Search Results: Titles starting with I from Trolls Treasure

UK: Abacus Travel, 1997. Paperback. Very Good +. More hilarity from the author of "French Lessons in Africa." This is Peter Briddlcome's account of his experiences as a businessman struggling to cope with life in 20 cities of the world and 20 airports. He travels from Vienna to Ho Chi Minh City, Reykjavik to Dakar, and it all ends with an exciting adventure at the luggage enquiries desk at Heathrow. "Recounting adventures with the relish of a latter-day Baron Munchhausen, Biddlecombe is a raconteur of genius." -- INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY. Book in very good condition with light edge wear. Pages are just beginning to tone.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. Later printing. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Fine. PreSchool-Grade 2. Two young brothers head out with their mother in a rowboat for an evening of fishing. They ask her to tell them who is better at digging worms, rowing, and catching fish, and later, back in their cabin at bedtime, they ask whom she loves the best. With each answer the caring mother assures both boys that they are equally skilled and equally loved. "I love you the bluest" she tells thoughtful, methodical Julian, "the color of a cave...splash of a waterfall...hush of a whisper." To peripatetic, energetic Max, she says, "I love you the reddest...the color of sky before it blazes into night." The final double-page spread, illustrating their cabin at night, is awash with purples; and so, she loves both "the purplest." The text effectively conveys movement with vigorous verbs and uses expressive phrases. Clues to each boy's character and temperament are… Read More

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: Putnam , 1998. Later printing. Hardback. Fine. Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock and after that they know they fit together -- even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Publishers Weekly calls Woodson's work "exceptional" and says that "it offers a perspective on racism and elitism rarely found in fiction for this age group." The School Library Journal calls her writing "wrenchingly honest."… Read More

Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. The state of Texas's vast size, its variation in elevation, and its strategic location between the towering Rocky Mountains and the gulf of Mexico make Texas the ideal playground for Mother Nature. If You Don't Like the Weather... is John Weems's special look at the weather's role in the making of Texas history and its folklore. Not intended as a meteorological study, this engaging and informative book explores the myths and facts surrounding the weather and describes how it affects our health, mental attitudes, and physical activities. Mr Weems has been a weather watcher for over 40 years. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Book is fine with little edge wear. The dust jacket, not clipped, is good, but was scraped on the lower front corner leaving marks and causing chipping of the jacket edge. The lower spine is missing a small piece and the upper spine is bumped and rubbed. The… Read More

Massachusettes: Candlewick Press, 2001. Stated First US Edition. Very Good +/very good. Illustrations by PJ Lynch. Hardcover. Ignis, a young dragon, is admired by all his friends.  But he is sad, for while he can run faster and fly higher than the rest, there is one thing he cannot do--breathe fire.  So Ignis leaves the safety of Dragonland to find out who he is and where his fire might be.  Book is in very good condition with some edge wear, corners bumped, especially the lower front corner. There is a private inscription on the front fly leaf. The dust jacket is very good with typical shelf wear, edges and corners bumped and with some rubbing. There are a couple of crayon scribbles on the front of the jacket, not too obtrusive as they almost blend in with the drawing. The jacket is not price clipped, but there had been a sticker over the price that was removed leaving two small rubbed spots and some residue. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

New Hampshire: Keene State College, 1991. Staplebound Wraps. Good. Soft cover; 68p. Literary journal of Keene State College. Journal name used to be Aurora. Submissions by students. Winter of 1991 edtion. In good condition with usual edgewear, corners creased, surface has minor marks. Pages clean. NOTE - the type is quite small.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 9.75 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 2 pounds; 320 p. Includes an introductory list of principal European factories and their marks compiled by John Cushion, formerly of the Department of Ceramic, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. With 604 black & white illustrations.  Book is near fine with minor edge wear, but there are two small, faint stains on the front cover, one at the upper edge and one at the lower. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

Da Capo Press, 2001. First De Capo Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick immortalized the idea of a mammoth sperm whale roaming the seas, wreaking havoc on all that crossed its path. But could such a creature actually exist, then or now? To find out, the acclaimed adventure writer and explorer Tim Severin set off to the islands of the South Pacific in search of one of our most iconic modern myths. From the Marquesas Archipelago, where the twenty-one-year-old Melville deserted his whaling ship in 1842, through the Philippines, Tonga, and Indonesia, Severin follows a trail of ocean legend and lore to the last surviving islanders who hunt the great whale by hand, shadowing a victorious hunt from Stone Age boats and uncovering tantalizing evidence of the existence of a Great White Whale. In this captivating account of his voyage, Severin traces not only the origins of Melville's legendary literary creation but also something of the spiritual relationship… Read More

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

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001. Fourth edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Here's what people are saying about the material in INFLUENCE: Science and Practice:“This marvelous book explains in clear, practical language the ways in which we become persuaded. It offers excellent insights for those who sell, but even more importantly for all of us who negotiate and buy.” —ROGER FISHER, Director, Harvard Negotiation Project“For marketers, it is among the most important books written in the last 10 years.” —JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH“The best sales tip I ever got was encouragement to read INFLUENCE by Dr. Robert Cialdini. It was so profound and insightful, I read it three times in a row.” —GREG RENKER, President, Guthy-Renker“It would be marvelous reading for students taking Social Psychology.” —DAVID MYERS, Hope College“The book is tremendously entertaining and very popular with students.… Read More

New York: Random House, 1991. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. In an outrageous comic send-up of Mafia genre novels, William Gordon, sardonic foreign correspondent for a New York City paper, returns home to claim the inheritance left by his dead uncle, Mafia kingpin Max Grossman. Gordon, who's in love with a lesbian actress, can collect his share of half a billion dollars only if he serves a stint as "foreign minister" for ruthless, elegant Mafia don Luigi Spadafore. But when two hit men enter the picture, Gordon and his hard-drinking journalist cohort John Farrell, who fearlessly insults the Mafia sleazeballs, want out. Enter Gordon's domineering, retired father, Albert, who enlists the services of seven of his former associates from the Jewish branch of the mob. They launch a counteroffensive, complete with 419 pepperoni pizzas, to extricate the errant son. Chafets (Devils' Night and Other True Tales of Detroit ) zestfully deploys witty dialogue and off-the-wall… Read More

New York: Schlolastic /The Chicken House, 2005. First American edition, as stated, later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Grade 5 Up–This sequel begins a year after the conclusion of Funke's popular Inkheart (Scholastic, 2003). In this fantasy world, certain readers have the power to bring characters out of books–and send them back. Meggie and Farid, apprentices to the fire-eater Dustfinger, follow him to the Inkworld, the land of the book-within-a-book, Inkheart, after he has been read back into its story by a mysterious man named Orpheus. Orpheus uses his powers to read Mortola and Basta, some of the villains of the first volume, into the story, along with Meggie's parents. In Inkworld, Meggie enlists the help of Fenoglio, the original author of Inkheart, to help create a new future for her parents and herself as palace intrigues, war, and the Silver Prince threaten. The story moves along at a rapid pace, from Farid and Dustfinger's original meeting with Orpheus to Farid's… Read More

New York: Pyramid Books, 1979. Paperback. Fair. He was altogether the wrong sort of guardian for a beautiful young heiress-a worldly rake and heart-breaker to guard the morals of an innocent child just out of school! But such was the fascination of the dashing Duke,of Melcombe that Ravella could not leave his side. Her adoration led her into the gaming houses -- and worse. But always the Duke was there to rescue her. Was it only her fortune that attracted him? Book is in fair condition being well-worn, spine cocked, taped at the bottom, moderate edgewear and rubbing to cover and spine. Inside covers and pages are tanned. Several pages had their corners turned down. There is a remainder mark on the page block.

Illinois: Albert Whitman and Company, 1989. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Grade 4 Up. The colorful artwork immediately engages the attention of anyone browsing through this collective biography. O'Keefe's arresting flower studies; Frida Kahlo's naive and symbolic self-portraits; Alice Neel's intense, sad-eyed children; and Faith Ringgold's intricate cloth pictures are marvelously reproduced. Sills' text lives up to the promise of the pictures. Her focus is not so much on the lives of these artists as on their art and the intensity of their vision. Enough is told of marriages and deaths, of family and education, to explain how each was influenced in the direction that she chose and why each was so deeply committed to the world of art. The selection of these four women, and the excellent quality of both the text and the art reproductions, result in a book which brings an enhanced understanding of contemporary art and an appreciation of the importance of women in… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 2002. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Into Tibet is the incredible story of a 1949-1950 American undercover expedition led by America's first atomic agent, Douglas S. Mackiernan -- a covert attempt to arm the Tibetans and to recognize Tibet's independence in the months before China invaded. It recounts a harrowing and unprecedented two-thousand-mile trek on foot and camel across China and the deserts of inner Asia. For the first time, Thomas Laird reveals how Mackiernan helped establish a covert intelligence pipeline from China to India; how he gathered atomic intelligence for the United States; how his partner Frank Bessac urged the Tibetan government to request covert U.S. military aid and then carried the signed request out of Lhasa; and, finally, how Dean Rusk and the CIA responded. Laird reveals how the clash between the State Department and the CIA, as well us unguided actions by field agents, hastened the Chinese invasion of Tibet.… Read More

New York: DAW, 2011. First printing, stated . Paperback. Very Good +. Magpie is a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, Haven, to be trained as a Herald. Like all Heralds, Magpie learns that he has a hidden Gift-the Gift of telepathy. But life at the court is not without obstacles. When Mags is "recognized" by foreign secret operatives whose purpose is unknown, Mags himself comes under suspicion. Who are Magpie's parents-who is he, really? Can Mags also solve the riddle of his parentage and his connection with the mysterious spies-and prove his loyalty-before the king and court banish him as a traitor? Book is in very good condition with light edge wear and a slightly cocked spine. The spine is creased and there is a very faint ink smear on the upper page block.

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2012. First edition. Hardback. Fine/near fine. Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills. Still, he's surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven't had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they're either cursed or hiding a terrible secret-whose discovery Ray can't help suspecting is connected to Rose's disappearance. . . . Book is fine with little edge wear. The dust jacket, not clipped, is near fine with lightly rubbed edges and bumped corners.

Bantam Books, 1978. Paperback. Near Fine. The Marquis took off his snow-covered overcoat and lowered himself next to her by the hearth. "I did not expect the storm to happen," he said, "but now it has I find it quite an adventure. Do you know how extraordinarily beautiful you are?" Nerita turned her head to one side. "That is not a proper way for the Marquis of Wychbold to address his Nursery-governess," she said coldly. Book is near fine with minor edge wear. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

Middlesex: Hamlyn, 1970. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 159 Glossy pages, 70 full color plates. Translated from the original Italian by Timothy Paterson. Original published in Italy in 1966 under title: Dai Nuraghi agli Etruschi. A fine book in a very good jacket, one small tear on the back bottom corner.