Search Results: Authors starting with J from Blacks Bookshop

2006. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - Good/No Jacket. 6x8.5". 363 pages. X-library w/graphics. First printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Hinge tape applied to title page. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fatal Burn delivers her most powerful and terrifying novel yet. New Orleans detective Reuben Montoya returns to match wits with a twisted psychopath whose very presence makes his victims shiver. Goodreads 4.08.

NY: Thorndike Press, 2007. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6"x8.5". 643 pages. X-library w/graphics. First Printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Three New York Times bestselling authors join forces to create a thrilling tale of romantic suspense about love, revenge, and the dark secrets three women hold to a terrifying murder. Original. Goodreads 4.08.

1995. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - Near Fine. 9"x11"x3". 1111 pages. Red boards with gilt letters on front and spine. Gray paste downs. Dedication page; Introduction; Lineage pages; Alphabetical Surname Index. Printed by Artistic Printing Company Salt Lake City, Utah. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, not marked. Small dirt spot on front fly paper along edge. Small dirt spot inside back cover and fly paper. Beginning with B1 William Ward, Sr. born in one od the present-day Yorkshire counties in England, in 1603; died in present-day Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 10 August 1687 through 926 pages to B1.1.3.1.10.5.3.1.4.1.2.2.3.1.1 to Caitlynn Michelle "Missy Katie" Hamilton, bonrn in Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, 8 September 1994. Index is 185 pages beginninge with Abbott, Cora (McComas) through to Zupancic, Michelle Ann (B1.1.8.1.10.5.3.3.11.2.1) Extra postage due to weight of 7lbs 4.0z.

NY: Chappell - Harms, Inc, 1916. Loose Sheet Music. Collectible - Good. 9.25"x12.25". 3 sheets. C.7223-4 Words by William Le Baron. Toned. All sheet music comes with board in plastic. Small chips and tears along edges. Old tape along edge. Bark Song Shop stamped on front. Waltz. Tempo di Valse moderato. I'd Build a World in the Heart of a Rose displayed on backside. Words by Worton David. Music by Haratio Nicholls. Vocal and piano.

Ontario, CA: Broadview Press Inc, 2023. Paperback. New. Physical Info: 0.8" H x 8.4" L x 5.5" W (0.85 lbs) 348 pages. Cover: Harriet Jacobs, 1894. Photo by Gilbert Studios. Cover design and typesetting by George Kirkpatrick. Secure ship w/track #. "The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North. Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several… Read More

NY: Random House, 1969. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine/VeryGood. 5.5"x8.5" 266 indexed pages. Denim cover w/outline of city embossed on front mirrored on spine w/yellow gold letters. DJ designed by Hermann Strohbach. Author photo by Herb Snitzer. Archival tape applied to back of DJ. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & PON stamped. Secure ship w/track #. The thesis of this book is that cities are the primary drivers of economic development. Her main argument is that explosive economic growth derives from urban import replacement. Import replacement occurs when a city begins to locally produce goods that it formerly imported, e.g., Tokyo bicycle factories replacing Tokyo bicycle importers in the 1800s. Jacobs claims that import replacement builds up local infrastructure, skills, and production. Jacobs also claims that the increased production is subsequently exported to other cities, giving those other cities a new opportunity to… Read More

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.5"x8.5" 192 pgs. Pale mustard boards, black letters to spine. Author photo by Kitty Jagoda. DJ design by Bill Tinker. DJ has six colors. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not X-library, unmarked, unclipped (no price). Toning to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. While attending a dog obedience class with Friend, Storch hits upon an idea for the perfect crime. With Friend's assistance and a tape recorder, he sets up an elaborate mechanism to shoot Laverne in her own bed while he is miles away establishing a fool proof alibi.

Bloomington, Minn: Bethany House, 1997. Paperback. Used - LikeNew. 5.5"x8.25" 189 pp. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library. Black mark on bottom edge. This devotional provides the inspiration for Jakes' bestselling Loose That Man and Let Him Go! Looking at the lives of five biblical men, the book helps unlock the potential of any man, no matter what his doubts.

Tulsa, OK: Albury Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - Fine. 5.4"x7.25" 134 pp. Pictorial hardboards. 2nd printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Book 4 of Six Pillars of the Ephesians. Many believers are trying to live this supernatural life without help...and failing. Learn to rely on Scripture and the Holy Spirit to discover how God will take us beyond all that we could achieve on our own.

NY: Harper Paperbacks, 2024. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. FIRST PRINTING. Features: Price on Product. Physical Info: 0.65" H x 8.0" L x 5.31" W (1.0 lbs) 288 pages. Secure ship w/track #. Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the fear of death, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world, a little girl they name Elida--meaning non-birth in Hebrew. To increase their child's chance of survival, the Friedmans smuggle the baby out of the ghetto and into the arms of a non-Jewish farm family when Elida is only three months old. It is the beginning of a life marked by constant upheaval. When the Nazis raze the entire Kovno Ghetto, Jonah and Tzila are among those killed. Their only child is left orphaned and alone, dependent on the kindness of strangers. Despite her circumstances, Elida grows up, changing families, countries, continents, and even names, countless… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 185pgs. Red boards w/black letters on spine. DJ #5838. Jacket photo of Kings College Cambridge by Ramsey & Muspratt Ltd. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces P. D. James's courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way (The New York Times). Source: Goodreads.

NY: Villard, 1997. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 436 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Jacket design #18006 by Andrew Newman. Jacket photo T. Chinami. Author photo Stewart Hopkins. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. The new Russia, 2015: Nationalist forces have finally defeated the Anarchist rebels, but it is an uneasy peace. Provincial police inspector Constantin Vadim is plucked from backwater Murmansk to head up a murder investigation in the decaying, crime-ridden Red Presnya district of Moscow. His task: to solve a succession of unspeakable crimes committed by a serial killer who has become a terrifying local legend, almost a cult symbol: Monstrum. In the suspenseful tradition of Gorky Park and Fatherland, Donald James's Monstrum is a political thriller that also features a hunt for a brutal murderer. And, in Inspector Vadim, James has created a cynical but all-too-human hero, who… Read More

NY: Barnes & Noble Classics, 1994. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 6"x8.5" 548 pp. First printing. Series design by Charles Ziga, Ziga Design. Cover illustrtion by Childe Hassam. Jacket design by Ziga Design. Navy boards. Sivler metallic letters on midnight cloth spine. Tan speckled paste downs. Preface by author. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, & unclipped. A few small soil spots to right edge. Independent American heiress Isabel Archer finds her social graces in Europe to be lacking, as she attempts coyness in a struggle to maintain her place in the European fold. Her friends and family want Isabel to be married, but she keeps holding off her suitors. When the tyrannical Gilbert Osmond crosses her path, she inexplicably and inevitably finds him intriguing. Source: Publisher.

Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, 1982. Hardcover_cloth. Fine. Gustave Nebel. 4.75"x6.75" 92 numbered gilt pages. Red silk cloth boards w/gilt flowers and letters on spine. Pages v-xvi intro by John Holloway. 10 beautiful watercolor illustrations. Silk ribbon. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, umarked. Few faint foxes on eps. Secure ship w/track #. Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in The Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers.

NY: Penguin, 1986. 1st. Paperback. Used - Good. Front cover chopped off right edge. 8th Printing. "When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond, who, beneath his veneer of charm and cultivation, is cruelty itself. A story of intense poignancy, Isabel's tale of love and betrayal still resonates with modern audiences." Goodreads ***3.77.

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING 6.25"X9.5" 390 numb. pgs. White spine w/blue metallic letters on spine over matching blue boards w/LB blindstamped on front. DJ design by Mario J. Pulice. Author photo by Sue Solie Patterson. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped ($27.95), unmarked. Mild shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Dark mysteries come to East Hampton while a struggling lawyer fights to save his friend from being framed for a triple murder. Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small-occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. So when he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder in East Hampton, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime. The crime turns the glittering playground for the super-rich into a blazing inferno. Dunleavy's client is a local hero, but he knows the case rests on money, deception, and… Read More

Paperback. New. Getting involved with drugs is exactly like going down the rabbit hole; finding your way back is a great feat and you're never truly the same if and when you do get back. This workbook chronicles the experiences of Ron James, a recovered drug addict and alcoholic and consequently, a person of multiple incarcerations. It is based on a script for a movie about his life released in 2018. The original movie script is retold in summary fashion in this workbook. Commentary and questions are provided to aid teh reader or study group in exxamining the events and perhaps even applying relevant lessons to their own lives. It is the author's hope that this workbook impacts heavily upon the reader and leaves a lasting impression.

New York: A Touchstone Book, 2013. Hardcover. VeryGood/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5" 290 pages. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. DJ design by Faceout Studio. Jacket photo c Shutterstock. Author photo by Mary Ann Halpin Studios. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Coffee stain to DJ and front board. Moderate edge & shelf wear to DJ. DJ #1368846. Secure ship w/tracking number. In this "heart-stopping" (Publishers Weekly) page-turner from New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, Ali Reynolds finds herself working against the police to clear two innocent names. Former reporter Ali Reynolds finds herself working against the police to add up the clues that connect one frightened teenager, two dead bodies, and $300,000...with the body count rising. Hired to investigate the grisly murder of a gold-digging divor­cée on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, Ali Reynolds is immediately drawn to the case of the secretive teenager… Read More

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2011. MP3CD. Used - LikeNew. 1 MP3 CD = 9.75 listening hours. Narrated by J. R. Horne. Unabridged. Cover art by Will Lee. X-library with no graphics. Minor shelf wear to container but CD untouched. MP3-compatible CD or DVD player required for playback in your car, computer, or home. GIFT QUALITY. From New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, a suspenseful mystery from the creator of Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont. At first glance, what happens on the video appears to be a childish game: a teenage girl with dark, wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. Then things turn dark and gruesome, and the girl ends up dead. When a snuff film is discovered on a cell phone belonging to the governor of Washington State's grandson—a boy with a troubled background who swears he doesn't know the victim—the governor turns to an old friend, J. P. Beaumont, for help. Of the many horrors the Seattle… Read More

New York: Philomel, 2002. First Edition, First Printing, X-Library. Hardcover. very good/very good.