“A you-can’t-put-it-down book. . . . Alice Adams has found a new way to tell the great American dynasty stories we all love.” --The Washington Post Alice Adams’ second novel is the portrait of a Southern-born woman as she reviews...
The beautiful black aide and lover of a womanizing married Senator, has accidentally drowned. The Senator mounts a massive cover-up campaign of cynical lies designed to deflect the potential damage....
Jeffrey Archer is at his captivating best in this, his first novel, an intricate tale of deceit, dishonor, and sweet revenge. What can an Oxford don, a respected society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord have in common?...
Averil was whisked from obscurity to potential stardom by the celebrated director, Philip Conway. But already she had been foolish enough to fall in love with him; and even if he returned her feelings, what could she do about her engagement to Joh...
Charlotte loved her quiet village home, and now that her old friend, Bill Napier, was coming back to Kent for a visit, it would be even more wonderful. Everything would be like it was when they were young together. But when she learned why Bill ha...
Two men kill each other over a secret cache of gold... and their sons pick up their still smoking six-guns....
A rich, magical gothic mystery from the legendary John BellairsRose Rita wishes she could go to camp like her bets friend, Lewis. She's sure that boys get to have all the fun.--until Mrs. Zimmermann offers her an adveture of her own. Mrs. Zimmermann'...
To residents of Manhattan, it was just another blistering hot day in August. No one suspected that death, in the form of a ghastly band of vermin-infested rats, had moved silently into the city's streets. The Black Death was loose in Manhattan! Behin...
STARS OF FEAR Pretty, compassionate Neva Prescott had come to Providence to comfort her recently widowed sister who had inexplicably become a recluse, locking the doors of her luxurious mansion to everyone - except the handsome Gemini stranger who...
A family in mourning...an ancient bard... and a harp key that brings them together.When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, ...
Hardback; Very Good +++; " The quest the novel takes us on is a celebration of American life, its strengths and exhilarations, its weaknesses and savagery, its culture, its morality and -most of all its people." 8vo - over 7,¾" - 9,¾" tall...
Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women . . . and solving crimes! A binge-worthy cozy mystery series from the original king of British cozy crime, internationally best-selling, award-winning author Simon Brett, OBE. For fan...
America's vital military secrets are slipping through the Queen's private chambers. The CIA needs an agent suave, audacious and dashing enough to infiltrate Windsor Palace, slip into the queenly quarters, and plug the leak. They need Blackford "Black...
He was Karn, the savage of the sky-high trees. He was protector and defender of the princess Niamh, whose very city was lost in the mapless jungles of the world under the Green Star. But he was also an Earthling, whose helpless body lay in suspended ...
2276 WelcomeTo Earth For America's Quincentennial! The Time of Troubles is over. War and Poverty are dead. And Duncan Makenzie, benign ruler of the distant world of Titan has returned to the planet of his forefathers to solve a mystery and ...
It had been months since Brazos and Benedict had started their search for Bo Rangle, the outlaw who'd killed most of their comrades in the War and stolen a fortune in gold while they were at it. But the west was a big place and Rangle could have gone...
The charming romance from the bestselling author of RivalsThere was no doubt Bella Parkinson was a success: the most promising actress in London, bright, sexy - and hopelessly scatterbrained - she was taking the town by storm.Rupert Henriques, dashin...
The charming romance from the bestselling author of RivalsShy, dreamy, and incurably romantic, Harriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, Oxford's leading playboy undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alone...
"Sometimes it can be like that between two people," Rob said calmly. Cathie's eyes glittered with anger as she studied the man standing so arrogantly over her--Rob Douglas, new owner of the home so precious to her. After turning her...
CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND VIOLENCE. Amy Cooper had come home to Beckford to perform at the opening of the Concert Hall. She would be the soloist, playing the piano in the tradition of her world-famous parents. It promised to be a gala occasion. Ex...
"I'm falling in love with you." With those astonishing and unexpected words, Jeff strode away. Carolyn wanted to call him back, wanted to give way to the love that flooded her heart. But this wasn't the time. Before she could think of her own f...
REGINA KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A MAN LIKE LORD WREXAM Though barely twenty-three, lovely, elegant Regina had learned how cruel it was to be wed to a handsome, faithless rake- -- a captivity ended only by her husband's fortuitous demise. No...
"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind." --The New YorkerOne of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a p...
Stars of Suspicion Lissa Drexel, a young university instructor, was leading a busy academic life until her cousin came to town. Suddenly, her routine collapsed and Lissa was linked with a mysterious accident. Her intense, inquiring Scorpio nature ...
Gemma was on her way to the Outback to marry Bruce Mannering. Before she had even arrived there; she met Tim Torrance, who promptly informed her that she was making a great mistake. How dared he interfere? But when Gemma actually met Bruce's f...
Stated First Edition. Bound in green cloth and boards. A Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Soiling to the rear panel of the DJ. Book has some mild dust spotting to the upper page block. First American Edition....
Charlie Bradshaw is spending his 41st birthday in New York, trying to track down Sam, the son of his great high school love. Sam has gotten himself involved in a big-time drug deal, and everyone - from Sam to the New York cop on the case - wishes Cha...
This large contemporary novel tells the story of an ordinary electrical engineer who, at age 94 and dabbling in the earth sciences as an avocation, discovers an amazing and shocking truth -- that time after time since the beginnings of the earth, lif...
The Worm Ouroboros is a heroic high fantasy novel by Eric Rücker Eddison. The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world that appears mainly medieval and partly...
An introduction to the range of jobs available in the clothing trade with ten first person accounts on what is involved in such jobs as dyeing supervisor, patternmaker, designer, buyer, model, and sales representative....
A novel of first alien contact—and the conspiracy it unveils—from the Hugo Award–winning author of When Gravity Falls. “Because it’s there”—that was why Earth men climbed Mt. Everest and why, in 2017, they s...
The death of a pet fish signals an ominous threat of wordwide tragedy... Delta Company "plays" out a war light years away... A running back for the Cleveland Browns gives his all to relive a night from his past... In IRRATIONAL NUMBERS, as with much ...
An alien spaceman stranded on Earth, who wakes up in different times, after long periods of suspended animation, to try to find help to repair his ship. He thus experiences some adventures, being mistook for a god, a Chinese spy, then a god again....
Anthology. Contributor Olaf Baker (Shasta of the Wolves); George Bruce (Scream of the Condor); Edgar Rice Burroughs (God of Tarzan); William L. Chester (One Against a Wilderness (Part 1)); Philip Jose Farmer (Extracts from the Memoirs of Lord Greystr...
She was homeless... alone and penniless It was the end of an era. Queen Victoria's reign was over and the Edwardian age had begun. Attitudes were changing. But the attitude toward women with blemished pasts remained rigidly the same. Thus t...
"Among Howard Fast''s historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine-one of America''s all-time best-sellers-occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine''s revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our nation...
Speed Danger Death These words were splashed across the cover of Hot Rod, warning readers. Written in 1950, this book gives an historical look at the dangers of teens and reckless driving. After WWII, cars became more accessible, and teens were no...
A lawyer agrees to defend an ex-baseball prospect accused of murder In 1964, nineteen-year-old Billy Dupaul was on his way to stardom. A modest farm boy with a lightning fastball, he had just signed a record contract with the New York Mets when a sin...
When Jacqui was persuaded to work for Bart Ransom on his underwater archaeological expedition in Greece, he warned her that he "didn't want any woman trouble" where the rest of the team was concerned. But it was his own attraction that Jacqui foun...
From the day she turned sixteen and discovered the secret of her mother's past, Nicole Rainard's life was inextricably bound to a country and a house. The country was England. The house --Lynmara. Almost against her will, life seemed to draw Nicol...
"What I am suggesting to you, Miss Floyd, is purely a business arrangement. If you go through a marriage ceremony with me to quiet the gossips, that is all that will be required of you." Charles Pitborough needed a housekeeper and he thought Cecil...
Brendan Gill has been associated with the New Yorker for over 40 years, during which time he has written short stories, poems, profiles, book reviews and scores of "Talk of the Town" pieces.
WAYS OF LOVING is a collection of 18 short stories and t...
Clay Kingdom ruled the family business, The House of Kingdom, with an iron hand. He was equally firm with the members of his family--and with his young cousin Sasha in particular. Would Sasha ever be able to summon up the courage to defy him?...
Corpses make good copy, so it's a headline jackpot for Josh Krales, crime reporter for the New York Event, when he lurches onto a multiple hit in a Greenwich Village brownstone... The star deceased, skewered to the front door, is a long-stemmed lo...
Very good hardcover with DJ. COLLECTIBLE FIRST EDITION. FORMER COLLECTOR'S COPY. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Presented with clear mylar ARCHIVAL ...
An underachieving engineer building a fighter plane faces a life-changing decision in this Vietnam-era novel perfect for fans of Kurt Vonnegut, Joshua Ferris, and Joseph Heller. This furious, slapstick tale has been praised by the New York Times...
A talented designer must choose between love and a career. Evonne was beautiful, talented --- and trying hard to make it in the world of fashion. She was also very much in love with Mark Kelly --- a handsome, rich young man with big-business ideas...
Jennifer looked at Lena with an odd expression. "You're the first woman who hasn't fallen for my cousin Kane on sight," she said. "Couldn't you fall in love with him?" Startled by the unexpectedness of the question, Len...
When Daphne left her family's country estate at Verchamp Park for the season in London, it was certainly with no anitcipation of romance. She soon found, however, that she had no difficulty in finding suitors-- only in choosing among them. All w...
A SINISTER MALEVOLENCE WAS SPREADING ACROSS THE GRENELLE CAMPUS .. . AND SOME ONE OR SOME THING WAS DRAGGING SUSAN GRENELLE INTO IT. Susan had run away from Grenelle and spent the last eleven years trying to forget the hurt and pain she had suffer...
A short story anthology of thrills, chills, and the impulses and longings that drive us, from the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles. In this dazzling collection, author Elizabeth Jane Howard mines the rich terrain of the heart with ...
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LORD ALEXANDER RIVINGTON WAS THE MOST HATEFUL MAN GEORGINA HAD EVER KNOWN Lord Rivington began by virtually assaulting Georgina at their first chance meeting. Then this incredibly wealthy and handsome aristocrat publicly mocked Georgina's vie...
Cuchillo Oro saved Linda Daughton from a fate worse than death at the hands of a band of renegade Apaches. When he was in danger himself, she returned the favour by shooting his attacker in the groin. Though the fight is over - the trouble is just be...
Apache renegade Cuchillo Oro, in search of his hated enemy Captain Piner, becomes involved with a gang of Mexican bandits. They are holding captive the daughter of a rich Sonoran. Their plan is to ransom her and Cuchillo now becomes tangled up in the...
When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when...
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is virtually an informal history of the movies. This volume deals with over 300 of them, some essay length, some in short sharp paragraphs. From Bonnie and Clyde to Blow Up, Miss Kael praises, damns and displays her extraordinary ...
San Francisco's as far-out as you can go in America without falling off. THE FRISCO KID is Jerry Kamstra's far-out novel of Edge City and the reckless, creative, insane bunch of artists, writers and hangers-on who spilled out their energies in tender...
The author describes some of the small wild animals she has cared for in emergencies. Includes directions for emergency care, including recipes for appropriate foods and instructions on preparing the animal for a return to the wild....
Sometimes it's fun being Martin's litle brother, but other times . . .
In this charming picture book, a little boy tries to think of all sorts of methods that would help him grow bigger than his bossy older brother....
In 1789, Europe was once again on the verge of war. Under orders from the governor of the young colony of New South Wales, Captain Richard I3olitho takes his frigate Tempest into the perilous waters of' the Great South Sea. His mission: to protect --...
Original title: When I Say Goodbye, I'm Clary Brown. An actress who has risen from humble beginnings returns to her home village to find many of her friends dead and a malevolence that seems to be directed at her. THE RIGHT TO LOVE… Mi...
First published in France in 1985, The Bathroom was Jean-Philippe Toussaint's debut novel, and it heralded a new generation of innovative French literature. In this playful and perplexing book, we meet a young Parisian researcher who lives inside his...
DRIFTER'S DREAM Canavan drifted down the valley and into a shooting war. The big ranchers were rustlers turned respectable. Now they were fighting each other. In the middle was a small spread and a woman. Canavan had a mind to stay so he staked a ...
Old Mrs. Butler didn't want her nephew Nicholas to marry his beautiful but selfish fiancee--and she unashamedly set about using her young companion, Kate Fox, to break up the romance. But someone was likely to get hurt in the process. Her...
Blaize caught Miranda by the shoulders and shook her as if she were a rag doll. "You're crazy," she gasped. "I don't know what's the matter with you." He seemed to be furious with jealousy. "I'm tired of pretend...
"I don't think you and I have anything to say to each other, Mr. Lawrence," Toni replied. She didn't want to cross any more swords with him. There were no doubt plenty of girls who were ready to fall for his charms. She just had to...
In 1793, the terror of the French Revolution is at its ultimate height. It is a moment when Britain’s financial resources are strained to the limit. At this worst of all possible times, Nick Minnett (hero of Tricolour) finds himself in charge of th...
For gay, young Deborah Randall, a sun-swept vacation is darkened by a mystery Three men and a girl Beautiful, carefree Deborah Randall was enjoying a glorious vacation. Tim Grant, brilliant but ambitious atomic scientist -- Professor Burke Romney...
Many men had pursued Loveday Fairchild, the headstrong and beautiful daughter of the dissolute Lord Fairchild. Now he had wagered the girl's virtue at the gaming tables and lost. Loveday was forced to flee and the enraged winner, Theo Tierney, balked...
John Raven - the ex-cop with a taste for exotic adventures and voluptuous adventurers - is unexpectedly thrust into the thick of the action. His Andalusian holiday turns out to be no picnic when he finds himself at the crossroads of the snow-white ...
From Personal Private Collection. 1976 First Edition. Hardcover. Has no creases or marks on spine & cover, binding is good and tight, pages are clean and intact, shelve wear on cover. No writing inside book. You would think it was new!!!! If you woul...
In the menacing wings of a Victorian mansion actress Jennifer Randall plays her most terrifying role. When the advances of her employer force her to abandon her promising acting career and leave her penniless, Jennifer Randall agrees to pose as Ed...
Amazing never-before-published stories of the golden age --a shining, living legend of heroes, of great quests, of loves gained and lost, of steadfast courage and splendid deeds. A "must" book for all fans ......
"Matt, I couldn't marry him ... it's you I love." Even as she said the words, Darrell knew their situation was hopeless. Darrell Anderson's life had been going along reasonably well until she met Matthew Lawford. He was the mos...
The plan for revenge had filled Abby's mind. Not once had she thought of what would happen if it succeeded. Still, she didn't understand why Luke had married her. Or, indeed, how she had come to let him! It had never been part of her plan...
How had Lorna managed to fall in love with the man who had just jilted her sister Margo? She should hate him! Only one thing was quite certain -- she could hope to find no more happiness with Ashley Ward than had her sister. Hero: Ashley Ward ...
Alex's job as courier in Iceland wasn't going very well in fact, it was a complete disaster! And it hadn't helped that the man in charge, Bjorn Einarsson, hadn't wanted her in the first place and didn't trouble to conceal his low ...
From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing and interviewing women who performed striptease for smalltown carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. As she followed the girl shows from town to town, she portrayed...
A new season brings changes -- and hope -- to the little English village of Thrush Green, from the beloved author of the Fairacre series. Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to ...
A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with he...
First Edition. A VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Small rubs to its spine tips and corners. The dust jacket has small rubs to the spine tips and corners. Tanning and some dust soiling to the rea...
Here is your chance to discover the amazing, channeled story of lovers separated by a gulf so vast it defies imagination, yet they persevere and succeed. Read their story in The Jupiter Experiment by Margaret and Maurine Moon.
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Edgar Allen Poe in Fiction, Drama and Poetry; Vividly evoking the glitter and squalor of the 1840's New York where "the country" starts north of 14th St. This novel traces the last fivce years of Poe's life- from the $10 sale of his famous poem, "The...
Lieutenant Colonel James Fitzroy Lodd is a modern day soldier of fortune whose misinterpreted Arab leanings have cost him his Army career yet earned him the protection of Shaikh Rashid, ruler of the tiny oil shaikhdom of Dubai. From the back room of ...