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By John Updike, condition fair. Noticeable wear & tear to cover. Considerable amount of underlining, inscriptions, highlighting, notes etc from previous owner(s). In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life.

Used, Very Good condition,

Frank Galvin, a smart Irishman from the tough side of town, is the star litigator at a blue-chip Boston law firm. But the irresistible lure of a beautiful woman with a devastating secret threatens his hard-won acceptance by "the establishment." Suddenly, Frank finds himself on the wrong side of a ferocious legal war - hired to destroy the people he trusts, loyal to those he doesn't. He's facing the biggest choice of his career - and the ultimate battle between duty and honor.

By Walter Wangerin Jr. Condition fine, some wear to jacket. This book is the powerful and absorbing saga of Waskn Mani- Moves Walking- a Lakota orphan with mysterious powers that arouse the fear and suspicion of his tribe. He finds his fate intertwined with that of Fire Thunder, fiercest of the warriors, a hunter with a hidden wound that drives his thirst for war. When the tribe follows Fire Thunder to glory and destruction, only Moves Walking, through his own vision and sacrifice, can bring life and hope back to his people.

Used, Very Good condition,

The French Riviera, 1954. In an imperfect age it was the perfect crime. And for the man who masterminded the looting of the Nice bank-of its gold and even more valuable secrets-it was not just a robbery, it was a work of art. Then a dogged French detective was handed the case, and he finally had something to live for. Suddenly the act of violent bravado was drawing mobsters and petty players, a corrupt millionaire, the CIA, and a beautiful woman into the ultimate human drama: man against man, criminal against the cop...

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Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He has-horrors!-been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish smells trouble, and he's right as usual. The doctor's drugs go missing. Money vanishes. Neighbors suddenly become unneighborly. The tension only explodes after the itinerant Sean is found brutally beaten to death. Suspicion quickly falls on his girlfriend, but with nobody willing to talk, the canny Hamish faces the tough task of worming the facts out of the villagers. As he uncovers a bizarre story around the murdered traveler, Macbeth knows he must find the truth soon, before the killer gets away for good.

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Amazing news is spreading across the Scottish countryside. The most famous of highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, will be married at last. While everyone in Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Macbeth's newest constable and blushing bride-to-be, Hamish has a case of prenuptial jitters. After all, if it weren't for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighboring village, there wouldn't be a wedding at all. For it was a mysterious Valentine's Day package-delivered to the victim before her death-that initially drew Hamish and Josie together on the investigation. Now as they work side by side, the two soon discover that the woman's list of admirers was endless, confirming Hamish's suspicion that love can be blind, deaf...and deadly.

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1st Edition
This is a Sequel to Trott's "The Holy Man". This book is about the wise man who comes down from the mountain... And goes to the people who need him most. This story is intimate and revealing, this is a tale of friendship and love that shows the human side of the holy man while never ceasing to instruct and enlighten the reader.

By Barbara Kingsolver, condition good. With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her other works, the author gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. In every setting, her distinctive voice rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. This book creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.

Used, Very Good condition,

State Senator Paul Gianis is a candidate for mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother, Cass, is newly released from prison, twenty-five years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend Dita Kronon. when Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie begin a reinvestigation of Dita's death, they find themselves ensnared in a tangle of deception-as only Scott Turow could weave.

By Robert Bloch & Andre Norton, condition good. When Hester Lane arrives in England, she swiftly discovers her true identity as the niece of respected Dr Henry Jekyll. But the inheritance she thought she could claim easily proves to be elusive, and she finds herself entangled in the frightening mystery of her uncle's past. And as a series of brutal deaths begins and Hester is haunted by a dark, terrifying figure, she is forced to ask a new question: have we truly seen the last of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

By Manny "Twofeathers" Rendon. First print, first edition. Condition very good. Who was Kokopelli and where did he come from? Why was his image depicted in stone petroglyphs all over the Americas? The author had a vision to tell of Kokopelli's journey, through his eyes, as it may have been. This book tells the story of the "emergence" of Kokopelli in the first person as a tribute to him, his image and his message.

By Barbara Kingsolver, condition good. A deeply felt novel of love despite the risks, of tearing apart and coming together, this book travels the road from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation. As this spellbinding novel unfolds, it draws the reader into a world of heartbreak and redeeming love, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind.

By Carla Woody. Condition very good, minor wear and creasing to cover. Preston Johns Cadell is tormented, attempting to outrun discontent and the void in his heart. His mother his hardly around, hist father's origins and disappearance are shrouded by family secrets. Any comfort Preston derives is from an unseen advisor who teaches him of the invisible world, unlocking long-lost memories of vanished people. Finding the buried remains of his father's altar, Preston must answer the draw to his destiny, to discover his lineage- even though he has no idea how or where it will lead him.

Used, Very Good condition,

Spenser is hired to find a vanished con man who left behind a jilted lover, a trail of duped and angry associates, and a life built of nothing but smoke and mirrors. Tracking him down won't be easy-not as Spenser must simultaneously keep his client from falling back into the mystery man's tangled wed and dodge a team of trained killers seeking his quarry for their own revenge.

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When over thirty naval crewmen of the battleship Utah die in what looks like a gun turret accident. When a sailor with a shocking connection to one of the victims is accused of murderously setting off the blast. When pressure from the bass and threats of violence mount against Captain Clark Gamrick, the investigating officer who doubts his own team's evidence, and balks at railroading a conviction. Gamrick knows that before he can decide to defend a man with all the odds against him, he must come up with the real killer. For this is a death penalty court-martial, where guilt is assumed and "justice" swift. It is the trial that will decide not only a sailor's fate, but the fate of Gamrick's once-brilliant career.

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Here is the tale of Norman Paperman, compounded of his misadventures and mine in the illusory paradise of a tropical island...When I glance again at these pages, I hear the seductive thumping of steel bands, I taste the dirt-cheap white rum, and I see the blue Atlantic and Caribbean glittering on either side of our mountaintop house...Much of the time we laughed like hell, and so survived. I trust that what is mainly preserved here is the laughter.

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W. T. Halvorsen is a scapegoat for the crimes of the rich and mighty. Now, he must convince a judge and jury that organized crime and a corrupt corporation are threatening the lives of the entire community. His only friends outside the court are a young man and woman. But saving his life could cost them their own.