Search Results: Authors starting with R from Blacks Bookshop

NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023. First American Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. New/New. PRINTING NOT STATED. Physical Info: 0.9" H x 9.1" L x 6.2" W (1.05 lbs) 262 pages. Features: Price on Product, Bibliography, Index. Secure ship w/track #. The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions hopelessly off-target into marshy waters in northwestern France, the 900 villagers of Graignes welcomed them with open arms. These villagers - predominantly women - provided food, gathered intelligence, and navigated the floods to retrieve the paratroopers' equipment at great… Read More

NY: Sony Classical, 1993. Plastic case. Near Mint. Total playing time: 70:34. See second photo for tracklist.

NY: Doubleday, 1960. Hardcover_boards. Used - Good. 5.5"x8.5'x1.25". 474 pages. Tan boards with black letters on spine. Scrape to top edge and front of spine. No DJ. Crack in bottom gutter on front cover. Spine straight, binding tight, pages touch of tone but unmarked. May be a BCE. Some soiling to cover. Water stain on top edge. "John Wentworth had made his mark as the popular Governor of rugged New Hampshire just before the American Revolution in spite of growing colonial ferment over British rule - and in spite of his young and restless wife. But then the Revolution exploded into mob violence, and a rabble of backwoods farmers and city merchants drove the Governor back to England. In the fashionable whirl of London, with its court intrigues and political fortune grabbers, it became evident to all but John that his wife was gambling with his future for her own ends. But it was not until he was sent to a minor post in Nova Scotia that his wife's designs came clear. There, on that sparsely settled… Read More

NY: Doubleday, 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Fine-Collectible/Fine. 6.25"x9.5" First printing. 462 indexed pgs. Blue boards. Navy cloth spine w/gold foil letters on spine. Maroon end papers. Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz. Book design by Marysarah Quinn. Map and Family Tree by Claire N. Vaccaro. Author photo by Barbara Zitwer. Jacket photo: The Hulton Deutsch. DJ design by Carin Goldberg. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Small faint soil spot on bottom edge. Back flap has faint crease. Secure ship w/track #. The execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family at the hands of revolutionaries in 1918 is one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, an event that brought the three-hundred-year rule of the house of Romanov to a brutal and tragic end and set the tone for the Stalinist atrocities that would follow. The truth behind these murders has long remained hidden, buried under more than… Read More

NY: Crown Publishing Group, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ WRAPPED IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 1.31" H x 9.37" L x 6.38" W (1.87 lbs) 576 pages. Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. "It is my sincere hope that this compelling and submerged history is integrated into our understanding of our nation, and allows us to embrace new heroes of the past."--Imani Perry, professor, Harvard University, and National Book Award-winning author of South to America We all know how the Civil War was won: Courageous Yankees triumphed over the South. But is there more to the story? As Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from northern states who helped General William Tecumseh Sherman burn Atlanta… Read More

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover_clothspine. Collectible - Acceptable/VeryGood. 6"x8.5"x1.25".283 pgs. X-library. Hunter green boards. Cream cloth spine w/hunter green letters. Hunter green paste downs. Cover painting by Allen Manham. Typography design by Robert Anthony. Author photo by Arthur Brilliant. Book design by Irving Perkins. Spine straight, some separation from hinge, unclipped. Firt fly paper torn out, AN EXQUISITE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND EVIL Elizabeth was a woman apart from all others of the Scottish Highlands - her beauty spoke of delicate heather and dark moors; her intelligence guided her family's weaving mill to success and wealth; and her clairvoyant vision touched the future with prophecy... and the present with danger. Calum was heir to the haunting Castle Faillie, a tract of shrouded moor that seemed to be forever under the spell of the past - of an ancient Latin manuscript, of a forgotten tartan weave, and of the memory of a woman not long dead." Goodreads 3.19.

Self-Published, 2009. Paperback. LikeNew. 6.13"x9" 138 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. GIFT QUALITY. Newly revised guide for parents and educators on bullying. Society as a whole needs to stand up and hold bullies accountable for their actions. Rules and laws need to be enforced or else they are pointless. We are cheating our children by not standing up to these students and removing the habitual bullies from school. They do not have the right to poison our schools and they do not have the right to take the education away from others. As parents we need to empower our children with tools. The goal is to strengthen the victim because there are bullies everywhere including the workforce.

Lake Union Publishing, 2023. Paperback. New. Physical Info: 0.99" H x 8.23" L x 5.54" W (0.82 lbs) 359 pages. Features: Price on Product , Bibliography. Secure ship w/track #. 1938. Dr. Ho Fengshan, consul general of China, is posted in Vienna with his American wife, Grace. Shy and ill at ease with the societal obligations of diplomats' wives, Grace is an outsider in a city beginning to feel the sweep of the Nazi dragnet. When Grace forms a friendship with her Jewish tutor, Lola Schnitzler, Dr. Ho requests that Grace keep her distance. His instructions are to maintain amicable relations with the Third Reich, and he and Grace are already under their vigilant eye. But when Lola's family is subjugated to a brutal pogrom, Dr. Ho decides to issue them visas to Shanghai. As violence against the Jews escalates after Kristallnacht and threats mount, Dr. Ho must issue thousands more to help Jews escape Vienna before World War II explodes. Based on a remarkable true story, Night Angels explores the risks… Read More

NY: Little, Brown & Co, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.5" 261 pgs. X-library w/graphics. First printing. From #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin, an unlucky spy gets one last chance at redemption. Miles Flint is a spy who has been making some serious mistakes. His last assignment led to the death of a foreign official in London, and after getting too close to his current subject he wound up in police custody. But something is wrong at the agency that has nothing to do with Miles' errors. Why did his last suspect know more about Miles' assignment than Miles did? Why have so many operatives recently resigned? Despite the Director's assurances, Miles begins his own investigation, to the dismay of his colleagues and even his own wife. Then Miles is sent to Belfast on a routine mission, a mission that confirms his darkest suspicions -- and threatens his life.Source: Publisher.

Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. Ron Ransom. 8"x11.5". 128 indexed pages. Navy blue boards w/gilt letters on spine. 171 color illustrations, 12 b&w illustrations. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Make effective use of the versatile Japanese hake brush to capture the essence of a scene, whether on location or from a photograph. Each area of a landscape, including skies, water, trees, and foregrounds is explored in detail. 128 pages, 171 color illus., 12 b/w illus.,

Nashville, TN: Center Street, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING w/DJ IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 9.1" L x 5.8" W (1.3 lbs) 368 pages. Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents, sewn binding. Secure ship w/track #. Many Americans have no idea how badly our largest, Democrat-run cities have deteriorated. We've been complacent for far too long, assuming that the craziest elements of the radical Left would stay confined to the East and West coasts. But crime, drug addiction, homelessness, left-wing school indoctrination, so-called inclusive housing policies, and outrageous taxes don't stay within the big city limits of places like Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, New York, Seattle, and San Francisco. The effects of ideologically driven left-wing policies always spread, which should alarm Americans regardless of their political leanings. Jason Rantz is a prominent radio host, a trusted journalist, and a frequent Fox News guest unafraid to go directly into the action.… Read More

NY: Orbit, 2009. 1st Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. 5.5"x8.25"x1". 326 pgs. 3rd Printing. Cover design by HSU = Associates. Cover photo by Michael Turek. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Black remainder mark on bottom edge. Not x-library. Light scratches to back of cover. Gift quality. "Jaz Parks here. But I'm not alone. I'm hearing voices in my head - and they're not mine. The problem, or maybe the solution, is work. And the job's a stinker this time -- killing the gnomes that are threatening to topple NASA's Australian-based space complex. Yeah, I know. Vayl and I should still be able to kick this one in our sleep. Except that Hell has thrown up a demon named Kyphas to knock us off track. And damn is she indestructible!" Goodreads ****4.08.

Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Near Fine. 6"x9" 265 index pages. First printing w/1 on number line. Edited by Lauren Mosko. Designed by Terri Woesner. Every Character Has a Voice. Point of view isn't just an element of storytelling-when chosen carefully and employed consistently in a work of fiction, it is the foundation of a captivating story. It's the character voice you can hear as clearly as your own. It's the unique worldview that intrigues readers-persuading them to empathize with your characters and invest in their tale. It's the masterful concealing and revealing of detail that keeps pages turning and plots fresh. It's the hidden agenda that makes narrators complicated and compelling. It's also something most writers struggle to understand. In The Power of Point of View, RITA Award-winning author Alicia Rasley first teaches you the fundamentals of point of view (POV)-who is speaking, why, and what opt... Source: Publisher.

Ny: Morrow, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING. 6.25"x9.5" 368 indexed pages. Mustard boards. Denim spine w/gold foil letters. Jacket design by Russell Gordon. Front jacket photo by Anthony Edgeworth. Back jacket photo CBS News. Book design by Caroline Cunningham. Gift plaque on ffep. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, price clipped. Secure ship w/track #. Reporting every night to more than 13 million people on the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather has been called "outrageous, outspoken, but never outclassed". In The Camera Never Blinks Twice he tells exhilarating and thought-provoking tales that provide ample evidence of why he's earned the reputation of premier newsman of his generation. In this book, Rather recounts his thrilling trek through Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1980. He provides the full story behind his "confrontation" with Vice President George Bush over the Iran-contra scandal. And… Read More

NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 2023. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. New. FIRST PRINTING. Physical Info: 0.9" H x 8.1" L x 5.3" W (0.6 lbs) 320 pages. Features: Glossary, Price on Product, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the "lung" at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, Canada to Sweden to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the hardest species survive at these latitudes including the ice-loving Dahurian larch of Siberia, the antiseptic Spruce that purifies our atmosphere, the Downy birch conquering Scandinavia, the healing Balsam poplar that Native Americans use as a cure-all and the noble Scots Pine that lives longer when surrounded by its family.… Read More

Go To Publish, 2023. Paperback. New. Edition & printing not stated. Physical Info: 0.11" H x 8.5" L x 5.5" W (0.17 lbs) 42 pages. Secure ship w/track #. This fun, useful and affordable collection of articles on how men should treat women is really appropriate for any age man. It's the perfect gift for your boyfriend, husband, son or lover, and ideal for a bridal shower or bachelor party. Attention Ladies, 15-60 and beyond: This fun, useful and affordable collection of articles on how men should treat women is really appropriate for any age man. It's the perfect gift for your boyfriend, husband, son or lover. No matter how well he treats you, he's sure to get some great new ideas you'd love him to have. Some of the authors, all women 30 or over, have dated for decades and "seen it all". You want your boyfriend or husband to read this book! This is the ideal gift for a bridal shower or bachelor party

Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1899. Hardcover_cloth. Very good. 5.25"x7.5". 305 pgs. Tan cloth boards. Black frame on front, title in yellow, authors in black, carpet bag w/roses in red, yellow and black. Same colors on spines. Gilt top edge. Deckled side edge. Beautiful B&W illustrations. Fading to color. Sun spots and light soiling to cover. Round ghost sticker to backside of frontispiece. Unmarked. Spine straight, binding tight. Not x-library. Light soil spots on tops of end papers. Bump to corners. Fraying to head and toe of spine. "Excerpt from The Carpetbagger: A Novel Many plays have been made from novels; this is a book made from a play. "The Carpetbagger" originally was written as a four-act comedy. It was performed for thirty weeks during the theatrical season of 1898-9, under the intelligent management of Mr. Tim Murphy, and met with a most flattering reception. There have been so many requests for the preservation of this story in permanent form, that we have been led to publish it as a novel,… Read More

NY: Random House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Very Good-Collectible/Near Fine. 6.5"x9.5" 584 pgs. 2nd printing w/number line. Sea grass green boards w/gold foil initials on front. Navy cloth spine w/gold foil letters. Designed by Bernard Klein. DJ design by Paul Bacon. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. PO book plate on ffep. Light foxing on front board. Crease to front flap. A young high-flying French civil servant, Bertrand de Roujay, from a conservative family in Provence, marries Madeleine Bonnet, the daughter of a free-thinking academic. The mothers of the young couple had been childhood friends, but the differences in outlook of the children are exacerbated by the political polarisation that has come over France at the time. We are in the 1930s with Communists and fascists fighting in the streets. The marriage does not last and France goes to war. Bertrand, now a Prefect, is refused permission to join the army; but after France's… Read More

NY: P. F. Collier & Son. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.5"x8.25". POD dated 1909. Maroon cloth boards. Three feathers blind stamped on FLC. Gilt letters to spine. Tissue covered B&W Frontispiece: "He took it up, gave it one twirl round and satisfied himself it was a fiddle" from Jack of All Trades. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight toned but clean. Not x-library. PON inside front cover & ffep. Muslin exposed where gutters are cracked. Light soiling to boards. Edge and shelf wear w/small rubs to corners. Stained edges. Stories include: The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth The Autobiography of a Thief Jack of All Trades A Hero and A Martyr.

Ny: Harper Muse, 2023. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. Physical Info: 1.5" H x 8.0" L x 5.6" W (0.65 lbs) 384 pages. FIRST PRINTING. Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. In the thick of the Cold War, a betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6's best Soviet agent and the CIA's newest Moscow recruit. Vienna, 1954. After losing everyone she loves in the final days of World War II, Ingrid Bauer agrees to a hasty marriage with a gentle Soviet embassy worker and follows him home to Moscow. But nothing within the Soviet Union's totalitarian regime is what it seems, including her new husband, whom Ingrid suspects works for the KGB. Inspired by her daughter's birth, Ingrid risks everything and reaches out in hope to the one country she understands and trusts--Britain, the country of her mother's birth. She begins passing intelligence to MI6, navigating a world of secrets and lies, light and shadow.