BLACK BOY
by Richard Wright · Harper
Poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
CHEROKEE STRIP
by Marquis James · Viking Press
"Here is the perpetual variety of small town Oklahoma characters, incidents, changes; the self-confidence of an American boyhood; in honest, winning revelation."–Kirkus Reviews
TERESA: OR HER DEMON LOVER
by Austin K. Gray · Scribner
"ALL DEMONS ARE SUMMONED BY SIN, AND YOUR SIN IS LUST. I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR HEART." When young widow Dora buys a mysterious dark mirror from a stranger, she has no idea of the supernatural powers which it possesses. Overcome by desire for her late husband, she accidentally summons Baezel, a lust demon from the pits of hell. Baezel is interested in pretty young human women for only one reason, and Dora soon finds herself on the end of a roasting beyond the abilities of any mortal man... Will Dora be able to satisfy the demon's dark desires? Or will he steal her soul in the same way that he has stolen her heart?
PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY
by Aldous Huxley · Harper
"An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect--drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam--Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others." --Amazon.com.
MODERN MAN IS OBSOLETE
by Norman Cousins · Viking Press
On the political and social consequences of the atom bomb and atomic energy.
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