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NY: Henry Holt, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ IN MYLAR. 6.25"X9.25" w/300 numbered pgs. Red boards w/M blind stamped on front. Black card stock spine w/red foil letters. Book design by Lucy Albanese. Author photo by Michael Goldman. DJ by Raquel Jaramillo. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Soft shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Brace yourself for an "Electrifying and thoroughly satisfying" read (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton "M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction, one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune--four men with very different outlooks, temperaments, and needs, linked only by blood… Read More

Winning Team Publishing, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. New/New. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ WRAPPED IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 9.1" L x 6.3" W (1.05 lbs) 288 pages. Features: Illustrated, Price on Product. Secure ship w/track #. In her first book, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals her personal account of the battles she fights in the halls of Congress and beyond. MTG shares the story of her incredible ascension from small town business owner to MAGA firebrand! Known for her humor and honesty, MTG offers a never before seen glimpse at her decision to give up private sector success for public service, her unfiltered views on the most important issues facing our nation, and the personal sacrifices that come with being "the most dangerous woman in Washington." No other book pulls back the curtain on Washington, the swamp, and the Democrat political elite like MTG. MTG's story will inspire anyone who has ever felt that their voice isn't powerful enough to make a difference.

NY: Putnam, 2012. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"X8.5" 387 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters. Book design by Amanda Dewey. DJ design #1361929 by Richard Hasselberger. Author photo by David Burnette. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers' cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesn't realize what's about to happen next. Source: Publisher.

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2010. MP3CD. Used - LikeNew. 1 MP3 CD = 9.5 listening hours. Narrated by Eric Conger. Unabridged. Cover art by Joie Simmons. X-library with no graphics. Minor shelf wear to container but CD untouched. MP3-compatible CD or DVD player required for playback in your car, computer, or home. GIFT QUALITY. Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a woman during a robbery. The second was incidental. Simply in the way. Then, hell, why not keep on going? It's not until Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers steps onto the Shinder murder scene that the clues begin to come together. As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, it's a growing army of cops who join Virgil in trying to run them down. But even Virgil doesn't realize what's about to happen next.

NY: Putnam, 2013. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"X8.5" 376 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters. Book design by Nicole Laroche. DJ design #1378855 by Richard Hasselberger. Author photo by David Burnette. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. An ancient relic is unearthed during an archaeological dig. A Minnesota college professor is keeping a secret that could change the world's history as we know it. For Virgil Flowers, the link between the two is inescapable—and his investigation, more dangerous and far-reaching than he can possibly imagine. Source: Publisher.

NY: Water Brook, 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. 6"x9" 225 pp. First printing. Foreword by Lisa-Jo Baker. Cover design by Kelly L. Howard. An invitation for overachievers to discover what it means to rest as God's daughters without compromising their God-given design as doers. Are you a Martha who feels guilty for not being a Mary? Do you want to sit at Jesus's feet as Mary did—but you feel the need to get things done? In Made Like Martha, Katie M. Reid invites you to exchange try-hard striving for hope-filled freedom without abandoning your doer's heart in the process. Through her own story and rich biblical illustrations, Katie reminds you that it's not important whether you sit and listen or stand and work. What matters is that your spiritual posture is one of a beloved daughter who knows she doesn't need to earn God's love. Your desire to get things done is not something to temper but something ...Source: Publisher.

NY: State University of New York Press, 2023. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. FIRST PRINTING. Physical Info: 0.39" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.55 lbs) 180 pages. Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. "When singer Frank Sinatra famously crooned about how if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, he neglected to mention the things invented in New York travelled across the globe. New York has been a hotbed of life-changing innovation since its inception. MADE IN NEW YORK tells the stories behind the innovators and their inventions that are particularly relevant today. Like many New Yorkers, some came from elsewhere to find success in their new home. New Yorkers are no strangers to adversity and likewise many faced adversity due to racism and sexism. Some became famous; others struggled for recognition. All were visionaries and risk-takers who were willing to put their lives on the line if necessary. From the first brassiere to the life-saving… Read More

Self-Published, 2016. Paperback. Fine. 6"x9" 135 numbered pages. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. GIFT QUALITY. No other passages in Scripture have been more talked about in end time Bible prophecy than those dealing with the mark of the Beast. Revelation 13:18 adds to the horror by posing the Bible's most mysterious riddle. It states: "Here is wisdom, Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666." In this Magi Report the riddle is decoded and examined phrase by phrase revealing the deep and seemingly hidden truths in Scripture, such as the frightening significance of being "numbered," the meaning of 666, how the number will be counted and its shocking role. This commentary provides an overview of current technologies, which fit the prophetic forecasts along with showing how they will be implemented geopolitically. Quantum compu...Source: Publisher.

NY: Delacorte, 1976. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 211 pgs. Black cloth boards w/silver letters. DJ #3106 designed by Dick Huebner. Jacket photo by Stuart Roth. Author photo by Ilene Jones. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Faint foxing to bottom edge. Secure ship w/track #. "One of those can't-put-it-down-until-the-last-page-is-turned monsters that has readers all over the country missing sleep."—Minneapolis Tribune Corky is a brilliant entertainer with a bright future ahead of him. He has good looks, many women, and enormous talent. He also had a secret and a certainty: a secret that must be hidden from his public at all costs; and a certainty that the dark forces of magic were out to destroy him. "Fascinating . . . This dazzling psychological thriller cannot be put down! . . . The most imaginative and enjoyable novel I've read since Marathon Man. . . . [A] bizarre journey into the world of… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - VeryGood. Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart. 7"x8.5" 208 pgs. + 1 leaf of Listings and Advertisement. X-library w/graphics. Red cloth boards. Gilt broom on front with boy and girl riding it. Gilt letters to spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece: The Magic Ink-Pot, 16 color plates total. Library bookplate to ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slightly toned. Unmarked except for library graphics. Small rubs to corners and edges. Few light soil spots. Bump to BRC.

NY: Harper Trophy, 1994. Paperback. New. 5 X 7.63 X.5 202 PGS. This is cover art by David Wiesner. Ages 8 and up. 80th printing. Interior art by Pauline Baynes. New, gift quality. "The secret passage to the house next door leads to a fascinating adventure. NARNIA...where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts are called to life...a new world where the adventure begins. Digory and Polly meet and become friends one cold, wet summer in London. Their lives burst into adventure when Digory's Uncle Andrew, who thinks he is a magician, sends them hurtling to...somewhere else. They find their way to Narnia, newborn from the Lion's song, and encounter the evil sorceress Jadis before they finally return home." Goodreads 4.04.

Chicago: Moody Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5" 129 pp. Ex-libris w/graphics. Fourth printing. Light rose cloth boards. Gilt letters to spine. DJ flap glued to inside front cover. No DJ. Light moisture stain to rim of boards. Spine slightly faded. Foreword by Eugenie Price. The dynamic call to self-denial is characterized by positive, forthright treatment. Each page presents a challenge to the soul, a challenge to surrender unconditionally to God. The devotional approach allows for brief readings as well as serious meditation. Magnificent Promise is a mental and spiritual stimulus for every Christian.

Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2016. Audio in cardboard box. New. 5 CDs; 5 Hours of listening. Cover design by Kristen Ingebretson. Front cover photo c Jess Barfield. Read by Chip and Joanna Gaines. The Magnolia Story is the first book from Chip and Joanna, offering their fans a detailed look at their life together. From the very first renovation project they ever tackled together, to the project that nearly cost them everything; from the childhood memories that shaped them, to the twists and turns that led them to the life they share on the farm today. They both attended Baylor University in Waco. However, their paths did not cross until Chip checked his car into the local Firestone tire shop where Joanna worked behind the counter. Even back then Chip was a serial entrepreneur who, among other things, ran a lawn care company, sold fireworks, and flipped houses. Soon they were married and living in their first fixer upper. Four children and countless renovations later, Joanna garnered the… Read More

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Very Good-Collectible/Good. Evins, Toni. FOURTH PRINTING. 6.25"X9.5" 428 indexed pgs. Pictorial boards of different chocolate wrappers. DJ design by Sara Eisenman. DJ photo by Irwin Horowitz. Photos of chocolate by Susan Mitchell. Spine straight, binding tight, pages have splotches of chocolate throughout. Not x-library, clipped DJ, unmarked. Moderate edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. DIV Maida Heatter is a genius--and an absolute delight! . . . Her style is friendly and funny, thorough and exacting. Maida tells you what size egg to use and she does so to guarantee success." --Foodies.com, which named Maida its "First Culinary Patriot". Chocoholics unite! Maida's back and bringing the world's best chocolate recipes with her. Maida, of course, is Maida Heatter, sorceress supreme of all things chocolate. Now cocoa aficionados, food fiends, and master chefs everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief as Maida Heatter's Book… Read More

NY: Villard, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. 6"x8.5". 257 pgs. First Printing. Maroon boards blind stamped "CB". Dk. maroon cloth spine w/gilt letters. Deckled edge and A-F paper. Jaacket design: Daniel Remberrt. Jacket art: Postcard of the S.S. Titanic from the Ken Marschall Collection. Spine art: White Star Line officer's coat button, from the same Ken Marschall Collection. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf wear to DJ. USED GIFT QUALITY. In 1912 the "Titanic" was the largest, fastest, and most lavish man-made object on earth--the elegant and invincible consummation of the Industrial Age. An international flurry of wonder and gaiety launched its ill-fated voyage from London to New York. For one boy, however, it would be a voyage of crisis and discovery. Torn between the worlds of his estranged parents--the activism of his suffragist mother and the social frenzy of his bohemian… Read More

Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2010. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Near Fine. 5.75"x8.75" 489 pgs. X-library w/graphics. First printing w/number line. Spine straight, binding tight, pages bright. Travel back to the glittering Tudor court with #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs in her beloved Tudor Rose Trilogy. Roguishly handsome Oliver de Lacey has always lived lustily: wine, weapons and women are his bywords. Even salvation from the noose by a shadowy society provides no epiphany to mend his debauched ways. Mistress Lark's sole passion is her secret work with a group of Protestant dissidents thwarting the queen's executions. She needs no other excitement--until Oliver de Lacey drops through the hangman's door and into her life. As their fates become inextricably bound together in a struggle against royal persecution, both Oliver and Lark discover a love worth saving...even dying for. Originally published in 2009. Source: Publisher.

NY: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1971. BCE/BOMC & First American Edition. Hardcover textured. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 186 pgs. Gold blue boards w/black letters on spine. DJ design by Anita Walker Scott. Author photo by Photo by Francois Gonet. Translated from the French by Lyn Moir. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Toning, edge and shelf wear to DJ. Faint foxing to edges. Secure ship w/track #. Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn cases yet. The victim, a son of a wealthy perfume manufacturer, had been enjoying an odd hobby before his collecting human voices with a tape recorder, often in the rougher districts of Paris. But his wallet and his tape recorder have been left untouched, so the killer's motive is unclear. The absence of clues begins to exasperate Maigret until an anonymous letter reveals that he is dealing with no ordinary criminal.

NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1980. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 373 pgs. Blue boards w/black stamped letters on spine. DJ #4033 designed by Ruby Davidson. Introduction by Helen Wolff. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Soft bump BRC. Secure ship w/track #. Maigret and the Mad Killers (Inspector Maigret #70) Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn cases yet. The victim, a son of a wealthy perfume manufacturer, had been enjoying an odd hobby before his death: collecting human voices with a tape recorder, often in the rougher districts of Paris. But his wallet and his tape recorder have been left untouched, so the killer's motive is unclear. The absence of clues begins to exasperate Maigret until an anonymous letter reveals that he is dealing with no ordinary criminal. Maigret Hesitates (Inspector Maigret #68) "One of the… Read More

NY: Norton, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.5". 1284 indexed pages. First printing. Gold boards. Cream cloth spine w/gilt letters. Jacket design by Kapo NG.@A-men project. Jacket photo courtesy of the John W. Kluge Center. Translated from the Polish by P.S. Falla. The Classic Text Now in One volume. Preface and Epilogue by author. Bibliography. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, and unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. The commanding study of Marxism, now in one masterful volume with a new preface and epilogue by the author. From philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, one of the giants of twentieth-century intellectual history, comes this highly influential study of Marxism. Written in exile, this "prophetic work" presents, according to the Library of Congress, "the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the system of thought that had the greatest impact on the… Read More

Urichsville, OH: Barbour, 2008. Paperback. VeryGood. 5.25"x8" 368 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Scrape to front cover. Secure ship w/track #. The Prisoner's Wife/The Castaway's Bride/The Lumberjack's Lady Have you ever found it a challenge to keep loving someone through life's trials? Join three women of historical Maine who find themselves loving men whom the world has cast aside. Jack is in prison for murder and scheduled to hang. Edward has been presumed dead at sea for the last five years. Etienne is a lowly immigrant lumberjack whose value goes overlooked. Can faith bridge the road to love?