Search Results: Authors starting with L from Better Bindings

Grade level: 2-3. Reading age: 7-10 years. Sam Dog Detective Series 2/8. Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. DJ has some bumping, rubbing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Jennie Levinsky has an amazing secret...and only her best friend, Beth, knows about it. Jennie can "hear" what her neighbor's sheepdog, Sam, is thinking! And what Sam is usually thinking is how to find fame and fortune as a world-famous detective. With Sam: Dog Detective as their fearless leader, the girls snoop their way into trouble, but quick thinking and swift action always lead them to safety. In The Ghost of Captain Briggs, Sam and Beth join Jennie's family on their summer vacation at an old mansion built by a fierce pirate. Sam's convinced that where there's a pirate, there must be a buried treasure and a ghost! U16.

Book in --very good-- condition. DJ with slight wear. Book 1 of 16: Elemental Masters. Reading age: ‎ 18 years and up. Maya Witherspoon had lived most of the first twenty-five years of her life in her native India. As the daughter of a prominent British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste, she had known only luxury. Trained by her father in the medical arts since she was old enough to read, she graduated from the University of Delhi as a Doctor of Medicine by the age of twenty-two. Welcomed into her father’s lucrative practice, she treated many of the wives and daughters of the British military personnel who made up a large percentage of their patients in the colonial India of 1909. But the science of medicine was not Maya’s only heritage. 2001. A1.

Used book has writing, markings from the previous owner. Slight bumping, rubbing, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges has tanning, browning, stains and foxing. When her father gambled away the family estate, practical Moriah Landon did not hesitate to pay a visit to the winner, Vincent Roane. And when the London rakehell suggested a scandalous means of paying off her father's debt, she was only surprised that she had not thought of it first! 1990. A20.

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, fading, stains, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges could have tanning, brownings, stains and foxing. Pages deckled. Slight guttering has happened in the back of book but NO loose pages and binding is tight. Some of the pages inside do have stains from being read over the years but has not interfered with reading material. 1951. U8.

Used paperback book in fair condition. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. R.D. Laing is at his most wickedly iconoclastic in this eloquent assault on conventional morality. Unorthodox to some, brilliantly original to others, "The Politics of Experience "goes beyond the usual theories of mental illness and alienation, and makes a convincing case for the "madness of morality." 1967. B1.

New. Red and blue marks on the tail outer edges. This beautiful journal from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives you all the space you need to notice and record what gives you joy. Arranged as a 365-day companion, it prompts you with inspiring quotes from The Book of Joy to help transform their joy practices into an enduring way of life. It is the perfect companion for The Book of Joy's many passionate readers as well as the perfect gift for anyone looking to live a more joyful. Share the joy! 2017. A14.

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. Very little bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Top stain of black on top outer edges. A26.

Bantam Re-Issue Edition 1998. Used book has little to no writing, markings from previous owner. No DJ. Very little bumping,rubbing, little tears, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges may have tanning, browning, stains, curling, foxing. East Texas wasn't much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he's come back to farm the land that's rightfully his. Only Cullen is in for an unwelcome homecoming his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. 1998. U2.

DJ covered in clear Mylar cover. Previous owner has sticker on the first colored fly leaf page, also another sticker of somesort was on the back but removed and residue of the paper/glue are left. The tape from the mylar protector has made marks on the inside/back pages. The book is free of any other writing/markings. In good/acceptable condition. This is the first American edition of an extraordinary story, translated [from the Italian] by Archibald Colquboun. Aristocrats trying to deal with a rapidly changing world. The protagonist, Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, is a middle aged aristocrat in 1860s Sicily. He has a large family, several palaces and a strong allegiance to the Bourbon dynasty King of Two Sicilies. The Prince's world is threatened by the ongoing unification of Italy by the northern King of Sardinia and his sometimes military ally, the charismatic General Garibaldi. As the novel opens, Garibaldi and his thousand volunteers have landed in Sicily and will soon oust the Bourbon king. The… Read More

OUT OF PRINT. RARE. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Top stain of black on top outer edges but has faded in some areas. "There was no way for Rusty Adams to know that the shiny metal disc he had found at the city dump and used on his play space ship in the garage, was actually the flying saucer of the Mighty Gwump of Eopee in Adromeda Galaxy. When tiny Tiphia, Gwump's messenger, arrived to claim it, Rusty and his playmate Susan Northrup found themselves taking an unexpected trip to all of the planets, except Neptune and Plato. Rusty and Susan save Tiphia from attack by ants and other hazards as he vainly tries to find the moon, Eopee. It's Rusty who realizes finally that Tiphia is simply in the wrong galaxy. 1957. B3.

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Pages deckled. Top part of spine does have the board torn and removed (Image of actual book). Guttering has happened in the front of the book but pages are NOT loose and binding is tight. The Shadow of Time, its original English title. "His blond, pretty, three-year-old daughter Margaret was the only light in John Stebbings dreary life. When she was kidnapped, the police were unable to find a trace. But Stebbings knew something that could help - something he was afraid to tell the police. Torn between love and fear, Stebbings was frantic when he came to private eye Harry Kent and begged him to take on the case. 1957. U17.

Harlequin Presents Series #2229. Used book has writing, markings from the previous owner. Slight bumping, rubbing, little tears, creasing on the top, tail of the spine, edges, corners. Outer edges has stains, foxing. rice sticker on front cover. Robert Colby was gravely ill when his brother, Trent, sent for the girl Robert loved. So it was too late to tell them they had the wrong girl-that Lucy Miles had written to Robert usuing Vivienne's name and sending her photo. 1979. A20.

Twelfth Printing. Mentor Book Edition. Used book may have markings, writing from the previous ower. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. (image of actual book) the front cover has been dog-eared. Dampstain on the top outer edges and also on the inside of pages but has NOT interfered with the reading material. U7.

OUT OF PRINT. RARE. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. DJ has very little bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Describes the increase in funding for science and the growing influence of scientists in American politics after the invention of the atomic bomb. 1965. B6.

Signs of use from previous owner. In -above- average condition. In the quiet town of Gig Harbor, Washington, well-liked police chief David Brame, distraught over his impending divorce, shoots his wife to death in front of their two children, and then kills himself, shocking residents and opening an investigation that revealed Brame's true nature. 2006. T10.

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH AMBITIOUS DREAMS -- DID FOLLOWING HER HEART COST HER LIFE? Award-winning journalists from TV's 48 Hours Mystery go inside the case that shocked even jaded New Yorkers: the murder of aspiring dancer Catherine Woods. She was a gifted midwestern beauty, the daughter of Ohio State University's marching band director: to dance on Broadway. Soon after high school graduation, Catherine left Columbus for New York City, determined to be a star. Three years later, she was dead -- murdered in cold blood in her East Side apartment. The shocking revelations that emerged from the police investigation made tabloid headlines: few knew that the struggling artist paid her bills by dancing in a topless club. But there was another hidden facet to Catherine's life -- a shattering love triangle with two men, one of whom would ultimately be convicted of her brutal stabbing death. It's a chilling account of obsession, violence, and the surprising, minute evidence on which the entire case hinged. For a… Read More

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series. Book1/7. Paperback in --above-- average condition. Signs of use from previous owner. Some wearing on corners. Pages clean with no writing. An International Bestselling Sensation A murder mystery, family saga, love story, and a tale of financial intrigue wrapped into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pieced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. 2009. T12.

Out of Print. Rare. Ex-library book in fair condition. Book with usual card holder, stamps, stickers, markings and writing. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges with slight tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Translated from the Dutch. The first school built in a Balinese mountain village has a great effect on the lives of its citizens. 1969. FC3.

Not Ex-libray book. Used book has very little markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Very little bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Pages deckled. B9.

Large Print, Image of actual book: Ex-library book in fair condition. Sticker on Mylar cover. Hardcover with usual card holder, markings, stamps, stickers. DJ is in Mylar cover. Some bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges have tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Ink smear from library on the title page and last fly leaf page. John Putnam Thatcher - banker-detective for Sloan Guaranty Trust - finds himself stepping lively a half stride ahead of disaster when a kidnapping in Istanbul ... a ransom in Switzerland ... and a murder in Texas ignite a flash fire fueled by international oil! 1987. T4.