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‎Trocheck, Kathy Hogan, 1954- ; design, Ruth HN Lee, Suzanne Noli; photo, Barnaby Hall, Jerry Bauer‎

‎Heart Trouble: A Callahan Garrity Mystery‎

‎HarperCollins 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 295 pages ; 22 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020 ; ISBN 9780060176389 0060176385 ; OCLC 34285162 ; LCCN 96006254 ; LOC No PS3570.R587 H43 1996 ; white and blue cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Atlanta is temporarily distracted from its pre-Olympic frenzy by the sensational case of Whitney Dobbs the boozy ex-wife of a prominent cardiologist who runs over a little girl in the park. The city is outraged when she gets off with only a misdemeanor charge. When Whitney is shot while doing her community service cleaning lady/sleuth Callahan Garrity has reason to be suspicious. ; Kathy Hogan Trocheck was born on July 27 1954 in St. Petersburg Florida. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She worked for fourteen years as a reporter mainly at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before becoming a full-time author. Under Kathy Hogan Trocheck she wrote 10 mysteries including the Callahan Garrity Mystery series and the Truman Kicklighter Mysteries series. Under the pen name Mary Kay Andrews her works include the Weezie and Bebe series Little Bitty Lies Hissy Fit Deep Dish The Fixer Upper Summer Rental Spring Fever Ladies Night Save the Date and Beach Town. ; promotional author's card laid in ; bookplate on front endpaper ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> HarperCollins hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008661 ISBN : 0060176385 9780060176389

‎Daugharty, Janice, 1944- ; design, Kyoko Watanabe, Honi Werner; photo, Sid Hoetzel, Herb Pilcher‎

‎Like A Sister: A Novel‎

‎New York : Harper Collins c1999. 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st. 1st printing ; 192 pages ; 22 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9780060193607 0060193603 ; OCLC 41272958 ; LCCN 99015621 ; LOC No PS3554.A844 L54 1999 ; gold and black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Sister cannot say exactly when or where she was when she first saw--heard--that look and maybe it was sometime at night after she lay down to sloop but she saw it. Then her eyes sprang wide and her lips parted and she repeated over and over like a sinner's prayer how she would not sorry away like Marnie.-- From Like a Sister ;It is 1956 and Sister is only thirteen years old but she is a mother to her two younger twin brothers and her toddler sister. Her mother Marnie has had a string of boyfriends and her latest is more interested in building up business at his new café than he is in raising three children that are not his own. Marnie is involved in the café as well--but Sister is not exactly sure how. All she knows is that Marnie isn't around very much. Things weren't always this way--at one time they were close "just like sisters." Now it seems they are strangers and Sister has noticed that the neighbors are giving each other looks--looks that say that whatever Marnie is up to at the café it isn't respectable. Deciding that she will not follow in Marnie's footsteps Sister begins to take charge of her life as best she can by minding her manners and by befriending her kindly next-door neighbor Willa who seems to Sister to be a fine example of how a mother should be. But then Ray Williams a respected and powerful man in town begins to notice the blossoming Sister and when he realizes that she has no adult supervision he sets his sights on her. Willa steps in to intervene and Sister thinks she may have found salvation but in Like a Sister all is never what it seems. ; A haunting coming-of-age tale Like a Sister will linger in the minds of readers long after the last page has been turned. -- Source: Publisher ; Janice Daugharty is Artist-in-Residence at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton Georgia. She is the author of one story collection and five novels: Dark of the Moon Necessary Lies Pawpaw Patch Earl in the Yellow Shirt and Whistle. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Harper Collins, c1999. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008724 ISBN : 0060193603 9780060193607

‎Grizzard, Debra ; Perry, Chuck ; design, Jill Dilde; jacket photo, France Dorman; authors: Dudley Tamps, Ludlow Porch, Loran Smi‎

‎Don't Fence Me In: An Anecdotal Biography of Lewis Grizzard By Those Who Knew Him Best‎

‎Atlanta Ga. : Longstreet Press c1995. 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 289 pages : portraits ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by the author Debra Grizzard on title page ; ISBN 9781563522505 1563522500 ; OCLC 33355532 ; LCCN 95077248 ; LOC No PS3557.R5368 Z58 1995 ; Dewey 814/.54 ; white and green cloth in photographic color dustjacket ; Contents: Early lessons of life / Dudley Tamps -- Lewis Sr.: loving but flawed father / Ludlow Porch -- With a little help from a friend / Loran Smith -- Details page 2: Journalism 101 / Glenn Vaughn -- Lewis Grizzard: the ultimate newspaperman / Jim Minter -- Life on the streets of "Hot-Lanta" / Ron Hudspeth -- Cold climate warm friends hot business / Tim Jarvis -- Georgia Bulldogs: The majority party / Loran Smith -- At the reins of a runaway rocket / Tony Privett -- Vicarious philandering with Lewis / Tony Privett -- Highs and lows: Life on the road / Steve Enoch -- A tale of too many broken hearts / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight -- Why me Why now No answer / Steve Enoch -- A reason to fight even harder / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight -- Beating the odds again and again / Dr. Randy Martin -- Hos way was the right way / Jim Minter -- Memories keep the spirit alive / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight ; At the time of Lewis Grizzard's death in 1994 he was one of America's best known and most beloved humorists. This unique biography of the bestselling author and columnist has been compiled by the people who knew him best and were closest to him at various stages of his life including his lifelong friend Dudley Stamps his first editor Jim Minter and Tim Jarvis his friend and tennis partner. 30 photos. --Source: Publisher ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Atlanta, Ga. : Longstreet Press, c1995. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008808 ISBN : 1563522500 9781563522505

‎Mayes, Frances ; design, Elizabeth Rendfleisch, Elena Giavaldi ; photos, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Will Garin; editor Vanessa Moble‎

‎Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir A Grape leaf from Faulkner's arbor -- Looking toward home -- By my lights -- Under Magnolia -- A silver globe in the garden -- Talking back -- Coloring -- Islands of summer -- Watering -- Namesake -- Riddles and tricks -- Whatever was hidden -- Frankye: A white tucked-chiffon crystal-beaded dress -- Ten thousand rules to live by -- The walking rain -- To Florida -- The last wedding‎

‎New York : Crown Publishers 2014 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xxxiii 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9780307885913 0307885917 ; OCLC 852457476 ; LCCN 2013042448 ; LOC No PS3563.A956 Z46 2014 ; Dewey 811/.54 ; textured white boards in color photographic dustjacket ; "A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes the Bard of Tuscany about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life. The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald Georgia. With her signature style and grace Mayes explores the power of landscape the idea of home and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. From her years as a spirited secretive child through her university studies--a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel--to her escape to a new life in California Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother Frankye; her unpredictable father Garbert; Daddy Jack whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid Frances's confidant Willie Bell. Under Magnolia is a searingly honest humorous and moving ode to family and place and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South the smells and tastes at her family table the fragrance of her hometown trees and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world and then to a profound return home"-- Provided by publisher. ;"A memoir of author Frances Mayes's coming of age in the Deep South and of the region's powerful influence on her life. Mayes delves into the power of landscape the idea of home and the force of a chaotic and loving family"-- Provided by publisher. Frances Mayes is the author of the now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone movie starring Diane Lane. Other international bestsellers include: Bella Tuscany Everyday in Tuscany A Year in the World and three illustrated books: In Tuscany Bringing Tuscany Home and The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. She is also the author of two novels Swan and Women in Sunlight. She has written six books of poetry and The Discovery of Poetry. The most recent books are See You in the Piazza and Always Italy. Her books have been translated into more than fifty languages. ; Contents: Preface: A Grape leaf from Faulkner's arbor -- Looking toward home -- By my lights -- Under Magnolia -- A silver globe in the garden -- Talking back -- Coloring -- Islands of summer -- Watering -- Namesake -- Riddles and tricks -- Whatever was hidden -- Frankye: A white tucked-chiffon crystal-beaded dress -- Ten thousand rules to live by -- The walking rain -- To Florida -- The last wedding ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Crown Publishers, [2014] hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008656 ISBN : 0307885917 9780307885913

‎Luiselli, Valeria, 1983- ; design, Jenny Carrow‎

‎Lost Children Archive: A novel Family soundscape -- Relocations -- Box I -- Routes and roots -- Box II -- Undocumented -- Box III -- Missing -- Box IV -- Removals -- Reenactment -- Deportations -- Maps & Boxes -- Box V -- Continental divide -- Lost -- Apacheria -- Dust valleys -- Heart of light -- Echo Canyon -- Lost Children archive -- Box VI -- Document -- Box VII‎

‎New York : Alfred A. Knopf 2019. 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition ; 1st printing ; 383 pages : illustrations some color color maps ; 25 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9780525436461 9780525520610 9781524711504 0525436464 0525520619 1524711500 ; OCLC 1035792290 ; LCCN 2018018390 ; LOC No PS3612.U378 L67 2019 ; brown and brick-red cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; "From the two-time NBCC Finalist a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that with breathtaking imagery spare lyricism and profound humanity probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new Polaroid camera--the family is heading for the Apacheria: the region the Apaches once called home and where the ghosts of Geronimo and Cochise might still linger. The father a sound documentarist hopes to gather an "inventory of echoes" from this historic mythic place. The mother a radio journalist becomes consumed by the news she hears on the car radio about the thousands of children trying to reach America but getting stranded at the southern border held in detention centers or being sent back to their homelands to an unknown fate. But as the family drives farther west--through Virginia to Tennessee across Oklahoma and Texas--we sense they are on the brink of a crisis of their own. A fissure is growing between the parents one the children can feel beneath their feet. They are led inexorably to a grand unforgettable adventure--both in the harsh desert landscape and within the chambers of their own imaginations. Told through the voices of the mother and her son as well as through a stunning tapestry of collected texts and images--including prior stories of migration and displacement--Lost Children Archive is a story of how we document our experiences and how we remember the things that matter to us the most. Blending the personal and the political with astonishing empathy it is a powerful wholly original work of fiction: exquisite provocative and deeply moving"-- Provided by publisher. ; "A novel about a family of four on the cusp of fracture who take a trip across America--a story told through varying points of view and including archival documents and photographs"-- Provided by publisher. ; Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in South Korea South Africa and India. An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction she is the author of the essay collection Sidewalks; the novels Faces in the Crowd and The Story of My Teeth; and most recently Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions. She is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant"; the winner of two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes an American Book Award and the 2021 Dublin Literary Award; and has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award twice and the Kirkus Prize on three occasions. She has been a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and the recipient of a Bearing Witness Fellowship from the Art for Justice Fund. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Granta and McSweeney's among other publications and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in New York City. ; 31 photos in black and white and color by the author ; Contents: Family soundscape -- Relocations -- Box I -- Routes and roots -- Box II -- Undocumented -- Box III -- Missing -- Box IV -- Removals -- Reenactment -- Deportations -- Maps & Boxes -- Box V -- Continental divide -- Lost -- Apacheria -- Dust valleys -- Heart of light -- Echo Canyon -- Lost Children archive -- Box VI -- Document -- Box VII ; This is NOT the special edition in slipcase but the first trade edition ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008713 ISBN : 0525520619 9780525520610

‎Nordan, Lewis, 1939-2012 ; design, Paul Camarello; illustration, Pol Turgeon; photo, Sally Maxson‎

‎The sharpshooter blues : a novel‎

‎Chapel Hill N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1995. 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed.; 1st printing ; 291 pages ; 20 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9781565120839 1565120833 ; OCLC 32311883 ; LCCN 95015306 ; LOC No PS3564.O55 S53 1995 ; red and black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Who is singing the Sharpshooter Blues Is it Morgan the teenage trick-shot artist who stops by The William Tell grocery in Arrow Catcher Mississippi one day to show off some fancy moves Or is it Marshal Chisolm who enforces Law and Order Or is it one of the two lovely children who pick the wrong country store to rob Or is it maybe Hydro Raney a sweet simple boy who does the right thing and loses everything But the story asks a deeper question: Can the power of love hold up to the power of bullets Don't expect an easy answer for as one Arrow Catcher citizen puts it "You wouldn't want to hurt anybody but when you were singing the blues.sometimes there was just nothing as satisfying as shooting a gun inside a house.it relieved stress it cemented relationships strangers or partners in marriage.it cleared the air". The Sharpshooter Blues is in part an exuberant meditation on America's love affair with blue-steel barrels and snub-nose bullets and in part a heartbreaking look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. But most of all after the bullets have flown it's a story of love - between fathers and sons between husbands and wives between gay lovers and between longtime neighbors and friends. --Source: Publisher ; Lewis Nordan was born in Forest Mississippi on August 23 1939. He received a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College a master's degree from Mississippi State University and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. He taught at the University of Arkansas and elsewhere before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. He retired from there in 2005. His first book Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair was published in 1983. His other works include Wolf Whistle Lightning Song Sugar among the Freaks and Boy with Loaded Gun. He died due to complications of pneumonia on April 13 2012 at the age of 72 ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008696 ISBN : 1565120833 9781565120839

‎Frazier, Charles, 1950- ; design, Barbara M Buchanan ; Thomas Beck Stvan ; photo, Phil Bray‎

‎Thirteen Moons: A Novel‎

‎New York : Random House c2006. 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st trade edition 1st printing ; 422 pages ; 25 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020 ; ISBN 9780375509322 9781400066391 9780812967586 0375509321 1400066395 0812967585 ; OCLC 74270968 ; LCCN 2006284735 ; sea-green and light tan cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Charles Frazier's Thirteen Moons is the story of one man's remarkable life spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of twelve an orphan named Will Cooper is given a horse a key and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation the uncharted white space on the map. Will is a bound boy obliged to run a remote Indian trading post. As he fulfills his lonesome duty Will finds a father in Bear a Cherokee chief and is adopted by him and his people developing relationships that ultimately forge Will's character. All the while his love of Claire the enigmatic and captivating charge of volatile and powerful Featherstone will forever rule Will's heart. In a distinct voice filled with both humor and yearning Will tells of a lifelong search for home the hunger for fortune and adventure the rebuilding of a trampled culture and above all an enduring pursuit of passion. As he comes to realize "When all else is lost and gone forever there is yearning. One of the few welcome lessons age teaches is that only desire trumps time." Will Cooper in the hands of Charles Frazier becomes a classic American soul: a man devoted to a place and its people a woman and a way of life all of which are forever just beyond his reach. Thirteen Moons takes us from the uncharted wilderness of an unspoiled continent across the South up and down the Mississippi and to the urban clamor of a raw Washington City. Throughout Will is swept along as the wild beauty of the nineteenth century gives way to the telephones automobiles and encroaching railways of the twentieth. Steeped in history rich in insight and filled with moments of sudden beauty Thirteen Moons is an unforgettable work of fiction ; "Thirteen Moons brings this vanished world thrillingly to life.One of the great Native American and American stories and a great gift to all of us from one of our very best writers." --Kirkus Reviews ; Charles Frazier was born in 1950 and grew up in western North Carolina. Frazier received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Carolina and his doctorate in American literature from the University of South Carolina. He taught at the University of Colorado and North Carolina State University before writing his first novel Cold Mountain. He based the bestselling book on true stories written by his great-great-grandfather in journals during the Civil War period. Cold Mountain won the National Book Award. His other novels are Thirteen Moons and Nightwoods. He made the bestseller list in 2018 with his title Varina. ; Note this is NOT the limited edition ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Random House, c2006. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008684 ISBN : 0375509321 9780375509322

‎Gilbert, Sarah ; design, Bob McRee; photo, Russell Jeffcoat‎

‎Summer Gloves‎

‎New York : Warner Books c1993. 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 197 pages ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020 ; ownership stamp ; ISBN 9780446516891 9780446515276 0446516899 0446515272 ; OCLC 26722271 ; LCCN 92050523 ; LOC No PS3557.I34228 S85 1993 ; red and black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; "As sexy and outrageous as Sarah Gilbert's high-spirited previous works but twice as wise Summer Gloves will knock your socks off with its plain-talking honest portrayal of a woman's true needs." ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Warner Books, c1993. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008679 ISBN : 0446516899 9780446516891

‎Day, Felicia, 1979- ; foreword by Joss Whedon ; design, Jill Putorti; photos, Ronen Boidek, David LaPorte, Ron Jaffe, Bui Brot‎

‎You're never weird on the Internet almost : a memoir Why I'm weird -- What avatar should I be -- Jail bait -- Hollywood: Not a meritocracy -- Quirky addiction = Still an addiction -- The Guild: A ruthless beginning -- Web series: A DIY journey -- We made something! #lookit -- Convention fevah -- The deletion of myself -- #GamerGate and meeeeee! -- It's been real‎

‎New York: Touchstone an Imprint of Simon and Schuster 2015 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Touchstone hardcover edition. 1st printing ; x 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9781476785653 9781476785677 9781476785660 1476785651 1476785678 147678566X ; OCLC 898161071 ; sky-blue and blue cloth in photographic color dustjacket ; Contents: Why I'm weird -- What avatar should I be -- Jail bait -- Hollywood: Not a meritocracy -- Quirky addiction = Still an addiction -- The Guild: A ruthless beginning -- Web series: A DIY journey -- We made something! #lookit -- Convention fevah -- The deletion of myself -- #GamerGate and meeeeee! -- It's been real ; The instant New York Times bestseller from "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day You're Never Weird on the Internet Almost is a "relentlessly funny and surprisingly inspirational" Forbes memoir about her unusual upbringing her rise to internet stardom and embracing her weirdness to find her place in the world. When Felicia Day was a girl all she wanted was to connect with other kids desperately. Growing up in the Deep South where she was "home-schooled for hippie reasons" she looked online to find her tribe. The Internet was in its infancy and she became an early adopter at every stage of its growth-finding joy and unlikely friendships in the emerging digital world. Her relative isolation meant that she could pursue passions like gaming calculus and 1930's detective novels without shame. Because she had no idea how "uncool" she really was. But if it hadn't been for her strange background-the awkwardness continued when she started college at sixteen with Mom driving her to campus every day-she might never have had the naive confidence to forge her own path. Like when she graduated as valedictorian with a math degree and then headed to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting despite having zero contacts. Or when she tired of being typecast as the crazy cat-lady secretary and decided to create her own web series before people in show business understood that online video could be more than just cats chasing laser pointers.Felicia's rags-to-riches rise to Internet fame launched her career as one of the most influen­tial creators in new media. Ever candid she opens up about the rough patches along the way recounting battles with writer's block a full-blown gaming addiction severe anxiety and depression-and how she reinvented herself when overachieving became overwhelming. ; Showcasing Felicia's "engaging and often hilarious voice" USA TODAY ; You're Never Weird on the Internet Almost is proof that everyone should celebrate what makes them different and be brave enough to share it with the world because anything is possible now-even for a digital misfit. --Source: Publisher ; Kathryn Felicia Day is an American actress singer writer and web series creator. She is the creator and star of the web series The Guild a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred in the Dragon Age web series Dragon Age: Redemption. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York: Touchstone, an Imprint of Simon and Schuster, 2015 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008801 ISBN : 1476785651 9781476785653

‎Green, Tim, 1963- ; design, Tony Greco; photo, Maggie Smith‎

‎The Fourth Perimeter.‎

‎New York : Warner Books c2002. 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xxi 329 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780446527859 9780446612517 0446527858 0446612510 ; OCLC 46929173 ; LCCn 2001026330 ; LOC No PS3557.R37562 F68 2002 ; brown cloth in pictoral dustjacket ; Former Secret Service agent turned successful entrepreneur Kurt Ford thought he had suffered his share of tragedy when his adored wife died leaving him to raise their young son alone. But years later his beloved son -- also a Secret Service agent -- turns up dead and Ford is inconsolable. Refusing to accept the government's story that his son committed suicide Ford investigates the case as a murder. After learning from a Secret Service friend that two other young agents have also recently met with unusual deaths Ford discovers that all three men were involved in a cryptic meeting with the President. Now faced with the possibility that this meeting was the cause of his son's death Kurt Ford will attempt to do what only four other men in history have been able to accomplish -- kill the President of the United States. --Source: Publisher ; Timothy Green was born in Liverpool New York on December 16 1963. He received a degree in English from Syracuse University in 1986. He was the Atlanta Falcons' first-round draft pick in 1986 and played for them through 1993. In 2002 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1994 and began writing books for adults including The Dark Side of the Game False Convictions and A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search. He also writes children's books including Football Genius Baseball Great The Big Time and Unstoppable. He has served as a commentator for the NFL on Fox. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Warner Books, c2002. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008686 ISBN : 0446527858 9780446527859

‎Trocheck, Kathy Hogan, 1954- design and illustration, Mark Burkhardt; photo, Jerry Bauer‎

‎Midnight Clear: A Callahan Garrity Mystery‎

‎New York : HarperCollinsPublishers c1998. 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 279 pages ; 25 cm. ; SIGNED presentation by author on title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020; ISBN 9780060175436 0060175435 ; ISBN 9780060175436 0060175435 ; OCLC 39078859 ; LCCN 98020321 ; LOC No PS3570.R587 M54 1998 ; red and yellow cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; In six previous books Kathy Hogan Trocheck's Callahan Garrity series has risen to the apex of Southern suspense. Now the acclaimed sleuth's latest outing shows how amply she and her creator deserve their acclaim as Callahan and the outrageous band of "girls" in her Atlanta cleaning crew set out during the Christmas rush to prove her no-account brother innocent of his ex-wife's murder. It's a few days before Christmas and Callahan thinks for once she has things under control. Her presents are all bought her baking is almost done and she's relaxing with a well-earned drink when her brother Brian--missing for over ten years--strolls through the door whistling off-key carols and lugging his two-year-old daughter Maura in his arms. Happy as she is to see her charming brother and her ever-more-charming niece Callahan hasn't forgotten that Brian carries trouble wherever he goes. That's never been truer than now for Brian reveals he's kidnapped Maura from his estranged wife who's on the warpath and of course has the law on her side. When Brian's ex-wife is found dead in her spectacularly messy apartment the law comes down on Brian big time. True to form Brian disappears again leaving Maura behind for Callahan to look after and forcing her to clear his name without his help. For Callahan knows that although Brian is many things he's no murderer. As the Christmas rush picks up Callahan her irascible mom Edna and a gaggle of House Mouse employees submerge themselves in the most dangerous undercurrents of Atlanta street life and head for wherever else in the New South's yuletide their search for truth leads them. In true Trocheck tradition Midnight Clear is heartwarming chilling and hilarious--a thoroughly up-to-date and irresistible Christmas tale. --Source: Publisher ; Kathy Hogan Trocheck was born on July 27 1954 in St. Petersburg Florida. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She worked for fourteen years as a reporter mainly at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before becoming a full-time author. Under Kathy Hogan Trocheck she wrote 10 mysteries including the Callahan Garrity Mystery series and the Truman Kicklighter Mysteries series. Under the pen name Mary Kay Andrews her works include the Weezie and Bebe series Little Bitty Lies Hissy Fit Deep Dish The Fixer Upper Summer Rental Spring Fever Ladies Night Save the Date and Beach Town. promotional author's card laid in ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008663 ISBN : 0060175435 9780060175436

‎Kidder, Tracy ; design, Wendell Minor ; photo, Gabriele A Cooney‎

‎Among Schoolchildren‎

‎Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. 1989. 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 340 pages ; 24 cm. ; SIGNED by author of title page; ISBN 9780395475911 0395475910 ; OCLC 19778983 ; LCCN 89034378 ; LOC No LB1776 .K48 1989 ; Dewey372.11/02/0973 ; textured white and blue on red cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; "A Richard Todd book." ; Mrs. Zajac is feisty funny and tough. She likes to call herself an "old-lady schoolteacher." She is thirty-four. Around Kelly School she is famous for her discipline: "She is mean bro" says one of her students. But children love her. And so will the reader of this extraordinarily moving book by the author of House and The Soul of a New Machine. Mrs. Zajac spends her working life "among schoolchildren." To some it might seem a small world a world of spelling and recess and endless papers to correct. But we soon realize that Mrs. Zajac's classroom is big enough to house much of human nature. Her little room contains a distillate of some of the worst social problems of our time. Some of the children's young lives seem already stunted by physical and emotional deprivation. And some are full of precarious promise. As we come to know these children we long for their salvation - and we come to understand as if for the first time the difference that a good teacher can make in a child's life and in our society. Among Schoolchildren provides the most realistic account of American education ever written - on every page we encounter the precisely rendered truth for which Tracy Kidder is famous. But this is more than a book about education. It is about one woman's indomitability about the joy of acting out of conscience and love. At bottom its subject is nothing less than the struggle between good and evil. In Among Schoolchildren Tracy Kidder has written his most emotionally powerful most memorable work. --Source: Publisher ; Tracy Kidder was educated at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. He served in the US Army in Vietnam. Kidder has garnered numerous literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction and the National Book Award for General Nonfiction both in 1982. He has also been honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award 1990 and the Christopher Award 1990. His publications include numerous nonfiction articles and short fiction for The Atlantic and other periodicals. Non-Fiction books include The Road to Yuba City Doubleday 1974; The Soul of a New Machine Atlantic Monthly-Little Brown 1981 for which he won a Pulitzer and a National Book Award; House Houghton Mifflin 1985; Old Friends Houghton Mifflin 1993; Home Town Random House 1999; Mountains Beyond Mountains Random House 2003; My Detachment Random House 2005; Strength in What Remains Random House 2009. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008649 ISBN : 0395475910 9780395475911

‎McNamee, Thomas, 1947- ; design, Cheryl L Cipriani, Neil Sruart; photo, Jerry Bauer; illustration, David McAll Johnston‎

‎A Story of Deep Delight : A Novel‎

‎New York N.Y. U.S.A. : Viking 1990. 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xiii 460 pages ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on front endpaper ; ISBN 9780670818969 0670818968 ; OCLC 21294889 ; LCCN 89040687 ; LOC No PS3563.C38837 S76 1990 ; gold and red cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Lives interlock break apart and recombine in a southern novel that surges forward through heartbreak farce triumph betrayal and ultimately love. "An ambitious first novel" The Philadelphia Inquirer that sweeps through three eras of shattering change that formed the American South. ; Thomas McNamee is an American writer and Guggenheim Fellow. He has written four nonfiction books in the field of natural history and conservation as well as a novel. He has also written biographies of notable culinary figures Craig Claiborne and Alice Waters. ; Author's first novel ; newspaper review of the book from the Memphis Tennessee Commercial Appeal Sunday October 21 1990 laid in ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1990. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008657 ISBN : 0670818968 9780670818969

‎Nordan, Lewis, 1939-2012 ; design, Deborah Wong, Debbie Drechsler, Holly Russell ; music, Jo Trent, Harry Richman, Peter De Rose‎

‎Music of the Swamp‎

‎Chapel Hill NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1991. 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed' 1st printing ; SIGNED presentation by author on half-title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020 ; 191 pages ; 18 cm ; ISBN 9780945575764 0945575769 ; OCLC 23144113 ; LCCN 91007777 ; LOC No PS3564.O55 M8 1991 ; blue and wine-colored cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Music of the Swamp. focuses . on a boy's utterly helpless love for his utterly hopeless father -- a man who attracts bad luck like a magnet. Nordan evokes ten-year-old Sugar Mecklin's world with dazzling clarity: the smells the tastes and most surely the sounds of life in this peculiar somewhat bizarre Delta town. Sugar discovers that what his daddy says is true: "The Delta is filled up with death"; but he also finds an endless supply of hope. -- Source: Publisher ; Lewis Nordan was born in Forest Mississippi on August 23 1939. He received a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College a master's degree from Mississippi State University and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. He taught at the University of Arkansas and elsewhere before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. He retired from there in 2005. His first book Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair was published in 1983. His other works include Wolf Whistle Lightning Song Sugar among the Freaks and Boy with Loaded Gun. He died due to complications of pneumonia on April 13 2012 at the age of 72. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008695 ISBN : 0945575769 9780945575764

‎Carlson, Peter, 1952- ; design, Cynthia Young‎

‎Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey‎

‎New York : PublicAffairs 2013 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xiii 268 pages : illustrations maps ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on half title page ; ISBN 9781610391542 9781610391559 1610391543 1610391551 ; OCLC 811598776 ; LCCN 2012042886 ; LOC No E468.9 .C347 2013 ; white cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Junius Browne and Albert Richardson covered the Civil War for the New York Tribune until Confederates captured them as they tried to sneak past Vicksburg on a hay barge. Shuffled from one Rebel prison to another they escaped and trekked across the snow-covered Appalachians with the help of slaves and pro-Union bushwhackers. Their amazing long-forgotten odyssey is one of the great escape stories in American history packed with drama courage horrors and heroics plus moments of antic comedy. On their long strange adventure Junius and Albert encountered an astonishing variety of American characters-Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant Rebel con men and Union spies a Confederate pirate-turned-playwright a sadistic hangman nicknamed "the Anti-Christ" a secret society called the Heroes of America a Union guerrilla convinced that God protected him from Confederate bullets and a mysterious teenage girl who rode to their rescue at just the right moment. Peter Carlson author of the critically acclaimed K Blows Top has in Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy written a gripping story about the lifesaving power of friendship and a surreal voyage through the bloody battlefields dark prisons and cold mountains of the Civil War.--Source: Publisher ; Peter Carlson is the author of K Blows Top which has been optioned into a feature film. For many years he was a reporter and columnist for the Washington Post. He has also written for Smithsonian magazine American History and the Huffington Post. He lives in Rockville MD. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : PublicAffairs, [2013] hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008838 ISBN : 1610391543 9781610391542

‎Smith, Lee, 1944- ; design, Claire Naylon Vaccaro, Honi Werner ; illustrations, Beth Krommes; photo, David G Spielman‎

‎News of the Spirit The Bubba stories -- Blue wedding -- Live bottomless -- The southern cross -- The happy memories club -- News of the spirit.‎

‎New York : G. P. Putnam c1997. 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st. ed. 1st printing ; 267 pages ; 23 cm ; SIGNED byt author on title page ; ISBN 9780399142819 0399142819 ; OCLC 36648648 ; LCCN 97011660 ; LOC No PS3569.M5376 N48 1997 ; steel grey and black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: The Bubba stories -- Blue wedding -- Live bottomless -- The southern cross -- The happy memories club -- News of the spirit. ; In "Live Bottomless" thirteen-year-old Jenny tells the painful and hilarious tale of her philandering father's fall from grace and the family's subsequent trip to Keys West as her parents attempt a "geographical cure" for their troubled marriage. In "The Southern Cross" Chanel a girl of easy virtue and dubious reputation chronicles her cruise around the Caribbean with three Atlanta developers. "I may be old but I'm not dead" begins Alice Scully scandalizing her retirement-home writers' group in "The Happy Memories Club." And prim old-maid Sarah is titillated by the housekeeper's horrific account of her daughter's "blue wedding.". --Source: Publisher ; Lee Smith is a novelist short story writer and educator. She was born in 1944 in Grundy Virginia. Smith attended Hollins College in Roanoke Virginia. In her senior year at Hollins Smith entered a Book-of-the-Month Club contest submitting a draft of a novel called The Last Day the Dog Bushes Bloomed. The book one of 12 entries to receive a fellowship was published in 1968. Smith wrote reviews for local papers and continued to write short stories. Her first collection of short stories Cakewalk was published in 1981. Smith taught at North Carolina State University. Her novel Oral History published in 1983 ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : G. P. Putnam, c1997. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008718 ISBN : 0399142819 9780399142819

‎McMurtry, Larry ; design, Karolina Harris; photo, Kevin Kwan, Diana Lynn Ossana, Evan Gaffney, ; painting, Cassily Adams;‎

‎Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 The meat shop -- The vulnerable pioneer -- The big massacres and some others -- The moral taint‎

‎New York : Simon & Schuster 2005. 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780743250771 074325077X ; OCLC 61130878 ; LCCn 2005051849 ; LOC No E78.W5 M35 2005 ; Dewey 973.04/97078 ; brown and red cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: The meat shop -- The vulnerable pioneer -- The big massacres and some others -- The moral taint -- Did Kit regret -- Counts -- Images heroes stars -- The Sacramento River Massacre spring 1846 -- The Mountain Meadows massacre September 11 1857 -- Mountain Meadows II -- Sand Creek November 29 1864 -- The Marias River Massacre January 23 1870 -- The Camp Grant Massacre April 30 1871 -- The broken hoop : 1871-1890 -- Wounded Knee December 29 1890 -- Wounded Knee II -- Wounded Knee III -- The waning moon ; A brilliant and riveting history of the famous and infamous massacres that marked the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century. In Oh What a Slaughter Larry McMurtry has written a unique brilliant and searing history of the bloody massacres that marked-and marred-the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century and which still provoke immense controversy today. Here are the true stories of the West's most terrible massacres-Sacramento River Mountain Meadows Sand Creek Marias River Camp Grant and Wounded Knee among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians but also Indians killing Americans and in the case of the hugely controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857 Mormons slaughtering a party of American settlers including women and children. McMurtry's evocative descriptions of these events recall their full horror and the deep constant apprehension and dread endured by both pioneers and Indians. By modern standards the death tolls were often small-Custer's famous defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was the only encounter to involve more than two hundred dead-yet in the thinly populated West of that time the violent extinction of a hundred people had a colossal impact on all sides. Though the perpetrators often went unpunished many guilty and traumatized men felt compelled to tell and retell the horrors they had committed. From letters and diaries McMurtry has created a moving and swiftly paced narrative as memorable in its way as such classics as Evan S. Connell's Son of the Morning Star and Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In Larry McMurtry's own words: "I have visited all but one of these famous massacre sites-the Sacramento River massacre of 1846 is so forgotten that its site near the northern California village of Vina can only be approximated. It is no surprise to report that none of the sites are exactly pleasant places to be though the Camp Grant site north of Tucson does have a pretty community college nearby. In general the taint that followed the terror still lingers and is still powerful enough to affect locals who happen to live nearby. None of the massacres were effectively covered up though the Sacramento River massacre was overlooked for a very long time. "But the lesson if it is a lesson is that blood-in time and often not that much time-will out. In case after case the dead have managed to assert a surprising potency. "The deep constant apprehension which neither the pioneers nor the Indians escaped has it seems to me been too seldom factored in by historians of the settlement era though certainly it saturates the diary-literature of the pioneers particularly the diary-literature produced by frontier women who were of course the likeliest candidates for rapine and kidnap." --Source: Publisher ; Larry McMurtry winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction among other awards is the author of twenty-four novels two collections of essays two memoirs more than thirty screenplays & an anthology of modern Western fiction. He lives in Archer City Texas. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008736 ISBN : 074325077x 9780743250771

‎Green, Tim, 1963- ; design, Tony Greco ; photo, Maggie Smith‎

‎The Letter of the Law‎

‎New York : Warner Books c2000. 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st. ed. 1st printing ; SIGNED by author on title page ; 341 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780446522991 0446522996 ; OCLC 43403470 ; LCCN 00022285 ; LOC No PS3557.R37562 L4 2000 ; brown cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; No parent ever expects his child to die young. So when Donald Sales's 22-year-old daughter is brutally murdered at law school he comes undone. In a fit of rage Sales tells the police that he suspects Eric Lipton one of his daughter's professors is the killer. And when the arrogant but brilliant Professor Lipton is found in possession of her bloody underpants Sales doesn't want the law professor in jail -- he wants him dead. Lipton's attorney is Casey Jordan. As a law professor Lipton knows quite well that anything he says to Casey cannot be used against him. Lipton adamantly denies murdering his young student and Casey believes him. To Casey the girl's father -- Donald Sales -- is a more logical suspect. His violent history makes Casey wonder if he is deranged by grief or by guilt. And when Casey discredits Sales on the witness stand and skillfully deflects the prosecution's attempt to connect Lipton with a series of similar murders Casey believes that justice is at hand. But then -- just as the jury hands its "Not Guilty" verdict to the judge -- Lipton leans over and tells Casey that he is in fact the killer. Then Lipton inexplicably disappears and more bodies begin to turn up. Casey must now decide whether to uphold her legal oath to protect her client.or join forces with an obsessed father who demands that a demented killer be brought to justice. --Source: Publisher ; Timothy Green was born in Liverpool New York on December 16 1963. He received a degree in English from Syracuse University in 1986. He was the Atlanta Falcons' first-round draft pick in 1986 and played for them through 1993. In 2002 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1994 and began writing books for adults including The Dark Side of the Game False Convictions and A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search. He also writes children's books including Football Genius Baseball Great The Big Time and Unstoppable. He has served as a commentator for the NFL on Fox ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Warner Books, c2000. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008688 ISBN : 0446522996 9780446522991

‎Fleming, Celestine Sibley ; design, Anne Richmond Boston ; photo, Joey Ivanson, Eileen Drennan‎

‎Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence‎

‎Athens Ga. : Hill Street Press c1999. 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; ix 203 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations portraits ; 23 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on half-title ; ISBN 9781892514684 1892514680 ; OCLC 263116766 ; LOC No PS3569.I256 Z67 1999 ; LCCN 99087287 ; light-green and green cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; When Celestine Sibley died in August 1999 hundreds of thousands of her fans mourned for weeks and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution celebrated her life with daily coverage and a special 24-page supplement of which over 1.5 million copies were published. There is no one more perfect to encapsulate the life and memory of the deeply loved novelist memoirist and widely syndicated columnist Celestine Sibley than her granddaughter Celestine Sibley Fleming. Celestine Sibley wrote extensively about her granddaughter over the years -- and vice-versa -- and they shared a very close bond. Featuring Fleming's memories about her grandmother in terms of her life both as a public figure and family matriarch together with tales from her grandmother's garden and kitchen and a collection of family photographs Celestine Sibley is a much-needed final word on her life. In the words of Sibley Fleming: "The book is about the inheritance left to me by my grandmother not about diamond tiaras or strings of pearls but instead a look at the richness of life the miracle of relationships and the wisdom that comes from greeting every day with and open mind and sense of humor like only my grandmother could. 'Tine taught me how to see life". At last Celestine Sibley fans everywhere are offered a rare and affectionate look into the soul of Celestine Sibley. ; Celestine Sibley Fleming is a columnist writer and editor whose work appears regularly in national magazines and regional newspapers. She is the author of several books including How to Rock Your Baby. Fleming teaches writing at Georgia State University and writes a syndicated personal humor column on parenting and family. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Athens, Ga. : Hill Street Press, c1999. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008659 ISBN : 1892514680 9781892514684

‎Bush, Barbara, 1925-2018 ; design, Laura Hough, Jackie Seow; photo, Carol Powers‎

‎Barbara Bush: A Memoir‎

‎New York : Scribner's Sons c1994. 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. x 575 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ; SIGNED by Barbara Bush on the title page ; ISBN 9780025196353 9780025192751 0025196359 0025192752 ; OCLC 30356182 ; LCCN 94013829 ; LOC No E883.B87 A3 1994 ; Dewey 973.928/092/2 ; blue cloth in photographic dustjacket ; "A Lisa Drew book." ; Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye New York to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush to her role as First Lady of the United States. Here she writes candidly about her early years with George Bush in West Texas and the tragic death of their young daughter Pauline. She also discusses the world of Washington politics and the famous figures she's met as well as the disappointment of the 1992 presidential campaign-and the mixed blessing of regaining her private life including her role as the nation's leading literacy champion. ; Filled with entertaining anecdotes thirty-two pages of personal photographs and a healthy dose of introspection this memoir is "a book of good grace and humor-written in a style that like the author herself is straightforward unembellished generous good-hearted and wise.A pleasure" The Washington Times. ; Barbara Bush was born Barbara Pierce in New York City on June 8 1925. She married George Bush on January 6 1945 while he was on leave from the Navy. She was the wife of the 41st president of the United States and the mother of the 43rd president of the United States George W. Bush. She was a huge supporter of civil rights and literacy. While she was first lady from January 1989 to January 1993 she insisted that her press secretary be black a first for that position and started the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She wrote several books including C. Fred's Story: A Dog's Life and Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush. The profits from those books went to literacy causes. She also wrote two memoirs entitled Barbara Bush: A Memoir and Reflections: Life After the White House. She died on April 17 2018 at the age of 92 ; ownership bookplate on front endpaper ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Scribner's Sons, c1994. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008714 ISBN : 0025196359 9780025196353

‎Green, Tim, 1963- ; photo, J Stoll, Patrick Harbron; design, Michael J Walsh‎

‎Ruffians: A Novel‎

‎Atlanta : Turner Pub. ; Kansas City Mo. : Distributed by Andrews and McMeel c1993. 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 298 pages ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by author on title page to Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville 1951-2020 ; ISBN 9781878685780 1878685783 ; OCLC 28764205 ; black and tan cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Humphrey Lyles owns the Birmingham Ruffians a franchise football team trained according to the Program fueled by a dark secret that promotes the aggressive fury that means victory in the violent arenas of pro football ; Timothy Green was born in Liverpool New York on December 16 1963. He received a degree in English from Syracuse University in 1986. He was the Atlanta Falcons' first-round draft pick in 1986 and played for them through 1993. In 2002 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1994 and began writing books for adults including The Dark Side of the Game False Convictions and A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search. He also writes children's books including Football Genius Baseball Great The Big Time and Unstoppable. He has served as a commentator for the NFL on Fox ; ownership stamp ; else FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Atlanta : Turner Pub. ; Kansas City, Mo. : Distributed by Andrews and McMeel, c1993. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008690 ISBN : 1878685783 9781878685780

‎North, Oliver L ; produced and written by Martin Hinton, Jason Kopp; editor, Patrick Flynn; design, Amanda Larsen;Joe Musser‎

‎War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific Prelude to the War in the Pacific 1930-1941 -- Who fired first 7-8 Dec 1941 -- The fall of the Philippines Jan 1942 -- A hell worse than war: the Bataan Death march Apr 1942 -- Revenge for Pearl Harbor: The Doolittle Raid Apr 1942 -- An awakened giant: The Battle of the Coral Sea May 1942 -- The Flying Tigers 1937-1945‎

‎Washington DC : Regnery Pub. 2004. 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 471 pages : illustrations maps ; 23 cm 1 CD-ROM 4 3/4 in. ; ISBN 9781596980235 9780895261090 1596980230 089526109X OCLC 56614389 ; LCCN 2004022813 ; LC D767 .W326 2004 ; Dewey 940.54/1273/0922 ; blue cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Prelude to the War in the Pacific 1930-1941 -- Who fired first 7-8 Dec 1941 -- The fall of the Philippines Jan 1942 -- A hell worse than war: the Bataan Death march Apr 1942 -- Revenge for Pearl Harbor: The Doolittle Raid Apr 1942 -- An awakened giant: The Battle of the Coral Sea May 1942 -- The Flying Tigers 1937-1945 -- The forgotten front: China-Burma-India theater 1937-1945 -- Death by inches: Guadalcanal Aug 1942-Feb 1943 -- The Black Sheep Squadron Aug 1943-Jan 1944 -- Bloody Tarawa Nov 1943 -- Assault on the Marianas Jun-Aug 1944 -- Forgotten Peleliu Sep 1944 -- "I have returned": The Battle of Leyte Oct 1944 -- The daring rescue of the Ghosts of Bataan Jan 1945 -- Iwo Jima: The bloodiest battle of WWII Feb-Mar 1945 -- Okinawa: the last battle Apr 1945 -- MacArthur and war's end Jul-Aug 1945 -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Glossary ; Accompanying CD-ROM produced and written by Martin Hinton Jason Kopp; editor Patrick Flynn. ; When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines. Here in their own words are the compelling stories of American soldiers sailors airmen and Marines as told to decorated combat veteran Lt. Colonel Oliver North.In War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific North reveals: Eyewitness testimony from Pearl Harbor veterans that Japanese Zeros did not fire the first shots: our defending forces did-with startling results The living hell of the Bataan Death March and the daring rescue of the Ghosts of BataanThe big battles: the Coral Sea Midway Guadalcanal the Marianas Leyte ; How Americans cracked the secret Japanese JN-25 code and changed the course of the war War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific is the essential book for every veteran of the war every student of military history and every American who is inspired by the courage and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation in one of its greatest moments. ; FINE.FINE <br/> <br/> Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., 2004. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009265 ISBN : 089526109x 9780895261090

‎Farago, Ladislas ; Roberta Rezk, Judith K Leeds, design; John M Farago‎

‎Last Days of Patton Years of the jackals : the mysteries of General Patton's death; Book one : A war too late a peace too soon. Prologue : Encounter in the haymarket; "What a war!"; Leaps over the hedges; Sloughs of despond; From "Overlord" to "Eclipse"; Keegan's heroes; Conquering hero with foot in mouth; Tempest in a clouded crystal ball; Book two : The lord of St. Querin. Return of the proconsul; More gold more mysteries; The specter of Streicher; The month of the stag; The crisis at Camp Number 8; The shadow of Ike; Snares and pitfalls; Down to the wire; The professor versus the general; Out of the fog; Book three : Whiplash. Into the valley of the bug; Ward A-1 Room 101; "Hooray for Colonel Spurling"; The countdown; Zero hour zero‎

‎McGraw-Hill New York ©1981 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st edition 1st printing ; xv 319 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780070199408 9780070199415 9780701994105 007019940X 0070199418 070199410X ; OCLC 6789920 ; blue and black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Introduction : Years of the jackals : the mysteries of General Patton's death -- Book one : A war too late a peace too soon. Prologue : Encounter in the haymarket -- "What a war!" -- Leaps over the hedges -- Sloughs of despond -- From "Overlord" to "Eclipse" -- Keegan's heroes -- Conquering hero with foot in mouth -- Tempest in a clouded crystal ball -- Book two : The lord of St. Querin. Return of the proconsul -- More gold more mysteries -- The specter of Streicher -- The month of the stag -- The crisis at Camp Number 8 -- The shadow of Ike -- Snares and pitfalls -- Down to the wire -- The professor versus the general -- Out of the fog -- Book three : Whiplash. Into the valley of the bug -- Ward A-1 Room 101 -- "Hooray for Colonel Spurling" -- The countdown -- Zero hour zero -- So may he rest -- Epilogue : The limited assembly ; The Last Days of Patton is the story of General George S. Patton's final battle -- the Allied victory over Germany in the spring of 1945 and the ensuing nine months of his life with particular attention given to his fatal automobile accident in December. Ladislas Fargo chronicles the postwar adventures and misfortunes that ultimately deprived Patton of the glory and victory he had earned in his career as military strategist leader and hero. - Jacket flap. ; "It would be as hard to give up all thought of being a soldier as it would be to stop breathing" wrote George S. Patton in October 1945; "The great tragedy of my life was that I survived the last battle." But Patton would not see the year out: in December he would die as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Germany. His unexpected death sent shock waves through the American and Russian commands. It seemed plausible that America's greatest general may have been a victim of foul play. In the seven months following the German surrender Patton had openly and provocatively criticized the Soviet Union and appeared to have transformed from a staunch anti-Nazi to a Nazi sympathizer. The Last Days of Patton by Ladislas Farago a follow-up to his bestselling Patton: Ordeal and Triumph attempts to reconstruct the last months of Patton's life in order to determine if the general did indeed try to provoke a war with the Soviet Union and whether he failed to sufficiently de-Nazify the area of Germany under his jurisdiction. Farago also investigates the possibility of a conspiracy to murder Patton and reveals the role other prominent men including Eisenhower Montgomery Marshall and MacArthur had in censuring and ultimately removing Patton from active service. The Last Days of Patton. is the story of the general's final battle--a professional soldier caught up in the changing politics of the emerging Cold War and new reality of the atomic age." ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> McGraw-Hill, New York, ©1981 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009324 ISBN : 007019940x 9780070199408

‎Berry, Steve, 1955- ; Carole Lowenstein, design; Vladimir Pcholkin, Joe Drivas, images ; Kelly Campbell, photo‎

‎The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel Series: Cotton Malone‎

‎Ballantine Books New York ©2007 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xiv 473 pages : maps ; 25 cm. ISBN 9780345485779 9780345485786 9780340933442 0345485777 0345485785 0340933445 OCLC 156892029 ; SIGNED presentation by the author on the title page to Chief Justice George Holmes Carley 1938-2020. Carley's father Maj. George L. Carley Jr. 1908-1986 was a member of the United States Public Health Service and while posted in Rangoon Burma His son George Carley attended the eighth and ninth grades at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie India from 1951 to 1953. He himself served in the United States Army on active duty in 1956 and then in the Reserve until 1960. He received his A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1960 and his LL.B. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1962 becoming a "Double Dawg". He married Sandra Marie Lineberger 1940-2025 a well-known Atlanta interior designer. George H. Carley was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1993 by then-Gov. Zell Miller. In May 2012 he was sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice serving as leader of Georgia's judicial system until Dec. 31 2012 ; In 323 B.C.E having conquered Persia Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place-unknown to this day-remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And Cotton Malone-former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer-will be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game. After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum Cotton learns from his friend the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. And from the ashes of the U.S.S.R. a new nation has arisen: Former Soviet republics have consolidated into the Central Asian Federation. At its helm is Supreme Minister Irina Zovastina a cunning despot with a talent for politics a taste for blood sport and the single-minded desire to surpass Alexander the Great as history's ultimate conqueror. Backed by a secret cabal of powerbrokers the Federation has amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons. Equipped with the hellish power to decimate other nations at will only one thing keeps Zovastina from setting in motion her death march of domination: a miraculous healing serum kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great-in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1500 years. Together Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forces alliedagainst them. Their perilous quest will take them to the shores of Denmark deep into the venerated monuments of Venice and finally high inside the desolate Pamir mountains of Central Asia to unravel a riddle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people-depending on who finds the lost tomb first. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books, New York, ©2007 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009459 ISBN : 0345485777 9780345485779

‎Natalia Fedeli ; Petroni, Fabio, 1964- ; Translated by Yolanda Eugenia Rillorta ; design Marinella Debernardi; editing Karen O'B‎

‎Roses Bouquet of the Sun -- Bouquet of the Soul -- Bouquet of the Heart - Alphabetical index -- List of hybridizers -- Authors' biographies‎

‎VMB Publishers Vercelli Italy 2012 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 205 p. : ill. 35 cm. ISBN 9788854020474 8854020478 ; OCLC 911134734 LCCN 2013427145 LC Photography that captures the facets and details that make roses unique with in-depth information on the history and variety of each species ; Contents: Bouquet of the Sun -- Bouquet of the Soul -- Bouquet of the Heart ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> VMB Publishers, Vercelli, Italy, 2012 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009492 ISBN : 8854020478 9788854020474