2007, ISBN: 9780743267786

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New York, New York, U.S.A: Viking Adult, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. slight edge wear, some foxing to top page ends. Litera… Mehr…

New York, New York, U.S.A: Viking Adult, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. slight edge wear, some foxing to top page ends. Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular series. Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. Neither have nursery rhymes, for that matter. With two successful books of the Nursery Crime series under his belt, Fforde takes up once again the brilliant adventures of his signature creation in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Thursday Next series. And it's better than ever. It's been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on -- there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all -- The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel. Naturally, Thursday must travel to the outer limits of acceptable narrative possibilities to triumph against increasing odds. Packed with word play, bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursday's return is sure to be celebrated by Jasper's fanatical fans and the critics who have loved him since the beginning., Viking Adult, 2007, 3, Berkley , 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Light wear on cover, spine creases, clean pages. Amazon: Editor Marilyn Wallace describes the 22 stories in this superb collection--chosen from her five equally excellent annual compilations- as """"""""the work of a diverse, unruly and talented group of writers. Difficult to classify, adventurous, energetic, the contributors include writers who are past presidents of the organization Sisters in Crime, writers who aren't members at all, writers from big cities, rural outposts and suburban enclaves, writers who fly airplanes, practice yoge help of Whitehall mandarin Rex Goodhew, Burr sets up a plausibly shady dossier for Jonathan and stages the kidnapping of Roper's son so that Jonathan can foil the snatch and get invited aboard Roper's yacht. But even as Jonathan, still grieving for Sophie, finds himself attracted to Roper's bedmate Jed Marshall and overriding Burr's orders to stay out of Roper's papers, the boys in Whitehall--divided between independents like Goodhew, who want the old agencies broken up, and his cold-warrior nemesis Geoffrey Darker, who insists on maintaining centralized authority--are squabbling over control of the mission, with dire results for Jonathan, whose most dangerous enemies turn out to be his well-meaning masters back home. Despite the familiarity of the story's outlines, le Carr‚ shows his customary mastery in the details--from Jonathan's self-lacerating momentum to the intricacies of interagency turf wars--and reveals once again why nobody writes espionage fiction with his kind of authority. (First printing of 450,000; Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for August) Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP."""" """"From Library Journal: The 22 stories that make up this tempting collection should please even the most demanding mystery lover. Gathered from five Sisters in Crime anthologies, these shorts represent some of the most popular women """"mysteriennes"""" out there: Dunlap, George, Maron, Muller, et al. And just in time for Christmas!"""", Berkley, 2000, 3, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body. Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see "bad" kids doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no adults are around. How are you supposed to deal? Since life doesn't come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn to people who have been through the stuff that you're facing. Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy -- and current dad of two daughters -- Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life's most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can become the young woman you most want to be., Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11, 3<

2005, ISBN: 9780743267786

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenag… Mehr…

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body. Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see "bad" kids doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no adults are around. How are you supposed to deal? Since life doesn't come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn to people who have been through the stuff that you're facing. Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy -- and current dad of two daughters -- Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life's most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can become the young woman you most want to be., Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11, 3<

2005, ISBN: 9780743267786

Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11. Paperback. Good. 0.7000 in x 6.9000 in x 4.9000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear ., Simon & Schuster, 2005-… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11. Paperback. Good. 0.7000 in x 6.9000 in x 4.9000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear ., Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-11, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780743267786

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