Search Results: Titles starting with B from Books of the World

New York: Bantam, September 1960. Mass Market Paperback. H2104. 11th printing. Good. Tanned. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 280 pages. A roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Made into a movie which won Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The novel explores the life of a young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. Set in New York circa 1931, it fills in her family background and sexual history, and it locates her within a circle of friends, their relationships, and economic struggles, providing a closely observed tour of the sordid and sensational lives of people on the fringe of café society and the underworld.

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, July 2019. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition, second printing. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 304 pages. MEET HANNA: Seven-year-old Hanna is a sweet-but-silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father Alex. He's the only person who understands her. But her mother Suzette stands in her way, and she'll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good. MEET SUZETTE: Suzette loves her daughter, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. She's also becoming increasingly frightened by Hanna's little games, while her husband Alex remains blind to the failing family dynamics. Soon, Suzette starts to fear that maybe their supposedly innocent baby girl may have a truly sinister agenda. A battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds.

New York: Simon & Schuster, August 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight, ends bumped. Jacket clipped. Not from a library. 416 pages. Republished as Shooting at the Moon.
Between 1960 and 1973, the U.S. waged war in Laos under the auspices of the CIA. Undeclared and unreported, it cost thousands of lives and contributed to the climate of deception that poisoned U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Journalist Warner relies heavily on interviews with former CIA operatives and other American participants to reconstruct an operation characterized by idealism on the ground and by cynicism and misunderstanding at higher levels. Significant early successes against the Pathet Lao and their North Vietnamese allies were wasted, according to Warner, as the U.S. sacrificed its clients for the sake of the expanding war in Vietnam. Once that conflict ended, the Laotians were left to their fate?an abandonment in cold blood that Warner considers… Read More

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Office of the President, State House, 1980. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. 240 pages. Richly illustrated with maps and photographs.

Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, December 1994. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. A Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Shelfwear and light dust stains/foxing to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 160 pages. Color illustrations.

New York: Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter, January 2014. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 128 pages. In this seventh installment of the Bad Kitty series, Kitty encounters what may be her most formidable foe yet: her creator! Kitty soon learns that feline manipulation works both ways-especially when you're at the wrong end of your author's pencil. Along the way, Nick shows kids how a book is created, despite the frequent interruptions from you-know-who.

Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey, 1984. Folding map with card covers. Color. 39 x 34.5 inch sheet, folded in 5.25 x 9 inch cover. As New map in a Very Good cover. Not from a library. Unmarked. Relief shown by spot heights. Legend in English, German, and French.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2001. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Not from a library. Not a remainder. Not clipped.At the height of Mao's infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village where, among the peasants of Phoenix mountain, they are made to cart buckets of excrement up and down precipitous winding paths. Their meager distractions include a violin-as well as, before long, the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. While ingeniously concealing their forbidden treasure, the boys find transit to worlds they had thought lost forever. And after listening to their dangerously seductive retellings of Balzac, even the… Read More

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, January 1990. Trade Paperback. First U.S. Edition. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiii + 244 pages.
This radical new analysis of international politics reveals the crucial role of women in implementing governmental foreign policies, be it Soviet Glasnost, Britain's dealings in the EEC, or the NATO alliance. Cynthia Enloe pulls back the curtain on the familiar scenes-governments restricting imported goods, bankers negotiating foreign loans, soldiers serving overseas-and shows that the real landscape is less exclusively male. Bananas, Beaches and Bases shows how thousands of women tailor their marriages to fit the demands of state secrecy; how foreign policy would grind to a halt without secretaries to handle money transfers or arms shipments; and how women are working in hotels and factories around the world in order to service their governments' debts.… Read More

2002/2003. Revised Edition. Folding map with card covers. 2 maps on 1 sheet, printed on both sides, color; 49 x 72 cm and 67 x 50 cm, sheet 50 x 91 cm, folded in cover 26 x 12 cm. Fine condition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Unmarked. No tears. Contents: Bangkok city centre 1:15000; Greater Bangkok 1:75000. Legend in English, German, and French.

Singapore: Periplus, April 2000. Folding map with card covers. 4 maps on 1 sheet. Printed on both sides. Color. 37.5 x 20 inches (95 x 51 cm) sheet, folded in 4.25 x 10.25 (11 x x 26 cm) cover. As New map in a Fine cover. Not from a library. Unmarked. No tears. Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Legend in English, Dutch, French, and German. Contents: Central Thailand 1:1,000,000; Bangkok Central 1: 15,000; Pattaya 1:50,000; Ayuthaya 1:40,000.

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. Blue cloth over boards with red lettering to spine and illustrated pastedown to front. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontis. Many color and B&W illustrations. Very Good book in pictorial cover. No jacket. Bookplate to verso of FFEP, otherwise interior is unmarked. Binding tight. Cloth lifting off upper edge of inner board. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. See photos. Not from a library. 63 pages. The story of an orphan boy and his dog, Mr. Bones, looking for his own "stay place."

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, November 1989. Paperback. 1991 reprint. Very Good. Dust stains to top edge. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 235 pages. Penelope Wain believes that her lover, Neil Macrae, has been killed while serving overseas under her father. That he died apparently in disgrace does not alter her love for him, even though her father is insistent on his guilt. What neither Penelope or her father knows is that Neil is not dead, but has returned to Halifax to clear his name. Hugh MacLennan's first novel is a compelling romance set against the horrors of wartime and the catastrophic Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917. Authors: Hugh Maclennan; Alister Macleod (afterward)

Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, February 2014. Near Fine. Flash cards As New. Corner wear to box. Not from a library.

Menlo Park, California: Sunset Publishing, 1971. Paperback. 22nd printing, November 1991. Spine faded, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 96 pages, hundreds of illustrations. The skills and techniques used in correcting minor electrical, plumbing and carpentry problems are clearly explained for the novice.

Menlo Park, California: Sunset Publishing, March 1995. First Printing (stated). Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Publisher's sample label to spine, otherwise covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 96 pages. Color illustrations.

Madras: Tambaram Research Associates, October 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine square and tight. Shelfwear to covers. Aṭippaṭait Tamil̲ akarati, Ankilam-Tamil̲ / Tamil̲-Ankilam. Handy pocket dictionary with both Tamil script and English transliteration. 48mo. Not from a library. 176 + 99 pages.

London: Apple, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. As New book in an As New Jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 128 pages. Illustrated in color.

New York: Award Books, June 1973. Mass Market Paperback. No ISBN. AN1139. 95¢. First Edition, Seventh printing, December 1974. Fine. Lightly tanned. Slight edgewear. Light rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 158 pages. Film tie-in, based on the 1973 movie, the fifth and final installment in the original Planet of the Apes movie series.

Washington, DC: Center for Technology and National Security Policy by National Defense University Press, July 2006. Trade Paperback. First Printing (stated). New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 192 pages.