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

Vanguard Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Appears unread. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket, "". . . a sensible, easy-to-follow yet powerful set of investing strategies for the would-be investor - from the complete novice to those with experience. . . . urges the reader to begin with area of investing that they care about or know about, learning how to get rich by putting their money where their passions lie. Her method is based on a three-part investment recipe and a six-step ""Buy My Own Island Plan,"" all presented in an informative and engaging style.""

New York: Farra, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in additon to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with cream colored boards and gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with very slight rubbing along edges and small closed tear at top of back fold; not price clipped. * From the book, ""The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq' recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq.""

Lake Placid, New York: Aviva Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. No number line; no additional printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with hard cover glossy boards containing a mirror image of the very good dust jacket. Top corner of front board slightly bumbed. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Dust jacket very good; only ghost of shelf & light edge wear; light wrinkles at head of spine; not price clipped. * Written by Jim and Jay Padar, father and son members of the Chicago Police Department. From the front jacket flap, ""Ever wonder what it's like to be a Cop?"" The 53 stories in this book answer the question.

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with brown boards, green spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains 14 maps & battle diagrams in addition to a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. 340 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a brilliant exploration of the significance of maritime power in shaping the western ideal of political freedom. In the great wars of modern history, maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi, or Soviet. . . .charts the growth of these powers in various western countries while revealing the way in which supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself. . .… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Printing: June1995. Complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Black boards with deep purple spine cloth containing gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with only markings noted are two or three small unobtrusive underlining / paragraph brackets on about the first ten or so pages. Does not interfere with readability. Deep purple end papers. Colorful glossy dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. Not price clipped. Concludes with a Selected Bibliography and a comprehensive Index. 540 pages. * From the front flap, ' . . . one of the most colorful and paradoxical places in the world . . . definitive portrait of Brazil, its history, people, and culture. . . '

New York: Cresent Books, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English Edition published by Editions Minerva S.A. Geneve. Copyright 1979. This edition published by Crescent Books. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers depict a two page spread of a red-toned scene of Indians traveling across the land. Text block clean and tight. Half title page has shadow of a rectangle where it appears a name/address label fell off. No other markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the front jacket, ""The literature on the American Indian, though large, certainly leaves room for a work offering a general account of current knowledge on the subject; this book, which includes numerous important illustrations, also provides certain new insights into Indian life. In the eyes of the conquerors of the New World .the Redskins could be nothing but savages. This blindness was to unleash a tragedy which eventually led to genocide, the… Read More

Virginia: Pluto Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Appears unread. Contains some black & white photos. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the WorldCat Summary, ""Provocative exposes on the World Bank, the IMF, the World Trade organization, WalMart, and more are included in this collection of investigative journalist Palast's most incendiary stories.""

New Yoirk: Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, dark gray spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains a section of 65 glossy black & white photographs. 782 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear, mellow age toning to the white of jacket, small chip at corner of top back; has been price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . From a handful of radio stations, he build CBS. . . .The New York Times wrote of William S. Paley, ""He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball. . . .""

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears. Silver lettering along spine. Has many colored photos throughout. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""In this eagerly anticipated memoir, Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska, meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics, the importance of faith and family, and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother.""

Alfred Music, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Soft cover with glossy wraps in very good condition; shiny & crisp; no tears or markings. Interior clean & tight; no writing; no markings. 32 numbered pages. * Level 5 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library : Recital Book. See photo of first page for titles and associated info of the 17 selections included.

New York: Doubleday, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. In addition, a complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. A petite volume at 7 3/4"" tall x 5 1/4"" wide; 299 numbered pages. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket, ""In this comic and poignant coming-of-age memoir, an apprentice writer has an encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges that will profoundly alter his life and work.""

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition. In addition, contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with cream colored boards, deep maroon spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the jacket, ""Time Magazine called her ""the Mata Hari of Minnesota""; OSS chief ""Wild Bill"" Donovan called her ""the greatest unsung heroine of the war."" But for decades, the extent of Betty Pack's achievements as an agent during World War II, first for Britain's M16 and then for America's OSS, remained classified. Now, in 'The Last Goodnight,' the truth about this femme fatale--her dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions, the heartaches that haunted her life, her vital contributions to the Allied victory--forms a… Read More

University of North Carolina Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date on Title Page and Copyright page. No other printings noted. Softcover in very good condition with glossy pictorial wraps showing only ghost of shelf wear. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Black & white photographs throughout. * From a caption under photos of Orville and Wilbur Wright, ""Orville and Wilbur Wright, Dayton bicycle makers, first became intrigued with the possibility of powered flight in 1899. By 1900 they were searching for an appropriate place to conduct tests of 'scientific kite flying.' The Outer Banks of North Carolina proved to be a hospitable site."" This is their story.

New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition; well thumbed and read; shelf & edge wear. Internal text block clean and tight; light foxing and stain on top & bottom text block. A dense 528 pages with black & white illustration and photographs throughout. * From the Foreword, ""There are many common themes in religion: 'human beings, eternity, and God', as Wordsworth said. But there is also great diversity. As well as an underlying search for reality, there is an infinite variety of doctrine and mythology, of symbolism and ritual. This encyclopedia seeks to illustrate and explain these things.""

Saranac, New York: Warm Up the Workplace, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Inscribed by Author. 2nd Printing Soft cover in very good condition, appears never read. Text block clean and tight; no markings; no writing but for inscription on half-title page written and signed by author (authenticity not verified.) Wraps very good; crisp & bright.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5th Printing Stated First Edition, number line indicates 5th Printing. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards, black spine cloth and teal blue gilt lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. 295 numbered pages.

Boston: Beacon Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted; appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. . . . Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America - a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious… Read More

New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First Edition per number line. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight and is unmarked. * Subtitle: A Pro's Guide to Beating the One Armed Bandits

Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Stated: First Edition USA 1992. Soft cover in fine condition with bright shiny wraps. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Overall presents as new and unread. * From the book, ""In 1949 the Chinese Communists announced their intention to ""liberate"" Tibet, and Chinese armies began crossing the eastern borders of the country. These events set in motion a gradual process of occupation and repression that culminated in the crushing of the 1959 Tibetan popular uprising against Chinese rule.. . . . presents the inspiring and unforgettable accounts of two Tibetans who tell what it was like to be Tibetans in Chinese hands during thirty years of the Chinese hands during thirty years of the Chinese occupation. . . . a vivid picture of the final fall of Tibet.""

Little, Brown and Company, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: October 2011 with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Initials of publisher, L B, blind stamped on front cover. Interior text block clean & tight with no writings or markings to note. Text block edges appear age toned with side edge block 2/3 toned and 1/3 whiter. Pages themselves not toned. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped.* From the book, ""... a fresh look at family and the magic of the season.""