26927. Becher, Ursula A. J.. Geschichte des modernen Lebensstils : Essen, Wohnen, Freizeit, Reisen. München : Beck, 1990, 259 p. ; 23 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good red hardcover, $29
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23275. Bodanis, David. The secret house: 24 hours in the strange and unexpected world in which we spend our nights and days. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986, later printing, 223pp.: ill. (some col.) . 24 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $5
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25301. Bradley, David, 1915-. No place to hide, 1946/1984. Foreword by Jerome B. Wiesner. Hanover, N.H. : Published for Dartmouth College by University Press of New England, 1983, xxiv, 217pp., PAPERBACK, very good, SIGNED by David Bradley on title page. $35
Originally published: 1948. Effects of the atomic bomb.

26024. Butler, Jeffrey. Christopher Brodigan. Wesleyan Chapel, November 23, 1976. Privately printed, 1976, 2pp., folded heavy sheet with two-page eulogy, laid in: beautifully stated hand-written letter from the author on the event. $25
Eulogy for a Wesleyan student who had spent a year in Botswana. The "relatively unbroken routine" is shattered by an accident which "pulls one up sharply to make you aware of what you are doing and not doing.".

27270. Collier, Cormac. A Walk in Squam. Notes on a Special Nantucket Place. Photos by Cheryl Beaton an Cormac Collier. Nantucket Land Council, 2001, ii, 27pp., very good spiral binding, professionally printed in color on high-quality paper, $12
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25862. Cooke, Alistair, 1908-. America observed : from the 1940s to the 1980s. Selected and introduced by Ronald A. Wells. NY: Collier Books / Macmillan, 1989, xv, 232pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $5
Dispatches for the Manchester Guardina, mostly from the late 1940s through the 1960s on cultural and political events: with strong bent towards civil rights - The U.S. Negro and the Constitution (1953), Segregation above the line (1956). Also entertaining pop culture observations: Kennedy, MASH, Miss America, Golf, Frank Lloyd Wright.

24410. Daedalus. Hypocrisy, Illusion, and Evasion. Daedalus. Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Summer 1979. Cambridge: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1979, 168pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $7
Includes Judith Shklar, Let us not be hypocritical - Stanley Cavell on Othello - Brian Vickers on Shakespeare - Jean Starobinski on Montaigne - Simon Schama on 17th century Holland - Mary Catherine Bateson on Iranian culture - Stephen Gilman on Diego Alonso and the Spanish Inquisition - Quentin Anderson on John Dewey.

24990. Davis, Wade. The serpent and the rainbow. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1985, 297pp., very good dust-jacket, very good purple half-cloth, but previous owner's name cut broadly from front endpaper, otherwise good clean copy, $9
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48272. Filmlexikon. Das große TV Spielfilm Filmlexikon. Alle Top-Filme von A bis Z. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2006, , cd-rom for pc or mac, texts in German, $32
Digitale Bibliothek TV Spielfilm.The classic german film lexicon, with details on over 6800 films.

23220. Frye, Northrop. The modern century. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1967, 123pp. 19 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good small green cloth, $16
jacket drawing by Blair Drawson. The Whidden lectures, 1967.

25802. Gallagher, Winifred. House thinking : a room - by - room look at how we live. New York : HarperCollins, 2006, stated First Edition, xix, 329pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, slight wear to corners, remainder stripe on top edge, $5
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27444. Gilman, Richard, 1925-. Decadence : the strange life of an epithet. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1979, stated First Edition, 179pp., very good dust-jacket, with old price label, very good black cloth, $12
Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman. .

21462. Gitlin, Todd. Media unlimited: how the torrent of images and sounds overwhelms our lives. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001, stated First Edition, 260pp. 24 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $13
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26095. Grühl, Max. Führer durch die Koloniale Wander-Ausstellung und die Ausstellung Ägypten. Essen a. d. Ruhr 1914. Essen an der Ruhr: Gedruckt bei Fredebeul & Koenen, 1914, 38pp., good green stapled wraps, slightly faded and with mild fold mark across front cover, $35
All text, no pictures, mostly descriptions of the exhibits and listing of the exhibit items, with introductory remarks to each section.

48484. Haefs, Hanswilhelm. Das digitale Handbuch des nutzlosen Wissens - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2005, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $23
Digitale Bibliothek nutzlosen Wissens.Digitale edition, text in German, first published 1989/2003.

27268. Hangen, Günther. Geschichte der hessischen Pferdezucht. Frankfurt am Main: DLG-Verlag, 1981, 136pp., PAPERBACK, very good, slight wear, nicely INSCRIBED by the author to his niece: "zur Erinnerung an die alte Heimat und dem alten / Onkel Günther". $65
History of horse-breeding in a region of Germany, text in German. Widmungsexemplar.

25379. Herdt, Gilbert, ed. Gay culture in America : essays from the field. Boston : Beacon Press, 1992, x, 255pp., PAPERBACK, very good, slight wear to corners, $7.5
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26665. Klinenberg, Eric. Fighting for air : the battle to control America’s media. New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co., 2007, 339 p. ; 25 cm., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $12
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25340. Klugman, Jack. Tony and Me. A Story of Friendship. written with Burton Rocks. West Linn, Oregon: Goodhill Press, 2005, 141pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, includes dvd, $15
A moving account of Tony Randall's impact on the life and career of his friend and Odd Couple co-star Jack Klugman. Describes the lows of Klugman's suffering from cancer and how his friend picked him up; gives Randall much credit for his efforts on behalf of a national theater. Brief and amusing tv outtakes are found on the included DVD.

26005. König, René, 1906-1992. Kleider und Leute. Zur Soziologie der Mode. Fr/M: Fischer Bücherei, 1967, Originalausgabe, 173pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, $13
Illustrated with several photo sections.

Digitale Bibliothek Irrtümer. Krämer / Trenkler. Das Digitale Lexikon der populären Irrtümer. Über 1000 Missverständnisse, Vorurteile und Denkfehler von Abendrot bis Zyniker. Berlin: DirectMedia, , , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $25
Digitale Bibliothek Irrtümer.A lexicon of Popular errors, urban legends, and misconceptions.

24320. Krauss, Rosalind, ed. October 24. Spring 1983. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1983, 115pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Contributors: Scott MacDonald, John Rajchman, jean-Marie Alliume, F. T. Marinetti, Marc Chénetier.

48150. Kulturgeschichte DVD-rom. Jubiläumsband Kulturgeschichte - DVD-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2007, , dvd-rom for pc or mac, texts in German, $37
Digitale Bibliothek.Contains full versions of 6 outstanding works from the series Digitale Bibliothek at a stunningly low price: Bilderlexikon der Erotik - Gutes Benehmen: Anstandsbücher - Damen Conversationslexikon - Deutsche Autobiographien - Brehms Tierleben - Brockhaus' Kleines Konversationslexikon.

27449. Langer-El Sayed, Ingrid. Frau und Illustrierte im Kapitalismus. Die Inhaltsstruktur von illustrierten Frauenzeitschriften und ihr Bezug zur gesellschaftlichen Wirklichkeit. Köln: Pahl-Rugenstein, 1971, 298pp., PAPERBACK, good used copy, spine worn, previous owner's name, $15
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24982. Lasch, Christopher. The culture of narcissism : American life in an age of diminishing expectations. New York : Norton, 1978, 1978, later printing, xviii, 268pp., very good black cloth, but cover a bit faded by sunlight, $6
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27134. Mayer-Schärtel, Bärbel. Das Frauenbild des Josephus : eine sozialgeschichtliche und kulturanthropologische Untersuchung. Stuttgart : Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1995, 400 p. ; 24 cm., very good hardcover but ex-library with stamps and bookplate, no label on spine however, $35
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27450. Miller, Angela L.. The empire of the eye : landscape representation and American cultural politics, 1825-1875. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1993, xii, 298pp., large PAPERBACK, good lightly used copy, pages a bit warped, $12
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27903. Oettermann, Stephan, 1949-. Zeichen auf der Haut : die Geschichte der Tätowierung in Europa. Frankfurt am Main : Syndikat, 1979, 131pp., PAPERBACK, very good, but cover a bit discolored, INSCRIBED by "der Verfasser". $35
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21464. Pacteau, Francette. The symptom of beauty. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994, 232pp.: ill. 24 cm, very good sewn paperback, slight edgewear, $12
Essays in art and culture.

21699. Paglia, Camille, 1947-. Sex, art, and American culture: essays. New York: Vintage Books, 1992, stated First Edition, xiii, 337pp. 21 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $5
A Vintage Original.

27917. Paglia, Camille, 1947-. Vamps & tramps : new essays. New York : Vintage Books, 1994, stated First Edition, xxv, 532pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $5
A Vintage Original.

25357. Parr, Peggy. Mountain High, Mountain Rescue. Illustrations by Daisy De Puthod. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 192pp., dust-jacket complete but with long tear across front panel, very good light blue cloth, jacket torn as noted, $7
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24078. Rousseau, Pierre, 1905-. Histoire de la vitesse. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1963, 4th edition, 124pp., very good small sewn paperback, $13
Que sais-je? 88.

25259. Sandford, John, ed. German Life and Letters. New Series. Volume XLVIII, no. 3, July 1995 - Special Number for W. A. Coupe. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1995, vii, 241-424pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $24
Special section in honor of W. A. Coupe: "Bild und Wort" - with a Coupe bibliography and 7 essays in english and german on images and history: illustrated handbills, engravers and broadsheets, Weimar film, firework displays. Authors: John Flood, Wolfgang Harms, Alan Menhennet, John Roger Paas, John Sandford, R. W. Scribner, Hleen Watanabe-O'Kelly. The issue also contains essays on Fontane and on the Minnesang.

24128. Shinn, Roger L.. Tangled world. New York, Scribner, 1965, later printing, 158pp., very good used sewn paperback, $12
Based on a series of television programs. Author was Professor of Applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, NY.

21483. Showalter, Elaine. Hystories. Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997, x, 244pp. 24 cm., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $9
Defining hysteria -- The history of hysteria -- Hysterical men -- Epidemics -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

25354. Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight - Los Angeles, 1992 on the road : a search for American character. New York : Anchor Books, 1994, xxviii, 265pp., very good dust-jacket, slight wear, very good hardcover, previous owner's blindstamp, $7.5
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27407. Society for Cultural Critique, ed. Cultural Critique: number 4, fall 1986. NY: Telos Press, 1986, 191pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Essays by Frank Lentricchia, The Return of William James - Barbara Harlow, Egyptian Intellectuals and the Normalization of Cultural Relations - Jane Gaines, Race and Gender in Feminist Film Theory - Joseph N. Riddel, Coup de Man, or The Uses and Abuses of Semiotics - Andrew Bowie, Alexander Kluge: an introduction - Alexander Kluge, The Political as Intensity of Everyday Feelings - Susan McClary, A Musical Dialectic from the Enlightenment, Mozart's Piano Concerto in G Major - Rastko Mocnik, Towards a Materialist Concept of Literature.

27409. Society for Cultural Critique, ed. Cultural Critique: number 6, Spring 1987. NY: Telos Press, 1987, 222pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Special Issue: The Nature and Context of Minority Discourse. Essays by Abdul R. JanMohamed, David Lloyd, Arif Dirlik, Barbar Christian, Renato Rosaldo, Elaine H. Kim, Josaphat B. Kubayanda, Jose Rabasa, Caren Kaplan, R. Radhakrishnan.

27410. Society for Cultural Critique, ed. Cultural Critique: number 5, Winter 1986-87. NY: Telos Press, 1987, 221pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Special Issue: Modernity and Modernism, Postmodernity and Postmodernism. Essays by Jochen Schulte-Sasse, Russell A. Berman, Rey Chow, Klaus R. Scherpe, Neil Lazarus, George Lipsitz, Linda Hutcheon, Jean-Francois Lyotard.

27408. Society for Cultural Critique, ed. Cultural Critique: number 11, Winter 1988-89. NY: Telos Press, 1989, 224pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $15
Laura E. Donaldson, Materialist-Feminist Semiotics - Hans Robert Jauss, The Literary Process of Modernism. From Rousseau to Adorno - Brent Whelan - Timothy Brennan - Renate Lachmann, Bakhtim and Carnival - Donald Morton - John R. Boly, deconstruction - Martha Woodmansee, The German Reading Debate of the 1790s.

24002. Spies, Werner, 1937-. Focus on art. Translated by Luna Carne-Ross and John William Gabriel. New York : Rizzoli, 1982, 279pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $12
Translation of: Das Auge am Tatort. Now emeritus Professor from the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Spies is known as a vigorous proponent of French modernist art and literature in Germany. This book collects 64 essays, mostly on modern artists and exhibitions, which originally appeared in the FAZ from 1967-1981. In other words, inspired feuilleton. One virtue of art as an object of study is its international monetary value, which means that art and artists travel around the world, are collected, forgotten, remembered, localized and homogenized again - and it is always worth something to somebody to keep them going. Spies follows this reality in his writing and one can read about David Hockney or Nathalie Sarraute in May 1968 or a French-German retrospective of Romantic paintings or Richard Lindner and find stimulating remarks about vocabularies moving between countries, about overcoming false histories predicated on national prejudice, about literary conflicts and university reforms influencing the imagery of politics. Art has a bit of exile built into its nature, and that makes it rich material for learning about what you do not already know: which is fun.

27918. Vowell, Sarah, 1969-. The partly cloudy patriot. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002, 197pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $5
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27919. Vowell, Sarah, 1969-. Take the cannoli : stories from the New World. New York : Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2001, 219pp., PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $5
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23088. Winckler, Lutz. Kulturwarenproduktion: Aüfsätze zur Literatur- und Sprachsozologie. Frankfurt am Main: suhrkamp, 1973, 158pp. 18 cm, small PAPERBACK, very good, some wear, front endpaper clipped, $8
Edition Suhrkamp, 628.