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Bauer, Belinda  
Blacklands
Obsessed with finding the body of an uncle who disappeared as a child, twelve-year-old Steven writes a letter to the man convicted of killing him.  
Novel, 221 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Simon & Schuster - 2010 - ISBN: 1439149445 / 9781439149447  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005522 $23.00
Bayard, Pierre  
Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong
Reinvestigating The Hound of the Baskervilles, Bayard uses the last thoughts of the murder victim as his key to unravel the mystery, demonstrating that Holmes - and Doyle - got it wrong.  
Nonfiction, 193 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC  
Bloomsbury - 2009 - ISBN: 1596916443 / 9781596916449  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004959 $14.00
Beaton, M.C.  
Hamish Macbeth #25: Death of a Witch
Hamish MacBeth returns from holiday to find that a charming witch supplying dangerous potions has come to Lochdubh; when she is murdered and he is the prime suspect, he must work to clear his name  
Novel, 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Grand Central - 2010 - ISBN: 0446615498 / 9780446615495  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006167 $6.99
Beaton, M.C.  
Hamish Macbeth #26: Death of a Valentine
Wedding bells are in the air for police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, but he develops pre-nuptial jitters as he and his fiancee, constable Josie McSween, investigate a woman's murder.  
Novel, 246 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Grand Central - 2010 - ISBN: 0446547387 / 9780446547383  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005169 $23.99
Behrent, Sue  
Star Wars: Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny #3: Tethan Battle Adventure
Ages 9 and up. Discover the secrets of B'omarr Monastery, dodge blaster fire, and come face to face with Asajj Ventress! You have the power to decide whether to become a Jedi or turn to the dark side.  
Novel, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Grosset & Dunlap - 2010 - ISBN: 0448453363 / 9780448453361  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006703 $4.99
Bell, Hilari  
Knight and Rogue #3: Player's Ruse
Ages 12 and up. Thief-turned-squire Fisk might have to save former knight errant Michael from a fate worse than death - unrequited first love.  
Novel, 377 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Harper Teen - 2010 - ISBN: 006082509X / 9780060825096  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006265 $17.99
Bellows, Alan / Editors of DamnInteresting.com  
Alien Hand Syndrome and Other Too-Weird-Not-To-Be-True Stories
A look at natural and manmade events and phenomena, including the 1919 Molasses Flood, Mike the Headless Chicken, peculiar parasites, and more.  
Nonfiction, 290 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Workman Publishing - 2009 - ISBN: 0761152253 / 9780761152255  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New007606 $12.95
Bennett, Robert Jackson  
Mr. Shivers
Connelly seeks death for the scarred man who murdered his daughter. And countless others have lost someone to the scarred man. As they band together to track him, Connelly begins to suspect that the man is more than human, and must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to get his revenge.  
Novel, 327 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Orbit - 2010 - ISBN: 0316054682 / 9780316054683  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005159 $19.99
Berenson, Alex  
John Wells #3: The Silent Man
When an attack on him leaves his fiance badly injured, CIA agent John Wells tracks his adversaries to Russia and Europe, where he uncovers an Islamic terrorist plan.  
Novel, 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Jove - 2010 - ISBN: 0515147532 / 9780515147537  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006774 $9.99
Berg, Carol  
Collegia Magica #1: The Spirit Lens
Reduced to tending the library at Sabria's last collegia magica, failed magic student Portier fights off despair with scholarship. When the King of Sabria charges him to investigate an attempted murder that has disturbing magical resonances, Portier believes his dreams of a greater destiny might at last be fulfilled.  
Novel, 464 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Roc - 2010 - ISBN: 0451463110 / 9780451463111  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006711 $16.00
Berney, Lou  
Gutshot Straight
Signed by the author on the title page. An ex-con and a housewife, on the run from the mob, head for Panama, looking to unload valuable religious artifacts of questionable provenance.  
Novel, 291 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
William Morrow - 2010 - ISBN: 0061766046 / 9780061766046  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006220 $24.99
Berry, Jedediah  
The Manual of Detection
An unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams.

Awards:
♦  Winner of the 2010 William L. Crawford Award for Best First Fantasy Book

 
Novel, 278 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Penguin - 2010 - ISBN: 0143116517 / 9780143116516  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006718 $15.00
Best, S. Payne (Captain)  
The Venlo Incident: A True Story of Double-Dealing, Captivity, and a Murderous Nazi Plot
1939: Best, a top MI6 agent is captured by an SS ambush, along with a list of British undercover agents, and spends five years in Nazi concentration camps.  
Nonfiction, 260 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1950)  
Skyhorse Publishing - 2009 - ISBN: 1602399468 / 9781602399464  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006646 $14.95
Beyer, Doug / Dommermuth, Brady / Helland, Jenna / et al  
Magic the Gathering: Planeswalker: Path of the Planeswalker
Collects the entire web comic series, plus never before seen material.  
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Wizards of the Coast - 2010 - ISBN: 0786953675 / 9780786953677  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005120 $14.95
Bisson, Terry  
Fire on the Mountain
It's 1959 in socialist Virginia. The Deep South is an independent Black nation called Nova Africa. The second Mars expedition is about to touch down on the red planet. And a pregnant scientist is climbing the Blue Ridge in search of her great-great grandfather, a teenage slave who fought with John Brown and Harriet Tubman's guerrilla army.  
Novel, 156 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1988)  
PM Press - 2009 - ISBN: 1604860871 / 9781604860870  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New007177 $15.95
Black, Cara  
Aimee Leduc #09: Murder in the Latin Quarter
Signed by the author on the title page. A Haitian woman arrives in Paris, claiming to be Aimee's illegitimate sister. Aimee's partner Rene is wary, but Aimee embraces the woman, then finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics that lead to murder.  
Novel, 317 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Soho Crime - 2010 - ISBN: 1569476217 / 9781569476215  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005688 $14.00
Black, Cara  
Aimee Leduc #10: Murder in the Palais Royal
Signed by the author on the title page. Aimee's partner has been shot, and eyewitnesses have identified her as the culprit. A mysterious deposit has been made to their firm's bank account. Two murders ensue. And somehow it's all connected to a youth Aimee sent to jail years ago.  
Novel, 291 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Soho Crime - 2010 - ISBN: 1569476209 / 9781569476208  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005689 $25.00
Blehm, Eric  
The Only Thing Worth Dying For
The story of the US Army Special Forces team that conquered the Taliban against overwhelming odds while protecting Hamid Karzai, soon to become the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan.  
Nonfiction, 375 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Harper - 2010 - ISBN: 0061661228 / 9780061661228  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006254 $25.99
Blish, James  
Flights of Eagles
Reprints three novels and four short stories from a master of science fiction grounded in science and rigorously logical fantasy.
    Contents
  • Introduction == Tom Shippey
  • Welcome to Mars
  • Jack of Eagles
  • Get Out of My Sky
  • The Thing in the Attic
  • The Writing of the Rat
  • Genius Heap
  • Tiger Ride (with Damon Knight)
 
Omnibus, 454 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
NESFA Press - 2009 - ISBN: 1886778868 / 9781886778863  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004619 $29.00
Blossom, Andrew (editor) / Castleberry, Brian (editor) / De Haven, Tom (editor)  
Richmond Noir
Twelve original stories set in Richmond, Virginia.
    Contents
  • Foreword == Tom Robbins
  • Introduction
    Part I: Nevermore
  • The Rose Red Vial == Pir Rothenberg
  • Homework == David L. Robbins
  • Gaia == Mina Beverly
  • Texas Beach == Dennis Danvers
    Part II: Numbers
  • The Battle of Belle Isle == Clay McLeod Chapman
  • A Late-Night Fishing Trip == X.C. Atkins
  • The Heart Is a Strange Muscle == Laura Browder
  • The Fall Lines == Dean King
    Part III: Neurosis
  • Playing with DaBlonde == Tom De Haven
  • Midnight at the Oasis == Anne Thomas Soffee
  • Untitled == Meagan J. Saunders
  • Marco's Broken English == Conrad Ashley Persons
    Part IV: Nonsuch
  • The Thirteenth Floor == Howard Owen
  • Mr. Not == Hermine Pinson
  • The Apprentice == Clint McCown
  • Editors' Acknowledgments
  • About the Contributors
 
Anthology, 270 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Akashic Books - 2010 - ISBN: 1933354984 / 9781933354989  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005654 $15.95
Bourne, J.L.  
Day by Day Armageddon
The dead are rising to claim the earth as the new dominant species in the food chain; one man struggles to survive in the midst of the global disaster.  
Novel, 200 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2007)  
Pocket / Permuted Press - 2009 - ISBN: 1439176671 / 9781439176672  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New007676 $15.00
Bova, Ben  
Able One
Can an experimental defense system stop North Korean missile strikes?  
Novel, 398 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 0765323869 / 9780765323866  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006531 $24.99
Bova, Ben (editor)  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B
Eleven classic novellas.
    Contents
  • The Martian Way == Isaac Asimov
  • Earthman, Come Home == James Blish
  • Rogue Moon == Algis Budrys
  • The Spectre General == Theodore Cogswell
  • The Machine Stops == E.M. Forster
  • The Midas Plague == Frederik Pohl
  • The Witches of Karres == James H. Schmitz
  • E for Effort == T.L. Sherred
  • In Hiding == Wilmar H. Shiras
  • The Big Front Yard == Clifford D. Simak
  • The Moon Moth == Jack Vance
 
Anthology, 527 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1973)  
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 076530533X / 9780765305336  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006528 $18.99
Boyd, William  
Ordinary Thunderstorms
A chance encounter in a London bistro leads to a series of malign accidents, through which a young man loses everything; he heads underground to try to figure out what to do with his life.  
Novel, 403 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition  
Harper - 2010 - ISBN: 0061876747 / 9780061876745  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006256 $26.99
Bradbury, Ray  
We'll Always Have Paris: Stories
Twenty-two never-before-published short stories.
    Contents
  • Massinello Pietro
  • The Visit
  • The Twilight Greens
  • The Murder
  • When the Bough Breaks
  • We'll Always Have Paris
  • Ma Perkins Comes to Stay
  • Doubles
  • Pater Caninus
  • Arrival and Departure
  • Last Laughs
  • Pieta Summer
  • Fly Away Home
  • Un-pillow Talk
  • Come Away with Me
  • Apple-core Baltimore
  • The Reincarnate
  • Remembrance, Ohio
  • If Paths Must Cross Again
  • Miss Appletree and I
  • A Literary Encounter
  • America
 
Collection, 210 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Harper Perennial - 2010 - ISBN: 0061670146 / 9780061670145  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006242 $13.99


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