books about: 1936-1963 (chesterton winchester successful)

books about: 1936-1963

books:

Jim Clark and his Most Successful Lotus: The twin biographies of a legendary racing driver and his 1963 World ...

1 review
Eoin Young

Haynes Publishing, 2004

A worthwhile read for fans of Clark and Lotus
All in all, this is a good book. The title and subtitle seem to indicate Clark and Lotus 25 chassis R4 get equal billing, but that isn't really the case. The biography of Clark is more of an overview - and the author realizes this. In his introduction he states there are other books about Jim Clark, but that this book "is especially different in that it is the story of one car with the ...

Mere Humanity: G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, And J. R. R. Tolkien on the Human Condition

1 review
Donald T. Williams

B&H Publishing Group, 2006

A Masterful Guide to What it Means to Be Human
In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lucy Pevensie found an interesting book on her friend's bookshelf titled Is Man a Myth? The subject matter makes sense from a world in which no human had been for quite some time. But even in our world questions about what it means to be human are at best unresolved by our culture. In Mere Humanity, Donald T. Williams explores humanity in the work of G.K. ...

The New York School: Photographs, 1936-1963

2 reviews
Jane Livingston

Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1992

Great unpublished photos by some of the greats.
This is treat for anyone interested in photography, especially in the period leading up to Winogrand, Friedlander, etc. Most of the photographs in this book, I've never seen before. Included are interesting 35mm work by Diane Arbus, some untypical Avedon, great Robert Frank's that I haven't seen published anywhere else, early Winogrand. However the really nice thing about this book is in ...

The rifleman's rifle: Winchester's model 70, 1936-1963

1 review
Roger C Rule

Alliance Books, 1982

The riflemans rifle
A must buy reference book for anyone interested in Winchester Bolt Action rifles

Complete Essays, Vol. 4: 1936-1938
Aldous Huxley

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2001

In this fourth volume of a projected six, Huxley registers his deep misgivings about the course of history in the late 1930s as the world moved toward a second global war. Many of his essays reflect his continuing interest in the conventions of popular culture as well as the philosophy of science and history, particularly as they inform developments in art and politics.

Aldous Huxley - Between the Wars : Essays and Letters

1 review
Aldous Huxley

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1994

Pivotal to understanding Huxley!
Certainly, Aldous Huxley believed in the rule of elites and had anti-democratic notions -- for a period of time. In these essays and letters it is a troubled Huxley that can't fathom the solutions to the social problems of his time that can be observed. He went through many changes and was greatly influenced in thought by ocurrances which he had to live through. This is a pivotal point to ...