Search Results: Authors starting with O from Better Bindings

Book in --above-- average condition. Some wearing on corners and edges. The Origins of Mexican National Politics includes the first four essays from Scholarly Resource's highly regarded book, The Evolution of the Mexican Political System. With articles by leading American, Mexican, and Canadian scholars, this volume is an excellent introduction to the politics of early national Mexico. The authors focus on the politics, processes, and institutions of Mexico during the first half of the nineteenth century. The Origins of Mexican National Politics is ideal for scholars and students researching the political history of Mexico and seeking to understand its evolution. U20.

Book in --acceptable-- condition with soiling and heavy use on cover. No DJ. Cover with tanning, soiling, and wear to spine. Library card holder, stamps, stickers, markings and writing. Pages with some writing. Image of actual book showing wear to spine. No DJ. Island of Flame. Oakes, Vanya. Additional information upon request. 1960. FC1.

Grade level: 10-12. Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Katie knows that her stepsister Paige's new boyfriend, an older man, is all wrong for her but wonders if she can dissuade Paige from a forbidden love. 1988. A4.

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. Slight bumping on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Originally published in 1985, "Solstice" is the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask, two young women who are complete opposites yet irresistibly attracted to each other. Throughout the months, their friendship deepens, first to love and then to a near-fatal obsession. A24.

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. DJ has some bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges could have tanning, browing, stains and foxing. A collection of short stories by Oates writing as Fernandes De Briao. B7.

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. When the wife of Tajarez, a passionate Indian chief, fails to return from a visit to her family, he searches desperately for her. 1983. B4.

Stated First Edition. Ex-library. Fair. Signs of usage and wear include library card holder, stamps, stickers, markings and writing. Image of actual book: Pages have no writing. Cover has moderate wear with rubbing and smudging. Bumping on the top, tail, edges and corners. Outer page edges with tanning, tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Story of African big game hunting and living in the bush country without weapons. 1960. U4.

Children's Book. Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edgess could have tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Children's writing inside ithe front board and fly leaf paper. B7.

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Irish descendants of a horse thief sacrifice love and freedom for position and security in Victorian period. 1931. U3.

New. On tail of outer edges a line of remainder mark is visible. Offers an insider's view of a major film studio, describing the wrangling among stars, directors, agents, and executives that goes into making a movie. A29.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. Book in --above-- average condition. Some signs of use from previous owner. Cover with rubbing and wear. With his mother in jail for killing his abusive father, nineteen-year-old Harley Altmyer is saddled with raising his three younger sisters, working two jobs to pay the bills, and an overactive libido that will not let him rest. 2000. A4.

Ex-library. Fair. Image of actual book: Signs of usage and wear include library card holder, markings, stamps, stickers and writing. No DJ. Pages with no writing. Some bumping, rubbing and fading on the cover and spine. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Pages deckled. Black & white illustrations in text. Envying his older brother's position as "number one son, " Paddy works hard on his father's commercial fishing boat to gain recognition and approval, never suspecting that the costs would be so great. 1969. T8.

1954, Image of actual book: used book in fair condition. Pages clean with no writing. Deckled edges. No DJ. Spine (center) has a smudge. Cover with some wearing and has bumping and rubbing on the top, spine, edges and corners. Outer pages with browning and fading. Cover has some smudging and rubbing. This novel in Ogilvie's acclaimed Bennett's Island [Maine] saga brings attractive Philippa Marshall to the island as the new teacher in the one-room schoolhouse. Life on the island however, is not as peaceful as she had hoped. The islanders are steadfast in their ways and suspicious of Philippa's unorthodox teaching methods. But she finds an ally in tall, quiet Steve Bennett. In the end she must decide, once and for all, whether to make the island her home or leave it forever. 1954. A6 .

Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. Some bumping, rubbing, creasing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Front cover has been dog-eared at the bottom. U7.

New. DJ may have slight bumping on the top/spine/edges/corners. Small black remainder dot outer edges near the spine.The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O’Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional journalists dare not. Their investigative work–equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and Saul Alinsky―has had a consistent and powerful impact on its targets. 2018. A12.

Stated First Edition. As pictured: signs of previous ownership including 3rd page taped in but all pages intact and in good condition. No writing. Some bumping, rubbing, and wearing on cover, edges, corners and spine. Overall in good condition. Includes small reference guide and black sleeve for storage. 1998 Oldsmobile Bravada Owners Manual. 1997 C. T5.

New. A love of photography, an old camera, and countless questions—these are all that sixteen-year-old Gretchen has left of her mother, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Now she must return to the place where her mom vanished—a decaying mansion that Gretchen has suddenly inherited from her great-aunt Esther. However, Gretchen won’t find the answers she’s seeking without unraveling the secrets that lurk inside the house. 2016. A14.

New. The Rook Files Series #2. When secret organizations are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome powers---and the bureaucratic finesse---to get the job done. Facing her greatest challenge yet, Rook Myfanwy Thomas must broker a deal between two bitter adversaries. A16.

Ex-library book in ---average-- condition. Library card holder, markings, stamps, stickers and writing. Image of actual book: DJ in --poor-- condition with bumping, rubbing, tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges with tanning, stains and foxing. "When her uncle let Marietta Dunbar take over the D Bar 50, it was on condition that she make a financial go of it. Unfortunately, the dude ranch was long on scenery and horses but short on guests and Marietta knew why: not enough 'romantic interest' for the mostly-female clientèle. To get some she hired a cowboy crooner, 'The Utah Yodeler' - sight unseen, over the telephone. Luckily, the young man who got off at the railroad signal stop was tall, blond, very good-looking. She never dreamed he wasn't the real Utah, but concert singer Nels Cartel who, for reasons of his own, went along with the mix up. 'Utah' was just what the ranch needed all right, but not, Marietta began to suspect, what he pretended to be. When she heard a police report of a… Read More

RARE. Hardcover but in paperback size (Image of actual book). Econo-Clad book. Grade level: 7-9. Econo-Clad Books. Ex-library book in acceptable condition (image of actual book) with the usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing and card holder. No DJ. Some bumping, rubbing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Tight binding. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Pages yellowing do to aging. Sixteen-year-old Anne, home from boarding school for the holidays, has difficulty accepting her new stepmother's presence in the house that holds so many memories of her dead mother. 1984. U1.