Search Results: Titles starting with Y from BIAbooks

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A book by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES and MOO. Charming and a bit outrageous: a candid exploration of the abiding bond between humans and horses, told with panache, intelligence, and humor.

New York, NY: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A pristine NEW book that has been SIGNED by Patti Smith on the title page (not on a Publisher's tipped-in page)! Year of the Monkey is a 2019 memoir by Patti Smith. The work describes a single year in Smith's life, 2016, which she spent traveling on her own. The book is part travelogue and part dream journal, as Smith often interrupts the narrative to describe her dreams. "A lucid dream of a memoir . . .Smith sees mystical connections everywhere-and, floating along on the drifts of her words, the reader does, too." -The New Yorker

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2024. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A PRISTINE, NEW, SIGNED, 1ST PRINTING. Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes witty, sometimes moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and the abandoned landscapes we hold on to to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. "The poems become intimate, unresolved stories, loyal to feeling and presence, the lyricism of dreams applied to narratives of lives and landscapes. A Year of Last Things is a remarkable, incomparable new collection."-Terrance Hayes, author of So to Speak. "Dazzling . . . This collection radiates the joy of a fully realized, literary life." -Publishers Weekly, starred

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is the long-awaited sequel to O'Brian's 'The Commodore'. The eighteenth novel in the best selling Aubrey/Maturin series of 19th century British Navy exploits. The NY Times Book Review has described this series as the "best historical novels ever written. " A pristine book that appears UNREAD. Keywords: NAVAL FICTION JACK AUBREY NOVEL GREAT BRITAIN NAVAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEON ELBA

New York, NY: Dey St., 2014. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Available is a SIGNED 1st ed/1st prtg, w/ complete numberline to "1", of YES PLEASE by comedienne/actress AMY POEHLER. Published in 2014 by Dey St., Original price of $28.99 intact. Miss Poehler has signed w/out inscription on a special tipped-in page after FFEP. Minor rubbing at corners.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. First printing with the publication date of 05/07 on inside flap. Alternative history of the Jewish refugees settling in Alaska rather than Israel. The book won the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and an Edgar finalist. The premise draws on an obscure historical fact: FDR once proposed that Alaska, not Israel, become the homeland for Jews after the war.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 'A triumph of imaginative virtuosity.an entrancing novel."----Publishers Weekly

New York: George Braziller, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An attractive, collectible book. Paranoid, wilful, lazy, the young Adolf Hitler turns up in Liverpool to stay with his brother Alois and sister-in-law Bridget. Surely this is a young man who will never amount to anything. 'A delightfully original conception, executed with great skill and humour' --John Fowles

Hingham, MA: Maple Street Press, 2007. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book that appears UNREAD."You're Still Away is the best golf collection I've read in years. Sullivan is a graceful writer, and his powers of observation are preternaturally sharp. If you've got Wodehouse, Wind, and Jenkins on your bookshelf, you'll want to make room for Sullivan." --John Garrity, senior writer, Sports Illustrated

New York: Scribner, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. A brilliant and original memoir of midlife-a writing life, a reading life, a woman's life-by the distinguished author of Parallel Lives. "The Year of Reading Proust.is crisply written, disarmingly frank and self-critical, rich in felicitous turns and well-told episodes." -- The New York Times Book Review

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The book is in excellent condition. The DJ has minor edgewear and a small closed tear on botton of rear cover. A woman's life, and death, are viewed through the eyes of a lover, friends and acquaintances. "This novel's structure combines delicacy and strength. "Bell's voice is increasingly diverse, accurate and, in this book of mourning, powerfully moving." PW,

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In this his most important novel in decades Fuentes places the complex world of the 20th century firmly in the hands of a heroine who is sure to become a lasting emblem of Mexico's past. A wonderful story and a beautiful book.

New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Author's FIRST NOVEL. Set primarily on a Montana Indian Reservation, this is the story of 3 generations of Indian women.

New York: Nan A. Talese; Doubleday, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Nine short stories regarding people facing life's dilemmas. First printing with second state dust jacket (Today's Book Club logo).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. Ms. Dunmore is the first recipient of England's prestigious Orange Prize, awarded for the year's best novel by a woman writer.A haunting novel about a judge whose husband is on the verge of personal bankruptcy and breakdown. As she struggles to shield her two sons from rising tensions at home, a letter arrives that threatens to destroy her public life."A meditation on the past and loss and how we cope with who we become....Dunmore writes gracefully and has an excellent sense of place." -- Mark Lindquist, New York Times Book Review