T. Kingfisher

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."

*A very special hardcover edition, featuring foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

What Moves the Dead

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Leo Tolstoy

Richard Pevear

Larissa Volokhonsky

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The story of the life and death at the age of forty-five, of a high court prosecutor in 19th-century Russia, it is an intense and moving examination of loss and the possibilities of redemption, in which Tolstoy explores the dichotomy between the artificial and the authentic life.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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John le Carré

Some wear and bend at the spine of the book and front/back cover. Overall is in decent condition 
Little written notes but good used condition 

A George Smiley Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. 

The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement--especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre, Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla--his Moscow Centre nemesis--and sets a trap to catch the traitor.
 
The Oscar-nominated feature film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and features Gary Oldman as Smiley, Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech), and Tom Hardy (Inception).
 
With an introduction by the author.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

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Some sun faded page spine but is as good a new.

A Novel

Former British intelligence officer Jonathan Pine attempts to infiltrate the entourage of Roper, a sinister and powerful Englishman responsible for fitting together the pieces for a monumental arms-for-cocaine deal.

The Night Manager (TV Tie-In Edition)

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Ruth Ozeki

A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love—the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time Being and The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver.

My Year of Meats

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Sheldon Vanauken

Good, slight bend mark, but good condition 

A heart-rending love story described by its author as "the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers" about the author's marriage and search for faith.

 

Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his wife, Davy, and describes the growth of their relationship and the dreams that they share.



A beloved, profoundly moving account of the author's marriage, the couple's search for faith and friendship with C. S. Lewis, and a spiritual strength that sustained Vanauken after his wife's untimely death. Replete with 18 letters from C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy addresses some of the universal questions that surround faith--the existence of God and the reasons behind tragedy.

A Severe Mercy

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Mark Doty

On Objects and Intimacy

Mark Doty's prose has been hailed as "tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene" (The New York Times Book Review) and "achingly beautiful" (The Boston Globe). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon he offers a stunning exploration of our attachment to ordinary things-how we invest objects with human store, and why.

Still Life with Oysters and Lemon

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Charles. Simic

The Art of Joseph Cornell

Now in Paperback In Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting and luminous as the mysterious boxes of found objects for which Cornell is justly renowned.

Dime-Store Alchemy

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Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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Helen Bacovcin

Walter J. Ciszek

And the Pilgrim Continues His Way

This classic work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless readers with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant seeking the truth with simple humility, finding joy and plenty everywhere in life.

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What Moves the Dead

Leo Tolstoy; Richard Pevear; Larissa Volokhonsky

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

John le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

The Night Manager (TV Tie-In Edition)

Ruth Ozeki

My Year of Meats

Sheldon Vanauken

A Severe Mercy

Mark Doty

Still Life with Oysters and Lemon

Charles. Simic

Dime-Store Alchemy

Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Helen Bacovcin; Walter J. Ciszek

The Way of a Pilgrim

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T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead

Leo Tolstoy; Richard Pevear; Larissa Volokhonsky

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

John le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

The Night Manager (TV Tie-In Edition)

Ruth Ozeki

My Year of Meats

Sheldon Vanauken

A Severe Mercy

Mark Doty

Still Life with Oysters and Lemon

Charles. Simic

Dime-Store Alchemy

Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Helen Bacovcin; Walter J. Ciszek

The Way of a Pilgrim

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