2009, ISBN: 9780140440010

Paperback, Hardcover

New York, NY Dell Publishing Company, 1988. Mass Market Paper First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of… More...

New York, NY Dell Publishing Company, 1988. Mass Market Paper First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very light wear to extremities; barely discernible crease near the heel of the back strip and a crease along the front hinge; the top of the rear hinge has been bumped, and there is a fairly mild crumple crease at that point; a bit of shelf-soiling along the bottom edge; binding shows the slightest lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 781pp. Mass Market Paperback. The Hazards and Mains attempt to survive in the Reconstruction era in this the final book of the North and South Trilogy. Charles Main--the focus of the book--must deal with his status as traitor, as well as the death of his lover and raising his infant son, while he tries to find a place in the American West. Madeleine, Orry's widow, tries to fight racism and provide for the freedmen of her plantation. Meanwhile, Bent and Ashton are still looking for revenge, which is the running theme of the novel. Revenge against the North, against other races, against each other; the horrible feelings of a defeated and broken world. John Jakes concludes his fascinating historical/sociological trilogy with great changes and complications and eventual conclusion for his characters that span almost every aspect of America at the time., Dell Publishing Company, 1988., 0, Mcclelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1989. 7th paperback printing. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine crease, light soiling on white covers.A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harm is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges. Rennie flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St. Antoine she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply. By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power, both sexual and political, and the need for compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love., Mcclelland & Stewart, 1989, 2.5, New York, NY Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows similar rubbing and soiling; shows small scar at upper rear corner; mildest rubbing to its sheen; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 211pp. Hardback with DJ. The heroine of Cheever's latest novel, following Doctors and Women , is a 30-year-old New York graphic designer whose father is a famous artist. When first met, Elizabeth is involved in an intense affair with Sebastian Smith, a successful, married art dealer; she is still haunted by memories of her former lover, journalist Patrick Casey, with whom she broke up over her decision to have an abortion (he had opted for marriage and the baby). Over the course of a year, Cheever traces the development of Elizabeth's affair with Sebastian, through his divorce and into their eventual unhappy marriage. During this time, Elizabeth's father has a heart attack, Patrick uncovers an art-dealing scam in which Sebastian is involved, and Elizabeth finally acknowledges her own artistic impulses, although she has always determined not to be an artist., Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989., 0, Harper Perennial, New York, 2009. First trade paperback PS edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner bumps, spine creasing and nicks.This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As Brida seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch. This enthralling novel incorporates themes that fans of Paulo Coelho will recognize and treasureit is a tale of love, passion, mystery, and spirituality from the master storyteller., Harper Perennial, 2009, 3, From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the harsh reality of The Iliad, Homer tells of the return of the hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. Traditional Greek folktales are skilfully interwoven with original ideas to create an adventure-story and a quest worthy of any medieval or modern writer. For Odysseus's journey is scarcely straightforward: he has to undergo the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon, fight monsters, overcome sexual distractions and the loss of his crew - only to find further trials to deal with when he finally reaches his native land of Ithaca. E. V. Rieu's best-selling prose translation captures both the delicacy and drama of the episodes and allows the freshness and excitement of Homer's well-knit plot, with its interplay of subtly delineated characters, to delight us as much as it did the ancient Greeks. The cover shows a detail from 'Odysseus and the witch Circe', from a series of frescoes by Pellegrino Tibaldi illustrating scenes from the Odyssey, in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna (photo: Scala) Please note: Rieu's version is a PROSE translation, and does not maintain the verse structure of the original. This is a mid-1980s Penguin edition, with the purple stripe at the top of the black spine indicating a work of literature from the Classical era.CONDITION: Covers are lightly worn, with some edgewear, bumping, and wear along the hinges, spine is solid and uncracked. There is a B. Dalton Bookseller price tag on the upper right of the cover, which will can probably be cleanly removed (I'm leaving it for nostalgia's sake, as I miss malls and mall bookshops). The interior appears entirely unmarked, slightly age-toned commensurate with the age of the book. A solid very good copy., Penguin Books, 1985, 3<

2009, ISBN: 9780140440010

Paperback

Tor, New York. 2nd paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, spine has creasing and nicks at ends, light scuffing at bottom edge.A young man in his teens is tr… More...

Tor, New York. 2nd paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, spine has creasing and nicks at ends, light scuffing at bottom edge.A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Able and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero.Inside, however, Able remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude in the second volume of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.With this new series, Wolfe not only surpasses all the most popular genre writers of the last three decades, he takes on the legends of the past century, in a work that will be favorably compared with the best of J. R. R. Tolkien, E. R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake, and T. H. White. This is a book---and a series---for the ages, from perhaps the greatest living writer in (or outside) the fantasy genre., Tor Fantasy, 3, Harper Perennial, New York, 2009. First trade paperback PS edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner bumps, spine creasing and nicks.This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As Brida seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch. This enthralling novel incorporates themes that fans of Paulo Coelho will recognize and treasureit is a tale of love, passion, mystery, and spirituality from the master storyteller., Harper Perennial, 2009, 3, From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the harsh reality of The Iliad, Homer tells of the return of the hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. Traditional Greek folktales are skilfully interwoven with original ideas to create an adventure-story and a quest worthy of any medieval or modern writer. For Odysseus's journey is scarcely straightforward: he has to undergo the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon, fight monsters, overcome sexual distractions and the loss of his crew - only to find further trials to deal with when he finally reaches his native land of Ithaca. E. V. Rieu's best-selling prose translation captures both the delicacy and drama of the episodes and allows the freshness and excitement of Homer's well-knit plot, with its interplay of subtly delineated characters, to delight us as much as it did the ancient Greeks. The cover shows a detail from 'Odysseus and the witch Circe', from a series of frescoes by Pellegrino Tibaldi illustrating scenes from the Odyssey, in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna (photo: Scala) Please note: Rieu's version is a PROSE translation, and does not maintain the verse structure of the original. This is a mid-1980s Penguin edition, with the purple stripe at the top of the black spine indicating a work of literature from the Classical era.CONDITION: Covers are lightly worn, with some edgewear, bumping, and wear along the hinges, spine is solid and uncracked. There is a B. Dalton Bookseller price tag on the upper right of the cover, which will can probably be cleanly removed (I'm leaving it for nostalgia's sake, as I miss malls and mall bookshops). The interior appears entirely unmarked, slightly age-toned commensurate with the age of the book. A solid very good copy., Penguin Books, 1985, 3<

1985, ISBN: 9780140440010

UsedLikeNew. Condition Good: Book is used and in good condition with some wear from use. This may include stickers on cover, wear to dustcover/missing dustcover, inside cover, spine, sl… More...

UsedLikeNew. Condition Good: Book is used and in good condition with some wear from use. This may include stickers on cover, wear to dustcover/missing dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations. Shipping can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered., 0, From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the harsh reality of The Iliad, Homer tells of the return of the hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. Traditional Greek folktales are skilfully interwoven with original ideas to create an adventure-story and a quest worthy of any medieval or modern writer. For Odysseus's journey is scarcely straightforward: he has to undergo the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon, fight monsters, overcome sexual distractions and the loss of his crew - only to find further trials to deal with when he finally reaches his native land of Ithaca. E. V. Rieu's best-selling prose translation captures both the delicacy and drama of the episodes and allows the freshness and excitement of Homer's well-knit plot, with its interplay of subtly delineated characters, to delight us as much as it did the ancient Greeks. The cover shows a detail from 'Odysseus and the witch Circe', from a series of frescoes by Pellegrino Tibaldi illustrating scenes from the Odyssey, in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna (photo: Scala) Please note: Rieu's version is a PROSE translation, and does not maintain the verse structure of the original. This is a mid-1980s Penguin edition, with the purple stripe at the top of the black spine indicating a work of literature from the Classical era.CONDITION: Covers are lightly worn, with some edgewear, bumping, and wear along the hinges, spine is solid and uncracked. There is a B. Dalton Bookseller price tag on the upper right of the cover, which will can probably be cleanly removed (I'm leaving it for nostalgia's sake, as I miss malls and mall bookshops). The interior appears entirely unmarked, slightly age-toned commensurate with the age of the book. A solid very good copy., Penguin Books, 1985, 3<

1985, ISBN: 9780140440010

From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the … More...

From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the harsh reality of The Iliad, Homer tells of the return of the hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. Traditional Greek folktales are skilfully interwoven with original ideas to create an adventure-story and a quest worthy of any medieval or modern writer. For Odysseus's journey is scarcely straightforward: he has to undergo the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon, fight monsters, overcome sexual distractions and the loss of his crew - only to find further trials to deal with when he finally reaches his native land of Ithaca. E. V. Rieu's best-selling prose translation captures both the delicacy and drama of the episodes and allows the freshness and excitement of Homer's well-knit plot, with its interplay of subtly delineated characters, to delight us as much as it did the ancient Greeks. The cover shows a detail from 'Odysseus and the witch Circe', from a series of frescoes by Pellegrino Tibaldi illustrating scenes from the Odyssey, in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna (photo: Scala) Please note: Rieu's version is a PROSE translation, and does not maintain the verse structure of the original. This is a mid-1980s Penguin edition, with the purple stripe at the top of the black spine indicating a work of literature from the Classical era.CONDITION: Covers are lightly worn, with some edgewear, bumping, and wear along the hinges, spine is solid and uncracked. There is a B. Dalton Bookseller price tag on the upper right of the cover, which will can probably be cleanly removed (I'm leaving it for nostalgia's sake, as I miss malls and mall bookshops). The interior appears entirely unmarked, slightly age-toned commensurate with the age of the book. A solid very good copy., Penguin Books, 1985, 3<