Books that matter

Part I : Political images ; Part II : Literary images.

Primitive Rebels is a 1959 book by Eric Hobsbawm on pre-modern European social movements and social banditry. (Source: [Wikipedia](

Discussions of the work of Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, Poe, Cummings, and Hemingway.

Original edition published in 1953 under the title From Lenin to Malenkov. The present 2d edition contains extensive revisions and additions.

A collection of three essays originally published separately; the first critically considers the "books on Cuba under Castro that appeared toward the end of 1960;" the second analyzes "the ill-fated invasion of Cuba in April, 1961"; and the third focuses on Castro and communism. - cf. Foreword.

In writing The Psychology of Politics, Hans Eysenck had two aims in mind: to write a book about modern developments in the field of attitude studies which would be intelligible to the layman; and one that would integrate into one consistent theoretical system a large number of contributions on the topic from different fields. The research presented in this book outlines the main principles of organization and structure in the field of attitudes. These principles account in a remarkably complete and detailed manner for the systems of political organization found in Great Britain, that is, the Conservative, Liberal, and Socialist parties, and the communist and fascist groups. Next, Eysenck relates these principles to the system of personality structure which for many years formed the main focus of research activity at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. The Psychology of Politics contains the evidence and arguments Eysenck used to demonstrate his approach. This volume is of enduring significance for psychologists, political theorists, and historians.

"Klee collected his observations in his Pedagogical Sketchbook, intended as the basis for the course in design theory at the famous Bauhaus art school in Germany"--Back cover.

From back cover Warner paperback November 2000: RETREAT OF THE RESURRECTION Faced with an interstellar war in which the only weapon is exorcism, the Confederation dissolves into anarchy. For in a desperate act of triage, a few wealthy worlds prepare to sacrifice the mass of humankind to the risen dead souls from the Beyond. Meanwhile, the Possessed are destroying whole planets as they flee the universe in a transdimensional quest to find Heaven. But there are far worse things than death -- or resurrection. And the Possessed are about to discover that chasing paradise is the most horrific, irrevocable mistake they could make.

Text, background and meaning of Khrushchev's secret report to the Twentieth Congress on the night of February 24-25, 1956.

Muir discusses the changes in children's books collecting that have occurred since the first impression of 1954. Muir has written an account which is both scholarly and entertaining of the works published for children during three centuries. He passes over the books written solely to instruct or to improve, and concentrates on those whose aim is entertainment.

SCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection.