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New York. 1996. November 1996. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0679442480. 207 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Maggie Steber. keywords: Literature Black Guyana Caribbean. FROM THE PUBLISHER - DEAR FUTURE tells the story of a Caribbean family, centering on the youngest child, Redhead. Accidentally hit on the head with an axe by his uncle, he thereafter sees the world from a strange, visionary, twisted perspective. And as his family experiences its own vicissitudes, an election is brewing in the capital: an election that leads to an unexpected and terrible act of violence that destroys the family's home - indeed, its world. inventory #23219 ISBN: 0679442480.

New York. 1994. Oxford University Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0195082982. 378 pages. hardcover. Cover: David Tran. keywords: History Black Caribbean. FROM THE PUBLISHER - On the night of August 17, 1823, the distinctly African sounds of blaring shell-horns and beating drums signalled the start of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the uprising in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana). That evening, nine to twelve thousand slaves surrounded the main houses of about sixty plantations, armed with cutlasses, knives fastened on poles, and guns. They broke down doors, smashed windows, commandeered arms and ammunition, and put their masters and overseers in the stocks. Intent on avoiding a blood bath (over three days of fighting, colonial forces took the lives of more than 255 slaves, while only two or three white men were killed), the rebels spoke of 'rights,' and planned to present their grievances to the governor. For a few… Read More

New York. 1994. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0374280665. 371 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Maggie Steeber. Jacket design by James Conrad. keywords: Literature Translated Haiti Caribbean . FROM THE PUBLISHER - UNDER THE BONE is a harrowing, evocative tale of political intrigue and violence in post-Duvalier Haiti. Against the backdrop of electoral tensions, the novel opens with the discovery of a corpse, outside Port-au-Prince, by Elysse Voltaire, a young Haitian woman who is later framed for murder. Her plight, and that of Ti Cedric, a missing peasant activist, become the focus of an investigation by Leslie Doyle, an American human-rights worker, aided by a circle of Haitian advocates. Leslie's journey leads her from the houses ransacked by the Tontons Macoutes - Haiti's death squads - to killing fields, hospitals, prisons, and, finally to the truth. At once a mystery and a chronicle of hope and despair in the world's first black republic, UNDER THE… Read More

New York. 2011. Pantheon. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780375425356. Translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. 340 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney Design. keywords: Mystery Sweden Translated Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - After successfully - but bloodily - dismantling a complicated hostage situation at a bank in the suburbs of Stockholm, Detective Paul Hjelm is faced with the requisite investigation by Internal Affairs. It is a potentially career-ending inquiry, but he is plucked out of it by the National Criminal Police commissioner, who drops him into an elite task force of officers assembled from across the country to find an elusive killer with a Sophisticated modus operandi and even more sophisticated tastes. Targeting Sweden's high-profile business leaders, the killer breaks into their homes at night, waits for his victims, places two bullets in their heads with deadly precision, and removes the bullets from the walls - a ritual enacted to a rare… Read More

New York. 2009. April 2009. Minotaur Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780312375706. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. 374 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Olaga Grlic. Jacket photograph by JUPITERIMAGES. keywords: Mystery Norway Translated Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A cryptic murder resurrects dark memories of past atrocities in this latest mystery from the master of Norwegian crime writing. Award-winning author K.O. Dahl received international acclaim for his gripping debut thriller, THE FOURTH MAN, which introduced readers to Detective Inspector Frank Frolich and Detective Chief Inspector Gunnarstranda. Now the Oslo detectives are back. It's Friday the thirteenth, the Norwegian capital is enveloped in freezing cold, and Reidar Folke Jespersen passes what will be the last day of his life. The aging antique dealer leaves home and takes a taxi to a nearby cafe. A few hours later, through the window of the cafe, he watches his wife enter the door to an… Read More

New York. 1996. Disney Press. 1st of This Particular Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0786831057. Illustrated by Lane Smith. unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art by Lane Smith. keywords: Children . FROM THE PUBLISHER - When James Henry Trotter accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Then James discovers a secret entranceway into the fruit, and when he crawls inside, he meets a bunch of marvelous oversized friends - Old Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, Miss Spider, and more. After years of feeling like an outsider in the house of his despicable Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, James has finally found a place where he belongs. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the exciting adventure begins! inventory #35661 ISBN: 0786831057.

Chicago. 1947. University Of Chicago Press. Third Impression. Previous Owner's Name & Date Penned in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. 228 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literary Criticism England Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Includes chapters on: Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, and how they responded to the climate of their age. inventory #27606

Westfield. 1995. Open Magazine Pamphlet Series. 1st Edition. Pamphlet # 33. Very Good in Wrappers. 188451913x. 24 pages. paperback. keywords: Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Our ultimate goal should be the demilitarization of the entire planet. If it were properly planned and people were educated to understand its advantages, I believe it would be quite possible. Although we may talk of achieving a global demilitarization, to begin with some kind of inner disarmament is necessary. The key to genuine world peace is inner peace and the foundation of that is a sense of understanding and respect for each other as human beings, based on compassion and love.' inventory #31287 ISBN: 188451913x.

Berkeley. 1983. University Of California Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0520047427. 348 pages. hardcover. keywords: Japan Asia Photography Sociology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Geisha: the mystique never dies. Available again, this classic bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. In her account of her experience as the Kyoto geisha Ichigiku, Liza Dalby - the only non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha - reveals the realities of a world that has long been the subject of rumor and fantasy, and that continues to fascinate Japanese and Westerners alike to this day. inventory #2322 ISBN: 0520047427.

New York. 2000. September 2000. Free Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 068484320x. 284 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. keywords: History California Politics Ronald Reagan . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ronald Reagan's first great victory, in the 1966 California governor's race, is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund ‘Pat' Brown was celebrated as the ‘Giant Killer' for his 1962 victory over Richard Nixon, and his liberal agenda reigned supreme. Yet in 1966 political neophyte Reagan trounced Brown by almost a million votes, marking not only the coming-of-age of Reagan's new conservatism but also the first serious blow to modern liberalism. Drawing on scores of oral history interviews, thousands of archival documents, and personal interviews with participants, Dallek offers a new portrait of the… Read More

New York. 1994. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671620053. 256 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Women Australia. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Blanche d'Alpuget's novels have been praised as being 'as politically and morally complex as those of Graham Greene' (The Wall Street Journal). Her latest, White Eye, now takes its place alongside d'Alpuget's other distinguished novels, Turtle Beach, winner of the PEN Golden Jubilee Award, and Winter in Jerusalem, as an example of her remarkable storytelling gifts. When Diana Pembridge comes upon the dead body of her nemesis, Carolyn Williams, near the high security biotechnology research center where Carolyn worked, scientific and sexual morality become entangled in an unfolding drama of scandal and corruption. As the official investigation into Carolyn's death proceeds, Diana, a rancher's daughter with a passion for birds of prey, seeks the answers to the mysteries of the research center and… Read More

New York. 1983. Simon & Schuster. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671492411. 288 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Literature Australia Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Moving through the landscape of postcolonial Southeast Asia, from the green cricket lawns of an old British men's club now peopled with the new colonials - Chinese businessmen, Indian doctors, and assorted Westerners - to the squalid, disease-ridden camps of the boat people, TURTLE BEACH is a masterful portrayal of the clash of cultures - East and West. The stunning American debut of a highly acclaimed young Australian writer, this award-winning novel, set in Australia and Malaysia, is the story of Judith Wilkes, a journalist who goes to Kuala Lumpur to report on the plight of the boat people. Through a narrative that is sensuous and richly textured, the novel chronicles Judith's journey of discovery - of the mysterious and turbulent Southeast Asian land and its people, a racial and ethnic stew… Read More

Sydney. 1980. Aurora Press. 1st Australian Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0867480017. 176 pages. hardcover. Cover illustration is a detail from ‘The Jetty’ by Donald Friend. keywords: Literature Australia Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Alexandra Wheatfield, a young journalist, has come to work in the Australian embassy in Djarkarta at a time of chaotic change: the coup of 1965 has been crushed but the new Order of the Indonesian Army has not yet overthrown the revered President, Sukarno. He has warned that without him the people are 'monkeys in the dark.' As a privileged group the Australian diplomats view this scene with benign contempt. The problem of Frank Greaves of Security and his protEgEe, Anthony Sinclaire, is to find the new sources of information and power in the crumbling and corrupt city. But for Alex the city mirrors her affair with Maruli Hutabarat, poet and party activist, its colours, fruits, smiles and cruelties counterpoint the sensuality of their relationship. Her… Read More

New York. 1999. May 1999. Scribner. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684833549. 256 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Kai Chi. Signed by the Author. keywords: Mystery Women America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Chicago freelance journalist Cat Marsala, relaxing at home after a long week's work reporting on the city's best restaurants, looks forward to a quiet evening with her semi-significant other, Dr. Sam Davidian; her parrot, Long John Silver; and her temporary houseguest, a Dalmatian named Dapper. As a special treat, Cat buys Dapper his very own soup bone at Chicago's most elegant and exotic food emporium, Spenser and Angelotti. The Dalmatian is delighted with his bone, but his euphoria is short-lived when Sam, a trauma surgeon, snatches the bone away. The bone is human, probably part of a large male's leg, which suggests two immediate problems: a murder may have occurred at the Spenser and Angelotti store and a potential health hazard may exist in the store's butcher shop and… Read More

New York. 1986. Dial Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0803702574. Illustrated by Dusan Kallay. Dial Books for Young Readers. 20 pages. hardcover. keywords: Children . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Come visit a faraway northern land and journey through time. Meet the young boy December - for him the days speed by. He's busy sending the wind to sweep the last leaves from the trees and lighting the lamps for the short winter days. All his life December has known no month other than his own. Then one stormy night the North Wind visits with tales of the promise of spring, visions of summer's bright fields, and stories of the autumn harvest, leaving December feeling strangely sad. Soon, though, the wind returns to send December on a glorious journey that will reveal untold wonders - March's swirling storms, June's lilting shepherd's pipes, and October's bountiful orchards and sweet-smelling fields of hay. And once home, December finds that nothing in his life will ever look quite… Read More

Monroe. 1997. Common Courage Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 1567511120. 221 pages. paperback. keywords: Politics Business Global. FROM THE PUBLISHER - While Hollywood has replaced politics with silly diversions about alien invasions, many Americans face a tangible fear: the seemingly inexorable grip of corporate power over their lives. Wages have been dropping for twenty years. Income inequality that grew under Reagan and Bush accelerated under Clinton. More and more people face an uncertain future as the 'land of opportunity' becomes a cynical empty phrase for millions of Americans. A hard-hitting anthology that includes essays by Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Jeremy Rifkin and others, Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama offers an incisive of how corporations, long plunderers of the Third World, are unleashing 'market forces' like a pack of rabid dogs attacking the American way of life. In 'Paying to Lose Our Jobs', Patricia Horn shows that U.S. women, especially… Read More

Pittsburgh. 2017. November 2017. University of Pittsburgh Press. Uncorrected Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822965183. Pitt Poetry Series. 72 pages. paperback. keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A reverent jag of irreverence, tilting forward to arresting moments of beauty, astonishment, confusion, and grief, the poems in David Daniel's Ornaments find their myths in history and pop culture; they take their truths, but just as much their doubts, from the fallibility of what we remember and the desperation with which we struggle to reassemble it. Surreal, lyrical, madcap, they bring a faith, above all, in poetry. Which means in people and their bewildered hearts. - William Pierce. inventory #42056 ISBN: 9780822965183.

Pittsburgh. 2017. November 2017. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822965183. Pitt Poetry Series. 72 pages. paperback. keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A reverent jag of irreverence, tilting forward to arresting moments of beauty, astonishment, confusion, and grief, the poems in David Daniel's Ornaments find their myths in history and pop culture; they take their truths, but just as much their doubts, from the fallibility of what we remember and the desperation with which we struggle to reassemble it. Surreal, lyrical, madcap, they bring a faith, above all, in poetry. Which means in people and their bewildered hearts. - William Pierce. inventory #43326 ISBN: 9780822965183.

Berkeley . 1991. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0520073991. Foreword by Nathan Irvin Huggins. 228 pages. paperback. keywords: American Studies Black San Francisco America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The black migration to San Francisco and the Bay Area differed from the mass movement of Southern rural blacks and their families into the eastern industrial cities. Those who traveled West, or arrived by ship, were often independent, sophisticated, single men. Many were associated with the transportation boom following the Gold Rush; others traveled as employees of wealthy individuals. Douglas Daniels argues for the importance of going beyond the written record and urban statistics in examining the life of a minority community. He has studied photographs from family albums and interviewed members of old black San Francisco families in his effort to provide the first nuanced picture of the lives of black San Franciscans from the 1860s to the 1940s. inventory #36114… Read More

New York. 1997. Miramax/Hyperion. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket As Issued. 078686267x. 400 pages. hardcover. Cover design by David Pearson. keywords: Hong Kong China Asia Film Reference. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Hong Kong's reunification with China has captured the world's attention, but for years this bustling little territory has fascinated filmgoers of all nations with its enormous output of movies. Like Hollywood, Hong Kong specializes in mass-appeal entertainment action films, ghost stories, comedies, and other popular genres - yet its movies possess an eye-popping, no-holds-barred exuberance, and a disregard for most taboos, that Hollywood cannot match. Even Hong Kong art films - Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express, for instance - pulse with energy. Small wonder, then, that Hollywood has begun to court Hong Kong talent, such as the director John Woo and the action stars Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh. In Hong Kong Babylon, the award-winning journalist Fredric… Read More