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Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0553249541. U.S. Navy Seals From Boot Camp to the Battle Zones. Now Ian Padden tells the whole heroic story of the U.S. Navy Seals, fro m their birth out of the naval Underwater Demolition Unit in World War II to their formal commisioning in 1962 by President Kennedy. Here are the daring military exploits of the SEALS, told with vivi d immediacy through historical and eyewitness accounts by a master chronicler of war. Includes 8 pages of photographs. 135 pages..

Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0553247034. U.S. Rangers From Boot Camp to the Battle Zones. They are the nation's crack infantry unit, a highly trained, light mobile force that can be moved at a moment's notice to any troubled area in the world. From its beginnings under Major Robert Rogers during the French and Indian War, the Rangers have been unmatched as a com mando outfit that moves swiftly and effectively to contain and crush all enemy attackers. Now Ian Padden tells the whole, incredible Rangers story, from it days under the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion t h rough its Civil War period on the side of the Confederacy, up to its heroic, unforgettable engagements in Sicily, Tunisia, France, Vietnam, and Grenada. Includes 8 pages of photographs. 135 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Born in the jungles of Burma in 1944 and coming of age in the jungles of Vietnam, Air Commando has carved its own legend as an anti-guerrila, anti-insurgency force par excellence. No job is too tough for their daredevil pilots. From landing in tiny jungle clearings in order to snatch our troops out of the jaws of death, to dropping essential supplies on a dime, to reconnaissance missions, to providing supporting fire in countless gunfights, the men of Air Commando are there as needed. Their aircraft too is special - ordinary planes transformed for extraordinary purposes, from the slowest and oldest to the most sophisticated and experimental. Here then are the men, the machines, the battles - from Burma to Grenada with the U.S. Air Commando - action and heroism at its unpredictable best. 133 pages. Including 8 pages of photos. Some light rubbing on top &… Read More

Emmaus, PA, U.S.A.: Rodale Press, Incorporated, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "In my 20 years of practicing psychotherapy and producing self-help tapes, I have never found such clear, accurate, well-researched guide to balancing emot ions and health. A winner!" Emmet Miller, M.D. President, Source Cassette Learnign Systems. Subjects covered include: Control pain without drugs; Stop compulsive eating and other out-of-control behav i ors; Heighton your sexual pleasure; Discover new cures for common depression; Strengthen your immune system; and many more. A book about hundreds of proven techniques to harmonize mind and body for ha ppy, health living. 627 indexed pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1988. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thousands of letters and messages have been left at the Vietnam Memorial Wall since its dedication in 1982, many preserved by the National Park Service as part of a planned museum collection. Palmer, who worked in Saigon as a reporter in the early '70s, found and interviewed many of the people who left them. The resulting book combines the messages with the comments of those who wrote them, and one would have to look far to find a work that stirs deeper emotions. Reading it is a cathartic experience rather than a depressing one. The bodies of the fallen are buried elsewhere, but as far as the surviving family members, friends and comrades are concerned, the spirits of the dead seem to dwell in and around the monument itself. Shrapnel in the Heart is in its own way as awesome a memorial as the wall. Shrapnel in the Heart is an evocative, heart-wrenching collection of over… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Perennial Library, 1989. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Told through the lives and writings of individuals, this book examines the impact of the war on society. "This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men. . . . to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life." - Abraham Lincoln. Chosen by Civil War magazine as one of the 200 best books on the war, Phillip Paludan's acclaimed work was the first book since 1910 to describe in a single volume the multifaceted impacts of this tragic conflict on Northern society. Weaving together insights from literature, law, politics, economics, diplomacy, and religion, Paludan shows how the North redefined itself as a modern nation through two monumental and inextricably linked events the Civil… Read More

1981. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Both book & record are in great shape. Top & bottom of spine are rubbed. Two 1" creases on back cover barely noticable. Great for a childrens gift or a collector of Story Books with Records or Christmas Collectables. Includes 45 RPM record of story to follow along with book..

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1999. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. V.I. Warshawski comes back again in this page-turner. Global Entertainment, a multimedia conglomerate, bought the newspaper, the Chicag o Herald-Star---a move that has employees hard-pressed to keep their jobs. A friend and sometime rival of V. I.'s for many years, reporter Murray Ryerson, gets a job on a television show on Global's n etwork. When returning home from a party celebrating Murray's debut, V. I. almost runs over a woman lying in the street . This event begins t he most sinister and emotionally draining case. V. I. ha s ever had as she tries to discover why a woman has been beaten up and thrown on the street..

Mahwah, NJ, U.S.A.: Troll Communications L.L.C. 1992. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0816724547. A Pop-up Song Book, Christmas Songs, Jingle Bells, O Christmas Tree, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Deck The Halls and Silent Night. All with wo rds and music notes. Pop-ups for each song. All pop-ups as new..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Age Range: 6 to 8 years old. An I Can Read Book Level 2 - Grades 1 - 3. Meet Amelia Bedelia, the unflappable maid who does everything literally. With her purse on her arm and hat firmly on her head, Amelia Bedelia follows instructions to a tee: change the towels? Nothing a pair of scissors can't do! Dust the furniture? That's when the perfumed dusting powder really comes in handy. Dress the chicken for dinner well, do you want a boy chicken or a girl chicken? Amelia Bedelia's well-meaning gaffs cause readers to chuckle, but her employer to fume it's a good thing she's such a good cook! 64 pages. Some light rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine, 4 outside corner tips and some places on outside edges..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Captures all the heat of the spectacular film production, documenting in words and brilliant photographs the challenges faced by filmmaker Alan Parker in turning one of the world's most successful musicals into a contemporary Hollywood movie. Fully illustrated in color. Photographs from the film by David Appleby and Cinematography by Darius Khondji. 125 pages. Some light rubbing on top & bottom of spine. Bottom of spine slightly bumped..

New York, NY: Signet, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. When a 17 year old model claims she was raped in the VIP room of a South Beach nightclub by 3 high profile men, it's up to Sam H agen, head of Major Crimes for Dade County, to decide if they should be put on trial. Hagen's ambition to become the next state attorney outweighs his reluctance to be drawn back into the moral twili g ht of South Beach, where his own teenage son died the year before. When a key witness is found brutally murdered, Hagen is swept into a storm of suspicion that leads, in a shocking twist, back into hi s own shattered family..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1991. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399136282. A sequel to Robert Parker's Early Autumn. After the stellar success of Stardust, Robert B. Parker's sleuth Spense r returns in a bittersweet thriller mixing memory, desire - and danger. Spenser must again help Paul Giacomin (Early Autumn) to rescue his mother from the clutches of a rotten boyfriend. The bottom o f the spine is slightly bumped. The top of the jacket spine is slightly bumped. The jacket has some vertical rubbing streaks on the front & back of the jacket..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1990. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399135375. Parker's tough-and tender private eye, Spenser is back in a show biz thriller that gives new meaning to the words "sta ge fright". Spenser is hired to protect the star of a Hollywood-based TV show, being filmed in Boston, when she receives a series of threatening letters. 256 pp. Remainder dot on bottom edge of book..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1994. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399139206. 1st printing. Bottom of spine slightly bumped with 1/16" tear on bottom fornt of spine jacket.Hired by a small re pertory theater company, Spenser feels like a fish out of water--until an actor is gunned down during the performance of a politically controversial play..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 308 p. A Spenser Novel, in which the popular private eye is hired by a prestigious Boston law firm to assure that a convicted bad guy w as the real murderer. Ellis Alves, a bad kid with a very long record, is suspected of killing Melissa Henderson, a white coed from snazzy Pemberton College. Alves' former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to look into the matter. Pairing up with Hawk, his intrepid helper, they find a trail that leads from Boston to Manhattan's ritzier places where corrupted lawmen and spoiled ric h kids with nasty habits abound. Corruption is one thing, attempted murder is another as an assassin shoots Spenser. He just barely makes it, goes into hiding temporaril y while he plots how to bring d own the shooter..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co. 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules. And he loves just one woman -- even though she is the one woman he's just lost. So when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And Susan has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both.even if it means breaking his own rules to do it. It was nearly midnight and I was just getting home from detecting. I had followed an embezzler around on a warm day in early summer trying to observe him spending his ill-gotten gain. The best I'd been able to do was catch him eating a veal cutlet sandwich in a sub shop in Danvers Square across from Security National Bank. 368 pages. Top of spine slightly rubbed..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1988. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0393024679. Six foot six, 220 pounds. Bats right, throws right. Power hitter to all fields. Runs hard, fast, and smart on the basepaths. Climbs t he wall like spiderman to steal homeruns and throws the ball to pick off runners. A blueprint for the complete baseball player. Dave Winfield. But, as this book shows, Dave Winfield has also lived a c omplete life, on and off the field..

Columbus, Ohio: Results Publishing, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As you read the pages of this book, perhaps you will see a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker or even your life reflected in the life of one of these ordinary people. Yout trial may have you careening on the brink of hopelessness. desperation may have driven you to despair. You might be a downcast mother or a despondent father. Perhaps you feel like a social outcast or just another face in the crowd. Whatever your situation.regardless of your station in life.you are about to come face-to-face with a loving God. In this book Rod wants to show you, through God's Word, that there is power available to you. God will give you motion against resistance - something called the anointing.Rod Parsley is Pastor and founder of World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio. 102 pages..

United States of America: The Walt Disney Company, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1563262010. Glossy Pictorial Boards. Pages: 28. A great book to teach kids how their bodies work. How many bones do we have? Why do we get 2 sets of teeth? Why do we yawn when we are tired? Why do some kids have freckles? What happens to the food we eat? Why do we shiver when it's cold? What happens when we breathe? Why do some people h ave gray hair? What happens when we dream? What does blood do? How do we catch a cold? Why do we have skin?.