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| 1656 |
Matthiessen, Peter |
Nine-Headed Dragon River:
Zen Journals 1969-1982 |
Shambhala 1986, 1st ed, 288pp, glossary, notes, index, fine+ |
4.50 |
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Peter Matthiessen's autobiographical journey deep into the heart of American and Japanese Zen. The author is a winner of a National Book Award for his non-fiction, and has been nominated for National Book Awards for both his fiction and non-fiction. By the author of Blue Meridian, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga, The Tree Where Man Was Born, The Snow Leopard, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, among many others. |
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Fiction and non-fiction by this author |
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| 1623 |
McNally, Dennis |
Desolate Angel:
Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation and America (Illus) |
Random Hse 1979, 1st ed, 400pp, dj worn at spine edges & creased on inside frnt flap, sm bksellr stickr inside frnt cvr, else vy good |
9.50 |
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"From the drama of Kerouac's own troubled life evolved a controversial new American anti-hero who came alive in 'On the Road,' 'The Dharma Bums,' 'The Subterraneans,' and a score of his other books. The prototype of the New Romantic and the new Consciousness, Kerouac prefigured the turned-on, dropped-out, ecstatic wandering hero of he 60s." |
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Additional material on the Beat Generation |
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| 1611 |
Merton, Thomas |
The Hidden Ground of Love:
Letters On Religious Experience and Social Concerns
(Ed. by Wm H. Shannon) |
Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1985, 2nd pr, index, 669pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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A rich collection of Merton's letters in a period of his greatest concern about religion's seeming powerlessness against global violence and nuclear war. Though the book concentrates on the last decade of his 27 years as a Trappist monk (d.1968), the book opens before he becomes a monk. |
| 1621 |
Merton, Thomas |
The Seven Story Mountain |
Harcourt Brace 1948, 24th pr, 429pp, 50mm sq book plate inside fr cvr, sm inkd inscriptn top frnt free ep, all 4 inside cornrs of dj clipped, severl 10-20mm tears dj edges, 1 sm chip btm frnt flap fold, else vy good |
10.00 |
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"The autobiography of a young man who led a full and worldly life, and then, at age 26, entered a Trappist monastery." |
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| 1631 |
Monette, Paul |
Borrowed Time: An Aids Memoir |
HBJ 1988, 1st ed, RM, 342pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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Paul Monette's personal documentary begins by saying, "I don't know if I will live to finish this." In the following pages some of his friends do not, and he barely does. But it was useful for him to have written it, especially for those who are HIV-positive and want to put their plight in perspective. And for those who are trying to understand. |
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| 1654 |
Muggeridge, Malcolm |
Confessions of a Twentieth-Century Pilgrim |
Harper & Row 1988, 3rd pr, 150pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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English journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge, recounts his journey to faith in an age of disbelief. Prev published as "Conversion: A Spiritual Journey" (1988). |
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| 1614 |
Nin, Anaïs |
Henry and June |
HBJ 1986, 1st ed, 274pp, vy fine |
8.00 |
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Drawn from the journals of Anais Nin, the book describes when she met Henry Miller and June Miller, and the year that followed. Presents an aspect of the many-faceted Nin never before revealed, and it holds surprising insights for women in search of their own sexual fulfillment. Basis for the 1990 film. |
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| 1638 |
Nolan, Christopher |
Under the Eye of the Clock:
The Life Story of Christopher Nolan |
St Martins 1988, 1st ed US, 163pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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Nolan has written the strange and wonderful story of his childhood. He very nearly died at birth from asphyxiation, but survived with severe brain damage, cut off in his own silent world, restricted by a mute and paralysed body. He tells how he managed to break the barriers of that impossibly cocooned existence so that the reader can see into the thoughts and realities of a state nobody has ever known about. Nolan's writing has a breathtaking intensity whether he is fighting his battle against the authorities for the right to go to an ordinary school, or going on holiday for the first time. There are moments of triumph: when he succeeds in typing with a unicorn stick attached to his head, or the publication of his first book; moments of burning humiliation for a child unable to control his limbs;and moments of terrible sadness - the death of one of his greatest friends. There are powerful descriptions of the simplest family scenes and relationships, and all punctuated by Nolan's disarming wit and cheekiness. His world is unique. It is one that everyone can now understand through this miracle of communication. Whitbread Book of the Year 1987. |
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| 1655 |
Orlova, Raisa |
Memoirs
(Tr. by Samuel Cioran) |
Random House 1983, 1st ed, RM
366pp, vy fine |
6.50 |
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The memoirs of Russian writer, Raisa Orlova, in a seaching portayal of the troubled inner life of Russian culture. |
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| 1606 |
Pawel, Ernst |
The Nightmare of Reason:
A Life of Franz Kafka (Illus) |
Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1984, 2nd pr, biblio, index, 466pp, dj sl rubbed, else vy fine |
11.50 |
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"Pawel's achievement is to place Kafka in his time and to portray a man whose life was far more moving than the myths that have arisen around it..." |
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Fictional works by Franz Kafka, and additional biographical material |
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| 1633 |
Rice, Clyde |
Night Freight |
Breitenbush 1987, 1st ed, 141pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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A biography of Clyde Rice, who left his wife and son behind and went prospecting for gold in N California during the great depression. |
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| 1640 |
Serrano, Miguel |
Jung & Hesse:
A Record of Two Friendships (Illus) |
Schocken 1968, QP (reprint of 1966 ed), 8 x 5¼", 112pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
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An unique account, compiled from meetings and correspondence, of one man's rare chance to probe the mind of his intellectual mentor. |
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Szulc, Tad |
Fidel: A Critical Portrait |
Wm Morrow 1986, 1st ed, ep maps, notes, biblio, index, 703pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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A study of Fidel Castro's life and revolutionary career, and insight into the complex personality and intellect of the Cuban Communist dictator; written by the NY Times journalist who broke The Bay of Pigs story. |
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| 1609 |
Teller, Walter |
Joshua Slocum (Illus) |
Rutgers 1971, Rev ed (orig 1956), RM, index, 253pp, dj sl soiled on spine & sl frayed at spine edges, else nr fine |
14.50 |
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"A 'revised and augmented' edition of The Search for Captain Slocum, a biography of the first man to sail alone around the world." |
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Toland, John |
Adolf Hitler (Illus) |
Ballentine 1976, PB, abridged ed, 3rd pr, maps, notes, index, 751pp, fine |
2.50 |
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Toland has shed much fresh light on the strange, part captivating, part repellent personality of Hitler, by going to the people who knew him from his childhood onward." |
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| 1619 |
Troyat, Henri |
Chekov (Illus)
(Tr. by Michael Heim) |
Dutton 1986, 1st ed US, notes, index, 364pp, vy fine |
13.50 |
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"With his novelist's talent for presenting his subject's life from the inside, Troyat has written a rich biography of he engaging pessimist that will send us all back to Chekhov's work." |
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Truman, Margaret |
Harry S. Truman (Illus) |
Wm Morrow 1973, BC, index, 602pp, bindg sl faded at top edges, dj sl wrinkld at spine edges, else fine |
3.50 |
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"This unique portrait of a President by his daughter covers the full sweep of Truman's life: from his early days and political career in Missouri through the momentous years in Washington..." |
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Whiteley, Opal |
The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow:
The Rediscovered Diary of Opal Whiteley (Illus) |
Ticknor & Fields 1986, 1st ed, 367pp, dj sl discolord on spine & edges, else vy fine |
9.50 |
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Benjamin Hoff (ed) presents a re-issue of the 'Story of Opal' with a biography of its author and a re-assessment of the scandal that grew up around this bestseller after its publication in 1920. An engrossing biography of a fascinating American writer. |
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Woodcock, George |
Crystal Spirit:
A Study of George Orwell |
Schocken 1984, QP (orig ed 1966), 1st pr, 8 x5¼", bibliog, index, 366pp, vy fine |
4.50 |
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"...blends literary criticism and biography to yield a sound, sharply analytical picture of both Orwell the man and his work." |
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Works by George Orwell |
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