Jeff Sparrow from the New International Bookshop (contact details below)
has forwarded news of the latest arrivals.
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Our new catalogue -- jam-packed with serious fun -- has just hit the
streets. Below are some of the titles received since we went to press
(yes, we never rest here at the NIB).
'Hitler's Pope', John Cornwell
The sordid story of Pius XII, the goose-stepping pontiff.
'The More You Watch, the Less You Know', Danny Schechter, $30.50
Between April and October 1996 alone, 569,949,501 commercials appeared
across the US media.
In this updated version of his classic account, Schechter gives an
insider's account of the way truth is lost amongst the info-blare of
the TV world.
'Policing Public Sex', Dangerous Bedfellows (ed), $36.00
In an era of growing sexual conservatism, this collection of essays
explores the relation between sexual freedom and public health in
discussions of topics such as beats, prostitution and sex clubs.
'Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply', Vandan Shiva,
$29.95
An Indian academic explores food politics in a world in which a mere ten
corporations control 32 per cent of the commercial seed market � and one
hundred percent of the market for genetically engineered seeds.
'Penguin Soup for the Soul', Tom Tomorrow, $16.50
Biff Chucklehead and Sparky the Penguin tackle modern America in the
most recent collection of Tomorrow's cartoons.
'Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organising',
Linda Stout, $27.95
An activist's guide outlining how the new middle-class social movements
can become relevant to working class people.
'Talking about a Revolution', South End Press Collective (ed)
Interviews with luminaries of the American left, from Bell Hooks to Noam
Chomsky.
'Eros and Civilisation', Herbert Marcuse, $28.95
'The Mass Psychology of Fascism', Wilhelm Reich, $34.00
Two of the absolute classics of Western Marxism.
Titles can be mailed out (include $4 for the first book, and $1.60 for
each subsequent book). To order, ring, write or email us, using the
details below.
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Jeff Sparrow, Co-ordinator
New International Bookshop Co-operative
Trades Hall, Box 18 Carlton Sth VIC 3053
phone (03) 9662 3744 fax (03) 9662 4755
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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