Search Results: Authors starting with G from Storbeck's

Grand Rapids, MI: Revell. Fine. 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 332 pages. A Hidden Springs Mystery, No. 1. Former Columbus police officer Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden Springs, Kentucky. Nothing, that is, until a dead body is discovered on the courthouse steps .

New York: Fireside. Very Good. 1983. Trade Paperback. Small tear at top of spine. No spine crease.. 127 pages. Meeting People and making friends it's what Success is all about! You don't have to be timid, shy, and unsure of yourself anymore! You'll learn to make the first move and walk right up to anyone who interests you and say "hello." The first step to saying "hello" is following the simple and dynamic guidelines in this easy-to-read and personal book. Don Gabor provides good suggestions, helpful hints, and solid professional advice that will help you develop your very own sense of wit, style, and self-assurance. Soon, you'll learn how to: * Take the initiative * Ask the right questions * Make eye contact * Use body language effectively Here is all the valuable information you'll need to be successful at social and career-oriented parties and meetings. In no time at all you'll be meeting people, making friends, and feeling good about… Read More

Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Some light scratches to front cover. 128 pages. Images of America. Fair Haven, New Jersey, located on the central part of the Navesink River shore, completes the Images of America documentation of the Navesink-Shrewsbury Rivers peninsula. It has a unique and distinguished heritage that has earned it a special place in the hearts of its residents. Without the commercial activity of Red Bank to the west or the large estates of Rumson to the east, Fair Haven developed as a community of small streets and close neighbors. Residents know and care for one another, and the community s friendly and relaxed atmosphere always puts people at ease .

New York: Soho Crime. Fine. 2009. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 304 pages. A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation , No. 1. In the interior of Brazil, landless workers battle the owners of vast fazendas. When a visiting archbishop is assassinated, Mario Silva of the federal police is called upon to investigate. Then a newspaper owner, a TV journalist, a landowner’s son, and a priest are brutally killed. In a country where dead street kids are known as “hams,” justice is scarce. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. New. 1998. Trade Paperback. Here she comes again, our aging Joan of Arc, mercilessly stripping away the veneer covering the sordid world of genealogy; teeth bared, mop and blender at the ready--motherhood and America on the line--she's out to do battle with the dragons of genealogy. Disguised as an ordinary person, she penetrates the inner sanctum of American genealogy, smoking out baloney and quackery in the lecture halls, exposing hidden meanings and dark purposes in wingdings in such innocent seeming places as Ohio and California, confronting Armageddon itself in San Francisco, and raising doubts about the sanity of the universe. With a swipe at foreigners, computer freaks, reluctant letter-writers, and certain best-forgotten ancestors--not to mention the hell on earth when the microfilm reader is on the fritz--our good lady is uncompromising in her single-minded devotion to flushing out flummery and humbug. But does she succeed? Does good… Read More

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Fine. 2004. 1st Berkley Prime Crime Mass Market Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 278 pages. A Chintz 'n China Mystery, No. 2. When a client gives seer Emerald O'Brien a statue of a jade dragon as payment, bad luck follows. To thwart its evil spell, she'll have to follow a trail of heartache to China's Ming Dynasty. Includes a charm recipe .

California Book Auction Galleries. Very Good. 1996. Paperback. 89 pages. An illustrated catalogue of a rare book auction. .

Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society. Very Good. 1958. Stapled wraps. Previous owner's name and address label on front paste-down endpaper . 70 pages. Special Publication, No. 18 .

Greenville: Southern Historical Press. New. 1981(2008). Hardcover. 728 pages. These records of marriages and obituaries from newspapers in Central and Eastern Alabama cover a period from 1819 to 1890 with no series of papers being copied in their entirety. Much valuable genealogical information is to be gleaned from this book of source material. Some of the papers from which this material is taken are: Montgomery Republican, Mobile Commercial Register, The Eufaula Democrat, The Spirit of the South, Independent American, Eufaula Express, The Bluff City Times, The Henry County Register, The Clayton Banner, Eufaula Weekly Times & News, Eufaula Times & News, The Eufaula Times, The Eufaula Weekly Bulletin, and Eufaula Daily Times.. .

New York: Forge Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line. Inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . 272 pages. A Culinary Novel of Crime, No. 1. Signed by Author. Benny Lacoco is a "food fence". A load of frozen shrimp falls off of a truck, or perhaps a few cases of olive oil or some nice expensive wine with an unpronounceable name comes into your possession, Benny is the guy who can move it for you. No questions asked. He's well connected and a man of respect. But there is another side to Benny. He's a gourmet cook who once aspired to be a renowned restaurateur…but business (and other matters equally unsavory) got in the way. Now Benny has been summoned to cook a special meal for some of his associates on the occasion of the big man being sent up the river. This gives Benny the chance to prepare the meal of his life, A Meal to Die For, because word has it that someone in their midst is a rat, and some things just can't… Read More

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address label on front paste-down endpaper. 324 pages. New York Historical Manuscripts. This book is a consolidation of two Bulletins of the U.S. Geological Survey. It consists of extensive alphabetical lists of Virginia and West Virginia place names (more than 12,000 altogether) and assists the researcher in pinpointing a particular ancestor in a specific locality. Places listed include post villages, towns, counties, mountains, rivers, and other notable topographical features. Most places are identified in relation to a county, and are thereupon described with even greater detail and refinement. .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 341 pages. In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses. .

New York: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition with full number line.. 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches. 320 pages. Charlie McKenzie is the best at what he does, and what he does best of all is the CIA's dirty work. At least he did until his bosses double-crossed him. Jailed and disgraced to cover up a mammoth intelligence blunder, Charlie wants to get even. Opportunity knocks when Irina Kolodenkova, a young Russian spy, stumbles across a top-secret technology called Whirlwind, the most important military breakthrough since the atomic bomb. Charlie's the only one with the very special skills needed to track her down and retrieve it. The desk jockeys who betrayed Charlie have no choice: they have to put him back on the job. But Charlie already knows too much. Once he recovers Whirlwind, his enemies plan to betray him again - this time for keeps. They put a lethal South African soldier… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. A Lupe Solano Mystery No. 2. The star of <I>Bloody Waters, </I>Cuban-American private eye Lupe Solano returns in her second case, in which she tries to plumb the connection between the death of her best friend and that of a Cuban rafter. .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Very Good. 1998. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.85 x 6.68 x 4.11 Inches. 307 pages. A Lupe Solano Mystery, No. 2. With her acclaimed debut mystery "Bloody Waters", Carolina Garcia-Aguilera introduced Cuban-born PI Lupe Solano, "a woman to be reckoned with on the mystery scene" ("New York Newsday"). Now the sexy Miami sleuth returns, with a case that strikes dangerously close to home--the investigation of a suspicious car accident that killed her closest childhood friend. .

Nacogdoches, TX: Avon Books. Very Good+. 2002. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.94 x 6.8 x 4.26 Inches. 336 pages. A Lupe Solano Mystery, No. 6. The dearest friend of Lupe Solana's beloved "Papi," Ramón Suarez was the owner of a prosperous sugar mill back in Cuba until Castro forced him into exile. Now an unnamed Spanish source wants to purchase the confiscated property at a fraction of its true value. Suarez wants the sexy, smart, hot-tempered South Florida P.I. to find out why, but Ramon's lazy, no-good nephew Alexander just wants to take the money and run. Then Alexander is found brutally slain in a sleazy Miami hotel -- his last known visitor, Tío Ramón, accused of murder. Lupe's routine journey down a paper trail now turns into something darker and more twisted, entangling her in a mysterious web of spun sugar and blood that will bring bullets smashing through her… Read More

Better Homes and Gardens. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0.36 x 10.88 x 8.14 Inches. 128 pages. Better Homes & Gardens. This all-new edition of a perennial top-seller is designed to lead readers through the process of planning a new deck—from dreaming to designing.<p>Offers a unique comprehensive approach to deck building that ranges from design to construction.<p>Quick-read advice from experts around the country on current design trends in materials, deck finishes, railing styles, and outdoor lighting.<p>Helps homeowners sort through the overwhelming array of deck options to design a structure that helps meet their needs, space availability, and budget.<p>Filled with gorgeous photography and solid information to help readers create the deck of their dreams. .

Des Moines, IA: Better Homes and Gardens. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Oversize. 224 pages. Better Homes & Gardens. Shows how gardeners, designers, and other individuals use indoor and outdoor spaces, plants, furnishings, art, and accessories to express garden style year-round in any region. First book to distinctly identify and define garden style as more than a trend?rather a design approach with staying power. Builds on gardening as the country's number one pastime and, now, as a leading design inspiration. Five before-and-after makeover projects inspire readers into action. Helps readers create garden rooms in every room of the house and bring the outside inside year-round. Four sections: "Creating Fresh-Air Spaces" (decorating porches, patios, decks, potting sheds, and outdoor rooms), "Bringing the Outdoors In" (decorating every room in the house, even foyers, powder rooms, and nurseries), "Living the Garden Life" (profiles of garden… Read More

New York: Charter Books. Fine. 1988. Mass Market Paperback. 317 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Some edgewear to book; red remainder dot on bottom; d j has edgewear and several closed tears . Genealogical table. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . 415 pages. The Secret Trilogy, No. 3. Shifting between post war England and Germany, Cold War Russia and America in the Vietnam era, this spy thriller completes Gardner's Secret Generations trilogy .