Min Jin Lee

Shows some shelf wear, tight binding.
A beautiful engrossing story. A truly must read.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 *A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER In this gorgeous, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew. "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and that her lover is married--she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. *Includes reading group guide*

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

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Published in 1998, so has some shelf wear. Slight stains on edges and light crease on back-cover.  From a non-smoker and cat friendly home 😊

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Narional Audubon Society National Guides

Western Forests

This is Dover Publication 1967, so this book has been around…saying that the binding is still tight and the b/w pictures that displayed Aubrey Beardsley talents are great! There is writing in pen inside cover of previous owner.

157 plates with 2 in color

The early work of Aubrey Beardsley

Mark Moran

Mark Sceurman

Greg Bishop

Mike Marinacci

Joe Oesterle

Some bookshelf wear, but over all in good condition.  Non-smoker,  cat friendly environment. 

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Praise for Weird California:

"This book is filled with surprises...even if you never leave your house, this book is a trip."  

--Sacramento News and Review

 

"It's a handsome thing: nearly 300 colorful pages..."   --San Francisco Bay Guardian

Weird California

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A fantasy comedy set against the Medieval era.  A court jester looses his cushy job only to stumble into an impossible rescue mission… Book 1 of the Heart of Stone Adventure

Fool’s Proof

A graphic novel base off the Opera “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” written by poet Peter Kien and composer Victor Ullmann while they were imprisoned at the Terezin concentration camp in the early 1940’s.  Unfortunately both artists did not survive the Holocaust, but their astounding work has.  Thru the mastery and talent of Dave Maass and Patrick Lay bring this almost lost Opera to life 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Emperor of Atlantis

Death Strikes

David Grann

This is a great read from the ever talented David Grann! An engrossing true story of survival, mutiny and murder on the high seas! This book is in great condition, however please note that there are about 4 or 5 pages that had been dog eared Ugh!! And about 1 or 2 pages with pencil writings in the margins. There are two photos with these examples.

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

"A tour de force of narrative nonfiction." --The Wall Street Journal

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.

But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang.

The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.

The Wager

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R. C. Harvey

A paperback book covering many aspects of the early 1920’s from flappers and fashion to everyday life.  Such artists and cartoonist included in this book are  Charles Dana Gibson (known for the Gibson Girls), J.R. Shaver and Thomas Sullivant. Published by Fantagraphic books. Black and white illustrations. 72 pgs. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Volume 1

Cartoons of the Roaring Twenties

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Jeff A. Menges

A paperback book published by Dover Publications highlighting the many artists and illustrators from the period of late 1800’s to the 1920’s and their artistic approach to the many stories from The Arabian Nights. Published in 2008. 144 pgs. Color and black and white illustrations.

Art of Dulac, Folkard, Parrish and Others

Arabian Nights Illustrated

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Out of print paperback book highlighting the painting of animals and insects in natural settings by the artist/ illustrator Edward J Detmold. Published in 1976 by Peacock Press/ Bantam Book.  Has some creases on upper right corner; slight scratch in center of cover. Name written in blue pen title page. 

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