Recent Arrivals from Books of the World
Recent Arrivals from Books of the World

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- December 2011
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143120328
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$14.95
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New York: Penguin, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight with a light crease. Covers clean with reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 592 pages.
The definitive biography of Malcolm X, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95

Iliad and the Odyssey
by Homer; Michael Dirda (intro); Samuel Butler (preface)
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1435152999
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$13.95
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New York: Fall River Press, 2014. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 731 pages.
Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honor, and revenge are filled with magic, mystery, and an assortment of gods… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.95

Barron's AP Calculus Flash Cards, 2nd Edition
by David Bock
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Cards
- ISBN 10
- 143807400X
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$21.95
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Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, February 2014. Near Fine. Flash cards As New. Corner wear to box. Not from a library. Item Price
$21.95

Ngorongoro Conservation Area: A Kibuyu Guidebook
by Jeannette Hanby; David Bygott
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Staple-Bound Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$16.95
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Karatu, Tanzania: Kibuyu Partners, 1996. Staple-Bound Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Securely bound by two clean staples. Covers clean with rubbing at spine. Not from a library. 84 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings and maps.
This guidebook describes the whole of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Separate chapters give general information on the NCA, its geology and history, all its major… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.95

Chocolate: A Global History (Edible)
by Sarah Moss; Alexander Badenoch
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- September 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1861895240
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$16.95
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London: Reaktion Books, September 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 136 pages.
The authors recount the history of chocolate, which from ancient times has been associated with sexuality, sin, blood, and sacrifice. The… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.95

The Congo Cables : The Cold War in Africa--From Eisenhower to Kennedy
by Madeleine G. Kalb
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- May 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0025606204
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$116.50
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New York: Macmillan, May 1982. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. First printing review copy laid-in with publisher's press release. Appears unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 466 pages.
Examines how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations manipulated the 1960-1963 Congo crises and… Read more about this item Item Price
$116.50

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Three by Graham Greene : This Gun for Hire, The Confidential Agent, The Ministry of Fear (Viking Compass)
by Graham Greene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- April 1968
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$74.95
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RARE! New York: Viking Press, 1968. Trade Paperback. Viking Compass Book, C221; Second Printing, April 1968. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean with reading and shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. vi + 160 + 170 + 175 pages. Rare copy of the 1968 (25th anniversary) paperback edition of Greene's finest… Read more about this item Item Price
$74.95

Corentyne Thunder (Caribbean Writers Series, 2)
by Edgar Mittelholzer; Louis James (intro)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0435985930
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$29.95
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London: Heinemann, 1970. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior unmarked, but slightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 230 pages.
First published in 1941, this vivid and poetic family saga was the first modern novel to focus on the lives of immigrants from India in the British Caribbean colonies. Set… Read more about this item Item Price
$29.95

The Ventriloquist's Tale
by Pauline Melville
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- April 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0747531501
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$19.95
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London: Bloomsbury, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine and bound-in black ribbon bookmark. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight reading wear to edges and corners. No tears. Not from a library.… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.95

A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire, 4)
by George R. R. Martin
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 055358202X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$8.95
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New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Mass Market Paperback. Later Printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, with light creases. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to bottom corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 1061 pages.
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.95

Shape-Shifter : Stories
by Pauline Melville
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- September 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679404384
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$13.95
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New York: Pantheon, September 1991. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Dust stains to top edge, otherwise As New. Unread. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 164 pages. Winner of the Guardian Prize, the Guyana Prize, and the Macmillan Silver Pen Award.
In this startling debut collection hard-luck Londoners and Caribs… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.95

Kaywana Stock (Kaywana, 3)
by Edgar Mittelholzer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0586064931
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$27.95
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Rare! London: Collier / Grafton Books, February 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. No ownership markings. Text clean. Spine creased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 304 pages.
Originally published in 1954 under the title The Harrowing of Hubertus. Featuring quick-to-strip heroines, magic, and insanity on a colonial British Guiana sugar plantation. Item Price
$27.95

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Shadows Move Among Them
by Edgar Mittelholzer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$34.95
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Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1951. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Blue and red cloth over boards with black decoration on front cover and black lettering to spine. Top edge died red. Very Good+ book in a Very Good jacket. Old price penciled to FFEP, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean with… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95

The Migration of Ghosts
by Pauline Melville
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 158234020X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$16.45
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New York: Bloomsbury, April 1999. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Bound-in ribbon bookmark. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright with slight shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 224 pages.
Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's second short story collection.… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.45

Between Democracy and Terror : The Sierra Leone Civil War
by Ibrahim Abdullah
- Condition
- As New
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 2869781237
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$100.00
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Dakar: Codesria, 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not damaged. x + 263 pages Item Price
$100.00

Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos
by Christopher Kremmer
- Condition
- As New
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0824820215
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$116.00
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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 213 pages. Item Price
$116.00

Slash and Burn (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery, 8)
by Colin Cotterill
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- December 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1616951168
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$13.85
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New York: Soho, December 2011. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder mark. Not clipped.
Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he's tired… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.85

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery, 9)
by Colin Cotterill
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1616952067
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$16.95
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New York: Soho, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Light stain to top edge. Spine straight and very tight. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder mark. Not clipped. Item Price
$16.95

I Shot the Buddha ( Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery, 11)
by Colin Cotterill
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- August 2016
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1616957220
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$15.95
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New York: Soho, August 2016. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Red remainder dot to bottom edge. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket has scratches to rear panel, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. Not clipped.
Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife,… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.95

Black Man's Grave: Letters from Sierra Leone
by Gary Stewart
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Trade Paperbac
- ISBN 10
- 0979080827
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$24.95
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Berkeley Springs, West Virg: Cold Run Books. Trade Paperbac. 2007. First Edition. As New. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia: Cold Run Books, February 2007. Trade Paper back. First Edition (stated). As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a l ibrary. No remainder mark. 223 pages: ill., map. An account of the tragic revolution in Sierra Leone from 1991… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.95