Search Results: Titles starting with F from pacaritambo books

Viking, 2018. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New" - Tiny red remainder dot bottom edges. UNREAD 2018 Viking hardcover (gray boards) and dust jacket, first edition, 5th printing. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: The former Director of National Intelligence's candid and compelling account of the intelligence community's successes--and failures--in facing some of the greatest threats to America When he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States director of national intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence adviser for six and a half years, longer than his three predecessors combined. He led the U.S. intelligence community through a period that included the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Benghazi attack, the leaks of Edward Snowden, and Russia's influence operation during the 2016 U.S. election campaign. In Facts and Fears, Clapper traces his career through the growing threat of… Read More

Barefoot Books, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Nicoletta Ceccoli color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2003 Barefoot hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. Wonderful and warm color illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli. This is a beautiful Irish fairy tale. PROBLEM: tiny "repaired" tear top DJ edge at back spine.

Dutton Children's Books, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Stephen Mackey color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1999 Dutton Children's Books hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Problem: 1 corner bumped and a tiny bit of edge wear top DJ edge. Interior clean, tight, perfect. Wonderful oil painting illustration by Stephen Mackey. CONTENT: Yolen heralds the seductive charms of fairyland in this volume of stories and poems, masterfully illustrated with Mackey's mystical oil paintings. The selections present a wide range of fairy lore from the British Isles, Greece, Persia, New Zealand and southern Africa and include such classics as W.B. Yeats's "The Stolen Child," William Allingham's "The Fairies" and the Scottish folktale "Thomas the Rhymer." Some of the pieces describe fairyland as an idyllic escape from the rough-and-tumble of everyday life, while others warn against the dangers of fairy kidnappers (Ben… Read More

Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999. 1st Paperback Edition 6th Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Brien Pinkney color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this AS NEW? INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on Title Page. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1999 Aladdin Paperbacks large softcover, first paperback edition, 6th printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Brian Pinkney, for which he won the Coretta Scott King award. CONTENT: A friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful, Caldecott Honor-winning retelling of a traditional tale from the French West Indies. Clement and Hippolyte are best friends who live together on the lush tropical island of Martinique. They set off together toward the woman Clement loves so he can propose, but her uncle-a quimboiseur, a wizard-doesn't approve of the match. When his niece flees with the two inseparable friends, the vengeful man sends evil magic after them. Hippolyte may be able to protect the young couple-but will he lose his own life in the process? Set in… Read More

MN: Northword, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Schim Schimmel fantastic color illustrations. CONDITION: "AS NEW" - why? donation plate inside front cover. UNREAD 2001 Northword hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Mr. Schimmel's color illustrations are simply beautiful - you will want to look at each one for hours. He says his art is "Environmental Visionary Surrealism." and so it is. CONTENT: Animals of all shapes and sizes gather beside Mother Earth to ask questions about the world around them. She lovingly teaches her children that all creatures, from big elephants and playful dolphins to flightless penguins and human beings, are important members of her family of Earth. By teaming surreal acrylic paintings with poetic text, author/artist Schim Schimmel explains that though each member of the earth's family sees the world differently, all live on one earth. Animals of all shapes and sizes gather beside Mother Earth to ask… Read More

HarperCollins, 2008. 1st Edition 12th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Robin Preiss Glasser color illus.. CONDITION: NEW c. 2008 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 12th printing. DJ front panel shows text and various art points in non-shedding glitter. Red end pages. Color illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser. CONTENT: Fancy words are simply fascinating! Learn how to speak fancy with help from Nancy in this A-Z guide. From everyone's favorite fancy girl comes an alphabetical guide to enhancing vocabulary. Why say "beautiful" when there are fancy words like "gorgeous" and "glamorous"? Instead of "hello," try "bonjour," which is French and so much fancier! An umbrella will keep you dry, but a parasol will make you feel like a Hollywood movie star! With this helpful A-to-Z guide, Fancy Nancy shows that making plain words into fancy ones is not only educational, it's fun. Glossary of words included.

St. Martin's Press, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 St. Martin's Press hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. A few exercise illustrations in B&W. CONTENT: Ian K. Smith, M.D.'s unique new plan takes intermittent fasting to the next level, combining the power of time-restricted eating with a detailed program that flips the body into a negative energy state, scorching fat on the way to weight loss and physical transformation. Many IF books leave readers to figure out what and how much they should eat during their feeding window, and even how long to fast each day. Smith knows that even readers highly motivated to change their weight and their health need marching orders, and they're all here in Fast Burn!'s nine-week program. Dr. Ian believes in cleaner eating-forget perfect-and the two positively disruptive Jigsaw Weeks he works into his Fast Burn! program not only mix things up so Fast Burners stay on track, but… Read More

Kensington, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tsukushi/Lott dust jacket art; Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Kensington hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Tsukushi/Lott dust jacket art; Chapter decorations. CONTENT: On the cusp of the twentieth century, Manhattan is a lively metropolis buzzing with talent. But after a young soprano meets an untimely end on stage, can one go-getting leading lady hit the right notes in a case of murder? New York City, 1899. When it comes to show business, Gilded Age opera singer Ella Shane wears the pants. The unconventional diva breaks the mold by assuming "trouser roles"-male characters played by women-and captivating audiences far and wide with her travelling theatre company. But Ella's flair for the dramatic takes a terrifying turn when an overacting Juliet to her Romeo drinks real poison during the final act of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Weeks after the woman's death is ruled a tragic accident,… Read More

Schwartz & Wade Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W Chapter Decorations . CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small red remainder mark bottom edges at spine. UNREAD 2018 Schwartz & Wade hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W chapter decorations. CONTENT: Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens--each bound for divorce or death--in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each of these women attempts… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Color photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Simon & Shuster hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Color photo section. CONTENT: THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT. With authoritative reporting honed through nine presidencies, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president's first years in office. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. Often with day-by-day… Read More

Roaring Brook Press/Scripps, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. James K. Hindle color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Roaring Brook/Scripps hardcover (pictorial boards), no DJ issued, first edition, first printing. Color illustrations by James K. Hindle. Intro by Dr. Jacques Bailly. CONTENT: These forty bite-size word puzzles, spelling quizzes, and vocabulary-filled stories, developed in partnership with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, are perfect for sharing at snack time or around the dinner table. Readers are invited to play with language, investigating sneaky silent letters and the many ways that a word's meaning can be altered by context or spelling. Synonyms, homonyms, and palindromes prevail. Did Mom want two each of several different fruits, or just a few pears? Drawing on the ubiquity of classroom spelling bees, these super-short, storified lessons (that don't feel like lessons at all) are accompanied by informational sidebars rich with… Read More

Scholastic Pess / Field Museum of Chicago, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Bob Doucet color illustrations. CONDITION: AS new, UNREAD, but not quite perfect (blank bookplate inside front cover) 2000 Scholastic/Field Museum of Chicago hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful, clever color illustrations by Bob Doucet. CONTENT: Field Mouse leads a quiet, contented life in his burrow under an old bone. But one day he starts hearing strange scritching noises outside. Peering out, he sees people with shovels and picks digging gently in a nearby bluff. What's going on? Field Mouse scurries out to explore. Later, when he returns to his cozy home, he finds that his bone is gone! This intrepid little fellow sets out on a mission to reclaim his roof. His search leads him to a strange place called The Field Museum of Chicago, where, lonely and frightened, he scampers around, evading vacuum cleaners and scientists, and always seeking his beloved… Read More

Minotaur Books, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No Illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Minotaur Books hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. The title is in embossed gold foil as is the eagle. Author's name embossed. This is a really nice book - well put together -font makes reading it easy and the DJ is outstanding. CONTENT: February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar, Charles Mossman is reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charlie takes a swing at one with tragic results and a torrent of unintended consequences follows. Two years later. America is wrestling with whether to enter the growing war. Charles's estranged wife and six-year-old daughter, Emma, now live in a quiet… Read More

Igloo Books, 2022. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Nicola Anderson and Gareth Williams. CONDITION: NEW 2022 Igloo Books large hardcover (pictorial boards - NO DJ issued) with bright colorful animal designs in foil, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: Look out! There are dinosaurs on the loose and it's your job to find them all. Step inside and start searching now! With busy, buzzing scenes crammed full of lively characters and wacky items, not to mention those mischievous missing dinosaurs, the finding fun will keep you entertained for hours. Basically, it's "Where's Waldo" with Dinos instead of Waldo. Clever and cute. This is a "climate neutral product.

Viking, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W and color era photo section. CONDITION: What makes this AS NEW? Small remainder dot bottom edges near spine. Great/big B&W and color era photo section. CONTENT: Valerie Jarrett was the longest serving senior adviser to President Barack Obama. She oversaw the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls. Before joining the White House, she served as the chief executive officer of The Habitat Company in Chicago, chairman of the Chicago Transit Board, commissioner of Planning and Development, and deputy chief of staff for Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley. Jarrett has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including Time's "100 Most Influential People." She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981. She is currently a senior adviser to the Obama Foundation and Attn… Read More

HarperCollins, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Color & B&W era photo section. CONDITION: What makes this book "as new" - a short remainder mark bottom edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2020 HarperCollins hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Color & B&W era photo section. CONTENT: JOE MURPHY HAD IT ALL. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player selected first overall in the NHL entry draft. He won a Stanley Cup in Edmonton four years later. But since then, his life has taken a tragic turn, largely due to the untreated brain injuries he suffered as a player. Murphy's life didn't begin on a track that would lead to homelessness. He was smart, dedicated to hockey and was a key player for the Oilers, Red Wings and Blackhawks, among other teams. But one vicious body check changed his life forever. Despite being shaken by the hit, Murphy was cleared to return to the game. Soon after, his entire life seemed to change. Murphy became a… Read More

Penguin/Random House, 2014. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Christopher Myers color illustrations. CONDITION: NO CD ISSUED WITH THIS EDITION/ PRINTING. Unread 2014 Penguin Random House large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 3rd printing. Beautiful, colorful illustrations by Christopher Myers. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: A poetic dialogue between an aspiring young dancer and the American Ballet Theater's soloist comprises the text of this stunning picture book. Copeland provides words of encouragement to boost the dreams of an African American girl whose desire to be a ballerina is hampered by her low self-image and lack of confidence. "I was a dancer just like you," Misty tells her, "a dreaming shooting star of a girl/with work and worlds ahead." Copeland's title role in Stravinsky's The Firebird serves as the theme for Myers's signature paint and collage illustrations, which feature full spreads bursting with color and excitement. Elongated forms and slanted… Read More

New York: Scribner's, 1982. 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Very Good. B&W maps, charts, drawings and photos. Condition: PLEASE READ - UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1982 Scribner's hardcover and DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Problem is top DJ edge: edge wear with small nic spine top. Interior perfect. B&W photos, charts, & drawings illustrate Content: Around the world, from the moors of northern Europe to the jungles of south Asia to the deserts of the American Southwest, the scattered ruins of ancient civilizations remain to tantalize us with memories of former glories, prehistoric accomplishments, and forgotten sciences. Was astronomy one of these lost sciences? Did priest-observers once stand atop these now crumbling towers to watch the slow turning of the stars? Archaeoastronomy, a modern discipline combining astronomy and archaeology, attemps to describe the astronomical knowledge of ancient peoples through the study of unwritten records they left behind in these stone ruins. This book… Read More

Henry Holt, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Kathleen Breitenfeld jacket art; B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Henry Holt hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Jacket art by Kathleen Breitenfeld. B&W maps. CONTENT: Orion is a Subpar, expected to mine the tunnels of Outpost Five, near the deadly flash curtain. For generations, her people have chased cirium-the only element that can shield humanity from the curtain's radioactive particles. She and her caving partner Dram work the most treacherous tunnel, fighting past flash bats and tunnel gulls, in hopes of mining enough cirium to earn their way into the protected city. But when newcomers arrive at Outpost Five, Orion uncovers disturbing revelations that make her question everything she thought she knew about life on both sides of the cirium shield. As conditions at the outpost grow increasingly dangerous, it's up to Orion to forge a way past the flashfall, beyond all boundaries, beyond the world as she… Read More

Chronicle Books, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Molly Idle. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2013 Chronicle Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. There is nothing much wrong with this book but there is a very small edge wear to bottom DJ spine. The way this book is put together because of the pull-down sections, the binding CAN appear uneven - but it is not. Adorable color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony. Full of humor and heart, this stunning performance (and splashy ending!) will have readers clapping for more of this fun flamingo story!