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New York. 1998. Penguin Books. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140141545. 255 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Anthology Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The newest GRANTA annual features an interview with Martha Gellhorn on the subject of marriage; civil war and economic collapse in Indonesia; a photographic essay on Jakarta's last boom; a humorous piece by Todd McEwen on the fetish of high heels; a look at the Northern soul (opposite the Southern soul?); and a timely article entitled 'The Mistress', about a young woman entangled in lies. inventory #31358 ISBN: 0140141545.

New York. 1997. Simon & Schuster. Advance Reader's Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0684818426. Author Of Caught Up In The Rapture. 269 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Black America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Meet Madison Maguire -- a modern-day heroine to embrace and admire. She's feisty, gorgeous, smart, and savvy; on the surface, she appears to have it all. She's single and loving it, playing the field and sticking to the rules of dating she's learned through life's tough breaks. Madison holds her own as she fends off advances from two-bit actors, old flames, and a secret admirer who is determined to bring love into her life. The rules of the game change, however, when Mr. Right appears on the scene. But just as Madison is ready to follow the proddings of her heart, her life turns upside-down, forcing her to learn a whole new set of rules about love, loss, and trust. inventory #23329 ISBN: 0684818426.

Missoula. 1988. June 1988. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1st Paperback Edition. Good in Wrappers. 0939767074. 228 pages. paperback. Cover: S. Clay Wilson. keywords: Mystery America Detroit Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Blind Pig opens as a cop kills an armed intruder and two hit men shoot a jukebox. It would seem an open-and-shut case, but the deceased turns out to have been a hit man for the mob, and Mul finds himself smack in the middle of a gun-running plot. Meanwhile, a 'delicious kumquat' of a woman is using her own brand of ammo on Mulheisen in the after-hours world of Detroit jazz, and Mulheisen has figured out that the shootings revolve around a young man who'd struck it rich in trucking--and then everything explodes when someone pulls off a million-dollar heist. The take? Sleek, beautiful guns--enough to start a war. Guns. Everyone has one. The good guys. The bad guys. The guys in between. Mulheisen can't see the fascination, but he's made a career of cleaning up the… Read More

New York. 2002. April 2002. Doubleday . Advance Bound Galley. Very Good in Wrappers. 0385502958. 239 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature America Black. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Mason Randolph, a black preppie of impeccable Southern pedigree, is bound for Stanford Law School after graduating from college. Before embarking on the path to his golden future, however, he takes a detour through Harlem, where he intends to live 'authentically' with 'real black people.' Mason takes the name 'Malik' and moves into the orbit of the ever-fabulous Carmen, uptown diva and doyenne of Harlem. Carmen, always ready to have a handsome young man at her fabulous soirees and to add to her devoted entourage, happily takes him under her wing. Fueled by his parents' money and dodging the people who remember him as Mason Randolph, 'Malik' masquerades as a 'ghettonian,' exploring the wonders and pleasures of a Harlem in the midst of a second Renaissance. But his odyssey takes a… Read More

New York. 1977. Random House. 1st American Edition. Small Tear Mark On Rear Bottom Boards Near the Spine, Otherwise Very Good.No Dustjacket. 0394410300. 217 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery America Detroit. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE DIEHARD begins in Indian Village, an exclusive enclave in Mulheisen's crumbling Detroit precinct, when a gorgeous young heiress is shot and stabbed, apparently during a robbery, and expires on a neighbor's doorstep. Her husband was the only executive of Fidelity Trust Insurance to escape blame for an embezzlement scandal worth some $20 million. But what is the connection, where is the money, and who is the suntanned stranger who is tracking down the same leads, one step ahead of Mulheisen? inventory #28200 ISBN: 0394410300.

Tucson. 1998. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0939767317. 277 pages. hardcover. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature Montana History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Pinkerton, a notorious strike-breaking detective agency, was widely believed to be culpable of the infamous murder in 1917 of I.W.W. organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana. And it appears that Dashiell Hammett may have been in Butte about that time. Hammett had more than once told people at Hollywood cocktail parties that a ‘high ranking officer' of the Anaconda Copper Company had offered him $5000 to kill Little. Based on historic events,' this novel of violence is set in 1917 Butte, Montana during period of labor strife following catastrophic explosion of the Spectator mine. inventory #26219 ISBN: 0939767317.

New York. 1998. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871137089. 234 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery Detroit America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - It's springtime in Detroit and Detective Sergeant 'Fang' Mulheisen has settled in for a period of repose - he thinks. But when a young kid arrives with an E-mail cartoon message addressed to Mulheisen depicting a murder and an alluring young historian suddenly wants to know all about Grootka, Mulheisen begins a scavenger hunt to uncover the notebooks Grootka left behind. It turns out that Grootka knew a lot more than he ever told Mulheisen, or anyone. Such as what happened to Jimmy Hoffa one lonely weekend in an isolated African-American resort town on the Great Lakes, and the advice Grootka gave him: 'When push comes to shove, kick is better.' Mulheisen soon discovers that neither the young historian nor modern jazz's rising star is what he seems. inventory #25083 ISBN: 0871137089.

New York. 1988. October 1988. Knopf. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394564529. 339 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Mark Falls. keywords: Politics America Corruption. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this well-researched study, Wall Street Journal reporter Jackson describes how special interests often influence election results by providing needed funds when campaign contributions within legal limits prove insufficient. Moreover, with TV ads, polling services, post-free ‘franked' newsletters, professional staff work, etc., incumbent members of Congress can overwhelm a challenger, notes the author, and therefore frequently run unopposed, thus in effect disenfranchising the American voter. The heavy cost of campaigning, Jackson finds, can lead to ‘soft' or indirect money benefits for a candidate: fund-raising events, ‘appearance' fees, investment suggestions and so on. Such measures, he argues, are instituted in many cases by political action committees (PACs) representing… Read More

New York. 1996. Simon & Schuster. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0684814870. 270 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Black America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE #1 BLACKBOARD BESTSELLER. Meet Jazmine Deems: she's twenty-six, steppin' out from under her overprotective preacher father, and determined to escape the streets of South Central and realize her dream of making it in the music business. Meet X-Man: he's embroiled in the violence of the streets, and seems destined for a life spent hangin' with his homies -- until his talent as a tapper attracts the attention of a big-lime record producer. Fate brings Jazmine and X-Man together as promising young stars for the same record company. They thrive on the excitement of their new careers and passionate love, until a power-hungry executive pits them against each other, jeopardizing both their musical careers and romantic future. Follow Jazmine and X-man as they discover that with the right mix of love and… Read More

Brooklyn. 2017. September 2017. Berghahn Books. 1st Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781785337437. 2 illus., bibliog., index. 280 pages. paperback. keywords: Theory & Methodology in Anthropology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - What is existential anthropology, and how would you define it? What has been gained by using existential perspectives in your fieldwork and writing? Editors Michael Jackson and Albert Piette each invited anthropologists on both sides of the Atlantic to address these questions and explore how various approaches to the human condition might be brought together on the levels of method and of theory. Both editors also bring their own perspective: while Jackson has drawn on phenomenology, deploying the concepts of intersubjectivity, lifeworld, experience, existential mobility, and event, Piette has drawn on Heidegger's Dasein-analysis, and developed a phenomenographical method for the observation and description of human beings in their singularity and ever-changing… Read More

New York. 2000. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871138107. 284 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by David High. Signed by the Author. keywords: Mystery America Detroit. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Newark Star-Ledger has written that Jon A. Jackson is ‘full of surprises . worth reading, keeping, and rereading.' In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called the Mulheisen books ‘one of the wildest and wittiest crime series going' and La Donna Detroit ‘a vastly enjoyable caper.' It opens as mob boss Humphrey DiEbola has tracked femme fatale Helen Sedlacek to Montana, where she fled after killing Humphrey's predecessor and running off with millions in Mafia cash. Unexpectedly, rather than take vengeance, he offers her redemption. Humphrey has also set about drastically downsizing old hands, even turning over his illegal cigar factory to Helen to make some legitimate, Cuban-quality cigars. Is he grooming her to become La Donna Detroit? When a… Read More

New York. 1998. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684850354. 295 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. keywords: Literature America Women African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - There is no place quite like the local beauty salon, and Sheneska Jackson deftly uses this intimate setting as a backdrop for four women and their concerns about men, motherhood, and parenting. Patricia, the owner of Blessings, has come to terms with her infertility only to discover that her attempt to adopt a child brings its own pains and disappointments. Zuma, independent and financially secure, is plagued by regrets about an abortion in her past and, with her biological clock ticking, resolves to become a mother through artificial insemination. Faye, a widow and single mother trying her best to provide for her family, struggles to control a wild daughter on the brink of womanhood. For Sandy, motherhood is an unwelcome burden, and she blatantly mistreats her children -- until a crisis… Read More

New York. 1996. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684814870. 270 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Mary Schuck. keywords: Literature America Women African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE #1 BLACKBOARD BESTSELLER. Meet Jazmine Deems: she's twenty-six, steppin' out from under her overprotective preacher father, and determined to escape the streets of South Central and realize her dream of making it in the music business. Meet X-Man: he's embroiled in the violence of the streets, and seems destined for a life spent hangin' with his homies -- until his talent as a tapper attracts the attention of a big-lime record producer. Fate brings Jazmine and X-Man together as promising young stars for the same record company. They thrive on the excitement of their new careers and passionate love, until a power-hungry executive pits them against each other, jeopardizing both their musical careers and romantic future. Follow Jazmine and X-man as they discover that with… Read More

New York. 2002. Wiley. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0471354147. 498 pages. hardcover. Jacket Design: Susan Olinsky. Jacket Photograph: (c) Gordon Parks (1952). keywords: Biography Black Literature America Ralph Ellison. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Author, intellectual, and social critic, Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) was a pivotal figure in American literature and history and arguably the father of African American modernism. Universally acclaimed for his first novel, Invisible Man, a masterpiece of modern fiction, and, more recently, for JUNETEENTH, Ellison was recognized with a stunning succession of honors, including the 1953 National Book Award. Yet, despite rich literary accomplishment and important friendships, political activism, and historical impact, Ellison's life has never been the subject of a biography. He has received surprisingly sparse treatment by biographers of other leading American literary figures, historians, and social critics. Here, for the first time, is a… Read More

New York. 1998. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871137089. 234 pages. hardcover. Signed by the Author. keywords: Mystery Detroit America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - It's springtime in Detroit and Detective Sergeant 'Fang' Mulheisen has settled in for a period of repose - he thinks. But when a young kid arrives with an E-mail cartoon message addressed to Mulheisen depicting a murder and an alluring young historian suddenly wants to know all about Grootka, Mulheisen begins a scavenger hunt to uncover the notebooks Grootka left behind. It turns out that Grootka knew a lot more than he ever told Mulheisen, or anyone. Such as what happened to Jimmy Hoffa one lonely weekend in an isolated African-American resort town on the Great Lakes, and the advice Grootka gave him: 'When push comes to shove, kick is better.' Mulheisen soon discovers that neither the young historian nor modern jazz's rising star is what he seems. inventory #25084 ISBN: 0871137089.

New York. 1997. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684818426. Author Of Caught Up In The Rapture. 269 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Mary Schuck. keywords: Literature America Women African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Meet Madison Maguire -- a modern-day heroine to embrace and admire. She's feisty, gorgeous, smart, and savvy; on the surface, she appears to have it all. She's single and loving it, playing the field and sticking to the rules of dating she's learned through life's tough breaks. Madison holds her own as she fends off advances from two-bit actors, old flames, and a secret admirer who is determined to bring love into her life. The rules of the game change, however, when Mr. Right appears on the scene. But just as Madison is ready to follow the proddings of her heart, her life turns upside-down, forcing her to learn a whole new set of rules about love, loss, and trust. inventory #23831 ISBN: 0684818426.

New York. 1998. October 1998. Pocket Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0671568930. 258 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jeanne M. Lee. keywords: Literature America African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In his breathtaking debut, The View From Here, Brian Keith Jackson took us inside the heart of black family life in the rural South. Now, in a novel that resonates with pure emotion, he sends photographer Jeremy Bishop back to Elsewhere, Louisiana, for the funeral that marks the end of his father's life - and the true beginning of his own. His grandmother, Mama B, called him Patience. Jeremy was, she said, the most agreeable child. He would have liked to tell her that, even while growing up, his hidden wants festered deep inside him. His mother died just hours after his birth, and he was raised by Mama B and his Aunt Jess after his father disappeared. Even after his dad returned one day with his new family, Jeremy kept his distance. But it is a decade later, and Jeremy, now a… Read More

Atlantic Highlands. 1994. Humanities Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0391038346. 241 pages. paperback. keywords: Politics Science. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Science has never been conducted with quite the cold objectivity of popular imagination. On the contrary, as the authors in The Politics of Western Science set out to show, science has always been carried out within a relationship which maintains a dialogue with the political issues of its particular time. The collection provides an overview for the nonspecialist showing just how political choices have influenced scientific ideas and their uses, and the ways in which national styles of science, as well as beliefs and ideologies, have shaped the contours of science over three hundred years. inventory #41036 ISBN: 0391038346.

Willimantic. 1993. Curbstone Press. Uncorrected Page Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers. 188068408x. Winner Of Mexico's Xavier Villaurrutia Prize. Translated from the Spanish by David Unger. 126 pages. paperback. Cover design by Les Kanturek. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - At the heart of this poetic, biographical novel is a poignant, often hilarious recollection of an unusual father, a literate, reflective, gentle man with quixotic devotion to political principle. In Jacob's rich and lyrical novel, memory affirms the redemptive values of his lonely sacrifices and idealism as they surface in a daughter's memory and reflection. inventory #19089 ISBN: 188068408x.

New York. 2004. May 2004. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1400062322. 243 pages. hardcover. Jacket design: Allison Saltzman. keywords: . FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobs—renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities—pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on a vast frame of reference—from fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Ireland’s cultural rebirth—Jacobs… Read More