Search Results: Titles starting with S from pacaritambo books

Time Life, 1995. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/Very Good. Various artists and photographers. CONDITION: NO PRIORITY PLEASE. UNREAD 1995 Time Life large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Beautiful color art and photos illustrate. From Delphi to the Serpent Mounds of America, sacred sites over the earth are photographed and detailed. Light edge wear to bottom board and DJ bottom edge. Interior perfect. A very good Time Life book. Beautiful picture book for children and adults to learn about the ancient stories of mother Earth.

Candlewick, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Bijou Le Tord. CONDITION: NEW 2005 Candlewick large hardcover (decorated boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), 1st edition, 1st printing. Decorated end pages. Lovely color illustrations by Bijou Le Tord. Tiny tiny edge wear to DJ top edge. CONTENT: From Karen Pandell and Bijou Le Tord comes an ode to Saint Francis's connection with nature that transcends culture and faith - an inspiration for all time and all people. "Sing praises to all Your creatures, And above all to Brother Sun, Who gives us the day as He enlightens us. -From Saint Francis's "The Canticle of Brother Sun" More than eight hundred years ago, a once-privileged young man cast off his worldly possessions to live an austere life amid nature, where his gentleness and compassionate words drew even wild creatures to his feet. The now-legendary Saint Francis of Assisi receives a fitting tribute in this elegant, inviting volume, in which stanzas of… Read More

Putnam, 2018. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Putnam trade paperback, first PB edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: From the bestselling author of The Yard and Red Rabbit comes a chilling contemporary thriller about an enigmatic hunter on the trail of a Nazi who has secretly continued his devilish work here in America. Travis Roan and his dog, Bear, are hunters: They travel the world pursuing evildoers in order to bring them to justice. They have now come to Kansas on the trail of Rudolph Bormann, a Nazi doctor and concentration camp administrator who snuck into the U.S. under the name Rudy Goodman in the 1950s and has at last been identified. Travis quickly learns that Goodman has powerful friends who will go to any length to protect the Nazi; what he doesn't know is that Goodman has furtively continued his diabolical work, amassing a congregation of followers who believe he possesses Godlike powers. Caught… Read More

G.P. Putnam's , 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small red remainder dot bottom edges at spine. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2017 Putnam's hardcover ("sienna" boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: How far will they go for their freedom-once they decide what freedom really means? In an unspecified future, the United States' borders have receded behind a salt line-a ring of scorched earth that protects its citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe, if limited, lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few have any reason to venture out of zone, except for the adrenaline junkies who pay a fortune to tour what's left of nature. Those among the latest expedition include a popstar and his girlfriend, Edie; the tech giant Wes; and Marta; a seemingly simple housewife. Once out of zone, the group… Read More

Meadowbrook Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Alan Carrington B&W illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1990 Meadowbrook Press large paperback, first edition, first printing. B&W detailed drawings by Alan Carrington illustrate with B&W photo by Del Hoppe. Tiny tiny edge wear bottom edge. It's an unread older book. CONTENT: Describes sand castle techniques, with easy-to-follow instructions for building towers, arches, walls, pyramids, moats, bridges, and more. This book is packed with easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations that go far beyond the dribble method you learned as a kid. It's a guide to sand architecture and construction. [NOTE: I've not seen this before, BUT . . . what one would assume the ISBN number would be looking at the back cover would be wrong. Inside on the credits page, that number is a Meadowbrook Press order number. The real ISBN number is stated as the one I have used. Odd, eh?]

Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Serge Bloch color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Neal Porter/Roaring Brook hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. Color illustrations by Serge Bloch. CONTENT: Saturday is a great day to play and pretend and have fun with family. In this tongue-in-cheek picture book, a boy revels in the joys of the weekend: reading a stack of books with his dad, playing spies with his little brother, and going to birthday parties. Each of the activities he loves, however, has a less enjoyable side for his parents, who are woken up early on their day off and are responsible for the three family meals a day; by dinner, the boys are shown sitting in front of a shoe on a plate as their parents finally put their feet up in the background. Just when it seems like Saturday is finally over, the boy announces, "Tomorrow is Sunday and we can do it all over again!" The juxtaposition of… Read More

Scholastic, 1998. 1st Paperback Edition 8th printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Schott Nash color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Scholastic large (really) paperback, first paperback edition, 8th printing. STAPLED WRAPS. Clever and fun color illustrations by Scott Nash. NOTE: I suppose this should be a warning of some sort - if children manage to dislodge the staples and eat them, that would be a bad thing. CONTENT: Rhymed couplets. What do Dinos do on a Saturday night? They dance - or rather, stomp. All of the Dinos are by name and each has his own particular oddities. They did the Triassic Twist and the Brontosaurus Bump, The Raptor Rap and the Jurassic Jump. Very clever; very cute. Young paleontologists should love.

Little, Brown, 1994. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Marc Brown color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1994 Little, Brown large paperback, first PB edition, first printing. Tons of horrible, funny, gruesome (not really) color illustrations by the Author. Stories in Rhyme. CONTENT: OK, my favorite is "How to Scare Your Friends" which tells you eyeballs - use peeled grapes; fingers? use green beans, etc. An illustrated collection of spooky stories, poems, and riddles including a humorous array of ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and witches. Reviewer: " This is an excellent collection of poems and rhymes edited and illustrated by that friendly aardvark Arthur's creator Marc Brown. The drawings are in the same style as the Arthur stories and some of Arthur's friends even make appearances lightening the mood even more from scary to silly. The ominous looking but genial Binky Barnes stars in an especially cute poem. My favorite nightmare defeating rhyme "The Adventures of… Read More

IG Design Group, 2020. New Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Pan Georgiou color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2020 IG Design Group paperback, new edition, no printing given. Adorable and fun color illustrations by Pan Georgiou. CONTENT: Sir George the Gallant is a dutiful knight. He has always dreamed of being the hero of Wintamere. Before long a large red beast begins frightening people in his village. King Albert calls upon Sir George and asks him to save Wintamere from the Scarlet Dragon. But when Sir George meets the dragon face-to-face, he realizes that the fearsome brute is not horrible as he expected. The dragon explains that the only reason she had gone into the village was that "so much of the forest had been cut down that it's the only place to get food." George makes friends with the dragon, introduces her to the villagers, and gets dubbed Hero of Wintamere. Both George and the dragon, dubbed Dame Scarlet, brave Defender of Wintamere, get… Read More

Hyperion, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Hyperion hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: From rising-star author Tara Sim comes an epic new YA fantasy duology-a gender-swapped The Count of Monte Cristo retelling that's perfect for fans of All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace. When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she's been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide. Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. But the more entangled she becomes in this game of deception-and as her path intertwines with the son of… Read More

Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Christos Kondeatis. CONDITION: UNREAD 1994 Dial Books for Young Readers hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first printing. Tiny shelf wear with small remainder mark bottom edges. King James version. All pop-ups and pull tabs work. Questions welcome. CONTENT: In a fascinating mixture of pop-up, pull-tab, and traditional art, this spectacular full-color book portrays the major events in the life of Jesus Christ. Five beautiful 3-D scenes and a lyrical text adapted from the KJV Bible portray all the drama of these essential Gospel scenes. Scenes: Nativity, Entry into Jerusalem, Crucifixion and Resurrection, the Parables, Last Supper.

Katherine Tegan Books/HarperCollins, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Anna Dittmann jacket art; chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Katherine Tegan Books/HaperCollins hardcover (purple boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Anna Dittmann jacket art. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: "The Little Mermaid" takes a twisted turn in this thrilling sequel to villainess origin story Sea Witch, as the forces of land and sea clash in an epic battle for freedom, redemption, and true love. Runa will not let her twin sister die. Alia traded her voice to the Sea Witch for a shot at happiness with a prince who doesn't love her. And his rejection will literally kill her-unless Runa intervenes. Under the sea, Evie craves her own freedom-but liberation from her role as Sea Witch will require an exchange she may not be willing to make. With their hearts' desires at odds, what will Runa and Evie be willing to sacrifice to save their worlds? Told from… Read More

Illinois: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2020. 1 MMPB Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Kris Keller cover art. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Sourcebooks Casablanca paperback, first MMPB edition, first printing. Tiny tiny edge wear to cover bottom edge with cover art by Kris Keller. Embossed title and author name. CONTENT: In a world of danger and uncertainty, the Alpha has enough to worry about without him. For Alpha Evie Kitwanasdottir, things are never easy. The Great North Pack has just survived a deadly attack. Evie is determined to do whatever is necessary to keep her Pack safe, especially from the four Shifters who are their prisoners. Constantine lost his parents and his humanity on the same devastating day. He has been a thoughtless killer ever since. When Constantine is moved to live under Evie's watchful eye, he discovers that taking directions and having a purpose are not the same thing. Each moment spent together brings new revelations to Constantine, who begins to… Read More

Henry Holt, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Jeremy Holmes B&W maps and illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Henry Holt hardcover (brown boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful B&W map and illustrations throughout by Jeremy Holmes. CONTENT: "I was dangling from a rope, fifty feet up the side of a great pillar of red Martian rock, when I finally realized I had chosen the wrong summer vacation." And thus begins the adventure. Twelve-year-old Edward Sullivan wishes his life on 19th-century British Mars were more like the adventures he reads about in his Thrilling Martian Tales magazine. Sadly, it's school break and instead of being off with his friend Matthew Harrison, he's staying home trying to keep his family on track. His father is a brilliant yet absent-minded mechanician, and his mother's main concern is gaining back the family status she lost when her own father lost the family fortune. When dim-witted cousin Freddie literally comes crashing down, Edward… Read More

Center Street, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Center Street hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service. The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk. The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation. Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near… Read More

Castle Books, 1999. First Hardcover Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/New. B&W illustrations throughout. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Castle Books hardcover (black boards - 2 lbs), first hardcover edition or first thus (however you might see it - previously published in Hong Kong), no printing given - assumed first. B&W illustrations throughout, but no credit given. CONTENT: Secrets of the Samurai is a definitive study of the martial arts of feudal Japan, illustrating in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a supremely effective foe.

Dutton, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Dutton hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the rage, the activism, and the protests; and, finally, for thousands of women, the next step was to run for office-many of them for the first time. More women campaigned for local or national office in the 2018 election cycle than at any other time in US history, challenging accepted notions about who seeks power and who gets it. Journalist Caitlin Moscatello reported on this wave of female candidates for New York magazine's The Cut, Glamour, and Elle. And in See Jane Win, she further documents this pivotal time in women's history. Closely following four candidates throughout the entire process, from the decision to run through Election Day, See Jane Win takes readers inside their exciting, winning campaigns and the sometimes thrilling, sometimes brutal realities… Read More

Harper, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Wayne McLoughlin cover art/B&W decorations/2-page B&W map of journey. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Harper hardcover (lavender boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Wayne McLoughlin with B&W decorations top each chapter. Embossed title front DJ panel. 2-page B&W map of bear's journey. CONTENT: On the unforgiving Arctic ice, united once again, Toklo, Lusa, Kallik, and Ujurak continue across the ice. Conditions are harsh and especially treacherous for the black bear and grizzly bears who are not used to the brutal cold, never-ending snow, and limited food. But the bears are certain now that they're on the right course, and with the stars still guiding them, they push forward. When they reach land at last, the group is overjoyed, but something is not right. The bears who live here are ill. What's wrong with them? What can the foursome do to help? Is aiding these strangers the… Read More

Harper, 2009. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Wayne McLoughlin cover art/B&W decorations/2-page B&W map of journey. CONDITION: AS NEW, UNREAD, 2009 Harper hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket, first edition, second printing. WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK "AS NEW?" Black remainder mark bottom edges. Dust jacket art by Wayne McLoughlin with B&W decorations top each chapter. Embossed title front DJ panel. 2-page B&W map of bear's journey. CONTENT: The third book in a thrilling animal fantasy series following the epic journey of three bears, from the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors. United at last, polar bears Kallik and Taqqiq, black bear Lusa, grizzly bear Toklo, and Ujurak, the mysterious shape-shifting bear, learn of a place they think must be the destination of their quest: the Last Great Wilderness. But getting there means crossing the burning Smoke Mountains, which hold obstacles more treacherous than anything they've faced so… Read More

Quirk Publications, 2008. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Lars Leetaru cover art; B&W illus by Eugene Smith. CONDITION: NEW 2009 Quirk trade paperback, first PB edition, first printing. Cover art by Lars Leetaru. Clever B&W maps and 3 illustrations by Eugene Smith. The illustrations are within the first few pages. CONTENT: From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster… Read More