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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good COndition hard cover 408 pages 1st edition former library book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Pegasus Books Trade paperback, First Printing. Bound in original illustrated wrapper. Unmarked, square, and tight with light reading wear and no creases to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good Condition hard cover 328 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good COndiiton hard cover 330 pages.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 262 p. Contains: Frontispiece. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. A few pencil marks in it. HC 338.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, 496 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good Condition paperback 328 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A witty and immersive look at thehistory, mythology, science, and magical touch that makes whiskytaste like a drop of gold. Braving the all boys clubhouse of the world of whisky has not been easy, but Shelley Sackier has managed to do just that out of her love for the drink. By turns funny and poignant and filled with vivid insight into this ancient craft,Make it a Doublewill persuade even a teetotaler to want a wee dram. As a woman whose first sip of whisky created the female doppelganger of a Mr. Yuk sticker, that experience produced a sharp realization that the liquid was foul, poisonous, and needlessly dirtied a previously clean glass. And then she met Scotland.Her curiosity and growing passion lit a fireigniting a desire to learn more about this crafts rich and vivid history and the need to break out of an old life and to become the mother, partner, and woman she has always sought to be. After completing a course in Scotlands famed Bruichladdich Distillery, Shelley begins her path of writing aboutand working withinthe world of whisky. There has never been a better time for Shelley's inimitable voice to shed light on this intoxicating realm. Women are not only impressively contributing to the burgeoning sales of the spiritmaking up nearly 40% of the whiskey-drinking population in the United Statesbut they are also growing in number as they enter in to, train within, and lead the industry with their determined creativity and innovation. In the tradition ofBlood, Bones, and Butter,Make it a Doubleestablishes Shelley Sackier as a fresh new voice in the lush world of culinarynarrative. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. HARDCOVER; scratch on front dustjacket; o/w book in near fine condition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Escaping the constraints of life as a village schoolmistress, Lilia Brooke bursts into London and into Paul Harriss orderly life, shattering his belief that women are gentle creatures who need protection. Lilia wants to change womens lives by advocating for the vote, free unions, and contraception. Paul, an Anglican priest, has a big ambition of his own: to become the youngest dean of St. Johns Cathedral. Lilia doesnt believe in God, but shes attracted to Pauls intellect, ethics, and dazzling smile. As Lilia finds her calling in the militant Womens Social and Political Union, Paul is increasingly driven to rise in the church. They cant deny their attraction, but they know they dont belong in each others worlds. Lilia would rather destroy property and serve time in prison than see her spirit destroyed and imprisoned by marriage to a clergyman, while Paul wants nothing more than to settle down and keep Lilia out of harms way. Paul and Lilia must reach their breaking points before they can decide whether their love is worth fighting for. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hb. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 188pp. Covers lightly scratched & soiled; store sticker ffep.; owner writing rep. Biblio. & index.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In November 1596, a woman signed a document that would nearly destroy the career of William Shakespeare . . . Who was this woman who played such an instrumental, yet little known, role in Shakespeare's life? Never far from controversy when she was aliveshe sparked numerous riots and indulged in acts of breaking-and-entering, bribery, blackmail, kidnapping and armed combatLady Elizabeth Russell, the self-styled Dowager Countess of Bedford, has been edited out of public memory, yet the chain of events she set in motion would make Shakespeare the legendary figure we all know today. Lady Elizabeth Russells extraordinary life made her one of the most formidable women of the Renaissance. The daughter of King Edward VIs tutor, she blazed a trail across Elizabethan England as an intellectual and radical Protestant. And, in November 1596, she became the leader of a movement aimed at destroying William Shakespeares theatrical troupea plot that resulted in the closure of the Blackfriars Theatre but the construction, instead, of the Globe. Providing new pieces to this puzzle, Chris Laoutaris's rousing history reveals for the first time this startling battle against Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl is diagnosed with flat feet, knock knees, and weak legs. In short order, Lilian Alicia Marks would become a dance prodigy, the cherished baby ballerina of Sergei Diaghilev, and the youngest ever soloist at his famed Ballets Russes. It was there that George Balanchine choreographed his first ballet for her, Henri Matisse designed her costumes, and Igor Stravinsky taught her musicall when the re-christened Alicia Markova was just 14. Given unprecedented access to Dame Markovas intimate journals and correspondence, Tina Sutton paints a full picture of the dancers astonishing life and times in 1920s Paris and Monte Carlo, 1930s London, and wartime in New York and Hollywood. Ballet lovers and readers everywhere will be fascinated by the story of one of the twentieth centurys great artists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st U.S. Trade Paperback Edition, 1st Pr. Nice, unsold, unread first U.S. trade paperback edition, 1st printing of this Jack Liffey crime novel set in Los Angeles. Ships in a box, fast service from a real bricks and mortar independent bookstore open since 1998. No remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light bumps and shelf wear.

Paperback. Condition: Good. When a traveling peddler discovers the murder of a farm family in colonial North Carolina whose bodies have been left in bizarre positions, circumstances point to an Indian attack. But Harry Woodyard, a young planter who is the volunteer constable of Craven County during a period in America's past when there was no professional police force, finds clues that seem to indicate otherwise. The county establishment wants to blame the crime on a former inhabitant, an elderly Indian who has suddenly reappeared in the vicinity like an old ghost. But he is a person to whom Harry owes much. Defying the authorities, Harry goes off on his own to find the real killer. His investigation takes him up the Atlantic seacoast and turns into a perilous hunt for even bigger quarry that could affect the future of Britain in the American continent. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one blustery March morning. The cold winter air triggered a coughing fit, and she began to choke. She was choking on a lot that day. A sick child. A pending divorce. The guilt of failing as a partner and as a mother. When the coughing finally stopped, she thought it was over. She could not have been more wrong. When she coughed that morning, a small tear ripped through herdura mater, the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. But she didnt know that yet. Instead, Andrea went on with her day, unaware that her cerebrospinal fluid was already beginning to leak out of that tiny opening. What followed was nine months of pain and confusion as her brain, no longer cushioned by a healthy waterbed of fluid, sank in her skull. At a time in her life when she needed to be as clear-thinking as possible?as a writer, as a mother, as a woman attempting to strike out on her own after two decades of marriage?she was plagued by cognitive impairment and constant pain, trapped by her own brainall while mystifying doctors and pushing the limits of medical understanding. In this luminous and moving narrative, Andrea reveals the astonishing story of this tumultuous yearher fraught search for treatment; how patients, especially women, fight to be seen as reliable narrators of their own experiences; and how her life-altering recovery process affected both her and her family. The mind-brain connection is one of the greatest mysteries of the human condition. In some folklore, the cerebrospinal fluid around the brain is thought to be the place where consciousness actually begins. Here, in the pages ofThe Beginning of Everything, Andrea seeks to understand: Where was I when I wasnt there? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college and unsuccessful in his previous relationships, he'd been feeling troubled about his approaching fortieth birthday, a great beast of a birthday, as he sees it, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Julia Stilwell, a freshman trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy that has stripped her of her greatest talent, is flattered by Sam's attention. But their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia. Told in alternating points of view, The Preservationist is the riveting tale of Julia and Sam's relationship, which begins to unravel as the threat of violence approaches and Julia becomes less and less sure whom she can trust. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Life has been tough, lately, for Zara, a recently divorced country midwife. Now living with her grandmother, it is hardly the ideal situation in which to get her life back on track. And then one day, love walks in, in the form of an abandoned puppy. From the start, Zara feels in over her head: she knows nothing about dogs, and has been afraid of them for most of her life. Yet she quickly comes to adore her new friend, despite the fact that the puppy causes havoc wherever they go. She is grateful when a local shepherd, Lewis, offers to help train her. But Lewis has an ulterior motive for helping. And though Zara may be able to trust him with her naughty dog, can she trust him with her bruised heart? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In New York City, a young man is found murdered in a dingy Times Square sex theaterhis neck gruesomely snappedand the only clue is a torn receipt from the Montpelier School for Boys bookstore. Christmas break is just a couple of weeks away when Montpelier student Russell Phillips fetches up dead. Headmaster Lane, preferring to view Phillipss death as a suicide, decides to keep the school open for the remainder of the term. But as the nights grow longer and colderand more corpses begin to surface in connection with the rehearsals for Othello, the winter playit becomes all too clear that the students and faculty are being stalked by a cool and calculating killer. The local police and school administrators find themselves out of their depth. Even so, many peoples suspicions begin to focus on a single suspectuntil he, too, turns up dead. A gripping tour de force that brilliantly uses an isolated boarding school campus as the setting for this propulsive mystery, Passion Play will keep the reader guessing until the final act. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The mermaids scales were bronze, and they shimmered like hundreds of pennies arranged close together. Her immense blue-green eyes gave a look of fragility to her face, yet he found her eyes unsettling. She was leaning against a thirty-foot-long shark, which emerged from behind her and opened its mouth to reveal a great big cavern lined with hundreds of teetha black tunnel ready to swallow him. Coralline is a mermaid who is engaged to the merman of her dreams. But when an oil spill wreaks havoc on her idyllic village life, her little brother falls gravely ill. Desperate to save him, she embarks on a quest to find a legendary elixir made of starlight. Izar, a human man, is on the cusp of an invention that will enable him to mine the depths of the ocean. His discovery will soon make him the richest man on earthwhile threatening merpeople with extinction. But then, suddenly, Izar finds himself transformed into a merman and caught in a web of betrayal and intrigue. Meeting Coralline in the ocean, he decides to join her on her quest for the elixir, hoping it will turn him human again. The quest pushes Coralline and Izar together, even though their worlds are at odds. Their pasts threaten to tear them apart, while a growing attraction adds to the danger. Ultimately, each of them faces an impossible choice. Should Coralline leave her fiance for a man who might betray her? And Izar has a dark secret of his ownone that could cause him to lose Coralline forever. Magnificent and moving, set against a breathtaking ocean landscape,The Oyster Thiefis a richly imagined odyssey destined to become a classic. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 279 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. Owner's name and blind stamp on front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good condition in Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket encased in new Brodart protector. 144 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. New York, NY: Pegasus Books LLC, 2011. 8vo. Book Club editon #1369924. 2011. Viii + [392] pp. Printed black boards, bumped spine, small tear bottom of dust jacket. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Actual title is, "A Conflict of Loyalties". Various contributors, edgited by James Finn. Paperback edition from Pegasus publishing. This is a 1968 edition. The covers have moderate shelf wear, mild edgewear, contents are clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 488 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 243 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 226 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Light foxing to side fore-edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Pegasus Books Hardcover Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Usual Library Markings.