Search Results: Literature/Fiction from Mistymornin Books

Henry Holt and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1953. Hard Cover. 13 oz.; 219 pages; VG- HC no DJ maybe BCE? 1 cover scuff light shelf wear o/w unmarked aged. A WARM, BELIEVABLE STORY ABOUT A HAPPY FAMILY, 311 CONGRESS COURT CONTAINS THE RICH ESSENCE OF AMERICAN LIFE. THE HERO OF THIS BOOK IS A HOME AN OLD, RAMBLING HOUSE THAT HAS HARBORED THE LOVE, TROUBLE, AND JOY OF THE WEBBER FAMILY FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. THE STORY BEGINS ONE JULY DAY WHEN THE WEBBERS ARE INFORMED THEY MUST VACATE 311. HOW THE FAMILY REACTS TO THIS CRISIS AND HOW THEY EVENTUALLY SURMOUNT IT, FORMS THE EXCITING HEART OF A NOVEL THAT IS WHOLLY ENTERTAINING AND DELIGHTFUL FOR ITS CANDOR. .

MacMillan Audio. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2011. Audio Book. 142721235X . CD; 11 oz.; Good+ ex library Unabridged 6 CDs in hard case all in good clean condition. Everyone wins this game of literary tennis, a comedy of manners about envy in which Wickham skewers the nouveau riche. At their country estate, Patrick Chance and his wife host a weekend tennis party. As four couples gather on the sunny terrace, it seems obvious who among them is succeeding, and who is falling behind. But by the end of the party, nothing will be quite as certain. While the couples' children amuse themselves with pony rides and rehearsals for a play, the adults suffer a series of personal revelations and crises. Wickham's nonstop action reveals at every turn that matters may not be as they seem, and in the end one thing is crystal clear: the weekend is about anything but tennis. .

Gryphon House. Good+. 1994. Paperback. 0876591675 . 29 oz.; 255 pages; Pb good+ some shelf wear/soiling owner's name written front cover o/w nice clean/tight condition. The much awaited sequel to the very popular Story Stretchers for the Primary Grades. 450 complete teaching plans are based on stories in 90 more well-loved children's books. Organized into 18 thematic units, this book also includes Author Studies on Eloise Greenfield and Bill Peet. .

Simon & Schuster. Good in Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0671602497 . Ex-Library; 18 oz.; 254 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ library markings o/w good clean/tight condition. Doug Gardner, a sports columnist facing his fiftieth birthday, tries to find out who he is and what he should be as he searches for a younger woman. .

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hard Cover. Ex-Library; 20 oz.; 313 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ Aged edges bumped library markings good clean/tight reading copy. A strange reunion takes place one night in an old brownstone at 52 West 52nd street in Manhattan. The people gathered there have come to pay homage to the old woman who was once their mentor and protector. This, however, is a surface reason. Basically, the reunion is for each of them a journey into self, the hidden, lost self that has nearly disappeared during their flight into fame .

Hamish Hamilton. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 53 oz.; 404 pages; Good+ ex library HC no DJ w/minimum library stamps aged smudge front cover o/w nice clean/tight condition. Full of rip-roaring exploits, witty satire, and nimble humor, this classic work of fiction, first published in 1824, launches readers along on the rags-to-riches escapades of Hajji Baba, the lazy son of a barber, as he seeks his fortune... But only if it doesn't demand too much work of him. .

Doubleday & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 22 oz.; 390 pages; 1st ED ex library HC no DJ w/library markings, tape tabs and spine lean clean/solid reading copy only. More details/pics upon request .

Simon & Schuster Audio. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. Audio Book. 0743524829 . The Ferret Chronicles; Audio Tape; 6 oz.; Factory sealed as new remainder marked unabridged 2 cassettes 2.5 hrs. This is Stormy Ferret's story. Cargo pilot, captain of an Air Ferrets SkyFreighter, she earned her name by delivering her freight on time through every weather the night could set against her. Her destiny, she thought, was her dependability. That was true until, on a run south from Seattle to Salinas, she plunges into supernatural tempest like nothing she has ever known. .

Washington Square Press. Very Good+. 2003. Paperback. 0743422392 . Remainder; 13 oz.; 213 pages; New PB w/factory imperfection back cover last few pages. A spellbinding new novel about a young African-American professor in search of a broader world .

Riverhead Books. Very Good. 2005. First Trade Edition. Paperback. 1594480702 . 13 oz.; 369 pages; PB 1 spine crease very light reading/shelf wear 1st Trade PB Printing. Set on affluent Long Island, Aloft follows the life of a suburban, upper-middle-class man during a time of family crisis. Jerry Battle's favorite diversion is to fly his small plane over the neighboring towns and villages. When his daughter and her fiancé arrive from Oregon to announce their marriage plans, he looks back on his life and faces his disengagement with it-his urge to fly solo-and the people he loves .

Harperaudio. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. Audio Book. 0061236322 . CD; 9 oz.; New Factory Sealed w/remainder scuff back of box Unabridged Audio Book 6 hrs 5 CDs. Emily has a tendency to live with one foot out the door. For her, the best thing about a family crisis is the excuse to cut and run. When her mother dramatically announces they've found a lump, Emily gladly takes a rain check on life to be by her mother's side, leaving behind her career, her boyfriend, and those pesky, unanswerable questions about who she is and what she's doing with her life. But Emily realizes that she hasn't run fast or far enough. One evening, Emily opens the door, quite literally, to find her past staring her in the face. How do you forge a relationship with the father who left when you were five years old? As Emily attempts to find balance on the emotional seesaw of her life, she takes a no-risk job as a receptionist at her father's law firm and slowly gets to know the man she once… Read More

G K Hall & Co. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1995. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. 0783812191 . Ex-Library; 50 oz.; 958 pages; Ex library HC in protected DJ Good+ Large Print library markings o/w only very light wear. Bishop Charles Ashworth finds his faith and morality shaken by his grief over the death of his wife and embarks on a spiritual quest in search of the absolute truths that have shaped his life. .

Bantam. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0553070347 . 35 oz.; 529 pages; Vg- HC w/DJ name inside front cover o/w book very clean/tight DJ some damage. They met as children, innocents from two different worlds. And from that moment their lives were fated to be forever entwined. Timothy : Abandoned at birth, he finds a home--and a dazzling career--within the Catholic Church. But the vows he takes cannot protect him from one soul-igniting passion. Daniel : The scholarly son of a great rabbi, he is destined to follow in his father's footsteps. And destined to break his father's heart. Deborah : She was raised to be docile and dutiful--the perfect rabbi's wife--but love will lead her to rebellion. And into world's the patriarch would never dare imagine. .

St. Martin. Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. The Saga of Grandmother Waterbury; Ex-Library; 15 oz.; 186 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ library markings good clean/tight reading copy. "In her middle years my grandmother achieved her greatest ambition. She became a widow. To her mind it was the most enviable position a New England lady could possibly attain. She had long looked forward to it." .

Mason/Charter. Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0884050998 . Ex-Library; 16 oz.; 187 pages; Ex library HC in protected DJ library markings o/w good clean/tight reading copy. This is an enchanting tale of bygone England-the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, when romance and intrigue were at their most exciting peaks. .

Reader's Digest. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0895772175 . 24 oz.; 223 pages; Good+ HC no DJ spine lean light cover wear nice clean/tight condition. The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. .

Aerie Books. Very Good+. 1988. Paperback. 7 oz.; 235 pages; Unread/Unmarked VG+ PB light shelf wear/aging. .

E P Dutton. Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0841502528 . Ex-Library; 41 oz.; 565 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ 1st end page removed library markings o/w good clean/tight condition. The chief justice of the Supreme Court is shot down in full view of millions of television views. His killer, a deputy sheriff in a midwestern city, shot for no apparent reason. And, while the assassin is a nonentity, the criminal trial that follows attracts big-very big-attention. .

Wheeler Pub Inc. Good+ with no dust jacket. 2006. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. 1597223751 . Ex-Library; 22 oz.; 450 pages; Ex library Large Print HC no DJ Good+ feels unread library markings o/w nice clean/tight/bright condition. Alice McDermott's powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Witty, compassionate, and wry, it captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of those decades through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the changing worlds in which they live. .

Random House Audio. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2012. Audio Book. 0307970698 . CD; 13 oz.; Good+ Ex Library Unabridged 7 CDs hard case all nice clean condition. With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world. .