Search Results: Titles starting with W from Trolls Treasure

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 5-02. Hardcover. Very Good +. Book is in very good condition with light edge wear, upper corners bumped. No dust jacket.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. A family saga as riveting as any opera, and a matchless mirror of Germany’s rise, fall, and resurrection. Richard Wagner was many things—composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite—and his descendants have carried on his complex legacy. Now, in The Wagner Clan, biographer Jonathan Carr retraces the path of the renowned composer and his descendants. Along the way, Carr offers glimpses of Franz Liszt (whose illegitimate daughter Cosima married Wagner); Friedrich Nietzsche; Arthur Schopenhauer; Alberto Toscanini; Joseph Goebbels; Hermann Göring; and the “Wolf” himself, Adolf Hitler, a passionate fan of the Master’s music and an adopted uncle to Wagner’s grandchildren. Wagner’s British-born daughter-in-law, Winifred, was a close friend of Hitler’s and seemed momentarily positioned to marry him after the death of her… Read More

New York: MJF Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Marvin Bileck. The author "thought he wanted to concentrate on New York itself, describing a series of walks around the city. But what emerged was the story of his own boyhood encounters with it, starting from Brownsville, the Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood of his birth, then stretching out to alluring, mysterious Manhattan and from there to the world. Book is in fine condition with a tiny bump on the back cover's bottom edge. Dust jacket is fine, unclipped.

New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/good +. Glossy pictorial hard cover with matching jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the 1/2 title page. 'Tozaemon was the greatest warrior in the land. His twin brother, Toemon, was the greatest wise man. Their father, the emperor, set them a task: to bring him the five eternal elements. The brother who returned first with the prize would become the next emperor.' David Wisniewski uses cut paper as an illustration medium and this book shows his craft. The illustrations are wonderful. Book is in Fine condition, doesn't appear to have been read. Cover shows some marks, residue from a sticker. Dust jacket has small piece missing at the bottom of the spine. Edges a bit bumped. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

New York: Doubleday, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its center.James Reston, Jr., the author of Galileo: A Life (called "masterful" and "brilliant" by the Washington Post) and the critically lauded The Last Apocalypse, a stunningly original portrait of the Christian world at the turn of first millennium, now re-creates the collision of the Christian holy wars and the Muslim jihad at the end of the twelfth century. A dual biography of the legendary Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, iconic hero of the Islamic world, Warriors of God recounts the life of each man and reveals the passions of the times that brought them face-to-face in the final battle of the Third Crusade.Richard the Lionheart, commonly depicted as the romantic personification of chivalry, here emerges in his full complexity and contradictions as Reston examines the dark side of Richard's role… Read More

New York: Berkley, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever, who will let him go no further into the dark woods. That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a friend, a dog of alarming intelligence, and a threat that could only have come from the darkest corners of man's imagination. Near fine book, with lightest sign of edge wear.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book is near fine with minor edge wear, except for a good bump to back upper corner. No Dust Jacket.

Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. Julia Cairns. Learn to count in Swahili while learning about Tanzania. Beautifully illustrated by Julia Cairns. "In this charming tale, your child follows a group of Maasai people as they travel across Tanzania, encountering big cats, ostriches, warthogs, monkeys, elephants, and other fascinating wildlife. There is also a glossary of Maasai names and a review of Swahili numbers from one to 10." --Your Big Backyard "The text's easy, natural rhythm makes reading aloud a pleasure: 'We all went on safari Where the treetops intertwine. We met mischievous monkeys, So Doto counted nine'. Each sharply detailed scene glows with jewel-like color, set off by the traditionally dressed human figures' heads and limbs. Further information about the Maasai, Tanzania, the ten children's Swahili names, and the equal number of wild creatures met… Read More

Brattleboro VT: Greenemont Book / The Stephen Greene Press, 1979. Paperback. Book is in very good condition with light edge wear except for a hard crease to the front cover. The first three pages also had their corners bent. The inside covers are starting to tone.

Wisconsin: Willow Creek Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Fresh on the heals of the successful What Dogs Teach Us, author Glenn Dromgoole offers the similarly insightful What Cats Teach Us. Cats, better known for their reprimanding attitudes towards humans, still have much to teach. From keeping fastidious grooming habits, eating a healthy fish diet and getting plenty of rest to nurturing your independent spirit, expressing your individuality and embracing your curiosity, What Cats Teach Us reminds us of what in life is important to avoid, defend, cherish and enjoy. Book is in near fine condition in a very good + dust jacket with mild edge wear.

New York: Signet, 2007. First Signet Printing. Paperback. Fine. Fans of quality historical suspense who mourn the end of the late Kate Ross's Julian Kestrel mysteries and the late Bruce Alexander's Sir John Fielding novels should find solace in the work of promising newcomer Harris, whose series (beginning with 2005's What Angels Fear) is set in Regency England. The ability of Harris's detective, Sebastian St. Cyr, the Viscount Devlin, to mingle freely with the cream of society leads to his receiving a highly sensitive commission. Given the perilous state of the English monarchy in 1811, the discovery of the dissolute Prince Regent with a murder victim in his arms makes the death of the beautiful young wife of an aristocrat even more scandalous. St. Cyr is charged by the powers that be with solving the crime and absolving the royal suspect. The author deftly combines political intrigue, cleverly concealed clues and vivid characters for a fast-moving story that will have readers… Read More

Zebra Books, 1989. First Zebra Books printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. Book is in very good condition with minimal edge wear. The edges of the inside covers and pages are beginning to tan.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2010. 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Mr. Cheeseman, his three relatively odor-free children, a psychic hairless dog, and a sock puppet named Steve are on the run. Why? Because Mr. Cheeseman invented a time machine, of course. Now they're being chased by international super spies, top secret government agents, and a genius monkey. Dr. Cuthbert Soup, the head of the Center of Unsolicited Advice, narrates this wild adventure that will lead readers straight into next season's sequel: Another Whole Nother Story. " What's a family to do when its scientist-inventor-dad builds a time machine that governments, super spies with chimpanzees, and just about every evil organization in the world… Read More

New York: Random House , 2006. 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. We all have an imaginary definition of a great family. We imagine what it would be like to belong to such a family. No fights over the holidays. No getting on one another’s nerves. Respect for individual identity. Mutual support, without being intrusive. So many people believe they are disqualified from having a better family experience, primarily because they compare their own family with the mythic ideal, and their reality falls short. Is that a fair standard to judge against?” In the pages of Why Do I Love These People?, Po Bronson takes us on an extraordinary journey.It begins on a river in Texas, where a mother gets trapped underwater and has to bargain for her own life and that of her kids. Then, a father and his daughter return to their tiny rice-growing village in China, hoping to rekindle their love for each other inside the walls of his childhood home. Next, a son puts forth a riddle,… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. Even with some of the toughest hombres and nastiest outlaws roaming the Southwest, bestselling author James D. Doss’s seven-foot-tall rancher and sometime tribal investigator Charlie Moon does a fair job on the side of the good guys. So it’s no surprise that he gets the call when the widow Loyola Montoya starts making a fuss about witches. Witches? She swears there’s a whole midnight brood lurking in the woods just off her property, mocking her with lewd songs and harassing her with the carcasses of dead animals. When no one takes her seriously—she has been known to cry wolf from time to time—she takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous results. By the time Charlie arrives, it’s too late to save her, and while he knows he can’t bring her back, that doesn’t mean he can’t help the widow get her revenge after all. Told in Doss’s whimsical style, The Widow’s Revenge is a wonderfully tall tale… Read More

New York: Random House Publishing Group, 2009. Stated First Edition. Hardback. Fine/fine. Introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson: dedicated family man, rebel in the office, ace in the field—and one of the most appealing sleuths to come along in years. When we first meet Dawson, he’s been ordered by his cantankerous boss to leave behind his loving wife and young son in Ghana’s capital city to lead a murder investigation: In a shady grove outside the small town of Ketanu, a young woman—a promising medical student—has been found dead under suspicious circumstances. Dawson is fluent in Ketanu’s indigenous language, so he’s the right man for the job, but the local police are less than thrilled with an outsider’s interference. For Dawson, this sleepy corner of Ghana is rife with emotional land mines: an estranged relationship with the family he left behind twenty-five years earlier and the painful memory of his own mother’s inexplicable disappearance.… Read More

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, 2007. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Soft Pictorial Cover. Near Fine. A novel of mothers lost and found. Grainne's Mom disappeared years ago when her parents were divorced, and Mom moved to the U.S. Now, bafflingly, she's reappeared and wants to meet. What could she be up to? To get out of the way of this mysterious reunion, Grainne's half-brothers, Johnny and Tom, go with their mother, Sandra, on an "adventure holiday" in Finland. But before they're more than a few days into the snowy north, the boys are separated from Sandra, taking impossible risks to save her life. WILDERNESS is part-adventure, part-family drama with a charm that's all Roddy. Book is near fine with minor edge wear, rubbing along the lower edge. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

New York: Berkley, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. The hazards of finding and following a spiritual path are well illustrated in this intimate account by a writer who helped to found the Native American Bear Tribe. Marlise James was a New York journalist in the early Seventies, with a Master's degree from Columbia, when a series of strange events led to her meeting medicine man Sun Bear. The details of James's transformation into a tribal commune leader, after fighting resistance from without (by Native Americans) and within, make absorbing reading. While her visions are not as glamorous as some, they retain more credibility, especially in the context of earthy ecological beliefs often difficult to handle (like learning to prepare and eat road kills). A worthwhile testimony from a gutsy lady. - Jeanne S. Bagby, formerly with Tucson P.L., Ariz. Book is in acceptable condition. Moderate edge wear and rubbing, creases to spine and front cover near the hinge, dark tanning to inside covers.… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1975. First printing, as stated. Paperback. Very Good. Includes some black & white illustrations by Woody Guthrie Very good copy, light tanning to edge of page block. There is a very small impression on back cover but it did not tear the cover. There is a sliver of a stain on the back cover edge that includes the last four page edges as well. The interior pages are clean and the binding tight. Book doesn't appear to have been read.

New York: Galahad Books, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Large oblong 14.3 x 11.1 x 0.7 inches. 128 p. Text by Henry David Thoreau. Photography by James Warner and Margaret White. This book offers readers a walk through the physical world of Andrew Wyeth's paintings. 69 full-color plates and 8 black-and-white illustrations. Book is near fine. There is a dimple on the back cover top edge. Dust Jacket is very good with moderate edge wear and bumping.