Book Beat 150
literature
Book Beat 148
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Brazilian photojournalist Salgado documents the history of human migration in 35 countries at the end of 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Read More
$150.00
East of Russia’s Ural mountains, Siberia is known for its harsh winters and vast landscape. Inhabitants range from nomads herding reindeer to scientists in state-of-the-art laboratories and urbanites. Read More
$50.00
Lambert was a Swiss German polymath. He was a genius responsible for many innovations in many fields. For his work in the study of heat and light a measurement of light intensity was named, “The lambert.” French Text. Read More
$70.00
Arnold explores the historical context in which secret and social societies emerged. He traces their evolution from ancient mystery cults to modern-day fraternal organizations. Read More
$300.00
A classic children’s book of manners from the Fifties. It covers the simple virtues of truthfulness, kindness, and cheerfulness. Great illustrations. Read More
$20.00
The story of a young girl’s determination to save a desert canyon from commercial development. Elaborately illustrated by Doolittle’s paintings and drawings. Read More
$35.00
Chronicles the fractured, dystopian state of America. Montgomery has received numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for feature photography. Read More
$180.00
In a series of 15 paintings, Richter commemorates October 18, 1977, the day on which three young German radicals were found dead in a Stuttgart prison. Read More
$60.00
The more than 600 color illustrations are accompanied by incisive essays, a bibliography, and a checklist of the 1,200 items in the full collection. Read More
$60.00
Highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women’s clothing for sport from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. Read More
$80.00
Luigi Barzini was an Italian journalist, writer and politician. In 1928, together with Richard Washburn Child, he ghostwrote The Autobiography of Benito Mussolini. Whether dealing with heroes or villains, he never loses sight of how Italy became a distinct nation. Read More
$28.00
Nikolenka (aka Childhood) captures the idyllic and carefree nature of a young boy’s early life in rural Russia during the 19th century. It is the first in a series of three novels, followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was 23 years old. Read More
$40.00
Presents four essays that reposition Bontecou’s work within the history of recent art. Features some 50 sculptures and more than 100 drawings from the late 1950s to 2003 Read More
$100.00
Betram Hasenauer’s works mainly focus on portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He uses a muted black, white and grey tones palette as well as intense red, blue and yellow. Read More
$80.00
Revelstoke began as an outpost on the transcontinental railway line in the 1800s. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) drove west from the prairies with the goal of linking Canada coast-to-coast. Read More
$18.00
The sharpshooters fought in every Eastern battle up until autumn of 1864. They were noted for their service in the battles of Yorktown, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania and Petersburg. Read More
$25.00
The first comprehensive work on mining in Europe. Originally published in 1556. Covers every aspect from finding the seam to purifying the product. Despite title, not confined to metals. Read More
$40.00
Cai Guo-Qiang gained worldwide recognition for his contribution to the Beijing Olympics fireworks. He utilizes pyrotechnics, with gunpowder and fireworks in many of his works. Read More
$50.00
Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Read More
$80.00
Ill, drinking, suffering writer’s block, noted French author Duras was holed up on the French coast until a chance correspondence with Steiner, 36 years younger, turned into a restorative affair Read More
$15.00
An examination of what we do when we think, of where we are when we think, of why we think at all. Arendt freely moves through the entire philosophical history of thinking and willing. Read More
$100.00
In the early 70’s Eggleston purchased the first portable video recorder and took hours of footage of his crazy friends around Memphis and New Orleans. This book includes the only film William Eggleston ever made. Read More
$70.00
Harpur and Iles series book. Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur investigates the murder of thirteen-year-old Mandy Walsh, a drug runner, who was caught in the crossfire between two rival drug gangs. Read More
$15.00
From an exciting era in the history of Black fiction. The first detective novel written by an African American. Fisher’s witty novel has a gripping plot and vividly drawn characters. Set in 1930s New York. Read More
$15.00
The now classic story centers on totalitarianism with its mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people. Introduced “Newspeak”, “Doublethink”, “Big Brother”, and the “Thought Police” into the English language. Read More
$200.00
Wifeless, childless, bulldog Mugsy, enjoys life without responsibilities. Then his nephews come to visit for Christmas. Ugh. Of course, Mugsy comes to appreciate family. Wonderful illustrations. Poetic text. Read More
$50.00
Ewing celebrated queer culture and documented it with his amateur photographs. Chronicles the swirling social rounds of New York City in the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Read More
$50.00
No photographer came close to capturing the sensations, scandals, and catastrophes of 1930s and ’40s New York like Weegee. He had the uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right time and ready to shoot. Read More
$70.00
Vollmann went to Afghanistan in 1982, during the Soviet-Afghan War, planning to gather information and images to help determine who most deserved American aid. Along the way he realized he was clueless. This is the book about that adventure. Read More
$70.00
China fought with Allied Forces during WW II against the Axis powers, specifically Japan. Rosset was an Army photographer stationed in China. This is a collection of the remarkable photographs he took of actual confrontations between Chinese and Japanese units. Read More
$100.00
Sankara, a military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist, became president of Burkina Faso in 1983 after a military coup. He held that position until 1987, when he was killed during another coup. A must-read for anyone interested in the man or revolutionary movements. Read More
$30.00
Ibadism is the third-largest branch of Islam. It is a moderate Islam subsect that has continued to persist, leading to the creation of Ibadi communities in areas of the Arabian Peninsula, the Maghreb, and sub-Saharan Africa. Read More
$35.00
Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. Read More
$100.00
After World War II, Yugoslavia practiced a unique form of self-managed socialism, allowing workers to have democratic control over their workplaces. It lasted until the country’s dissolution in the early 1990s. Woodward argues about why it failed. Read More
$50.00
Brezina’s creation of this entirely new genre represents the apotheosis of his work, as well as a prime example of his ability to apply metaphorical language to an exploration of the mystical links between art and life and between the visible and invisible worlds. Read More
$50.00
Archibald Rutledge writes about his thirty years of hunting along the game trails of the Santee Delta of South Carolina. He observed the demise of many plantations and the rebirth of nature. Read More
$90.00
The political and social changes of the 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe forced Russian oil companies to reinvent themselves, and to create new identities as market-facing business organisations. Read More
$70.00
The Rwandan genocide, aka the Tutsi genocide, occurred from April 7 to July 19, 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. An estimated 800,000 were killed. Longman explores how its government responded. Read More
$25.00
Compiled by the Vermont Town of Corinth History Committee. The book includes family biographical sketches & genealogy plus old maps, 20 chapter titles that include Charters and Reservations, Early Settlers and Land Records, Folklore, and much more. Read More
$60.00
The printing press was invented around 1440. This book offers comprehensive accounts of the men who modified and improved presses through each revolution of the industry. Read More
$40.00