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*Act of Treason (Mitch Rapp Novels) -New York New York: Atria, 2006. first Atria hardcover edition October 2006 second printed. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. jacket is designed by Rob Hernandes jacket photograph by Jim or Berg author photograph by Michael O Neil. First Edition, 2nd Printing, Number-line to #1 (Atria, 2006) Blue 1/4 on blue boards are As New, bright, with sharp corners. Spine is AS NEW, no creasing. Bright gold lettering. Pages are As New, crisp with no writing, no folding, light age-tanning, but much less than usual. Dust Jacket is Very Good, light rubbing only, spine tight , small more on top of book pages clean and unmarked nice first jacket is designed by Rob Hernandes jacket photograph by Jim or Berg author photograph by Michael O Neil SUMMARY: CIA operative Mitch Rapp follows a trail of contract killers leading directly to the heart of our nation's capital in "New York Times" bestselling author Vince Flynn's eighth explosive thriller. It's a gorgeous autumn day in… Read More

Harper & Row, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Stated First Edition. Published by Harper and Row Publishers Inc. Book design Alma Orenstein Dust jacket is in good condition showing some wear. Boards are light blue with maroon wrapped spine with blue metallic titling. Bottom edge of board does show small amount of wear. Pages are clean and unmarked but several pages in the rear have corners creased. - A man, the victim of a violent father, is made violent himself by a fellow cop whom he suspects of murdering a local labor official, and an ex-wife who limits contact with their daughter Russell Banks spent his childhood and adolescence in New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts. His blue collar, working class background is strongly reflected in his writing. The first in his family to attend college, Banks studied at Colgate University and later graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. While he was establishing himself as a writer, Banks spent… Read More

*Akira's Army -Keith Kowalczyk -Beverly Hills: Midnight Press Books, April 1, 2007. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Very Good/paperback. Cover Art by Donna Handel, Cover Design by Tracy Kowalczyk. very good lightly read autographed by author, printed book autographed contains the date 11/18/07 in the author's name the balance the book is clean and unmarked, looks to have been lightly read - a couple of times cover is glossy glued spine intact..Cover Art by Donna Handel, Cover Design by Tracy Kowalczyk -Ray Quincy has become a prisoner of war on his family vacation. Shipwrecked on a small South Pacific island, Ray now spends his days toiling in the hot equatorial sun, building a runway for an airforce that no longer exists. His wife has long ago left him for his captor, Akira. And today his son has stopped speaking English with him. Such is life on Akira s Island... Akira has lost track of time - he still thinks it s WWII. And Ray now tracks the passage of time through his son s height. Time is… Read More

* Alice & Oliver-New York: Random House Publishing Group, 2016. advance. paperback. Good/paperback no dust jacket. interesting book has been read several times interior the book is clean and unmarked cover is bright and shiny, small tear at head of book on otherwise unremarkable. interesting book about seemingly unremarkable people, and the marked events in their lives. An interesting drama's that occur in families. Highly interesting very readable. By the author of beautiful children, which I have not read. LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer

NAL Trade /new American library, 2-05. first new American library printing February 2013. Paperback. Good/none. Book designed by Stephanie Huntwork. Cover design by Daniela Medina. Cover photograph by Neil Holden/arcangel Images. Cover show minor wear at edges.not bad I read it myself enjoyed it a lot with just love Walter Mosley.. Especially his earlier works set Los Angeles – like this one in New York. Him Pages are clean and unmarked. Copyright by Thing Itself, Inc. 2012. First New American Library Printing February 2013. Book designed by Stephanie Huntwork. Cover design by Daniela Medina. Cover photograph by Neil Holden/arcangel Images Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That's not why she did eight years of hard time on a sixteen-year sentence. It's that the shooting inadvertently led to charges of grand theft. Talk about bad luck. see pictures maybe this will do it! I try to note all defects,so you can make an informed buying decision... At least you know what… Read More

gift able--New York: William morrow, April 2, 2013. advanced readers edition. VG. see pictures,this is an advanced reader, wonderful shape it has to shiny blue cover is perfect in all respects with the exception of the bottom of the edge the page it says arc in marker, the book = lightly read nothing at all the interior the book is clean-glued spine which is intact... about-book A tender and wonderfully insightful story of friendship, love, and renewal, played out in the lives of three unforgettable women, from an extraordinary and unexpected debut novelistthe host of the #1 sports talk show in America, ESPN's Mike Greenberg All You Could Ask For Mike Greenberg Three women are about to find their lives intertwined in ways none of them could ever have imagined. . . . Brooke has been happily married to her college sweetheart for fifteen years. Even after the C-section, the dog poop, the stomach viruses, and the coffee breath, Scott still always winks at her at just the right moments. That is why,… Read More

* Almost Adam: A Novel - New York New York: William Morrow & Co, 1996. first edition- Hardcover. Good/good. book design by Susan Hood jacket design by Richard L Aquan jacket collage by color space author photograph Ann Summa. Almost Adam: A Novel book design by Susan Hood jacket design by Richard L Aquan- jacket collage by color space author photograph Ann Summa first edition 10th printing full number line. Interesting story well researched takes choice pieces of anthropology and weaves them into the story. Book is obviously been read several times once by me I enjoyed it immensely it's not pristine there some dirt on its edges here and there, does not detract from his readability blackboards titling in silver spine corners a good spine tight, some ruffling small tears jacket, wear/ foot of the book bottom of spine... In an unexplored Kenyan savanna, a paleontologist finds a boy whose physical characteristics match those of the "missing link" and realizes that he's discovered a place that has escaped… Read More

* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay -Picador, 2001. 16th printing,. Paperback. Fair/it's a paperback. well-worn copy X library has a release for sale stamped on the first page, binding is good there is numerous amounts of wear on the edges the book. Interior the book is clean and unmarked. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay It is New York City in 1939. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat to date: smuggling himself out of Nazi-occupied Prague. He is looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a collaborator to create the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Out of their fantasies, fears, and dreams, Joe and Sammy weave the legend of that unforgettable champion the Escapist. And inspired by the beautiful and elusive Rosa Saks, a woman who will be… Read More

* The Andalucian Friend: A Thriller-Crown Publishing Group, 0-29. first paperback edition.. Paperback. Good/none. book design by Ellina D nudelman,cover design by Christopher Bland, cover photography by Andy and Michelle Kerry/trevillion images. first paperback edition.Originally published in Sweden as Den andalusiske vännen. Paperback book has been read a few times couple of notes in the front see pictures about the characters still has a lot life in it there whether markings of the book small amount wearing to its edges cover is still clear clean in glossy, small amount of thumbing, top and bottom front cover from being read. I enjoyed it immensely this is the author's first novel. book design by Ellina D nudelman,cover design by Christopher Bland, cover photography by Andy and Michelle Kerry/trevillion images The Andalucian Friend: The First Book in the Brinkmann Trilogy Book 1 of Brinkmann trilogy Author Alexander Soderberg Translated by Neil Smith Publisher Random House, 2013 ISBN… Read More

New York New York: Harper Perennial, 1991. HarperPerennial first edition 1991. Paperback. Good/none paperback. book design by Helen Berinski. later printing this house the bright orange cover, crease on back of paperback cover, tanning to the pages where on its edges,, the corners have a little bit of rolling, glued spine intact, great reading copy the software is one of my absolute favorites "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What the finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of… Read More

( Any Small Goodness-New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, September 2002. mass market paperback first Scholastic paperback printing September 2002. Paperback. See pictures/none. illustrations Raul Calon book design by Kathleen WestRay. a novel of the barrio, September 2002 has obviously been used there is wearing on its edges small amount of chipping on its edges the interior is unmarked, slight amount of tanning fairly typical for book with this use. Small amount of chipping, things on its edges a couple small tears, small folds corners.see pictures illustrations Raul Calon book design by Kathleen WestRay - Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio Any Small Goodness Series Author Tony Johnston Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Scholastic Inc., 2003 ISBN 0439233844, 9780439233842 Length 128 pages Juvenile Fiction / Family / General Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! - - Media Mail… Read More

Bantam, 2006. advance copy. Mass Market Paper. Good/none. I read this intended immensely interesting – there were so many great female Indian authors. Lending a wonderful perspective. This is an Advance Reading Copy. Softcover is in very good condition showing only minor edge wear.some creases on the front and back of book where it hinges to the intact good condition glued spine- Pages are clean and unmarked. If you like your crime in a foreign clime, join Sonia Samarth and her Stellar Investigations Detective Agency as they confront a rash of baffling misdeeds plaguing the city of Pune, India–and solve them as only they can, with a unique combination of traditional Indian wisdom, modern-day detection, and ancient astrology.- Copyright 2006 by author. Published by Bantam Dell.- see pictures maybe this will do it! I try to note all defects,so you can make an informed buying decision... At least you know what you're getting into I have a good description and pictures,however books can be… Read More

** The Bean Trees -New York: Harper Perennial, 1989. 46 printing first perennial Library addition 1989. Paperback. Fair/none. Cover design by Suzanne Noll. Cover illustration by Lisa Desimini. Author photograph 1993 by Seth Kantner. Book is in good condition covers show wear around edges and a small black smudge on rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked except for small note written on first page. spine is tight although the book does show some wearing and found edges small amount of tanning Copyright 1988 by author. Cover design by Suzanne Noll. Cover illustration by Lisa Desimini. Author photograph 1993 by Seth Kantner Barbara Kingsolver, is one of my favorite authors. all of her books have just this wonderful interesting quality. Barbara Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages - earned a devoted readership at home & abroad. Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads… Read More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002. first Carroll & Graf trade paperback edition second printing January 2003. Paperback. Good +/none paperback. paperback book dark black cover with a rendition of a beast sitting on the chest of a woman sprawled with blonde hair red and white titling, the cover is glossy, with a minimal amount of edge wear the interior the book is on March no inscriptions writing..Beasts Otto Penzler Books Author Joyce Carol Oates Publisher Carroll & Graf ISBN 0786711035, 9780786711031 Length 138 pages Subjects Fiction › Thrillers › Suspense Fiction / Literary Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Award–winner Joyce Carol Oates. Art and arson, the poetry of D. H. Lawrence and pulp pornography, hero-worship and sexual debasement, totems and taboos mix and mutate into a startling, suspenseful tale of how a sunny New England college… Read More

*Between Silk and Cyanide : The Story of SOE's Code War London: Harper Collins, 1998. second printing London. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. I read this I thought it was actually fascinating, but then I have found World War II fascinating-English edition printed in London 3rd English Published by Harper Collins 1998. 614 pages.set in Sabon by Roland typesetting Limited bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk printed in England by Clays Limited, St. Ives place There are several different publishers ?. First English publication. Dust jacket is in good condition. Pages are starting to tan.In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE),he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies - trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including the White Rabbit and Violette Szabo.- top… Read More

*Big Fish (movie tie-in) A Novel of Mythic Proportions -New York: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003. second printing. Paperback. Very Good +/none. softcover book cover is glossy copyright by author Daniel Wallace 1998 originally published the US by Algonquin books Chapel Hill this edition published by Penguin books 2003, later made into a motion picture. buff colored pages, interior the book is unmarked paper glued spine tight intact small amount of minutiae, edge of the bottom of the book, foot to being shelved, lack of dusting. .. . A son who was not much in his life post-humorously --tries discover who his father was by exploring the myths and legends and stories he told, somewhat exaggerated tales the fun begins to understand his father's greatest beats, failings -the book is hilarious, wrenching, tender &outrageous; teaching us about the myths of manipulation, the winners writing the story even after death. ...Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post via media mail to fulfill… Read More

* Time of Death-New York: Little, Brown Book Group, 2015, 2015. advance reading copy. Paperback. Very Good/none. cover is glossy book is probably been read like a couple times pages are clean and unmarked I read it was extremely interesting and informative that's why buy most of the books I resell .need to feed the habit, The MissingTwo schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she long ago escaped. But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried. The Accused When it's splashed all over the press that family man Stephen Bates has been arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates' wife - an old school friend of Helen's - who is living under siege with two teenage children and convinced of her husband's innocence.The Dead As residents and media bay for Bates' blood, a decomposing body is found. The… Read More

HarperCollins, 2009. first edition as stated. Fair/dust jacket missing. first edition as stated, dust jacket missing blackboards cloth wrapped spine read titling iridescent. Book has wear to the outside obviously been read a few times, a few scratches scrapes on the boards see pictures where to head and foot of the book at the spine interior the book is un marked clean, good reading copy–hardcover Black Order: A Sigma Force Novel Volume 2 of Sigma Force Novels Author James Rollins Publisher Harper Collins, 2009 ISBN 0061792780, 9780061792786 Length 640 pages Subjects Fiction Thrillers General Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Thrillers / General -see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures --United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles 1380 hardcovers alpha bet

* The Blind Man of Seville-New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1-19. advance. Good. plain goldenrod yellow paper-cover, has a few creases on it , couple small tears basis spine not in pristine condition book has read a few times covers are rolled at corners interior the book is unmarked. I enjoyed book quite a bit. 448 pages 6X9 published February 2003 Galley copy The Blind Man of Seville Author Robert Wilson Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 ISBN 0547537581, 9780547537580 Length 448 pages Subjects Fiction Mystery & Detective General Fiction / General Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer.. 4 misc black box

New York New York: pocket books/division of Simon & Schuster Inc., August 2012. first pocket books paperback edition August 2012. Fair. this is a regular size softcover book, it has been well read the corners are slightly rolled on the top and bottom of the pages there is an orange highlighter mark both there are some creases in the spine, wearing a and loss of color in places, none of which affect its readability it's got quite a few more read. I enjoyed the book I also read her other book bones are forever, which is also listed here... 9781451646696..Producer of the FOX television hit Bones KATHY REICHS accelerates the suspense in NASCAR country, where Dr. Temperance Brennan reignites a stalled federal case with explosive forensic cluesto murder. She lived for speedand vanished without a trace. . . . As 200,000 fans pour into town for Race Week, a body is found in a metal drum near Charlotte Motor Speedwaya discovery that has NASCAR crewman Wayne Gamble urgently seeking out Tempe at the… Read More