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.

Bologna: Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi, 1996. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 213 pages. 4to. Catalog for the Fiction Section of the Annual Illustrators' Exhibition at the 1996 Bologna International Children's Book Fair. Text in English and Italian.

Bologna: Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi, 1995. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 149 pages. 4to. Catalog for the Non Fiction Section of the Annual Illustrators' Exhibition at the 1995 Bologna International Children's Book Fair. Text in English and Italian.

Bologna: Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi, 1995. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 189 pages. 4to. Catalog for the Fiction Section of the Annual Illustrators' Exhibition at the 1995 Bologna International Children's Book Fair. Text in English and Italian.

Bologna: Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi, 1996. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 151 pages. 4to. Catalog for the Non Fiction Section of the Annual Illustrators' Exhibition at the 1996 Bologna International Children's Book Fair. Text in English and Italian.

Bologna: Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi, 1994. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 125 pages. 4to. First separate catalog for the Non Fiction Section of the Annual Illustrators' Exhibition at the 1994 Bologna International Children's Book Fair. Text in English.

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: 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

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.

Silver Spring, Maryland: Acorn Media. DVD Boxed Set. 2000. Very Good. Silver Spring, Maryland: Acorn Media, 2000. DVD Boxed Set. Four DVDs in fou r cases all a decorative cardboard box. Very Good. Not from a library. 400 minutes on four DVDs. Not from a library. Set in the palatial country house s and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England, The Pallisers is a spr awling BBC saga of wealth, passion, power, intrigue and scandal. Based on t he six "political" novels by Anthony Trollope and adopted by British noveli st Simon Raven, this series proved powerfully addictive to television audie nces on both sides of the Atlantic. These first eight episodes introduce Pl antagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora whose politically advantageous marraig e sets the stage for this fascinating chronicle of three generations of a p owerful aristocratic family. .

New York: Random House, n.d. [August 1990, c. 1957]. Hardcover. Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Very Good / no jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean. Corners and spine ends bumped. Not from a library. xxiv + 1004 pages. An anthology of science fiction stories originally published in 1946. Lester del Rey said it was the book he often gave to people in order to turn them onto the genre. The large anthology collected numerous stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, which had originally appeared in pulp magazines (mostly Astounding Science Fiction) and are now regarded as classics of science fiction. According to Frederik Pohl, it was "A colossal achievement...the book that started the science-fiction publishing industry!" Anthony Boucher described it as "the one anthology unarguably essential to every reader."Contents: Introduction to the First Edition (1946) essay by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas; Introduction to the Modern Library Edition (1957) essay by… 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.

London: Ward Lock. Hardcover. 1993. First Edition. New. London: Ward Lock, May 1993. Hardcover. New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 96 pages. Illustrated in B&W and color. A detailed instruction book for amateurs interested in repairing and restoring old gilded pieces or recreating an antique finish. .

London: Ward Lock, May 1993. Hardcover. New. Pristine inside and out. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 95 pages. Illustrated in B&W and color. Gives instructions on how to repair and restore old or antique cane and rush items. Methods are given for several different types of caning and rushwork, and seven projects from chair seats to log baskets are included.

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

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, 1961. Hardcover. Circa 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.