Charles. Dickens

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Dickens' account of the rises and relapses of an orphan whose expectations and ambitions are greatly shaped and transformed by a mysterious benefactor.

Great Expectations

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John Osborne

An Autobiography, 1929-1956

John Osborne's first volume of autobiography was acclaimed on its first publication as a contemporary classic. It is now reissued as a Faber paperback for the first time.

A Better Class of Person

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Gini Alhadeff

1st Edition/1st Printing - *Cool Erratum Alert* typo on copyright page, word "First" in 'First Edition' misspelled

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Tales of a Mediterranean Family

With a brilliant flair for narrative and language, Alhadeff spins a tale--both wildly humorous and deeply affecting--of her beguilingly uncommon family. 272 pp. 12,500 print.

The Sun at Midday

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Edward Giobbi

Richard Wolff

Scribble-scrabble on front free end page, and occasional markings/margin notes to internal text

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Italian Way

A book that lets you savor the unbeatable flavors and textures of everyday Italian cooking in good-for-you dishes, from hearty soups and glorious melanges of fresh vegetables to pasta, chicken, lean meats, pizzas, and seductive desserts. This first paperback edition of a unique and much-admired book of healthy eating has been fully revised and updated for the way we eat today. 177 drawings. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Eat Right, Eat Well

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Kati David

World War II Through the Eyes of Children

Fifteen people, who were children during World War II, share their memories of the period and explain how it shaped their lives

A Child's War

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Jan Herman

1st Edition/1st Printing - Previous owner's name inscribed on front page - Binding cracked in a couple places 

The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler

"From Jezebel to Ben-Hur, from The Best Years of Our Lives to Roman Holiday, William [Willy] Wyler's films are essential to the history of American cinema. Jan Herman captures the man and his work in all their variety and complexity."--Roger Ebert, Cover.

A Talent for Trouble

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Anthony Shadid

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War

From the only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Iraq, this riveting account illuminates ordinary people caught between the struggles of nations.

Night Draws Near

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Elias Marechal

Conversations on Silence, Kindness, and Prayer

A book on contemplation, Tears of an Innocent God invites the reader to explore the ways of the One who would have us perceive, listen, and love as Christ did, and still does: not by imitation, but through a gradual inner transformation.

Tears of an Innocent God

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Shirley King

Possible margin notes/underlines to internal text

The Basics

Discusses the peculiarities of particular plants such as the response of some to certain stimuli, plants that heal, plants that eat insects, symbiotic partnerships, and other unusual behavior.

Fish

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Victor Perera

A Sephardic Journey

The Cross and the Pear Tree

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Ellis Cashmore

A Private Life for Public Consumption

The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of “celebrity.” A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a global audience with her marriages and extra-marital improprieties, as well as her extravagant jewelry, her never-ending illnesses, her dependency on alcohol, and her perplexing friendship with Michael Jackson. Despite her continued world-renown, however, most people would be hard-pressed to name even three of her films, though she made over seventy. Ellis Cashmore traces our modern, hyperactive celebrity culture back to a single instant in Taylor's life: the publicizing of her scandalous affair with Richard Burton by photographer Marcelo Geppetti in 1962, which announced the arrival of a new generation of predatory photojournalists and, along with them, a strange conflation between the public and private lives of celebrities. Taylor's life and public reception, Cashmore reveals, epitomizes the modern phenomenon of “celebrity.”

Elizabeth Taylor

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Ogden Nash

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ogden Nash's Food

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Reinier Beeuwkes

Rhonda Poe

1st Edition/1st Printing - A few pages folded over hard, big dog-eared crease (pictured)

A Victorian Re-Creation

How to Be Plump

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Rena Krasno

Albert Dien

A Jewish Family in Wartime Shanghai

This is a story of coming of age in chaotic times during the war in the Pacific, from the unique perspective of a young woman in the Jewish community of Shanghai. We learn how events were perceived by people entrapped by war who endeavored to seek the truth through smuggled info., jammed radio broadcasts, and reading between the lines of Japanese censorship. The heroic efforts of people in the Jewish community in Shanghai to help refugees from the Holocaust are perhaps the most inspiring part of the narrative. Many details of the history of that community are brought to light for the first time. Black and white photos.

Strangers Always

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Zoey Dean

The A-List Book 6 - Used, semi-dirty exterior, fairly worn out copy

It's prom season, and no town does prom like Tinsel Town. Ben is back for the summer -- just in time to be Anna's prom date. But his family has a house guest who's so hot, she's bound to burn up their perfect plans. Adam finds out a scandalous secret that threatens to tear Cammie's world to pieces. Sam agrees to take Parker to the prom and they end up doing a lot more than dancing. What happens when Sam's romance-obsessed boyfriend Eduardo flies in from Paris to surprise Sam? This prom is sure to be glamorous, and occasionally downright shocking! It's just the kind of night the A-List crew will never forget.

Some Like It Hot

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Joyce Carol Oates

A Novel 

A novel about an American couple whose marriage begins to crumble after 26 years.

American Appetites

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John Grisham

A Novel

Goes behind the doors of a jury room to reveal what happens among members of a jury in the middle of deliberations as one powerful leader of the jury works to sway the verdict

The Runaway Jury

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Susan Hufford

Miracles

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Beverly S. Martin

Juffie Kane

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Sherley Anne Williams

A Riveting Story of the South During Slavery

Based on the lives of two nineteenth-century women, this portrait of the South during slavery focuses on the slave Dessa Rose and her relationship with a white woman, Miss Rufel.

Dessa Rose

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C. W. Nikoru

Ex-library copy with typical interior stamps, markings, borrower-card, and (in this case) a pasted-in bookplate 

From the Roof of Africa

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Patricia Cornwell

Scarpetta

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Fred Lawrence Guiles

Published 1972, 1st Edition - Dust cover has rips, front free end page has a tear

Biography of Marion Davies, an American film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist.

Marion Davies: A Biography 

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Faith S. Gordon

A Tasting

The Russian Tea Room

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