#paperback #TaylorSaville #outofprint

This copy has some wear to it. The author's work is currently out of print. This one has a gorgeous cover! 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Georgia

When an obscure novelist's work deeply inspires American college student Ruby Darrison, she decides to teach herself the Russian language. Though she soon realizes she needs a mentor, and finds what she believes to be the perfect teacher in the drastically older, local engineer by the name of Stanislav Zhlokov. They experience a connection both swift and toxic. A dangerous obsession potent enough to take them all the way from rural Indiana to the heart of Moscow, and eventually... to the very top of the world. Ruby's soul is tested through a traumatic and harrowing journey. One that leaves her fighting for her freedom, her identity, and her very life.

Failure to Translate

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#paperback #TaylorSaville #new #unread #outofprint

This author's work is currently out of print. This copy has never been read.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Monotony. Isolation. Emptiness. Can the cure for a bleak and meaningless life be found outside yourself? Can you find freedom from the plague of your existence in a sea of wire? Most importantly, is there ever any significance in a life... an identity you create outside your physical reality? Mick Caverly wanted to find out. Depressed and socially inept, he creates an alluring persona on the internet. A persona he builds an entire world around, captivating thousands in the process with his sleeping talent as a writer. Though as the haze of his contrived popularity thickens, he loses sight of the only person he ever truly needed to connect with...Himself.

Korvad

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#paperback #mystery #fiction #cainsjawbone #booktok #puzzles 

Unread/unused copy! Good luck trying to solve this mystery!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.

Cain's Jawbone

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This is an opened MP3 cd. I have not listened to it. #BrendaNovak #thriller #mp3

Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn't commit. He's finally been exonerated, but he can't escape the gang he joined in order to survive. They'll do anything to keep him from telling what he knows. And if they can't get to Virgil they'll go after his sister and her kids. The California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang, one that's taking control of the state's most notorious supermax. Virgil's the perfect candidate, and he'll agree to do it under an alias -- in exchange for his sister's protection. Chief Deputy Warden Peyton Adams is opposed to having Virgil in her prison. How will she protect him if things go bad? Besides, she's far too attracted to him; she might even be falling in love with him. That makes her all the more desperate to keep him safe -- and it gives him someone else to lose.

Inside

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This audiobook is still in the packaging and never listened to. One side of the case has been bent. #audiobook #memoir #IsabelGilles

An All-Too-True Story

Isabel Gillies had a wonderful life—a handsome, intelligent, loving husband who was a professor; two glorious toddlers; a beautiful house in their Midwestern college town; the time and place to express all her ebullience and affection and optimism. Suddenly, the life Isabel had made crumbled. Her husband, Josiah, announced that he was leaving her and their two young sons. "Happens every day," said a friend.Far from a self-pitying diatribe,Happens Every Dayreads like an intimate conversation between friends. It is a dizzyingly can-did, compulsively readable, ultimately redemptive story about love, marriage, family, heartbreak, and the unexpected turns of a life. On the one hand, reading this book is like watching a train wreck. On the other hand, as Gillies herself says, it is about trying to light a candle instead of cursing the darkness, and loving your life even if it has slipped away.

Happens Every Day

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#paperback #allisonbrennan #fiction #suspense #thriller #signed

Signed and unread copy. Some age on the top of the pages, otherwise in perfect condition! 

A Novel of Suspense

A RADICAL WAY TO DIE

When security specialist Duke Rogan’s state-of-the-art computer system fails at a controversial bio-tech firm, a raging inferno spreads, and a grotesquely charred body is discovered in the aftermath. With an extremist anti-technology group claiming responsibility, the case grows even more complex when the victim’s autopsy unexpectedly reveals that he bled to death. Heading the FBI’s domestic terrorism unit, Agent Nora English is fiercely determined to track and stop a sadistic assassin.

Cutting Edge (Signed!)

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#paperback #memoir #MontelWilliams #MS #MultipleSclerosis 

Some age at the top of the pages. Otherwise in near perfect condition!

In 1999, after almost twenty years of symptoms, Montel Williams, a decorated naval officer and Emmy Award-winning talk show host, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was struck with denial, fear, depression, and anger, and now he's battling back. Graced with strong values, courage, and hard-won wisdom, he shares his insights in this powerful book on the divergent roads a life can take, and recounts how he rose to meet the challenges he's faced. Surprising, searing, and deeply personal, Climbing Higher is as honest and inspiring as its author.

Climbing Higher

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#paperback #christian #nonfiction 

Some age shows on the tops of the pages. See pictures. 

A simple introductory guide to the Bible with time lines, definitions, and book-by-book synopses.

Guide to the Bible

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#paperback #signed #shortstories

This is an unread copy signed by one of the authors who wrote a short story.

New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery

"This brilliant anthology of short stories by some of the most outstanding women now writing mysteries and crime fiction...is a truly glorious collection" -- Globe and Mail

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has gathered nearly two dozen chilling, boldly original stories, each published for the very first time in this outstanding collection. In addition to tales from some of today's top stars--including Laura Lippman, Susan Wiggs, Marcia Muller, Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Elizabeth George herself--Two of the Deadliest showcases work from an impressive array of exceptional newcomers, as together they explore the dark depths women and men will sink to when driven by passion, avarice, and a lethal hunger for power.

Two of the Deadliest (Signed) 

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#paperback #scottish #murders #UKedition

This was purchased many years ago when I was in Scotland.

Scottish Murders ( UK Edition)

#hardcover #nonfiction #christian #faith #truestory 

Unread copy. You can see where a sticker was on the book. Some age shows at the top of the pages. See pictures.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope

Two families forever bound by tragedy describe the accident that claimed the lives of five Taylor University student and the shocking case of mistaken identity that occurred--a mix-up that led one girl to be buried under the wrong name and the only survivor in a coma cared for by the wrong family--the healing journey of survivor Whitney Cerak, and the bond of faith that sustains both families. 150,000 first printing.

Mistaken Identity

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#paperback #christian #fiction #911 #faith  #KarenKingsbury #bundle

This is a set of the three September 11th series. The first and third are unused and some age on the pages. The second has been read and in good condition.

Mistaken for a heroic World Trade Center victim, financial manager Eric Michaels, who is suffering from amnesia, struggles to relate to a family he does not remember, while his real wife, believing herself a widow, is comforted by her adoring brother-in-law. Original.

One Tuesday Morning BUNDLE

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#paperback #RickWarren #selfhelp #encouragement #Christian

This is a like new used copy.

Encouragement for your most common fears and struggles.

Many peole kow that the Answer to Life's Difficult Questions are found in the Bible--but they don't know where to look. In this helpful book you'll discover the Bible-based practical step for dealing with your most common fears and struggles. And you'll be able to help others too!

Answers to Life's Difficult Questions

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#paperback #bookclubmas #OnceUponABookClub #shortstories 

Read once Book has 12 short stories. Most are book themed. This was Once Upon a Book Club's 2021 edition. 

Volume IV

12 Days of Book-Club-Mas 

#hardcover #fiction #relationships #jaswal #familydrama #india 

New copy!!!

A Novel

The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirming, witty family drama—an Indian This Is Where I Leave You—about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to their homeland to lay their mother to rest. The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia—were never close and barely got along growing up, and now as adults, have grown even further apart. Rajni, a school principal is a stickler for order. Jezmeen, a thirty-year-old struggling actress, fears her big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking "good" sister married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out her final rites. After a trip to India with her mother long ago, Rajni vowed never to return. But she’s always been a dutiful daughter, and cannot, even now, refuse her mother’s request. Jezmeen has just been publicly fired from her television job, so the trip to India is a welcome break to help her pick up the pieces of her broken career. Shirina’s in-laws are pushing her to make a pivotal decision about her married life; time away will help her decide whether to meekly obey, or to bravely stand up for herself for the first time. Arriving in India, these sisters will make unexpected discoveries about themselves, their mother, and their lives—and learn the real story behind the trip Rajni took with their Mother long ago—a momentous journey that resulted in Mum never being able to return to India again. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters is a female take on the Indian travel narrative. "I was curious about how different the trip would be if it were undertaken by women, who are vulnerable to different dangers in a male-dominated society," Balli Kaur Jaswal writes. "I also wanted to explore the tensions between tradition and modernity in immigrant communities, and particularly how those tensions play out among women like these sisters, who are the first generation to be raised outside of India." Powerful, emotionally evocative, and wonderfully atmospheric, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters is a charming and thoughtful story that illuminates the bonds of family, sisterhood, and heritage that tether us despite our differences. Funny and heartbreaking, it is a reminder of the truly important things we must treasure in our lives.

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

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#hardcover #fiction #bemjaminludwig 

Never read copy! 

"Meet Ginny Moon. She's mostly your average teenager--she plays flute in the high school band, has weekly basketball practice, and reads Robert Frost poems in English class. But Ginny is autistic ... After being traumatically taken from her abusive birth mother and moved around to different homes, Ginny has finally found her 'forever home'--a safe place with parents who will love and nurture her. This is exactly what all foster kids are hoping for, right? But Ginny has other plans. She'll steal and lie and exploit the good intentions of those who love her--anything it takes to get back what's missing in her life. She'll even try to get herself kidnapped"--Amazon.com.

Ginny Moon

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#hardcover #fiction #mystery #bellaellis #brontesisters #sleuths 

Unread copy!

Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Bront', Emily Bront', and Anne Bront' were detectors in this charming historical mystery. Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, "detecting is reading between the lines--it's seeing what is not there."ing what is not there."

The Vanished Bride

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#hardcover #fiction #notmydaughter #BarbaraDelinsky 

This is a former library copy in poor condition. See pictures.

A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this emotionally wrenching story of love and forgiveness.

Not My Daughter

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#paperback #arc #ErinKelly 

This is an arc copy. Arcs are always $1 since we can't list for free.

Erin Kelly, master of suspense, returns with her next thrilling standalone featuring an abandoned mental asylum and the secrets it holds.

Marianne was never supposed to return to town, the town where she grew up in the shadow of the Nazareth Mental Hospital. Her mother may be suffering from dementia nearby, but she had thought she'd left that place, and its dark secrets, behind her. That is, until her husband buys a flat in its newly renovated interior so that she can be close enough to help her mother, and Marianne can't tell him why the place fills her with such dread, she can't risk destroying the careful life she's built. Erin Kelly, the master of suspense, will delight fans with her next thrilling novel of psychological suspense.

Stone Mothers (ARC)

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#hardcover #dragontattoo #StiegLarsson #crime #bundle 

This is the first three in the series. 1 is paperback, 2 and 3 are hardback. The hardbacks are bevelled edges.

Books are in good condition.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Girl with Dragon Tattoo BUNDLE!

Hannah was tall and graceful, naturally pretty, spirited and impulsive, the upper-class young woman who picked, of all men, Lovell---the introverted climate scientist who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical honeymoon, they settled in the suburbs to raise their two children. But over the years, Lovell and Hannah’s conversations have become charged with resentments and unspoken desires. She has become withdrawn. His work affords him a convenient distraction. And then, after one explosive argument, Hannah vanishes. For the first time, Lovell is forced to examine the trajectory of his marriage through the lens of memory. As he tries to piece together what happened to his wife--and to their life together--readers follow Hannah on that single day when a hasty decision proves irrevocable. With haunting intensity, a seamless balance of wit and heartbreak, and the emotional acuity that author Heidi Pitlor brings to every page, The Daylight Marriage mines the dark and delicate nature of a marriage. “A page-turning exploration of unexpressed love and unnecessary loss. Riveting and heartbreaking.” —GERALDINE BROOKS, author of Caleb’s Crossing “In The Daylight Marriage, there are two mysteries--the whereabouts of a missing woman and the vagaries of the human heart. Heidi Pitlor explores both of these enigmas with equal mastery, merging a shocking crime story with an incisive portrait of a failed marriage. The result is a novel that is fast-moving, emotionally complex, and ultimately heartbreaking.” —Tom Perrotta, author of Nine Inches “Pitlor brings forth the emotions that surge beneath the surface with the precision and power of a conductor . . . This powerful analysis of how dreams become nightmares will make readers want to hold their loved ones close.” —Booklist, starred review

The Daylight Marriage

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#paperback #humor #essays #CeliaRivenbark

A Slightly Tarnish Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

#paperback #fiction #romance #theweddingdate #chicklit #contemporaryromance #JasmineGuillory

"On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one--until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend. From the best man's toast to the bouquet toss, Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible. But before they know it, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other"--

The Wedding Date

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#hardcover #immigrants #nonfiction #theirstory 

Hardcover coffee table book with color photos. Immigrants telling their story.

See last pic for some damage during shipping when the book arrived to me. Otherwise the book is perfect!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Refugee Stories of Hope, Courage, and Humanity

Over the course of two years, a group of award-winning photographers, filmmakers, painters, and writers trailed and documented the flood of refugees pouring into the West from the Middle East and Africa, recording the refugees' firsthand accounts of who they are and what made them refugees. Spare, haunting, utterly magnificent, and profoundly human, this inspiring collection creates a portrait of the greatest humanitarian crisis of modern history. From the pregnant mother in the dusty warehouse-turned-refugee-camp in Greece to the emaciated child in a mud-filled tent in Bangladesh to the lone Sudanese crouched under an overpass in Italy--the people inside this remarkable volume of exquisite photography and stories of resilience will teach you that the surest way to draw humans together begins with the words "I want to tell you my story . . . "

Taylor Saville

Failure to Translate

Taylor Saville

Korvad

Edward Powys Mathers

Cain's Jawbone

Brenda Novak; Angela Dawe (Read by)

Inside

Isabel Gillies (Read by)

Happens Every Day

Allison Brennan

Cutting Edge (Signed!)

Montel Williams; Lawrence Grobel

Climbing Higher

Carol Smith

Guide to the Bible

Elizabeth George

Two of the Deadliest (Signed)

Lomond Books

Scottish Murders ( UK Edition)

Don Van Ryn; Mark Tabb (As told to); Susie Van Ryn; Newell Cerak; Whitney Cerak; Colleen Cerak

Mistaken Identity

Karen Kingsbury

One Tuesday Morning BUNDLE

Rick Warren

Answers to Life's Difficult Questions

Various

12 Days of Book-Club-Mas

Balli Kaur Jaswal

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

Benjamin Ludwig

Ginny Moon

Bella Ellis

The Vanished Bride

Barbara Delinsky

Not My Daughter

Erin Kelly

Stone Mothers (ARC)

Stieg Larsson

Girl with Dragon Tattoo BUNDLE!

Heidi Pitlor

The Daylight Marriage

Celia Rivenbark

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date

Their Story Is Our Story; Trisha Leimer (Associate Editor); Christophe Mortier (Photographer)

Let Me Tell You My Story

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