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Published by Penguin Putnam: Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 1573221465ISBN 13: 9781573221467
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardback. First Edition [1999]; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows slight spine lean; else flawless; binding perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; else flawless; price unclipped. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 356pp. Hardback with DJ. First Edition [1999]; First Printing indicated.
Published by Riverhead Books - Penguin Putnam Group, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1998
ISBN 10: 1573220825ISBN 13: 9781573220828
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6th Printing. 691 pages plus acknowledgments, chronology and about the author. Black covers. A murder mystery set in Oxford in the seventeenth century.it boldly takes up a period that might be considered the apex of English literary culture. Art historian, Iain Pears, takes a new direction with this mystery. A thriller set in Oxford of the 1660's in which four witnesses tell of the suspicious death of Robert Grove---each story contradicts the others. Finally a different witness steps forth and the truth of the circumstances are revealed. Unusual tale. The four parts are A Question of Precedence, The Great Trust, The Charactder of Compliance and An Instance of the Fingerpost.
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Published by Riverhead Books / Penguin., New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 1594482578ISBN 13: 9781594482571
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Trade paperback. 4th Riverhead printing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 592 p. Audience: General/trade. Fiction series: Set in the medieval Japanese world with warfare, sacrifice, passionate revenge, treachery, unconquerable love, drama, action, violence. Fine. Slightly concave spine. No creasing. Clean. 1 0.0.
Published by Penguin Putnam: Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 1573221074ISBN 13: 9781573221078
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book shows no evident flaws; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; the price is intact. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 273pp. First Edition; First Printing indicated. Hardback with DJ. As a college professor who teaches courses in Christianity and Islam and as a Presbyterian Minister, I have read a wide variety of books on Christian theology and spirituality. There is no work which I have read that addresses the relationship between the life of the spirit and the mind better than Henry's _Ironic Christian's Companion_. He lucidly combines his personal experiences as a Christian and his life-long intellectual interests in crafting a book which addresses some of the deepest concerns that people have in leading their lives. In a thoughtful and nuanced yet very direct manner Henry shares his thoughts on issues as diverse as death, suicide, divorce, friendships, romance, beauty, time, place, paying attention and the processes involved in finding meaning in the most difficult of life's circumstances. One riveting aspect of the book is that it resists simple answers to life's complex questions. The _Ironic Christian's Companion_ is not a ''how-to'' or ''self-help'' book which attempts to provide a simple solution to life's hardships. Rather, it invites readers to raise new questions about their position in the universe and provides them with a rich set of suggestions regarding how they can begin viewing their humanity and their relationships with the Divine differently. The fact that Henry handles observations about life's meaning from cab-drivers on an equal footing as those from Pope John Paul II is indicative of the freshness in his approach. During the past several years, I have been very embarassed by the narrowness and myopic simple-mindedness of books authored by various Christian writers. The _Ironic Christian's Companion's_ attention to life's multifaceted ambiguities and its propensity to evoke novel perspectives about some of the deepest mysteries we face make it a sophisticated and straightforward volume for religious and non-religious persons alike. It is one of the few works that I would recommend with equal confidence to Christians and non-Christians alike. First Edition; First Printing indicated.
Published by Riverhead Books (Penguin Putnam), New York, NY, USA, 1998
ISBN 10: 1573220787ISBN 13: 9781573220781
Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition First Printing. First edition. Has #1 on number line.Signed on title page. Binding tight. Interior clean. Dust jacket is not price clipped and looks fantastic in mylar. Jacket has sticker denoting autographed status on front. Boards are grey with brown cloth-covered spine. Delicate gilt leaf on front board. Gilt lettering on spine is bright. Boards have spots of discoloration. 384pp. A poet's journey through language to faith. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 157322197XISBN 13: 9781573221979
Seller: SUNSET BOOKS, Newark, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Better than rated! ORIGINAL! This volume has few standard Library markings, pocket, NO labels, 1 stamps/discard stamps, very light to No wear or soil to covers, and appears to have been very LIGHTLY used or unread. Dust Jacket is in Mylar wrap and has TWO labels on the Mylar, NO labels on Dust Jacket. The Mylar wrap is adhesive attached to the End Papers. SEE PICTURES !!!! Original Copyright date is 2002 for this 2002 printing. Weight prior to packaging is 1 lb., 10.4 oz. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Penguin Group: Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573222852ISBN 13: 9781573222853
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition [2005]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a bit of crimping at the heel of the back strip; the binding shows very slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. The DJ shows just a hint of wear along the bottom edge; else only the mildest rubbing; the price is unclipped. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches). 354 pages. Weight: 21 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Edition [2005]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Group, New York. NY, 2019
ISBN 10: 0735219451ISBN 13: 9780735219458
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 4th Printing. Text/New & Bright w/faint creasing (mis-handling?) to pg 19. Softcover/NF w/trace shelfwear. 2018 Nat'l Book Award for Fiction. 7th novel by Sigrid Nunez (1951 - ) professor of the Creative Writing Program, Boston Univ. A love story that won the 2018 Nat'l Book Award, and was a New York Times bestseller. After her mentor & lifelong friend commits suicide, a writer inherits his Great Dane. Written in the form of an intimate letter to a bygone friend. Rich with wry observations, love, friendship, and grief laced together by a magical bond that grows between a woman and the mute, but ever present, sufferings of a dog.
Published by Penguin Group: Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 1573221821ISBN 13: 9781573221825
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows tiny split at head of backstrip; else only barely discernible shelfwear; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 576pp. Hardback with DJ. Willis Barnstone is a poet, and also renowned for his translations of Classical Greek poetry. Now he has tried his hand at translating the New Testament, which he calls The New Covenant, which is an exact translation of its Greek title: Kaine diatheke. He presents this foundational book of Christianity in a way that does full justice to its deep poetical qualities. Substantial parts of the Old Testament have long been recognised as verse rather than prose, and many translations have taken account of this. Barnstone goes much farther. In his New Covenant, which contains the four Gospels and the Apocalypse, but not the Acts and the Letters, he renders in free verse all the passages purporting to be Jesus's words -- for instance, the Sermon on the Mount. Similarly for the words of John the Baptist, and the whole of the Apocalypse (The Revelation of John). Many readers, like me, will find that the familiar texts appear in a new light. Barnstone's aim is to create in his English readers the same impression as the original Greek does to the Greek-speaking ones. Most of the many Jews in the cities of Egypt and Asia minor had at that time Greek as their mother tongue. One essential feature of Barnstone's translation of the New Covenant is to render all names of persons and places in its Hebrew or Aramaic form: Jesus (Greek Iesous) as Jeshua, Jerusalem as Yerushalayim. He underlines that the New Covenant is a Jewish book. Jesus was of course a Jew, and so were most of the early Christians. They were an integral part of the Jewish community, by now spread over most of the Eastern Mediterranean area. Contrasting Jews and Christians was a propagandist trick of later writers, who were eager to distance themselves from other Jew .Thus they planted the seeds of Christian anti-semitism. I think Barnstone has taken the right decision on this point. The book also contains a Foreword of some 20 pages, and an afterword of 120 pages, where Barnstone places his translation in the wider context of Biblical studies. Further, the book has footnotes explaining obscurities and various points of translation. But they are never obtrusive.In his comments Barnstone avoids polemics, and reveals himself as a well-informed and urbane liberal-minded scholar. He stresses that the gospel narratives find little or no confirmation in historical accounts. Somewhat surprisingly, he goes on to say that Jesus's crucifixion by the Roman authorities must be regarded as an established fact. This is certainly the opinion of the large majority of New Testament scholars. But there is by no means unanimity on this point. However, this is a minor matter. All in all, Barnstone succeeds extremely well in making his readers approach the New Testament with fresh eyes, shifting attention from points of doctrine and historicity, on to what is common to great religious poetry all over the world: its power to inspire feelings of hope and joy, and at the same time to convey a sense of the mystery of human existence.This is a superb achievement.
Published by Riverhead Books / Penguin Group, New York, NY, 2005
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Printing. SIGNED EDITION. The book has been signed by Hornby on the title page in black ink. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the bottom spine end of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. ; Signed by Author.
Published by New York City, NY: Riverhead Books/Penguin Group, 2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573223026ISBN 13: 9781573223027
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 333 pages. Published in 2005. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down". His darkest and in many ways, wisest novel. "In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life" (Publisher's blurb). Nick Hornby's pulse on contemporary life is infallible, his humane-ness authentic, and both are especially evident in the suicidal reflections of his characters. Here is Martin: "Nearly every single time, the coroner says the same thing: 'He took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed'. And then you read the story about the poor bastard: His wife was sleeping with his best friend, he'd lost his job, his daughter had been killed in a road accident some months before. Hello, Mr. Coroner? I'm sorry, but there's no disturbed mental balance here, my friend. I'd say he got it just right" (Nick Hornby). An absolute "must-have" title for Nick Hornby collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Nick Hornby. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the E. M. Forster Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters. One of the finest British writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER NICK HORNBY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1573223026. Signed by Author.
Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin, New York, NY, 2004
ISBN 10: 1573222755ISBN 13: 9781573222754
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. New York, NY, Riverhead Books, 2004. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, frist printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with copper-colored lettering embossed on spine and front board, 213 pp. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2005
ISBN 10: 1573223220ISBN 13: 9781573223225
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Gilt embossed black boards/Fine. Hi-gloss black w/gold & silver lettering DJ/Fine; original. Endpapers, red. Lliterary, scholarly analysis of the Hebrew God Yahweh of the Old Testament and Jesus of the New Testament. Volume moves from textual analysis to ultimately challenging the validity, correctness, of what is generally held to be the "Judeo-Christian" functional concept. Serious questioning of possible misreadings of Hebrew text that carry with it, deep intellectual consequences.
Published by Riverhead Books, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A., 2013
ISBN 10: 1594487340ISBN 13: 9781594487347
Seller: Flash Books, Audubon, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. RARE Advance Reading Copy-Uncorrected Proof-Not For Sale. 1st Printing-Full # Line. No Edition info but has to be a First since this is an ARC. New copy. Never read. Trade paperback format. BEAUTIFUL copy of Book & Cover. COLLECTOR'S COPY.
Published by Riverhead Books / Division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York NY USA, 2020
ISBN 10: 0525538887ISBN 13: 9780525538882
Seller: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is As New in As New dustjacket. This copy is a 5th printing, Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020.
Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House LLC, New York NY USA, 2020
ISBN 10: 0525534938ISBN 13: 9780525534938
Seller: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is the first American edition hardcover and is As New in As New dustjacket.
Published by Penguin Putnam: Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 1573222062ISBN 13: 9781573222068
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (2003); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: a hint of shelf soiling along the bottom edge of the boards; a faint smudge at the upper fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, showing just a couple of very minor flaws. The DJ price unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches). xix, 233 pages. Foreward by Pema Chodron. Language: English. Weight: 14.4 ounces. Hardback with DJ. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (2003); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by Riverhead Books, Penguin Publishing Group, New York, NY, 2017
ISBN 10: 0735211027ISBN 13: 9780735211025
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition and First Printing. AS NEW. Purchased new and unread. Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for fiction.
Published by Riverhead Books, Penguin Publishing Group, New York, NY, 2019
ISBN 10: 0525541330ISBN 13: 9780525541332
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Purchase new and unread, this is an AS NEW copy of the USA first edition and first printing.