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Subject: archeology/anthropology (Gimbutas, M., Inv # 102476)
Gimbutas, Marija. CIVILIZATION OF THE GODDESS. (paper). $15.00.
Subject: archeology/anthropology (Schele, L., Inv # 100005)
Schele, Linda and David Freidel. A FOREST OF KINGS: UNTOLD STORY OF
THE ANCIENT MAYA. William Morrow, 1990 (paper). The story of the Mayan
royal families as told in the hieroglyphic carvings on temples and
newly excavated ancient cities. $9.00.
Subject: art (Duchamp, M., Inv # 100013)
De Duve, Thierry. PICTORIAL NOMINALISM: ON MARCEL DUCHAMP'S
PASSAGE...TO THE READYMADE. University of Minnesota, 1991 (paper).
Duchamp's readymades, such as the urinal he exhibited as "Fountain"
(1917), revolutionized the way we think about art. De Duve connects
Duchamp to the history of abstract art and the development of modern
aesthetics. $6.00.
Subject: art (Ford, C., Inv # 100015)
Ford, Charles Henri, ed.. VIEW: PARADE OF THE AVANT-GARDE 1940-47.
Thunder's Mouth, 1991 (cloth). This handsome anthology presents both
literary and graphic works from a leading avant-garde magazine of the
1940's. Includes works by Duchamp, Man Ray, Jorge Luis Borges, and
many others. Introduction by Paul Bowles. $15.00.
Subject: art (Giger, H., Inv # 100017)
Giger, H.. HR GIGER ARH+. Taschen, (paper). A collection of Giger's
disturbing, fantastic artwork, including his design for the alien of
the "Alien" film series. Inclusdes commentary by Timothy Leary and
Giger himself. $10.00.
Subject: art (Meyer, L., Inv # 100025)
Meyer, Laure. BLACK AFRICA: MASKS, SCULPTURE, JEWELRY. Terrail,
(cloth). Traditional African art melds powerful beliefs in ritual and
spirit forces with daring and beautiful forms. This gorgeous volume is
illustrated almost entirely in color. $25.00.
Subject: art (Varo, R., Inv # 100031)
Kaplan, Janet. UNEXPECTED JOURNEYS: THE ART AND LIFE OF REMEDIOS VARO.
Virago, 1988 (cloth). Remedios Varo is gaining recognition as an
artist who painted women's experiences in surreal, intimate tableaux.
Kaplan's book is the first in English on her life and work. $18.00.
Subject: astrology (Louis, A., Inv # 100047)
Louis, Anthony. HORARY ASTROLOGY: THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF
ASTRO-DIVINATION. Llewellyn, 1991 (paper). The venerable art of
answering pressing personal questions based on the planets' positions
at the time of inquiry. $9.50.
Subject: Buddhism (Li, T., Inv # 100059)
Li, Tongxuan. ENTRY INTO THE REALM OF REALITY: THE GUIDE. Shambala,
1989 (paper). The classic commentary on the final book of the Flower
Ornament Sutra, translated and with an introduction by Thomas Cleary.
$5.50.
Subject: chess (Morphy, P., Inv # 100061)
Lowenthal, Johann. MORPHY'S GAMES OF CHESS. Batsford, 1985 (cloth).
150 of Morphy's best games, annotated by Lowenthal. A facsimile
reprint of the 1860 London edition. $25.00.
Subject: children's (Paterson, K., Inv # 100078)
Paterson, Katherine. THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCKS. Dutton, 1990
(cloth). Retelling of popular Japanese folktale illustrated with
full-page color illustrations in the eighteenth-century woodcut style.
$7.00.
Subject: Chinese thought (Culling, L., Inv # 100088)
Culling, Louis. THE PRISTINE YI KING: PURE WISDOM OF ANCIENT CHINA.
Llewellyn, 1989 (paper). A new translation and explanation of the I
Ching by a renowned scholar. $4.00.
Subject: classics (Socrates, Inv # 100089)
Stone, I. F.. THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES. Little Brown, 1988 (cloth). A
fascinating account of the trial and death of Socrates, ancient
Athens' premier nonconformist, by modern-day maverick Stone. $8.00.
Subject: cooking (Berenbaum, R., Inv # 100437)
Beranbaum, Rose Levy. THE CAKE BIBLE. MacMillan, 1988 (cloth). A
collection of more than 200 cake recipes, including icings, fillings,
and decoration. $14.00.
Subject: cooking (Gordon, V., Inv # 100448)
Gordon, Victor. PRAWNOGRAPHY: A CANDID GUIDE TO THE GREATER ENJOYMENT
OF PRAWNS AND SHRIMPS. Bloomsbury, 1989 (cloth). A mini-encyclopedia
celebrating the prawn family in all its culinary, biological and
literary contexts. Includes 150 recipes. $5.00.
Subject: dance (Diaghilev, Inv # 100898)
Garafola, Lynn. DIAGHILEV'S BALLETS RUSSES. Oxford, 1989 (cloth). The
authoritative work on the revolutionary ballet company, illustrated
with photographs. $6.00.
Subject: drama (Banham. M., Inv # 100900)
Banham. Martin. THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO THE THEATRE, UPDATED EDITION.
Cambridge, 1992 (paper). The most comprehensive reference available.
Alphabetical listings span dramatists from Aeschylus to Ziegfeld,
actors, directors, critics, and every country with a significant
theatrical tradition. Illustrated. $12.50.
Subject: drama (Shakespeare, W., Inv # 100905)
Schoenbaum, Samuel. SHAKESPEARE'S LIVES. Oxford, 1991 (cloth).
authorities. The legends, portraits, biographies and documents
(genuine and conterfeit) which people have used over the centuries in
the quest to unerstand (and invent) Shakespeare the man. Written by
one of our foremost Ssha $7.00.
Subject: film (Fielding, R., Inv # 100923)
Fielding, Raymond. A TECHNOLOGICAL HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURES AND
TELEVISION. University of California, 1983 (paper). The development of
the technology of both motion pictures and television is traced from
early articles by invenytors, engineers and historians. A treasure of
rare photographs and drawings of models, devices, films and documen
$9.00.
Subject: Hawaii (Emerson, N., Inv # 100934)
Emerson, Nathaniel. UNWRITTEN LITERATURE OF HAWAII: THE SACRED SONGS
OF THE HULA. Tuttle, 1965 (paper). A fascinating account of Hawaii's
native dance and the sacred songs that accompanied it. The songs and
poems are presented in both original Hawaiian and English translation,
and many are accompanied by their music. $5.00.
Subject: Indian thought (Brooks, D., Inv # 100947)
Brooks, Douglas. THE SECRET OF THE THREE CITIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO
HINDU SAKTA TANTRISM. University Of Chicago, 1990 (cloth). An
accessible work that explains the concepts and practices of Hindu
Tantrism, and its development out of yoga, shamanism, eroticism and
folklore. $9.50.
Subject: Islam (Baldick, J., Inv # 100948)
Baldick, Julian. MYSTICAL ISLAM: AN INTRODUCTION TO SUFISM. New York
University Press, 1989 (cloth). Baldick traces the development of Sufi
doctrine and practices over the fourteen centuries of Islam. $20.00.
Subject: Judaica (Hundert, G., Inv # 100949)
Hundert, Gershon David. ESSENTIAL PAPERS ON HASIDIM: ORIGINS TO THE
PRESENT. New Directions, 1991 (cloth). A collection of essays by
authorities such as Martin Buber and Louis Jacobs on Hasidic history,
teaching, and customs. $30.00.
Subject: literature (Baum, L. F., Inv # 101032)
Baum, L. Frank. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. University Of California,
1986 (cloth). The Pennyroyal Press edition of Baum's classic,
illustrated with sixty-two engravings by renowned artist Barry Moser.
$18.00.
Subject: literature (Burroughs, W., Inv # 101086)
Burroughs, William S.. THE WESTERN LANDS. Viking, 1987 (cloth).
Completes the trilogy that began with Cities of the Red Night and The
Place of Dead Roads. A profound, revealing meditation on the themes of
mortality, loneliness and nuclear peril $7.50.
Subject: literature (Carroll, L., Inv # 101138)
Steinorth, Karl. LEWIS CARROLL: PHOTOGRAPHS. Stemmle, 1991 (cloth). A
fascinating selection of Carroll's portraits of children and adults,
as well as family pictures. Excellent reproductions. Text in English
and German. A real find for the Carroll enthusiast. $20.00.
Subject: literature (Fuentes, C., Inv # 101261)
Fuentes, Carlos. CONSTANCIA AND OTHER STORIES FOR VIRGINS. FSG, 1990
(cloth). Fuentes' second collection of stories to appear in English.
More mysterious, more magical than its predecessor. Reveals Fuentes at
the height of his powers. $5.00.
Subject: literature (Garcia Marquez, G., Inv # 101269)
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH. Knopf, 1990
(cloth). A novel of the life of the liberator of South America, Simon
Bolivar. The Nobel Prize-winning author of "One Hundred Years Of
Solitude" and "Love In The Time Of Cholera" gives us a complex
portrait of Bolivar and his times. $8.00.
Subject: literature (Joyce, J., Inv # 101321)
Nicholson, Robert. THE ULYSSES GUIDE: TOURS THROUGH JOYCE'S DUBLIN.
Routledge, 1989 (paper). Follows the 18 episodes of Ulysses on their
original locations in the form of a series of tours. Includes maps,
detailed directions, summaries of each episode, anecdotes, opening
hours and bus routes. $5.00.
Subject: literature (Spufford, F., Inv # 101716)
Spufford, Francis. THE CHATTO BOOK OF THE DEVIL. Chatto and Windus,
(cloth). An anthology of scripture, fiction, drama, poetry and myth
which features the Devil in all his multifarious disguises. $8.00.
Subject: literature (Twain, M., Inv # 101753)
Twain, Mark. HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER AMONG THE INDIANS, AND OTHER
UNFINISHED STORIES. University Of California, 1989 (cloth). The best
of Twain's unpublished writings on Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and
Hannibal, Missouri. A volume in the Mark Twain Library. $12.50.
Subject: magic (Mathers, S., Inv # 101830)
Mathers, S. L. MacGregor. ASTRAL PROJECTION, RITUAL MAGIC, AND
ALCHEMY. Destiny, 1987 (paper). The Flying Rolls of the Hermetic Order
Of The Golden Dawn that were not included in Israel Regardie's "Golden
Dawn." $6.00.
Subject: metaphysics (Guiley, R., Inv # 101856)
Guiley, Rosemary. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTICAL and PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE.
Grange, 1991 (paper). More than 500 cross-referenced entries on all
aspects of mysticism. Introduced by Marion Zimmer Bradley. $10.00.
Subject: military history (Symonds, C., Inv # 101862)
Symonds, Craig. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON: A CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHY. Norton,
1992 (cloth). A full biography of the Confederate commander perhaps
second only to Lee in his skill of leadership. $12.00.
Subject: music (Baker, J., Inv # 101863)
Hammond, Brian. JOSEPHINE BAKER. Bulfinch, 1988 (paper). A pictorial
biography of "the most sensational woman anbody ever saw" (Ernest
Hemingway): jazz singer and film goddess La Baker. $12.50.
Subject: music (Hart, M., Inv # 101865)
Hart, Mickey. PLANET DRUM: A CELEBRATION OF PERCUSSION AND RYTHM. ,
(paper). $5.00.
Subject: music (Oxford, Inv # 101867)
Crocker, Richard, and David Hiley. THE NEW OXFORD HISTORY OF MUSIC:
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES TO 1300. Oxford, 1990 (cloth). The second
edition of the second volume of the authoritative work on music
history covers liturgical chants of the Eastern and Western churches,
songs of the troubadours and trouveres, and instrumental music.
$50.00.
Subject: mythology/folklore (Campbell, J., Inv # 101882)
Campbell, Joseph, et al, editors. IN ALL HER NAMES: EXPLORATIONS OF
THE FEMININE IN DIVINITY. Harper Collins, 1991 (paper). A celebration
of the feminine divinity. Discusses the historical, spiritual, and
cultural aspects of Goddess as the natural adust jacketunct to God.
Essays by Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, Riane Eisler, and Charles Muses.
$9.00.
Subject: natural history (Glasgow, V., Inv # 101969)
Glasgow, Vaughn L.. SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR. St.
Martin's, 1991 (cloth). A entertaining history of alligator lore, from
pre-colonial times to the present. Copiously illustrated with over 175
photographs, drawings, etc. $8.00.
Subject: natural history (Grzimek, B., Inv # 101972)
Grzimek, Bernhard. GRZIMEK'S ANIMAL LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME 4: FISHES
I. Van Nostrand, 1984 (paper). Volume 4 of the classic reference to
animal life covers sharks, rays, and flying fishes, among others.
Illustrated with many color plates and line drawings. $12.50.
Subject: philosophy (Bataille, G., Inv # 101982)
Bataille, George. VISIONS OF EXCESS: SELECTED WRITINGS 1927-39.
Minnesota, (paper). Bataille -- a bizarre figure in French
intellectual life (he was a pornographer who wrote about ecstacy,
madness, self-mutilation, and revolution) -- writes on fascism,
surrealism, and "the pineal eye." $9.60.
Subject: philosophy (Resnik, M., Inv # 101989)
Resnik, Michael. CHOICES: AN INTRODUCTION TO DECISION THEORY.
University Of Minnesota, 1987 (paper). An introduction to decision
theory that assumes no math beyond high-school algebra. $7.00.
Subject: philosophy (Wittgenstein, L., Inv # 101995)
Monk, Ray. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: THE DUTY OF GENIUS. Free Press, 1991
(cloth). The definitive biography of the famed Viennese philosopher.
$10.00.
Subject: photography (Manchester, W., Inv # 101996)
Manchester, William. IN OUR TIME: THE WORLD AS SEEN BY MAGNUM
PHOTOGRAPHERS. Norton, (cloth). Many of the 20th century's most
brilliant photographers were once members of Magnum, and this massive
anthology handsomely reproduces some of their best (and best-known)
work. $30.00.
Subject: photography (Mapplethorpe, R., Inv # 101997)
Mapplethorpe, Robert. SOME WOMEN. Bulfinch, (cloth). Mapplethorpe's
homage to female beauty in all its forms, from stunning nudes to
portraits of Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Lisa Lyon, and Grace Jones.
$24.00.
Subject: physics (Newton, Inv # 102004)
Gjertson, Derek. THE NEWTON HANDBOOK. Routledge, 1986 (cloth). A
dictionary of concepts and people relevant to a full understanding of
Newton's ideas and significance. $20.00.
Subject: poetry (de Born, Bertran, Inv # 102085)
Paden, William. Tilde Sankovitch, and Patricia Stablein. THE POEMS OF
THE TROUBADOUR BERTRAN DE BORN. University of California, 1986
(cloth). A bilingual edition of all of the poems attributed to the
Provencal poet, with annotations, notes, commentary, and even some
musical scores. $25.00.
Subject: poetry (Paz, O., Inv # 102245)
Paz, Octavio. CONJUNCTIONS AND DISJUNCTIONS. Arcade, 1990 (paper). The
Mexican poet and critic's exploration of the human heart and mind as
they are revealed through culture. $6.00.
Subject: pop culture (Penley, C., Inv # 102387)
Penley, Constance and Andrew Ross. TECHNOCULTURE. University of
Minnesota, 1991 (paper). From Japanese porn to "Manifesto for Cyborgs"
from hackers to guerrilla AIDS activists, this collection offers an
introduction to the subcultures which are emerging through interactive
technology. $8.00.
Subject: pop culture (Stern, J., Inv # 102399)
Stern, Jane and Michael. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POP CULTURE. Harper, 1992
(paper). An A to Z listing of pop culture monuments from Afros and
Captain Kangaroo to "Valley Of The Dolls" and Woodstock. $9.00.
Subject: psychology (Berman, M., Inv # 102412)
Berman, Morris. COMING TO OUR SENSES: BODY AND SPIRIT IN THE HIDDEN
HISTORY OF THE WEST. Bantam, 1989 (paper). The author of "The
Reenchantment Of The World" explores the mind/body split in Western
culture. $5.00.
Subject: US History (Zinn,H., Inv # 102468)
Zinn, Howard. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Harper Collins,
1980 (paper). A brilliant and moving history of the American people
from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically
and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most
histories. A best seller! $7.20.
Subject: Western religion (Mitchell, S., Inv # 102475)
Mitchell, Stephen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS. Harper Collins, 1991
(cloth). A new translation and guide to Jesus' essential teachings by
the famed poet and translator. $8.00.
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