Hand, Elizabeth:Illyria : Advance Uncorrected Proof
- signiertes Exemplar 2022, ISBN: 9780670012121
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court, where a young law clerk finds herself embroiled in a shocking mystery… Mehr…
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court, where a young law clerk finds herself embroiled in a shocking mystery crafted by one of the most preeminent judges in Americafrom celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams."Abrams follows in Dan Brown's footprint with this masterfully plotted thriller that unfolds like the ultimate chess matchbold move to bolder move with lives hanging in the balance."Lisa Gardner, author of Before She Disappeared"A first-class legal thriller, favorably compared to many of the best, starting with The Pelican Brief, which it brings to mind. It's fast-paced and full of surprisesa terrific read."Scott Turow, author of Presumed InnocentAvery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life togetherexcelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynnthe cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile caseshas slipped into a coma, Avery's life turns upside down. She is immediately notified that Justice Wynn has left instructions for her to serve as his legal guardian and power of attorney. Plunged into an explosive role she never anticipated, Avery finds that Justice Wynn had been secretly researching one of the most controversial cases before the courta proposed merger between an American biotech company and an Indian genetics firm, which promises to unleash breathtaking results in the medical field. She also discovers that Wynn suspected a dangerously related conspiracy that infiltrates the highest power corridors of Washington.As political wrangling ensues in Washington to potentially replace the ailing judge whose life and survival Avery controls, she begins to unravel a carefully constructed, chesslike sequence of clues left behind by Wynn. She comes to see that Wynn had a much more personal stake in the controversial case and realizes his complex puzzle will lead her directly into harm's way in order to find the truth. While Justice Sleeps is a cunningly crafted, sophisticated novel, layered with myriad twists and a vibrant cast of characters. Drawing on her astute inside knowledge of the court and political landscape, Stacey Abrams shows herself to be not only a force for good in politics and voter fairness but also a major new talent in suspense fiction.Don't miss Stacey Abram's bestselling new book, Rogue Justice!, Doubleday, 2021, 5, London/Cambridge/New York/Sharjah: Austin Macauley Publishers, 2021. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "You now own a 1st edition! As such, there are spacing issues the editors missed--I hope you still enjoy the book!" A fine copy. 2021 Trade Paperback. 174 pp. Author's first book. As a woman with a peculiar talent for wielding scalpels in 1800s' London, Ms. Rielly is no stranger to delving into the taboo side of life and death. Determined to find her missing friend, Ms. Rielly steps inside Ainsley Manor and into an investigation involving murder and the strange affliction cast over its lord. She promptly realizes that striking a bargain with him is inevitable and will require all of the skills she has secretly nurtured as a back-alley biologist. Will living with the man possibly responsible for the atrocities she finds yield the answer she sought in the beginning? Or will it plant seeds of doubt about herself? As the city streets gradually become more dangerous and the boundaries between them more indistinguishable, Rielly and Lord Ainsley find the truth may only be released with the blood within their veins., Austin Macauley Publishers, 2021, 4, NY: Ballantine, 2007. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 370 pgs. Soft Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Book design #1237584 by Katie Shaw. DJ design by Marc Cohen. Author photo Kelly Campbell. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Unknown bones, untold secrets, and unsolved crimes from the distant past cast ominous shadows on the present in the dazzling new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil-human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. But whoever this nameless woman was, and whatever befell her, is knowledge lost to another time. . . . Boston, 1830: In order to pay for his education, Norris Marshall, a talented but penniless student at Boston Medical College, has joined the ranks of local "resurrectionists"-those who plunder graveya... Source: Publisher., Ballantine, 2007, 5, Simon & Schuster Export, 2022. Paperback. Used - Very Good. A SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors Choice * Financial Times Books to Read in 2022 A gripping account of PayPals origins and a vivid portrait of the geeks and contrarians who made its meteoric rise possible (The Wall Street Journal)including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. Today, PayPals founders and earliest employees are considered the technology industrys most powerful network. Since leaving PayPal, they have formed, funded, and advised the leading companies of our era, including Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir, and LinkedIn, among many others. As a group, they have driven twenty-first-century innovation and entrepreneurship. Their names stir passions; theyre as controversial as they are admired. Yet for all their influence, the story of where they first started has gone largely untold. Before igniting the commercial space race or jumpstarting social medias rise, they were the unknown creators of a scrappy online payments start-up called PayPal. In building what became one of the worlds foremost companies, they faced bruising competition, internal strife, the emergence of widespread online fraud, and the devastating dot-com bust of the 2000s. Their success was anything but certain. In The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley, award-winning author and biographer Jimmy Soni explores PayPals turbulent early days. With hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to thousands of pages of internal material, he shows how the seeds of so much of what shapes our world todayfast-scaling digital start-ups, cashless currency concepts, mobile money transferwere planted two decades ago. He also reveals the stories of countless individuals who were left out of the front-page features and banner headlines but who were central to PayPals success. Described as an intensely magnetic chronicle (The New York Times) and engrossing (Business Insider), The Founders is a story of iteration and inventivenessthe products of which have cast a long and powerful shadow over modern life. This narrative illustrates how this rare assemblage of talent came to work together and how their collaboration changed our world forever., Simon & Schuster Export, 2022, 3, 255 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter white cloth in red lettering to spine over red boards in pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. By turns sassy and tough, tender and vulnerable, Lilly, a no-longer-so-young Wyoming belle with degrees in criminology and toxicology, is a private investigator and the marshal of Bennett's Fort, a town owned literally lock, stock, and barrel by her cousin. Shod by Chanel, clad in designer suits, and wearing ladylike white gloves, Lilly is an unlikely but highly efficient detective--as she proves when confronted with solving the murder by poisoning of Cyrus Vaile, the incredibly rich, disgustingly lecherous old patron of the local repertory theater. It happens on the night of his birthday celebration, in full view of Lilly and most of his repertory "family," any one of whom might have a pretty good motive for wanting Cyrus dead. And with so much flamboyant emotion obscuring the facts like a theatrical fog, it isn't easy for Lilly to cut through the glycerin tears and get at the unvarnished truth. In Lilly, her eccentric extended family (who made their money in two black crops--oil and Angus cattle), and her dashing suitor Richard Jerome (an ex-Morgan banker turned opera impresario and professional team-roper), Marne Davis Kellogg has invented a fascinating cast of ongoing characters. In Tramp she has created a witty, twisty mystery that shows off each of their talents to perfection. Condition: Signed on the title page else a very good to fine copy in a near fine jacket., Doubleday, 1997, 3.5, 2010; Viking Juvenile / Penguin Group, New York; First Printing --Advance Uncorrected Proof-- Fine Trade Paperback. "Maddy and Rogan are first cousins, best friends, twinned souls, each other's first love. When they are cast in their school's production of Twelfth Night, they are forced to face their separate talents and futures, and their future together. Winner of the World Fantasy Award." 135 pp. ages 14 & up, ISBN: 0670012122. COLLECTIBLE! Pre-publication copy (ARC) advance uncorrected proofs. Crisp clean unmarked copy, Appears newish & unread. BOOKS IN TIME -- Hard to Find, Rare, Collectible & Out-of-Print Books for Less!, Viking / Penguin Group, 2010, 5<
