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195182416Boston 1951. Typescript autograph letter signed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. requesting housing upon his acceptance to Boston University Graduate School. The letter dated June 15th 1951 and addressed to Dean Charles W. Alter Boston University Graduate School reads "Dear Dean Alter I have been accepted in Boston University Graduate School as a regular student and a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Systematic Theology. I am now interested in finding living accommodations on the campus or at least very near by. A single room would be preferable. If such is possible I would appreciate having it reserved. I am also interested in applying for a graduate Fellowship. Please send me the necessary information at this point along with an application blank. Thanks in advance for your cooperation I am Sincerely yours Martin L. King Jr." King later recalled his experience with housing bias in 1951 Boston in an interview with the Boston Globe in 1965 "I remember very well trying to find a place to live. I went into place after place where there were signs that rooms were for rent. They were for rent until they found out I was a Negro and suddenly they had just been rented." Double matted and framed with a photograph of a young King. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 21.75 inches. This letter offers an extraordinary glimpse into the education of the great African-American Civil Rights leader exemplifying his own experiences with the systemic racism in 1950s American society. Martin Luther King Jr. first received recognition for his outstanding skills as a public speaker as a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta Georgia. He received early acceptance into the Liberal Arts program at the historically black Morehouse College at the age of 15 also in Atlanta and at age 18 decided to enter the ministry. After graduating from Morehouse in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology King enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester Pennsylvania where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Divinity in 1951. That same year he applied to Graduate School at Boston University where in June of 1955 he received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology with a dissertation titled A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman. While pursuing doctoral studies King worked as an assistant minister at Boston's historic Twelfth Baptist Church with Reverend William Hunter Hester a friend of King's father who became an important influence on King's later work. unknown books
1967124490New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1967. First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" Cornel West. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Dr. Stephen Goodyear In appreciation for your great support Martin Luther King Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. by Bob Fitch. Where Do We Go from Here is Dr. King's analysis of the state of American race relations and the movement after a decade of U.S. civil rights struggles. ''With Selma and the Voting Rights Act one phase of development in the civil rights revolution came to an end'' he observed King 3. King believed that the next phase in the movement would bring its own challenges as African Americans continued to make demands for better jobs higher wages decent housing an education equal to that of whites and a guarantee that the rights won in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be enforced by the federal government. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
1967120468New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1967. First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" Cornel West. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Mr. H.O. Wilson In appreciation for your great support Martin Luther King Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. by Bob Fitch. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Where Do We Go from Here is Dr. King's analysis of the state of American race relations and the movement after a decade of U.S. civil rights struggles. ''With Selma and the Voting Rights Act one phase of development in the civil rights revolution came to an end'' he observed King 3. King believed that the next phase in the movement would bring its own challenges as African Americans continued to make demands for better jobs higher wages decent housing an education equal to that of whites and a guarantee that the rights won in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be enforced by the federal government. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
196341050New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1963. First edition of Dr. King's second book of which Coretta Scott King noted "If there is one book Martin Luther King Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives it is Strength to Love." Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Major Ernest D. Muse With Best Wishes Martin Luther King." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and a few small closed tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Dr. King. Strength to Love was Martin Luther King's first volume of sermons published the same year in which he penned his Letter from a Birmingham Jail and joined the historic March on Washington and delivered his famous I have a dream speech. The following year he won the Nobel Peace Prize. King notes in the preface: "In these turbulent days of uncertainty the evils of war and of economic and racial injustice threaten the very survival of the human race. Indeed we live in a day of grave crisis. The sermons in this volume have the present crisis as their background; and they have been selected for this volume because in one way or another they deal with the personal and collective problems that the crisis presents." Coretta Scott King said about this book that it "best explains the central element of Martin Luther King Jr.' s philosophy of nonviolence: His belief in a divine loving presence that binds all life. By reaching into and beyond ourselves and tapping the transcendent moral ethic of love we shall overcome these evils." Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
195830031New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. First edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's first book. Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King Jr. on the front free endpaper. Review copy with the slip laid in near fine in a very good dust jacket with some fading to the spine and light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First printings are uncommon signed. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive revelatory and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love and who in the process acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.'' Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
195899642New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. First edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's first book. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page "Best Wishes Martin Luther King Jr." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive revelatory and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love and who in the process acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.'' Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
196398984New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1963. Early printing of Dr. King's second book of which Coretta Scott King noted "If there is one book Martin Luther King Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives it is Strength to Love." Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Best Wishes Martin Luther King." Also laid in is an original photograph of Dr. King. Contemporary name to the pastedown near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Strength to Love was Martin Luther King's first volume of sermons published the same year in which he penned his Letter from a Birmingham Jail and joined the historic March on Washington and delivered his famous I have a dream speech. The following year he won the Nobel Peace Prize. King notes in the preface: "In these turbulent days of uncertainty the evils of war and of economic and racial injustice threaten the very survival of the human race. Indeed we live in a day of grave crisis. The sermons in this volume have the present crisis as their background; and they have been selected for this volume because in one way or another they deal with the personal and collective problems that the crisis presents." Coretta Scott King said about this book that it "best explains the central element of Martin Luther King Jr.' s philosophy of nonviolence: His belief in a divine loving presence that binds all life. By reaching into and beyond ourselves and tapping the transcendent moral ethic of love we shall overcome these evils." Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
1963118239Boston: The Beacon Press 1963. First edition of this collection of interviews done by Kenneth B. Clark. Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a talk with Kenneth B. Clark and with a note about the interviews by Henry Morgenthau III. Bookplate. Interviews recorded for National Educational Television in May-June 1963. Conversations with James Baldwin Malcolm X and Martin Luther King with Kenneth B. Clark as the moderator. The Beacon Press hardcover books
1926CNJL743Munich: Bremer Presse 1926-1928 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Simons Anna. One of 365 copies folio size 5 volumes complete in German. An extraordinary publication by the Bremer Press of the "Martin Luther Bible". Translated by Luther directly from the Greek during his enforced sequestration in Wartburg Castle 1521-22 it was first published in 1545 and he continued to edit and refine his translation up to his death the following year. Translating directly from the Greek was a marked departure for the academics of the day who relied on the Latin Vulgate translation and used Latin for their studies with Greek seldom used or even taught. <br/><br/>Luther chose to translate from the Greek into the vernacular German language of the day making the scriptures accessible to everyday people and at the same time providing a vehicle for a more unified German language. The Bremer Press known for its interrelation of scholarship type design and book design has provided a version of the Luther Bible edited by Professor Carl von Kraus 1868-1952 Professor of German Philology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. n. b. above info from Wiki and Ransom.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Set of five volumes complete; Volume I: Die Bucher Mose; Volume II: Das Ander Teil des Alten Testaments; Volume III: Das Dritte Teil des Alten Testaments; Volume IV: Die Propheten; and Volume V: Das Neue Testament. The text is continuous with no chapter or verse indications save in the bottom margin of each page; each book of text is delineated with its own sectional title page each opens with a four- or five-line initial capital letter designed by Anna Simons. This set is bound in ivory tinted boards with the single word "Biblia" in gilt on the front black leather spines double raised bands single gilt rule at the head and tail "Biblia" and the volume number in gilt; top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges rough-cut; endpapers of light tan laid paper; in the style of the Bremer Press as with the Doves Press the interior is free of illustration or ornamentation the focus is on the integrity of design of the type and the overall work. Folio size almost 14" tall with the volumes unpaginated printed on Zanders hand-made paper special black-letter cut for this edition. Limited edition of 365 copies per Ransom with each volume in this set numbered differently Vol. I unnumbered Vol. II - no. 56 Vol. III - no. 142 Vol. IV - no. 300 and Vol. V - no. 289. All text in German.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine as new the set appears never to have been used. Each volume has a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interiors are clean and bright and all volumes are entirely free of prior owner markings. The slipcases are very good with overall minor soiling and edgewear one of the five has a single split seam approximately 3 inches long.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Ransom Bremer Press no. 36.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size and weight of this set additional postage will apply; we are happy to ship at cost to both domestic and international addresses please contact us for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Bremer Presse [1926-1928] hardcover books
1992034789Kingston: Kingston Publishers. 1992. "The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew." Campbell's autobiography which deals to a great degree with the obscenity case brought against him and the Two Live Crew for their lyrics on an album with the same name as this book. When the album was declared obscene and illegal to sell Campbell and two others were arrested after performing songs from the album at a club in Florida. They were acquitted in their court case after Henry Louis Gates Jr. among others spoke on behalf of their lyrics. This book was published in Kingston Jamaica with a "Parental Advisory" notice on its cover because it was thought that it might not be publishable by an American publisher. When it was published in America after the trial and appeal had ended it became a bestseller but the Jamaican edition which is the true first is quite scarce. OCLC lists only 6 copies of the Kingston edition. Light wear to spine and corners; near fine in wrappers. Softcover. Near Fine. Kingston Publishers paperback books
1932145965Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1932. Draft script for an unproduced film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>An early screenplay by American playwright Zoe Akins who won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1935 for her adaptation of Edith Wharton's "The Old Maid." <br/><br/>Based on the 1898 story by John Luther Long. An American naval officer purchases marries and abandons a Japanese geisha named Butterfly leaving her penniless pregnant and increasingly despairing of his return. <br/><br/>Madame Butterfly has been adapted numerous times for opera stage and film although many of these productions have faced increased scrutiny in recent years for their stereotypical portrayals of Japanese people white actors in "yellowface" and inaccurate descriptions of Japanese customs and culture.<br/><br/>Tall white titled self wrappers noted as MASTER FILE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1083 with credits for screenwriter Zoe Akins. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered G-25. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970CAT0103Washington D.C. 1970. 3 pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King's birthday at The Washington Cathedral January 15 1970. Stapled together with a 1 pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations ICRR notifying members of the event and including a 1 pp. copy of the minutes from the ICRR board meeting on January 7 1970 at which the details were agreed upon and a 1 pp. announcement for the event. Program worn at corners two bent; letters originally folded creases beginning to split. Overall good. The first observance of King's birthday was sponsored by the newly created King Memorial Center in Atlanta in 1969 only eight months after his death. In its "Making of the King Holiday" chronology the Center describes this service as "the model for subsequent annual commemorations of Dr. King's birthday nationwide setting the tone of celebration of Dr. King's life education in his teachings and nonviolent action to carry forward his unfinished work." <br /> <br /> Scarce documentation exists for this event the second observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday following his assassination. The Interreligious Committee on Race Relations ICRR organized the event. The ICRR was established in June 1963 by leaders from Protestant Catholic and Jewish congregations in Washington D.C. One of its first goals was to support the passage of the Civil Rights Act which was then being debated in Congress. Its larger mission was to end racial discrimination particularly in public housing and employment and to foster communication between black and white communities in D.C. <br /> <br /> Few other early commemorations are documented; this mimeographed program and the ICRR meeting minutes reveal the significant evolution of the idea of a public holiday to celebrate King's life. Speakers at The Washington Cathedral included Mayor Walter E. Washington and the civil rights leaders Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy and Bishop Henry C. Bunton. The ceremony also incorporated King's "I Have a Dream" speech. A press release indicates how businesses schools and the D.C. government were already working together to initiate commemorative programs and "follow a liberal leave policy" for employees wishing to take the day off. The characteristic interfaith and interracial community celebrations and "teach-ins" that we know today were already essential components of commemoration for King in 1970. This program took place thirteen years before the federal holiday was finally signed into law. <br /> <br /> 3 pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King's birthday at The Washington Cathedral January 15 1970. Stapled together with a 1 pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations ICRR notifying members of the event and including a 1 pp. copy of the minutes from the ICRR board meeting on January 7 1970 at which the details were agreed upon and a 1 pp. announcement for the event. Program worn at corners two bent; letters originally folded creases beginning to split. Overall good. unknown books
1932104064New York: The New York Public Library 1932. half leather cloth five raised bands cardboard box with paper cover label. folio. half leather cloth five raised bands cardboard box with paper cover label. xvi 167 pages and 29 plates. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Based upon Greek and Latin Manuscripts and Important Late Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Printed Editions Including Reproductions of the Maps from the Ebner Manuscript ca. 1460. Printed on Charing handmade paper. Designed by John Archer. Collotypes by Max Jafeé. Introduction by Professor Joseph Fischer. This is the first English translation of "Geography". This volume covers eight books by Ptolemy added to it are 27 maps of the Codex Ebnerianus the Ruysch Map from the 1508 printed edition of "Geography" and the New World Map from the 1522 edition. The box for the volume is soiled worn and split at the joints and corners. Very minor wear at spine ends. The New York Public Library unknown books
1965140940831New York: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. Supplemental offprint from The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Vol. 20 Number 5. Stapled wraps. 24 pp. First edition. Near Fine with faint creasing along binding tiny staple rust transfer on back wrap. Transcribes the introductory remarks of the Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman Dr. King's full address and the audience question and answer session moderated by Judge Rosenman afterwards. Rare with only six copies located in an OCLC WorldCat search and no copies in the trade. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York unknown books
1901270204New York: Putnam 1901. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece. Illustrated in sepia and black and white with photographs and reproductions of artworks with lettered tissue guards. Decorative title page. 312 pages deckle edges large 8vo forest green crushed levant with floral gilt stamping hinges starting to crack slightly but still firm raised spine bands inner gilt rubricated dentelles top edge gilt and mottled endpapers. New York: Putnam 1901. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Bookplate on front attached endpaper.<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1903270206New York: Putnam 1903. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece. Illustrated in sepia and black and white with lettered tissue guards. Decorative title page. 310 pages deckle edges large 8vo forest green crushed levant with floral gilt stamping hinges starting to crack slightly but still firm raised spine bands inner gilt rubricated dentelles top edge gilt and mottled endpapers. New York: Putnam 1901. New York: Putnam 1903. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Subtle remains of adhesive from removed bookplate on front attached endpaper.<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1958135175Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Revised Final script for the 1959 film. Copy belonging to Clifton Webb with every inclusion of his character's dialogue underlined in holograph ink. Notations on nearly every page in holograph pencil including penciled vertical lines indicating that a scene is complete. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 play by Ronald Alexander. An older couple Webb and Wyman chases their romance-seeking daughters St. John and Lynley through South America. Shot on location in Peru and Brazil. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 dated December 18 1958. Title page present dated February 5 1959 noted as Revised Final Script with a credit for screenwriter Davis. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19681155Tokyo: The Simul Press; Charles E. Tuttle & Co 1968. Very good plus. 22142pp. plus frontispiece. Publisher's salmon cloth gilt. Presentation inscription by the translator on front flyleaf. Dust jacket with some minor soiling one small tear to top edge of rear cover. Japanese translation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final book containing the important chapter on "Black Power." King's book is about non-violence in the face of growing black nationalism and militancy in the mid-1960s. "In his last book Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community 1967 King dismissed the claim of Black Power advocates 'to be the most revolutionary wing of the social revolution taking place in the United States' but he acknowledged that they responded to a psychological need among African Americans he had not previously addressed. 'Psychological freedom a firm sense of self-esteem is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery' King wrote. 'The Negro will only be truly free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive selfhood his own emancipation proclamation'" -- ANB. A nice copy of a scarce work with a presentation inscription by the translator. The Simul Press; Charles E. Tuttle & Co unknown books
1972List916N.P. 1972. . Poster measuring 14 x 22 inches. Some marks a closed tear with tape repair edgewear and creasing very good minus overall. Very Good. After John Conyers' efforts to create a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. failed in congress days following his assassination the first celebrations of Martin Luther King's birthday began in 1969 when the newly created King Center led by Coretta Scott King organized events in King's honor on his birthday of January 15th. Observations of King's birthday followed in each subsequent year with the SCLC collecting three million signatures in support of a national holiday in 1971. Despite these efforts no bill honoring King would be signed into law until 1973 in Illinois. Offered here is a poster from one of these early celebrations in 1972. We can find no record of the artist - a J.L. - or similar surviving examples of this poster. unknown books
193236249Cedar Rapids Iowa: The Torch Press 1932. Edition limited to 100 copies on hand-made paper large 8vo pp. xliv 2 391; etched frontispiece signed by the artist Sidney L. Smith engraved title-p. 20 plates numerous facsimiles throughout; extremities very lightly soiled else a fine copy in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dedication copy inscribed by the author to the dedicatee Walter M. Hill with an additional inscription from Walter Hill to Alice Godchaux dated 1942 with an additional inscription to Garett Levy dated 1948. Also with a T.L.s. laid in and a 9 pg. typed carbon list of Leigh Hunt items possibly from Brewer. <br/><br/> [The Torch Press] hardcover books
1975147501N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 musical play which premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre on March 19 1975. <br/><br/>The origins of jazz told through the ersatz romance of a would-be trumpeter and a young black brothel worker.<br/><br/>Set in New Orleans and Chicago.<br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with book credits for Buster Davis and Paul Carter Harrison and music and lyric credits for Buster Davis. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-6-20. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965List915New York: Pix Incorporated 1965. Double weight silver gelatin photographs 6 â…ž x 9 â…ž. With Pix stamps on versos crediting the images to Ernest Reshovsky. One image with a small section of loss other with some edgewear overall very good to near fine with fine contrast. A pair of original photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council at the Hollywood Palladium in 1967 a speech in which he compared the plight of African-Americans to the untouchable class in India. King would revisit in other speeches from the era. The previous night King had attempted to attend the The Greatest Story Ever Told at the nearby former Cinerama Dome where the police found dynamite in the theater and also delivered a famous speech at the Temple Israel of Hollywood during the same trip. Offered here are two original press photographs from King's speech at the Hollywood Palladium taken by Ernest Reshovsky for the Pix agency. Pix Incorporated unknown books
196550258Birmingham AL: Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1965. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm; printed card wrappers stapled; 40pp. Trivial wear and dustiness to wrappers oxidation to staples else Near Fine. Detailed summary of the SCLC's 9th annual convention held in Birmingham Alabama from August 9-13 1965. Contents include introductory greetings by SCLS Secretary Rev. Fred Shuttleworth text of the annual report by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a detailed list of resolutions the keynote address by Rev. Andrew Young an addresses by Ambassador S.O. Adebo Mrs. Constance Baker Motley and others. Scarce with no examples for sale in the trade July 2020 and OCLC noting 3 holdings NYPL UC Davis U.Texas at Arlington. Southern Christian Leadership Conference unknown books
1958140941010New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated first printing. Near Fine with light softening at spine ends offsetting to endsheets and light toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine light edge wear and toning to the verso. A lovely copy. Harper & Brothers unknown books
195882640Detroit: Dept. of Christian Social Relations Episcopal Diocese of Michigan 1958. Paperback. Near Fine. 9p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Staples rather rusty. Keynote address delivered on May 16 1958 at a conference on "Christ the Church and Race" before an audience of about 260 Episcopal priests and laymen at the Veterans Memorial Building in Detroit. Foreword 1p. by Joseph A. Pelham Executive Director of the Dept. of Christian Social Relations which published this rare pamphlet followed by King's address 9p. including the inside of the back cover. OCLC locates one copy Stanford. We found no reference to this text in the King Papers. <br/><br/> Dept. of Christian Social Relations, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan paperback books
