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Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Ori, 2008 A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all safe." Meanwhile, browsing through an online memorial for Spencer, Betsy Hill is struck by a photo that appears to have been taken on the night of her son's death and he wasn't alone. She thinks it is Adam Baye standing just outside the camera's range, but when Adam goes missing, it soon becomes clear that something deep and sinister has infected their community..., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000025141. ISBN: 9780752891156
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Imprint: Dutton, 2011 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout. Over the years, Myron Bolitar has walked a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his clients' interests so fiercely that he can't help but jump in to save them, no matter the cost to his own happiness. So when former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounte r an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn chil d, Lex runs off, and Suzze - at eight months pregnant - asks Myron to save her marriage, and perhaps her husband's life. But when he finds Lex, he als o finds two people he wasn't looking for: his sister-in-law, Kitty, wife of Myron's estranged brother, and her teenage son, Mickey, who is achingly fa miliar. But this boy that he has never met blames Myron for everything that has happened to his parents¿ As Myron races to locate his missing brother while their father clings to l ife after a savage heart-attack, he must face the lies that led to the estr angement long ago - including the ones told by Myron himself. He must also answer the questions that Mickey's arrival has thrown up. Who is Myron Boli tar really? And can he heal the damage of the past? We thought we knew Myron, but Harlan Coben now shows us we never did. An electric, stay-up-all night thriller that unfolds at a breakneck pace, Live Wire proves that Coben still has the ability to shock us anew., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000025024. ISBN: 9780525952169
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Imprint: Signet, 2004 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: *Starred Review* Very few writers can induce in their readers the kind of trancelike state, punctuated by frequent "wows," that most of us associate with much-loved books from childhood. Coben can. Although he has had a fairly short mystery-writing career (this is his fourth novel), Coben has already won a great deal of acclaim. He is the only writer to have won all three of the genre's most competitive awards: the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus. His current thriller is as pleasantly painful to read as its predecessors. Coben starts with an excruciating premise: What would you do if your infant were kidnapped? His hero, a plastic surgeon specializing in pediatric reconstructions, has no known enemies. But he wakes up 12 days after having been shot in his own home to discover that his wife has died, his six-month-old daughter has been taken, and he himself is a suspect. When the kidnappers make contact, promising that there will be "no second chance" if the cops or feds are brought into the case, Coben's hero is thrown into an agony of hope and indecision. The novel, spanning 18 months and jumping between the father and the kidnappers, sets off depth charges of meets, double-crosses, near-misses, and vengeful acts. Coben holds it together with his hero's determination and smarts. This is the kind of book that will leave readers dazed--but only after they finally look up from the final page., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000020999. ISBN: 9780451210555
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Imprint: Signet, 2007 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: After a six-year hiatus, it's good to herald the return of Myron Bolitar, the former Boston Celtics basketball star who became a sports agent and crime solver in Coben's sprightly, exciting series. Even better, it's great fun to hear Coben himself performing this excellent audio version. As a reader, Coben has a quality best summed up by the Yiddish word hamishe (homelike, in its weaker translation). He may not be Laurence Olivier, but he sure knows how to make believers of his listeners. When Bolitar talks about going back to live with his parents in New Jersey, Coben catches the basic boyishness of his aging hero and the impact such a move has on Myron's love life. Of course, the world has gotten a lot more complicated: Bolitar's ladyfriend lost her husband on September 11. When he offers to help her teenage daughter, he quickly finds himself involved in some very dangerous adventures. With fading sports stars behaving badly in real life, it's a great pleasure to see that Bolitar has found ways to survive honorably., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000020997. ISBN: 9780451219244
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Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Ori, 2013 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his li fe, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himse lf into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Ja ke comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funera l. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for . . . but she i s not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, she's been married to Todd fo r more than a decade, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew ab out the best time of his life - a time he has never gotten over - is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart - and who lied to him - soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000024896. ISBN: 9781409144588
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Imprint: Orion Publishing Group, 2012 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she's got two kids, a perfect husband, a house with a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at the age of forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who can't let go of a cold case - a local husband and father who disappeared seventeen years ago - and spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time, the missing man's family still waiting, his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up any moment to step into them. Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realisation that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream - the boredom of suburban life, the thrill of temptation, the desperation that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades - they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper thin as a heartbeat..., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000024912. ISBN: 9781409112563
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Imprint: Dell, 2002 For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eig ht years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. Th e pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The l ast night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for al l. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on h is computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taun ted with the impossible- that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive. Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn't. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shad owy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope. But already Beck is being hunted down. He's headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret-and someone intends to stop him before he gets there., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037204. ISBN: 9780440236702
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Imprint: Orion mass market paperback, 2004 A crisp clean softcover. TELL NO ONE Eight years ago, David Beck was knocked unconscious and left fo r dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. Every day for th e next eight years Dr Beck re- lived the horror of what happened. Then, one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certa in web-site at a certain time. The screen opens onto a web cam and it is El izabeth's image he sees. Is it just a heartless practical joke? Or could El izabeth be alive? BACK SPIN The search for a missing boy gives Myron Bolita r far more than he bargained for. When Myron investigates, he crashes throu gh a crowd of low-lifes, blue-bloods and liars on both sides of the social divide. And when family skeletons start coming out of the closet, Myron is about to find out just how deadly life can get... About the Author Harlan Coben was the first ever author to win all three major crime awards in the US. He is now global bestseller with his mix of powerful stand-alone thrillers and Myron Bolitar crime novels. He has appeared in the bestseller lists of THE TIMES, the NEW YORK TIMES, LE MONDE, WALL STREET JOURNAL and the LOS ANGELES TIMES. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000016826. ISBN: 9780752859736
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Imprint: Doubleday, 1995 A clean first edition as stated protected in a new brodart wrapper. Account of a cross-country American journey the author undertook with an 84-year-old Himalayan woman he befriended while working in Nepal., Very Good+/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000016003. ISBN: 9780385474177
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape, 2006 A foremost writer on nature (Birds Britannica), Mark Cocker has drawn toget her over a hundred of his articles into a hugely varied celebration of the natural world. His writing, with its sharpness of perception and precise us e of language, shows qualities more usually associated with poetry than wit h prose., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000028995. ISBN: 9780224078825
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Imprint: Hyperion, 2001 A laid-back tone and lively Baltimore milieu combine with a plot overloaded with murder, blackmail, police corruption and political coverups in this d ebut mystery. Wisecracking Hitchcock Sewell, proprietor of Sewell & Sons Fa mily Funeral Home, is intrigued when Carolyn James tries to arrange her own funeral, especially when a different Carolyn James turns up at the mortuar y, a suicide. Hitch discovers that his attractive visitor was Det. Kate Zab riskie, working on a special case for Baltimore Police Commissioner Alan St uart. Someone is blackmailing Stuart, who's running for Maryland governor, with videos of his wealthy, promiscuous wife in bed with tennis pro Guy Fel lows, who's just been murdered and was Carolyn's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Kate is trying to recover from the death of her husband, an undercover cop she accidentally killed in a stakeout. The ease with which Stuart manipulates K ate, taking advantage of her grief and guilt, stretches credibility; so doe s her slowness to recognize his motives. Kate and Hitch soon become romanti c partners as they pursue a trail leading to illegal toxic waste-dumping an d murder-for-hire. Appealing characters abound--, Good Stock number: RWARE0000012912. ISBN: 9780786889624
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Imprint: Healing Arts Press, 1991 The search for a mysterious healing energy that has always fascinated the h uman mind and spirit leads inevitably to an exploration of the true nature of consciousness, and to the awareness that our power to heal is an essenti al ingredient of the evolution of consciousness., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038493. ISBN: 9780892813131
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Imprint: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003 There are two files on Sahara Jones. The one the school counselor keeps is evidence that she's a fifth-grader who needs special education. The other i s the book Sahara is secretly writing, her Heart-Wrenching Life Story and A mazing Adventures. The latest chapter in her book unfolds when her mother i nsists that she be taken out of special Ed. So Sahara is facing fifth grade in the regular classroom, again. But why even try to do the work, Sahara w onders, if everything just winds up in the counselor's file? Enter Miss Poi nty, the new fifth-grade teacher. With her eggplant- colored lipstick, and s trange subjects such as "Puzzling" and "Time Travel," she's like no other t eacher Sahara has ever known. Through Miss Pointy's unusual teaching, story telling, and quiet support, Sahara finds the courage to overcome her fears and prove which file shows her true self., Good Stock number: RWARE0000038640. ISBN: 9780786807932
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Imprint: Coffee House Press, 2008 Formed in 1991, the New Orleans Klezmer AllStars have fired up people of al l ages with their funky, raucous interpretation of traditional Eastern Euro pean Jewish folk music. Featuring a lineup whose members all lead their own groups, the band's tremendous crossover appeal has kept audiences dancing in the aisles at jazz venues, punk rock clubs, retirement homes, and univer sity performance halls., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000027895. ISBN: 9781566892179
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Imprint: Chatto & Windus, 1991 A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout: London-based private investigator Anna Lee was first met in Dupe , winner of England's prestigious John Creasey award and an Edgar nominee. This, her sixth outing in Cody's top-of-the-genre series, should bring her the name recogition she richly deserves. When her boss at Brierly Security assigns her a case--involving pilfered designer sweaters--that will take her to the States, Lee soon finds herself embroiled in a depressing and dangerous family drama. Is the designer's missing teenage daughter involved with a pedophile, or has she just run off to marry a much older man? What connection does this man have to the stolen merchandise and to the designer's husband? The Florida Keys and a handsome U.S. operative give Anna her first blissful taste of the sunny, fog-free New World even as she handily attempts to answer these questions and dodge the bullets that seem to her so quintessentially American. Backed by Cody's restrained prose, crackling dialogue and perfectly tuned narrative, Anna Lee joins the ranks of V.I. Warshawski, Kinsey Milhone and Cordelia Gray., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000019022. ISBN: 9780701137069
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Imprint: Gotham, 2006 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Decreed by David Letterman (tongue in cheek) on CBS TV?s The Late Show to b e the pick of ?Dave?s Book Club 2006,? Candy Girl is the story of a young w riter who dared to bare it all as a stripper. At the age of twenty- four, Di ablo Cody decided there had to be more to life than typing copy at an ad ag ency. She soon managed to find inspiration from a most unlikely source- ama teur night at the seedy Skyway Lounge. While she doesn?t take home the priz e that night, Diablo discovers to her surprise the act of stripping is an a bsolute thrill. This is Diablo?s captivating fish-out-of-water story of her yearlong walk on the wild side, from quiet gentlemen?s clubs to multilevel sex palaces and glassed-in peep shows. In witty prose she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at this industry through a writer?s keen eye, chronicling her descent into the skin trade and the effect it had on her self-image and her relationship with her now husband., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000027727. ISBN: 9781592402731
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Imprint: Vintage, 2006 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Starred Review. The Rotters' Club (2002), Coe's witty novel of teenage schoolmates growing up in 1970s Birmingham, England, introduced an expansive cast of characters. With echoes of Anthony Trollope and Anthony Powell, this wonderful, compulsively readable sequel explores the adults those young people became- -it opens in 1999 and closes in 2003--and paints a satirical but moving portrait of life at the turn of the century. Claire Newman still mourns her sister, who vanished without a trace in The Rotters' Club. Benjamin Trotter still mourns his one true (teenage) love. His brother, Paul, is an ambitious member of Parliament in "Blair's Brave New Britain." Doug Anderton and Philip Chase became journalists, and the first book's other characters all reappear in some way or another (along with flashbacks to many of their teenage escapades). Coe cleverly works real events into the plot--London's Millennium Eve, the possible shutdown of a British auto manufacturer, the war in Iraq. The theme, as in The Rotters' Club, concerns the conflicts and connections between individual decisions and societal events, but while Coe's political sensibility is readily apparent, this novel, with its incredibly well developed characters and its immensely engaging narrative, is no polemical tract. It's a compelling, dramatic and often funny depiction of the way we live now-- both savage and heartfelt at the same time., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000017292. ISBN: 9780375713958
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Imprint: Sceptre, 1991 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Written by the author of "The Accidental Woman", "A Touch of Love" and "Peter Cook", this is a psychological suspense story. In a flat inhabited by a raucous punk band who may recruit him as keyboard player, Bill witnesses a murder committed - or so his reeling senses suggest - by two dwarves., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000020548. ISBN: 9780340551325
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Imprint: Gardners Books, 2002 Jonathan Coe's new novel is set in the 1970s against a distant backdrop of strikes, terrorist attacks and growing racial tension. A group of young fri ends inherit the editorship of their school magazine and begin to put their own distinctive spin on to events in the wider world. A zestful comedy of personal and social upheaval, The Rotters' Club captures a fateful moment i n British politics - the collapse of 'Old Labour' - and imagines its impact on the topsy-turvy world of the bemused teenager: a world in which a lost pair of swimming trunks can be just as devastating as an IRA bomb., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000009277. ISBN: 9780140294668
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Imprint: Penguin Putnam~trade, 1995 Michael is a lonely writer, obsessed by a film featuring a mad knifeman. Wh en he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws he realiz es that the family have cast a blight on his life and he decides to take hi s revenge by re-enacting his favourite film., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034555. ISBN: 9780140234213
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Imprint: Berkley, 2003 With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accus ed of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events ar e connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030314. ISBN: 9780425191279
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Imprint: Harper Collins, 2003 After being tricked into moving to Geneva with the promise of being a dance r, Maria finds herelf working the streets as a prostitute for a year. Durin g this time she develops a fascination for sex. This fascination becomes a passion for her work, a desire to make people happy and enjoy sex. But behi nd the dedication to her work is a deep aversion to the idea of falling in love. That is until she meets a painter who she is able to love, and make h er dreams come true. Paulo Coehlo explores the themes of sex and love in hi s new novel., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030940. ISBN: 9780007166039
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Imprint: Bompiani, 2005 Good Stock number: RWARE0000025439. ISBN: 9788845231834
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Imprint: Thorsons, 1998 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A global phenomenon, The Alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 milli on readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwide. Now this ma gical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of Paulo Co elho will want to treasure forever. Every few decades a book is published t hat changes the lives of its readers forever. This is such a book - a beaut iful parable about learning to listen to your heart, read the omens strewn along life's path and, above all, follow your dreams. Santiago, a young she pherd living in the hills of Andalucia, feels that there is more to life th an his humble home and his flock. One day he finds the courage to follow hi s dreams into distant lands, each step galvanised by the knowledge that he is following the right path: his own. The people he meets along the way, th e things he sees and the wisdom he learns are life-changing. With Paulo Coe lho's visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, The Al chemist is a story with the power to inspire nations and change people's li ves. Editorial Reviews, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030948. ISBN: 9780722532935
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Imprint: HarperOne, 1995 Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendaryroad of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this cont emporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through th e simplicity of life. The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coel ho's literary canon. His first book, it not only paved the way for his phen omenal novel The Alchemist , but it also fully expresses his humanist philo sophy and the depth of his unique search for meaning. Editorial Reviews Review "A universal quest toward an expanded view of life." -- Dan Millman, author of THE WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR "Among Latin American writers only Columbia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez is mor e widely read than Brazil's Paulo Coelho." -- The Economist "An exciting tale." -- Library Journal "The keys to self-mastery...wrapped in suspense and adventure." -- Body Mind Spirit, Good Stock number: RWARE0000025416. ISBN: 9780062512796
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Imprint: Harper Collins USA, 2004 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: There is enough interest in angels to ensure this peculiar little book a significant audience. It traces a spiritual journey of sorts, stereotypically cast as a journey into the desert, that embodies a New Age conception of liberation as liberation from the past in confrontation with oneself. The "ritual that demolishes rituals," which is the climax of the book, is all done with mirrors. As Simone de Beauvoir would note, the "mirrors" are women--and that calls into question both the "newness" of the story and the "age" it heralds. But it is a strange tale many will find compelling., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000019942. ISBN: 9780060736286
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Imprint: Thorsons, 1998 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels - who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes. Haunted by a devastating curse, Paulo is instructed by his mysterious spiritual master to embark upon a journey - to find and speak to his guardian angel in an attempt to confront and overcome his dark past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of this forty day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where Paulo and his wife, Chris, encounter the Valkyries - warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles, spreading the word of angels. This exotic spiritual odyssey is a rare combination of truth, myth, imagination and inspiration. Ultimately it is a story about being able to forgive our past and believe in our future., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030957. ISBN: 9780722533949
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Imprint: Harper Collins USA, 2010 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago and remarried to a famous fashion designer. Igor is insanely jealous and he told Ewa that he would destroy 'whole worlds' in order to get her back, and he intends to keep his promise... THE WINNER STANDS ALONE is a gripping, fast-paced thriller, and Paulo Coelho cleverly weaves in elements of social satire, poking fun at our celebrity and money obsessed culture., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000021590. ISBN: 9780061968273
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Imprint: HarperCollins, 2005 A highly collectible first edition/printing, protected in a new brodart wra pper. The press chat cites 65 million copies of Coelho's eight previous novels in print, making the Brazilian author one of the world's bestselling novelists (150 countries and 56 languages). This book, whose title means "the present" or "unable to go unnoticed" in Arabic, has an initial staggered laydown of eight million copies in 83 countries and 42 languages. It centers on the narrator's search for his missing wife, Esther, a journalist who fled Iraq in the runup to the present war, only to disappear from Paris; the narrator, a writer, is freed from suspicion when his lover, Marie, comes forward with a (true) alibi. He seeks out Mikhail, the man who may be Esther's most recent lover and with whom she was last seen, who has abandoned his native Kazakhstan for a kind of speaking tour on love. Mikhail introduces the narrator to a global underground "tribe" of spiritual seekers who resist, somewhat vaguely, conventional ways of living. Through the narrator's journey from Paris to Kazakhstan, Coelho explores various meanings of love and life, but the impact of these lessons is diminished significantly as they are repeated in various forms by various characters. Then again, 65 million readers can't be wrong; the spare, propulsive style that drove The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes and Coelho's other books will easily carry fans through myriad iterations of the ways and means of amor., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000014124. ISBN: 9780060825218
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2006 Subtitled A Novel of Obsession, this tale is the philosophical and spiritua l chronicle of one man's quest for self-discovery. Stunned by his wife's in explicable disappearance from their Paris home and immediately suspected of foul play by the authorities and the press, the unnamed protagonist, a bes t-selling writer, is forced to reexamine both his marital relationship and his own life. What he eventually discovers with the help of a -mysterious s tranger named Mikhail--a man he suspects is somehow involved in Esther's di sappearance--is that he must first "find himself" before he can ever hope t o find his wife. Although Esther is physically and emotionally lost to him, he rediscovers her as he retraces both her footsteps and the disintegratio n of their visceral connection. Finally able to release the past and his an ger, he can accept the uncertainty of the present by traveling to Kazakhsta n with Mikhail in search of Esther and the remote possibility of resurrecti ng a dormant love. As in The Alchemist (1993), Coelho continues to prove hi mself a contemporary fabulist, spinning irresistible stories while seeking enlightenment at the same time. Interwoven with details drawn from his life , the mesmerizing narrative offers a highly personal meditation on the mean ing and the power of love., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000018097. ISBN: 9780060832810
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2007 Multimillion-seller Coelho (The Devil and Miss Prym, etc.) returns with ano ther uncanny fusion of philosophy, religious miracle and moral parable. The Portobello of the title is London's Portobello Road, where Sherine Khalil, aka Athena, finds the worship meeting she's leading-where she becomes an o mniscient goddess named Hagia Sophia-disrupted by a Protestant protest. Fra med as a set of interviews conducted with those who knew Athena, who is dea d as the book opens, the story recounts her birth in Transylvania to a Gyps y mother, her adoption by wealthy Lebanese Christians; her short, early mar riage to a man she meets at a London college (one of the interviewees); her son Viorel's birth; and her stint selling real estate in Dubai. Back in Lo ndon in the book's second half, Athena learns to harness the powers that ha ve been present but inchoate within her, and the story picks up as she acqu ires a "teacher" (Deidre O'Neill, aka Edda, another interviewee), then disc iples (also interviewed), and speeds toward a spectacular end. Coelho veers between his signature criticism of modern life and the hydra-headed altern ative that Athena taps into. Athena's earliest years don't end up having mu ch plot, but the second half's intrigue sustains the book., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000013578. ISBN: 9780061349959
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Imprint: HarperCollins, 2004 With more than 30 million copies sold, "The Alchemist" is one of the best l oved and bestselling books in the world. "The Zahir", Paulo Coelho's new no vel, is a perfect follow-on to "The Alchemist". Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss an d passionate obsession. It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It e nds in obsession. One day, a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more s uccess and new love, he remains mystified - and increasingly fascinated - b y her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their m arriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts. H is search for her - and for the truth of his own life - takes him from Fran ce to Spain, Croatia and, eventually, the bleakly beautiful landscape of Ce ntral Asia. More than that, it takes him from the safety of his world to a totally unknown path, searching for a new understanding of the nature of lo ve and the power of destiny. With "The Zahir", Paulo Coelho demonstrates no t just his powerful and captivating storytelling, but also his extraordinar y insight into what it is to be a human being in a world full of possibilit y., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000010179. ISBN: 9780007213627
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Imprint: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1999 Fine Stock number: RWARE0000006321. ISBN: 9780571202324
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Imprint: Secker & Warburg, 2000 A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities, he is expected to apologize and repent in an effort to save h is job, but he refuses to become a scapegoat in what he sees as a show tria l designed to reinforce a stringent political correctness. He preempts the authorities and leaves his job, and the city, to spend time with his grown-up lesbian daughter on her remote farm. Things between them are strained - there is much from the past they need to reconcile - and th e situation becomes critical when they are the victims of a brutal and horr ifying attack. In spectacularly powerful and lucid prose, Coetzee uses all his formidable skills to engage with a post-apartheid culture in unexpected and revealing ways. This examination into the sexual and political law lines of modern South Africa as it tries desperately to start a fresh page in its history is chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039535. ISBN: 9780099289524
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Imprint: Michael Joseph, 2015 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this urgent wake-up call, Philip Coggan shows how democracy today faces threats that we ignore at our own risk. Amid the turmoil of the financial crisis and high debt levels, it is easy to forget that the ultimate victim could be our democracy itself. Tracing democracy's history and development, Coggan revisits the assumptions on which it is founded. What exactly is democracy? Why should we value it? What are its flaws? And could we do any better? Coggan proposes ideas for change and improvement to the system itself so the next vote we cast will not be the last., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033493. ISBN: 9780718197278
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Imprint: Doubleday, 1966 No dustjacket., Good Stock number: RWARE0000038165.
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Imprint: Fireside, 2000 Heal Your Body Naturally with the Power of Magnets Based on ancient Chinese tradition, magnet healing is a simple, effective, and inexpensive method o f pain relief. Magnets stimulate the pressure points throughout the body to increase blood flow and reduce soreness, and can ease common complaints su ch as lower back pain, headaches and sore joints. Magnets not only soothe c hronic pain, but they also improve your natural flow of energy and restore vitality to your body and mind. While teaching you how to treat pain, "The Book of Magnet Healing" also offers easy-to-follow steps to balance the mag netic energy released in your everyday environment and increase your overal l health. Complete with detailed color illustrations and clear instructions , "The Book of Magnet Healing" explains: The benefits and scope of magnet t herapy Magnetism in nature and its effects on physical and mental health Wh at the "magnetic marketplace" has to offer, and how to choose the right mag nets for your needs How to use magnets to heal yourself and improve your ho me environment When to consult a magnet therapist for help and advice, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038609. ISBN: 9780684869674
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Imprint: William D. Cohan, 1672 In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. On March 5, 2008, at 10:15 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a po st on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement abo ut Bear Stearns & Co., the nation's fifth-largest investment bank: "In my b ook, they are insolvent." This seemed a bold and risky statement. Bear Stearns was about to announce profits of $115 million for the first quarter of 2008, had $17.3 billion in cash on hand, and, as the company incessantly boasted, had been a colossal ly profitable enterprise in the eighty-five years since its founding. Ten days later, Bear Stearns no longer existed, and the calamitous financia l meltdown of 2008 had begun. How this happened - and why - is the subject of William D. Cohan's superb a nd shocking narrative that chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Bear Stearns serves as the Rosetta Stone to explain how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infi ghting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought ha voc on the world financial system. Cohan's minute-by-minute account of those ten days in March makes for breat hless reading, as the bankers at Bear Stearns struggled to contain the casc ading series of events that would doom the firm, and as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner, and Fe d Chairman Ben Bernanke began to realize the dire consequences for the worl d economy should the company go bankrupt. But HOUSE OF CARDS does more than recount the incredib, Near Fine/Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000035674. ISBN: 9780385528269
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Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S., 1996 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Grounded in ancient hands-on methods of diagnosis and treatment while encompassing the innovations of the early experimental osteopaths, craniosacrally-based treatment is now one of the most successful and fastest-growing approaches to mind-body healing. Providing access to the unity of structure and function in the organism, such therapy offers a simple, direct, and non-dogmatic means for tapping the body& #8217; s inherent intelligence in a fluid and spontaneous way. We should not presume that the techniques in this book deal solely with the bones of the cranium, the spine, and the lower back. The craniosacral system is no less than the structural aspect of the central nervous system. Its methods originate in neural behavior and emotional energy and include their manifestations throughout the tissues and organs of the body. Both a medical system with precise anatomical criteria and a therapeutic art requiring a practitioner to feel, interpret, and move energy, modern craniosacral therapy offers a unique way to perceive and influence the structural configuration of the brain itself in its relationship to the body& #8217; s architecture., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039744. ISBN: 9781556431838
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Imprint: Peachpit Press, 2000 FreeHand 9 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is a fast, ea sy, and inexpensive way to learn the latest version of the enormously popul ar, but complex, illustration program. No wordy explanations here-- just cle ar and concise step-by-step instructions, plus hundreds of screenshots and dozens of illustrations created by seasoned FreeHand artists and designers. The flexible, time-tested Visual QuickStart format lets you get exactly what you need from the book. Use its tabbed pages to go straight to topics such as tweaking text or adding a special effect, or read it straight through to get a thorough grounding in the program. The fundamentals are all here, from startup to image creation, from manipulation to importing the finished product into a page-layout program. You'll also learn how to work with third-party Xtras, print your projects, create Web graphics, and customize FreeHand., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000005430. ISBN: 9780201354898
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2009 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: This unusual book gives a voice to the voiceless--the chronically disabled who, in our health- conscious society, are defined by their disease....In this advocacy book, written like a personal journal, Cohen tells their stories....Strong at the Broken Places ends on a note of hope.(Providence Journal ), Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000020347. ISBN: 9780060763121
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Imprint: Prentice Hall Press, 2000 A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib: Written by a well-known bond expert, this text provides a comprehensive guide to building a portfolio that should be appropriate to an individual's needs. The author shows how bonds are amongst the safest investment vehicles available., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000019859. ISBN: 9780735201385
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Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2005 A syndicated columnist for teens and young adults and the author of Campus Life Exposed, Cohen dishes commonsensical wisdom in "the first of what will be many editions of this book." Presumably, forthcoming editions will addr ess the ever-evolving challenges of campus life (cyber-classrooms, perhaps? ), but what's in this one will feel pretty familiar to anyone who attended college within the last 25 years. Tips include: be yourself, lock your door , set boundaries with your roommate, don't drink too much and be sensitive to others' differences. Cohen tackles the ins and outs of residence halls, student organizations, friendships, dating, drugs and money-oh, and he cons iders classes, too, though with perhaps with less enthusiasm (and certainly fewer pages) than he devotes to sex. Though he lists interesting statistic s, additional resources and plenty of first- person letters from students se eking his advice, Cohen doesn't offer much that a reasonably intelligent co llege kid couldn't figure out on his or her own-but that may not be a weakn ess: "everything's going to be okay" could be just what a nervous first-yea r student needs to hear most., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000014447. ISBN: 9781402203374
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2007 From the much-loved, witty and excoriating voice of journalist Nick Cohen, a powerful and irreverent dissection of the agonies, idiocies and compromis es of mainstream liberal thought. Nick Cohen comes from the Left. While growing up, his mother would search t he supermarket shelves for politically reputable citrus fruit and despair. When, at the age of 13, he found out that his kind and thoughtful English t eacher voted Conservative, he nearly fell off his chair: 'To be good, you h ad to be on the Left.' Today he's no less confused. When he looks around him, in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, he sees a community of Left-leaning liberals standing on their heads. Why is it that apologies for a militant Islam that stands for everything the liberal-Left is against come from a section of the Left? After the American and British wars in Bosnia and Kosovo against Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansers, why were men and women of the Left denying th e existence of Serb concentration camps? Why is Palestine a cause for the l iberal-Left, but not, for instance, China, the Sudan, Zimbabwe or North Kor ea? Why can't those who say they support the Palestinian cause tell you wha t type of Palestine they would like to see? After the 9/11 attacks on New Y ork and Washington why were you as likely to read that a sinister conspirac y of Jews controlled American or British foreign policy in a liberal litera ry journal as in a neo-Nazi rag? It's easy to know what the Left is fightin g against - the evils of Bush and corporations - but what and, more to the point, who are they fighting for? As he tours the follies of the Left, Nick Cohen asks us, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039303. ISBN: 9780007229703
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Imprint: Kaplan Business, 2000 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The financial windfalls and market opportunities for selling your company are huge. But how do you know if that's the right choice for you? To find out, you need to understand both the practical and personal repercussions of your decision-as Mike Cohn and Jayne Pearl demonstrate in their insightful new book, Keep or Sell Your Business. Cohn and Pearl provide detailed steps for analyzing the state of your company, examining the opportunities to sell, weighing the benefits of keeping your company, and managing your wealth after the business is sold., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033363. ISBN: 9781574101393
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Imprint: Electric Monkey A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A 2016 Zoella Book Club Pick! New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan are back with a life-affirming Christmas romance starring Dash and Lily. Dash and Lily have had a tough year since readers first watched the couple fall in love. Lily's beloved grandfather suffered a heart attack, and his d ifficult road to recovery has taken a major toll on her typically sunny dis position. With only twelve days left until Christmas--Lily's favorite time of the yea r--Dash, Lily's brother Langston, and their closest friends take Manhattan by storm to help Lily recapture the holiday magic of New York City in Decem ber. Told in alternating chapters, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily reunites two b eloved characters and is bound to be a Christmas favorite, season after sea son. "Hilarious and heartfelt...[captures] the emotions of teen love, along with the hilarity of young adult life."--School Library Journal, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035062. ISBN: 9781405284004
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Imprint: Hay House Inc, 1994 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Lee Coit was an advertising agency owner for many years. As a result of deep dissatisfaction with his personal life, he sold his business and embarked on a spiritual search for a Divine Source. Despite doubts and disappointments he was lead on a fantastic journey of spiritual awakening which covered more than 20 years and circled the globe. His discoveries give the reader new ways to think and act. He explains them in very practical terms. Illustrations from his own experiences make his books easy and fun to read., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000021292. ISBN: 9780936475042
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Imprint: Worldwide Library, 1995 Upscale San Marino, California, is perfectly safe, of course- -as everyone rushes to assure visiting art-restorer Andrea Perkins (The Balmoral Nude, 1 990)--and surely the dead body of the naked alcoholic found on the premises of the Huntington museum was not the work of a resident. But Detectives Lo pez (a macho Latino) and Robeson (a stickler-for-protocol black woman) inve stigate anyhow and soon put a name to the deceased: Bryan Anderson--who, ye ars before, had romanced Andrea's hostess Georgene, then married and been d ivorced by her sister Sarah., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000013896. ISBN: 9780373261857
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Imprint: Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Congratulations--just by looking at this webpage, you became 25% more patri otic. From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23¿ hours of your day. I Am America (And So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Step hen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast. Dictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three- day weekend, t his book contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The Ameri can Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form. Always controversial and outspoken, Stephen addresses why Hollywood is dest roying America by inches, why evolution is a fraud, and why the elderly sho uld be harnessed to millstones. You may not agree with everything Stephen says, but at the very least, you' ll understand that your differing opinion is wrong. I Am America (And So Can You!) showcases Stephen Colbert at his most eloque nt and impassioned. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, a nd in this book he fights the good fight for the traditional values that ha ve served this country so well for so long. Please buy this book before you leave the store, Near Fine/Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000037303. ISBN: 9780446580502
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Imprint: Ballantine Books, 1985 A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: "It is difficult to imagine a better course for practicing, would-be, or ev en part-time vegetarians," said The New York Times of Annemarie Colbin's co oking classes. And, in this book, the founder of the successful Natural Gou rmet Cookery School in New York City offers a whole year's worth of her pop ular classes. The Book Of Whole Meals -- Provides a sound holistic nutritional philosophy on which to base your f ood choices -- Gives thorough instructions on how to set up a kitchen and a well-stocke d pantry -- Offers varied menus for each season: dozens of whole breakfasts, lunches ; and dinners, using the fruits and vegetables of the season -- Shows how to make quick meals with leftovers, without sacrificing taste or nutrition -- Teaches you how to maximize efficiency and grace in the kitchen with tim e-saving hints for organizing every step of food preparation...and more! Voted one of ten best cookbooks by New Age Journal readers., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000025479. ISBN: 9780345332745
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