Search Results: Authors starting with R from Books of the World

New York: Viking, March 2018. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 341 pages. A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy.

New York: HarperCollins / Ecco. 2002. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Quarter-inch tear to jacket by the top of the rear hinge. Interior is unmarked. Spine is straight and tight. Cover is clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii+284 pp. Journalist Raghuram conveys the complexities of rural Indian society in his debut, a sprawling tale of the country's notorious bandit king, with a bounty of four million rupees on his head. Born in 1952 in the poverty-stricken region of Karnataka, Veerappan turned to crime as a teenager and rapidly established himself as a ruthless gangster and smuggler of ivory and sandalwood. In a vicious battle of wills with police, the bandit constructed sophisticated lethal ambushes, while the police tortured and summarily executed Veerappan's henchmen and even detained his wife. Veerappan then escalated the war, abandoning poaching for ransom kidnapping. Beginning with forest rangers, Veerappan… Read more

New York: Ecco, September 2009. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 371 pages. + 14 page reader's guide. Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement.

New York: Henry Holt / Picador, July 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light corner wear. x+237 pages. When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, the people of the small South Carolina town that bears the river's name are thrown into the national spotlight. The girl's parents want to attempt a rescue of the body; environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation will cause permanent damage to the river and set a dangerous precedent. Torn between the two sides is Maggie Glenn, a twenty-eight year-old newspaper photographer who grew up in the town and has been sent to document the incident. Since leaving home almost ten years ago, Maggie has done her best to avoid her father, but now, as the town's conflict opens old wounds, she finds herself revisiting the past she's fought so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, the reporter who's accompanied her to cover the story… Read more

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

New York: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 276 pages.

Taipei. Dunhuang and Houghton Mifflin. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is unmarked. Cover is clean. 18 x 24 cm. 472 pages. "This book is a slight reworking of the materials on China in the 1978 revised edition of East Asia: Tradition and transformation"--rear cover. Contents include The Setting of Chinese History; China and the Barbarians: The Mongol Empire; Invasion and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century China a.o., and various maps and charts.

New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, July 2000. Trade Paperback. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 180 pages. Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life, an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary--the plain Polly Flinders--provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios--and suspects--behind the Comfrey murder. Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally crafted, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2006. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four As New DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 159-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. These 24 fascinating lectures will give you a new appreciation of one of the most remarkable literary compositions from the ancient world, the book with which Jews begin the Torah and Christians begin the Bible. You will learn why the book of Genesis has not one but two creation stories and what hints the book's many contradictions offer about its authorship. Contents: Lecture 1 On Reading the Book of Genesis ; Lecture 2 Genesis 1, The First Creation Story ; Lecture 3 Genesis 2–3, The Second Creation Story ; Lecture 4 An Overview of Ancient Israelite History ; Lecture 5 The Ancient Near East ; Lecture 6 The JEDP Theory and Alternative Approaches ; Lecture 7 Genesis 6–8, The Flood Story ; Lecture 8 Genesis 9, Covenant… Read more

Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company, 2011. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 202-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. The Giza pyramids. Brunelleschi's dome. The Brooklyn Bridge. Each of these structures is iconic. They provoke a sense of awe and wonder. They are as beautiful to behold as they are fascinating to study: how did the engineers who designed these structures accomplish these feats? These lectures begin by studying the scientific principles that govern structural elements and the building blocks that compose nearly all structures from arches to columns to cables. Once you've grasped these basics, you can apply them to more than 150 iconic structures from Paris to Dubai to New York City, gleaning insights into some of mankind's most impressive buildings, bridges, and towers. Throughout your journey, you will come back to the classroom… Read more

New York: Anchor Books, May 2002. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Slight spine tilt. Bump at spine head. Edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 410 pages.A rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. The author narrates the epic battle that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands until the twentieth century, bringing an objective perspective to the gallantry, greed, and religious fervor that fueled the bloody clash between Christians and Muslims. The book provides compelling portraits of Saladin, the wise and highly cultured leader who created a united empire, and Richard the Lionheart, the romantic personification of chivalry who emerges here in his full complexity and contradictions.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Hardcover. c. early 1974 printing. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front cover). Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends bumped, otherwise As New. 175 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1931. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Grace Grote in 1965. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. c.early 1974 printing. Hard to find Yellow pictorial boards with no yellow band to front cover. Blue-dyed top edge. Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine tail lightly bumped, otherwise As New. 180 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1930. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Patricia Doll in 1961. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. c. 1973 printing. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front cover). Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to The Double Jinx Mystery (50). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Lower corners bumped, otherwise As New. 178 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1931. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Edna Stratemeyer Squier. Revised by Lynn Ealer in 1961. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, December 1965 - January 1966. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novelette Dawnman Planet first appeared in print when it was serialized in the December 1965 and January 1966 issues of Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction under the title Beehive with cover art (Dec) and four interior illustrations by Kelly Freas.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, July - August 1962. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Good+. Mack Reynolds's novel Border, Breed, Nor Birth first appeared in print when it was serialized in the July and August 1962 issues of Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction with 8 interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. It is the continuation of Black Man's Burden, published in December 1961-January 1962, a story so popular with Analog's readers that editor John Campbell requested a sequel. These are a sequence of near-future stories set in North Africa which were notable for their direct treatment of politically pertinent racial issues virtually untouched in science fiction before, during, and after the 1960s.

New York: Condé Nast Publications, September - November 1965. Digest-size Magazines. 1st Edition. Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novelette Space Pioneer first appeared in print when it was serialized in the September, October, and November 1965 issues of Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction with cover art (Sept) and seven interior illustrations by Kelly Freas. Also includes "The Life of Your Time" (Nebula-nominated novelette by Michael Karageorge (Poul Anderson); "Computers Don't Argue" (Nebula-nominated short story) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Mischief Maker" (Nebula-nominated short story) by Richard Olin; and "Down Styphon" (novelette) the last story written by H. Beam Piper before his death.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, December 1961 & January 1962. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Dec: Good; Jan: Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novel Blackman's Burden first appeared in print when it was serialized as Black Man's Burden in the December 1961 and January 1962 issues of Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction with 12 interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. It received an honorable mention for the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The popularity of Black Man's Burden with Analog's readers prompted Analog's editor to request Reynolds to write a sequel (published as "Border, Breed, Nor Birth" in July-August 1962. Black Man's Burden is the first in a sequence of near-future stories set in North Africa which were notable for their direct treatment of politically pertinent racial issues virtu ally untouched in science fiction before, during, and after the 1960s. Also includes "The Foreign Hand-Tie" (Hugo honorable mention, novelette) by David Gordon (Randall Garrett). aka: Dallas… Read more

Philadelphia: Davis Publications. Digest-size Magazine. January 1979. Vol. 3, No. 1. Vol. 3, No. 1. Very Good+. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight, slight chipping to tail. Light edgewear. Mailing label ghost to front cover. Not from a library. 196 pages. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Includes "The Hugo" (editorial) by Isaac Asimov; "The Second Law" by Barry B. Longyear; "Exploring Carter's Crater" (SF Puzzle) by Martin Gardner; "Vincent Di Fate" (profile) by Ginger Kaderabek; "On the Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein" by James E. Gunn"; "In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See" by Melissa Michaels; "The Last Gothic" by Jon L. Breen; "The Castaways" by Jeanne Dillard; "Garbage" by Ron Goulart; "Ker-Plop" (Hugo and Locus nominee for Best Novella) by Ted Reynolds. Illustrated by Gaughan, Schomburg, Karl Kofoed, Frank Borth, Phil Foglio, Derek Carter, and Vincent Di Fate.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. July 1967. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Light rubbing. Light chipping to bottom of spine and rear cover. Otherwise tight, clean, and bright. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr for "The Man from P.I.G." (novelette) by Harry Harrison. Includes "Aim for the Heel" (novelette) by John T. Phillifent; "Compound Interest" (short story) by Christopher Anvil; "Something Important" (short story) by E. G. von Wald; "Bite" (short story) by Lawrence A. Perkins; "Computer War" (serial, part 2 of 2) by Mack Reynolds; "Annual Report" (science fact); "Incommunicado" (editorial). Illustrated by John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, and Rudi Palais.