SIMMONDS**, POSY::GEMMA BOVERY.**
- Taschenbuch 1999, ISBN: 9780224052511
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New York: Avon Books [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2004. First Avon Books Paperback printing. Mass market paperback. Good. xiv, [2], 521, [5] pages. Map. Illustrations. Exce… Mehr…
New York: Avon Books [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2004. First Avon Books Paperback printing. Mass market paperback. Good. xiv, [2], 521, [5] pages. Map. Illustrations. Excerpt from the novel Sandstorm at pages 511-521. Cover has some wear and soiling. Somewhat cocked. James Rollins is a pen name of James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL), an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to be a full-time author. Rollins' experiences and expertise as an amateur spelunker and a certified scuba diver have provided content for some of his novels, which are often set in underground or underwater locations. Under the pen name James Clemens, he has also published fantasy novels, such as Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm, Wit'ch War, Wit'ch Gate, Wit'ch Star, Shadowfall (2005) and Hinterland (2006). Ice Hunt summary: After an Alaskan game warden rescues a man from a crashed plane and saves him from subsequent attack by foreign soldiers, his ex-wife's piloting skills take them all to the man's intended destination, a US research base on the Arctic ice, set up following the discovery by advanced ice-penetrating sonar of a derelict Russian scientific base buried within a massive iceberg, Ice Station Grendel, where the personnel all died decades earlier. A Russian submarine carrying the son of the station's former commander also approaches, ostensibly to retrieve the bodies found by the Americans. Both sides know the station contains vastly important scientific secrets, worth fighting for, but neither side knows quite how the other will fight, or how Grendel itself will complicate matters. In an atmosphere of mistrust and fear, the Alaskans and the scientist overseeing the sonar project have unexpected roles to play, while in the midst of terror, unexpected allies, and betrayals, neither side can afford to lose. Buried deep in the earth's polar ice cap -- carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States -- is a secret place, the site of a remarkable abandoned experiment that could have frightening ramifications for the planet. The brain trust of the former Soviet Union who created the seventy-year-old Ice Station Grendel would like it simply to melt from human memory. But that becomes impossible when an American undersea research vessel, the Polar Sentinel, inadvertently pulls too close to the hollowed-out iceberg... and one of the crew sees something alive inside. Something that never should have survived. It is a discovery that sends shock waves through the intelligence communities of two powerful nations, as American and Russian scientists, soldiers, and unsuspecting civilians are pulled into Grendel's lethal vortex of secrets, violence, and betrayal. To preserve the silence -- to prevent others from uncovering the terrible mysteries locked behind submerged walls of ice and steel -- no measures will be too extreme. For within the station, experiments have blurred the line between life and death. It was a place never meant to be found. One man already knows too much: Matthew Pike, a former American Special Forces operative, living in seclusion in Alaska on the edge of the Arctic Circle. On the run after rescuing the survivor of a plane crash no one was meant to observe, Pike is relentlessly drawn into the eye of the gathering storm -- even as a Russian nuclear attack submarine draws silently nearer to the men and women on the Polar Sentinel. The covert battle over Grendel is spinning out of control, and the future of all human life on Earth will be altered -- or destroyed -- once its nightmarish truths are revealed. A masterful blending of science and adventure, suspense and explosive page-turning excitement, James Rollins's Ice Hunt is a novel that will chill readers to the bone., Avon Books [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2004, 2.5, Boston: Jordan Marsh Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. This vintage 9 by 6 inch, 116 page volume is in very good collectible condition with light edge wear and light wear to the covers as shown. See Photos; "The first sales transaction of the Jordan Marsh Company was the sale of one yard of cherry colored ribbinn by Eben Jordan, its founder, to louisa Bareiss, his friend. Friendship is the basis of confidence, and confidence is the basis for success. " A history fo the Jordan Marsh Co. Boston, Mass. Published for the Centennial . The book is illustrated throughout. ; Drawing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages .LR 5 1&2, Jordan Marsh Co., 1950, 3, UK,slim,rectangular Qrto s/back,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus. [The true UK,1st edn was published 1999,by same publisher,but in hardback format.Believed a simultaneous s/back issue (?) - as stated Jonathan Cape, 1999 with full number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 to copyright page.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Posy Simmonds, illustrated card wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,slim, narrow Qrto wraps,1st edn thus,1- 106pp [paginated] b/w comic strip stories,by Posy Simmonds,and text,an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title-pages,and dedication. Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds (b 9/8/1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of children's books.Born in Berkshire and educated at a boarding school,the Sorbonne and studied at the Central School of Art & Design,London.She is best known for her long association with The Guardian,for which she now draws a cartoon titled Tamara Drewe.She started her newspaper career drawing a strip for The Sun in 1969 before joining The Guardian as an illustrator in 1972.In 1979 she started drawing a weekly comic strip for The Guardian,initially titled 'The Silent Three of St. Botolph's' as a tribute to the 1950's strip,'The Silent Three' by Evelyn Flinders.The strip focused on three 1950's schoolfriends in their later,middle-class and nearly middle-aged lives: Wendy Weber,a former nurse married to polytechnic sociology lecturer George with a large brood of children; Jo Heep,married to whisky salesman Edmund with two rebellious teenagers; and Trish Wright,married to philandering advertising executive Stanhope with a young baby. The strip,which was latterly untitled and usually known just as "Posy", ran until the late 1980's.It was collected into a number of books: 'Mrs Weber's Diary', 'Pick of Posy','Very Posy' and 'Pure Posy',and one original cartoon book featuring the same characters,'True Love'. Her later cartoons for The Guardian and The Spectator were collected as 'Mustn't Grumble',in 1992. Posy Simmonds' first graphic novel,'Gemma Bovery' was acclaimed by the critics for its wit and wickedly sharp observation.A.N. Wilson called it 'a work of genius' and more than one reviewer suggested that it should be entered for the Booker prize.She is also the author of many books for adults and children - see also rja1787, rja24337,rja27787, rja465313 and rja511215 (the last 2 numbers are duplicate copies of same title) respectively - including 'Literary Life','Lulu and the Flying Babies' and 'Fred',the film of which was nominated for an Oscar.She has contributed a series of weekly cartoon strips to the 'Guardian' newspaper since 1977,and has won international awards for her work. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.CAPE,1999., 5<
