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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. History is written by the living. But the dead have their own stories to tell.Pucci Riddle has built a career as a critic and investigator, uncovering the hidden histories of the world's finest liquors. But when a jeweled cipher is discovered inside a locket from the infamous Cheapside Hoard, her rare gift for seeing ghosts draws her into a centuries-old mystery-and far more than she ever imagined.Pucci follows the trail to Scotland, where ancient castles rise from the mist, rugged coastlines whisper of forgotten legends, and ancient ruins guard their secrets. What begins as a simple writing assignment quickly spirals into a treacherous hunt for an artifact tied to the Knights Templar, Rosslyn Chapel, and the mystical powers of King Solomon.As spectral voices whisper cryptic clues, Pucci realizes she's not the only one searching for the truth. An unseen enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim the cipher and unlock an ancient power lost to time.With the help of her friends and Detective Olan Lathen-a man whose investigative instincts are as sharp as his buried connection to this mystery-Pucci must decipher an ancient code, evade ruthless adversaries, and unravel the truth . before the Shadow Man claims another victim.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2020.The Orphan's Daughter is a novel about a girl who grows up in the shadow of her charismatic but troubled father, a man shaped by his boyhood in a Depression-era Jewish orphanage. The two life stories are woven together to form the fabric of this funny and suspenseful work of literary fiction.Clyde Aronson survives the cruelties of the seemingly bucolic orphanage but is left scarred. Brilliant and self-destructive, a popular high-school teacher and a callous womanizer, he yearns for a son to replace the relationship lost when his father abandoned him. Instead, he fathers two daughters. He resents most the one who most resembles him: the younger, Joanna.Joanna Aronson is thirty, alienated, and living in Southern California when she learns of her father's puzzling illness. She returns home to Baltimore to help care for him. In the process, the two reconcile; Joanna struggles to come to terms with her own difficult history. Clyde promises to leave Joanna his collected papers, including a secret manuscript written long ago about life in the orphanage. After Clyde's death, Joanna's stepmother inherits the house and all of his possessions. She refuses Joanna any access. Determined, Joanna breaks into the house and steals the manuscript. The stepmother presses charges. Though fictional, The Orphan's Daughter is based upon the time, from 1924 to 1934, the author's father spent in the Hebrew National Orphan Home in Yonkers, New York.This evocative novel incorporates a strong female voice, contemporary feminist themes, Jewish cultural history, and a nostalgic sense of place. By turns wrenching and delightfully humorous, The Orphan's Daughter is a deft melding of history and psychological drama, a literary page-turner you won't want to put down.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Pucci Riddle is not your average freelance journalist and blogger. Along with a zest for life and a deep knowledge of craft-made liquors, she was born with an unusual gift: she sees ghosts. Though her psychic abilities often interfere, Pucci tries to live a normal life. Let's face it: Who would want to date a woman who talks to dead people? When Pucci goes to Grand Cayman for a working holiday, she is surprised by a ghost at a rum tasting. It quickly becomes clear that the ghost wants her help to solve a murder. Pucci has never solved a murder before, but she's not the kind of woman who backs down from a challenge. After she innocently tells the police the location of the body- and becomes a suspect in the murder- Pucci enlists the help of an old flame, a detective from Scotland Yard. Together they set out to solve the mystery before them, a trail- strewn with kidnappings, riddles, sunken ships-that will lead them to hidden treasure, perhaps the greatest hoard ever found on British soil. But Pucci and her allies must make haste. Not only are the police after her. The Dark Entities and the ruthless Shadow Man are hot on her trail. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Archie God Johnson-so known for his flowing white hair, voluminous beard, and larger-than-life persona-is a veteran Atlanta journalist of Nigerian and Scots-Irish descent. When his racist White grandfather dies and leaves him a dilapidated Victorian house in the mostly Black neighborhood-a final curse from beyond the grave-Johnson moves to Sweetberry Park. As it happens, his life will never be the same.Distraught after a personal tragedy and still bleary from a long drug binge he used to cope, Johnson pulls himself together and rebuilds the Victorian, finds acceptance among his new neighbors, and attempts to pick up the shards of his newsgathering career. Meanwhile, his newly beloved Sweetberry Park is threatened to its very core-the target of greedy, deceptive developers who want to knock down and gentrify the historic neighborhood where civil rights hero Martin Luther King had been looked after as a child.Just as tensions reach a boiling point, police report that a deranged employee at the famed Atlanta Memorial Zoo has unleashed seventeen of the world's deadliest snakes into the leafy urban enclave. The entire city panics, unleashing chaos, an accidental shooting, and an unjust incarceration. With the help of a reclusive former blues songstress and a zany cast of old friends and millennial newcomers, Johnson attempts to save the neighborhood that saved him-with hilarious, and rather dubious, results.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. As the chief financial officer of Iran Power, Indian expat Ayan Pathak enjoys the finer things in life-high-end clubs, skiing in the sacred and dramatic Alborz mountains, and languid weekends on the Caspian Sea with his beautiful girlfriend, an airline pilot who sympathizes with radical leftists in her native Germany. The year is 1977, a time just before the Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Iran's pro-Western monarchy in favor of an Islamic theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini. One evening, Ayan is approached by the CEO of his company, who pressures him to help smuggle uranium for a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program.From there, Ayan faces difficult decisions. Should he cooperate with his boss-in exchange for riches beyond his imagination? Or should he refuse and risk everything, including his life? Despite his better intentions, Ayan is sucked into the quicksand of love, lies, political intrigue, and deadly consequences. Can he be saved before it's too late?Labyrinth of the Wind: A Novel of Love and Nuclear Secrets is a suspenseful work of historical fiction, set in Tehran, Delhi, and several European hotspots. The novel focuses on love and consequences at a time of political upheaval, when the author lived and worked in Iran. Declassified documents confirm the Iranian government's efforts at this time to procure uranium. The author was evacuated from Tehran on Christmas Day 1978, shortly before the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty.As Ayan struggles with his dilemma, the strife of change in his adopted country roils around him. Hamid, Ayan's driver and friend, is a fervent supporter of the ultrareligious Ayatollah Khomeini, who threatens to upend the cosmopolitan status quo. Gaby, Ayan's girlfriend, pulls him in the opposite direction, dedicated to a different kind of revolution, against the politics of privilege. And always lurking is Colonel Heydar Hosseini, the poetry loving SAVAK secret police officer assigned to monitor the goings on at Iran Power.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Stories We Tell celebrates the work of twenty women who have made major contributions to the canon of American magazine writing.While each has her own style, the women in these pages share the attributes of all good writers: meticulous research and reporting, attention to detail, a talent for choosing the perfect word. Above all, they are astute observers and sticklers for accuracy. Over the years, they have been both prolific and versatile, writing about a wide range of topics, including Joan Didion's landmark story about a suburban California woman convicted of burning her husband to death in their family Volkswagen, Susan Orlean's profile of a female bullfighter, Lillian Ross's stylish Talk of the Town pieces, Janet Malcolm's profile of the brilliant young pianist Yuja Wang, Gloria Steinem's memorable piece about Jackie Kennedy after the death of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, and Robin Marantz Henig's poignant account of the determination of one Alzheimer's victim to end her life on her own terms.Stories by: Madeleine Blais, E. Jean Carroll, Joan Didion, Melissa Fay Greene, Lis Harris, Robin Marantz Henig, Gerri Hirshey, Elizabeth Kaye, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Jill Lepore, Suzannah Lessard, Janet Malcolm, Susan Orlean, Lillian Ross, Susan Sheehan, Gloria Steinem, Mimi Swartz, Joyce Wadler, Isabel Wilkerson. The Stories We Tell is part of The Sager Group's Women in Journalism series, which honors the contributions women have made (and continue to make) to the evolution of graceful literary reportage in America and around the world.What a treasure trove The fact that these stories are all written by women makes this book even more intriguing. How wonderful to be part of this vibrant and beautiful anthology. -Susan Orlean, author of eight books, including The Orchid Thief. This is the collection I wish I'd had when I was starting out as a writer. Back then, non-fiction was the purview of men; here's an unequivocal affirmation that it no longer is. -Elizabeth Kaye, author of six books, including Lifeboat No. 8.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.