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Browser Book Beat Issue 149

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Browser Book Beat Issue 148

This batch of new additions has a good number of books for people interested in foreign affairs – World War II and post World War II, including countries from Eastern Europe, to the Mid-East, to Europe and Asia covering economics, socialism, culture, religion and so on. This group also includes the usual smorgasbord of art from comic to fine art to sculpture, etc. And photography. Also collectibles, children’s, literature, mysteries, novels, and poetry. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Arendt freely and lively moves in the entire philosophical history of thinking and willing, and in doing so she references Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Nietzsche and other philosophers. — The Life of the Mind (2 vols. Volume I: Thinking, Volume II: Willing

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 and hours of footage of his crazy friends around Memphis and New Orleans. This is a little book package that includes the only film William Eggleston ever made. — William Eggleston: Stranded in Canton (with DVD)

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. Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector and Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Stories are characterized by a grim humor and a bleak view of the relationship between the public, the police force and the criminal element. — Top Banana

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

A unique crime classic: the very first detective novel written by an African American, set in 1930s New York with only Black characters. — The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

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

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George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against one-party government has become a classic. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then. — Nineteen Eighty-Four

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 Mugsy, a bulldog, has freedom with no responsibilities. It's great. Then his nephews arrive to visit for Christmas. Mugsy comes to appreciate family. Wonderful illustrations. Poetic text. — Uncle Mugsy and the Terrible Twins of Christmas (SIGNED COPY)

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

Studded with riveting, contemporaneous snapshots, this history narrates the efforts of Max Ewing to penetrate and chronicle the swirling social rounds of New York City in the 1920’s and early 1930’s. — Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York

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

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A Collection of 359 Vintage Photographs from 1929-1946 is a 2017 book featuring a rediscovered archive of Weegee's early work, showcasing his iconic New York City street photography. — Extra! Weegee

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

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As a young man, Vollmann made a trip to "help" the Afghans who were fighting the Soviets. It was an education for Vollmann who came to realize he had no idea of what he was doing. An Afghanistan Picture Store tells the tale. — An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World

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

Rosset, a photographer in the Army Signal Corps based in China, ended up as the photo officer at an actual confrontation point between Chinese and Japanese units. — Barney Rosset: China in Conflict – War Photographs 1944-1945

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

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa and one of the least developed countries in the world. Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary. He came to power in a coup and was the first President of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. — Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa

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

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. — Muslims, Scholars, Soldiers: The Origin and Elaboration of the Ibadi Imamate Traditions

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

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Shafir argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but the particular conditions of the local conflict between the European "settlers" and the Palestinian Arab population. — Land and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914

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

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The early socialist period in Yugoslavia is universally identified with the Soviet model and is called, in the Yugoslav literature, its “administrative period,” on the argument that Stalinist policies and a planned economy operated. — Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990

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

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Otokar Brezina (1868-1929) was the most prominent Czech poet of his day. HIDDEN HISTORY, however, is not precisely poetry but a collection of poetic essays. — Hidden History

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

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Rutledge writes about his hunting and life experiences over the course of thirty years following the game trails of the great plantation region of the Santee Delta of South Carolina. — Plantation Game Trails

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

Four longitudinal case studies of Russian oil companies are drawn upon to explain the process of organisational transformation. — Organisational Transformation in the Russian Oil Industry

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

Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda. — Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda

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. Includes family biographical sketches & genealogy plus old maps and much more. — History of Corinth, Vermont 1764-1964

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

A 550 year history of printing presses, from Gutenburg to Digital presses. Comprehensive accounts of the men who modified and improved presses through each revolution of the industry. Over 300 pictures. — The Power of the Press

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

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