Search Results: Authors starting with H from Zeno's

Bowling Green. 1993. Bowling Green State U Popular Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0879726326. 166 pages. paperback. Cover design by Gary Dumm. keywords: Mystery India England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - H.R.F. Keating: Post-Colonial Detection examines the entire oeuvre of the prolific and award-winning writer, but focuses on the novels set in India in which the bumbling but always human Inspector Ghote manages to solve crimes with a post-colonial mix of inherited Scotland Yard/Holmesian deductive methods and his understanding of his native country's cultural contradictions. This book is based on the premise that successful sleuths have much in common with cultural anthropologists - indeed the latter have often been termed detectives of cultures. In this respect, Keating's Ghote novels are in the tradition of Tony Hillerman's Navajo Indian and James McClure's South African novels which serve up the human, experiential aspects of the cultural and ethnic conflicts that newspaper… Read More

Richmond. 2015. April 2015. Omnidawn Publishing/University Press of New England. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781632430045. 6 x 9’ . 72 pages. paperback . keywords: poetry - american poetry of place . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Some Habits proceeds by way of a series of letters charting the dreams, observations, apologies, and epiphanies of an unnamed addressor. The poem is infected by the vernacular language of the Ozark mountain region, and by the cultural effluvia of the flat lands hemming the Mississippi River. In the manner of the great poetic epistles, Some Habits risks unknowing its subject. Who broadcasts? Who receives? ‘Some Habits is so inventively rich and tangly, so hilarious or outrageously sensual, it demands our lingering in it. What a love poem to the body, to somebody, and to the world!' - Forrest Gander, Judge of the Omnidawn Open Book Contest. inventory #41409 ISBN: 9781632430045.

London and New York. 2014. Verso. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9781781685839. 453 pages. hardcover. Cover illustartion: WBK - WorkByKnight. keywords: Internet Anonymous Hackers. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the Huffington Post says knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets. Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest and dangerous disruption (before Anonymous shot to fame as a key player in the battles over WikiLeaks, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street). She ended up becoming so closely connected to Anonymous that the tricky story of her inside–outside status as Anon confidante, interpreter, and erstwhile mouthpiece forms one of the themes of this witty and entirely engrossing book. The narrative… Read More

New York. 1973. December 1973. Grossman. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0670700398. 327 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by B. H. Armstrong. keywords: Literature America Texas. FROM THE PUBLISHER - MEndez: a chicano, a ranch foreman thanks to fortunate circumstance, intellectual, and ambitious for himself and his people. Manuelo: his unemployed cousin, desperate, angry, and bent on avenging the wrongs he has suffered. Bond: ranch hand, buffoon, tale-spinner, a former preacher whose congregation now is Mendez. Houston: a Chicagoan who hopes to rebuild his life on the ranch he has just inherited. Four men who dream of the sky but are bound to the earth, who have cast themselves in roles but do not control the script, around whom C. W. Smith has built his remarkable first novel, THIN MEN OF HADDAM. It is a rich and sweeping story, set in the Southwest, impregnated with regional humor and color, and distinguished by a sure sense of characterization and plotting. The novel is constructed of stories… Read More

New York. 1973. December 1973. Grossman. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket . 0670700398. 327 pages . hardcover. Jacket design by B. H. Armstrong. keywords: Literature America Texas. FROM THE PUBLISHER - MEndez: a chicano, a ranch foreman thanks to fortunate circumstance, intellectual, and ambitious for himself and his people. Manuelo: his unemployed cousin, desperate, angry, and bent on avenging the wrongs he has suffered. Bond: ranch hand, buffoon, tale-spinner, a former preacher whose congregation now is Mendez. Houston: a Chicagoan who hopes to rebuild his life on the ranch he has just inherited. Four men who dream of the sky but are bound to the earth, who have cast themselves in roles but do not control the script, around whom C. W. Smith has built his remarkable first novel, THIN MEN OF HADDAM. It is a rich and sweeping story, set in the Southwest, impregnated with regional humor and color, and distinguished by a sure sense of characterization and plotting. The novel is… Read More

New York. 1993. May 1993. Poseidon Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671727338. 191 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Carin Goldberg. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature England Horror. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Dr. Haggard addresses his sorry tale to Vaughan, the fighter-pilot son of the only woman he ever truly loved. He finds himself incapable of relinquishing the brief all-consuming months spent with the senior pathologist's wife, his dismantled life now little more than a shell of painful melancholia. And yet through the curiously androgynous boy there is a rekindling of memory, and a new, altogether more bizarre passion engulfs the doctor. McGrath's novel is a love story, albeit from behind eyes addled by morbid introspection and morphine addiction. inventory #24855 ISBN: 0671727338.

New York. 1996. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684801760. 1st Novel by Former Essence Writer. 237 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Black America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Alice Andrews is living in Manhattan, working as a reporter in Newark, and trying to forget the smooth-talking investment banker she thought was Mr. Right. When she meets Jack Russworm, a handsome, Harvard-educated doctor, things start looking up. But as their romance heats up, their differences bubble to the surface. Benilde Little offers us a delicious, closely observed, eye-opening look at the world of upper-class Black Manhattan in a novel that is alternately humorous and touching, sexy and bold. inventory #22725 ISBN: 0684801760.

New York. 1996. Simon & Schuster. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 0684801760. 1st Novel by Former Essence Writer. 239 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Black America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Alice Andrews has her hands full living in Manhattan, working as a reporter in Newark, and trying to forget the smooth-talking investment banker she thought was Mr. Right. When she meets Jack Russworm, a handsome, Harvard-educated doctor, it seems as though things are finally falling into place. But as their romance starts to heat up, their differences start bubbling to the surface. Will they sizzle together, or will Alice get burned? A delicious, eye-opening look at the world of upper-class Black Manhattanites. inventory #22458 ISBN: 0684801760.

New York. 1976. September 1976. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0394499263. 275 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting - 'Wasp and Pear', (1927), oil on canvas by Gerlad Murphy. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - A terrifying snowbound week in the country. An ‘idyllic' young marriage. These are the elements of a novel that combines the most intensely dramatic circumstance with a brilliant revelation of the way our suppressed feelings can modify, even direct, our fates. Virgil and Tracy Morgan are perfectly married and perfectly, almost outrageously, happy. They are in their late twenties, madly in love with each other, successful in their work (he, a business consultant; she, a freelance book designer). Their life is full of easy luxuries - evenings at the ballet, at the homes of friends (the food is special, elegant; the wine just right; the talk is sharp, jokey), or at home watching old movies and making love. But Virgil's father,… Read More

New York. 2007. Scholastic. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780545010221. 759 pages. hardcover. Cover: Mary Grandpre. keywords: Children's Young Adult England Magic Sorcery. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The seventh and final installment in the epic tale of Harry Potter. Harry Potter is leaving Privet Drive for the last time. But as he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters will not be far behind. The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. But the Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything he loves. And he knows he can't keep hiding. To stop Voldemort, Harry knows he must find the remaining Horcruxes and destroy them. He will have to face his enemy in one final battle. inventory #43758 ISBN: 9780545010221.

New York. 1960. Random House. Reprinted Hardcover Edition. Good in Pictorial Boards. No Dustjacket. 0394800168. unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art by Dr. Seuss. keywords: Children's Books. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Do you like green eggs and ham? If so, you'll love them with flaps and stickers! Flip the flaps to see where those green eggs and ham will pop up next! All the fun and charm of the original book is here in this interactive version of Dr. Seuss's classic GREEN EGGS AND HAM! inventory #36811 ISBN: 0394800168.

Amsterdam. 1977. Elsevier. 1st Dutch Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. 9010019616. [no page count]. hardcover. keywords: Children Dutch . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Het oude sprookje over de vreemdeling die met zijn geheimzinnige toverfluit onweerstaanbare aantrekkingskracht uitoefent op dieren en kinderen wordt opnieuw verteld door Herman Pieter de Boer, die zich daarbij liet inspireren door de fantastische tekeningen van Tony Ross / The old fairy tale about the stranger who, with his mysterious magic flute, exerts irresistible attraction on animals and children is told again by Herman Pieter de Boer, who was inspired by the fantastic drawings of Tony Ross. inventory #6585 ISBN: 9010019616.

Garden City. 1946. Doubleday. 1st of this Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. With a Preface by Mr. Evans. Illustrated with 16 photographs of scenes from the play, and 10 designer's sketches by Frederick Stover. 191 pages. hardcover. Inscribed by Maurice Evans. keywords: Drama Shakespeare Acting Hamlet. FROM THE PUBLISHER - HERE IS a Hamlet who speaks in a voice understandable to our time. When Maurice Evans conceived the idea of touring overseas camps with Hamlet, he realized that he had to present to our troops a prince they could comprehend. And he did. By retaining the cardinal points of plot and character development while judiciously. eliminating passages and odd lines that had more significance to an Elizabethan audience than to us, Mr. Evans created a taut and swift play and made Hamlet a vital individual who won the sympathy and admiration of our fighting men. The success of the play in the Pacific was but the forerunner of a triumphant Broadway run that broke all Hamlet… Read More

New York. 1994. Harcourt Brace. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151874271. Whitbread Book Of The Year. 407 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Steven Cooley. keywords: Scotland Literature . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Jeff Torrington's startlingly original first novel is set in Glasgow, Scotland, during a single-week in the late sixties. Christmas is approaching, and Thomas Clay is beset with mounting problems: his wife is in the maternity hospital prematurely; he's waiting for news of their transfer to ‘Legoland' high-rise housing - or for his tenement to be demolished beneath his very feet; he has no job, and his novel is, as yet, unpublished. Staggering from crisis to crisis, Thomas Clay is a man pursued - by petty gangsters, his Mafia-like in-laws, a doppelganger, and by time itself. He may imagine he has evaded the tyranny of clocks by escaping the nine-to-five, but no matter how fast he runs, the Grim Reaper seems cold on his heels. inventory #14232 ISBN: 0151874271.

New York. 1975. September 1975. Putnam. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn & Tape-Repaired Dustjacket. 0399116003. 251 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Honi Werner. keywords: Mystery America Dashiell Hammett. FROM THE PUBLISHER - SAN FRANCISCO, 1928, is a corrupt city, owned by its politicians, its cops, its district attorney. A city where anything is for sale. And anybody. Except for one man. A private detective- turned-writer named Samuel Dashiell Hammett, once again manhunting because an old friend to whom he refused help has been brutally murdered. During his search through the teeming alleys of Chinatown, through the cathouses and speakeasies and gambling hells of the city, Hammett discovers that the years of writing have dulled his hunter's instincts, have made him fear death-and that failure to resharpen his long-unused skills as a private detective could end not only his life, but his chance for literary immortality. Joe Gores, like Dashiell Hammett, spent years as a private… Read More

New York. 1972. February 1972. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Previous Owner’s Name Penned in front, Otherwise Very Good in Price-Clipped Dustjacket. 0394472802. 216 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Used car salesman Howard Shirley is watching England's most popular high-stakes TV quiz show with his wife, Janet, in their modest provincial house when it strikes him that his freakish ‘photographic brain' might make them an easy fortune. It also leads to first-class travel, luxury hotels, mink coats, some misguided philanthropy, and ultimately, outrageously, and comically, not entirely accidental death. Talkatively and divertingly narrated from Janet's worldly perspective, the tragi-comedy of Howard, his one-of-a-kind mind, and the modern world's trivia and trivialities makes for vintage Burgess - at once hilarious and provocative. inventory #1852 ISBN: 0394472802.

New York. 1972. February 1972. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394472802. 216 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Used car salesman Howard Shirley is watching England's most popular high-stakes TV quiz show with his wife, Janet, in their modest provincial house when it strikes him that his freakish ‘photographic brain' might make them an easy fortune. It also leads to first-class travel, luxury hotels, mink coats, some misguided philanthropy, and ultimately, outrageously, and comically, not entirely accidental death. Talkatively and divertingly narrated from Janet's worldly perspective, the tragi-comedy of Howard, his one-of-a-kind mind, and the modern world's trivia and trivialities makes for vintage Burgess - at once hilarious and provocative. inventory #1864 ISBN: 0394472802.

New York. 2000. March 2000. Norton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0393047970. 1st Novel. 270 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Julie Metz. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Richard sees treasure everywhere. In that old eight-track quadraphonic stereo, that pink granite bowling ball, or a Niagara Falls napkin holder. While most people scramble for the newest and the best, Richard searches for the odd and obsolete - and sells it at his second-hand shop on the edge of Detroit. Why does he do it? For Richard, junk is a way of life, a calling, and a passion. Until his comfortable second-hand life gets a first-hand jolt. Richard's mother has died, and left behind a valuable house full of packed-away junk - including some old photos that will change everything Richard thought about his parents. And then there's the hip, thrift-attired woman who comes into his store with more than junk on her mind . Suddenly some very unexpected things are… Read More

New York. 1994. July 1994. St Martin's Press. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers . 0312109873. Translated from the Spanish by Laura C. Dail. 378 pages. paperback. Jacket illustration by Marty Blake. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the first English translation of a major literary novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, whose previous appearances in this country have been this leading Mexican author's crime novels. The ‘Four Hands' are those of two world-ranging journalists, one Mexican and one American. It is these two men who provide the initially improbable links between such disparate elements of Taibo's amazing novel as Stan Laurel's witnessing the assassination of Pancho Villa; the disinformation operation of an anonymous group in New York who approach their dingy office up a fire escape; the discovery of Leon Trotsky's notes for the crime novel he was writing when he was murdered in… Read More

New York. 1994. July 1994. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0312109873. Translated from the Spanish by Laura C. Dail. 378 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Marty Blake. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the first English translation of a major literary novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, whose previous appearances in this country have been this leading Mexican author's crime novels. The ‘Four Hands' are those of two world-ranging journalists, one Mexican and one American. It is these two men who provide the initially improbable links between such disparate elements of Taibo's amazing novel as Stan Laurel's witnessing the assassination of Pancho Villa; the disinformation operation of an anonymous group in New York who approach their dingy office up a fire escape; the discovery of Leon Trotsky's notes for the crime novel he was writing when he was murdered in… Read More