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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — August 2007

Inside North Korea.

Harris, Mark Edward.
Chronicle Books, ©2007    191 p.    $35.00    DS932
978-0-8118-5751-2

Widely published photographer Harris offers readers a stunning look inside North Korea's isolated borders. Approximately 380 full-page images, accompanied by short essays and captions, display towering nationalist monuments in Pyongyang, military life and families, the colorful spectacle of the Arirang mass games, sparse cities and public transit, industrial wastelands and natural wonders, village life along the borders and the Demilitarized Zone abutting South Korea, and the ubiquitous Soviet-style representations of Worker's Party leaders Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II. Oversize: 9.25x12.25 inches. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

ˇMas! Cine mexicano more!; sensational Mexican movie posters, 1957-1990.

Agrasánchez, Rogelio.
Chronicle Books, ©2007    131 p.    $19.95    PN1995
978-0-8118-5449-8

Divided into categories, this reference reprints 250 color movie posters, primarily hand-drawn, featuring images of smuggling and betrayal, crime, youth rebellion, prostitutes, macho men, comedy, monsters, wrestlers, and hicks. The introduction and movie titles are provided in both English and Spanish. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)