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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. c. 1999, HB, VG/VG, Bumped edge, label on rear cover, B&W photos, 128 p. Book.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 176pp ISBN 1563114240 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) LACKS FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 240 pp., Color & BW Photos, Pink Photo Illus Hardback, 4to, Fine as New in Fine as New DJ, 1st ed.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This novel is more than just an action-adventure story. It is set during the Vietnam War and deals with the complexities of being an advisor to foreigners in wartime: a clash of cultures, combat action and political intrigue. Played out through Viet Cong, as well as American and South Vietnamese characters, the book narrates both sides of that strange war. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the dedication page, and is clean and solid. The endpapers serve as maps. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 208 pages. Ruth Irene Garrett tells of her Amish upbringing in Kalona, Iowa and the Amish way of life. Inscribed by "Deborah" (presumably one of the authors) on title page. Dust jacket has a couple very light scratches. Now in mylar protector. ; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4"; Signed by one Author.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Attack aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, frigates, light and heavy cruisers, and patrol crafts. 1,300 different ships and submarines from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War have their crests displayed in brilliant full color. This book is an encyclopedia, preserving the emblems that reflect the pride of the crews belonging to the best ships in the U.S. Navy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A literary joyride. Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novelsMore than ten years after The Foulest Things, murder and mayhem return to Ottawa in the highly-anticipated next installment of Amy Tectors acclaimed Dominion Archives Mystery series.Its a stormy summer day when Ottawa coroner Dr. Cate Spencer is called to the scene of an alleged suicide. Inside a narrow vault in the Dominion Archives nitrate film storage facilitykept separate from the rest of the collection due to its dangerous combustibilityofficers pressure Cate to rule the death a suicide. When parts of the scene dont add up and a deliberately set spark threatens her life, Cate suspects that this death might be a murder. Cates tough facade masks a deep compassion for the victims she examines. Whether shes looking for answers because of her dedication to justice or to distract herself from anguish over her brothers recent death, her inquiries plunge her into a world of military secrets, contentious Indigenous protests, and a seventy-year-old mystery with deadly implications. Will Cate manage to pull herself away from her scotch and grief to expose an explosive historic secret and solve a murder the police doubt even exists? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Real-life lessons of grit and growth that come from being a bona fide Badass!Overcoming lifes many disappointments begins with one thing: grit. But what is grit, and how can we know what it looks like in the sh*tshow of life?Drawing from her own experience and psychology practice, psychologist Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt, author of Getting to Good Riddance: A No-Bullsh*t Breakup Survival Guide, weaves together a collection of gritty stories of survival, hope, and healing in the face of overwhelming pain and adversity.Badass Stories illustrates how real people have used tools like grit and hope to make it through lifes challengesgreat and smalland foster growth and healing in the process. These seriously motivational tales will inspire you to harness the grit it takes to succeed, show up for the fight, call out your own bullsh*t, and become the Badass you were meant to be! Badass Stories focuses on what we can easily miss in the shitshow of life--the big lessons that come from the accumulation of little things in the everyday. The stories are real, relatable, and therapeutic for the average person, without the extreme positivity that can leave some readers feeling they are being told to think happy thoughts, which can convey a sense of inadequacy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the author of Pesta Washington Post Noteworthy Bookcomes a hilarious new novel that showcases the authors talents at their best.Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Daviess life is challenging enough. Shes short. Shes scrawny. She prefers Evernote to SnapChat. Shes two years younger than everyone else in her grade. And now her parents are taking the family to the British Virgin Islands (BVI)for a yearto live on a derelict sailboat, bought sight-unseen from navigationally-impaired cigar smugglers. So when her bestand onlyfriend suggests she use the move as a chance to reinvent herself, Caitlin has nothing to lose.And it works. People (plural!) in the BVI actually like her, and not only because of the interesting stuff she found beneath her new homes splintery floorboards. Even Tristan, the cutest guy on the island, is beguiled by her easygoing air and artfully padded bikini top. She just cant help wondering, though, if New Caitlin and the real Caitlin have anything in common. And when the sailboats former owners come looking for their forgotten contraband, she wonders if shell ever get the chance to find out.With a fresh style and perspective, and bursting with humor and charm, Boat Girl is a quirky and fast-paced YA coming-of-age story that will have you laughing out loud. Elizabeth Foscue is back and better than ever in this hilarious uniquely daring sophomore novel that showcases the authors talents at their best. With a fresh style and perspective, and bursting with humor and charm, Boat Girl is a quirky and fast-paced YA coming-of-age story that will leave you breathless and wanting more. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 120 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm. A perfect copy except that the book has been bound in upside down from the cover. Priced accordingly.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Esteemed poet takes on novel writing: David Starkey served as Santa Barbaras Poet Laureate from 2009-2011. Over the past thirty years, he has published eleven full-length collections of poetry with small presses and more than 500 poems in literary journals. His beautiful lyricism and poignant themes continue to shine through in his debut novel, Poor Ghost. Entertaining and explosive story: Poor Ghost begins with a bang and only gains momentum as it escalates to an explosive conclusion that consumes 70 acres and a central character. In between, there are riotous livestreams, violent librarians, and groupie invasions to keep the readers glued to the page. Generational Clashes: With the reverence of Please Kill Me: An Uncensored History of Punk Rock and the atmosphere ofDidions Play It As It Lays, Poor Ghost experiments with the ways different generations view their cultural inheritance. At its heart, Poor Ghost is about what happens when different worlds (literally) collide with one another, and how we view, negotiate, argue with and aid those who are unlike us. From rock magazine articles to government reports, David Starkeys novel, Poor Ghost, is an unrelenting rollercoaster that follows one of Americas most storied rock band. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A literary joyride.Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Cate Spencer is back in this highly-anticipated third installment of the Dominion Archives Mysteries.Its been a few months since the events of Speak for the Dead and Dr. Cate Spencer is seeking a temporary reprieve in the bucolic Eastern Townships of Quebec where she can come to terms with her brothers death, find inner peace, build new relationships, and await a decision about her future. But when a man at a neighboring farm is shot through the eye with deadly accuracy, a metal detector lying next to him, Cate cant help but investigate. As she delves deeper into the mystery, Cate uncovers a world of drugs, lies, and violence hidden beneath the picturesque town, all of which threaten the tenuous peace shes built for herself. As long-buried secrets and a centuries-old mystery become exposed, what will Cate lose to find the answers she seeks? A gripping new mystery, Honor the Dead is a must-read for new and old Dominion Archives fans alike! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Calling all chiliheads!This revised edition of Jane Butel's instant classic includes more than 160 recipes to feed the irresistible passion and teach the methods to chili madness. These recipes are not only for chili, but for all kinds of delicious dishes that use chilies in some creative and unexpected ways. Included throughout are bits of legendary origins and spiritual beginnings, a chili rating scale, and cook-off lore. In addition, Jane guides you through parching and peeling your own dried pods and fresh peppers, the 10-Step Chili Fitness Plan, the controversy of beans vs no beans, and beef vs. pork. The latest update to the Jane Butel library to and the Queen of Southwestern Cookings bestselling cookbook. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. *A 2022 FOREWORD REVIEWS*A new novel by the award-winning author of Under the Mercy Trees.Famed puppeteer and master manipulator Walter Gray surprises his three daughters by announcing there is a fourth at his 80th birthday party. An incomplete paternity testand a will that places a condition on each daughters inheritancesuggest that the missing daughter isnt a figment of his dementia. Jane, the eldest, is tired of her fathers eccentricities. She remembers the scarcity of her childhood and doesnt want another sister to share the birthright. Rosie, born out of wedlock, sees the missing sister as her key to acceptance as a full member of the puppeteers family.Cora, the youngest, born after Walter achieved fame and fortune, is most concerned with extricating herself from running Walters company so that she can pursue her own life. The sisters each knew a different version of their enigmatic father, but all grew up in the presence of fairy tales acted out with marionettes and shadow puppets. If they are to find the fourth daughter and claim the legacy their father has left them, the three must confront their fractured relationships with their father and each other. Infused with fairy tales that sometimes spill magic into the sisters real lives, The Puppeteers Daughters is a stunningly-woven family saga about the cost and rewards of claiming a creative life. Three daughters of a famed and eccentric puppeteer must confront their family divisions and tenuous relationships with their father and each other when, sinking into dementia, he announces there is a fourth daughter in this powerful story of family, ambition, and legacy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. All the Acorns on the Forest Floor tells the poignant and moving stories of multiple characters linked by their experiences as mothers, daughters, and lovers. Rife with stunning imagery, masterful character development, and heart rendering storytelling, this book will captivate readers of all walks of life.A couple brimming with the hope of a new pregnancy. A woman coming to terms with the truth behind her adoption. A husband trying to save his marriage from the despair of infertility. These are just a few of the stories in All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, a book about the lengths we go to for the love of our children, our spouses, our mothers, our daughters.All the Acorns on the Forest Floor is a book of connections between people, connections lost and found, across time and space. There are stories of women who never became mothers (by choice or by fate), women who became mothers in unexpected or nontraditional ways, and women who gave up or lost babies. There are emotional aftershocks with each characters personal earthquake, aftershocks that shake their lives and force them to consider who they are, what they want, and how they love.Hooper has created a novel that draws you in and doesn't let go until the last page. Readers will be anxious to discover how these women's stories are intertwined and inspired by the strength each character shows as they plunge into the world of motherhood, no matter what that world looks like.Readers of Celeste Ng and Liane Moriarty will love All the Acorns On the Forest Floor. The stories' depth invites us all into the worlds of these women and shows us that we are all connected, whether we're mothers or not.'All the Acorns on the Forest Floor is a stirring series of stories interwoven by the common threads of human frailty and the complexities of relationships. Poignant and poetic, the characters of these stunning vignettes are guaranteed to haunt and inspire long after the last page is turned.' Suzanne Redfearn, bestselling author of In an Instant'In All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, Kim Hooper delivers an empathetic, compulsively readable book with a cast of characters you'll swear you know. With compassion and great heart, Hooper reminds us that people have histories, and we're all more connected than we think.' Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment All the Acorns on the Forest Floor tells the poignant and moving stories of multiple characters linked by their experiences as mothers, daughters, and lovers. Rife with stunning imagery, masterful character development, and heart rendering storytelling, this book will captivate readers of all walks of life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term.A young couple is reunited with their lost son whose favorite fuzzy bear suit connects him to the ghost of a vengeful mama bear while he's alone in the forest.A jaded screenwriter cant escape the haunted screenplay thats ruined his career.A man returns to his small hometown, where the people are gone and the trees have taken over.A Slasher and Final Girl brother-sister duo match wits and blades against a sentient, dimension-hopping apocalypse at a never-ending summer camp.From rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways. In this terrifyingly relatable and surprisingly terrifying collection of short stories, Pre-Approved for Haunting spotlights supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. With a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nations premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval leaders of tomorrow. Graduates of the academy include famous athletes, fleet commanders of the world wars, and astronauts. Great Americans like George Dewey, Chester W. Nimitz, and Alan B. Shepard are but a few of the many graduates whose contributions to the defense and dexterity of the United States are legendary.With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of United States Naval Academy, James W. Cheevers provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the development of the United States Naval Academy. In stunning black-and-white photography, Remembering United States Naval Academy tours the institution from its earliest days up to recent times, encapsulating its history in more than 100 images from the storehouse of the academy, the Library of Congress, and other key archives. Through captions and essays, Cheevers does commendable work recounting the story of this unique school, pivotal to maintaining the nations naval supremacy on the seven seas. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nations history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellectual, and cultural movements of the time. The city gave rise to the most significant countercultural revolutions of the century, including the Beatniks of the 1950s, the hippies in the 1960s, and the gay rights movement in the 1970s. With a selection of fine historic images from her bestselling book Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Rebecca Schall captures in this companion volume, Remembering San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, the revolutionary and tumultuous spirit of these historic times in stunning black-and-white photography. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Meet the Manoukiansa dysfunctional Armenian familyand the fraying rope that binds them.Set in Queens, New York, while a father deteriorates from terminal illness, three sisters contend with one another, their self-destructive pasts, and their indomitable mother as they face the loss of the one person holding their unstable family together.Kohar, the oldest sister, is happily married, yet grapples with fertility issues and, in turn, her own self-worth. Lucine, the middle child, is trapped in a loveless marriage and haunted by memories of her estranged father. Azad, the beloved youngest child, is burdened by an inescapable cycle of failed relationships.By turns heartfelt and heart-wrenching, All the Ways We Lied introduces a cast of tragically flawed but lovable characters on the brink of unraveling. With humor and compassion, this spellbinding tale explores the fraught and contradictory landscape of sisterhood, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common, and are bound by blood and history. In All the Ways We Lied, Aida Zilelian explores the fraught and contradictory landscape of sisterhood, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common, and are bound by blood and history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A farcical biography of Ulysses S. Grant, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is a history lesson disguised as an uproarious novel. Spanning from Grants birth until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honestwarts and allportrait of a relatable American hero who wrestled with the same domestic divisions that were dealing with today. But what makes this book truly special is in its playful, disruptive postmodernism and the characteristically Brad Neely, campy voice of its narrator. The book examines the validity of biography by hilariously breaking all the form's rules. Through his humor, Neely brings Ulysses S. Grant to life. And in bringing Grant to life, Brad Neely has created his greatest cult classic yet.Taking the accessible, pop history of Coes You Never Forget Your First and adding more of the nerdy, punk humor of Rainn Wilson or Judd Apatow, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor readers alike. Though undeniably funny, the book forces us into an urgent discussion of how much progress weve really made since the Civil War and the costs were willing to pay to see justice. You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant removes the pomp to deliver a hopeful message of human potential, that the heroes we now venerate were also flawed, flesh and blood individuals and that us, too, are never too small to achieve great things. Taking the accessible, pop history of Coe's You Never Forget Your First and adding a healthy dose of nerdy, punk humor, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor readers alike. This farcical biography forces us into an urgent discussion of how much progress we've really made since the Civil War and the costs we're willing to pay to see justice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A killer terrorizes the morally bankrupt residents of an upscale neighborhood, leading them to turn toand onone another to survive.The neighborhood of Oleander Court is the poster child for suburban bliss. The residents compare lawns beautified by hired help. They monitor home values. They toss perfect furniture because they wanted tapioca, not beige.But when a string of murders rips through the neighborhood, suspicions abound as new secrets come to light. And as more and more bodies are taken away, it becomes clear that the killer is strategically selecting each and every victim, picking off the shallowest, most wasteful of the lot in spectacular fashion and leaving everyone in the neighborhood to wonder: Whos next?While most of their neighbors scatter like well-dressed cockroaches, a small group of the neighborhood ladies team up to solve their local mystery and restore their once-peaceful lives. But is this ragtag collection of amateur sleuths truly a united front? With reputations, freedom, and personal sanity on the line, the ladies must unmask the killer . . . even if the killer is among them. Middle grade mystery writer Sarah Reida bursts onto the adult mystery scene with Neighborhood Watch, a black comedy full of relatable characters, ulterior motives, and murder. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 206 pages, chiefly illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "From NASA to the Theatre District, rodeos to drilling oil, Historic Photos of Houston is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of 'the Space City' in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Houston and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Houston!" - Publisher. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards (Gold Medal, Romance)Set in China in the late 1800s, The Secret Language of Women tells the story of star-crossed lovers, Zhou Bin Lian, a Eurasian healer, and Giacomo Scimenti, an Italian sailor, driven apart by the Boxer Rebellion.When Lian is seventeen years old, she accompanies her Swiss father, Dr. Gianluca Brasolin, fluent in Italian, to tend the Italian ambassador, at the Summer Palace of the Empress Dowager, where she meets and falls in love with Giacomo.Through voyage and adventure, their love intensifies, but soon is severed by Lians dutiful promise as the wife to another. Forbidden from pursuing her chosen profession as a healer, and despised because she does not have bound feet, she is forced to work in a cloisonne factory while her in-laws raise her daughter, Ya Chen. It is in Nushu, the womens secret writing, that she chronicles her life life and her hopes for the future.Rebelling against the life forced upon her, she empowers herself to act out against the injustice and becomes the master of her own destiny. But her quest freedom comes at a costly price: The life of someone close to her, lost in a raging typhoon, a grueling journey to the Yun-kang Caves, and a desperate search for beauty and love in the midst of brutality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOKDELUXE EDITION, WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN RECOVERED CHAPTERSLos Angeles, 1967With gleaming detail and blinding precision, Lou Mathews freeze-frames a hidden corner of L.A.s outlaw culture in the moments before it becomes extinct. The heart of the culture is the drive-in, where street racers meet to challenge their rivals and place their bets. This world comes to life after dark, lit by headlights and street lamps, a moveable feast of drag races, peopled with its own lost generation: young men and women who have left high school but have no thoughts of college.Drifting from one dead end job to another, supplementing their income through thieving, doing the occasional stint in prison, and reluctantly entering the armed services when there is nothing else left, they live, and sometimes die, for the excitement, the danger, the money of racing. In the world of drag racingfleeting and bittersweet, like the end of summerthe stakes the stakes grow higher and higher as, one by one, each player spins out and disappears from the scene:Here, we meet Vaca, crippled in soul and body, prefers the armor of his car to a wheelchair. The ex-con BrodyVacas driveris the best street racer in town. Reinhard, a loner who has no one and nothing but the exquisite machines he builds and races. Charlie, the race organizer who tells the story. And Connie, who rolls her eyes at the whole parade, never without a sarcastic riposte, but who cant stay away from the boys and their toys.Stunning, bleakly beautiful, and laugh-out-loud funny, L.A. Breakdown paints a riveting portrait of 1960s Los Angeles, frozen in time yet disintegrating before our eyes with all the reckless speed of romantic era.Mathews keeps the reader so firmly focused on horsepower, hand-rubbed black lacquer paint jobs and custom pinstripes that the small epiphanies that unfold here really do sneak up, as surprising and pungent as burning oil. Los Angeles Times Stunning, bleakly beautiful, and laugh-out-loud funny, L.A. Breakdown paints a riveting portrait of 1960s Los Angeles, frozen in time yet disintegrating before our eyes with all the reckless speed of romantic era. Now in paperback for the very first time since its 1999 publication, the Deluxe Edition includes never-before-seen recovered chapters. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. NF/none, hc, used, 624 pages. Interior clean no marks, pages bright, binding tight. No dj, no wear to exterior. An assortment of memories from different people, all involved one way or another in the happenings of World War II. Stated "LIMITED EDITIION" on the copyright page but I find no further mention of limitation.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Who was Romes greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder:Caesar or Pompey?Few people have had as many words written about them down throughthe centuries as Julius Caesarthe brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatraof Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights,historians, soldiers, and emperors.Little has been written about his ally, son-in-law, and eventualenemy Pompey the Great, who crashed onto the Roman scene as a victorioustwenty-three-year-old general and who, at the height of his career, was arguablymore famous, more popular, and more successful than Caesar.Caesar Versus Pompey tells the parallel life stories ofJulius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as their lives and loves became intertwined andinterdependent, as they grew from rivals to partners, then from joint rulers towarring foes. One strove to preserve the Roman Republic, the other destroyedit. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Eddie Morales finds his lowly R&D life completely upended when his Boise-based biotech firm dispatches him to Puerto Malogrado, a tiny but tumultuous country in South America where the international media is accusing their experimental potatoes of causing a bizarre medical crisis.Eddie unwillingly arrives in South America only to find his plans for a quick resolution thwarted when he gets caught between the two sides of an impending revolution, each hoping to capitalize on the potato scandal in order to seize power. Eddie stumbles into a conspiracy that reveals just how far his company will go to advance its potato empire. He is forced to make a choice: whatand whowill he sacrifice to preserve his own future in this brave new world of biotechnology? Darkly funny and compassionately rendered, One Potato charts the crooked line between nature and technology and takes a deep look into a future shaped by disasters both natural and devastatingly man-made. An awkward but well-intentioned food scientist is forced to walk a crooked line between nature and technology when he is dispatched to South America to investigate his companys possible role in a mysterious medical crisis involving genetically modified potatoes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the author of Taking Mr. Exxon and The Death of an Heir comes the untold story of four luxury airliners trapped in the Pacific Ocean on and after the Day of Infamy.In the first week of December 1941, four Pan American Airways System (Pan Am) flying clippersthe largest and most lavish transpacific airliners in the worldtook off from the North American West Coast, loaded with wealthy and affluent passengers on their way to exotic destinations.On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service executed a surprise coordinated attack against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. Within hours, Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Guam, and Manilaall of which were refueling stops for these Pan Am flying clipperswere targeted and bombed by the same Japanese forces that had devastated Pearl Harbor.Stranded within the vast boundaries of the Pacific Ocean, these civilian airlines were unexpectedly at risk of being captured or shot down by Japanese military. The assault on Pearl Harbor removed any possibility for US military assistance, and the attack of the refueling stations made it impossible for these airlines to refuel their depleting gas tanks. Alone and unreachable, Pan Am crews and their frightened passengers were left with no choice but to make their own way across the volatile Pacific Ocean, where neither land, air, nor sea could promise safety, and do their best to surviveif they could. Stranded in the Sky offers a rare fresh look at Japans surprise attack on Pearl Harbora historical event that many may think they have heard everything about. Philip Jett shows readers that there was so much more going on in that pivotal moment in history that brought the United States into the Second World War. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best General FictionDave is a Dad with Asperger's.He sees the world differently than most, and he feels like he has no idea what hes doing when it comes to raising his 15-year-old daughter, Cleo. She also feels like he has no idea what hes doing, especially now that her mom is gone.They were both better off when Jana was aroundDave's wife, Cleo's mother. But now she's not, and they are left to figure out life on their own. Dave dedicates his attention to his newfound hobby of doomsday prepping, researching the various ways the world could end. Cleo feels like her world already has.Everything changes when neighbors move in, threatening their isolation in the hills of San Juan Capistrano. Cleo is intrigued by the new girl, Edie, and soon finds out the intrigue is mutual. Dave, not at all intrigued, is forced to come to terms with everything he cannot control.As they struggle to live in the present, both Dave and Cleo must dare to revisit the tragic past they share. What happened to Jana? Who was she, really? Who are they without her?Ways the World Could End is a story of grief, friendship, and lovethe love between parents and children, between spouses, between teenagers, and between strangers. It is a story that requires us to consider the bounds of forgiveness, what were willing and not willing to forgive, and reminds us that often the hardest thing to forgive is ourselves. A dad on the autism spectrum becomes a single parent to his 15-year-old daughter in the wake of a traumatic loss. As the two struggle to live with new challenges, they must revisit the tragedy that upended their world. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.