Browser Book Beat Issue 118
Swanson at one time was considered the most bankable star of her era and so valuable an asset, her studio had her carried in a sedan chair from her dressing room to the set. Read More
$60.00
Magnificently grotesque pop-up illustrations adorn a sardonic retelling of a Mother Goose nursery rhyme. Read More
$12.00
The Old Bay Line covered some two hundred miles on the Chesapeake but may be considered a microcosm of the entire field of American steam navigation Read More
$15.00
Written soon after the Spanish-American War and at the beginning of the Philippine-American War, these stories describe children taking on roles in famous historical battles. Read More
$150.00
The first full study of American marine painting ever published. The author draws together representative works from Colonial times to the late 60s. Read More
$25.00
Anthropologist attempts to reduce some basic myths of the South American Indians to a comprehensible psychological pattern. Read More
$28.00
Descendants of three brothers; Ichabod, Aaron and Capt. Edward Brownell. Ichabod owned and managed the historic Brownell Tavern aka “The Old Stone House”. Read More
$35.00
These letters offer intimate insights in Jane Austen’s way of thinking, reasoning and living. This book is the most direct impression one could ever gain of Jane Austen herself. Read More
$40.00
A fascinating and detailed look at seven men who defined the craft of directing animated shorts and films at Disneyand how the director’s duties changed over time. Read More
$80.00
Showcase of tales and photographs including the world-record elephant, Cape buffalo, gemsbok and more. Also highlights historic, unlisted and little-known trophies. Read More
$80.00
With a legacy of bringing fans the best horror coverage out there, this issue features a plethora of articles, from the horror and monster genre to movies and TV, all the way to science fiction. Read More
$20.00
Miller said, “I believe this is my most important book because it indicates a revolution back to the small farms, which started in Vermont….” Read More
$40.00
Compelling photographs taken over a period of forty years depict America’s vanishing and endangered places in black and white. High contrast and wide open. Read More
$35.00
An authoritative and magnificently illustrated survey of Mesoamerican architecture from pre-Olmec times to the Spanish conquest. Read More
$80.00
Italian posters tend toward realism while other countries, Poland and Czechoslovakia for instance, lean toward abstract art to advertise the same films. Read More
$30.00
During Radclyffe’s nine month trip he hunted the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Peninsula, and the Bering Sea coast, and employed Native guides. Read More
$50.00
These are poignant tales of life, death, and survival on a continent where, as one of Decoster’s trackers puts it, “the earth is often the color of blood.” Read More
$40.00
Kiki served as the Surrealist and Dada artist’s muse. In 1924, she posed for a photograph that became Ray’s best-known work and one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed pieces of art. Read More
$25.00
Wolf was sired by Lad and Lady, central characters in Terhune’s previous book Lad: A dog. Wolf was the outsider, funny-looking, but purebred, collie who proved a hero. Read More
$50.00
Spanish-American War ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. Read More
$40.00