Search Results: Authors starting with C from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: Fawcett Books, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Very light beginning of age toning to the papers. Pictorial wraps in very good condition with only ghost of shelf wear. * From the book, ""For centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate women writers reveal why the land that is the heart and soul of European civilization is so Seductive to women."" Writers include Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, George Eliot, Edith Warton, Mary McCarthy, Shirley Hazzard, Patricia Hampl, and many others.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover with gray boards with maroon spine cloth and copper gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Front free fly page has been clipped out. DJ very good with only gentlest shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""Spiritual experience has always been, and is especially today, a liberating source of women's identity and their resistance to oppression. These selections feature centuries of this tradition's most intuitive writings: women ancient, medieval, and modern articulate the spiritual dimension of life. . . .""

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Pub. House, 1981. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1981 Originally printed 1954. Hard cover in very good condition with brown embossed leatherette boards and gold gilt spine lettering; no dust jacket. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Appears unread. 507 numbered pages. * Contains three large sections: Ancient Church History (5 BC -590 AD), Medieval Church History (590 - 1517), and Modern Church History (1517) and after. Contains Charts, Maps, and Photos.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with deep blue boards, navy blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""U.S. President Jack Ryan has faced many challenges, but none have been as personal as this, and never has he been this helpless in the face of evil as in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times - bestselling series."" From the rear jacket, in a review from ""The Real Book Spy, ""Deftly plotted, high-stakes scenarios . . . Cameron utilizes the deep cast of characters at his disposal brilliantly. Longtime fans will be happy to know that under Cameron, ""the leader of the free world's still got it""… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition; First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, aqua-deep blue spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight, no writing, no markings noted. Has a red dot on bottom text block (remainder?) Dust jacket in very good condition; does have a closed split on rear along fold line and a vertical crease line on front jacket flap; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and The Campus return in the latest entry in Toms Clancy's #1 New York Times - bestselling series."" From the back dust jacket, a review from Publishers Weekly, ""Superior . . . Cameron delivers plenty of action along with the spycraft… Read More

Salem, MA: Page Street Publishing Co., 2018. Soft cover. Fine. Soft cover in fine condition with wraps crisp and as new. Text block clean and tight; no writings; no markings noted. * From the book, ""Millions of Americans have thyroid disorders and don't even know it. Dr. Becky Campbell, who has years of experience in the field, was one of those people but cured herself using this revolutionary program. What makes this approach different - and more effective for lifelong results - is that it looks for root causes and offers a well-rounded, holistic treatment plan that addresses lifestyle, diet, environmental toxins and more. This way, you can fix the underlying problem rather than covering up the symptoms.""

The Hanford Press, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. From the back cover, ""How to eat 400% more and better tasting food and lose weight."" Softcover in very good condition. Wraps bright & shiny with only lightest shelf & edge wear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Center section of color photographs of dishes prepared with recipes included. 230 pages

Atlanta: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997. Soft cover. Good. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Text block tight and clean. Shows removal of sticker on lower back cover. Text block unmarked.

William Morrow and Company Inc, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with cream boards, light rust colored spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the jacket, ""Our images of the Middle Ages - of wars, tournaments, and plagues, of kings and saints, of knights and ladies - are so vivid that it might be difficult to believe that they are recently minted. However, in this ground breaking work, Norman F. Cantor explains that our current notion of the Middle Ages as an epoch is new; born of the twentieth century, when European and American scholars looked back from their own war-ravaged times and discovered another unique and troubled culture in the era between Rome and the Renaissance. In their hands, the century's great intellectual constructs - modernism, formalism, and the rest - became instruments of revelation, uncovering the roots of modern social… Read More

Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. Glossy pictorial boards in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition. In addition, same date on both Title Page and Copyright Page. Hard cover in very good condition with light brown boards, mustard colored end papers, and black spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing but for gift inscription in blue ink on center of front free end paper. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""This is the remarkable story of the Mormon Church - from Joseph Smith's first vision of the angel Moroni to today's world-wide, vastly prosperous institution . . . captures the unique drive and spirit that have built the church. Drawing extensively on the actual writings of the early Mormons . . . stunning portraits of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other leaders and describes in vivid detail the movement's dramatic growth: its early persecution,… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. Contains black and white photos. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * Jimmy Carter: ""In a television interview on my seventieth birthday, Barbara Walters asked, 'Mr. President, looking back on your time as a submarine officer, a farmer and businessman, as governor, and in Washington, what has been the best of all?' Not having been asked this question before, I thought before replying, 'By far, my best years are those I'm enjoying now, since Rosalynn and I left the White House.' ""

Bantam Books, 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition. Hard cover in very good condition with green-teal boards and deeper green-teal spine cloth. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""No matter how demanding his responsibilities, there has never been a time when Jimmy Carter did not retreat into the natural world, even if only for a few hours, to be renewed in strength and perspective.... With candor and charm, he describes the discomforts and revelations of his encounters with the natural world....[he] has gotten lost in the woods only to find his most essential self. .... [Within these pages] the active sportsperson and the armchair naturalist will find hours of delightful escape - and illumination...""

New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998. Soft cover. Fine. Stated: First Trade Paperback Edition: October 1998 with complete number line including number one. Soft cover in fine condition; appears unread. Text block clean & tight; no markings; no writing. Wraps in fine/as new condition. * From the book, ""...""Virtues? What could possibly be good about growing old?' The most obvious answer, of course, is to consider the alternative to aging. But there are plenty of other good answers - many based on our personal experiences and observations.""

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing First Edition, Second Printing. Same date on Title Page and Copyright Page. Number line D 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 . Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards and gold gilt lettering on spine and front board. Light tan colored end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with light shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, ""... in this informed and compassionate book, President Carter offers readers an overview of the political, religious, and ethnic conflicts that have fragmented the Middle East, presenting each country's perspective and involvement in both historic and current contexts.""

Penguin Books, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Wraps very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""Jimmy Carter left the White House in January 1981, defeated in his bid for reelection and rejected by the American public - but hardly broken. Once outside the Oval Office, he was more determined than ever to complete his life's work: world peace. .... presents observations of his complex relationships with many world leaders: Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping, Margaret Thatcher, Fidel Castro, Yasir Arafat, Hoafez al-Assad, as well as the men who have succeeded him in the White House. . . . ."" From a review in The Atlanta Journal: ""...shows that, in a world of corruption and evil, a man of ideals can make a difference.""

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering; side edges deckled. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped * From the book, ""... offers a personal consideration of moral values as they relate to the important issues of the day.. . . . puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning of where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred"".

NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated Simon and Schuster paperback edition 2004; 2nd printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South: it is a saga that will change the way we thing about the conflict.""

NY: Simon and Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated Simon & Schuster hardcover edition April 2008. First Printing per complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. Gift inscription to former owner on front free end paper. * From the book, ""... President Carter's loving, admiring, wry homage to Miss Lillian Carter, who championed the underdog always, even when her son was president. A registered nurse, pecan grower, university house-mother, Peace Corp volunteer, public speaker, and renowned raconteur, Miss Lillian ignored the mores and prejudices of the racially segregated South of the Great Depression years. She was an avid supporter of the Brooklyn Dodgers (because she happened to attend the first major league baseball game in which Jackie Robinson, from Cairo, Georgia, played), was a favored guest on television… Read More

NY: Basic Books, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with deep purple boards, white spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight but for light pencil marks in margins, small marginalia, several light underlinings; former owner's name written at top of front fly leaf. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""What was wrong with the 1992 Republican Convention was not the effort to link the name of God to secular political ends. What was wrong was the choice of secular ends to which the name of God was linked. Thus, Patrick Buchanan's world view might be objectionable to the secular liberal, but it should not be more objectionable because he offered a religious justification for it.""