Search Results: Authors starting with K from BIAbooks

New York: Viking Penguin, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second novel by the Newbery Medal winning author of KIRA-KIRA.

London: Peter Owen Publishers, 1988. First British Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+. This book is the first work by Takeshi Kaiko, a major Japanese writer, to be translated into English. The story is about members of the new breed of Japanese living in Europe or America, determined never to return home, longing for but often rejecting the company of their countrymen.The novel is successful on all levels, an auspicious debut in translation of an important writer."---Donald Keene. The DJ has a wrinkle and a small cut to bottom of spine that has been repaired. Does not take away from the high quality of this book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. "A remarkable FIRST novel--gripping, moving, and original. Its vivid, impressionistic style and sheer.authority.are completely compelling. You must read this book."--Scott Turow. Keywords: KALAM AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS PHOENIX ARIZONIA BOXING PUGILIST HUSTLERS

New York: Doubleday, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A PARKMAN PRIZE Winner. A handsome copy in a protective cover.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An excellent book. Tiny scratch on spine, else Fine. A firsthand account of the only expedition ever to travel the entire 4,200-mile Amazon River. First printing with "6/89" on back flap of DJ. Includes maps and pictures.

New York: Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An ingenious mystery, a love story, and a masterly creation of the cold war era. Second novel by Kanon. His first book, 'Los Alamos', won the Edgar Award for best first novel.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2005. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. a PRISTINE BOOK. "A riveting tale of love, revenge, and murder by the author of "Los Alamos" and "The Good German." As Europe slowly begins to recover from the ravages of the Second World War, a young American comes to Venice, where he falls in love with a Jewish woman haunted by her own devastating experiences from the war". "Kanon's richest, most full-blooded work to date.[He] has mastered the art of the historical thriller." New York Times Book Review

New York: Broadway Books, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+. Author's FIRST book recieved the Edgar Award for best first novel. a first thriller set at Los Alamos during the later stages of the building of the atomic bomb. DJ has slight closed tear on top edge of back panel, else fine. "Compelling.[Kanon] pulls the reader into a historical drama of excitement and high moral seriousness."--The New York Times. "A magnificent work of fiction.A stunning achievement." --John Ellis, The Boston Globe

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ellen Ka[lan.

New York: Times Books (Random House), 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Karnow, Annette. Author writes of his experiences living in Paris during the 1950s

New York: Viking Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The fourth of the Mitford book series.Owners' printed name on front flyleaf. Very minor cuts on two corners of dj.

New York: Viking Press, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The sixth book in the Mitford book series. Very minor curl on front top of dj.

New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Mitford Christmas story.

New York: Viking Books, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The seventh book in the Mitford Years series. Very slight curl to top f front dj.

New York, NY: LucasBooks, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible book. No flaws. "Brilliant" SFX Magazine

New York, NY: LucasBooks, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collectible book. No flaws. "Brilliant" SFX Magazine

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. "Karr's poetic sensibility infuses every sentence of her story with an alliterative and symbolic energy, conjuring echoes of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and occasionally, Sylvia Palth.:--Publishers Weekly. "Secures Karr's place as one of the best memoirists of her generation."--Kirkus Reviews

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. An UNREAD pristine book. In her fourth collection of poems, self-described black-belt sinner Mary Karr traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion story.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. A NEW UNREAD pristine book. "Karr's poetic sensibility infuses every sentence of her story with an alliterative and symbolic energy, conjuring echoes of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and occasionally, Sylvia Palth.:--Publishers Weekly. "Secures Karr's place as one of the best memoirists of her generation."--Kirkus Reviews