Search Results: Authors starting with M from Trolls Treasure

Signet, 1991. Paperback. Very Good +. Beautiful Miss Claire Yelland was most accomplished at the art of imposture. She played an actress named Clairisse Deschamps so well that all London thought her a light-skirted lady of the stage, and rich rakes swarmed after her. But now she had a far more demanding role. The handsome, heartless Sir Egon Hollister offered a sum she could not refuse to act as his wife. To fool his sharp-eyed grandmother was hard enough. To convince Sir Egon that his charm left her unmoved was even harder. Forced to feign love in public and indifference in private, Claire strained to listen to the prompting of prudence and ignore the urgings of her heart... Book is in very good condition with mild edge wear. Upper front corner has a crease. The pages are starting to tan.

New York: HarperResource, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket are fine with slight edge wear.

Touchstone, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Every Friday for seven years, David Margolick has examined the American fascination with the culture of law and lawyering in his New York Times column, "At the Bar." Here are the best of his observations on the lawyer's trade -- from its noblest moments to its greatest blunders. From profiles of distinguished or notorious legal professionals to provocative explorations of legal ethics and observations on the changing legal profession, this collection is an entertaining must-read for anyone interested in the folkways of modern American law, put forth with wit, rigor, and insight by one of the nation's foremost legal commentators. -- from the back cover of the book. Book is near fine, minor edge wear, front lower corner lightly creased.

New York: Tor Books, 2007. First Mass Market Edition. Mass Market Paper. Very Good. An uproarious new novel in the tradition of Robert Asprin and Terry Pratchett!For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dumping ground--a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances. That's where Ned's rather unique talents come in. As Ogre Company's newly appointed commander, Ned finds himself in charge of such fine examples of military prowess as a moonstruck Amazon, a very big (and very polite) two-headed ogre, a seductively scaly siren, a blind oracle who can hear (and smell) the future, a suicidal goblin daredevil pilot, a walking tree with a chip on its shoulder, and a suspiciously goblinesque orc. Ned has only six months… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Book is fine, minor edge wear. Jacket is near fine, with bumped edges and corners and rubbed stress points. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

Connecticut: Xerox Family Education Services, 1974. Hardcover. Good. Unpaginated in illustrated boards. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. "Horrified at the prospect of the lion's moving to their part of the jungle, the animals set about building him a bed--but not to sleep in." Book is in good condition, slightly tanned page edges and bumped corners. Pencil doodling on end papers -- now erased.

Key West, FL: Cayo Publishing, 2004. First printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Book is fine with little edge wear.

Daimon, 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Tenth International Congress of Analytical Psychology was held in Berlin, 2-9 September 1986. Its theme, "The Archetype of Shadow in a Split World", was the focus of 25 major papers, with prepared responses to 14 of them. Congress participants were s Book is in very good condition with moderate edge wear, bumped and rubbed corners and spine, especially back lower spine corner which is worn through to paper. Cover has surface smudging and scuff marks. First third of the book's upper corner has a light bend. The inside covers are toning and the page block has mild foxing. Interior pages are clean, no underlining.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1971. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/fair. Black and white photographs and Bill Maudlin's black & white illustrations.  "This book can serve a multitude of uses to a multitude of readers: A "sort of" history of WWII; the story of how a young man from humble and poor beginings won a pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning, how an aspiring cartoonist gained national recognition and how other aspiring cartoonists may go about becoming recognized themselves. Highly entertaining with one of the most humorous and climactic endings I have ever had the pleasure to read." - review by B Seymour"If you want a worms eye view of the grim reality of the WWII Italian campaign then here you go. Bill Mauldin is one of my all time favorite Writers and more importantly Cartoonist. This gritty, humorous book about one of Americas toughest campaigns is one of the best books I have ever read. His story about Patton is worth the price… Read More

Osprey Publishing, 1998. Later printing. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 48 pages with color illustrations as well as black & white photographs and illustrations showing the uniforms and equipment as well as giving the history and organization of the British Army in North America between 1775 and 1783. Book is in very good condition with minor edge wear, bumped at the corners, lower back corner tip worn. There are two mild bends on the front cover, but no creasing, and some surface smudging. There is a private inscription on the inside front cover. The pitcure is a scan of the actual book.

New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Paperback. From the cover of the book -- Up and up the wind drew him. Haoyou looked about him and saw the wholeworld beneath him. And it was his. The Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers Haoyou the amazing chance to escape his family's poverty -- by becoming a kite rider. Strapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky, earning money, freedom, and unexpected fame. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan himself. From Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean comes a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic world of thirteenth-century China. About the Author - "It's 30 years now since I first got published, and 50 since I found out how writing let me step outside my little, everyday world and go wherever I chose - way back in Time, to far distant shores, towards my… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 149 p. Black & white photographs by Robert Crow. Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school’s headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man “at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities.” More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America.… Read More

Andrews Mcmeel Publishing, 1997. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8.5 x10.5 inches. Book is near fine, very little wear, but there is a mild bend in the book near the spine. (Perhaps from someone rolling the book).

Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Book is in very good condition with moderate edge wear, rubbed and bumped at edges and corners. Some age discoloration to spine and back cover.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1993. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. While baseball is our national game, soccer is the international game of choice, and climaxes every four years in the World Cup, watched on TV by an estimated billion fans. Merrill, a poet, an editor and a former amateur soccer player who demonstrates an expert's knowledge of the sport, went to Italy for the 1990 World Cup, won by then-West Germany, and here captures the frenzied dedication of the spectators whose teams were in contention, the wild elation when their nations won and the despair when they lost. He also analyzes the style of play of many teams, which he views as reflective of their national character, some conservative and defense-oriented, others aggressive yet almost balletic. The book may have been written as advance publicity for the 1994 World Cup, which will be held in the U.S. for the first time, but it will probably be appreciated only by those already familiar with the nuances of the sport." --… Read More

Koln: Taschen, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Heavy book. 600 p With English, German, French captions. A Thousand Hounds "brings together almost 500 photographs of or about dogs, many of which have rarely been seen. Spanning over 150 years, this book chronicles the life and times of man and dog." This is an incredible book. There are photos on the front in WW I and WW II showing soldiers with dogs; shots during the Great Depression; taken in the Antarctic with the Shackleton expedition; celebrities and their dogs...and many, many more. Very likely, the majority of the photographs have never been seen by the public. An amazing collection. Book is in good condition. Sunning to cover, minor surface rubbing and edgewear, a small scratch on back cover along with a small spot where rubbed through to board (size of pencil eraser). The big flaw is the front cover's upper corner. It looks to have been 'chewed" with the tip missing and the end ragged and showing the board (missing… Read More

Laguna Hills, CA: Walter Foster Publishing, 1991. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Book is near fine with light edgewear and some tiny smudges on back cover. Book doesn't appear to have ever been read, pages are clean, bright and binding is tight.

Signet, 2010. Paperback. Fine. A crisis sends Juneclaire Beaumont on a difficult journey to London, forcing her one night to take shelter in a stable with the rakish Earl of St. Cloud. Though he behaves as a gentleman, the ton would never believe him to act the nobleman for a moment, let alone a whole night. When Juneclaire slips out of town, the earl sets out to prove them wrong, spending the twelve days of Christmas on an all-or-nothing ride to find her. Nook is in fine condtion with a little edge wear and some minor rubbing along top edge.

Sarasota, FL: Questmark, 2008. Paperback. Very Good +. When New York editor, Cassandra Kelly, takes a break from her tour group in the Tower of London and slips down a forbidden staircase, she finds herself thrown back through time to Regency England and into the path of Marcus Pendleton. Book is in very good condition with minor edge wear, mostly to the tips of the corners, a little bumped.

Dafina Books, 2005. ADVANCE BOUND GALLEY. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Very Good +. Monroe has written another page-turner about human frailties. Trudy Bell's whole life has been low income, depressing, and unsatisfying. When a thug robbing her father's liquor store victimizes her, she decides not to return there. From her ailing father to her steady boyfriend, her life is missing quality things: passion and hope. Looking to start a new chapter in her life, she lands a job at the Bon Voyage Travel Agency. What she does not bargain for or understand is the conflict between her and the only other black woman at the agency, Ann Oliver. Ann's inconsistent behavior infuriates Trudy enough to seek revenge, yet Trudy covets Ann's glamorous life of fine clothes, world travel, and enamored men. Her emotional struggle sets her on a self--destructive path that becomes increasingly difficult to control. Trudy learns of Ann's deceptions only when she has to face the music of her own misdeeds. It takes another… Read More