Search Results: Titles starting with S from BIAbooks

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1988. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A pristine book. Minor scratch on DJ spine, else Fine.. "A spiritual adventure story . . . Updike fully inhabits his imperfect matron. Her voice, which can sweep from the heights of religious fluff to the swamps of bathos in astonishing feats of non sequitur, is a wonderful comic invention."-Newsweek "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and shyest fictions a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit."-The New Yorker

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Fine. Winner of the National Book Award. This book is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. This book find Philip Roth at the peak of his powers. The only flaw with this pristine book is that the free endpapers, for three inches from bottom edge, are starting to pull away from the hinge.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the National Book Award. This book is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. This book find Philip Roth at the peak of his powers. The only flaw with this pristine book is that the free endpapers, for three inches from bottom edge, are starting to pull away from the hinge.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In Sacred Clowns,the novel reunites Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee in an effort to unravel a treacherous web of tribal politics and murder. This book has ingeniously intricate plotting, splendid evocations of the Southwest's harsh beauty, insights into a venerable culture, and subtly poignant characterizations.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's most ambitious and dramatic novel--the unforgettable story of an endearing, but also flawed, Italian American family.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collectible book. Book and DJ Fine except for some mild rubbing at the DJ corners. Edited and with an introduction by Diane Wood Middlebrook and Diana Hume George. Sexton achieved her goal of being one of the nation's premier poet laureates, winning the Pulitzer for To Live or Die in 1960. Selected Poems gleans poetry from each of her collections, including those published posthumously.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. In the scorching desert, Pitt finds a gold mine manned by slaves and uncovers the truth behind two enduring mysteries¿the fate of a Civil War ironclad and its secret connection with Lincoln¿s assassination, and the last flight of a long-lost female pilot

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stated first printing.DJ design by Paul Bacon. Date of 0873 on inside flap of dj. White cloth boards, red cover design of dragon and title. Lettering of spine title is blue, design red. Top stain is pink, green endpapers. Dj has slight cut to bottom of spine with minor edgewear.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Author's second B.F. Hopper Mystery has Hopper chasing drug manufacturers in small-town Kansas. This book is filled with colorful characters and laced with sharp wit, is a fast-paced, hard edged addition to the B.F. Hopper saga. This book appears UNREAD.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991. First Trade Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. A collectible book, in mint condition. Pub date stated on back flap"9/91". In 1965, the happy Bedloe family is living an ideal, apple-pie existence in Baltimore. Then, in the blink of an eye, a single tragic event occurs that will transform their lives forever. "Anne Tyler's most sophisticated work, a realistic chronicle that celebrates family life." -The New York Times

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine+. A masterly work, rich in implication, mood, and feeling. It is at once poignant chronicle of an American family, a story of inherited sorrow, and a journey of self-discovery and redemption. It is a novel that places the Author in the forefront of American novelists (S&S). Slight edgewear on DJ. Top page edge has a light dime sized stain, else fine. Keywords: HEGI UNMARRIED PREGNANT SPOKANE WASHINGTON FATHER ABANDONMENT SELF-DISCOVERY

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The great literature of the world is derived from the mean streets, and no American writer knows them better, or can drive a story line harder, than Richard Price. Samaritan burns, not only with stylistic eloquence but with relentless certainty from each richly evocative scene, each amazingly felt character, to the next. Price writes the way an architect builds, sketching out his plan, thinking it over to the most minute details. Thus the foundations of Samaritan are so fundamentally valid that its presentation is a masterpiece of the form. Price has artfully concealed a haunting treatise on the nuances and ambiguities of human decency, compassion, and generosity in the guise of a superlative thriller. Samaritan is Price¿s best book to date."--Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest. This book is pristine, however a free front endpaper page has been removed from the book.

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible, pristine, bright, fresh booK,"As New". This is the fourth fast-paced thriller featuring Santa Fe, New Mexico's take-no-prisoners attorney Ed Eagle. Ed Eagle continues to contend with his ex-wife, Barbara Eagle Keeler, who's incarcerated in Mexico's El Diablo Prison for Women, contrives to escape and return to the U.S. to finish off Eagle.

New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible, pristine, bright, fresh booK,"As New". This is the FIRST fast-paced thriller featuring Santa Fe, New Mexico's take-no-prisoners attorney Ed Eagle. Successful movie producer Wolf Willett is stunned when he sees his own death reported in a major newspaper. It says he was a victim in a triple homicide during a sordid tryst with his wife and a friend. he turns to hot-shot criminal attorney Ed Eagle to help clear his name and stop a killer who's determined to finish the job.

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible, pristine, bright, fresh booK. This is the third fast-paced thriller featuring Santa Fe, New Mexico's take-no-prisoners attorney Ed Eagle. From the posh resorts of southern California to the New Mexico desert and the seedy hotels of Tijuana, Ed Eagle will follow every lead-and hope that he doesn't wind up Santa Fe dead.

New York: Nan A. Talese; Doubleday, 2005. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Long-listed for the Booker Prize, this compelling, perceptive novel takes place in the space of just one day. "Saturday is an exemplary novel, engrossing and sustained. It is undoubtedly McEwan's best." -The Spectator. McEwan was the winner of the Booker in 1998 for 'Amsterdam' "No one now writing fiction in the English language surpasses Ian McEwan."--J. Yardlley, The Washington Post Book World.

New York: Nan A. Talese; Doubleday, 2005. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Long-listed for the Booker Prize, this compelling, perceptive novel takes place in the space of just one day. McEwan was the winner of the Booker in 1998 for 'Amsterdam' "No one now writing fiction in the English language surpasses Ian McEwan."--J. Yardlley, The Washington Post Book World. An excellent book.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Fine. Saul and Patsy [is] a penetrating, surprisingly funny meditation on the dynamics of community belonging and acceptance." --The New York Times. Minor slant to spine, else fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. A beautiful copy of this acclaimed first novel by the late Mexican writer. "The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world." Susan Sontag. "one of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation."--John Banville

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. A beautiful copy of this acclaimed first novel by the late Mexican writer. "The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world." Susan Sontag. "one of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation."--John Banville. The Savage Detectives is an exuberant, raunchy, wildly inventive, and ambitious novel from one of the greatest Latin American authors of our age.