Search Results: Authors starting with F from Better Bindings

New. Small black dot on tail outer edges near spine. This mesmerizing first novel follows a glamorous family as they prepare to leave the seeming paradise of Brazil for Canada in the wake to the mysterious disappearance--and presumed drowning--of their eldest daughter a year earlier. As the novel moves back and forth between the members of the Maurer family, we are taken into the heart of a family whose beauty and charm belie a more troubling reality. A16.

Signs of use from previous owner including writing on inside cover. Paperback in --average-- condition with bumping and wearing on corners. In his entertaining debut as an author, Donald Fagen-musician, songwriter, and cofounder of Steely Dan-reveals the cultural figures and currents that shaped his artistic sensibility, as well as offering a look at his college days and a hilarious account of life on the road. Fagen presents the "eminent hipsters" who spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s; his colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, where he first met his musical partner Walter Becker; and the agonies and ecstasies of a recent cross-country tour with Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. Acclaimed for his literate lyrics and complex arrangements as a musician, Fagen here proves himself a sophisticated writer with his own distinctive voice. 2014. T13.

Children's Book. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Slight guttering has happened between the sub title page and title page, also inbetween pages 22-23 but pages are still intact and binding is tight. Outer edges has tanning, browning, stains and foxing. 1972. B6.

New. Reading level:8-12 years. Grade Level:3-7. Devlin Quick Mysteries #2. After successfully apprehending a map thief at the beginning of summer, Dev is going to spend the second half of her summer vacation in Montana with her best friend, Katie, exploring the outdoors and NOT getting into trouble. 2017. A21.

Used paperback in acceptable condition. Pages clean except previous owner's name written on inside cover. There is a stamp also inside on page 1. Heavy tanning of pages and inside of covers from aging. Sticker on front cover. Smudging, spots and foxing on outer page edges. Slight bumping on corners and edges. Rubbing and smudging on cover. Behind the Walls of Terra (World of Tiers #4), Farmer, Philip José. 1970. A25.

Forum Books Edition. The Studs Lonigan Trilogy #1. Image of actual book: DJ has bumping/tearing on the top/spine/edges/corners. Top stain of red on top edges. Deckled/tanning/foxing of outer edges. DJ flaps on edges are very thin. Very little if any writing/marking in the book. I own all 3 of the Trilogy books. A Irish American growing up in Chicago. 1948. A11.

Book in --acceptable-- condition. DJ with wearing and small tears on edges. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the Studs Lonigan trilogy at 29th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Farrell wrote these three novels at a time of national despair. During the Great Depression, many of America's most gifted writers and artists aspired to create a single, powerful work of art that would fully expose the evils of capitalism and lead to a political and economic overhaul of the American system. Farrell chose to use his own personal knowledge of Irish-American life on the South Side of Chicago to create a portrait of an average American slowly destroyed by the "spiritual poverty" of his environment. Both Chicago and the Irish-American Roman Catholic Church of that era are described at length, and faulted. 1948. A11.

Book in --acceptable-- condition. DJ in average condition with wear on edges. This book concentrates more on the devastation and suffering caused by the Great Depression. That belief in capitalism itself is responsible for the travails of families like the Lonigans. 1948. A11.

First Edition. Image of actual book: Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges have yellowing, browing, stains and foxing. This is a fine collection of short stories. Some expose the threat and oppression of McCarthyism and the HUAC. The stories are explore the struggle of keeping one's dignity while struggling with matters of principle in the face of oppression and poverty. 1955. U17.

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. B9.

Rare. Image of actua lPamphlet/ Booklets in acceptable condition. Some smudging on front and staining on back cover. Pages clean. Slight creasing on cover. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. U16.

Used book has very little markings, writing from the previous owner. DJ has very little bumping, rubbing, little tears, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. The host of the popular American Public Radio show, "Whad'ya Know?", offers a unique perspective on life in the Midwest, discussing topics ranging from home remodeling, to politics, to middle age. 1991. U11.

Paperback in --above-- average condition. Signs of use from previous owner including bumping and worn on bottom spine. Pages clean with no writing. Think about the most wretched day of your life. Maybe it was when someone you loved died, or when you were badly hurt in an accident, or a day when you were so terrified you could scarcely bear it. No imagine 4,000 of those days in one big chunk. In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, and where the worst punishment is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style. Fellows was certainly guilty of his crime, but he endured and survived human-rights abuses beyond imagination. This is not his plea for forgiveness, nor his denial of guilt; it is the story of an ordeal that no one would wish on their worst enemy. It is an essential read: heartbreaking,… Read More

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, fading, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges have tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Guttering has happened at the front of the book but no loose pages. Binding tight. Library tape has been placed over the spine as protection (Image of actual book). Top stain of dark grey on top outer edges. Pages deckled. Sixteen-year-old Woody buys a car for forty dollars and faces many problems when he rebuilds the car so it will be safe to drive. 1960. FC3.

Seventh Printing. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. A17.

Stated First Edition. Ex-library book in acceptalbe condition. Image of actual book: Boards with writing, wearing and smudging. Book is worn with usual card holder, stamps, stickers, markings and writing. Binding tight. No DJ. Bumping and rubbing on corners and edges. Bumping and wear on tail. Fading on the top, tail, edges, corners. Outer edges with slight tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Definitive guide provides paleontologists and amateur fossil enthusiasts with invaluable information about finding fossils, caring for samples, and how to study them. Profusely illustrated and expanded edition contains fascinating information about everything from single-celled organisms, arthropods and amphibians, to dinosaurs, birds, and mammals. Includes identification keys, glossary, more. 1963. T6.

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Spine board has issues, has come unglued and almost seperated from the front board. Guttering has happened in the front of book. No loose pages and binding is tight. Pages deckled. B9.

New. Small black remainder mark on bottom page edges. One Thousand White Women Series 2/3. So begins the Journal of Margaret Kelly, a woman who participated in the U.S. government's "Brides for Indians" program in 1873. 9 March 1876. My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed, all our possessions burned, our friends butchered by the soldiers, our baby daughters gone, frozen to death on an ungodly trek across these rocky mountains. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, we curse the savagery of mankind, white and Indian alike. We curse God in his heaven. Do not underestimate the power of a mother's vengeance. 2017. A13.

Large Print Edition. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. Very little bumping, rubbing, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Although she sets off to St. Stephen's very reluctantly, injured nurse Thea Westering soon begins to warm to her temporary secretarial job on the orthopaedic ward- and to handsme registrar James Mayling, who shows more than merely professional interest in her. 1990. B4.

RARE. HARDCOVER. Image of actual book. Econo-Clad Books. Ages: 12 years and up. Ex-library book in acceptable condition. Tight binding. The book has usual library markings, stamps, stickers and card holder. Sticker on back removed. No writing on inside pages. Yellowing of pages due to aging. Good condition for an Ex-library book. When her best friend, Janaan, is accused of murdering her own baby brother and two other babies, Lauren, convinced of her friend's innocence, joins her in trying to solve the mystery and find evidence to clear her name. 1990. U1.