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paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, original price $14.99, near fine. EPHRON, HALLIE. Night night, sleep tight: a novel of suspense. William Morrow, 2016, 1st Morrow paperback printing, 292pp., . ISBN 9780062117649 8.50.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 128 pages diagrams and appendices. Quarto (10" x 7 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. First edition. 3 books in one: Irish First Names, Irish Family Names, and Irish Place Names. Condition: Some light edge wear, corners gently bumped else a better than very good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 295 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine over brown boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Kathryn and David are the ideal couple: she, petite and pretty; he, dark, debonair and gifted. But beneath the smooth surface, unseen by their envious or admiring friends, splinters are beginning to form. David suspects one of their two children is not his own, for plump and naughty Jeanetta does not conform with the controlled perfection with which he surrounds himself. Kathryn struggles to iron out family confrontations and maintain the calm of their lives together - but slowly things start to slip from her control. Bits of jewellery and items of clothing mysteriously go missing. David's mood swings become more irrational and violent. His drive to dominate and order the world he's created intensifies to the point of locking the playroom door and pocketing the key - a move that signals the final route into the chaos that will disrupt their perfect world. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 227 pages. octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine over cream color boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. When the domineering wife of pharmacist Pip Carlton dies in her sleep, on one suspects Pip, even though he had access to all sorts of deadly poisons. But amateur sleuth Helen West and her friend Detective Constable Geoffrey Bailey soon become suspicious in this chilling tale of psychological terror. Condition: Some soiling to pages 62, 116-117, 133 and 135 else a very good copy in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 247 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2) bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. The crew of the Pollux are working hard in the Australian sun to prepare for the America's Cup. In shark-infested seas and in the heat of bitter rivalry, the last thing needed is a man in the water. Condition: Slightly cocked else very good in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over black boards with silver lettering F F to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Attorney Sarah Fortune is dispatched to a small coastal town to straighten out the financial affairs of the eccentric Pardoe family. The three siblings and their mother, who is suffering from dementia, own most of Merton on Sea. The business of the estate should be simple enough, and Sarah sees the job as an opportunity for a mini-vacationa chance to get out of the city. But she soon discovers that the family, and the town itself, are afflicted by a past filled with guilt, pain, and unrequited love. Most haunting of all, though, is the legacy of a suicide that took place two years ago, when a beautiful woman with an uncanny resemblance to Sarah walked into the sea and never came back. Fans of Ruth Rendell and Julia Spencer-Fleming will love this atmospheric psychological thriller. Condition: Remainder mark at head end pages else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pages. Octavo (9" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over grey boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In Shadow Play, Fyfield hones her powers of suspense to give readers a sophisticated, psychologically-gripping tale about crimes of the most twisted passions. From the accomplished author of Blind Date, this is a brilliant suspense novel of the London courts. Condition: Remainder mark on heal end-pages else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xiv+141 pages with figures, photographs, maps and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's purple cloth with yellow and black lettering to spine and cover. First edition. The present work describes many aspects of the life of Saint Cecila, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The author was an observer of and participant in almost all the activities described in the vignettes which open chapter 3-6; augmented by accounts of informants. Condition: The Light edge wear, corners bumped, spine sunned else a very good copy.

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

paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, cover price $13.95, near fine, light wear to corners, residue from old price label removed. SANTIAGO, ESMERALDA. When I was Puerto Rican: a memoir. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006, 1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed., 278pp., . [The author's] story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her warring parents and seven siblings led a life of uproar, but one full of love and tenderness as well. Growing up, Esmeralda learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of the tree frogs in the mango groves at night, the taste of the delectable sausage called morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But just when Esmeralda seemed to have learned everything, she was taken to New York City, where the rules - and the language - were bewilderingly different. How Esmeralda overcame adversity, won acceptance to New York City's High School of Performing Arts, and then went on to Harvard, where she graduated with highest honors, is a record of a tremendous journey by a truly remarkable woman. 9780306814525 ISBN 0306814528.

Condizione: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

Stiff Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 95pgs,

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 386 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is about to be executed for the brutal slaying of two hikers. However, his conscience is no longer clear to the point of absolute certainty about the man's guilt. Also of intense interest to the lawman is the parallel between the current events and a legendary murder and execution over 100 years old -- the story of a great injustice, and a woman condemned to die for a crime she didn't commit. Suddenly, the sheriff finds himself in a race against and across time to see that history doesn't repeat itself! Condition: Slightly cocked else very good in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 215 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with silver lettering to spine over Chartreuse boards and blind stamped signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. When her divorce was finally granted, Miranda Price thought the worst was behind her. Now she could get on with her life, far from the public scrutiny and private misery that went along with being Representative Price's wife. But when Miranda decides to take their young son on a vacation out West, she stumbles into a mother's worst nightmare. Snatched off a train full of vacationing sightseers, she and her son become the captives of an enigmatic stranger. Miranda knows she will do anything to save her child. . . even if it means fighting her own treacherous feelings for the man who holds her hostage. . . even if it means facing up to a shocking revelation that will make her question her past, her choices, and the woman she's become. Condition: Fine in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 204+[1 ad] pages with diagrams with index. Duodecimo (6 1/4" x 4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. BCM Quarterly Number 15. First published in 1974. The aim of this book is to show how to win games with Black. The method is calculated aggression, right from move one. In this book the reader will find a brief account of how this aggression applied to counter-gambits. 67 games are fully annotated and a further 25 complete games are to found in the theoretical notes. Condition: Soiled, edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased, spine and ends rubbed else good.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 103 pages with diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. First edition. The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3. It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been discussed in the literature by 1497. It was advocated by Howard Staunton, generally considered the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, in his 1847 book The Chess-Player's Handbook. For some decades, it was often called "Staunton's Opening" or the "English Knight's Game" as a result. Today, it is usually known by the name of Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, whose main contribution to the opening was his introduction, in 1769, of the countergambit 3.f5!? Condition: Light edge wear, corners gently bumped else very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xiv+146 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. This variation of the Sicilian has been gaining more and more popularity and is very often seen in tournament practice. The fact that this opening has become part of a standard repertoire against 1.e4 for many top players such as Rapport, Dubov, Li Chao, Korobov, Gupta, Vovk etc. speaks for itself about the quality and the fascination of the variation and also about the many possibilities it offers. It's hard to pinpoint the real reasons for this popularity, but it's likely that the answer lies in the complexity of the positions that arise on the board and the large number of new ideas. Condition: Jacket with light edge wear else better than very good in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xviii+161 pages with frontispiece, maps chart, tables and appendices. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover with a decorative design to cover. Foreword by George J. Gumerman. First edition. Until now archaeologists have been capable of little more than speculation concerning the extent of human mobility in the prehistoric Southwest. According to George J. Gumerman in his Foreword to this book, however, "Shirley Powell's study has changed that. Using a combination of archaeological and ethnological data she has been able to demonstrate that certain periods on Black Mesa in Northeastern Arizona are characterized by great mobility while at other times the Mesa had a more sedentary population. She has taken the question of seasonality in occupation from the realm of speculation to that of testable hypothesis." Powell's major concern throughout this study is with behavior variability. Specifically she addresses the adequacy of "behavioral interpretations of material culture patterns for the Black Mesa region of northeastern Arizona." She notes that sometimes the descriptions from which explanations of variability are based are misleading or incorrect. Examining the relationships "among environment, subsistence, and mobility strategies," she emphasizes the role of seasonality in site locational strategies. Using data derived from ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological sources, she develops a model of subsistence/settlement interrelationships, which she tests by using "material culture remains from prehistoric sites." Condition: A near fine copy issued without jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 260 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with green gilt lettering to spine over brown boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Frances Fyfield's writing has been called "brilliant" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), "elegant and unnerving" (The New York Times Book Review), and "splendidly accomplished" (Chicago Tribune). Now, in this stylish mystery she hones her powers of writerly suspense and keen characterization to a new edge.No-nonsense attorney Helen West possesses a rare combination of jaded pragmatism and well-guarded vulnerability. Yet, rape is a crime that haunts her -- particularly her latest case where all the evidence all points to D. S. Ryan, the fellow police officer and best friend of her lover, Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey. But slowly, as West and Bailey delve into this seemingly open-and-shut crime, there emerges a man whose cold-blooded intuition about women guarantees him a ready welcome -- and rape, even murder, without a trace. Condition: A near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 288 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black paper with red and gilt lettering to spine over red board with a blind-stamped swastika to cover. First American edition. An acclaimed historical thriller by the author of House of Cards a highly original, fast-moving tale that gives an unexpected twist to the last days of the Second World War. Spring 1945. The final weeks of the war. One man holds the secret that will decide the fate of post-war Europe: Peter Hencke, an unlikely hero, a German prisoner-of-war on the run. Refusing to wait for peace and the freedom it will finally bring, Hencke is fired by a personal mission that drives him to risk everything in his lonely, treacherous journey across wartime Britain, back through the battle-torn remnants of the Third Reich to the very heart of encircled Berlin. One man faced by the mightiest armies ever assembled, pursued by the most powerful and ruthless men in Europe and helped and loved by two of the most extraordinary women. The secret of Peter Hencke will be hidden until the very last moments of the war. Condition: Remainder stamp on heal end pages else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: very good dust-jacket, cover price $25.00, attractive copy, near fine brown half-cloth with light purple boards, probably unused. SANTIAGO, ESMERALDA. The Turkish lover. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2004, later printing number line starting with 2, viii, 341pp., . The third installment of the author's memoir recounts how she freed herself from the influence of her mother, only to be caught up in a new, romantic, relationship. 9780738208206 ISBN 0738208205.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, cover price $3.00, very good used copy with some wear, crease marks on spine and corner lighlty bruised, superficial stain on top foredge, but solid sewn binding and good quality paper. EISENSTEIN, SERGEI. Notes of a film director. New York: Dover Publications, 1970, 207pp., . Cover design by Menten Inc. Sergei Eisenstein is arguably the most important single figure in the history of movies. He was certainly the most versatile. The director of the masterpieces Battleship Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein also wrote ground-breaking essays on film art and taught classes on motion picture production. In this book Eisenstein writes about himself and his films, about film directing and about artists he has worked with. The last chapter is his own drawings and sketches. 9780486223926 ISBN 0486223922 13.80.

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: includes dust-jacket. very good dust-jacket, cover price $25.00, attractive copy, near fine yellow brown half-cloth with lighter brown boards. KOLATA, GINA. Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999, stated First Edition, xi, 330pp., . "Unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy. She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease" - CONTENTS: The plague year -- A history of disease and death -- From sailors to swine -- A Swedish adventurer -- Swine flu -- A litigation nightmare -- John Dalton's eyeballs -- An incident in Hong Kong -- From Alaska to Norway -- Mysteries and hypotheses. 9780374157067 ISBN 0374157065 19.10.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Item may have minor to moderate cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes) on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. Shrink wrap or dust cover, may be missing. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. Good reading copy.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Crease on cover and a few pages*.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Fair hardcover. No DJ. Ex-College Library with usual library stamping/filing sticker on spine and card folder on inside cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Hinges cracked and supported with library tape.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.