gift because we feel bad about you buying this unfortunate title that&#8217;s not even in good condition (see note above about possible&#8211;likely&#8211;stain). \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lawrence-phal-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-278\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-278'>\n\t\t\t\t$31. It&#8217;s weird. You&#8217;re weird. No illustrations&#8211;and seriously, take a hard look at the image on the cover and ask yourself if you&#8217;d really want any more. \nThis book ships with another select title chosen at the publisher&#8217;s discretion, which likely means something that would otherwise not sell on its own merits. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tener-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-277\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-277'>\n\t\t\t\t$35 for this tattered, first Argentine edition. Personally, I wouldn&#8217;t buy this for $35, but you might. Orders of this magnitude receive a free gift though temper your expectations because it&#8217;s not going to be anything special. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/En-Roc-1-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/En-Roc-1-400x600.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/En-Roc-1-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-276'>\n\t\t\t\t$19. En Roc \u00e9s un jove drapaire que vaga per una ciutat plena d\u2019objectes abandonats, tal com tu\u2014lector d\u2019aquest relat\u2014vagues per la vida, intentant donar sentit a aquest m\u00f3n ple de coses perdudes i oblidades (al cap i a la fi, \u00e9s aix\u00ed com has acabat aqu\u00ed, en aquest lloc web). Un dia descobreix ferralla que, un cop muntada, forma un petit robot. En Roc el repara, i tots dos es fan amics (no pas amants, que \u00e9s un llibre per a infants). Junts exploren aquest m\u00f3n trencat i complicat i mostren als altres el valor del reciclatge, la creativitat i l\u2019amistat. Ai las, tu no ser\u00e0s tan afortunat.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/urgell-400x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-275\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-275'>\n\t\t\t\t$20. Coffee table book if you have a very tiny coffee table (think child&#8217;s tea set). Modest Urgell i Inglada painted sad scenes which perhaps will make you feel better about your own life (unless, like Urgell, you hung around cemeteries and wrecked landscapes). Images in this book are decent&#8211;the grays and blues, much like that sailboat in disrepair on the cover. Seemed like a loner, though was an art professor, influencing many other Catalan artists. Some considered his work proto-modernist (and by &#8220;some,&#8221; we mean no one in particular, which in turn indicates we are out of our depth in this description). \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/olesha-3-2-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-291\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-291'>\n\t\t\t\t$14. Unsolved mysteries of the sea AND shore? Doesn&#8217;t that cover just about every possible mystery? I suppose that excludes outer space, but outer space is inherently mysterious. For instance, FRBs. Frequent Radio Bursts are signals originating in deep space and no one knows how they are transmitted, nor where they are transmitted from. Or how about dark matter as a mystery? Try looking up that one and prepare to get your mind blown. In any case, this hardcover volume is modestly-sized and sturdy enough to take on your next adventure, erotic or otherwise.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-6-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-302\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302'>\n\t\t\t\t$45. A 6-time All Pro, O.J. &#8220;The Juice&#8221; Simpson was  an electrifying running back for the Buffalo Bills (and in the twilight of his career, the San Francisco 49ers). Notoriously difficult to tackle, Simpson amassed 13,378 total yards from scrimmage and was distinguished as the NFL&#8217;s most valuable player in 1975. Prior to his NFL career, Simpson starred for the \nCity College of San Francisco, vanquishing rival Long Beach City College in the Prune Bowl. After the season, Simpson transferred to USC, where he lead the Trojans to the national championship. While at USC, Simpson also won several individual accolades, including the Maxwell Award and the coveted Walter Camp Award.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/work-around-Solzhenitsyn-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-305\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-305'>\n\t\t\t\t$40. This has a clearly visible sticker indicating that this book is a library reject. If that&#8217;s not enough to dissuade you, there&#8217;s a \u00a225 sticker on it too. But let&#8217;s see if anyone bites. \nBook itself seems remotely interesting if one is curious to learn more about the tenor of the nationalist yet anti-Soviet attitude cerca 1972. Otherwise we recommend a hard pass.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-6-copy-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-307\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-307'>\n\t\t\t\t$21. One would assume that if you had even the slightest interest in the Noh Theater of Japan, or Ezra Pound for that matter (let alone an interest in both), then you would already have a copy of this text and would have no desire to purchase this raggedy copy. But here we are. Marginalia is utterly illegible, though it appears exclusively in the afterwords by William Butler Yeats. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-6-1-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-308\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-308'>\n\t\t\t\tNot for sale, still reading. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hardcopybooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/seas-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-309\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-309'>\n\t\t\t\t$45. A featured title of &#8220;The Young America Book Club,&#8221; so you know this one slaps. Color image on cover looks good from say twenty paces&#8211;no more. Old, yellowing pages. Inside is inscribed by&#8211;hand on heart&#8211;Dick Brown. 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