Recent Arrivals from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Nan A. Talese, 2019. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. MACHINES LIKE ME takes place in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes… Read more

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A: Algonquin Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When Mrs. Sorensen's husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in "Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch." In "Open the Door and the Light Pours Through," a young man wrestles with grief and… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Names? You want names? No one knows better ones than John Kenneth Galbraith," says the San Diego Union-Tribune. Name-Dropping covers the long and remarkable career of this economist and former ambassador, charting sixty-five years of… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mitch Rapp is used to winning. But now the CIA operative finds himself chasing false leads from continent to continent in an effort to keep nukes from falling into the hands of terrorists. Together… Read more

New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Penguin Group USA Inc., 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author ("best wishes" and signature only) on ffep, Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Grand Central Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the inspirational story of Lisa Jura's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura has a… Read more

Mannheim Steamroller Boos, 2004. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, in as new, mylar-protected dust cover. Includes new, unopened CD. {Not remaindere-mared or price-clipped} BUND

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Simon & Schuster , 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. CIA operative Mitch Rapp. Rapp is bruised and battered after his time in the Near East but, however high the odds seem to be stacked against him, he always returns ready to risk evTHE… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. Author of the graphic novels ,CAIRO, named a Best Graphic Novel of the Year by Publisher's Weekly and Comics Worth Reading; AIR, nominated for an Eisner Award, and VIXEN, winner of the Glyph Comics Fan Award for Best Com,ic. Her most recent… Read more

London, U.K.: Titan Books, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. If the wind calls at night, you must not . ten. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A., Knopf, Inc., 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. HOURGLASS is an inquiry into how marriage is transformed by time--abraded, strengthened, shaped in miraculous and sometimes terrifying ways by accident and experience. With courage and relentless honesty, Dani Shapiro opens the door… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Simon & Schuster, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. THE JEALOUS KIND is an atmospheric, coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korea War rages. On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Penguin Press, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world - the super Walmarts… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : St. Martin's Press, 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. On every page Lodato's prose sings with a robust, openhearted wit, making EDGAR AND LUCY a delight to read...Lodato keeps us in his thrall because his grip on the tiller stays reassuringly firm. Not to… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Canongate Books, 2010. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the… Read more

Belknap Press, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WORLD WITHOUT APES demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes€”chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans€”threatens to become a… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Little, Brown and Company, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rick Moody'ssecond story collection digs deep into American society and reveals the loss of connection that lurks under the surface. Cast in many forms - domestic comedy, pseudofairy-tale, philosophical argument - these stories… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When a Category 5 tornado ravaged Mercy, Oklahoma, no family in the small town lost more than the McClouds. Their home and farm were instantly demolished, and orphaned siblings Darlene, Jane, and Cora made media headlines. This… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Riverhead Books, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories - equal parts wholesome and uncanny - beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in… Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Doubleday, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In LONE STAR NATION, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic spirit to a pivotal chapter in American history. From Stephen Austin, Texas's reluctant founder, to the alcoholic… Read more