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Nearly 700 works by over 500 authors are presented in Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide, a comprehensive annotated bibliography of stories and novels that contain a jazz component. Presenting a valuable overview of the history of the genre from its beginnings to the near present, the book compartmentalizes the titles into literature genres, such as children, teen, and young adult stories; mystery and detective fiction; fantasy and science fiction; women and jazz; works based on the lives of actual jazz artists; international jazz fiction (representing over 20 countries); and even "Jazz" Fiction Sans Music: books that imply musical content but actually have none. A series of sub-genres such as "Big Band and Swing," "Blues," "Pulp and Smut," and "Novelizations" are identified, providing examples of works that characterize these categories and offering readers with specialized interests an easy reference. Also included are two short-lists, one for short stories, the other for novels, giving readers who desire to learn more about jazz fiction suggestions on where to begin. David Rife's annotations qualify as short critical essays, generally providing a jargon-free, often witty presentation, making them a pleasure to read. Broad in scope, meticulously researched, and comprehensive with titles that have long been inaccessible, this definitive resource is essential for libraries and valuable to scholars and fans of jazz and literature.

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"In this book we deal with the principles of heredity as applied to individual and racial variations. We do not attempt to catalogue abnormalities and unusual genetic traits in man, of which scores are on record. Rather, we stress normal, non-pathological differences which are quite common, and which are responsible for genetic differences between racial groups. The first few chapters deal with the basic principles of heredity. Taste and blood variations are considered because they are common, not rare, and because they furnish clear cut examples of the mechanism of gene behavior. In later chapters other common traits are discussed, which owe their variations to interactions of heredity and environment. An understanding of these principles should enable one to more easily grasp the basis of racial variations, and their relation to various social, economic and political problems discussed in the latter portion of the book"--Preface.

Heredity, Human.