Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Infinity Books Japan

US: Stone Bridge Press, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the b ookshelves of [Western] readers."--Guardian Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting ne w development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating b oth vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies suc h as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unpr ecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The Pearl Jacket offers a glimpse of the real and surreal in human evolution, Chen Qiyou's Butterfly Forev er brings an… Read More

US: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. Paperback. Good. Shanghai in 1990. An ancient city in a country that despite the massacre of Tiananmen Square is still in the tight grip of communist control. Chief In spector Chen, a poet with a sound instinct for self-preservation, knows the city like few others. When the body of a prominent Communist Party member is found, Chen is told to keep the party authorities informed about every l ead. Also, he must keep the young woman's murder out of the papers at all c osts. When his investigation leads him to the decadent offspring of high-ra nking officials, he finds himself instantly removed from the case and reass igned to another area.Chen has a choice: bend to the party's wishes and sac rifice his morals, or continue his investigation and risk dismissal from hi s job and from the party. Or worse.

US: HM EDITIONS, 1995. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "More than just a guide, this slim volumne is a passport to the finest of pleasures: that of Grande Cuisines.A passport to the world. It will accompany you on your travels and invite you to dine in the world's best restaurants.

US: G K Hall & Co, 2001. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

US: Doubleday, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. D.I.C. (Department of Impossible Crimes) / James Yaffe -- Dr. Sam: Johnson, detector / Lillian de la Torre -- The nine mile walk / Harry Kemelman -- The widow's walk / Jack Finney -- The specialty of the house / Stanley Ellin -- The fine Italian hand / Thomas Flanagan -- Whistle while you work / William Link, Richard Levinson -- Never anything but trouble / Robert Twohy -- The adventure of the ascot tie / Robert L. Fish -- In the confessional / Alice Scanlan Reach -- I will please come to order / William North Jayme -- The friends of Hector Jouvet / James Powell -- The crowded hours / Jon L. Breen -- A single minute of fear / Richard A. Selzer -- A game in the sun / John Coyne -- Open letter to survivors / Francis M. Nevins, Jr. -- The dripping / David Morrell -- The purple shroud / Joyce Harrington -- Oddity… Read More

UK: Littlehampton Book Services. Hardcover. Good/Good. SHELF ABOVE THE COUNTER.

US: That Patchwork Place®, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Crochet is hot on the catwalk-and this hip collection of crocheted clothing and accessories will put the "Wow!" into any wardrobe. Fashion-forward c rocheters will fall in love with these designs. Crochet 30 trendy projects, from hats, bags, and belts to a choker and even a daring bikini Customize items you already own by adding crocheted edgings, collars, and c uffs Get a complete introduction to basic techniques, plus advice on yarns and hooks.

US: Picador, 2005. Good. One semitropical Fourth of July, Joe Queenan's English wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. It was this pitiless act of gastronomic cultural oppression, coupled with dread of the fearsome Christmas pudding that awaited him for dessert, that inspired the author to make a solitary pilgrimage to Great Britain. Freed from the obligation to visit his wife's relations, as he had done for the first twenty-six years of their marriage, Queenan decided that he woul d not come back from Albion until he had finally penetrated the limey heart of darkness. The result is a very funny, picaresque adventure that will appeal to anglophile and anglophobe alike.

Jove, 2005. Near Fine. Quick approaches a new project as if novel writing were a just-discovered p leasure she can't wait to share. -- Publishers Weekly.

US: Bantam, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Upon her father's death, beautiful, headstrong Lady Clarre knew that she must wed, for the protection of the Isle of Desire now fell to her. Yet when her guardian's choice of prospective husband rode through her castle gates, she felt utterly betrayed. All sinewy muscle and savage steel, Sir Gareth of Wyckmere was not the poet she'd requested but a fearsome knight whose only interest was in war. Legions of robbers had fallen beneath the Hellhound of Wyckmere's sword, and now this bold warrior was certain that he could tame one willful wife. Yet even Gareth could not deter Lady Clare from trying to mold him into her ideal ... until their clash of wills ignited a passion that set them both aflame ... and a treacherous plot put their lives in deadly peril.

US: Bantam Books, 1995. Paperback. Good. After a year of grand adventures touring the classical ruins of Italy and G reece, Iphiginia Bright returned to England to discover that the real excit ement was at home. It seems that her Aunt Zoe has fallen victim to a sinist er blackmailer and only Iphiginia can hope to stop the culprit before he ca n do more harm. Her plan is inspired: Imitating history's most legendary be auties--Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite--the former schoolmistress will remake herself, and descend upon London Society as the dazzling mistress o f Marcus Valerius Cloud, the infamous Earl of Masters. Rumors hint that the Earl has disappeared at the blackmailer's hands, and by posing as his unkn own mistress, Iphiginia is convinced she can ferret out the villain. Overni ght, Iphiginia is transformed into a vision with a host of eager admirers, including one she does not expect -- the Earl of Masters himself, who strid es into a shimmering ballroom one evening to cooly reclaim his… Read More

US: Alpha, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Cleansing for good health. Toxic substances find a way into our bodies through air, water, food, and even household products. When these toxins build up in our bodies faster than we can get rid of them, we may experience premature aging, lethargy, chronic illness, and weight gain. This indispensable guide explains the why's and how's of detoxification and gives readers the tools to rid their bodies of toxins and enjoy a more vibrant, healthy life.

Pinnacle, 1977. Very Good.

US: Elan Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/ Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged.

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A highly collectible first edition, tight clean copy protected in a new bro dart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. YA-- This first novel is an insightful family chronicle, an informed commentary on the '60s, and the coming-of-age depiction of a mother and daughter. As 13-year-old Maggie struggles with her identity within the boisterous Scanlan clan, her mother also finds her own place within the patriarchal family that has never accepted her. Both women experience rites of passage during the fateful summer that a housing development is being built behind their home, infringing on their emotional and physical spaces. A fast-paced plot involves small fires set in the development by Maggie's friends and romantic tension between her mother and a man from her past. Readers will appreciate Maggie's dilemmas as she grapples with peer pressure and sexual bewilderment, and… Read More

Dell, 1995. Very Good. One True Thing is a film starring Meryl Streep as the cancer-stricken homem aker mother, Renee Zellweger as the daughter who quits her top-dog job to c are for her, and William Hurt as the chilly professor who lets the women in the family do the heavy emotional lifting dying requires. But the real sta r of the project remains former New York Times everyday-life columnist Anna Quindlen, who quit her top-dog job to write novels (and who took time off from college to nurse her own dying mother). Quindlen hit a nerve with One True Thing, which captures an experience seld om dealt with in popular culture. (One exception: the sensitive 1996 film w ith Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio of the play Marvin's Room.) Though the her oine of One True Thing, Ellen Gulden, is a golden girl with two brothers wh o'll lose her career the instant she steps off the fast track, society conc urs with her dad, who says, "It seems to me another woman is what's wanted here." The book is a mother-daughter… Read More

Dell, 1999. Near Fine. Oprah Book Club® Selection, April 1998: "The first time my husband hit me I was nineteen years old," begins Fran Benedetto, the broken heroine of Anna Quindlen's Black and Blue. With one sweeping sentence, the door to an abus ed and tortured world is swung wide open and the psyche of a crushed and ta ttered self-image exposed. "Frannie, Frannie, Fran"--as Bobby Benedetto lik ed to call her before smashing her into kitchen appliances--was a young, en ergetic nursing student when she met her husband-to-be at a local Brooklyn bar. She was instantly captivated by his dark, brooding looks and magnetic personality, but her fascination soon solidified into a marital prison sent ence of incessant abuse and the destruction of her own identity. After an e specially horrific beating and rape, Fran realizes that the next attack cou ld be the last. Fearing her son would be left alone with Bobby, she escapes one morning with her child. Fran's salvation comes in the form of Patty Ba ncroft… Read More

New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Concerned as she is with all manner of conflicts between public and private issues represented in this collection of essays from her syndicated New Yo rk Times op-ed column, Quindlen ( Living Out Loud ) admits to viewing even non-feminist topics through "the special lens of her gender." Sensitive to social and political trends and the "shifting sands of geopolitics" that pr opel events, she points out their cost in human terms, especially as they a ffect the excluded and abused. Violence, notes the author--sexual, racial o r political, performed by individuals or in groups as members of sports tea ms, gangs, police or the military--is routinely glorified, whether in child ren's cartoons or adult soap operas. Equally effective are Quindlen's alway s superbly controled commentaries on lying, bigotry and moral hypocrisy amo ng political, judiciary and religious leaders, and the cynical use of ideal s to justify military incursions. Author tour.

United States: Random House Trade Paperback, 2003. Very Good+. A crisp clean clean softcover, no markings throughout: Venturing into fictional territory far from the blue-collar neighborhoods of Black and Blue and other works, Quindlen's immensely appealing new novel is a study in social contrasts and of characters whose differences are redeemed by the transformative power of love. The eponymous Blessings is a stately house now gone to seed, inhabited by Mrs. Blessing, an 80-year-old wealthy semirecluse with an acerbic tongue and a reputation for hanging on to every nickel. Widowed during WWII, Lydia Blessing was banished to her socially prominent family's country estate for reasons that are revealed only gradually. Austere, unbending and joyless, Lydia has no idea, when she hires young Skip Cuddy as her handyman, how her life and his are about to change. Skip had promise once, but bad companions and an absence of parental guidance have led to a stint in the county jail. When Skip stumbles upon a… Read More

Australia: Macmillan Languagehouse, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged.