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Edgefield, South Carolina: Just Ducky Publishing, 2002. First Edition Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 147 Pages. Two inked lines Best A Field on title page. At last, a book designed for training the hunting spaniel! Spaniels differ in temperament from Labrador Retrievers and require gentler techniques to train them. Start your pup's hunting life off right with all the things your "Puppy Must" learn before six months of age. Learn how to get results training your spaniel for non-slip retriever work using common sense methods. Achieve amazing results with your pup through positive reinforcement and clicker training. Forget about time-lines and schedules. You and your puppy progress at your on rate. Find everything from puppy kindergarten to the conditioned retrieve to make your spaniel a reliable hunting companion and/or hunt test competitor. Features the Boykin Spaniel.

New York: Harper Voyager - An Imprint of HarperCollins, 2019. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6" x 9. 421 Pages. From the bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, a lush, dark, stand-alone fantasy built off the insurgent tradition of China Mieville and M. John Harrison's subversive tale that immerses us in a world where the extremes of bleakness and beauty exist together in dangerous harmony in a city on the edge of civility and chaos. The Great War is over. The city of Lower Proszawa celebrates the peace with a decadence and carefree spirit as intense as the war s horrifying despair. But this newfound hedonism drugs and sex and endless parties distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day. And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can't mask. Unlike others who live strictly for fun, Largo is an… Read More

New York: Harper Voyager - HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. First Harper Voyage Paperback . Trade Paperback. Good. 5" x 7. 391 Pages. There is a small remainder mark on the bottom page edges. Autographed by author on the title page. Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn't come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who s most recently met Death and death s killer a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood s power brokers. Stark's plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the… Read More

New York: Harper Voyager An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. First Harper Vouager 2019 . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 1/4. 351 Pages. Life and death takes on an entirely new meaning for half-angel, half-human hero James Stark, aka, Sandman Slim, in this insanely inventive, high-intensity tenth supernatural noir thriller in the New York Times bestselling series. James Stark is back from Hell, trailing more trouble in his wake. To return to L.A., he had to make a deal with the evil power brokers, Wormwood an arrangement that came with a catch. While he may be home, Stark isn t quite himself . . . because he s only partially alive. There s a time limit on his reanimated body, and unless Stark can find the people targeting Wormwood, he will die again and this time there will be no coming back. Even though he s armed with the Room of Thirteen Doors, Stark knows he can t find Wormwood s enemies alone. To succeed he s got to enlist the help of new friends plus a few unexpected old… Read More

New York: Harper Voyager An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. First Edition Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 1/4. 401 Pages. There is a remainder mark on the bottom page edges. Sandman Slim investigates Death's death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic. James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, he's come face to face with the one entity few care to meet: Death. Someone has tried to kill Death ripping the heart right out of him or rather the body he's inhabiting. Death needs Sandman Slim's help: he believes anyone who can beat Lucifer and the old gods at their own game is the only one who can solve his murder. Stark follows a sordid trail deep into LA's subterranean world, from vampire-infested nightclubs to talent agencies specializing in mad ghosts, from Weimar Republic mystical societies to sleazy supernatural underground fight and sex clubs. Along the… Read More

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. Elias, Monica - Cover. 281 Pges. This work is a transation of the German Der Prozess edited by Max Brod. This edition was specially created in 1991 by Quality Paperback Book Club by arrangement Pantheon books. Tight book with no marks or stamps and a flawless interior. This is one of the great novels of the 20th century and is the terrifying story of Joseph K., a respectable functionary in a bank who is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no information. This definitive edition includes Kafka's drawings and excerpts from his diaries during the peirod in which he wrote The Trial. About the book Albert Camus says 'here we are taken to the limits of human thought. Indeed, everything inn this work is, in the true sense, essential. It states the problem of the absurd in its entirety'. Contetns in Ten Chapters: The Arrest Conversation… Read More

Germany: Vitalis, 2014. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 5" x 8 1/2. Hruska, Karel. 99 Pages. Beautiful new gift quality condition. Blue silk bookmark. Cover image (top): A country doctor on his rounds prior to the First World War. Cover image (bottom): The Golden Lane about 1910. At Endpapers are copied from the original publication. the Prague Castle, in the Golden Lane, Franz Kafka wrote these short stories, which were published in his lifetime under the title A Country Doctor. In all of these stories, Kafka conjures up a partly irrational, partly unpredictable, and always frightening world that is difficult to escape. In one case, malfunctioning doctor's bell triggers a series of misfortunes and in another case, strange nomads appear against whom even the Emperor is powerless. Talking jackals over the indefinable Odradek lead the reader into the surreal. Is there a way out of the terror? The keeper of the Law provides an answer - It's possible, but not now. Contents in Fifteen… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Third Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/2" X 9 3/4. 1164 Pages Indexed. Maroon cloth with a blue cloth quarter spine with gold lettering. Top page edges are red. There are three stamps with the appearance of coded letters that may be part of the original print on the front endpaper. This tight square book is in incredibly good condition with interior text pages that are near flawless. Codebreaking is the most important form of secret intelligence in the world today (1968) and in this book the author relates its story fully and accurately. Mr. Kahn takes the reader behind the closed doors of history's "black chambers" and describes their workings. He tells how the secret activities of cryptanalysts have often determined the outcome of battles and diplomatic coups. He recounts the impact of the events that have molded modern cryptology, portrays the outstanding personalities of the science, and outlines the techniques - some… Read More

Washington D.C.: United States Deprtment of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service, 1987. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2. Hines, Bob - Illustrator. 394 Pages Indexed. Brown boards with impressed gold lettering to the spine and front cover. This book was published by Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service to celebrate The First 50 Years of Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (Pitman-Robertson) Act. Apparently a "Jim and Joyce" did a great bit of volunteer service to aid in the publication of this book and this book may have been presented to "Jim ad Joyce". The first three endpaper pages have 12 little short notes each one praising the work of "Jim and Joyce". The twelve people who signed their notes were Leroy, Carol, Terrie, Dennis, Bob Hines, Christine, Richard Aegan, Michael Bonel, Phil, Peg, and Ranger Bob. Ronald Reagan wrote a three page letter on White House stationary. Illustrated with color photography… Read More

Oxford, England: Oneworld Publications - A Oneworld Book, 2010. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. 336 Pages Indexed. Front cover bottom corner is slightly curled. No other defects noted and interior text pages near flawless. Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shariah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim Kamali discusses topics ranging from juristic disagreement to independent reasoning. Also broaching more advanced topics such as the principle of legality and the role and place of Shariah-oriented policy, Kamali controversially questions whether Islam is as much of a law-based religion as it has often been made out to be. Complete with a bibliography and glossary, and both a general index and an index of Arabic quotations, this wide-ranging exploration will prove an… Read More

Oxford, England: Oneworld Publications - A Oneworld Book, 2010. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. 336 Pages Indexed. Brand new condition book with interior text pages near flawless. Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shariah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim Kamali discusses topics ranging from juristic disagreement to independent reasoning. Also broaching more advanced topics such as the principle of legality and the role and place of Shariah-oriented policy, Kamali controversially questions whether Islam is as much of a law-based religion as it has often been made out to be. Complete with a bibliography and glossary, and both a general index and an index of Arabic quotations, this wide-ranging exploration will prove an indispensable resource for Islamic students… Read More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 10" x 10. Mizuno, Takaaki - Book and Cover Design. 118 Pages. Tight bright book with flawless interior text pages. This book is about the Japanese box lunch available at train stations that is fast food elevated to high culinary art and design. Each of the country's five thousand stations sells a unique box lunch that reflects the cooking of the region, served in an eye-catching container. These beautifully designed boxes are sometimes even shaped like masks, tennis rackets, nuts, golf balls, or other traditional or whimsical objects. More than twelve million are sold to hungry travelers and commuters in Japan each day. Ekiben: The Art of the Japanese Box Lunch is a lavishly illustrated survey of the ekiben tradition, featuring over 150 vivid, full-color photographs of lunches in their containers, each accompanied by its name, the train station where it is sold, and notes on special design and culinary… Read More

New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. - A Subsidiary of Plenum Publishing Coreporation, 1981. Reprint Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 242 Pages Indexed. This De Capo Press paperback edition of Jazz and My Life In Jazz is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1965. Although born and raised in Massachusetts, trumpeter Max Kaminsky made his big splash in Chicago in the late 20s, and later New York, with such luminaries as Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, and Jimmy McPartland. In this book Kaminsky provides priceless recollections of these and other colleagues like Bix Beiderbecke ("I love the way he plays, but I can't stand the way he lives."); Pee Wee Russell (."..a shy, mournful-looking man, suffering the tortures of the extremely sensitive..."); Tommy Dorsey ("Working with (him) was like cooking on a hot stove that might explode at any moment..."); Billie Holiday (."..her haughtiness hid a shyness so… Read More

St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, 1976. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 7" x 9 3/4. 192 Pages. January 1976 Supplement to Fourth Editions. Brown and tan stiff covers. Tight square little read book. A few pages have some marginal notes and underlining. This supplement contains allrelevant United States Supreme Court cases and a goodly number of significant lower court decisions handed down since the early spring of 1974, the cut-off date for the principal books. It also includes some earlier decided cases which took on added significance in light of recent developments. Continuing the approach taken in the principal books the case materials with substantial extracts have been enriched from various illuminating and stimulating commentaries and memoranda which have recently appeared.

New York: Puffin Books - An Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015. 19th Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5" x 8. Hymas, Anna - Illustrations. 293 Pages. Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's… Read More

Penguin Books, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 407 pages, indexed,

Charlottesville, Virginia: Just World Books - An Imprint of Just World Publishing, LLC., 2015. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. Ghazzawi, Diana - Cover Design. 253 Pages. With these short stories, Hatim Kanaaneh explores the changing, precarious, and ever-shrinking world of Palestinians living in Israel. As his village's first Western-trained physician, Kanaaneh had intimate access to his neighbor's lives, and he chronicles them here in a fictionalized collection of vignettes. His cunningly crafted stories reveal the struggles, triumphs, memories, and hopes of the indigenous Palestinian community living in a state that neither acknowledges their past nor supports their future. Following a diagnostic scheme used by physicians worldwide, each story is titled with the "chief complaint" of its protagonist. Taken together, the stories poignantly convey the indigenous Palestinian community's foundational chief complaint: its conflicted relationship with the… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill - Medical Publishing Division, 2004. Fifth Edition - Second Pringting . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 532 Pages Indexed. Remainder mark on bottom page edges and minor wear to front cover edges. No other defects noted and text pages are flawless.The superb writing, a clear focus on the clinical issues, presentation of complex issues clearly and succinctly arew just a few of the reasons why this book is a favorite resource among health professionals caring for older patients. The practical, problem-oriented approach guides you systematically through the clinical implications of aging, and reviews evaluation, diagnosis, and management of clinical problems encountered in daily practice. Much has been added to this edition to keep you on the cutting edge of clinical geriatrics, including: A brand new chapter on preventive care in clinical geriatrics Expanded coverage of preoperative evaluation, cancer management, and end-of-life issues Updated content on genetic aspects… Read More

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University - Media Servies, 1980. Hard Back. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4. Turner, Scott D. - Photographer Editor. 400 Pages with Subject and Names Indexes. No defects. Interior pages are flawless. Press run 5,500 copies. Covers are 160 points binders board with a one-piece wrap-around base material of Ultramarine Blue. Silver stamped embossed lettering. Silver metal applique was used on the theme emblem. Contents in Ten Parts: Photograffiti, Mormonrandom, Features, Sports, Events, Student Involvement, Student Life, Shoot Yourself, Retrospect, and Classifieds. Plus Photo Identifications, Specifications and Credits, and Reflections on a Yearbook - Banyan Sine 1910.

New York, NY: DC Comics, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 552 pages. Clean book with a square tight binding. Page edges have some age tanning and very minor wear tear on the covers. "Famed German fighter pilot Hans von Hammer has learned his lesson all too well, in countless battles high above the blasted fields of World War I Europe. Feared by his own men almost as much as he is hated by the Allies, Rittmeister von Hammer wages a lonely war from the cockpit of his crimson Fokker triplane, struggling to fight with honor amid the savagery of modern combat. But honor can be an expensive luxury in the unforgiving skies where the slightest mistake can bring a swift and merciless death-- a fate that will, inevitably, claim even the Hammer of Hell himself!