Search Results: Titles starting with S from Blacks Bookshop

NY: Knopf, 1988. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine/Fine. 5.5"x8.25" 279 numbered pages. Pink boards and pink cloth spine w/silver letters embossed on both. Author photo by Martha Updike. Jacket calligraphy by John Stevens; DJ design by John Updike. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped w/no price; & unmarked. Few foxes on top edge. Secure ship w/track #. S. is the story of Sarah P. Worth, a thoroughly modern spiritual seeker who has become enamored of a Hindu mystic called the Arhat. A native New Englander, she goes west to join his ashram in Arizona, and there struggles alongside fellow sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve moksha (salvation, release from illusion). "S." details her adventures in letters and tapes dispatched to her husband, her daughter, her brother, her dentist, her hairdresser, and her psychiatrist—messages cleverly designed to keep her old world in order while she is creating for herself a… Read More

New York: Putnam, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Fine-Collectible/Fine. Amoroso, Lisa. FIRST PRINTING. Kentucky native. 6.25"x6.25" 374 numbered pages. Purple boards w/metallic green S on front. Purple cloth spine w/metallic green letters. Author photo Steven Humphrey. Book design by Lucy Albanese. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. DJ in mylar. Secure ship w/track #. Cases don't get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised Daisy she'll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife--the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones. Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember Violet--and perhaps… Read More

NY: Delacorte, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Very Good-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING. 6.25"x9.25" 341 numbered pages. Steel gray boards. Black card stock spine w/red metallic letters. DJ illustration c Stephen Youll. DJ design by Jamie S. Warren Youll. Book design by Virginia Norey. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Scraped to inside front board. Secure ship w/tracking #. A horrific murder pitches Nic Costa and his team into a collision with US agents - and a secret that has festered for fifteen years. The snow is falling on the ancient streets of Rome. And in the heart of the city, under the Pantheon's great dome, a woman's body lies on the marble floor, carefully positioned with a gruesome carving on her back. Arriving at the scene, Detective Nic Costa is unprepared for what he finds, nor for the intervention of US agents with a take-no-prisoners style and a shocking story to tell: the killer has struck… Read More

Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 1984. Paperback. Near Fine. 8.75"x11.75" 41 pgs. 11 pages for piano & violin. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. See second photo for song list.

NY: Del Rey, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover_paper spine. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.5". 367 pp. First printing. Black boards. Black paper spine w/gilt letters. Jacket design by David Stevenson. Jacket illustration by Jason Felix. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. 1/2" cut to front of DJ. Little bit of foxing to top & side edge. Civil war rages as the Galactic Alliance - led by Cal Omas and the Jedi forces of Luke Skywalker - battles a confederation of breakaway planets that rally to the side of rebellious Corellia. Suspected of involvement in an assassination plot against Queen Mother Tenel Ka of the Hapes Consortium, Han and Leia Solo are on the run, hunted by none other than their own son, Jacen, whose increasingly authoritarian tactics as head of GA security have led Luke and Mara Skywalker to fear that their nephew may be treading perilously close to the dark side. But as his family sees in Jacen the chilling legacy of his… Read More

NY: Putnam, 1988. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_buckram spine. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 346 pgs. Red boards w/yellow letters on buckram spine. DJ #12025 designed by One Plus One Studio. Front jacket photo by Whitney Lane. Photo of author by Susan Terner. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. The author of Blood Innocents, Tabernacle and other critically hailed mysteries, Cook creates a haunting atmosphere that envelops the reader of his strange new novel. Frank Clemons, a homicide detective in Atlanta, is obsessed by the murder of beautiful Angelique Devereaux. Her body is found in a slum, far from the mansion where Angelique lived with her older sister Karen, an artist. Orphans since childhood, both girls had been oddly uncommunicative although occupying the same house. Questioning the students at the dead girl's school, Clemons learns she had isolated herself from them also. All he knows is… Read More

Reader's Digest, 2011. Paperback. Used - VeryGood. LARGE PRINT. 6"x9"x1". 525 pages plus bio of each author. White cover with blue spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright! Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks "When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across… Read More

Chicago: Kids Books Inc, 1996. 1st Edition. Pop-up. Used - LikeNew. 7"x11.5". 1st Printing. GIFT QUALITY. An interactive introduction to traffic safety! It's all right here with this exciting stand-up, pull-down, pop-out play set. the easy-to-read text and pull0the-tab activity allow a child to: Look both ways before crossing the street. Wait at the railroad for a train to go by. Ride a bicycle on the safetst path. Cross the street with a crossing guard and more!

NY: Doubleday, 1975. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 6.5"x9.5" 439 numbered pages. Red boards. Black cloth boards w/gilt ink stamping. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Edge wear to DJ w/small tears and creases, archival tape applied to back side of DJ. Secure ship w/track #. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror. A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved. All would be changed forever: Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad… Read More

London: The Hogarth Press, 1984. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 183 pgs. Aqua blue boards w/yellow letters stamped on spine. DJ #10636. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/tracking #. When the vicar's wife discovers that her unmarried housemaid is pregnant, sometime detective and full-time Freudian, Mrs. Bradley, undertakes an unnervingly unorthodox investigation into the mysterious pregnancy. Source: Goodreads.

Nelson: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.5"x8.4". 245 pgs. 10th Printing. Group discussion questions at end of book. B&W photos of subjects. Same Kind of Different As Me A modern-day slave and an international art dealer are bound together by a dying woman's faith. Will Ron, the art dealer, be able to embrace Denver, who's been homeless for almost 20 years? Will Denver learn to trust a white man? There's pain and laughter, doubt and tears, and in the end a triumphant story. Goodreads 4.21.

NY: Putnam, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. VeryGood/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 438 pgs. X-library w/graphics. First printing w/full number line. Spine slightly slanted, bingind tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Unclipped. Sanctuary. Successful photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she had escaped that house long ago. It was where she spent her loneliest years, after her family was shattered by the sudden and unexplained disappearance of her mother. Yet the sprawling southern resort off the coast of Georgia continues to haunt her dreams. Even more haunting are the pictures that someone is sending her - strange close-ups, candid shots, and finally, the most shocking and heartbreaking portrait of all a photograph of her long-lost mother...naked, beautiful, and dead. Now Jo realizes that it is time to return to Sanctuary. The island inn, run by her bitterly estranged family, brings back painful memories as she is enmeshed once again in the troubled relationships she has struggled so long and… Read More

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1988. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_vinyl spine. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 334 pgs. Cream boards. Taupe vinyl spine w/blue letters. Jacke design by David Gatti. Author photo by Christopher Barr. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. Four nuns, suddenly severed from the security of convent life by the turbulence of Spanish political unrest, find themselves fighting their enemies and their own desires and struggling to sustain their friendship and their lives. Source: Publisher.

NY: Leo Feist inc, 1934. Loose Sheet Music. Near Fine-Collectible. 9.25"x12" Each sheet music arrives in a clear cover w/cardboard backing. PON on front. Pages toned. Secure ship w/track #. Piano, voice, guitar.

Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2008. 1st Large Print Ed. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - VeryGood/No Jacket. 6.5"x9.5". 349 pgs. X-library w/graphics. First Printing. Typeset in 16 point Plantin type. Acid-free paper. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Bob Pryor, the Rio Kid, knew the odds he faced in trying to lead the wagon train to Santa Fe. The territory he had to cross was the hardest in the West, a landscape of scorching desert and jagged mountains. Even worse, the Indians were on the warpath, with marauding braves growing ever bolder and more daring. But Pryor didn't know the within the wagon train itself lay a danger worse than anything he was guarding against. Only when he found himself framed for theft by a cunning cutthroat did the Rio Kid realize he'd been tricked. Goodreads 4.0.

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. Hardcover_boards. VeryGood/VeryGood. Ben Stahl. 5.75"x8.5" 343 pgs. BCE/BOMC Green boards. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped DJ (no price), & unmarked. Light soiling spots. In brodart mylar. Angelet and Bersaba. They were identical twins, but their alikeness stopped at their physical appearance. Angelet was gentle and mild in her innocence. While Bersaba was dark and devious in her overwhelming sensuality. They hadnever been apart--until Bersaba became ill. Angelet was immediately packed off to London. There she met and married Richard Tolworthy and went to live at the handsome, brooding manor house at Far Flamstead. Bersaba had always thought she would be the first to wed. Recovered, she went to visit the newlyweds with more jealousy than joy in her heart. Nothing could have prepared her for the secrets she discovered there. Secrets of a carefully hidden past that could unleash dangerous passions and forever separate… Read More

Bloominton: Chosen Books, 2015. 1st Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. 5.5"x8.5" 191 pp. First printing. Cover design by Kirk DouPonce, DogEared Design.Foreword by Craig Keener. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-ibrary, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Bestselling Author Makes Spiritual Warfare Strategies Accessible to All It seems strange to consider: The Creator of the universe is at war with one of his own creatures. The cosmic battle with evil is real, however, and spilling over into the lives of unsuspecting dwellers here on earth. In this evangelically friendly approach to spiritual warfare, Richards describes the invisible war raging around us. Through careful analysis and exceptional scriptural insight, he exposes the origin of evil, the demonic hierarchy, and Satan's current strategies. Richards then helps God's people go on the offensive. This revealing look at deliverance will help even the most cautious believers participate in Jesus's victory and move… Read More

Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2012. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. 5"x8" 132 pgs w/notes. First printing. Cover design by Bill Johnson. Foreword by Dr. Morris Cerullo. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Tiny soil spot on right edge. Secure ship w/track 3. The Secret Strategies of the Enemy REVEALED Satan has always used the same schemes to bind, oppress, confound, and deceive mankind. What he is doing today is nothing new. The traps he sets for us are the same ones he set two thousand years ago. Satan's Dirty Little Secret exposes the two demons behind all of Satan's attacks. This prophetic revelation given in a vision to Pastor Steve Foss exposes how the enemy operates and shows you... How Satan uses the same two spirits he released on Eve in the garden as gateways to every other form of demonic assault How to successfully defeat these weapons and live free from the bondage of the enemy's attacks The power of the Holy… Read More

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2011. MP3CD. Used - LikeNew. 1 MP3 CD = 8.5 listening hours. Narrated by Lisette Lecat.. Unabridged. Cover art by Iain McIntosh. X-library with no graphics. Minor shelf wear to container but CD untouched. MP3-compatible CD or DVD player required for playback in your car, computer, or home. GIFT QUALITY. The twelfth installment in the beloved, bestselling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart. Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on the Botswana Secretarial College exam was a mistake. When Mma Ramotswe discovers that her van is actually still in use (and, of course, sets out to retrieve it), Mma Makutsi wonders whether her dream will turn out to be prophetic as well. They can only wait and see, but, in the meantime, one of Phuti Radiphuti's apprentices has gotten a girl pregnant and, under pressure to… Read More

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 486 pgs. First printing w/number line. Pictorial boards. Book design by Gretchen Achilles. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics. "The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope--something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don't decelerate. Spaceships do. A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it exclusively and bring it back will have an advantage so large, no other nation can compete. A conclusion the Chinese definitely agree with when they find out. The race is on, and an remarkable adventure begins--an epic tale of courage, treachery, resourcefulness, secrets, surprises, and astonishing human and technological discovery, as the… Read More