Heavy Traffic & High Culture: New American Library as ...
 DIVThe story of New American Library from 1946 to 1961 and of Victor Weybright, the publisher whose talismanic phrase luster and lucre set the cultural and financial formulas that guided this giant paperback house.P/PBonn employs the gatekeeper theory of [... more]
$6.60
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The Body Snatcher and Other Tales (New American Library ...
Three Short Stories with Varied Themes - Horror, Lunacy, and Love: Robert Louis Stevenson is best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but he also created a remarkably varied collection of short stories. This Dover Thrift [... more]
$3.50
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Heavy Traffic and High Culture: New American Library As ...
Heavy Traffic and High Culture: New American Library As Literary Gatekeeper in the Paperback Revolution [... more]
$12.03
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The Key to Rebecca
A Strategically Shaved Belly Dancer, Desert Thieves, Secret Agents, A Camel-Abusing Nazi, And A Living Dead Jewish Girl: My title was less about offending purists and more about catching the eye with a little joke: plus it's technically all true. The [... more]
$7.99
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Sister Carrie (Signet Classics)
Amazon.com Review: Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the [... more]
$5.95
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Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics
A must-read, with one flaw: The author gets high marks for realizing that an acceleration of 1g for 1 year will yield light speed and for analyzing every possible means to break the light speed barrier for both space travel and communications. The book [... more]
$15.00
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Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics)
Everyone from California should read this: This is a good read for anyone who loves adventure and a great read for anyone interested in Californian history. More to the point, this book was *THE* book on California for Americans living between 1840 and 18 [... more]
$6.95
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Roughing It (Signet Classics)
Amazon.com Review: There is no nicer surprise for a reader than to discover that an acknowledged classic really does deliver the goods. Mark Twain's Roughing It is just such a book. The adventure tale is a delight from start to finish and is just as [... more]
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Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt for the BTK Strangler
What A Crock!: This man neither "assisted the police" nor "was instrumental in the...arrest." He's just another opportunist who inserted himself into this tragedy in an almost laughable way, then cobbled together a true crime book for [... more]
$14.00
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Simple Steps: 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life: ...
Help for those who need hand holding !: The book Simple Steps is a guidebook for the woman whose life according to the book is "a cluttered mess of worries, wishes and chores that you can't keep track of." The authors tell you to do one thing [... more]
$14.00
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The Bachman Books : Four Early Novels by Stephen King ...
An Excellent Anthology: Wow. I am amazed by these stories that Stephen King wrote so early in his carreer. They are all impressive and well written. They all have lasting impact. The first two are excellent psychological thrillers, complete with plenty [... more]
$19.95
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Gerald's Game (Signet)
Book Description: When Gerald Burlingame's heart fails him in the heat of his favorite sex game, his wife is left hideously trapped and dreadfully alone. As darkness gathers in the room that is now Jessie's whole world, she faces not only the terror of [... more]
$25.80
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