Search Results: Authors starting with R from Ed Smith Books

New York: Pantheon, 2010. First American edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy in a very good plus dust jacket. For more than thirty years, Jonathan Raban has written with infectious fascination about people and places in transition or on the margins, about journeys undertaken and destinations never quite reached, and, as an expat, about what it means to feel rooted in America. Spanning two decades, Driving Home charts a course through the Pacific Northwest, American history, and current events as witnessed by "a super-sensitive, all-seeing eye. Proving that an outsider is the keenest observer of the scene that natives take for granted, this collection of Jonathan Raban's essays affirms his place as the most literate, perceptive, and humorous commentator on the places, characters, and obsessions that constitute the American scene. Raban spots things we might otherwise miss; he calls up the apt metaphors that transform things into phenomena.

London: Canongate Books Ltd, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. A fine unread copy in a fine dust jacket (stickers to front cover, as issued). Signed by Ian Rankin on a tipped-in sheet, this exclusive edition includes the transcript of Rankin and McIlvanney in conversation at the 2013 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. William McIlvanney's Laidlaw books changed the face of crime fiction. When he passed in 2015, he left half a handwritten manuscript of Laidlaw's first case. Now, Ian Rankin is back to finish what McIlvanney started and together, these two forces of crime fiction bring to life the criminal world of 1970s Glasgow, and Laidlaw's relentless quest for truth. 288 pages.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. "God help me. I stopped hating white people on purpose about a year ago." With that daring confession, African-American journalist Patricia Raybon begins this book, a piercing account of how she decided, in midlife, to stop hating white America. In a hypnotic narrative that is part journal, part memoir, part social analysis, Raybon discovers that racial forgivemess is a dangerous choice. But the risk isn't in learning to love white people, it's in learning to love herself. "That is the real matter. And it takes a harsh spotlight." 236 pages with acknowledgments.

New York: Viking Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in cloth in a fine dust jacket. This copy is signed and inscribed on the title page. "God help me, I stopped hating white people on purpose about a year ago." With that daring confession, African-American journalist Patricia Raybon begins this book; a piercing account of how she decided, in midlife, to stop hating white America. In a hypnotic narrative that is part journal, part memoir, part social analysis, Raybon discovers that racial forgiveness is a dangerous choice. But the risk isn't in learning to love white people, it's in learning to love herself. "That is the real matter. And it takes a harsch spotlight." 237 pages.

Livingston: Clark City Press, 1992. First Printing. Paperback. A near fine copy. 4to. Introduction by Robert Redford. Screenplay and preface by Richard Friedenberg. Not only did Robert Redford direct the big screen film sourced from the Norman Maclean book, Redford also made a documentary film of the making of the big screen film. Perfect bound in photo illustrated wrappers, as issued. 188 pages which includes stills from the film, behind the scene photos and the screenplay of the film.

New York: Random House, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy (one tiny nick top corner of page 257, binding flaw) in a near fine dust jacket. Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet, during which she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. 266 pages.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2019. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by Susan Rice on the title page. Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice--National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations--delivers an inspiring account of a life in service to family and country. Although you may think you know Susan Rice--whose name became synonymous with Benghazi following her Sunday news show appearances after the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya--in Tough Love, the author reveals the truth of her surprising story with unflinching honesty. Often mischaracterized by political opponents, Rice emerges as neither a villain nor victim, but a strong, compassionate leader. Mother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Rice connects the personal and the professional. Taught early, with tough love, how to compete… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Susan Rice on the title page. Mother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. Taught early, with tough love, how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few, Susan now shares the wisdom she learned along the way. Laying bare the family struggles that shaped her early life in Washington, DC, she also examines the ancestral legacies that influenced her. Rice's elders—immigrants on one side and descendants of slaves on the other—had high expectations that each generation would rise. And rise they did, but not without paying it forward—in uniform and in the pulpit, as educators, community leaders, and public servants. Susan too rose rapidly. She served throughout the Clinton administration, becoming one of the nation's youngest… Read More

New York: Little Brown, 2010. First edition. hardcover. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. A massive 564 page autobiography by the Rolling Stone guitarist. "This is the life. Believe it or not. I haven't forgotten any of it". Illustrated from black and white as well as color photographs. With acknowledgments and index.

single cards. Fine condition. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented this event celebrating the documentary film by John Landis of the great comedian Don Rickles. This gala happened 5 months prior to the Emmy Awards when Landis and his team won a Primetime Emmy for this documentary and Don Rickles won the Primetime Emmy for his Individual Performance. Enough cannot be said about Rickles and his contribution not only to comedy but to the world at large. These two announcements, both in color are framed. The larger image is of Rickles performing, the bottom image prints the details of the event. Overall measures 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches black frame. Provenance: From the Estate of Don and Barbara Rickles.

New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2007. First edition. No binding single sheet. Fine condition. A framed certificate declaring Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project documentary film, directed by John Landis was the 'Official Selection' of the New York Film Festival. Certificate measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches, matted in red and framed to 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 overall with black frame. This documentary film about stand-up comedian Don Rickles was first screened at the 2007 New York Film Festival. The film and its producers; Robert Engelman, John Landis, Mike Richardson, and Larry Rickles, earned a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special in 2008. Don Rickles also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music program for his appearance in the documentary. The film consists of performance clips from throughout Rickles' career interspersed with recent interviews with him. A show at the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas from 2006 is featured most prominently.… Read More

Riverdale: Baen Publishing, 2003. First edition. hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page (ownership blindstamp at the bottom of the title page with the same name). At the rear of the book is a CD bound in along with a sheet "Baen CD Library Volume 4" that also contains a "Reading List for the 40th Century". In the future there is no want, no war, no disease nor ill-timed death. The world is a paradise-and then, in a moment, it ends. The council that controls the Net falls out and goes to war. Everywhere people who have never known a moment of want or pain are left wondering how to survive. But scattered across the face of the earth are communities which have returned to the natural life of soil and small farm. In the village of Raven's Mill, Edmund Talbot, master smith and unassuming historian, finds that all the problems of the world are falling in his lap. Refugees are flooding in, bandits are roaming the woods, and his former lover and his… Read More

New York: Bantam, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. An epic, which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.

New York: Ecco, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in illustrated boards, as issued. Les LePere. Designed by McSweeney's. First edition. A novella. It is presented as a children's book, about Gracie Perke, a young girl exploring the world of beer. She learns why every adult enjoys it and why she's not allowed to drink it. Illustrated Hardbound in illustrated boards, issued sans dust jacket. 125 pages.

Kent/London: Kent State University Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by James D. Robenalt on the half-title page. "So how to tell of the life of a magician whose vocation was politics? A simple biography was out of the question. All of the hard research led to an idea. Why not travel back in time for one night to meet the old wizard himself in a car ride that actually did take place at the end of his life? Once there, he could tell his story directly to one of his descendants--a transference of family memories that just may have had national significance. Surely a magician could accomplish such a meeting." --from the Preface David Copperfield had this to say about Linking Rings. William W. Durbin, businessman, political activist, and professional magician, was a major figure in Ohio politics during the first half of the twentieth century, serving as the powerful head of the Ohio Democratic Party and as a senior official in the U.S. Treasury… Read More

Seattle: Alephactory Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the title page. Comically absurd and painfully real, DELIVER US is a prescient and provocative literary novel that moves swiftly through near-future Detroit as a black social-media activist leads a campaign against Amazon, whose new fleet of delivery drones offers rebirth to the blighted city while threatening to magnify existing racial inequalities. When retiree Luther Prince shoots down an Amazon delivery drone flying over his modest home in eastside Detroit, he gets slapped with criminal charges, and his granddaughter Piper takes to social media to campaign against the Seattlebased tech-giant, whose deal with the city and the FAA has given them two months to demonstrate the safety of their new drone delivery program. But are they saviors bringing jobs to the blighted city, or imperialists out for their own gain at the expense of Detroit's mostly black population?… Read More

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2014. First edition. hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The prize-winning author's fourth novel and the third installment of the Gilead series, after Gilead and Home. The novel focuses on the courtship and marriage of Lila and John Ames, as well as the backstory of Lila's transient past and her complex attachments. 261 pages.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In these seventeen essays Marilynne Robinson delivers an impassioned critique of contemporary society while arguing that reverence must be given to who we are and what we are: creatures of singular interest and value, despite our errors and depredations. 292pp with notes and acknowledgements.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Signed by the author on the publisher's bookplate pasted to the second blank. The fourth book in a series of novels about the residents of Gilead, Iowa. 309 pages.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Here, in this novel, the author returns to Gilead in the unforgetable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder.