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

1965 - Book Club Edition - "...five years o the Tonight Show and past three years on his own Jack Paar Show on NBC-TV. This is the private Paar, a sensitive, adventurous, courageous man who relates his funny, touching, sometimes dangerous experiences with the ability to laugh at almost anything, including himself." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - pages have toned from age - some staining top of spine - dj: very good - white toned from age - tears/chipping repaired with archival tape - top of dj spine has a notable piece missing 1 1/2" x 1/2" - dj in protective mylar sleeve

1955 - No. 277 of the Danny Orlis Series - Christian literature - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - no folded page corners - some rubbing to cover on the bottom middle1956 - No. 312 of the Danny Orlis Series - Christian literature - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - bottom right corner bumped - cover opens to show 2 staples1956 - No. 291 of the Danny Orlis Series - Christian literature - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - no folded page corners - cover has sticker damage over the "Dan" of Danny

"When Tamara Britton agrees to temporarily take in fourteen-year-old foster child Sienna Larson, she at first finds the girl more than she can handle, until she learns to open her heart as well as her home." -bookfinder

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE FIRST EDITION (1968)
Autobiography by the widow of the famous explorer, Marco Polo. From a review: This is a true story about a young bride and her one-year round-the-world tour with her professor husband. Her beautiful descriptions of the places they visit make you feel like you get a glimpse back in time.
Book clean and unmarked
DJ - bright colors still vibrant - chips to edges with some scuffing

Edited by Ed Bartholomew

SIGNED FIRST EDITION A British immigrant to the United States is hired to serve as a confidential agent to Union General George McClellan and quickly finds himself investigating the death of a Union officer while the Civil War rages all around him.

2022 - Emotions rule us all—and turn two women's lives into a ride they can barely control—in this "hugely entertaining, riveting page-turner" (Louise Penny) following the complicated relationship between mother and daughter as they face off in the Olympics.
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another.
Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics.
Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world.
Coronado is Maggie's horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood.
Sky is Becky's horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood.
Only James Patterson could bring you such breakneck speed, hair-raising thrills and spills.
Only hall of fame sportswriter Mike Lupica could make it all so real.
Book very good+ clean and unmarked accept for prior owner initials on the FFEP

Join the Claus family as they bring Christmas magic back to the North Pole in James Patterson's uplifting story of holiday cheer.When Warrie Ransom, the Big Boss of the Exmas Express Company, decides to buy Christmas and rename it Exmas, the Claus family can't believe their eyes. Everything at the North Pole seems to change overnight-the elves stop making kids' favorite toys, the Christmas doves won't fly or sing, and no one seems to laugh anymore. It looks like Christmas is going to be ruined.But then the Claus family's daughter, Chrissie, remembers something she had learned from her dadremembers something she had learned from her dad: you must believe in something bigger than yourself. With a little help from her dad's helpers, Chrissie-as santaKid-delivers presents to children on Christmas eve, sending Warrie Ransom back to where he came from! After all, when you believe in something, magic can happen.

SIGNED by the author on the half title page
"When a headless corpse turns up on a Tibetan mountainside, inspector Shan Tao Yun is released from prison to investigate the crime, and he quickly uncovers a conspiracy involving American mining interests, corrupt Party officials, and Tibetan sorcerers." bookfinder

2009 - First US Edition - SIGNED by the author on the title page - "A Vast Historical Mystery, Marvelous In Its Ambition And Ingenious In Its Complexity" - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective sleeve

"With more than 1,000 unusual and rarely seen photographs, this witty and stylish panorama shows the wonderful unreality that made Hollywood America's greatest contribution to popular culture." - Google Books

2001 - FIRST EDITION - dj is vivid green with texture and cutouts Book binding is tight with pages slightly aged Hangman's Curse is a 2003 horror suspense film based on the 2001 Christian novel Hangman's Curse, written by Frank Peretti.
"It's whispered that they're victims of Abel Frye, a Ghost that's haunted the school since a student hanged himself there in the 1930s." front flap

Scholastic in very good condition

1958 Bilingual Edition second edition Seamarks (Amers) is a poem of ceremonial praise of the Sea as the divine source of life, love and death.

Audrey Peterson is the pen name of Audrey C. Buckland."Audrey Peterson fell in love with England when, as professor of English at California State University at Long Beach, she traveled there to pursue research for scholarly publication, so it is no surprise that all of her mystery novels are set in England." Willetta L. Heising's Detecting Women provides some more background on this respected novelist:Her six-book series featuring music professor, Andrew Quentin, and his former graduate student, Jane Winfield, begins with The Nocturne Murder [1987]. The pair spends a lot of time in England and on the continent, places which Peterson often visits. She told Contemporary Authors that the music background allows her to incorporate a lifelong interest in opera and concert-going. Like her second series character, Claire Camden, Peterson has done academic research in England, but has yet to solve a murder. She has written a study of 19th century writers, Victorian Masters of Mystery: From Wilkie Collins to… Read More

"The intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant 1930's surrealist scene." - inside flap
Beatiful brightly colored "like new" dust jacket
Address sticker on FFEP (see photo)

1984 - 1st printing - "This book contains 50 lessons designed to help you get rid of any preconceived ideas you have about skies. Each lesson concentrates on a problem that you are likely to encounter when you begin to paint." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good - dj in protective mylar sleeve

"... Petrow candidly addresses the fears, frustrations, and stereotypes that accompany aging. He offers a blueprint for the new old age, and an understanding that aging and illness are not the same. As he write, 'I meant the list to serve as a pointed reminder - to me - to make different choices when I eventually cross the threshold to 'old'". - front flap

A collection of gorgeous photos celebrating 500 years of firearms technology, from the early flintlocks to today's high-tech weaponry, this book shows the history, artistry, and evolving technology of the gun.

Guns. For centuries, these beautiful, controversial, essential, and sometimes fearful machines have been an integral part of our lives. From the hand cannons and matchlock muskets of the 1500s to the latest military technology, this book celebrates the artistry, technology, cultural significance, and power of 100 iconic guns. Firearms enthusiasts, history buffs, and shooters of every stripe will find something to marvel at in this gorgeous full-color coffee-table book.

1941 - "It was in Italy, where artistic endeavor was encouraged by free thought..." - book: very good - beautiful gold spine detail with embossing on the front cover - tight, sound, and square with sharp corners - no previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked dj: very good - some slight tears/chipping in the dust jacket that have been repaired with archival tape - not price clipped - dj in protective mylar sleeve