Some shelfwear 
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Pantheon, 1959, 559 pages 

This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international best-seller.

Dr. Yury Zhivago, Pasternak's alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war and by his love for Lara, the wife of a revolutionary. His artistic nature makes him vulnerable to the brutality and harshness of the Bolsheviks. The poems he writes constitute some of the most beautiful writing featured in the novel.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Doctor Zhivago

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Ballentine Books, 1972, 304 pages 
Black and white sketches in the middle of the book 

Many know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C.S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower – the man who rose from midshipman to admiral of the British Fleet? Using Hornblower family papers discovered in the 1970s, C. Northcote Parkinson has set the record straight in this authoritative biography. Drawn from the Hornblower series as well as from Parkinson's knowledge of the Royal Navy, this account of the popular fictional hero is as entertaining as the C.S. Forester novels themselves.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower

T. Jefferson Parker

Little shelfwear 
Creases in spine from reading 

Harper, 2007, 387 pages 

A good cop, Robbie Brownlaw was thrown from a sixth-floor window of a downtown hotel and miraculously survived. The traumatic incident left Robbie with a fast-track career in the San Diego P.D.'s Homicide division . . . and a rare neurological condition that enables him to see people's emotional words as colored shapes—green trapezoids of envy, red squares of deception . . .

Another good man lies dead in a blood-splattered Ford Explorer—an ex-cop-turned-ethics investigator whose private life was torn open by unthinkable tragedy. Whether Garrett Asplundh's death was suicide or murder isn't immediately apparent—but it's soon clear to Robbie and his smart, tough partner, McKenzie Cortez, that Garrett had hard evidence of sex, scandal, and corruption spreading deep into local government. But pursuing the truth could prove more emotionally devastating than Robbie ever imagined.

A good cop, Robbie Brownlaw was thrown from a sixth-floor window of a downtown hotel and miraculously survived. The traumatic incident left Robbie with a fast-track career in the San Diego P.D.'s Homicide division . . . and a rare neurological condition that enables him to see people's emotional words as colored shapes--green trapezoids of envy, red squares of deception . . .

Another good man lies dead in a blood-splattered Ford Explorer--an ex-cop-turned-ethics investigator whose private life was torn open by unthinkable tragedy. Whether Garrett Asplundh's death was suicide or murder isn't immediately apparent--but it's soon clear to Robbie and his smart, tough partner, McKenzie Cortez, that Garrett had hard evidence of sex, scandal, and corruption spreading deep into local government. But pursuing the truth could prove more emotionally devastating than Robbie ever imagined.

The Fallen

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Pocket books, cardinal 1961, 242 pages 

"One of the best books around for demystifying the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising."-- Salon "Fascinating, entertaining and thought-stimulating."-- The New York Times Book Review "A brisk, authoritative and frightening report on how manufacturers, fundraisers and politicians are attempting to turn the American mind into a kind of catatonic dough that will buy, give or vote at their command-- The New Yorker Originally published in 1957 and now back in print to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, The Hidden Persuaders is Vance Packard’s pioneering and prescient work revealing how advertisers use psychological methods to tap into our unconscious desires in order to "persuade" us to buy the products they are selling. A classic examination of how our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by business, media and politicians, The Hidden Persuaders was the first book to expose the hidden world of “motivation research,” the psychological technique that advertisers use to probe our minds in order to control our actions as consumers. Through analysis of products, political campaigns and television programs of the 1950s, Packard shows how the insidious manipulation practices that have come to dominate today’s corporate-driven world began. Featuring an introduction by Mark Crispin Miller, The Hidden Persuaders has sold over one million copies, and forever changed the way we look at the world of advertising. Vance Packard (1914-1996) was an American journalist, social critic, and best-selling author. Among his other books were The Status Seekers , which described American social stratification and behavior, The Waste Makers, which criticizes planned obsolescence, and The Naked Society , about the threats to privacy posed by new technologies.

The Hidden Persuaders 

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Pocket Books, giant cardinal 1961, 339 pages 

An exploration of class behavior in America and the hidden barriers that affect you, your community, your future.

"IS AMERICA A CLASSLESS SOCIETY? NO! says best-selling author Vance Packard in this scorching investigation of the status and class structure of our society. The car you drive, the church you attend, where you went to school, the house you live in -- even your choice of words -- are brandings of your place in society. This is your status -- and you may be stuck with it, like it or not. The author minces no words in letting the reader know exactly who he is, how he measures up, where he is likely to go -- and where, because of society's harsh rules, he is NOT likely to go."


Status Seekers 

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Zebra Books, 1977, 383 pages 

A passionate love story that spans the South, 19th-century New York City, London and Paris. A beautiful widow and her innocent daughter both fall in love with the same handsome - and treacherous - man.

Affair at Highland Terrace

Small stain on bottom of first 9 pages 
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Bantam Book, 1960, 230 pages 

Company Q was a Union Civil War Company composed of officers who had been convicted of crimes. By volunteering for Company Q and fighting on the front lines they could have their records expunged and earn back their rank. This is the story of former Major Frank Archer, who was wrongfully convicted, and his time in Company Q.

Company Q

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Little Brown and Company, 1966 book club edition, 434 pages 

Set in Ireland, Italy and the corrupt old city of "The Last Hurrah" and told by an observant and sympathetic narrator (Jack Kinsella), cousin to a conspicuous Irish-American family whose name means power, influence and fabulous riches...all these, the achievement of one man. Jack's Uncle Jimmy is a tough, irascible little tycoon whose pride in his sons is matched only by his determination to get them what he wants: high political office! Aided by old Jimmy Kinsella's full resources, not least his willingness to twist any arm in the nation, his sons erupt into politics: Charles is to take the mayoralty, then the governorship, Phil is to act as campaign manager. And Jack, who once served as secretary to Frank Skeffington (of the "Last Hurrah"), is asked to join in. He refuses. Though their boyhood loyalty persists, it dates from the time when the warmth and spirit of his cousins' family life consoled Jack for the mysterious death of his mother & brother. (The radiance of his early years is evoked in the first chapter, a flashback which was published to wide acclaim in the "Atlantic".) Now, as a novelist, Jack is a solitary man - so much so that his exquisite wife, in her loneliness, has drifted away from him. When she returns, their slow, tactful, tender reconciliation so preoccupies Jack that he is unaware of the rift that has opened among the Kinsellas, that happiest, that most triumphant of families. The earthquake threatens not Charles & Philip, but an entire clan, a family legend, and a rocketing political career. The Kinsellas' answer is ruthless, brilliant, surprising - and tragic

All in the Family 

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Dell Publishing, 1973, 350 pages

One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen.

Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father, then regaling us with tales of school, army and wartime hi-jinx, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life.

But it is his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood and his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen - Lawrence Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward and dozens of others, while making some of the most acclaimed films of the last century - which turn David Niven's memoir into an outright masterpiece.

An intimate, gossipy, heartfelt and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory, The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again..

The Moon’s a Balloon 

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New American Library, 1967, 288 pages 

First issue of the paperback-format literary periodical. Contains stories by Victor Kolpacoff, Grace Paley, Mordecai Richler, William Mathes, Philip Roth, Ronald Sukenick, Keith Botsford and William H. Gass; essays by Stanley Kauffmann, Theodore Roszak, Richard Gilman, Benjamin DeMott, George Dennison, Norman Martien and Conor Cruise O'Brien; poems by Anna Akhmatova, John Ashvery, Millen Brand, Helen S. Chasin, William Leo Coakley, Sister Madeline De Frees, Alan Dugan, Richard Eberhart, Louise Gluck, Robert Graves, Barbara Howes, John Okai, David Ray and Anne Sexton.

New American Review #1

Marcia Muller

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Warner Books, 1998, 355 pages

Sharon McCone Book # 17 

Sharon McCone knew something was wrong when her friend and former flight instructor, Matty Wildress, arranged a flying test for her months before it was due. Her P.I.'s instincts are correct— Matty's lover had mysteriously disappeared and left behind his small son. But things turn deadly when Matty's sabotaged plane crashes, sending the detective into an emotional tailspin. Now embarking on a personal vendetta that will take her across the country, McCone uncovers an insidious web of corporate theft, government corruption... and murder for hire. While at flight's end, in the cold Minnesota wilderness, a cunning killer awaits...


McCone's flying instructor Matty asks for help when her lover goes missing. Then, during an airshow, Matty's plane suddenly crashes. Convinced this is not an accident, McCone follows a trail of leads, and confronts the man who ordered Matty's death.

Both Ends of the Night

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Little shelfwear 
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Warner Books, 1996, 326 pages 

Sharon McCone Book # 15

It's worth a 51 million reward to Sharon McCone if she catches the man called the Diplo-bomber, who has set off bombs at consulates all over the U.S. Now he's in San Francisco—and that's McCone's turf. When he misses his latest target, the embassy of a small Arab emirate, McCone's on the spot—and soon discovers some disturbing things about this strange, forbidding embassy. One is the American woman kept a virtual prisoner there by her Arab mother-in-law. The other is a mischievous, lonely nine-year-old girl who's in grave danger not only from the terrorist but also from her estranged playboy father. When the child disappears, McCone follows her trail to a desolate Caribbean island. Here McCone's rescue mission takes her dangerously close to death and the hidden motive behind the Diplo-bomber's explosions. Now, with a child's life hanging in the balance, what McCone plans to do may either be called cold-blooded murder...or justice.

The bestselling author of Till the Butchers Cut Him Down presents her latest mystery starring Saron McCone. Investigating a terrorist bombing at the Consulate of an Arab Emirate, Sharon is thinking only of the million-dollar-reward--until she meets the consul general's daughter. When the girl disappears, Sharon risks everything to save her.

A Wild and Lonely Place

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Very little shelfwear 
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Warner Books, 1995, 207 pages 

Sharon McCone Book #3

To tourists, bay-windowed Victorian mansions are quaint, peaceful symbols of old San Francisco, but on the secluded hill above Steiner Street, the gingerbread has sparked a bitter battle. Ambitious developers are pushing for restoration and residents are fighting for their homes...until a controversial restorationist is found dead on the job, awash in garish housepaint. Private investigator Sharon McCone is called in only to discover a second bitter feud, this time between the developers and members of the city's powerful architectural community, 
As workmen rip through layers of Sheetrock. plaster, and wallpaper, McCone unearths another, older crime; a cache of stolen antiques comes to light; and a missing one-of-a-kind Tiffany lamp emblazoned with the glowing profile of the Cheshire Cat becomes McCone's most important clue. To catch a killer, she must follow its eerie, knowing grin before its hidden eye foresees a fatal future.

Sharon McCone investigates the murder of her best friend in San Francisco, pursuing a single, valuable clue and becoming, herself, implicated in the murder.

The Cheshire Cat's Eye

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Janet Morris

Little shelfwear 
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Baen Books, 1987, 278 pages 

Hoeros in Hell Book #5

WE'VE SAVED YOU A SEAT BY THE FIRE... "Sinday, Moanday, Duesday, Weptsday, Tearsday, Frightday, Send role with the policies suallyihous egins the latest epic in the HEROES IN HELL® series, starring Richard the Lion-Hearted, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, and a cast of a thousand sycophants!

Crusaders in Hell

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Chris Morris

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Baen Books, 1990, 311 pages 

The Sacred Band of Stepsons - Book # 7

The Sacred Band Rides Again! Tempus, immortal hero, avatar of the Storm God, ruler of the City at the Edge of Time, joins with his partner Niko to reunite the Sacred Band for a mission of vengeance that will take them to the farthest reaches of time and space-and back home again.


Storm Seed

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Batam Books, 1957, 167 pages

Her name was Courtney Farrell. She had green eyes, and she was fifteen years old. Her father was a rich New York publisher. Her mother was a still-beautiful Hollywood actress, who served martinis at eleven, breakfast at noon. Armed with a hard and pitiful sophistication, Courtney hid a need for love that drove her on a frantic and hectic pursuit of an unattainable ideal... 
“Not very long ago it would have been regarded as shocking to find girls in their teens reading the kind of books they're now writing." NEW YORK TIMES

Chocolates for Breakfast 

Moira J. Moore

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Ace Books, 2008, 340 pages 

Hero Book #3

In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs-Source and Shield-make the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. The ties that bind them are far beyond the relationships between lovers or kin—and last their entire lives. Whether they like it or not...

Long-suffering Shield Lee Mallorough and her all-too-charming Source Shintaro Karish are summoned to court by the Empress, who asks the fractious Pair to undertake a mission of utmost importance and secrecy: locate the descendants of her illegitimate, exiled sister.

As their recent chaotic exploits have proven, Lee and Taro are completely ill suited to such a task, but they are in no position to refuse. So, in search of lost royalty, they travel to the Southern Islands, where the heat is unbearable, the clothing is just short of optional-and the less-than-friendly locals could care less that Lee and Taro are working for the Empress...


Heroes Adrift

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Ace Books, 2006, 308 pages 

Hero Book #2

In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs—Source and Shield—make the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. The ties that bind them are far beyond the relationships between lovers or kin—and last their entire lives… Whether they like it or not. The weather in the city of High Scape is off the charts. It’s snowing in the middle of summer, and the townsfolk are desperate for Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish to fix it—which they can’t do. But try explaining that to an angry mob… Meanwhile, there’s a crazed killer targeting aristocrats. Karish has forfeited the Dukedom of Westsea to continue working as a Source, but Lee fears that technicality won’t matter to the murderer. It certainly doesn’t matter to Karish’s mother, who’s bound and determined that he take the title. Only by working together will Lee and Karish be able to figure out the weather, catch the killer before it’s too late, and most importantly…get rid of Karish’s mother.

In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs—Source and Shield—make the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. The ties that bind them are far beyond the relationships between lovers or kin—and last their entire lives… Whether they like it or not. The weather in the city of High Scape is off the charts. It’s snowing in the middle of summer, and the townsfolk are desperate for Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish to fix it—which they can’t do. But try explaining that to an angry mob… Meanwhile, there’s a crazed killer targeting aristocrats. Karish has forfeited the Dukedom of Westsea to continue working as a Source, but Lee fears that technicality won’t matter to the murderer. It certainly doesn’t matter to Karish’s mother, who’s bound and determined that he take the title. Only by working together will Lee and Karish be able to figure out the weather, catch the killer before it’s too late, and most importantly…get rid of Karish’s mother.

The Hero Strikes Back

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Very nice vintage paperback 

Pocket Books, 1953, 501 pages 

A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II, this is the story of the British ships Compass Rose and Saltash and of their desparate cat-and-mouse game with Nazi U-boats. First published to great acclaim in 1951, The Cruel Sea remains a classic novel of endurance and daring.

The Cruel Sea 

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Signet, 1969, 191 pages 

The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a stranger in his native land
“Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. . . . A book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains.” – The Paris Review
A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his father’s, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world—modern, industrial America—pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, trying to claim his soul, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and disgust.

House Made of Dawn 

Molière

Donald M. Frame

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Signet Classic, 380 pages 

Molière is probably the greatest and best-loved French authori and comic author, who ever lived. To the reader as well as the spectator, today as well as three centuries ago, the appeal of his plays is immediate and durable; they are both instantly accessible and inexhaustible.' —Professor Donald M. Frame This memorable collection represents the many facets of Molière's genius and offers a superb introduction to the "comic inventiveness, richness of fabric, and insight" which comprise Molière's living legacy to theater and literature. 

Translated and with an Introduction by Donald M. Frame

Tartuffe and Other Plays

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Laura J. Mixon

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Tor Books, 1992, 213 pages 

Avatars Dance book # 1 

When Ruby, the proprietor of an android business, and Golem, her favorite android, attempt to save a rich Egyptian from a collapsing skyscraper, they instead become deeply involved in an adventure that could take Ruby to the despised Outside. 

Glass Houses

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Robin McKinley

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Ace Books, 1989, 278 pages

WANTED FOR TREASON: ROBIN OF SHERWOOD Robin McKinley. Newbery Award-winning author of The Hero and the Crown, brings to life the classic tale of Robin Hood and reveals the legendary characters as they must have been: flesh-and-blood outlaws who risked the gallows and the sword for the sake of justice ... Let the rich and wicked beware! ... [Mckinley richly restores the textures that time has worn to bare narrative threads." -NEW YORK TIMES

The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.

The Outlaws of Sherwood

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Lynn A. McKee

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Diamond Books, 1993, 343 pages 

Edge of the New World Book # 3

IN THE ANCIENT EVERGLADES, A WOMAN HAD ONLY HER STRENGTH AND HER SPIRIT TO GUIDE HER... Stranded by a violent storm, the beautiful shaman Mi-sa was forced to turn to a stranger for help. Cota was not of her people...but no one else could help save her tribesmen from rival warriors. Yet Cota is not truly a stranger to her. Forhe has appeared in Mi-sals dreams and visions- and their fated alliance is all that can preserve the glorious future of Mi-sa's clan. Driven by the turbulent passions of two powerful spirits, an ancient way of life stands trembling between triumph-and ruin. KEEPER OFDREAMS Praise for Lynn Armistead McKee's Touches the Stars: "COMPELLING AND ENTHRALLING... Your imagination will be captivated and excited. Superb!" -Rendezyous

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