Search Results: Titles starting with K from BIAbooks

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Book is in great shape.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2002. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series has become an international sensation. This book only adds to that distinction.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's FIRST novel. Clean, bright and fresh. A hint of rubbing at two corners of DJ, else fine. Book 472 pages, vivid patterned cover with raised decorative design, gilt diamond with black letters on front cover, mapped endpapers. "A tour de force that took more than 20 years to complete, C. S. Godshalk's novel about the rise and fall of the early British ruler of Kalimantaan, Gideon Barr (on whose exploits Conrad loosely based Lord Jim), is one of the finest examples of literary historical fiction anywhere."--Booklist

New York: A Ballantine Book/Random House, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. A PRISTINE NEW book. New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers. --BB

Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book that offers a well-rearched and objective perspective on both the 1952 Massachusetts Senate Race between young Congressman John F. Kennedy and incumbent Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and a rivalry that forever changed the landscape of electoral politics in America. Includes, Pictures, Notes, Index and Bibliography.

New York, NY: Abrams, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Fine, Collectible book, SIGNED by NEAL GAIMEN, who wrote the Introduction to the book. Mark Evanier met Jack Kirby in 1969, worked as his assistant, and later became his official biographer; Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books' most popular super heroes, including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Darkseid, and The New Gods. More significantly, he created much of the visual language for fantasy and adventure comics. Large quarto in dust jacket, 224 pp., color illustrations throughout. ".the best part of "Kirby: King of Comics" is the beautiful color art found throughout. There are almost as many pages of art as there are pages of text, which makes the book a treasure."?The Cleveland Plain Dealer

New York: Crown Publishers Inc, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Cuban-American p.i. takes on the case of a 'Marielito' cult members that are charged with mass murder in a flashy and first-rate first thriller. This is".an intriguing tale of true mystery that involves strange gods, stone killers, and the law that must deal with them."---Ross Thomas. Keywords: ABELLA CUBA-AMERICAN MYSTERY HISPANIC CULT MASSACRE COURTROOM LAW LOS ANGELES

New York: Bantam Books, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's FIRST novel. This book '.is a startling and powerful novel, filled with love and an almost miraculous friendship. Amy Yurk has created wonderful characters to keep you in suspense, break your heart, and fill you with hope."---Luanne Rice

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This book ".is the triumphant story of a stubborn, unreconstructed old truck driver with redneck attitudes who bulls his way across America in defiance of age and retirement."--Olive Ann Burns. A prestine book.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. A pristine collectible book. Author's first collection of short stories. Author has won a Nelson Algren Award."Her fierce, delightful stories are like no one else's. This is an enthralling collection."--Margot Livesey. First printing with "1101" on front inside flap.

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible, pristine book that is"As New". A Broadway actress has a pout to die for, a past to hide from, and Stone Barrington on her case in this page-turning thriller in Stuart Woods's #1 New York Times bestselling series. "POW!!! He's back with more twists and trysts."-The Mystery Reader

New Delhi, India: Gulab Vazirani/Arnold-Heinemann Pvt. Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. I well preserved book. No flaws.Critique on the political dealings of Henry Kissinger. Kaul was India's Foreign Secretary and also Ambassador of India to the U.S. He states: "I speak with personal experience based on my close dealings with a man who poses to be a great strategist but is really a short-sighted ego-oriented and biased tactician." Refutes many statements & claims made in Kissinger's memoir "The White House Years." Price RS 35 on front flap.Blue cloth - b&w photos - bibliography, index - interior like new with no markings

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1944. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Henry E. Vallely. This vintage book is a part of Whitman's "Fighters For Freedom Series" . It is a juvenile wartime mystery: "When Kitty Carter joined the Canteen Corps, she expected to find plenty of hard work, and perhaps a little romance; but spies and saboteurs, and German submarines were far removed from her mind until she happened across the clue of the burning shoe on a bus one day." This part of War Time publishing history is in very book condition, sturdy and tight but with a deft gift inscription dated 'Christmas 1945'. Pages have experienced toning. The DJ is vivid and colorful. One corner is missing. and there are some cuts and wear along edges. This book is protected in a plastic cover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The sixth Matthew Stock mystery. England's Queen Elizabeth I calls on her favorite sleuth-spy duo clothier and County Constable Matthew Stock and his wife Joan to solve the multiple murders of law students of Temple Bar. Jacket art by Lars Hokanson. The book has a small bump/cut to the fore edge of back board, else fine. DJ has a collateral flaw.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. A pristine book that appears UNREAD. The fourth mystery to feature Precious Ramotswe and the 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'. Date on back flap 4/2003.

Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A love story with a family mystery at its heart. Set in the dangerous and dazzling city of Karachi. In 1999 the author received the Prime Minister's Award for literature in Pakistan.

New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is a riverting personal account, told in a language distinctly Min's yet accessible to any heart." --Amy Tan

New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. SIGNED. This novel, described by the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review as "nothing short of miraculous," is the story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmatic mind conflicts with her passionate heart; Lion Head, her classmate, whose penchant for romantic intrigue belies his political ambitions, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and the wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts: individualism, sensuality, the Beatles. In Katherine's classroom, repression and rebellion meet head-on-and the consequences are both tragic and liberating.

Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine++. An attractive book with an 8th inch closed tear on DJ's back panel bottom edge, else fine. Looks great in a protective cover. Mr. Henggeler analyzes the way Democrats and Republicans have invoked the Kennedy mythology, adopted the Kennedy strategy, even tried to summon up the Kennedy appearance to accommodate persistent longing for the return to Camelot on the part of Congress, the media, and the American public. --- Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Davies