Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target-she was-and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Davenport to help track her down, and with his fiancie deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go-but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, forces of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the crossfire comes, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance.... Filled with the rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, Mortal Prey proves that John Sandford just keeps getting better.
Mortal Prey
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target-she was-and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Davenport to help track her down, and with his fiancie deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go-but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, forces of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the crossfire comes, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance.... Filled with the rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, Mortal Prey proves that John Sandford just keeps getting better.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target-she was-and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Davenport to help track her down, and with his fiancie deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go-but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, forces of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the crossfire comes, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance.... Filled with the rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, Mortal Prey proves that John Sandford just keeps getting better.
The Book of Household Management
Author: Mrs. Isabella Mary Beeton
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465529896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2271
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465529896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2271
Book Description
Collected Books
Author: Allen Ahearn
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN: 9780399147814
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Used by most book dealers and serious collectors in the country, this guide explains how to identify first editions of books and covers a wide range of subjects, including Americana, early printed books, literature, mysteries, science fiction, children's books, natural history, photography, and travel.
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN: 9780399147814
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Used by most book dealers and serious collectors in the country, this guide explains how to identify first editions of books and covers a wide range of subjects, including Americana, early printed books, literature, mysteries, science fiction, children's books, natural history, photography, and travel.
The Biblio
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Points of Issue
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Dan Frontier
Author: William Hurley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780157315011
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
When Jimmy does not come home, Dan Frontier searches the woods for him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780157315011
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
When Jimmy does not come home, Dan Frontier searches the woods for him.
American Cookery
Author: Amelia Simmons
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449423981
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
This eighteenth century kitchen reference is the first cookbook published in the U.S. with recipes using local ingredients for American cooks. Named by the Library of Congress as one of the eighty-eight “Books That Shaped America,” American Cookery was the first cookbook by an American author published in the United States. Until its publication, cookbooks used by American colonists were British. As author Amelia Simmons states, the recipes here were “adapted to this country,” reflecting the fact that American cooks had learned to prepare meals using ingredients found in North America. This cookbook reveals the rich variety of food colonial Americans used, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, and even their rich, down-to-earth language. Bringing together English cooking methods with truly American products, American Cookery contains the first known printed recipes substituting American maize for English oats; the recipe for Johnny Cake is the first printed version using cornmeal; and there is also the first known recipe for turkey. Another innovation was Simmons’s use of pearlash—a staple in colonial households as a leavening agent in dough, which eventually led to the development of modern baking powders. A culinary classic, American Cookery is a landmark in the history of American cooking. “Thus, twenty years after the political upheaval of the American Revolution of 1776, a second revolution—a culinary revolution—occurred with the publication of a cookbook by an American for Americans.” —Jan Longone, curator of American Culinary History, University of Michigan This facsimile edition of Amelia Simmons's American Cookery was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1812.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449423981
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
This eighteenth century kitchen reference is the first cookbook published in the U.S. with recipes using local ingredients for American cooks. Named by the Library of Congress as one of the eighty-eight “Books That Shaped America,” American Cookery was the first cookbook by an American author published in the United States. Until its publication, cookbooks used by American colonists were British. As author Amelia Simmons states, the recipes here were “adapted to this country,” reflecting the fact that American cooks had learned to prepare meals using ingredients found in North America. This cookbook reveals the rich variety of food colonial Americans used, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, and even their rich, down-to-earth language. Bringing together English cooking methods with truly American products, American Cookery contains the first known printed recipes substituting American maize for English oats; the recipe for Johnny Cake is the first printed version using cornmeal; and there is also the first known recipe for turkey. Another innovation was Simmons’s use of pearlash—a staple in colonial households as a leavening agent in dough, which eventually led to the development of modern baking powders. A culinary classic, American Cookery is a landmark in the history of American cooking. “Thus, twenty years after the political upheaval of the American Revolution of 1776, a second revolution—a culinary revolution—occurred with the publication of a cookbook by an American for Americans.” —Jan Longone, curator of American Culinary History, University of Michigan This facsimile edition of Amelia Simmons's American Cookery was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1812.
Collecting Little Golden Books
Author: Steve Santi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896890718
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896890718
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Children's Picturebook Price Guide
Author: Linda Zielinski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977939404
Category : Picture books for children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collecting first edition children's picturebooks is one of the hottest areas of book collecting. Many books published in the past decade sell for hundreds of dollars, and a first edition Jumanji or Polar Express can reach over $1000 in today's market. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides values for nearly 23,000 books, covering over 700 children's book illustrators dating from 1929 to 2006. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides a brief history of the development of the children's picturebook, covering Little Golden Books, Beginner Books, early readers, and today's involved parent. It explains why today is the golden era of picturebooks, with more quality illustrators, writers, and picturebooks than anytime in the past. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide explains how to easily identify first edition picturebooks, and how to assess the six key factors that affect a book's collectibility and value.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977939404
Category : Picture books for children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collecting first edition children's picturebooks is one of the hottest areas of book collecting. Many books published in the past decade sell for hundreds of dollars, and a first edition Jumanji or Polar Express can reach over $1000 in today's market. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides values for nearly 23,000 books, covering over 700 children's book illustrators dating from 1929 to 2006. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide provides a brief history of the development of the children's picturebook, covering Little Golden Books, Beginner Books, early readers, and today's involved parent. It explains why today is the golden era of picturebooks, with more quality illustrators, writers, and picturebooks than anytime in the past. The Children's Picturebook Price Guide explains how to easily identify first edition picturebooks, and how to assess the six key factors that affect a book's collectibility and value.
Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408803011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
An entertaining companion to the Harry Potter books, written by J.K. Rowling. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to magical beasts familiar from the Harry Potter books and others we haven't yet met. Includes information about beasts which can be found in Australia and New Zealand and what they eat.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408803011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
An entertaining companion to the Harry Potter books, written by J.K. Rowling. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to magical beasts familiar from the Harry Potter books and others we haven't yet met. Includes information about beasts which can be found in Australia and New Zealand and what they eat.