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Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. Unknown edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine crease and end nicks, slight fading.As is the case with all great works of art, J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpieces generously repay close attention and study. In this thoroughly entertaining and perceptive volume, winner of the prestigious Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award, Professor Kocher examines the sources that Tolkien drew upon in fashioning Middle-earth and its inhabitants—and provides valuable insights into the author's aims and methods. Ranging from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings to The Silmarillion and beyond, Master of Middle-earth opens the door to a deeper and richer appreciation of Tolkien's magnificent achievement. Inside you will discover• Why Aragorn is the most misunderstood character in The Lord of the Rings . . . and its true hero.• The origin of Sauron—and the nature of evil in Tolkien's universe.• The opposing forces of destiny and free will in Frodo's quest.• The… Read More

Tor, New York, 2011. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, light scuff mark at top left corner of rear cover.Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is generally considered the greatest American SF writer of the 20th century. A famous and bestselling author in later life, he started as a navy man and graduate of Annapolis who was forced to retire because of tuberculosis. A socialist politician in the 1930s, he became one of the sources of Libertarian politics in the USA in his later years. His most famous works include the Future History series (stories and novels collected in The Past Through Tomorrow and continued in later novels), Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Given his desire for privacy in the later decades of his life, he was both stranger and more interesting than one could ever have known. This is the first of two volumes of a major American biography. This volume is about Robert A. Heinlein's life up to… Read More

St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps.New writing on the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien by Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, Raymond E. Feist, Terry Pratchett, Charles de Lint, George R.R. Martin and more.

Harlequin 95, Toronto, 1951. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and spine crease, slight wear on rear cover, slight browning of interior pages.

Harlequin 111, Toronto, 1952. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, spine has very light nicks at ends, light wrinkling at rear cover, a really nice, fresh looking copy.

Delair/Culinary Arts Institute, New York, 1980. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, light spine crease, slight price sticker residue.Includes intriguing recipes from Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti and more.

Orbit, New York, 2008. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, spine creasing.In 2600 CE the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space the Confederation Navy keeps the peace. A true golden age is within our grasp.But now something has gone catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of all our fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it The Reality Dysfunction. It is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since… Read More

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. DJ has slight edge wear. Signed, numbered, and limited edition: number 295 of 500. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage. From the publisher: The Night's Dawn Trilogy, Book 2.

Vintage/Black Lizard, New York, 1992. 9th trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good, edge wear, slight price sticker residue on front cover, cover has light wear, price sticker on rear cover.Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?

Thomas Nelson, London, 1957. 10th printing. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and bumping at corners, slight fading due to age . No dust jacket.Includes The Old Bull... by Bernard Gilbert, Allison's Lad... by B. M. Dix, Summer Comes to the Diamond O... by Robert Finch, Catherine Parr... by Maurice Baring, The Valiant... by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass, The Bishop's Candlesticks... by Norman McKinnel, The Princess and the Woodcutter... by A. A. Milne, Campbell of Kilmohr... by J. A. Ferguson, Michael... by Miles Malleson.

FSG, New York, 2006. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the townsfolk, exposing their darkest instincts and suppressed desires. At once arrogant and unassuming, righteous and depraved, Nagel's bizarre behavior and feverish rants seduces the entire community even as he turns it on its head—before disappearing as suddenly as he had arrived

FSG, New York. 20th trade paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine, wrinkling at bottom edges, price sticker on rear cover.One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary history with the publication in 1890 of this powerful, autobiographical novel recounting the abject poverty, hunger and despair of a young writer struggling to achieve self-discovery and its ultimate artistic expression. The book brilliantly probes the psychodynamics of alienation, obsession, and self-destruction, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man driven by forces beyond his control to the edge of the abyss. Hamsun influenced many of the major 20th-century writers who followed him, including Kafka, Joyce and Henry Miller.

Vintage, New York. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Very Good, light edge and corner wear, slight creasing at corners, light nicks and faint crease at spine.This travelogue begins with the terrifying account of the storm that left Eric Hansen and four companions shipwrecked on a deserted Red Sea island. Rescued by smugglers and taken to the Yemen coast, Hansen found himself increasingly enthralled by this little-known land, intrigued by its customs, charmed by its natural beauty and captivated by its people as he travelled the country, seeking out its wildest geography and rarest wildlife while searching for a way to retrieve the travel journals he lost in the shipwreck. A humorous mix of reportage, comedy and tension, this is a glimpse into a country insufficiently understood by the West, and into a culture at once secretive and friendly, alien and enchanting.

Parragon, Bath, UK, 2006. Pictorial boards. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, NO writing or markings.

Harper, New York, 2005. First edition. Condition: Very good, edge wear and bumps on corners, spine creasing, slight previous price sticker residue on front cover.From the publisher: From the bestselling author of Chocolat and Coastlines comes a novel of love and betrayal, friendship and revenge, set in 17th-century France.

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2015. 2nd trade paperback edition. Condition: New.For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.Waking Up is part memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no… Read More

Vintage, New York, 2008. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamentalist Christianity. In the course of his argument, he addresses current topics ranging from intelligent design and stem-cell research to the connections between religion and violence. In Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris boldly challenges the influence that faith has on public life in our nation.

Norton, New York, 2005. 2nd trade paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, light nicks at edges.In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs—even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris draws on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, and Eastern mysticism to deliver a call for a truly modern foundation for ethics and spirituality that is both secular and humanistic.Winner of the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction.

Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa CA, 1995. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.A critical review of the work of Charles Bukowski.

Prentice Hall, 1998. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, light creasing at spine. This is a large heavy book and mat require additional postage.Learn the steps to building wealth. Practical strategies for investing in your future. Make your money work for you.