Search Results: Authors starting with A from Nostalgic Books & Elements

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE
"Never married, living with an Iraqi-immigrant uncle and devoted dog, and working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, thirty-nine-year-old Sirine finds her life turned upside down by a handsome Arabic literature professor who not awakens unexpected feelings but also stirs up memories of her parents and questions about her Arab-American identity. By the author of Arabian Jazz." - Bookfinder

1970 FIRST EDITION 33 1/3 RECORD INSIDE
"This book contains eight scripts of those classic dialogues - along with a small record to show what they really sounded like - culled "at ransom" by Mr. Ace with an unsolicited assist by his wife..."
Book: clean and unmarked
DJ: edgewear - in protective sleeve
Record: inside front cover

2002 - FIRST EDITION ("1" present) - book & dj: near fine (like new) condition "The publication of Notes to My Biographer, in Zoetrope: All-Story magazine introduced readers to the remarkable voice of Adam Haslett. Nominated as part of a National Magazine Award, broadcast on National Public Radio, performed at venues across the country, the story brought the author widespread recognition.Now, in his first book, Adam Haslett gives us nine richly varied stories, each suffused with intense emotion and written in a lyric prose alternatively lush and spare. You Are Not a Stranger Here carries its readers into the hearts and minds of people facing lifes most profound dilemmas. We meet an aging inventor still burning with ideas as he makes a final visit to his gay son. A psychiatrists encounter with a reluctant patient reveals a young doctors own needs and fears. An orphaned boy finds solace in a classmates violence. The return of an old lover disturbs the peace between a brother and sister who have lived… Read More

Agatha Christie paperback
3 author solutions - Christie, Sayers, and Chesterton

100th Anniversary Edition "Unfortunately, Hercule Poirot receives a request for his help from Emily Arundell after she had already passed away, and he suspects greedy family members might be involved when he finds out that she revised her will right before her untimely death." - Bookfinder

"Even the unflappable Hercule Poirot is taken aback by the trail of murders perpetrated by a criminal conspiracy led by a brilliant Chinese man, an American millionaire, a French woman scientist, and a master of disguise." - Bookfinder

"A classic mystery by the all-time most popular writer in the mystery genre follows the unfailingly wry detective Hercule Poirot into a labyrinth of murder and intrigue in the Middle East. Reissue." - bookfinder

"Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea -- and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after. Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals' warnings: 'There's no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy's Acre.' Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying 'In my end is my beginning!'" - bookfinder

"They all came together in the old mansion on a dark winter night...the brilliant Scotland Yard detective...the honored old clergyman...the dazzling woman artist...the celebrated lawyer...the handsome young writer...all famous in their own ways, all haunted in their own ways. But there was another guest at the feast. Its name was Death, and is icy fingers reached out to touch the lives of everyone present-and only the remarkable Miss marple had a chance of breaeking its deadly hold before it was too late." - Bookfinder

"Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Miss Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme" - bookfinder

Vintage Agatha Christie paperback Dell 5860 (45 c)
Original title: Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

"A young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station, and finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa! Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her -- and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: '17-122 Kilmorden Castle'?" - Bookfinder

"The beautiful woman who once belonged to a ring of international jewel thieves makes known to her former associates the location of certain gems, thereby triggering a number of people to recover them at any cost" - bookfinder

"A spellbinding collection of short stories features three of Christie's top sleuths, Harley Quin, Mr. Parker Pyne, and Hercule Poirot, and includes "The Love Detectives," a tale about a murder in a library with not one, but two, confessed killers" - bookfinder

A twisted Cinderella story from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Ann Aguirre Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband's shadow. He controls her every move―what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she's allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are...consequences. And he has all the power. To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she's allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script. Praise: "The Third Mrs. Durst is a slow, dark burn that leads to a fantastic explosion of an ending."―Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Doe

Qty 2 books Perfect and Flawed "In Perfect, Cecelia Ahern's thrilling sequel to Flawed, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her own life to save all Flawed people."

1973 - stated First Printing - not ex-lib. - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - moderate edgewear on the boards - light scratch over 69 cent price upper right hand corner

"The Place of the Skull is Golgotha, a surprising point of reference for a Soviet author. But for Chingiz Aitmatov there is no other remaining sanction against the world-wide rape of earth, sky and ocean by a technology gone mad. It is a novel on an epic scale, profoundly Russian, vivid and deeply moving." - Arthur Miller front flap

1996 FIRST EDITION This is a comprehensive and entertaining assessment that chronicles the screenwriter with detailed analyses of all films and interviews with many of the stars and directors.
Featuring stills, posters, photos; film list & index at back. edited by Nicky Hodge. book design by David Fudger w/ cover art by Daniel Kleinman.

"Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster traveling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it is, the following week her choice proves more enjoyable and awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her public duties begin to suffer."