Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, edited by Peter Clayton (HC, 1993, $2)

Ok, not to put you under any pressure, but can you list any of the seven wonders of the ancient world? I could name four, but only after I cheated and looked at the book's table of contents. Read this book, complete with many drawings and photos, and you will be able to answer the question. Look for it on the new non-fiction table.

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra, by Robert K. Massie (HC, 585 pages, 1967, $3.50)

Beautiful book. Look for it in the biography section.

The Dakota, one strange apartment building**SOLD*

Life at the Dakota, by Stephen Dakota (HC, 1979, $2.50)

"This is the social history which describes the lives of the rich and trendy who lived at the Dakota, a NY apartment house daringly erected in 1884, "too far up" and on the wrong side of town."  Boris Karloff, Judy Holliday, Leonard Bernstein, John Lennon and Lauren Bacall all lived there. Even Tchaikovsky was a guest there. From Tchaikovsky to Lennon, now that covers a lot of territory. And these were just the celebrities. Most of the stories in this book are about the more "normal" inhabitants, even if "normal" didn't really mean normal. Read about them here.

Look for it on the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/7.

America and the Holocaust

American Views the Holocaust, 1933-1945, A Brief Documentary History, by Robert H. Abzug (TPB, 1999, $2)

"Careful research has opened painful questions of national conscience and reputation and has led to a profound rethinking of the past. Historians have long since disproved the heroic view of the Allies as simply innocent liberators. Clearly, the Allies had fairly complete knowledge of the Nazi genocide as it happened, and only a few scholars have argued that the Allies could not have done more to save at least some Jews before the end of the war."

Still another view we weren't told about in school. Read this book and see what you think. See it in the WWII section, avail. 12/7. (Beware: VERY small print!)

Voting in the USA- not necessarily for all.

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, by Alexander Keyssar (HC, 2000, 467 pages, $3.50)          SOLD

Keyssar's account "highlights the gap between the hallowed image of the US as THE democratic nation and the reality that it took nearly two centuries for universal suffrage to be achieved. The story that he presents is one of both progress toward democratization and of fierce resistance to any expansion of the franchise. It includes lively accounts of those who "won" the right to vote, including women, African Americans, immigrants and industrial workers, while also describing recurrent- and sometimes successful- efforts to bar millions of individuals from the polls."

This book surely puts things into the proper perspective. It is not the same story we first learned in school. Look for this book on the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/7.

Chile under Pinochet

Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth, by Mark Ensalaco (HC, 2000, $3)

In 1991 the 128 bodies of victims of General Pinochet's regime were discovered. Pinochet at last agreed to stop down, fled to England, and was arrested. During the Pinochet years, thousands of  his critics had "disappeared".

And yet how many of us know of him?

Look for this book in the South American section, avail. 12/7.

The Wall Street Journal

The Power and the Money: Inside the Wall Street Journal, by Francis X. Dealy, Jr. (HC, 1993, $3)

The author interviewed over 313 employees to write this 1993 book. These are his findings on why the Journal had decreased earnings, and a decreased reputation. (Is this still true? I don't know if it is or not. I just  know I love to read it.)

Look for this book in the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/7.