Search Results: Authors starting with P from pacaritambo books

Boston: G.K. Hall & Company, 1988. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/As New. 2 B&W maps. CONDITION: UNREAD 1988 GK Hall slim hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, printing not given. B&W maps illustrate. Tiny foxing top edge and inside DJ. CONTENT: This book outlines the important events in the writer's personal and professional life by extracting facts and clues from a fascinating array of documents including letters, journals, writings from those who knew him, and the most recent scholarship. It also contains a list of persons frequently referred to, with relevant biographical details, and a bibliography of the principal sources of information.

Viking, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2007 Viking hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for telling the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a window onto understanding how Jesus followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it. This accessible, engaging book has Princeton religion professor Pagels in a dream team pairing with King, who teaches ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School. Together they take on the… Read More

Troll, 1993. 1st Paperback Edition 6th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. Charles Reasonser color illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1993 Troll paperback, 1st paperback edition (stapled wraps), 6th printing (c. 1996-1998). Bright & vivid color illustrations by Charles Reasoner. Problem: light edge wear to cover corners. Interior perfect. CONTENT: Marnacocha the angry sea god has a secret that only the llama knows -- he's going to flood the earth! Can the llama warn the animals and save the earth? A Peruvian rendition of the Great Flood story, in which a llama warns the people and animals to seek shelter on Huillcacato to avoid the rising sea, Mamacocha.

Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tree Abraham Jacket Art. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Grand Central Publishing hardcover (pink & yellow boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. The title and Author's name are embossed on DJ front panel. No illustrations. CONTENT: A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert… Read More

Utah: Zion Natural History Assn., 1978. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering B&W Illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1978 edition/printing Zion Natural History Assn. large trade paperback, no printing given. Although the date on this book is 1978, the book is too "new" to be that early a printing/release. Wonderful B&W illustrations by Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering. Problem: tiny edge wear to cover with a pale, pale remainder mark bottom edges. This book, originally published in 1946, contains myths, legends, and folk tales from primarily the Piaute people of the Zion National Park area - trickster tales, star stories, creation lore, and also includes a Glossary, Time Measurement section, and Astronomy section.

Candlewick, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Bijou Le Tord. CONDITION: NEW 2005 Candlewick large hardcover (decorated boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), 1st edition, 1st printing. Decorated end pages. Lovely color illustrations by Bijou Le Tord. Tiny tiny edge wear to DJ top edge. CONTENT: From Karen Pandell and Bijou Le Tord comes an ode to Saint Francis's connection with nature that transcends culture and faith - an inspiration for all time and all people. "Sing praises to all Your creatures, And above all to Brother Sun, Who gives us the day as He enlightens us. -From Saint Francis's "The Canticle of Brother Sun" More than eight hundred years ago, a once-privileged young man cast off his worldly possessions to live an austere life amid nature, where his gentleness and compassionate words drew even wild creatures to his feet. The now-legendary Saint Francis of Assisi receives a fitting tribute in this elegant, inviting volume, in which stanzas of… Read More

Destiny Books, 1990. Revised Ediiton 5th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD c. 1990-3 Destiny Books trade paperback, revised edition, 5th printing. Very light lift to front cover fore edge. B&W photo section. CONTENT: Bound by religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Knights Templar were a Military Crusading Order engaged in religious war in the Holy Land. At the end of the thirteenth century, after their withdrawal from Syria, they became the apparently innocent victims of a campaign of slander and persecution mounted against them by the French government. The ruthless dissolution of the Knights Templar was only the beginning of a new and strange chapter in their history. They soon became the focus of numerous beliefs about their presumed occult powers, and by the eighteenth century their history had undergone a mythical metamorphosis--they figured highly in occult fantasies of magical practices and hidden knowledge as… Read More

Random House, 2019. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Andy Bridge cover art. CONDITION: What makes this book "as new"? Tiny red remainder dot bottom edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2019 Random House hardcover (light blue boards) & dust jacket, first American edition, first printing. Andy Bridge cover art. Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas. CONTENT: A fast-paced mystery where Murder on the Orient Express meets the Tour de France-someone's killing off cyclists one by one. There are cyclists willing to die to win a single stage of the Tour, taking suicidal descents at more than 90 kilometers per hour, but now I know there are cyclists willing to kill to win. Marc Moreau, a professional cyclist with a military past, is part of a top Tour de France team led by his best friend, an American star favored to win this year's Tour. But the competition takes a dark turn when racers begin to drop out in a series of violent accidents: a mugging that ends in an ankle being… Read More

Entangled Teen / Entangled, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W Chapter Decorations . CONDITION: NEW 2017 Entangled Teen trade paperback, first edition, first printing. B&W chapter decorations. CONTENT: Per her 537 rules, Harper Campbell keeps her life tidy?academically and socially. But the moment Sterling Lane transfers into her tiny boarding school, her twin brother gets swept up in Sterling's pranks and schemes and nearly gets expelled. Harper knows it's Sterling's fault, and to protect her brother, she vows to take him down. As she exposes his endless school violations, he keeps striking back, framing her for his own infractions. Worst of all, he's charmed the administration into thinking he's harmless, and only Harper sees him for the troublemaker he absolutely is. As she breaks rule after precious rule in her battle of wits against Sterling and tension between them hits a boiling point, she's horrified to discover that… Read More

Texas: Texas A&M Press, (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) , 1998. Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New. Edited & Intro by Betje Black Klier. Translations by Klier, Anne Marsh, Philip Stewart & Alexandra Wettlaufer. Condition: NEW 1998 Texas A&M Press Trade Paperback, no printing given. B&W era illustrations & decorations. Content: [Pavie] might be called the 'Balzac of the Borderlands' today. Pavie's settings and plots, like Balzac's, are full of historical detail and cultural truths, although many of the characters are fictional. In 1830, eighteen-year-old Theodore Pavie traveled west on the Camino Real from Natchitoches, in the new state of Louisiana, to Nacogdoches, Texas, which remained under Mexican rule. After he returned to France, he wrote these four stories that are rich in the details of life he observed in the Louisiana-Texas border region. "Le Negravegre" depicts the internal dynamics of… Read More

Albert Whitman & Co., 2004. Reprint 11th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Doris Ettlinger color ilus.. CONDITION: NEW 2004 Albert Whitman paperback, reprint edition, 11th printing. Adorable and historically accurate color illustrations by Doris Ettlinger. CONTENT: On a breezy September morning in 1620, a stray cat prowled the docks, hunting his breakfast. The cat spieda plump mouse. He pounced and missed. When the mouse escaped to a ship, the cat followed, landing on the ship's deck. The ship was called the Mayflower. When young Pilgrim Faith Barrett discovers a stray cat on the Mayflower, she names her new friend Pounce. Together they face the long, cramped voyage and the perils of the first winter at the Plymouth colony. [Really good historical fiction for youngsters. IMHO]

UK: Grange Books, 1994. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/New. B&W photos, maps, charts. CONDITION: UNREAD 1994 Grange Books hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket, first edition, printing not specified. Decorated end pages. Loaded with B&W photos, maps, drawings, charts.

Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, 2016. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2016 St Martin's hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first US edition, first printing. CONTENT: At the end of The Godless, Mireea lay in ruins, the dead of the city had risen as ghosts, and the keepers Fo and Bau had been slain by Zaifyr. The Mireeans have now fled to the city of Yeflam with the immortal Zaifyr in chains to barter for their safety. With the threat of war arriving at the Floating Cities, Zaifyr's trial will become the center of political games. However, Zaifyr is intent on using his trial to begin a new war, a motive that many fear is an echo of the dangerous man he once was. Ayae, a young girl cursed with the gift of fire, sees a chance to learn more of her powers here in the floating city, but she is weighed down by her new responsibilities regarding the safety of the Mireean people. Across the far ocean, exiled Baron Bueralan and cartographer Orlan have arrived in the city of… Read More

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Metropolitan Books hardcover (bright yellow boards), first edition, first printing. Dust Jacket design is hilarious. CONTENT: A scathing, sardonic exploration of Silicon Valley tech culture, laying bare the greed, hubris, and retrograde politics of an industry that aspires to radically transform society for its own benefit. At the height of the startup boom, journalist Corey Pein set out for Silicon Valley with little more than a smartphone and his wits. His goal: to learn how such an overhyped industry could possibly sustain itself as long as it has. But to truly understand the delirious reality of the tech entrepreneurs, he knew he would have to inhabit that perspective?he would have to become an entrepreneur himself. Thus Pein begins his journey?skulking through gimmicky tech conferences, pitching his over-the-top business ideas to investors, and rooming with a succession of naive upstart… Read More

USA: Child & Family Press, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Barbara Leonard Gibson. CONDITION: NEW 2003 Child & Family Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Wonderful color illustrations by Barbara Gibson. Learning about Cherokee heritage endorsed by Wilma Mankiller. CONTENT: When Penny begins searching for the source of the mysterious whistling she hears in her sleep, her parents take her to meet her great-great-uncle, who tells her about her Cherokee heritage. This Cherokee story takes a Native American child where every Native American's spirit wants to be - into the ancestral homeland of belonging. Penn has captured the dream of longing in every Cherokee heart. (Martin Brokenleg)

Tanglewood/Teaching Strategies, 2011. First Thus 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Ruth Harper & Nancy Leak color illustrations; Barbara Leonard Gibson. CONDITION: THE KISSING HAND: New 2011 Tanglewood/Teaching Strategies paperback, first thus, 2nd printing. Color illustrations by Ruth Harper and Nancy Leak. No problems at all - beautiful book. A POCKET FULL OF KISSES - NEW. This is the sequel to The Kissing Hand. Scholastic 2004 paperback (Stapled Wraps), 6th printing. Color illustrations by Barbara Leonard Gibson. Tiny edge wear bottom cover at spine. I love these books. Makes you want to run outside at night and get your own raccoon. This book is also about sibling rivalry. These are lovely books that all children should have the privilege of reading. Questions welcome & answered.

Random House, 1993. 1st Edition 7th printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. Jody Wheeler color illustrations. CONDITION: Very Good+ 1993 Random House hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 7th printing. BEautiful and detailed color illustrations by Jody Wheeler. PROBLEM The last Tea Party has been perused and perhaps copied - The Garden Tea Party. CONTENT: Little girls will be inspired to have tea parties with this guide to the art of the tea party. Brimming with simple menus, kid-pleasing recipes, and lovely decoration and favor ideas, each party has a theme--from valentine and teddy-bear teas to rainy-day and garden teas. This is not only an informative book, but beautiful as well.

Little, Brown, 2020. Large Print Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: AS NEW (remainder dot top edges at spine), UNREAD, 2020 Little, Brown hardcover, LARGE PRINT edition, first pritning. No illustrations. CONTENT: Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations. We can eat whatever we want, whenever we want. We can immerse ourselves in the vast, enticing world of digital media. We can buy goods and services with the touch of a button or the swipe of a finger. But living in this 24/7 hyper-reality poses serious risks to our physical and mental states, our connections to others and even to the world at large. Brain Wash builds from a simple premise: Our brains are being gravely manipulated, resulting in behaviours that leave us more lonely, anxious, depressed, distrustful, illness-prone and overweight than ever before. Based on the latest science, the book identifies the mental hijacking that undermines each and every one of… Read More

Mariner, 2022. 1 Movie Tie-In Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2022 Mariner Trade Paperback, first Movie Tie-in edition, first printing. Movie cover. CONTENT: London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space, she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy's nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend. Once there, they hear rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New Year's Eve, the community's dread transforms to terror. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition, is… Read More

Chicago: Children's Press, 1997. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color photos throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD 1997 Children's Press paperback, 7th printing. One of the New True Book series. Problem: Name top title page - most likely a teacher's name who couldn't get anyone to read the book. Too bad - good book for elementary school kids. Color ruins of Anasazi homes (Mesa Verde, etc.), pottery, etc. Simple text for early readers, yet full of information for the youngest history buff. More kids need to know about the ancient American civilizations. Perfect for home schooling. CONTENT: Describes the homes, culture, and way of life of the Anasazi, the Ancient Ones of the southwestern United States whose descendants (we believe) became the Pueblo Indians.