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The Alienistby Caleb CarrISBN 0316909718 (0-316-90971-8)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alienist'Book summary:Very Good Condition First Edition Hardcover (1994) . Dust Jacket has a tear on the bottom right-hand corner, and one on the back DJ's top left-hand corner (PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS OF THIS BOOK THAT I POSTED ON THE PRODUCT PAGE). Text is clean and unmarked, there are turned-down pages on page 3 & 5, rest of the rest is pristine. Spine firm, binding tight. A fabulous entertaining story set in New York City during the 1890s with Police Commissoner Theodore Roosevelt enlisting the help of Psychologist or "Alienist", Dr. Laszlo Kreizler along with New York Times Crime Reporter John Schuyler Moore to catch a deranged madman. The duo races to find a serial killer roaming New York City ala Jack-the-Ripper style. The story is very fast-paced and the reader won't be able to put this book down until the very end, it also depicts 1890s New York City very well, a very entertaining atmospheric novel. Those who love the Sherlock Holmes stories will love this book, seeing quite a bit of Holmes & Watson in this duo. One of the best suspense thrillers of the 1990s. We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation. [via]
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Alienist 3by Caleb CarrISBN 0316728411 (0-316-72841-1)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Alienist C Exportby Caleb CarrISBN 0316914770 (0-316-91477-0)
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The Angel of Darknessby Caleb CarrISBN 0345425146 (0-345-42514-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Angel of Darkness'Book summary:Caleb Carr paints an intricate portrait of Golden Age New York, and brings back all the great characters from "The Alienist, [via]
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- The Angel of Darkness: ISBN 0345427637 (0-345-42763-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Angel of Darkness: ISBN 0316643807 (0-316-64380-7)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - The Angel of Darkness: ISBN 0316643815 (0-316-64381-5)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - The Angel of Darkness: ISBN 0345425146 (0-345-42514-6)
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- The Angel of Darkness: ISBN 0345427637 (0-345-42763-7)
The Angel of Darkness and the Alienistby Caleb CarrISBN 0316644994 (0-316-64499-4)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Casing the Promised Landby Caleb CarrISBN 0060107073 (0-06-010707-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Italian Secretaryby Caleb CarrISBN 0312939132 (0-312-93913-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Italian Secretary'Book summary:Although Sherlock Holmes categorically dismissed, in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," supernatural explanations for corporeal crimes ("This Agency stands flat-footed upon the ground, and there it must remain. ... No ghosts need apply"), one of the most popular among Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Holmes tales is The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), in which the fate of a Devonshire family supposedly hangs on the savage appetites of an apparitional beast. More than a century later, in The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr again presents the hawk-faced consulting detective with a yarn woven of paranormal plot threads, the mystery this time rooted in the fatal 16th-century stabbing of David Rizzio, a music teacher and confidant to Mary, Queen of Scots.
For Holmes and his affable annalist, Dr. John Watson, this spirited escapade begins sometime in the late 19th century with their receipt, in London, of an encrypted telegram from Sherlock's eccentric elder brother, Mycroft, "a senior but anonymous government official." It summons them to Edinburgh, Scotland, where architect Sir Alistair Sinclair and his foreman, Dennis McKay, have been slain in the midst of rehabilitating the medieval west tower of the Royal Palace of Holyrood--the very wing where Queen Mary had lived, and where Rizzio had met his brutal, politically motivated end. Mycroft fears these murders portend new threats against Britain's present monarch--the elderly Queen Victoria, who infrequently lodges at the palace--by a known assassin, perhaps in nefarious league with the German Kaiser. En route north, Holmes and Watson are menaced aboard their train by a red-bearded bomb thrower (supposedly a rabid Scots nationalist), only to discover that still greater dangers await them, and others, at Holyroodhouse. The plaintive drone of a weeping woman, cruelly punctured and shattered corpses, a pool of blood "that never dries," and a disembodied Italian voice with unexpected musical tastes all imply the wrath of wraiths behind recent atrocities. But Holmes and Watson deduce that greed, rather than ghosts, may be to blame.
Carr, who earned renown with his historical mysteries, The Alienist (1994) and The Angel of Darkness (1997), apparently intended The Italian Secretary to be a short story; however, he couldn't stop writing. The result is a fleet-footed, atmospherically gothic, and often amusing Holmes tale (with an exposition scene in Watson's bed chamber thats truly priceless), but one that makes scant attempt to enhance our understanding of Conan Doyle's characters--a less ambitious undertaking, in that respect, than Mitch Cullin's concurrently published A Slight Trick of the Mind. And while Carr displays a gift here for adopting another author's literary techniques, it is really his own style and series players that his fans are waiting to see more of in the future. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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The Italian Secretary: A Futher Adventure of Sherlock Holmesby Caleb CarrISBN 0006395244 (0-00-639524-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Although Sherlock Holmes categorically dismissed, in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," supernatural explanations for corporeal crimes ("This Agency stands flat-footed upon the ground, and there it must remain. ... No ghosts need apply"), one of the most popular among Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Holmes tales is The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), in which the fate of a Devonshire family supposedly hangs on the savage appetites of an apparitional beast. More than a century later, in The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr again presents the hawk-faced consulting detective with a yarn woven of paranormal plot threads, the mystery this time rooted in the fatal 16th-century stabbing of David Rizzio, a music teacher and confidant to Mary, Queen of Scots.
For Holmes and his affable annalist, Dr. John Watson, this spirited escapade begins sometime in the late 19th century with their receipt, in London, of an encrypted telegram from Sherlock's eccentric elder brother, Mycroft, "a senior but anonymous government official." It summons them to Edinburgh, Scotland, where architect Sir Alistair Sinclair and his foreman, Dennis McKay, have been slain in the midst of rehabilitating the medieval west tower of the Royal Palace of Holyrood--the very wing where Queen Mary had lived, and where Rizzio had met his brutal, politically motivated end. Mycroft fears these murders portend new threats against Britain's present monarch--the elderly Queen Victoria, who infrequently lodges at the palace--by a known assassin, perhaps in nefarious league with the German Kaiser. En route north, Holmes and Watson are menaced aboard their train by a red-bearded bomb thrower (supposedly a rabid Scots nationalist), only to discover that still greater dangers await them, and others, at Holyroodhouse. The plaintive drone of a weeping woman, cruelly punctured and shattered corpses, a pool of blood "that never dries," and a disembodied Italian voice with unexpected musical tastes all imply the wrath of wraiths behind recent atrocities. But Holmes and Watson deduce that greed, rather than ghosts, may be to blame.
Carr, who earned renown with his historical mysteries, The Alienist (1994) and The Angel of Darkness (1997), apparently intended The Italian Secretary to be a short story; however, he couldn't stop writing. The result is a fleet-footed, atmospherically gothic, and often amusing Holmes tale (with an exposition scene in Watson's bed chamber thats truly priceless), but one that makes scant attempt to enhance our understanding of Conan Doyle's characters--a less ambitious undertaking, in that respect, than Mitch Cullin's concurrently published A Slight Trick of the Mind. And while Carr displays a gift here for adopting another author's literary techniques, it is really his own style and series players that his fans are waiting to see more of in the future. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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- The Italian Secretary: A Futher Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0002007193 (0-00-200719-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Italian Secretary : A Futher Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0316730831 (0-316-73083-1)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0006395244 (0-00-639524-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
- The Italian Secretary: A Futher Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0002007193 (0-00-200719-3)
Killing Time : A Novel of the Futureby Caleb CarrISBN 0316854824 (0-316-85482-4)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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- Killing Time : A Novel of the Future: ISBN 0316854719 (0-316-85471-9)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - Killing Time: ISBN 0356221075 (0-356-22107-5)
Hardcover, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH - Killing Time : A Novel of the Future: ISBN 0375430768 (0-375-43076-8)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Killing Time: A Novel of the Future: ISBN 0316854824 (0-316-85482-4)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Killing Time : A Novel of the Future: ISBN 0316854719 (0-316-85471-9)
The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Againby Caleb CarrISBN 0316860794 (0-316-86079-4)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again'Book summary:Military historian Caleb Carrs groundbreaking work anticipated Americas current debates on preemptive military action against terrorist sponsor states, reorganization of the American intelligence system, and the treatment of terrorists as soldiers in supranational armies rather than as criminals. Carrs authoritative exploration demonstrates that the practice of terrorism, employed by national armies as well as extremists since the days of ancient Rome, is ultimately self-defeating. Far from prompting submission, it stiffens enemy resolve and never leads to long-lasting success.
Controversial on its initial publication in 2002, The Lessons of Terror has been repeatedly validated by subsequent events. Carrs analysis of individual terrorist acts, and particularly of the history of the Middle East conflict, is fundamental to a deep understanding of the roots of terrorism as well as the steps and reforms that must be taken if the continuing threat of terrorist behavior is to be met effectively today and, finally, eradicated tomorrow. [via]More editions of The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again:
- The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: ISBN 0375760741 (0-375-76074-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again: ISBN 0375508430 (0-375-50843-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again: ISBN 0316860794 (0-316-86079-4)
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- The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: ISBN 0375760741 (0-375-76074-1)
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Montcalm and Wolfe : The French and Indian Warby Francis Parkman, John Keegan, Caleb CarrISBN 0375754202 (0-375-75420-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Montcalm and Wolfe : The French and Indian War'Book summary:The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of war; resulted in the death of both generals, Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe; and ultimately sowed the seeds of the American Revolution, fought a scant seventeen years later. A brilliant work of scholarship as well as a riveting read, Montcalm and Wolfe was thought by many, including the author, to be Parkman's greatest work. It is an essential part of any military history collection.
The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit. [via]More editions of Montcalm and Wolfe : The French and Indian War:
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Naval War of 1812by Theodore Roosevelt, Caleb Carr , John Allen GableISBN 0375754199 (0-375-75419-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naval War of 1812'Book summary:Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the war, but its brilliant analysis and balanced tone left critics floundering, changed the course of U.S. military history by renewing interest in our obsolete forces, and set the young author and political hopeful on a path to greatness. Roosevelt's inimitable style and robust narrative make The Naval War of 1812 enthralling, illuminating, and utterly essential to every armchair historian.
The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit. [via]More editions of Naval War of 1812:
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