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** Above Suspicion -Mac Innes Vintage copy closer to the original form - Swiftness suspense humor -Novel about a pair of English babes in the wood, against the Gestapo - interesting ad on the back fly of dust jacket to buy victory u.s. War savings bonds and encourages you to mail the book to the USO office nearest you for - Army libraries for the postal rate of only one and a half percent per pound to the US . Dust jacket, does have quite a few tears ruffling scuffs ,scratches, just acceptable book itself has blue buckram boards, gold titling Spine, blue wash top of book -deckle Edge pages , book is just good Corners somewhat bumped, worn...Above Suspicion was MacInnes' breakthrough book, a bestseller published in 1941 and released as a movie in 1943, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray. "Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a… Read More

* Black Robe by Brian Moore - The story of Father Laforgue, a Jesuit who comes to Canada to save the souls of its natives, mirrors the clash between two disparate cultures--that of the European Jesuits and that of the Indians.The story of Father Laforgue, a Jesuit who comes to Canada to save the souls of its natives, mirrors the clash between two disparate cultures--that of the European Jesuits and that of the Indians. a French Jesuit in early 17th Century Canada who goes "up river" into the dark forests of Quebec. What he finds there tests his faith. After two years of language study, he is sent to join a remote mission. A group of Algonkins have been paid to guide Laforgue and a young lay assistant, Daniel, to the mission. Daniel has his own reason for making the trip. He is secretly in love with one of the young Algonkin women. Although the Algonkins have agreed to take the Normans (as they call the French) to the mission, there is a deep mistrust between the cultures, and neither side is fully… Read More

* Das geheime Wissen des Alchimisten.Giftable -German language softcover book in excellent condition -appears almost to be unread -pages are clean not marked / remaindered--giftable copy-- Pictures provided for your review to ensure you were getting the copy you were wanting ships from- Los Angeles -Media Mail - USPS LAXVespa- alternative shipping available at additional charge -questions use buyer email messaging services.--Cologne in October in the year 1705: In a dark alley saves the young Johanna the severely wounded Copernicus Quint before his dodgy persecutors. Quint leads you into the secret knowledge of the alchemy. This device Johanna in the murderous race to the magical elixir, the ordinary metal turn into gold.-Köln im Oktober des Jahres 1705: In einer dunklen Gasse rettet die junge Johanna den schwer verwundeten Kopernikus Quint vor seinen zwielichtigen Verfolgern. Quint führt sie nach und nach in das geheime Wissen der Alchimie ein. Dadurch gerät Johanna in den mörderischen Wettlauf… Read More

New York New York: Penguin Books, 2012. Paperback. Good. book design by Carla Boalte. this is an oversized softcover book.... very readable the corners have some small roles in them the edges of the pages are clean the glued spine is intact the color is glossy of the top right-hand cover has more of a band the role of first four pages//// none of these effect the readability and usability of the book itself////This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York societywhere she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New Yorks… Read More