Search Results: Titles starting with R from pacaritambo books

Simon & Schuster, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small remainder mark top edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2020 Simon & Schuster hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: "For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This book is his amazing story. Thanks to him, and to courageous prosecutors, witnesses, and FBI agents, justice finally prevailed." -John Grisham. On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings, in what would become known as the "Mississippi Burning" case, were among the most brazen acts of violence during the civil rights movement. And even though the killers' identities, including the sheriff's deputy, were an open secret, no one was charged with murder… Read More

Orbit Books, 2015. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2015 Orbit Books hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first American Edition, first printing. PROBLEM: Small remainder dot top edges at spine - that's it - all else perfect. CONTENT: Peter Higgins's superb and original creation, a perfect melding of fantasy, myth, SF and political thriller, reaches its extraordinary conclusion. The Vlast stands two hundred feet tall, four thousand tons of steel ready to be flung upwards on the fire of atom bombs. Ready to take the dream of President-Commander of the New Vlast General, Osip Rizhin, beyond the bounds of this world. But not everyone shares this vision. Vissarion Lom and Maroussia Shaumian have not reached the end of their story, and in Mirgorod a woman in a shabby dress carefully unwraps a sniper rifle. And all the while the Pollandore dreams its own dreams.

Brighter Vision Learning, 1997. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. John Carrozza, et al. color illust.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1997 Brighter Vision Learning paperback, assumed first edition. Problem: due to height, there is some shelf wear top cover edges. Full-color illustrations by John Carrozza, et al. CONTENT: This introduction to the rain forest includes a cut-out of the rain forest frogs and contains games and activities encouraging counting, writing, motor skills, comprehension, context clues, and graphing. Perfect for home schooling. Questions welcome & answered.

Kar-Ben, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Noa Kelner color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 Kar-Ben hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. (Also published in Hebrew in 2021, but not by Kar-Ben.) Wonderful color illustrations by Noa Kelner. CONTENT: "A conundrum is introduced through a parable from the Talmud about a rabbi who questions God on the world's need for rain balanced against man's comfort. Rabbi Hanina is enjoying himself on a walk when a thunderstorm begins and renders him 'soaked to the bone!' Drenched and upset, he asks God, 'Master of the Universe! The whole world is happy, and Hanina is suffering?' The rain suddenly stops, and the rabbi continues home, changes into dry clothes, and prepares a soup. He's finally comfortable, but he does not eat when he looks outside to notice that all's not well. "The ground was parched, the trees were thirsty, the river was dry, and the frogs… Read More

Hachette, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: AS NEW - why? - because it was my book - read and enjoyed and treated very very gently. As New 2021 Hachette hardcover (white cover - why oh why?) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for. Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem, the role Black athletes and coaches are expected to perform-both on and off the field-still can be determined as much by stereotype… Read More

PJ Library, 1997. 1st Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Susan Gaber color illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD 1997 PJ Library PAPERBACK, 5th printing. I just give up on PJ Library's ISBN system - if there is one. The HB copy and the PB copy share the same ISBN numbers. Tiny little edge wear bottom spine. REally, tiny. Beautiful color illustrations by Susan Gaber. CONTENT: A Jewish Cinderella, What's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold? Raisel knows. She learned it from her grandfather, a poor scholar who taught her. When he dies, Raisel finds work in the home of a rabbi. His jealous cook makes Raisel toil from sunup to sundown. And as the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, Raisel works even harder. The rabbi's son presides over the Purim dinner, and Raisel listens closely when he responds to riddles posed by his guests. Is it possible that this young man can answer Raisel's riddle? Erica Silverman's lively retelling of the Cinderella story features a… Read More

Scholastic Pess, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Masha D'yans color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW/UNREAD 2011 Scholastic Press hardcover (pictorial boards) - no DJ issued, first edition, first printing. Color illustrations by the Author. Cover show snowflakes & title in a non-shedding glitter. Pull-taabs, wheels, and pop-ups. CONTENT: A regular day becomes a magical adventure in this stunning novelty picture book from an amazing new talent! Ruby can make the ordinary extraordinary! Come skate on a shimmering pond, roll a giant snowball, sled down a snowy hill, and create soaring snow angels with her as she becomes a snow queen and transforms a typical winter day into a gleaming-beaming fairy tale. Combining glorious watercolors, elegant paper engineering, and whimsical storytelling, this joyful novelty picture book is sure to enchant children and adults. Ten beautiful interactive spreads sparkle, spin, pop, and whirly-twirl, inviting readers to join in… Read More

HarperCollins, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Denise Brunkus. CONDITION: NEW 2008 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Embossed blue foil title front DJ panel. Clever color illustrations by Denise Brunkus - especially love her "pigs." CONTENT: Tyrone loves math, lives for science, and is king of the playground. But books-well, he doesn't really care for them. When his teacher, Miss Libro, reads aloud, Tyrone usually finds something better to do, like making paper airplanes. Then, during one of the story sessions something happens: Tyrone starts listening. And once he listens, incredible things occur. Ghosts and dragons fly out of their books and into the classroom, and Ben Franklin stops by. But best of all is when a pig pops in (perhaps Wilbur from Charlotte's Web?); Tyrone is crushed when the story is over, and the pig disappears. A search for the pig ends at the library, where the students also… Read More

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

Brilliance Audio, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Audio Book (DVD). New/New. None. CONDITION: NEW 2012 Brilliance Audio boxed set of 32 discs - Unabridged - still in "publisher's" shrink wrapping. Read by Malcolm Hillgartner. CONTENT: In 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa farming clan, fled to the mountains of British Columbia to avoid the draft. A skilled hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling marijuana across the border between Canada and Idaho. As the years passed, Richard went straight and returned to the States after the U.S. government granted amnesty to draft dodgers. He parlayed his wealth into an empire and developed a remote resort in which he lives. He also created T'Rain, a multibillion-dollar, massively multiplayer online role-playing game with millions of fans around the world. But T'Rain's success has also made it a target. Hackers have struck gold by unleashing REAMDE, a virus that encrypts all of a player's electronic files and holds them for… Read More

Insight Editions, 2011. New Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. John Lennon. CONDITION: UNREAD 2011 Insight hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, NEW edition, 1st printing. The new edition adds several Lennon drawings not included in the original edition. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: John Lennon was many things to many people, but to his son Sean, he was Daddy, a role he approached with humor, affection, and creativity. One of the ways John expressed his love for his son was by drawings animals, flowers, and people, and then captioning these sketches with endearing and amusing phrases that he and Sean would come up with as they looked over Daddy's art. The charming results of these playful collaborations are collected in Real Love: The Drawings for Sean, a book bound to delight both young children and whimsical adults. A testament to the deep bond felt between parent and child, Real Love is also a record of one of our most gifted creative minds at work. Featuring six never-before-seen… Read More

Orbit Books, 2013. 1st US Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Shutterstock cover art; 2 B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2013 Orbit Books first US Paperback Edition, first printing. 2 B&W maps. CONTENT: Hightspall is dying. Every year the winters worsen, and the realm's protective magic disappeared with the traitor-king, Lyf, two thousand years ago. Now Lyf is back, bent on wiping Hightspall off the map and rebuilding his ancient land anew. Lyf also killed Tali's mother and now he is hunting Tali, for the master pearl she bears inside her holds the key to saving the realm -- or destroying it. Can Tali find Lyf before he tears Hightspall apart? And if she does, can she put aside her quest for vengeance to save her country? Or will Lyf cut the pearl from her and use its magic to plunge her world into perpetual darkness? [Irvine, a marine scientist who has developed some of Australia's national guidelines for protection of the marine environment, has also… Read More

Henry Holt, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Henry Holt hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: The Caribbean crises of the Cold War are revealed as never before in this riveting story of clashing ideologies, the rise of the politics of fear, the machinations of superpowers, and the brazen daring of the mavericks who took them on. During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. The men responsible included, from Cuba, the charismatic Fidel Castro, and his mysterious brother Raúl; from Argentina, the ideologue Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, the capricious psychopath Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, a buttoned-down doctor with interests in Vodou, embezzlement and torture. Alex von Tunzelmann's brilliant narrative follows these five rivals and accomplices… Read More

Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Gary Kelley color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1996 Dial Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, second printing. Gary Kelley color illustrations. CONTENT: A traveling cobbler has lost his way. When he stumbles upon a cottage where a lovely young woman lives, Jonathan Dowse is smitten, for Rebecca Wyse is as fair a maiden as any he has ever set eyes on. In exchange for food and shelter, Jonathan offers his services as a shoemaker. But when Rebecca pulls out a pair of worm shoes with red heels, Jonathan is frightened. It is rumored that red heels are the sign of a witch. Entranced by Rebecca's charms, however, he overcomes his doubts and agrees to restore them. That night when Rebecca puts on her red-heeled shoes, something magical occurs, and Jonathan has an amazing adventure as he learns the truth about this mysterious woman who has captured his heart. Drawing upon the… Read More

Whispering Coyote, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Barbara Bazilian. CONDITION: Gently perused on the shelf, 1997 Whispering Coyote hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by the Author/Reteller. No problems, just perused. Questions welcome & answered. This is a beautiful story (with no sad endings). For older children, find a copy of 1948's Red Shoes movie with Moira Shearer. In fact, I think you can view it at Netflix. Perfect retelling of the story with great dancing and even better production values. Not for the very young, however. CONTENT: Have you ever wished for something so hard that you could think of nothing else? When Karen becomes entranced by a pair of beautiful red dancing shoes in a shop window, they fill her every thought and dream. One fateful day, she is able to buy the shoes for herself, only to learn later, as the shopkeeper tells her, to "be… Read More

Scholastic, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Pamela Zagarenski color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2010 Scholastic large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful, colorful illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski. CONTENT: The changing seasons have been the subject of many a picture book, but this one has a particularly unique take on the topic. Each season is explored in terms of how it encompasses colors. In the spring, "Red sings / from treetops . . . / each note dropping / like a cherry / into my ear." Green "peeks from buds," and yellow "slips goldfinches their spring jackets." Succeeding seasons offer other opportunities for the colors to spread their particular magic. In summer, "white clinks in drinks." The blue in water takes on many names: "turquoise, azure, cerulean." Sidman also brings other senses to the fore. Old leaves and crushed berries smell purple. And though one… Read More

Plume/Pengin, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 Plume trade paperback, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. SUBTITLE = 25 Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work. CONTENT: From the groundbreaking author of Mistakes I Made at Work, comes the perfect book for anyone who needs inspiration after dealing with rejection, failure, or is searching for a new beginning in the workplace. Featuring fascinating interviews with more than twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast, The Rejection That Changed My Life provides an exciting new way to think about career challenges, changes, and triumphs. Rejections don't go on your résumé, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get and have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of being a working person, part of pushing oneself to the next step… Read More

London: Arcturus, 2014. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Hemesh Alles & David Lawrence; Paper engineering by David Hawcock. CONDITION: NEW 2014 Arcturus hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, no printing given. Ages 10+. Since all of the models are sealed, I have not seen them, but they are: Solar System, Ballista, Printing Press, Cathedral, and Bean Engine. Detailed color illustrations by Alles & Lawrence; paper engineering by David hawcock. Text is informative and best suited for probably junior high and up. Wonderful book. CONTENT: Meticulously designed to replicate the feel of a long-lost journal, this book contains five beautifully designed models that can be made without glue. Children aged 10 and up can assemble the models and learn about the great discoveries of the world at the same time. The subjects of the five spreads cover the fundamentals of human history: building and architecture, hunting and fighting, agriculture to industry, writing… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Color photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD, LIKE NEW 2017 St Martin's Press hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. What makes this "like new" is the small remainder dot top edges. Color photo section. CONTENT: Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium, was the leading hotbed of Islamic radicalization. Large numbers of teenagers were being lured into this world and expertly indoctrinated into radical Islam. One by one, they disappeared into the Middle East,… Read More

TOR, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Larry Rostant jacket art. CONDITION: NEW 2018 TOR trade paperback, first edition, first printing. Larry Rostant jacket art. CONTENT: Richard Baker continues the adventures of Sikander North in Restless Lightning, the second book in his new military science fiction series Breaker of Empires and sequel to Valiant Dust. Lieutenant Sikander North has avoided an outright court martial and finds himself assigned to a remote outpost in the crumbling, alien Tzoru Empire?where the navy sends trouble-makers to be forgotten. When Sikander finds himself in the middle of an alien uprising, he, once again, must do the impossible: smuggle an alien ambassador off-world, break a siege, and fight the irrational prejudice of his superior officers. The odds are against his success, and his choices could mean disgrace?or redemption.