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Paperback. Condition: Fine. 82 pages; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. *** "How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress which literally leaves us out of its equations? What if Progress is not humanity striking out bravely towards the future, but an ultimately destructive force? In a remarkable tour d'horizon, Paul Virilio paints a bleak picture of current scientific, cultural, social and political values. Art has succumbed to the techniques of advertising, while in politics the battle for hearts and minds has become a mere 'synchronization of opinion', and TV ratings have triumphed over universal suffrage. The events of September 11 reflect both the manipulation of a global sub-proletariat and the delusions of an elite of rich students and technicians who resemble nothing so much as the 'suicidal members of the Heaven's Gate cybersect'. And, in this post-humanist dystopia, we are morally rudderless before the threat of biological manipulations as yet undreamt-of." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, viii, 243 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket with light edgewear. *** "When Los Angeles burned for three days in spring 1992 in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, the sparks ignited more than buildings and cars. Combat-style reporting gave way to national debate as officials deplored 'senseless violence' and pundits saw the unravelling of civilization or deplored the shame of the cities. But why was the crisis of South Central Los Angeles visible only when backlit by flames? Amid all the sensationalized accounts of fragmented, chaotic communities, efforts of valour are seldom reported. Neither helpless nor without hope, black Angelenos go about their lives, bolstering their communities from within. Far from giving up or giving in, they persist, using anger, faith and the cold logic of experience to deal with drugs, gangs and unemployment; build churches, schools and community centres; weave together new music, films, stories." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 171 pages; 22 cm. Translation of: In piena luce. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. *** CONTENTS: The cave and the mirror; Toward the dark cube; Vitruvius's sons; The age of freedom; The aesthetic of the shark; Desdemona must die; Low-impact catharsis. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. x, 214 pages, illustrations, 2 maps; 22 cm. Map on lining papers. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. *** "The assault and capture of Iraq--and the resistance it has provoked--will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. In this passionate and provocative book, Tariq Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues against the view that sees imperialist occupation as the only viable solution to bring about regime-change in corrupt and dictatorial states. Like the author's previous work, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, this book presents a magnificent cultural history. Detailing the longstanding imperial ambitions of key figures in the Bush administration and how war profiteers close to Bush are cashing in, Bush in Babylon is unique in moving beyond the corporate looting by the US military government to offer the reader an expert and in-depth analysis of the extent of resistance to the US occupation in Iraq. On 15 February 2003, eight million people marched on the streets of five continents against a war that had not yet begun. A historically unprecedented number of people rejected official justifications for war that the secular Ba'ath Party of Iraq was connected to al-Qaeda or that 'weapons of mass destruction' existed in the region, outside of Israel. More people than ever are convinced that the greatest threat to peace comes from the center of the American empire and its satrapies, with Blair and Sharon as lieutenants to the Commander-in-Chief. Examining how countries from Japan to France eventually rushed to support US aims, as well as the futile UN resistance, Tariq Ali proposes a re-founding of Mark Twain's mammoth American Anti-Imperialist League (which included William James, W.E.B. DuBois, William Dean Howells, and John Dewey) to carry forward the antiwar movement. Meanwhile, as Iraqis show unexpected hostility and independence, rather than gratitude, for 'liberation,' Ali is unique is uncovering the depth of the resistance now occurring inside occupied Iraq. / Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker, long-time political activist and campaigner, and very much in demand as a commentator on the current situation in the Middle East. He has written over a dozen books on world history and politics, including the bestseller The Clash of Fundamentalisms, five novels, and scripts for both stage and screen. The first novel in the Islam Quintet, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree, was awarded the Archbishop San Clemente del Instituto Rosalia de Castro Prize for Best Foreign Language Fiction published in Spain in 1994 and, like The Book of Saladin, has been translated into several languages. His The Dictatorship of Capital is forthcoming from Verso." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Pb. Condition: VG. 150pp. Extremities lightly rubbed.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 258 pages. Foreign Policy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 248 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "On the eve of International Women's Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days. The Feminist Five became a global cause celebre, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. But the Five are only symbols of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists, and online warriors prompting an unprecedented awakening among China's educated, urban women. In Betraying Big Brother, journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues that the popular, broad-based movement poses the greatest challenge to China's authoritarian regime today. Through interviews with the Feminist Five and other leading Chinese activists, Hong Fincher illuminates both the difficulties they face and their 'joy of betraying Big Brother,' as Wei Tingting--one of the Feminist Five--wrote of the defiance she felt during her detention. Tracing the rise of a new feminist consciousness now finding expression through the #MeToo movement, and describing how the Communist regime has suppressed the history of its own feminist struggles, Betraying Big Brother is a story of how the movement against patriarchy could reconfigure China and the world." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; China's feminist five; The Internet and feminist awakening; Detention and release; Your body is a battleground; Jingwei fills the sea; Feminists, lawyers and workers; China's patriarchal authoritarianism; Conclusion: a song for all women. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. A Good copy in lightly worn paper covers. Brief ink markings noted on two pages. A sound reading copy. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. 3rd Impression. 197 pages. Underlining, check marks, notations on dozens of pages, mostly at the beginning and end of the book. Marxist Strategy.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, xx, 76pp. First printing thus. VG+: faint crease to the front cover, otherwise clean, bright, sound, very presentable.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, xix, 364pp. First edition. VG: cover's corners mildly rubbed; solid binding, clean text, clean covers and edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very nice copy, 1st trade paperback edition, in pictorial wraps. Book presents the history of how street basketball has evolved over the years in America's cities. 8vo., 203 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, vii, 144pp. First printing. VG+: a clean, bright and solid book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, vii, 248pp. 2nd printing. VG+: a clean and sound copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and the text is clean. minor edgewear along the edges of the dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Black cloth, large octavo. 479 pages. Bright, clean copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. All books shipped in boxes.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Nine essays wtitten by feminist film-makers and theorists on both sides of the Atlantic, providing a state-of-the-art picture of feminist film criticism in the 1980s. Softcover, vii, 199 pp. Light wear, unmarked, tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Slight wear to corners of dust jacket. ; 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ has some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. DJ has some light scuffing. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Uncorrected page proof.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Light rubbing of the DJ.;

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Scholarly work analyzes the break-up of the Soviet Union, the transformation of part of the old nomenklatura into a new ruling elite, and the emergence of a new Russian totalitarianism. Translated by Renfrey Clarke. 168 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Lisa Billard cover (illustrator). Reprint. Unread trade paperback, photo black covers. Blurb: Edward Koch. No names, clean text. Index. Solid. 31,000 shelf 299 p. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Henri Cartier-Bresson cover (illustrator). 1st Edition thus. Unread trade paperback, photo white covers, a tiny bit of handling. No names, clean text. Index. 8900 shelf 222 p. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soft cover. 2015 reprint. Light wear. Firmly bound, no spine crease. Clean, unmarked pages. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. x, 214 pages, illustrations, 2 maps; 22 cm. Map on lining papers. SIGNED by Tariq Ali on the half-title page. Fine DJ. *** "The assault and capture of Iraq--and the resistance it has provoked--will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. In this passionate and provocative book, Tariq Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues against the view that sees imperialist occupation as the only viable solution to bring about regime-change in corrupt and dictatorial states. Like the author's previous work, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, this book presents a magnificent cultural history. Detailing the longstanding imperial ambitions of key figures in the Bush administration and how war profiteers close to Bush are cashing in, Bush in Babylon is unique in moving beyond the corporate looting by the US military government to offer the reader an expert and in-depth analysis of the extent of resistance to the US occupation in Iraq. On 15 February 2003, eight million people marched on the streets of five continents against a war that had not yet begun. A historically unprecedented number of people rejected official justifications for war that the secular Ba'ath Party of Iraq was connected to al-Qaeda or that 'weapons of mass destruction' existed in the region, outside of Israel. More people than ever are convinced that the greatest threat to peace comes from the center of the American empire and its satrapies, with Blair and Sharon as lieutenants to the Commander-in-Chief. Examining how countries from Japan to France eventually rushed to support US aims, as well as the futile UN resistance, Tariq Ali proposes a re-founding of Mark Twain's mammoth American Anti-Imperialist League (which included William James, W.E.B. DuBois, William Dean Howells, and John Dewey) to carry forward the antiwar movement. Meanwhile, as Iraqis show unexpected hostility and independence, rather than gratitude, for 'liberation,' Ali is unique is uncovering the depth of the resistance now occurring inside occupied Iraq. / Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker, long-time political activist and campaigner, and very much in demand as a commentator on the current situation in the Middle East. He has written over a dozen books on world history and politics, including the bestseller The Clash of Fundamentalisms, five novels, and scripts for both stage and screen. The first novel in the Islam Quintet, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree, was awarded the Archbishop San Clemente del Instituto Rosalia de Castro Prize for Best Foreign Language Fiction published in Spain in 1994 and, like The Book of Saladin, has been translated into several languages. His The Dictatorship of Capital is forthcoming from Verso." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. SIGNED.