Resultados da Pesquisa: Títulos que começam com D de Interesting Tomes

London: Penguin, 2008. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Tight white pages, fine in near fine DJ. Score mark to back of DJ. No inscriptions. From the DJ blurb - “‘There’s something I need your help with. The details are a little hazy at the moment, but I sense that it’s going to be something very big. Very big indeed. Have you ever heard of Dr Julius Gorner?’ It’s a name that will become seared into James Bond’s consciousness. The name of a man who knows no master but his own power-crazed ego, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed and who will stop at nothing until he has destroyed the very heart of Great Britain. A savage execution in the desolate outskirts of Paris sets in motion a chain of events designed to lead only to global catastrophe, as a tide of lethal narcotics threatens to engulf Sixties Britain, a British airliner goes missing over Iraq and the thunder of coming war echoes round the Middle East...… Ler mais

New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. First Edition Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Pages slightly tanned but tight. Black marker pen line across base of pages. Scuff down right hand edge of front cover of DJ. Some slight bumping to top and bottom of DJ. No inscriptions. From the DJ blurb: "When Thad Beaumont wakes to the nightmare of George Stark, he hears birds, thousands of them, all cheeping and twittering at the same time, and with the sound comes a presentiment full of memory and foreboding: The sparrows are flying again.  Thad Beaumont is a writer, and for a dozen years he secretly published novels under the name of “George Stark” because he was no longer able to write under his own name. He even invented a slightly sinister author biography to satisfy the many fans of Stark’s violent bestsellers. But Thad is a healthier and happier man now, the father of infant twins, and starting to write as himself again. He no longer needs George Stark, and in… Ler mais

London: Harpercollins Publishers Ltd, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Tight white pages. DJ has some slight creasing to top edge. No Inscriptions. From the DJ blurb: Amy Redwing risks everything in her chosen field of dog rescue. When she confronts a violent drunk in order to rescue Nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, Amy has no misgivings. Dogs always do their best, and so will she. Nervously riding shotgun is her friend, Brian. He blames Amy’s work for her refusal to marry him, unaware that she is hiding a shattering secret. Nickie brings great joy into their lives. But this joy is shadowed by a series of eerie incidents. An ominous stranger... A mysterious invasion of Amy’s home... And the unmistakable sense that someone is watching Amy’s every move and that, whoever it is, he’s not alone. Amy’s past is about to catch up with her. It threatens to turn her into a desperate, hunted creature - like those she has devoted her life to rescuing. And Brian,… Ler mais

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First UK impression. Very good in very good unclipped dustjacket. Slight creasing to top and bottom of dj. No markings or inscriptions. From the DJ blurb: "Welcome to Desperation. A place beyond your wildest imaginings. Where the unbelievable can become reality... Desperation: a small town in the middle of the Nevada desert. It looks hauntingly familiar with it's signs to the Desperation Coffee Shop and Video Spot. Just off the loneliest highway in America, it should be a refuge in a wasteland. But there's something missing. The once thriving copper mining town now seems eerily empty. Almost abandoned. Except for a few desert animals - snake, coyote, buzzard. And of course the local cop patrolling the wilderness road - Desperation's unique regulator. Headed down Highway 50 are travellers who are never going to reach their destinations. Like the Jacksons, a young professor and his wife going home… Ler mais