Search Results: Titles starting with A from Storbeck's

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine imprinted in silver with title and author. Grey endpapers. Full letter line H G F E D C B A . 252 pages. A Hercule Poirot Mystery, No. 13. Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirot’s most challenging cases yet. .

Hanover: University Press of New England. As New. 1998. Paperback. 0.91 x 8.47 x 5.5 Inches. 304 pages. A shrewd observer of 19th-century America, Harriet Hanson Robinson's participation in important events and her salty comments, preserved and recorded in the poetry and books she wrote during her lifetime, offer a dramatic account of how one strong-minded woman, who first worked as a textile worker in the industrial town of Lowell, MA, turned to writing and politics to sustain her family after her husband's early death. Harriet's personal papers shed light on such topics as labor history, state politics, and the mechanics of writing and publication. Her best-known publications, Loom and Spindle, which deals with early factory life, and Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement, are often quoted today. .

New York: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. 0.63 x 6.89 x 4.22 Inches. 224 pages. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, No. 1. Laurence Fife was a slick divorce lawyer and a slippery ladies' man. Until someone killed him. The jury believed that it was his pretty young wife, Nikki, so they sent her to prison for eight years. Now, Nikki's out on parole and Kinsey Miihone's in for trouble. Nikki hires Kinsey to discover who really killed her husband. But the trail is eight years cold, and at the end is a chilling twist even Kinsey doesn't suspect -- a second eight-year-old murder and a brand new corpse. .

New York: Crimeline. Fine. 1987. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.63 x 6.89 x 4.22 Inches. 224 pages. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, No. 1. Laurence Fife was a slick divorce lawyer and  slippery ladies' man. Until someone killed him. The  jury believed that it was his pretty young wife  Nikki, so they sent her to prison for eight years.  Now, Nikki's out on parole and Kinsey Miihone's in  for trouble. Nikki hires Kinsey to discover who  really killed her husband. But the trail is eight  years cold, and at the end is a chilling twist even  Kinsey doesn't suspect -- a second eight-year-old  murder and a brand new corpse. .

Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book Co.. Very Good+. 1992. Paperback. 148 pages .

New York: Avon Books. As New. 2006. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Trace of spine creasing . Paperback Original, Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 416 pages. A Knights Templar Mystery, No. 1. The knights templar were warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until an avaricious king savagely destroyed the order. One knight, however, escaped the stake, vowing justice for his murdered brothers. With scores of merchants streaming into Devon to participate in the Tavistock fair of 1319, a goodly amount of unlawful activity is expected. No one, however, anticipates a murder. The guests of Abbot Robert Champeaux, former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford, have been asked by their host to investigate the grisly discovery of a headless corpse by a local butcher. Hunting a killer in the din and bustle of the fair could prove a daunting task, especially with the victim's identity a mystery. But Sir Baldwin… Read More

Provo: Ancestry Publishing. New. 2003. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. 0.56 x 11.02 x 8.52 Inches. 192 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Near Fine. 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. 0.69 x 6.89 x 4.13 Inches. 256 pages. Aerial Fiction. Based on the actual kidnapping of Inuit Eskimos by European traders in the seventeenth century, this story describes the violence inflicted in the name of civilization, while also evoking the beauty of Eskimo life. .

Pownal, VtT: Storey Communications. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. One turned-down page corner . 298 pages. Tips and techniques that make gardening easier and more enjoyable no matter what your ability. Yeomans covers adapting tools, managing garden tasks, and more. Features easy-to-read type, 20 garden ideas, and an extensive listing of special tools, equipment suppliers, and horticultural therapy groups. Line drawings. Photos. .

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. First American Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a Brodart removable archival cover. Black boards and black cloth spine imprinted in gold with title and authoe. Map on the end papers; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 278 pages. A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, No. 18. After an investigator from the Carabiniere looking into the illegal hauling of garbage asks for a favor, Brunetti soon finds himself in the middle of murder and corruption more dangerous than anything he's seen before. .

Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little Brown & Co. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. previous owner's name and date on page before back end paper . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Red orange boards and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full letter line I H G F E D C B A . 204 pages. Library of American Biography. A compassionate account of Lincoln's life focuses on his struggle for intellectual development, his early years as a lawyer and his election to Congress, and the successes and sorrows of his later years. .

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. As New. 2008. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 4 3 2 1. . 584 pages .

New York: Rodale Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 . 256 pages. Look around at America's waistlines and you'll see belts busting all over the place. Some might say that this weight problem is won or lost at the dinner table. Or at restaurants. Or in the drive-thru lane. Or when Mom invites you over for meat loaf. While it's true that such nutritional skirmishes take place every day, the real battle over broken scales and too-tight pants happens because you're not being fed something else: the nutrition information you need to make smart decisions every day. <I>The Abs Diet Ultimate Nutrition Handbook</I> feeds you that information the same way the Abs Diet feeds your body: in quick, convenient, completely satisfying bites. Among the most tempting morsels:  -99 tips, tricks and trivia about food, including why walnuts should be your sixth meal of the day, how a veggie's color can… Read More

Washington: Regnery Publishing, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected with a removable Brodart cover.. . 386 pages. The pictures are a searing part of American history. The Branch Davidian settlement at Waco in flames. The machine-gun wielding, helmeted troopers crashing their way into an unarmed house to steel away Elian Gonzales. Al Gore robotically repeating that there was no controlling legal authority to keep him from raising money in the White House. .

Heritage Books, Inc. New. 2010. Trade Paperback. 234 pages. These abstracts offer readers a contemporaneous account of an emerging Texas. Names of residents can be found along with details about small town daily life, as well as news on national and international fronts. .

Southern Historical Press. New. 2003. Paperback. 390 pages. Newspapers are a great source for genealogical research. Even more so for the state of South Carolina since it did not officially record Vital Records until the year 1911. So when a researcher is looking for a relative through a birth, a death or a marriage, newspaper abstracts are one of the few sources that the genealogist will have at their disposal. This book consists of abstracts on all the marriages, births and deaths that were contained within this newspaper. This newspaper not only covered the county of Pickens but also surrounding counties. If you have relatives lost in the Northwestern portion of the State, this book could have that missing link. .

Greenvile, SC: Southern Historical Press. New with No dust jacket as issued. 1994. Hardcover. 302 pages. Cumberland County was created from Bladen County in 1754. And from portions of it were created Moore County in 1784. Deeds are a wonderful source for research du to the many and varied persons being mentioned within including neighbors at times. .

Heritage Books Inc.. New. (1995) 2003. Trade Paperback. 337 pages. 1786-1820. These wills were abstracted under the auspices of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Every name mentioned in the original will is abstracted. .

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society. Fine. 1992. Paperback. 122 pages .

Heritage Books. New. 2007. Trade Paperback. 357 pages. This pioneer press covered northeastern Texas, a vast region whose population increased dramatically after Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836. The authors first draw a lively historical sketch of the area before presenting the newspaper abstracts in chronological order. Genealogical information abounds in the marriages, political and election news, advertisements, strays, administration of estates, court news, agricultural news, runaway slaves, land for sale, lost headright certificates, letters left at the post office, temperance meetings, church news, fraternal organizations news, riverboat traffic, and crimes committed. The abstracts are followed by footnotes and a full name index. .