Here are some details about the books available for purchase that Destination: Books has listed at its Alibris store at destination.alibrisstore.com.
Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith
Smith is an American Indian essayist, activist and cultural provocateur. Smith’s 2009 book is a series of essays expanding over 10 years. Smith ruminates about various related to Indian history and art, his own heritage, and portrayal of Native Americans. The Sun describes his style as" a combination of smart-aleck, freewheeling with thoughtful scholarship." After reading Everything You Know I put the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington D.C. on my travel list and so maybe visit Smith who is one of the curators there. ($10 plus S & H)
Juliet, Naked and Songbook by Nick Hornby.
I went to see Hornby at the Highland Ballroom in Atlanta while he was on tour promoting the paperback version of Juliet, Naked, I waited in to get these books signed and give him a copy of my own book about books The Book Shopper: A Life in Review since Hornby has a book column in Believer magazine. He was gracious and signed everything, but I was disappointed that the never wrote about The Book Shopper (sigh). The Songbook copy is the original hard copy book and has the accompanying CD with 11 of the songs that Hornby writes about. See the blog posting from June, 2010.
Songbook is listed for $50 on my destination.alibrisstore.com. If you buy it, I will include Juliet, Naked for free with the same shipment (valued at $15). Just inquire at murray.browne905 (AT) gmail.com.
Seurat by Richard Thomson
This is a quality, large, trade paperback from Phaidon Press that deserves a good home. Just $10 plus S & H.
Marshal McLuhan on the Nature of Media: Essays, 1952-1978 edited by Richard Cavell
This is a book for the McLuhan junkie, but some of his observations are still relevant: "There is not possible protection from technology except by technology" or "The small child does more data processing -- more work than any child in any previous culture in the history of the world." Just $20 plus S & H.
Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire by Murray Browne
The video says it all. $11 plus S & H. But volume discounts are available at book's homepage at downandoutbound.com. Look for the Down and Outbound Store link.
The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher
Taschen GMBH publishers celebrated its 25th anniversary by reissuing these 76 M.C. Escher prints in a single book in 2008. Did you forget to save the posters from your dorm room in the 1970s? Now you can relive that decor for only $6 (plus shipping & handling) while playing music of J.S. Bach.
Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone by Astra Taylor
Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone (2019) is a multidisciplinary and historical look at the where democracy stands as we the first quarter of the new century. Although you could say things are looking a little bleak for democracy, Taylor reminds us that "democracy begins where you live" including protecting the environment. She writes:
"Ultimately, more than 350 cities announced plans to break with national policy and honor the international accord. No longer advising people to go back to the land, environmentalists increasingly recognize the role cities must play if they hope to achieve sustainability Several earths would be required for everyone to live in a suburban home with a two-car garage, which means dense cities - compact, efficiently designed, and public service rich -- will be crucial to livable low-carbon future. "(Taylor is citing the work of Daniel Adana Cohen.)
A bit of a challenging read, but it is well-researched and thought out. ($8 plus S & H) Rebecca Solnit calls it "a beautiful, revelatory book about ideas and how they matter in everyday life."
The Book Shopper: A Life in Review by Murray Browne
Destination: Books and the author of The Book Shopper are one and the same. You can still purchase a new copy of The Book Shopper from the publisher Paul Dry Books, but if you want a signed copy reach out to me on email at murray.browne905 (AT) gmail.com. I will also throw in a "bonus*" that is recommended in the book. The prices are about the same at each $12 (plus S & H).
* Something from Larry McMurtry, Anne Proulx, Jonathan Lethem, Milan Kundera, Mary Karr, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen. One of the chapters, btw, is "Managing the Personal Library and so this special offer is kind of a weeding of my library."
Grand Union: Stories by Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a great novel, but what about her short stories? Kind of hit or miss. The highlighted stories, which were more conventional are very good. Everything else not so much, but it is Zadie Smith. This hardback copy published in 2019 is in nearly new shape. (And I didn't mark in this book.), but it seems reasonably priced for $9 plus S & H, especially since I am giving you the heads up.
The Story of Civilization (11 Volume Set) by Will and Ariel Durant
A short version about all the uses of The Story of Civilization is found here. And a very detailed product description is located here .