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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 237 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 12") bound in original publisher's red boards with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The street signs outside Detective Jeremy Ransom's office say it's Chicago, but inside -- and inside his mind and heart and speech -- it's rural England circa 1930. Ransom's second case turns on a riddle with all the earmarks of a British cozy: How did Melina, the tarot reader Angela Stephens consulted on the last clay of her life, know Angela was about to be murdered? It's no good asking Melina: Before she has time for more than a brisk sniff or two, she's followed her late client into the spirit realm. And Ransom and his surrogate grandmother, Emily Charters, whose life he saved in their debut (Presence of Mind, 1994), are left with two deeply unpromising suspects: the transparently grief-stricken widower, Frank Stephens, and Angela's bad-girl sister, Eva Brinkley, who didn't inherit a thing and boasts a shockproof alibi anyway. Emily's not much help this time, and Ransom's improbable charm -- he must be the politest cop in Chicago annals -- grows a little pale. The plot is a perfectly good short-story idea stretched as thin as that last smidgen of marmalade. Condition: Remainder stamp at front end paper else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 376 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Plucked from her German mother and forced to live with a chilly English father who's often away from their ramshackle house on a lonely stretch of coast, 11-year-old Marianne Cadogan sticks like an unwanted burr to Ryan O'Donnell, the rough-living loner who rescued her and her dog from the sea. After running away, she entraps Ryan into trekking with her to Germany to find her mother, a tortured woman sinking low among the worst kind of flesh peddlers. But buzzing in Ryan's mind--and alarming police who mount an international search for the twosome--is his memory of murdering a girl much like Marianne. The question is whether her dogged innocence will mean a chance for redemption for Ryan--or ruination. Slow set-ups undercut the climactic scenes in this psychological thriller by a bestselling British writer making his American hardcover debut. Spiced with sexual violence, dark secrets and one-note villains, the book limps along as tension repeatedly tightens then perceptibly loosens its grip. The publisher is marketing this book with a ``special introductory price,'' which may attract readers. Condition: A near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 332 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter blue paper spine with gilt lettering over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Share A disgraced director wants a comeback, but a rival wants him dead. Carson Drury's first movie was a smash hit that raised his reputation from that of boy genius to greatest director of all time. His second film, The Imperial Albertsons, was even more ambitious, but aggressive editing from the suits at RKO Pictures ruined the movie, and Drury's career with it. Now RKO is deadkilled by the upstart medium known as televisionand Drury wants to buy his movie and reedit it, his way. It's up to Scott Elliott to make sure Drury lives to see the final cut. A detective working for the ultraexclusive Hollywood Security Agency, Elliott spends his days and nights helping the stars keep their private lives private. There is someone out there who will kill to keep the new version of The Imperial Albertsons from ever seeing the light of day, and Elliott will turn Hollywood upside down to find him. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 275 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original publisher's pictorial jacket. First edition. Little Louis Monroe is an anomaly in Atlantic City: a truly honest cop in a town eroded by corruption, from the gutters of the executive offices in its showy casinos. He's a combination of Candide and Don Quixote: He continues to believe that right can prevail if only he tries hard enough. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 294 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. While working for an Atlantic City newspaper, Owen Keane is asked to investigate a twenty-year-old multiple homicide that claimed all but one member of a prominent local family. Keane's client is the sole survivor, a baby at the time of the killings and now a lost member of Generation X, as haunted by her unexplained escape as she is by the faceless threat that still hangs over her. Keane journeys into the past, uncovering a complex and dangerous trail of altered identities and secret guilt. His search leads Keane to a dual confrontation, as he must face both the murderer and his own long-held fears. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 300 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter brown cloth with green lettering to spine over green boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Guilt is San Francisco psychologist Joel Abramowitz's business and now it becomes the topic of a major couch chat after Margot, his best friend's wife, confesses she loves him. But the lady vanishes the next morning, and Joel ends up on a frantic hunt through California's mad world. Condition: gentle bump to front heal corners else a near fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 275 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter blue paper with silver lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In five superlative mysteries, cleaning-lady-and-sleuth Callahan Garrity has patrolled the uneasy border where antebellum and New South converge. Now, in her most timely and intricate adventure yet, she must step in when hippies, yuppies and crackers clash with murderous consequences. Overnight, it seems, Callahan's Atlanta neighborhood is morphing from a genial mix of hobo and boho into an upscale, cappuccino-drenched quarter. The most unsettling portent of this change is that YoYos, a venerable headshop, is being forced out of business so that a microbrewery can take over its prime location. As the neighborhood gears up for its raucous Halloween revels, Callahan realizes that trouble is brewing. Not only is a fierce tornado bearing down on Atlanta, but Wuvvy, the aging flower child who runs YoYos, is on an uncharacteristic rampage. And in the storm's aftermath, Callahan's fears are confirmed when she finds the bludgeoned corpse of the grasping young entrepreneur who was pushing Wuvvy out. The police are quick to pin the crime on Wuvvy, but Callahan can't believe that this gentle soul would commit such a brutal act. Callahan's unique ability to mingle both with superannuated hippies and small-town Southern belles allows her to dig into the victim's past and Wuvvy's. She unearths a slew of succulent revelations about Wuvvy -- a tabloid-worthy tale strikingly at odds with the woman Callahan thought she knew. Her search also forces her to reassess old friendships in light of deadly new developments. As Callahan's investigation unfolds, she unleashes her wry wit, tussles with the outrageous band of "girls" (and one newly recruited "boy") in her cleaning business and rekindles romance with her rugged beau, Mac McAuliffe. All in all, Strange Brew is superbly intoxicating suspense. Condition: Remainder strike to heal end pages else near fine in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 260 pages. Octavo (8 12/" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Young jockey Nick Storr is scheduled to ride his father's prize horse in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but he is suddenly replaced and uncovers fixes, frauds, mob connections, and possibly murder when he searches for an explanation. Condition: Near fine in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 275 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with blue lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Susan S Kelly's award-winning debut novel, "How Close We Come," told a deeply affecting story of two best friends, and of what happened when their seemingly unbreakable bond was threatened. Here, she reveals a different aspect of women's friendships. In this tale, a close friendship gone wrong years earlier still has the power to make a woman question herself and her life. When her husband, Hal, accepts a teaching position at a private school in the tiny North Carolina town of Rural Ridge, Hannah Marsh views her family's move as a chance to return to a simpler, sweeter way of living. Contentedly married for seventeen years and the mother of two children, she nevertheless has a nagging sense that something is absent from her life. Then, at a casual neighborhood dinner, Hannah encounters someone she thought she'd never see again: Daintry O'Connor, a ghost from her childhood. Condition: Fine in like jacket.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 300 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter yellow cloth with silver lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In such previous titles as The Lost Keats, Faherty gave heart and soul to academic, potentially dry topics. In this series debut, he starts with a jazzier premise but is markedly less successful at making it vital. Former actor Scott Elliott now provides hired security in post-WWII Tinseltown as a major studio gears up to shoot the sequel to a blockbuster movie that strongly resembles a real film starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. The screenwriter is boozy and jaded; the producer is driven and brilliant. A secret communication suggests a Communist past for the writer, and, as the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses its spotlight, Elliott is called upon to investigate. The writer dies; authorship of the valuable screenplay is quickly questioned; and hidden pasts of all key players soon matter. Elliott is an affable enough soul, but Faherty doesn't give any new spin to the material of red scares, Casablanca and period Hollywood lore that Stuart Kaminsky and George Baxt have previously put to generally good use. Condition: Head corners bumped, remainder mark to heal end pages else a very good to fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 264 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter red paper with gilt lettering to spine over orange boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. Inquisitive cleaning lady and amateur sleuth Callahan Garrity faces the opposition of her own family when she investigates the carjacking death of her cousin, Patti McNair, and uncovers a host of dark family secrets. Condition: Jacket fold over flap creased else near fine in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 306 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black paper with silver lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. Atlanta's most inquisitive cleaning lady is called upon to defend her favorite childhood rock group when one of its surviving members publicly threatens a former producer just before the latter is shot to death. 17,500 first printing. Tour. Condition: Signed on the title. Remainder mark to heal end papers else near fine in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 300 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter yellow cloth with silver lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition.  In such previous titles as The Lost Keats, Faherty gave heart and soul to academic, potentially dry topics. In this series debut, he starts with a jazzier premise but is markedly less successful at making it vital. Former actor Scott Elliott now provides hired security in post-WWII Tinseltown as a major studio gears up to shoot the sequel to a blockbuster movie that strongly resembles a real film starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. The screenwriter is boozy and jaded; the producer is driven and brilliant. A secret communication suggests a Communist past for the writer, and, as the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses its spotlight, Elliott is called upon to investigate. The writer dies; authorship of the valuable screenplay is quickly questioned; and hidden pasts of all key players soon matter. Elliott is an affable enough soul, but Faherty doesn't give any new spin to the material of red scares, Casablanca and period Hollywood lore that Stuart Kaminsky and George Baxt have previously put to generally good use. Condition: Head corners bumped,signed on the title else a very good to fine copy in a fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine. previous owner's name and date in ink on front endpaper. JÜTTE, ROBERT. Poverty and deviance in early modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 1996, reprinted, xvi, 239pp., . Series: New approaches to European history [4] An accessible and authoritative account of poverty and deviance during the early modern period. - CONTENTS: 1. Introduction -- 2. Images of poverty -- 3. The causes of poverty -- 4. The extent of poverty -- 5. Standards of living among the poor -- 6. The poor helping themselves -- 7. The reorganization of poor relief -- 8. Forms of deviance -- 9. Strategies of marginalization -- 10. Reactions to marginalization -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix I: Chronology -- Appendix II: Concise biographies of important poor relief reformers. 1. Introduction. Research and sources ; Themes -- 2. Images of poverty. The language of poverty ; The visualization of the poor -- 3. The causes of poverty. Accidental causes ; Cyclical causes ; Structural causes -- 4. The extent of poverty. Measuring poverty ; Fiscal poor ; Poor relief recipients ; Censuses of the poor ; Topography of poverty -- 5. Standards of living among the poor. Domestic environment ; Nutrition ; Clothing -- 6. The poor helping themselves. The importance of social networks ; Self-help, mutual aid and the poor -- 7. The reorganization of poor relief. Common features ; Centralized poor relief ; Decentralized relief ; Formal versus informal relief -- 8. Forms of deviance. Crime and poverty ; Vagrancy ; Theft ; Smuggling ; Prostitution -- 9. Strategies of marginalization. Stigmatization ; Segregation and expulsion ; "The great confinement" -- 10. Reactions to marginalization. A subculture of poverty? ; Rebellion and resistance ; (E)migration -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix I: Chronology -- Appendix II: Concise biographies of important poor relief reformers. 9780521423229 ISBN 0521423228.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $11.95, fresh unused copy, near fine. BARTOV, OMER. Hitler's Army. Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, later printing number line ending in 6, xiv, 238pp., . Cover design by Marek Antoniak. CONTENTS: Introduction - The Demodernization of the Front - The Destruction of the Primary Group - The Perversion of Discipline - The Distortion of Reality - Conclusion - Notes - Works Cited - Index. 9780195079036 ISBN 0195079035 7.70.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Fernandez painted cover (illustrator). PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 222 Pages; Goodreads; An unstoppable swordsman rough a exterior but a heart of gold, The fearless, intelligent and beautiful princess. The evil and cunning bad guys, and a disembodied 2000-year-old philosopher in a clay jug. Epic battles, some fought in the air on the backs of giant war eagles, the panoramic landscapes of the Sundered Realm, Prince Rann's graphic tortures. All the great ingredients of this fine sci-fi. >> Surface scratching to covers; Creasing and scuffing to covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vi+376+[ii] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of the most important chess openings, an immensely popular choice both at club level as well as with almost all top players. It is a solid but flexible opening which gives rich tactical and positional play with winning chances for both sides. In this ground-breaking and well-structured book, one of today's greatest Nimzo-Indian experts, Ivan Sokolov, presents a complete guide to the important 4.e3(Rubinstein) Variation and clearly explains the plans and counterplans for both sides. The Rubinstein is the historical main line and the most consistently popular. It requires a through positional understanding and Sokolov, renowned author of Winning Chess Middlegames: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures, clearly presents the ideas, structures and plans in the various continuations. Besides in-depth explanations of strategy and concepts The Strategic Nimzo-Indian also contains quite a few new ideas and previously unknown resources for both Black and White. Ivan Sokolov not only provides you with crucial up-to-date information and strategic lessons in the Nimzo-Indian Defence; after studying this book you will have become a better allround chess player as well. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased, previous owner's name blackened out on title else very good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, appears unused. KENDRICK, STEPHEN. The lively place: Mount Auburn, America's first garden cemetery, and its revolutionary and literary residents. Illustrations by Matthew A. Longo. Boston: Beacon Press, 2016, 1st printing number line ending with 1, 254pp., . "When Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded, in 1831, it revolutionized the way Americans mourned the dead by offering a peaceful space for contemplation. This cemetery, located not far from Harvard University, was also a place that reflected and instilled an imperative to preserve and protect nature in a rapidly industrializing culturelessons that would influence the creation of Central Park, the cemetery at Gettysburg, and the National Parks system. Even today this urban wildlife habitat and nationally recognized hotspot for migratory songbirds continues to connect visitors with nature and serves as a model for sustainable landscape practices. Beyond Mount Auburn's prescient focus on conservation, it also reflects the impact of Transcendentalism and the progressive spirit in American life seen in advances in science, art, and religion and in social reform movements. In The Lively Place, Stephen Kendrick celebrates this vital piece of our nation's history, as he tells the story of Mount Auburn's founding, its legacy, and the many influential Americans interred there, from religious leaders to abolitionists, poets, and reformers.". ISBN 9780807066294 12.60.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: tall sewn PAPERBACK, very good, but several pages dog-eared. GWINNER, SCHNUPPE VON. The history of the patchwork quilt: origins, traditions and symbols of a textile art. Translated from the German by Edward Force. West Chester, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 1988, 196pp., . Translation of: Die Geschichte des Patchworkquilts. - Illustrations are in color or in black and white. 9780887401367 ISBN 0887401368.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 113 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Also called the Kalashnikov; Black doesn't bring out his Knight to f6; lots of the hottest analysis. Derived from chess theory of Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov. Condition: Light edge wear else very good to fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Chicago: Lyons And Carnahan. 1954 Fair; Ex-Library Copy/No Jacket. 1954. Later Edition Bond, Dorsey, Cuddy, And Wise. Hard Cover. Ex-Library Some Underlining. Color Illustrated Drawings Of The 1950'S Style Found In Lower Grade Readers Of The Time. Corners Are Frayed. Front Cover Has A Little Scribbling, But Does Not Effect The Readability. 252 Pages Nice Reading Copy Full Of Lovely Stories And Illustrations.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: includes dust-jacket. very good dust-jacket, cover price $35.00, attractive copy, near fine black hardcover with white boards, appears little used if at all. NAGOURNEY, ADAM. The Times: how the newspaper of record survived scandal, scorn, and the transformation of journalism. New York: Crown, 2023, stated First Edition, and 1st printing number line ending with 1, 563pp., . "A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of 'the paper of record,' The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet. For over a century, The New York Times has been an iconic institution in American journalism, one whose history is intertwined with the events that it chronicles--a newspaper read by millions of people every day to stay informed about events that have taken place across the globe. In The Times, Adam Nagourney, who's worked at The New York Times since 1996, examines four decades of the newspaper's history, from the final years of Arthur 'Punch' Sulzberger's reign as publisher to the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. Nagourney recounts the paper's triumphs--the coverage of September 11, the explosion of the U.S. Challenger, the scandal of a New York governor snared in a prostitution case--as well as failures that threatened the paper's standing and reputation, including the discredited coverage of the war in Iraq, the resignation of Judith Miller, the plagiarism scandal of Jayson Blair, and the high-profile ouster of two of its executive editors. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents and letters contained in the newspaper's archives and the private papers of editors and reporters, The Times is an inside look at the essential years that shaped the newspaper. Nagourney paints a vivid picture of a divided newsroom, fraught with tension as it struggled to move into the digital age, while confronting its scandals, shortcomings, and swelling criticism from conservatives and many of its own readers alike. Along the way we meet the memorable personalities--including Abe Rosenthal, Max Frankel, Joe Lelyveld, Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, Dean Baquet, Punch Sulzberger and Arthur Sulzberger Jr.--who shaped the paper as we know it today. We see the battles between the newsroom and the business operations side, the fight between old and new media, the tension between journalists who tried to hold on to the traditional model of a print newspaper and a new generation of reporters who are eager to embrace the new digital world. Immersive, meticulously researched, and filled with powerful stories of the rise and fall of the men and women who ran the most important newspaper in the nation, The Times is a definitive account of the most pivotal years in New York Times history". ISBN 9780451499363 33.00.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Heyday is a brilliantly imagined, wildly entertaining tale of Americas mid-19th Century,boisterous coming of agea sweeping panorama of madcap rebellion and overnight fortunes, palaces and brothels, murder and revenge. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing with the excellent,price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar protection. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Wraps.31 pages. Price catalogue with numerous illlustrations; Beautiful condition except childish hand has written "1954" about half inch high on cover and two closed tears.bx99-100.

Softcover(Saddle-stitched). Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint (?). The address was given in October & in November, 1934. This pamphlet shows every evidence of being a 1950's or 1960's reprint of the original. Size: 8vo. 39 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.