Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Bitterthorn

Woodland Treasures Page Tabs 

New copy, selling because I'm not thrilled with the edges. See pictures. I can see splotches in the plain black edges, and there's a couple bends in the dust jacket. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Waterstones Exclusive 

Sword Catcher 

Gorgeous signed Waterstones edition. Foiled cover, front and back.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

In The Shadow of the Wolf Queen

Charlotte Mendelson

Signed Waterstones exclusive with stenciled edges.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Waterstones Exclusive

The Times 2022 Book of the YearLonglisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for FictionThe Exhibitionist is the luminous fifth novel from Man Booker-longlisted and twice-longlisted Women's Prize author Charlotte Mendelson.The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes.Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art - the first in many decades - and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good.His three children will be there: beautiful Leah, always her father's biggest champion; sensitive Patrick, who has finally decided to strike out on his own; and insecure Jess, the youngest, who has her own momentous decision to make.And what of Lucia, Ray's steadfast and selfless wife? She is an artist, too, but has always had to put her roles as wife and mother first. What will happen if she decides to change? For Lucia is hiding secrets of her own, and as the weekend unfolds and the exhibition approaches, she must finally make a choice.An extraordinary new novel from acclaimed author Charlotte Mendelson, The Exhibitionist is a dazzling exploration of art, sacrifice, toxic family politics, queer desire, and personal freedom.

The Exhibitionist

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Shelby Mahurin

Waterstones exclusive edition with sprayed edges 

A dark and thrilling vampire romance set in the world of the New York Times bestselling series Serpent & Dove! Full of everything I love: a sparkling and fully-realized heroine, an intricate and deadly system of magic, and a searing romance that kept me reading long into the night. Sarah J Maas on Serpent & Dove

The Scarlet Veil

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Kristin Hannah

A Novel

Women across America laughed, cried, and reconnected with their friends after reading Kristin Hannah's smash hit, Firefly Lane. Now, in True Colors, she explores the poignant, powerful, complex world of sisters... The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their stern, unyielding father gave them almost no attention. Winona, the oldest, needs her father's approval most of all. An overweight dreamer, she never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that had been in her family for three generations. Aurora, the middle, is the peacemaker. Vivi Ann, the youngest, is the undisputed star of the family. Everything comes easily to Vivi Ann, her father's love most of all. But when Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart, rather than take the route of a dutiful daughter, events are set in motion that will test the love and loyalties of the Grey sisters. They will be pitted against each other in ways none could have imagined. Secrets will be revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both the family and their beloved town. With breathtaking pace and penetrating insight, Kristin Hannah's True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, jealousy, betrayal—and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family.

True Colors

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Ayn Rand

Leonard Peikoff

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man's awareness of himself as an heroic being.

Atlas Shrugged

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John le Carre

Smuggled into Hamburg, Issa, a young Russian man, forms an alliance with Annabel, a civil rights lawyer, and Tommy Brue, scion of a failing British bank, as they become victims of rival intelligence operations in the War on Terror.

A Most Wanted Man

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Mary-Alice Jafolla

Richard Jafolla

Making Sense of God, Life and Other Stuff

Twenty-four short, stimulating chapters offer explanations of fundamental spiritual subjects such as the nature of God, spirit, soul, and body; God's laws of cause and effect, of love, and of prosperity; heaven and hell; Jesus, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit; the creating power of thoughts and words; and more. This fourth edition has been rewritten with expanded material, humorous and interesting quotations and anecdotes, and reader-involving features and questions.

The Simple Truth

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Bruce Feiler

A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

"The process of gathering these images reminded me of the Bible's effortless ability to reinvent itself for each generation and each new way of searching." —Bruce Feiler Its stories may be the best known in the world, but its locations have long been a mystery. Where did Noah's ark land? Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Where are the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Now, in Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler offers an unprecedented heart-stirring adventure through the landscape of some of history's most storied events. Featuring Bruce Feiler's own photography as well as his selections from professional collections, Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey brings together breathtaking vistas, intimate portraits, and fascinating panoramas, providing firsthand access to the inscrutable land where three of the world's great religions were born—and finally puts a face on the stories that have long inspired the human spirit. Over several years, Feiler traveled nearly ten thousand miles through the deserts of the Middle East, which led first to his runaway national bestseller Walking the Bible. This new illustrated book follows his route, offering a thrilling photographic voyage through the actual places of some of the Bible's most memorable events—from the heights of Mount Ararat, where Noah's ark landed, to the desert outpost in Turkey, where Abraham first heard the words of God, to the summit where Moses overlooked the Promised Land. Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey chronicles a landscape that nurtured the relationship between humans and the divine, breathing new meaning into stories that have been a timeless source of inspiration.

Walking the Bible

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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Young American fashion designer Evan Hughes embarks on a journey to London to find Emma Harte, an odyssey that brings to life a previously unrevealed part of Emma's life during World War II.

Emma's Secret

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C. J. Box

Ex library book. Stamps on edge, protective plastic over dust jacket.

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf--only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down--in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box. The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure in The Disappeared. The bad news is that he's come to learn that a drone is killing wildlife--and the drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose son is dating Joe's own daughter, Lucy. When Joe tries to lay down the rules for the drone operator, he's asked by the FBI and the DOJ to stand down, which only makes him more suspicious. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up in and around Joe's district in shocking numbers. He begins to fear that a pack of four vicious killers working on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel known as the Wolf Pack has arrived. Their target seems to be the mystery man and everyone--including Joe, Nate, and others--who is associated with him. Teaming up with a female game warden (based on a real person, one of the few female game wardens at work in Wyoming today) to confront these assassins, Joe finds himself in the most violent and dangerous predicament he's ever faced.

Wolf Pack

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David Baldacci

In the wake of murders in the Virginia countryside in which the killer leaves watches on the victims' bodies, investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell discover a possible link to a case involving an aristocratic southern family.

Hour Game

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William Jeremiah Coughlin

Walter Sorrells

William J. Coughlin

A Charley Sloan Courtroom Thriller

Okay, so your client is a liar. Does that make him a murderer? In the dark hours of morning, Charley Sloan arrives at the palatial home of Miles Dane, celebrated novelist from the Detroit suburb of Pickeral Point, to find Dane's wife murdered in their bed. Dane tells Charley he was downstairs working. Heard nothing, saw nothing. The police arrive. Dane tells his story again. Only, this time there's a mysterious intruder fleeing down the hallway, with Dane in pursuit. Miles Dane became a famous writer because he had a wild and violent imagination. But now that imagination seems to be getting him in trouble. The more he talks to the police, the crazier his story sounds. Is he making things up because that's just what he does? Or is it because he has something to hide? Once the cops uncover physical evidence linking Dane to the crime, they're sure they know the answer. Dane is charged with murder. Charley Sloan has his work cut out for him. How do you protect and represent a client who seems to be his own worst enemy? Miles Dane's wild thoughts continue to dog him as the evidence rolls in. The police soon suspect that he had planned this crime many years ago. And made the mistake of writing it all down. In exact detail. Was it a plan of action or just another of Miles Dane's strange fantasies? At first Charley can't help but think that Miles killed his wife. But as he begins conducting his own investigation into the case, Charley comes to believe that Miles his client has been framed. And that the real killer is using Dane's own bizarre imagination against him. But if that's true, why doesn't Dane speak up? Charley thinks he knows why. Dane has something to hide. Something from his past. Something shameful. Charley understands shame. A recovering alcoholic with a string of wrecked marriages behind him, he has his own dark past. Charley has long been separated from his daughter Lisa, a law student and recovering alcoholic, who now joins the hard-pressed legal team. Will the case bring father and daughter together or drive them apart? The trial begins and still it's unclear where Miles Dane's wild imaginings stop and reality begins. Or whether he is committing the ultimate sacrifice in order to atone for something he did long ago. Only in the crucible of the final, fevered moments of trial will Charley finally put the pieces together. And reveal the stunning truth.

Proof of Intent

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Patricia Cornwell

Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers.

The Front

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Susan Cheever

Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

A group portrait of five Concord, Massachusetts, writers whose works were at the center of mid-nineteenth-century American thought and literature evaluates their interconnected relationships, influence on each other's works, and complex beliefs. 50,000 first printing.

American Bloomsbury

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Lynda La Plante

This novel contains a terrifying journey for DI Anna Travis and DCI James Langton as they try to nail not one but two murderers who send them running for their lives.

Clean Cut

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Zachary Klein

Matt Jacob, a drug-abusing Boston janitor, turns private detective to investigate mysterious break-ins at his therapist's office and to discover what is causing his best friend's wife to have such horrific nightmares, only to stumble into a high-level con

Still Among the Living

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Janet Daily

Security expert Delaney Wescott is called in when rock-star-turned-film-idol Lucas Wayne is nearly killed by a former lover, a situation complicated by an anonymous, obsessed fan stalking Lucas and by a grisly crime in which Delaney finds herself the prime suspect. 200,000 first printing. $250,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Illusions

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Philip Friedman

A stint on a grand jury leads two strangers, Susan Linwood and David Clark, on a perilous odyssey in search of the truth about an international drug conspiracy. By the author of Inadmissible Evidence. 150,000 first printing. $175,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Grand Jury

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Robert Lindsey

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A True Story of Blood and Money

"From Robert Lindsey, best-selling author of The Falcon and the Snowman and The Flight of the Falcon, comes a riveting true story of money, madness, and murder." "To Monika Zumsteg, a modest California beauty, it seemed like a fairy tale come true. The quiet, handsome Englishman who rode in on a gleaming motorcycle, who swept her off her feet, and who politely asked her father for her hand in marriage, turned out to be one of the richest men in the world. He is an heir to the billion-dollar fortune of the Vesteys, Britain's second-wealthiest family after the royals." "At first, her life in England is idyllic. The newlyweds settle into a sprawling manor house in the countryside. The Vestey Trust picks up all the expenses. Monika learns to ride and hunt foxes, dabbles in Victorian antiques, and even applies to Oxford. She is thrown into a world of wealth and aristocracy beyond her imagination. But what began as a storybook romance soon becomes an unstoppable horror." "Her husband, Michael Telling, is sly, deceitful, and wildly erratic. She makes excuses for his lies and his disappearances. In fits of jealousy, he rips apart their home and threatens Monika with knives and guns. A diabetic, he sends himself into insulin shock in a desperate plea to keep her from leaving. Monika discovers that Michael spent much of his privileged childhood in a psychiatric hospital, and she can't resist trying to help him. Besides, his aristocratic family tells the bride from California they are counting on her." "Monika's efforts and Michael's promises give the couple a chance to put their marriage back on track. But no matter how hard she tries, Monika never knows what to expect. As the terror in her life increases, she turns to alcohol. Monika and Michael are on a fatal collision course that neither seems able to escape." "Irresistible Impulse is a vivid, Hitchcockian account of what became one of England's most celebrated and disturbing criminal cases. It is a complex and complete psychological study, a bone-chilling drama that only Robert Lindsey could write."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Irresistible Impulse

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Elizabeth Lowell

Despairing of finding the mysterious figure responsible for the murder of his identical twin, Rand McCee assists a rich socialite with an art exhibition that has inadvertently entangled her in a money laundering operation, an effort that is compromised by mutual distrust. 200,000 first printing.

Innocent as Sin

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Jude Deveraux

Rising toy company exec Fiona agrees to attend an unusual business jaunt in the Everglades, unaware that she will soon be accused of murder, but with the help of rough-hewn river guide Ace Montgomery, she will track down the real killer.

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