Search Results: Titles starting with S from Books of the World

Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 1995. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. 400 pages.

New York: Penguin, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Very Good. A few notes on first page, but text is unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 171+21 pages. The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation. This extraordinary first collection of stories confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even… 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: Condé Nast Publications, May - August 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Interiors unmarked but lightly tanned. All covers clean and bright; June cover has a small tear. Mild edgewear. Satan's World is one of Poul Anderson's finest science fiction novels. It first appeared in print when it was serialized in the May-August 1968 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine with cover art (May) by Chesley Bonestell and eight interior illustrations by Kelly Freas. In 1984, Satan's World was nominated for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. The story features flamboyant capitalist adventurer Nicholas van Rijn, owner of the Solar Spice and Liquors Company, and the Polesotechnic League, a mutual benefit association of interstellar merchants. Also includes Prometheus Hall of Fame Award nominated novelette "Conquest by Default" by Vernor Vinge and and Hugo finalist short novel "Hawk Among the Sparrows" by Dean McLaughlin with cover art (July) by Kelly Freas.

London & New York: Longman, 1979. Hardcover. Fifth Edition. Eighth printing, 1995. Blue cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Sewn binding. Frontispiece portrait of Ernest Satow. Very Good+ book in a Near Fine jacket. Gift inscription on FFEP. Text pristine. Spine straight. Rubbing to jacket, light fading to spine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 544 pages. An international classic. A comprehensive survey of the rules, laws and conventions covering the conduct of diplomacy, not only between individual nations, but also through international organisations. The fifth edition also covers commercial and economic functions of diplomacy, modern communications, and terrorism.

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1968. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Inscription from editor to a colleague on first page. Not from a library. ix + 421 pages.

New York: Puffin Books, March 2012. Paperback. As New. Not damaged. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 402 pages.

New York: Basic Books, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 496 pages.

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1988. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Slight edgewear, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. David Paterson's breathtaking color photographs of the Scottish Highlands--the fruit of seven years' labor--capture the atmosphere and character of the highlands in its endless variety of moods. These are accompanied by the personal memories and anecdotes of the Dunnetts interwoven with the legends and myths of one of the most beautiful countries on earth.

Richmond, Virginia: Valancourt Books, December 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with just the slightest hint of corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x+226 pages. An exquisite blend of comedy, murder mystery, and surreal fantasy. Old Mrs. Ellison doesn't have much longer to live, and her scheming son Cedric is counting the days until he inherits her fortune. But his plans are upset by the arrival of his niece Varvara, a beautiful and wild young woman from a remote Chinese region known as the 'Sea of Glass', a strange land where wars are fought with crossbows and 'highly damaging curses' and where death may come at any moment in the form of a venomous barking spider. With the aid of a love-struck law student and a bibulous butler, Varvara aims to thwart the wiles of her evil uncle-but events take an unexpected and fatal turn in this unusual story, which is by turns hilarious and macabre.

New York: Viking, November 2003. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxv + 452 pages.
Traces the 1838 discovery voyage that resulted in the western world's survey of 87,000 ocean miles, 280 Pacific islands, numerous zoological discoveries, and the finding of Antarctica; a journey that was marked by tragic deaths, the losses of two ships, and controversial courts martial. This "voyage of discovery" was as ambitious, dangerous, and full of promise as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. But while Lewis and Clark have become icons, the name of the Ex-Ex leader, Charles Wilkes, is all but lost from our national consciousness. How this came to be is one central theme. The other is the extensive scientific, political, and nautical legacy of the Ex-Ex. Its lengthy list of accomplishments includes confirmation of a "new continent" (Antarctica); hundreds of new species of plants and animals identified and cataloged; dozens of… Read More

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1987. Paperback. Third Printing, 1988. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine cocked and creased. Reading wear to covers and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 126 pages. Translation of: al-Ṭarīq.

New York: Viking Penguin, October 2001. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear at spine ends. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 346 pages. By Joanna Trollope writing as Caroline Harvey: A sweeping family saga follows two generations of courageous women across the globe, from war-battered Kabul to the battlements of aging castle in Scotland.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing, 1952. Trade Paperback. First Edition, Twenty-first printing (stated), 1980. Very Good. Text Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to covers. Dust stains to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 139 pages.First published in 1690 under the title: An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory.

Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, 2005. Fine Book in a Fine jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 387 pages. An historical account of Joseph and Delia Russell Youngblood, presented as an historical novel, tells of the effects--immediate and lasting--of the Civil War on their lives and those who came after.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Hardcover. Circa 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. 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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Inscribed & signed by both authors on the title page. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. Laid-in tri-fold pamphlet from the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvi + 230 pages. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As they were setting up camp to launch their lion research, gunfire echoed off the cliffs nearby. Gangs of ivory poachers were not only shooting the elephants but also virtually enslaving local villagers. Against unimaginable odds, Mark and Delia stopped the poaching by helping the villagers find other work, start small businesses, and improve their health care and education. Living with wild creatures all around (lions sleeping… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, July 2021. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvii + 554 pages.
An engrossing comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and filmmakers involved with and impacted by Star Wars, as well as writers, commentators, critics, executives, authors, film historians, toy experts and many more, Secrets of the Force, reveals all from the birth of the original film through the latest sequels and the new televisions series.

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, November 1975. Hardcover. First edition / full number line. Near Fine book / no jacket. Gray cloth over boards with title stamped in umber on spine. Interior pristine other than original bookseller's price-stamp on the half-title page. Binding square and tight. Not from a library. 361 pages. The first half of the book deals with the evolution of U.S. strategic policy. In the second half, the author sets out analytically the basic issues of the strategic debate, making a lucid case for alternative nuclear postures and policies.