Book Beat 149

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Almost 200 books in this batch of new arrivals. Fiction includes novels, short stories , mysteries. There’s some literature, too. Non-Fiction includes history, esp. China, Russia, but also England, Ireland, Africa, ranging from culture, religion to WW II and political science and social sciences. As usual, a slew of art: comic, fine arts, sculpture, photography. Also includes Children’s, film, and an assortment of the unexpected. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

This treatise is a detailed investigation on the state of affairs in China during the post Mao - when Deng Xiaoping was the overarching leader of China. — The Deng Xiaoping Era: An Inquiry into the Fate of Chinese Socialism

A detailed study of contemporary Chinese history from the Chinese Revolution and the founding of the Maoist state to the establishment of the Deng regime and the social consequences of Deng’s reforms. Read More

$50.00

The Second Sino-Japanese War began on July 7, 1937, when Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China, leading to widespread conflict that lasted until 1945. It is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. — The Chinese People at War: Human Suffering and Social Transformation, 1937–1945

Following a war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931, the Second Sino-Japanese War began on July 7, 1937, when Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China, leading to widespread conflict that lasted until 1945. Read More

$18.00

The source of this estrangement was Mao Zedong's ideological radicalization at a time when Soviet leaders, mainly Nikita Khrushchev, became committed to more pragmatic domestic and foreign policies. — The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World

China and the Soviet Union had hoped to form a monolithic communist bloc. The Sino-Soviet split (roughly 1956-1966) was the dramatic breakdown of political ideological and diplomatic relations between them. Read More

$30.00

Explores how the CCP began as a group of study societies that evolved into a mass Marxist-Leninist party by 1927. Details difficulties of building a cohesive organization in Chinese society. Read More

$50.00

Chronologically covers hippie music and culture of the late 1960s in San Francisco and London. Includes interviews, text, pictures, record reviews, and photographs. — I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era 1965-1969

In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Summer of Love, a glossy coffee-table book published in 1997 to accompany an exhibition on the psychedelic era at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read More

$40.00

For his famed resort hotels of the 1950s Lapidus designed vast structures incorporating a melange of quasi-French provincial and Italian Renaissance decorative elements that critics dubbed "Miami Beach French". — Too Much Is Never Enough

Lapidus’s signature forms – chevrons, “beanpoles,” “woggles,” or amoeba shapes, and curving walls and ceilings with “cheese holes,” or cutouts – are now treasured icons of American postwar vernacular architecture. Read More

$35.00

Vivian Gordon was a glamorous symbol of Prohibition-era excess. Her bludgeoned body was found dumped in the Bronx. She left behind was a diary with more than three-hundred names implicating powerful officials, philanthropists, businessmen, gangland figures. — Broadway Butterfly: Vivian Gordon: The Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York

The book on one of the most notorious murders in Jazz Age New York history, that of Vivian Gordon, the high-end escort, con artist, and blackmailer connected to gangsters like “Legs” Diamond and Arnold Rothstein. Read More

$25.00

A true-crime mystery is at the center of the story: did the social-climbing, closeted gay antiques dealer shoot his lover in cold blood or self-defense. Add to that outrageous character portraits of Savannah’s very oddball residents. — Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (SIGNED COPY)

Retelling of a true crime story set in the hauntingly beautiful Savannah, Georgia. The question? Was the lover “shot in cold blood” or in “self-defense”. Told with all the ingredients and witty dialogue of a fictional story. Read More

$50.00

The Lew Archer novels are recognized as some of the most significant American mystery books of the mid 20th century, bringing a literary sophistication to the genre. — Archer At Large: Three Great Lew Archer Novels of Suspense

Macdonald introduced the tough but humane private eye Lew Archer in the 1946 short story “Find the Woman”. Archer novels are recognized as some of the most significant American mystery books of the mid 20th century. Read More

$30.00

Lambert details what he considers to be the relevant works of eight master suspense writers and a film-maker to further explore his view of the interaction between their art and their personal psychology. — The Dangerous Edge: An Inquiry Into the Lives of Nine Masters of Suspense

Gavin Lambert investigates the works and individual psyches of nine ‘crime-artists,’ eight authors and a film-maker. His title is taken from a Robert Browning poem. Read More

$18.00

A personal history disguised as a novel of self-dissatisfaction. Brenner, scion of an old and famous cigar dynasty, decides to kill himself. And the author did just that, sadly before publication. Read More

$18.00

Biography of the peerless career of Randy Newman, written by author Hilburn with the full cooperation of Newman, his family, friends and admirers. Hilburn has known Newman since his club debut at the Troubadour in 1970. — A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman

Phenomenal overview of the peerless career of Randy Newman starting with Newman’s famous family of film composers. Follows Newman’s life up to early 2024. Each major album or film score has its own chapter. Read More

$22.00

Widely regarded as one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, Spider-man has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video games, novels, and plays. Read More

$140.00

Welcome to the World of Marvel Comics; introduced by the master story teller, Stan Lee who championed the comeback of Comic book superheroes starting in 1961 and still going strong. Read More

$180.00

Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four, Volume 1 is actually the second book in the Masterworks series. It is written by Stan Lee, drawn by Jack Kirby, and lettered by Art Simek. — Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four – Vol. 1

The Fantastic Four went on sale August 8, 1961 and were an unexpected success for Marvel Comics. Marvel’s Fantastic Four proved that superheroes could be flawed. Read More

$40.00

Brooding images and dramatic 3-D scenes rise from the page of this rendition of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale, Frankenstein. It’s a literary and visual feast, rich in detail and atmosphere. Read More

$40.00

Walt Disney's Alice is filled with photographs, concept art, illustrations, and detailed storyboards. It offers a rich visual journey through the creation of the animated classic. — The Making of a Masterpiece: Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (with DVD)

The story of how Disney’s Alice came to be. Explores the many setbacks, the evolving artistic direction, and how the concept shifted over time before reaching its final form. Read More

$50.00

Explores the current sectarian conflict existent within the subcontinent, particularly centered around the Deoband school, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic institutions of India. — Islamic Revival in British India : Deoband, 1860-1900

Examines the scholars of deoband and their contribution in preserving Islam under alien rule. The Deoband school, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic institutions of India. Read More

$70.00

A story of political exile and punishment providing a window into the everyday life of those who endured the cruelties of penal and most likely illegal servitude. — American Citizens, British Slaves (SIGNED COPY)

82 American activists conducted raids at the Canadian border, 1838. They wound up serving a life of penal and most likely illegal servitude in Tasmania. Read More

$28.00

The Tang dynasty, or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. — T’ang China: The Rise of the East in World History

The Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Read More

$40.00

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was one of the most original and influential artists of the twentieth century. Plakate is the German term for "poster." It typically refers to large printed advertisements or announcements that are displayed in public spaces. — Joseph Beuys: Plakate Posters

Includes full page illustrations of Beuys’ most important posters, essays about Beuys’ influence, an extensive biography of the artist and a complete catalogue of all posters created under his guidance. Read More

$50.00

In 1946, Kublin moved from Budapest to Zurich, where he opened a photography studio specializing in advertising. Introduction to fashion arose when he got a job photographing a Jacques Fath fashion show held in Saint Moritz. — Balenciaga Kublin: A Fashion Record

Kublin started at House of Balenciaga hired to film designs for copyright protection purposes. He stayed to capture the golden age of Balenciaga couture in the 1950s and 1960s. Read More

$60.00

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