Search Results: Titles starting with A from Riverwood's Books

University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0803289685 . First in this edition. Excellent, near new condition. Very light scuffing/soiling, small pen mark on bottom edge of pages, interior clean & unmarked. 154 pages. Synopsis: "Abelard's Love" is an inspired retelling of the story of Abelard and Heloise - the French medieval theologian and his brilliant student - whose love affair led to a scandal that has echoed through the centuries. In the affair's aftermath, Abelard became a monk, and Heloise, a nun. Forgotten to history was their unwanted son. Luise Rinser sets at center stage that son and his unique perspective on his legendary parents. The novel is cast in the form of a long letter written by the son, Astrolabe. Addressed to Heloise in the weeks after Abelard's death, the letter brings the story of this tragic family vividly to life.... (*Lower Shipping avail to most locations) [osl]; 8vo .

Ottawa: National Indian Brotherhood. Good. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Fair to good condition. Ex-library book with usual lib markings does have some moderate wear & soiling. Book appears to have had something heavy sitting on it which caused the cover and pages to be somewhat wavy. Cover has edge wear, light soiling, corner curling and some age tanning, tears to spine bottom and chip out of bottom of spine - some soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior pages are clean, with several library stamps etc. Reading copy only. ; 8vo .

Victoria, B. C.: Sono Nis Press. Very Good+. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 1550390112 . Clean, tight condition. Cover has some scuffing/rubbing and light edge/corner wear, small tear spine bottom. Pages are clean and unmarked. B/w illus. 195 pages. "Arnold Stanley Smeltzer, a professional thief, consults a high-priced fortune teller about a job he's planning. When the Ace of Pentacles shows up, denoting vast riches, he foretells success for the venture. After the theft of over six million dollars in cash, Smeltzer is accused, but did he, in fact, have a part in the armed robbery?" (280-osl) ; 8vo .

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Title, stated first edition, number line starts at 2. Ex-school library with a couple stamps & back pocket removed, no jacket. Good minus condition. Hardcover has moderate wear to edges and fading/scuffing to cover, bumping to corners & wear. Interior pages are tight, and clean for the most part, although there is occasional spotting. Soiling and paper residue inside back cover from pocket removal. Soiling to outer edge of pages. Numerous earmarks. A couple page edges have small tears. A good, tight copy of this scarce title, albeit showing some wear and soiling. SUMMARY: A suspenseful tale of a young drifter in Greenwich Village, a high-school drop out, who takes a bad trip on LSD and ends up being accused of murder. 126 pages (*shipping will be reduced t some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

London: Pan Books. Near Fine. 2002. Softcover. 0330489461 . Excellent, near new condition, light creasing to spine. 475 pages. Acid Row is a crime-infested housing project that exists by its own laws. When news comes that a child has been kidnapped, the frustration and anger that has been seething on the streets of Acid Row is ignited. And no one will be safe. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Eos. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0380978997 . Excellent condition. HC/DJ - fine. Hardcover tight and unmarked. Jacket unmarked other than a little scuffing and slight crinkling to corners. [600]; Acorna Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; "A member of the Linyaari, a humanoid race with horns in the middle of their foreheads, Acorna continues to hunt for her beloved life-mate, Aari, who disappeared in Acorna's Search (2002). She travels aboard the starship Condor to the planet Makahomia, which she finds in the grip of a plague killing the sacred Temple cats. Acorna fights a desperate rearguard action against the plague with her horn's healing power, but the mystery clearly lies deeper. ..." .

Eos. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0380978989 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. 2nd printing of first edition. Excellent condition. Hardcover is clean and tight, with no markings. Dustjacket has a little scuffing with slight wear/crinkling at flap corners, not clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; "Acorna's people, the Linyaari, are once more without a home. And though they survived the brutal attack from the cold-blooded Khleevi, the battle left their beloved planet, narhii-Vhiliinyar, horribly scarred. Yet all is not lost. While the damage is terrible, hope still lives deep within this gentle, spiritual people. Banding together, they will rebuild both narhii-Vhiliinyar and the original Linyaari homeworld, Vhiliinyar, restoring them to the natural beauty and vitality they enjoyed before the time of the Khleevi. Acorna, too, is eager to help reconstruct the homeworld of which she's long dreamed. Though she was abandoned in… Read More

Carroll & Graf Publishers. Fine. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0786715081 . Excellent condition, clean, unmarked. 314 pages. Description: Gerald has been preparing to die. During the last of his three hospital stays, he has drawn up a last will and testament, a living will, assigned a health care proxy, and arranged his own cremation. He has thrown out hundreds of photos accrued over his twenty-five years as an actor, boxes of gay porn, all his journals, and acquired a hefty collection of barbiturates for when things got too "icky. " Then, from out of nowhere, Gerald's health is revived by the new miracle drugs. His AIDS-related death is put on hold, while, at the same moment, William Weiss reenters his life... An unexpected romance, and his love of the theater reconnect Gerald with lost joy. Even as his health fails, he finds himself transformed by the ecstasy of everyday life. Advance reader's copy. ; 8vo .

Elsevier / Nelson Books. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525666222 . Hardcover clean, with all pages intact, very small remainder mark bottom edge of pages. Bumping to spine ends. Jacket has light edgewear and few small tears, light watermark stain/light wrinkling to rear of jacket. B/w photos. "Young Joe, like many Chinese-Americans, has long wanted to visit the homeland of his parents, experience the New China for himself, and search out the sites of his father's boyhood memories. As last the chance has come, and he flies to Hong Kong, takes the train to the border of the People's Republic of China, and crosses the bridge to meet his origins....; 8vo .

Prentice Hall. Very Good. 1981. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Pages clean & tight, a little spotting to outer edge of pages. Cover has light edge & corner wear. No internal markings. Notes on writing from various authors & fiction and nonfiction prose by popular authors. Authors include: Dylan Thomas, Roderick Haig-Brown, E. M. Forster, Hugh MacLennan, Robertson Davies, Aldous Huxley & several others. Keywords: Writing, Reading, Education, Anthologies, Composition ; 8vo .

Canada: Seal Books. Near Fine. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 0770428983 . Excellent condition, only light wear overall, light creasing to spine, no markings. In Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, the mills of the gods appear to have ground Jock Lewis to dust--or have they? Jock's obsessive-compulsive girlfriend, Minty, thinks he was killed in a train crash and is tormented by his ghost. But the cheerfully amoral Jock--AKA Jerry Leach and Jeff Leigh, depending on which woman he's romancing--faked his death to move on to yet another unsuspecting lady. His one legal wife has swept their union hastily under the rug and married a conservative member of Parliament, who has his own urgent secrets. Jock's most recent fiancée, a successful banker, hasn't minded keeping him in the manner to which he's become accustomed--that is, until the day he doesn't come home. When his body is found in a cinema, the intersections of his past collapse in a way that destroys some lives and… Read More

Calgary, AB: Detselig. New. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 1550591029 . New, book no markings. From Rear Cover: "In writing this volume, we have tried to provide detailed and in depth analysis of central issues. By not attempting to 'cover' the whole area of adolescent psychology, we were able to pursue issues, topics and concerns much more thoroughly than is typical in adolescent texts. At the same time, we have tried not to lose sight of some of the conventional and socially relevant topics in the area...." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 350 pages .

Thomas Nelson. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - near fine/good. Green cloth hardcover is clean and unmarked, slight spotting outer edge of pages and slight fading to edges. Jacket has several small edge tears, scuffing/light scratches and an chip (approx 2" x 1") out of rear top, price clipped. Adventures of a 17-year old officer of the Royal Americans as he joins an expedition for copper headed for Fort Mackinac, Lake Superior during the time between the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. (475); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 263 pages .

Toronto: Little, Brown & Company. Good. 1964. Hardcover. Bedtime Story-Book series. Hardcover, no jacket as issued. Coer has some wear and bumping to spine ends and corners, with some paper loss at outer corners. Small tears to spine ends. Light soiling. Pages are all intact, a couple pages have light soiling. Several earmarks, one small edge tear and name written on first page. Harrison Cady illustrations. Happy Jack Squirrel & Prickly Porky make some new friends and set off for new adventures.... (200os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: The Adventurers Club. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean & tight, light wear to edges/corners, a little fading & bumping to spine ends. Jacket is fair to good minus - with moderate edgewear and numerous small tears/chips, light soiling, not clipped. The story of how Major John Fox of the Special Investigation Branch of the British Army, together with two other Englishmen and eight Pathans, travelling in disguise through Pakistan and the Khyber Pass to Kabul, tracked down and arrested the ring-leader of a band engaged in stealing arms and ammunition towards the end of WWII.. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .

CA: Greenhaven Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0737701188 . SOFTCOVER Edition - Greenhaven Press 2000. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear to laminate on cover, interior of pages clean and tight, light soiling to outer edges. 212 pages. B/w illus. "Political leaders, scholars, foreign policy and development experts, and human rights activists are among those featured in this anthology that examines important contemporary issues facing Africa". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "School Library Journal : "Written by educators, scientists, journalists, doctors, veterinarians, members of the clergy and advocates. This excellent volume will elicit group discussion and help to develop critical thinking and analysis of sensitive issues. " [280-osl] .

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0772007160 . HC/DJ - near fine/fine. First edition 1974. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, a little age tanning to page edges, light wear to corners and edges. Jacket has very light scuffing, age tanning to edges. For some reason, DJ is doubled so there are 2 jackets. The purpose of the author's expedition was to make documentary films in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Botswana, Liberia and the Ivory Coast. In the course of their safari, the film-makers discovered modern Africa right alongside with old Africa - a discovery highlighted, throughout the book, by the extraordinary adventures of the early women explorers - Bebe Bwana, Meg Gehrts, Mary Kingsley & Elizabeth Lees Price.... ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Dutton Obelisk. Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0525485546 . Ex-library book with laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear to cover, moderate soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages, moreso to top edge. Interior of pages clean - looks like one section has been reglued but no pages are loose. B/w photos. 373 pages. Covers highlife to chimurenga, soukous to benga, juju to township pop - each sound is identified and appraised critically. Artists included: Youssou N'dour, Kassav, Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, Sunny Ade and various others. ; 8vo; "The story of the urban electric music of Africa. Originally published in Hardback under the title "African All-Stars - Pop music of a continent". [572] .

London: Newman Neame. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Book has sustained light water damage affecting dustjacket and book cover. This has left some light watermarking/spotting on cover and spotting/staining to jacket. Pages for the most part are very good, clean and unmarked, light stain to endpages. Jacket has numerous small tears/chips to edges. Illustrated. 128 pages. An account of the author's journey to South and East Africa, also includes accounts of Madeira, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Nairobi, Egypt and the Mediterranean. Maps on endpapers. (250noto) ; 8vo .

Washington Square Press. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. 0671487582 . Washington Square Press 1974 edition. 12mo (7 1/4" tall) . Light wear to edges, crease to spine, interior pages clean and tight. 238 pages. An excellent collection of little known stories of African literature, including early creation myths, photo essays, folklore, poetry, and contemporary tales. Illustrated, 238 pages. (os); 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; .