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ROOTS OF MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first gardening mystery, introducing Bretta Solomon, whose flower shop in a small town in Missouri is her whole life since her cop husband died a year ago of a heart attack. Her whole life, that is, until an Amish farmer who supplied her with flowers is found dead under suspicious circumstances. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312203047.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 90485More details Price: $21.50 -
MURDER SETS SEED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second gardening mystery, featuring Bretta Solomon, who has been combining her work as a florist in River City, Missouri, with restoring her new home, the historic Beauchamp mansion - but at a preview dinner party just before Christmas, the former owner, River City matriarch Cameo Beauchamp is strangled in a roomful of people during a momentary blackout. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-312203829.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87449More details Price: $17.50 -
THE OBSESSION: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness.
Edition: Hardcover.
New York: Harper & Row, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "A deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful and thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies -" A book which is arguably even more relevant now than when it was written. Notes. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0148845.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 71277More details Price: $12.50 -
THE OBSESSION: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "A deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful and thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies -" A book which is arguably even more relevant now than when it was written. Notes. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0148845.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62557More details Price: $18.50 -
THE SCHWARZBEIN PRINCIPLE: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Deerfield Beach, Florida Health Communications, Inc (HCI), (1999.). First edition - Advice on a balanced eating plan - high protein, low carbohydrate, moderate fats - and examples of its effect, especially on those with Type II diabetes. Includes recipes, notes, index. 364 pp. ISBN: 1-558746803.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 38305More details Price: $10.00