New York: Doubleday, 1989. Third printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 189 pgs. The author, a doctor, describes his search to make a new life and find meaning for himself after contracting polio and become a quadriplegic. More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 8 x 11, 126 pgs. The author encourages women of all ages to use writing, doodling and downright scribbling for getting to know themselves. Her "lean in close" techniques brim with layers of self-discovery. "There's nothing better than finding a piece..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 355 pgs, bibliography, section of color illustrations. A collection of stories and essays about humankind's growing away from the cradle of Earth. More
Toronto: Doubleday, 1995. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 440 pgs, three sections of b&w photos. "Berton tells the stories behind the stories. Berton has lively anecdotes about such figures as John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney, and his television show guests, from Lenny Bruce to Malcolm X. He watches the Berlin..... More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 9, 191 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Everthing you need to know about encountering over 100 ghosts, phantoms and spectral entities. More
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2, 215 pgs, color photos throughout. Sir Peter Blake was a much loved and greatly admired yachtsman and adventurer, and this book is a wonderful tribute to his achievements. Drawn entirely from Peter's logbooks of his last..... More
New York: Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. 10 x 12, 474 pgs, color photos throughout. Long known as 'the museum-lover's museum', the Prado Museum in Madrid contains artworks by the best, and the best-known painters of the 12th through the 20th centuries. This collection features the jewels of the Prado, gathered by..... More
Washington DC: Regnery, 1999. Second printing. Hardcover. 7 x 9 1/2, 737 pgs. Written for everyone from families to financial planners, lawyers, accountants, insurance underwriters, security and investment advisors and business owners. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. Hardcover. 9 x 11, 247 pgs, index, b&w and color art reproductions throughout. A book prepared for the museum's exhibit, offering historical perspective on American pastel artists and works in the 19th and early 20th centuries. More
New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 340 pgs. The author's first novel - both heart-piercing and freshly funny, at once strikingly contemporary in its fix on life and timeless in its power to move us - tells the story of an American family transplanted..... More
Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 144 pgs. Encompassing a vast gamut of personalities, situations, and emotions, these stories penetrate our motives for doing what is right. Won the Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. Signed and inscribed..... More
New York: Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 190 pgs. In this collection of short stories, the author "brings us into familiar territory of family relationships and brilliantly describes the strain, the humor, the confusion, and the kaleidoscope of feelings these bonds evoke." Signed by the..... More
New York: Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 333 pgs. This is a "thoughtful, funny, and penetrating portrait of a modern American family that explores the breaches and bonds between husbands and wives, parents and children, and introduces one of the most antic teenagers since Holden Caulfield. "Inscribed and signed..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 680 pgs, index. A definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis tells the unforgettable story through the eyes of the hostages, their Iranian captors and the American special operations soldiers and pilots who tried to end the crisis with..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1943. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 308 pgs, b&w illustrations. Great piece of cub scout memorabilia. Slight damp stain at back of book. Previous owner's name written on first inside page. More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1947. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 32 pgs, b&w illustrations. Neat old Cub Scout planning book. Clean and unmarked. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1960. Paperback. 5 x 8, 188 pgs, b&w and color illustrations. A nice copy of a boy scout handbook. Rubbed cover, previous owner's name on first page. More
Published/Printed by the author, 2007. Paperback. 6 x 9, 458 pgs. Five U.S. cities are destroyed by Islamic terrorists using nuclear devices. MG George Alexander, Secretary of Homeland Security, becomes president, forms an interim government, pulls the nation together, and then confronts the Islamic whirlwind sweeping across the globe. More
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004. 6 x 9, 331 pgs. A grand saga in the genre of James Clavell's Shogun and Tia-Pan, with a little Clancy thrown in. Spanning over sixty years the story sweeps across Russia, central Asia, and into the United States. The cast of characters include Soviet scientists..... More
British Columbia: XYZ Publishing, 2000. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 178 pgs, index, b&w photos. As a child she was "contrary,"as a young woman she defied convention to choose art over marriage, and as a middle-aged woman she was considered a full-blown eccentric. Listening to her own inner voice..... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 8 x 10, 240 pgs, b&w photos. A riveting story highlighted by spectacular vintage photographs taken by Mallory and members of the British Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920s, as well as others culled from the archives of the Royal Geographical..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1976. First, thus. Paperback. 5 x 8, 157 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, map. The author strives to revise mistaken notions about Puritan colonial New England. More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006. Paperback. 5 x 8, 342 pgs. The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched firsthand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the US and throughout the world, from decimated..... More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 256 pgs, b&w illustrations. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. Offers complete protection through proven tips for safeguarding yourself and..... More
San Francisco: Foghorn Press, 1996. Paperback. 5 x 8, 222 pgs, index, b&w maps and photos. Tried-and-tested bicycle routes in Tahoe, Shasta, Mendocino and Sonoma, Napa Valley, Mammoth, the Redwoods, San Francisco Bay Area and more. More