Tengu masterton6/12/2023 ![]() Proceeds will go to his widow, author Kathryn Ptacek. This book came from the personal collection of the late, great author Charles L. Some have been read once, some read multiple times while others have uncreased spines. All the books range from near fine/very good to good condition. The Wells Of Hell by Graham Masterton, TOR 1982. ![]() The Pariah by Graham Masterton, Star 1983. The Chosen Child by Graham Masterton, TOR 1997. Spirit by Graham Masterton, Leisure 2001. Picture Of Evil by Graham Masterton, TOR 1985. Night Wars by Graham Masterton, Leisure 2006. Manitou Blood by Graham Masterton, Leisure 2005. Titles are: Death Dream by Graham Masterton, TOR 1988. ![]() Most, if not all, titles are out of print and very hard to find. See our About Me page for details, and thank you for bidding! Up for auction is a lot of nine mass market paperbacks of author, Graham Masteron. LOT 9 MMPB's GRAHAM MASTERTON Pariah, Wells Of Hell, Tengu others RARE OOP This auction is brought to you by Shocklines, your one-stop shop for horror fiction. ![]()
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Little pea book6/12/2023 ![]() Simple, yet powerful illustrations that grab attention and aid readers in connecting to the story * A delightful story about meal time with a adorable family-friendly text that everyone can share Little Pea (Little Books) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal- “ Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace achieve a wonderful harmony between story and art with Little Pea. ” - The New York TimesĪ sweet and funny tale that little picky eaters can connect: If Little Pea isn’t eating all of his sweets there won’t be any vegetables to eat for dessert! What’s a little pea to do? A fun variation on a traditional parental dilemma, kids will be entertained by the story and will be able to connect to the Little Peamore than they would have expected. Best Sellers: Books for The Emotional Lives 8-10 Years old. ![]()
All Too Human by Edward Klein6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)Īn intoxicating renewal of evolutionary theory that coined the idea of the meme and paved the way for Professor Dawkins’s later, more polemical works. This polemical masterpiece challenging western attitudes to the east is as topical today as it was on publication.Ī compelling sense of urgency and a unique voice make Herr’s Vietnam memoir the definitive account of war in our time.ġ0. ![]() ![]() Tom Wolfe raised reportage to dazzling new levels in his quest to discover what makes a man fly to the moon. The theoretical physicist’s mega-selling account of the origins of the universe is a masterpiece of scientific inquiry that has influenced the minds of a generation. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988) This remarkably candid memoir revealed not only a literary talent, but a force that would change the face of US politics for ever.Ħ. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995) These passionate, audacious poems addressed to Hughes’s late wife, Sylvia Plath, contribute to the couple’s mythology and are a landmark in English poetry.ĥ. Naomi Klein’s timely anti-branding bible combined a fresh approach to corporate hegemony with potent reportage from the dark side of capitalism. ![]() Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As Margaret sets out to discover where her mother has gone, she must also face the truth of what happened to her family long ago. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspeth's whereabouts. ![]() Then, after a bomb rocks Elspeth's house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Her mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an admonition Margaret doesn't understand. June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspeth's daughter, Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. But as World War I engulfs Europe and David volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait for him on Skye, hoping he'll survive. As the two strike up a correspondence-sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secrets-their exchanges blossom into friendship, and eventually into love. So she is astonished when her first fan letter arrives, from a college student, David Graham, in far-away America. March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotland's remote Isle of Skye. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole's atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. ![]() Bound by Law? by Keith Aoki6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It might impress its audience with the grandeur and import of the law through the symbolic images in Guillaume le Rouillé’s multi-legged monster allegory of injustice. ![]() Or, it can add color and sensation to descriptions of historical events, as in the account of the trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key. It may serve as a reference, such as the Damhoudere woodcuts which depict the crimes the author catalogs, or the print of the land-chain measure showing the length of the “Kettenmass” from Walds Ordnung. It sometimes sets a cautionary example, such as the Bamberg penal code’s graphic representations of breaking on the wheel and the instruments of torture which await the malefactor. What does a law book illustration “do?” It can instruct, as demonstrated by the Tree of Consanguinity schemata which chart degrees of kinship, guiding the audience to avoid marriage to blood relatives within the forbidden range. ![]() Picturing the Law: A Collection of Illustrated Legal Works, the Law Library’s Winter 2016 exhibit now mounted in the first floor display case, presents eight selections from Special Collections, ranging from an early manuscript to a comic book, and dating from the 1460s to 2006. Although law books through history have not generally been known for their abundant illustrations (unlike medical printing where images were a critical adjunct to the text), the law books featuring visuals used them creatively, and sometimes dramatically, even if sparingly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes. “What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”- Detroit Free Press But bear in mind that The Hitchhiker’s Guide deleted the term “Future Perfect” from its pages, since it was discovered not to be! ![]() Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally). “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”- The Washington Post Book Worldįacing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability.Īmong Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now) and Marvin, the moody android. Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! Milliways, better known as the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, is a five star restaurant situated at the end of time and matter. ![]() Choi yolk6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() And Jayne becomes the only one who can help her.įlung together by circumstance, housing woes, and family secrets, will the sisters learn more about each other than they’re willing to confront? And what if while helping June, Jayne has to confront the fact that maybe she’s sick, too? Excerptĭepending on where I focus and how much pressure I apply to the back of my throat, I can just about blot him out. Once thick as thieves, these sisters who moved from Seoul to San Antonio to New York together now don’t want anything to do with each other. Jayne is an emotionally stunted, self-obsessed basket case who lives in squalor, has egregious taste in men, and needs to get to class and stop wasting Mom and Dad’s money (if you ask June). June’s three years older, a classic first-born, know-it-all narc with a problematic finance job and an equally soulless apartment (according to Jayne). ![]() Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they’ll go to save one of their lives-even if it means swapping identities. New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. “Sneaks up on you with its insight and poignancy.” - Entertainment WeeklyFrom ![]() The Queen of Sheba by Roberta Kells Dorr6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() He must marry a princess first, and then he can marry any common woman he desired. His mother wanted nothing less than the throne for her eldest living son. Solomon was still Bathsheba's eldest son's and with it came certain family expectations. ![]() ![]() Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. But David's eldest son, Adonijah had a plan, one that could cost the Benjamites their lives. Buy The Queen of Sheba by Dorr, Roberta Kells online on Amazon.ae at best prices. In their weakness they turned from Yahweh and sacrificed to foreign gods. Overhead clouds ceased to discharge life-giving rain, and the anxious people looked to King David for relief from the famine. in love with a lowly shepherdess, a young maiden chosen for his father to serve David in his later years. Sheba : through the desert in search of the legendary queen. On the cusp of adulthood, with no direction in life, Solomon found himself infatuated. Love, the painters wife & the Queen of Sheba. The wisest of all kings, beloved son of King David and his wife Bathsheba, builder of a prosperous empire, lover to many wives and concubines-King Solomon was once merely a son of David with no guarantee of ever taking the throne. Solomon's Song by Roberta Kells Dorr and published by River North. ![]() Deity jennifer l armentrout6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Her internal battle between love and Fate continues and even though she is dead-set on graduating and becoming a Sentinel, her role as the second Apollyon may super-seed her wants. Alex has had little time to deal with what happened in the Catskills and all it could mean for she and Aiden. This is truly one of the most creative and entertaining series' I've ever read.ĭeity picks up where Pure left off and we find Alex and Seth back on Deity Island where they're pretty much attached at the hip or rather, their marks of the Apollyon. intense! I went from laughing hysterically to having my heart handed to me on a titanium covered platter in a matter of sentences. ![]() ![]() In this third installment in the Covenant Series, Deity brings all the things we love about JLA's writing to it's pages blood pumping action, bittersweet romance, witty humor and heart-stopping suspense. (Seriously, the glue on the binding melted off and Chapter 25 fell out onto my lap.) My first thought was, "Wow, Aiden is too hot for the pages!" *winks* Armentrout has done it again! I could not put this book down, even when it literally fell apart in my hands from the heat. ![]() Defy the night series order6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() In a funny twist of fate, Becca saves Chris Merrick at the school parking lot, and from that point, their worlds get intertwined. Despite all these challenges, Becca grows to become a decent young woman. Her father abandoned Becca and her mum when she was much younger, and for some reason, people always picked on her. This is not the worst that Becca has been through. Thanks to these lies, Becca is attracting all the wrong guys. Becca’s ex-boyfriend spread nasty lies about her. ![]() The Storm book features Becca Chandler, a girl at the center of a scandalous rumor. The book follows a prequel budded Elemental that introduces the main characters and sets the pace for the Elemental series. Storm is the first book in the Elemental series. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, their son, cat, and dog. Brigid is a wife, mother who loves spending time with family and friends. She has also written young adult paranormal novels such as Thicker than Water and The Elementor series. Brigid Kemmerer is an American young-adult fantasy and romance author best known for her New York bestsellers A Curse so Dark and Lonely and Letters to the Lost. ![]() |