
Browser Book Beat Issue 117
Prolific writer, Hans Christian Andersen is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Fritz Kredel, award-winning illustrator. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University. Read More
$130.00
Though not a golfer himself, Heath Robinson was a shrewd observer and pokes fun at the game and its players. Smart, fun. Read More
$12.00
Winter is coming and the voles discover that their blankets have moth holes. The mice of Brambly Hedge spin and weave as fast as they can to help replace them. Read More
$15.00
Roosevelt was a diligent, skilled writer and a popular historian. In this history he covers The Alleghanies, Mississippi, The Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, Louisiana and the Northwest. Read More
$500.00
An instructional book teaches young women the essentials skills for riding horses in the late 19th century. Read More
$100.00
From this author of cloak-and-sword romances, “Zenda” finds Englishmen Rudolf Rassendyll embroiled in royal intrigues and dangerous politics while on a trip to Ruritania. Read More
$1000.00
Haggard’s imperial romance follows its English heroes from the quiet rooms of Cambridge to the uncharted interior of Africa in search of a legendary lost city with an ageless white queen. Read More
$40.00
Aristotle’s influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics. Read More
$65.00
Ibn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical tradition. World recognition as early as the 13th century contributed to the rediscovery of this master. Read More
$200.00
The book focuses on the intellectual and philosophical developments in England during the 17th century, particularly in the fields of theology and philosophy. Read More
$120.00
This work meticulously navigates through its essential teachings, scrutinizing the purpose and structure of the Sutra, alongside its pivotal concepts such as pramana (means of knowledge) and prameya (object of knowledge). Read More
$150.00
Dudois’ eye witness account culture during his 31 years residence in India colonial times as a Christian Missionary. Very informative regarding the caste system, Brahminical life and the religion in colonial India. Read More
$30.00
The Grammar of Ornament: The Victorian Masterpiece on Oriental, Primitive, Classical, Mediaeval and Renaissance Design and Decorative Art. Read More
$50.00
Together with Christiaan Huygens, Vossius was considered the Dutch Republic’s foremost student of nature. In this volume, a range of authors analyse his participation in the full spectrum of the Republic of Letters. Read More
$150.00
An anthology of papers by several authors covering 1920–1939, and focuses on the contributions of Polish logicians, more particularly, mathematical logicians, to modern logic. Read More
$60.00
Hegel’s Logic. From its first appearance in 1812, this work has been recognized by both admirers and detractors alike as being the absolute foundation of Hegel’s system. Read More
$35.00
This is the first in the Skip Langdon series. Crime solved with just good old fashioned leg work. Winner of the 1991 Edgar Allen Poe Award for best novel. Read More
$15.00
James Marshall’s Goldilocks is one of those naughty little girls who does exactly as she pleases, even if that means sampling the three bears’ porridge, breaking Baby Bear’s chair, and sleeping in his bed. Read More
$12.00
His Highness, Ferdinand II helped mold Austria’s provinces into an integral whole, and to see in his imperial policy an attempt at creating a Roman Catholic German state during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Read More
$150.00
Includes many advancements in the art of steam locomotive building. For the steam purist, this edition was to be the last of the all-steam-oriented cyclopedias Read More
$100.00