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  • Leon Genonceaux – The Tutu
    Leon Genonceaux – The Tutu
    $22.00 | ,

    The nineteenth-century French writer and publisher Léon Genonceaux (1856―?) is as much of an enigma as those two legendary enfants terribles whom he was the first to publish: Arthur Rimbaud […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • M. John Harrison – The Course Of The Heart
    M. John Harrison – The Course Of The Heart
    $16.00 | ,

    On a hot May night, three Cambridge students carry out a ritualistic act that changes their lives. Decades later, none of the participants can remember what transpired; but their clouded […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ryu Murakami – From the Fatherland with Love
    Ryu Murakami – From the Fatherland with Love
    $20.00 | ,

    An ambitious, epic dystopian novel – part political thriller and part satire. From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Halkyn – self titled
    Halkyn – self titled
    $28.00 | ,

    Concentric Circles is pleased to present a collection of recordings from Halkyn, the solo project of Chris Coyle, most known for being a member of much beloved Leeds, UK group […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jazz Is Dead 17 (Yellow Vinyl)
    Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jaz…
    $15.00 | , ,

    Coursing through the cosmic pulse of Jazz-Funk is the inimitable influence of Lonnie Liston Smith. For over five decades, the legendary keyboardist and bandleader has been a driving force in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Benson ‎– Goodies
    George Benson ‎– Goodies
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Concealed Class – No Obituary
    Concealed Class – No Obituary
    $10.00 | ,

    Concealed Class emerges without introduction or transition. No Obituary, released by Helicopter/Troniks, marks the debut recording by Charlie Mumma and Matt Purse, two artists whose respective [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, John Wiese – Annihilation Of Samsara
    Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, John Wiese – Annihilation Of Samsara
    $10.00 | ,

    For decades, Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, and John Wiese have each occupied positions within the global landscape of experimental music, operating across extreme metal, free improvisation, noise, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
    The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
    $7.00 | , ,

    Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Burren Archaeology: A Tour Guide
    Burren Archaeology: A Tour Guide
    $7.00 | , ,

    The Burren in County Clare contains one of the more dense concentrations of archaeological remains in Ireland. Its monuments illustrate the story of human activity since it was first settled […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • An Assemblage of Spirits : Idea and Image in New Ireland
    An Assemblage of Spirits : Idea and Image in New Ireland
    $7.00 | , ,

    Describes the daily life and culture in Papua New Guinea, and shows examples of carved architectural panels, masks, dance ornaments, figures, friezes, and poles This book is in Good readable […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World
    Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World
    $7.00 | , ,

    From the Church in the Middle Ages to the people who prepare sucidide bombers, there is always someone promsing a better tomorrow, if only we do what they say. Although […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language, Theory, Mythology, and Fiction
    The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language, Theory, Mythology, …
    $6.00 | , ,

    This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • America, the Sorcerer’s New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Shamanism
    America, the Sorcerer’s New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Sham…
    $5.00 | , ,

    Reincarnation, Eastern mysticism, channeling, psychic phenomena. Is America at the threshold of a glorious new age of enlightenment? Or have we, in our search for higher levels of human [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Julius Evola – The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation and Magic in the Quest for the Spirit
    Julius Evola – The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation and Magic in…
    $6.00 | , ,

    In this important study of the meaning of the Grail, one of Europe’s greatest esoteric philosophers discloses the pre-Christian and initiatic sources of this symbolic motif that is so [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Walter Burkert – Greek Religion
    Walter Burkert – Greek Religion
    $12.00 | , ,

    In this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on that subject. First published in German in […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Henry Corbin – Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
    Henry Corbin – Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
    $15.00 | , ,

    In this work a distinguished scholar of Islamic religion examines the mysticism and psychological thought of the great eleventh-century Persian philosopher and physician Avicenna (Ibn Sina), [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
    Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
    $12.00 | , ,

    Artists and writers reconsider the relationship between the body and electronic technology in the twenty-first century through essays, artworks, and an encyclopedic “Abecedarius of the New [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
    Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
    $12.00 | , ,

    Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt : The One and the Many
    Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt : The One and the Many
    $12.00 | , ,

    A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung’s book will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the history of religion, as well as students and scholars […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Michael Slavin – The Book of Tara
    Michael Slavin – The Book of Tara
    $10.00 | , ,

    The Book of Tara is written by local and respected historian, Michael Slavin, and examines the many aspects and beliefs associated to the sacred Hill of Tara itself and why […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucian Krukowski – Art and Concept: A Philosophical Study
    Lucian Krukowski – Art and Concept: A Philosophical Study
    $10.00 | , ,

    Addressing the important and timely question of what it is to know something as an artwork, this volume explores the relationship between works of art and the concepts, evaluations, descriptions, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
    Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
    $10.00 | , ,

    Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman’s earlier work [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bruce Mau – Massive Change
    Bruce Mau – Massive Change
    $9.00 | , ,

    Massive Change is a modern, illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide. This book is part of a broader research project […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Moshe Idel – Messianic Mystics
    Moshe Idel – Messianic Mystics
    $10.00 | , ,

    In this stimulating book one of the world’s leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience. Moshe Idel calls upon his profound [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gnostic Faustus: The Secret Teachings Behind the Classic Text
    Gnostic Faustus: The Secret Teachings Behind the Classic Text
    $8.00 | , ,

    In The Gnostic Faustus, Ramona Fradon shows the legend of Doctor Faustus to be a composite Gnostic creation myth that reveals the process of spiritual salvation. Nearly every element of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
    The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
    $8.00 | , ,

    The amazing surprise New York Times bestseller, filled with “breathtaking glimpses into worlds that heretofore have been little explored” (Foreward) They say that history is written [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • D’Arcy Thompson – On Growth and Form
    D’Arcy Thompson – On Growth and Form
    $8.00 | , ,

    Classic of biology and modern science sets forth seminal “theory of transformation” — that one species evolves into another not by successive minor changes in individual body parts [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Frances Colpitt – Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century
    Frances Colpitt – Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century
    $8.00 | , ,

    These essays on abstract painting by eleven of its most incisive critics trace the development of such critical issues as hard-edge painting, deductive and serial structure, monochrome [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • David F. Greenberg – The Construction of Homosexuality
    David F. Greenberg – The Construction of Homosexuality
    $8.00 | , ,

    “At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. David F. Greenberg’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Magus of Freemasonry: The Mysterious Life of Elias Ashmole–Scientist, Alchemist, and Founder of the Royal Society
    The Magus of Freemasonry: The Mysterious Life of Elias Ashmole–S…
    $8.00 | , ,

    Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry. His writings help solve the debate between operative and “speculative” origins of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jose Guadalupe Posada And the Mexican Broadside
    Jose Guadalupe Posada And the Mexican Broadside
    $15.00 | , ,

    José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913), one of Mexico’s most important graphic artists, influenced the generation who lived through and pictured the Mexican Revolution. His powerful and visually [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
    Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
    $10.00 | , ,

    A groundbreaking book that explores how astrology can inform our understanding of the events that have shaped our world—the inspiration for the docuseries Changing of the Gods. In these pages, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Micea Eliade – Images and Symbols : Studies in Religious Symbolism
    Micea Eliade – Images and Symbols : Studies in Religious Symboli…
    $9.00 | , ,

    Mircea Eliade–one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic–shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mircea Eliade – The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
    Mircea Eliade – The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and Histo…
    $8.00 | , ,

    This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Charles Simic – Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
    Charles Simic – Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
    $8.00 | , ,

    In Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Crop Circles: A Beginner’s Guide
    Crop Circles: A Beginner’s Guide
    $8.00 | , ,

    Crop circles are mysterious markings that have been found on farmland worldwide, ranging from simple circles to elaborate formations. This Beginner’s Guide explores the history of crop [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Calvin Tomkins – Lives of the Artists
    Calvin Tomkins – Lives of the Artists
    $8.00 | , ,

    For more than four decades Calvin Tomkins’s incisive profiles in The New Yorker have given readers the most satisfying reports on contemporary art and artists available in any language. In [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Francette Pacteau – The Symptom of Beauty
    Francette Pacteau – The Symptom of Beauty
    $8.00 | , ,

    For a woman in the Western world, there is no escaping beauty. Either she possesses it, or she lacks it. If she lacks it, she may hope to gain it. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dane Rudhyar – Occult Preparations for a New Age
    Dane Rudhyar – Occult Preparations for a New Age
    $8.00 | , ,

    Intriguing work by the French astrologer/spiritualist. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, or light creasing/wear […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers
    Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Write…
    $8.00 | , ,

    As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Houston – The Passion of Isis and Osiris
    Jean Houston – The Passion of Isis and Osiris
    $8.00 | , ,

    In The Passion of Isis and Osiris, Jean Houston, internationally renowned philosopher, psychologist, and explorer of world myth, takes us deep into the mysteries of Egypt, land of the ancient [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • What May Come: The Taller de Grafica Popular and the Mexican Political Print
    What May Come: The Taller de Grafica Popular and the Mexican Political…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Established in Mexico City in 1937, the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphic Art Workshop) sought to create prints, posters, and illustrated publications that were popular and affordable, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sacred Places: A Journey into the Holiest Lands
    Sacred Places: A Journey into the Holiest Lands
    $7.00 | , ,

    Takes readers on a tour of the world’s most sacred sights while tracing the earliest religious rituals and traditions of each area, including Stonehenge, the Kali Temple in Calcutta, and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Baudrillard – The Conspiracy of Art
    Jean Baudrillard – The Conspiracy of Art
    $7.00 | , ,

    Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes “War Porn,” on Abu Ghraib as a new genre of reality TV. The images [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Philip K Dick – Ubik
    Philip K Dick – Ubik
    $7.00 | , ,

    In a dystopian future of psychic powers, Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business — deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Craig Owens – Beyond Recognition : Representation, Power, and Culture
    Craig Owens – Beyond Recognition : Representation, Power, and Cu…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Perhaps more than any other recent writer, Craig Owens explored the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. His familiarity with the New York art world and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Melvins ‎– Night Goat (Blue/White Marbled Vinyl)
    Melvins ‎– Night Goat (Blue/White Marbled Vinyl)
    $24.00 | , ,

    Alternate single version of the Houdini track, paired with a Jon Spencer cover. Label: Amphetamine Reptile Records – SCALE 44 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Blue/White Marbled Vinyl Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tim Hecker ‎– The North Water (Clear Vinyl)
    Tim Hecker ‎– The North Water (Clear Vinyl)
    $17.00 | , ,

    “The score for The North Water was written just before and during the pandemic in 2020, mostly over arguably one of the darkest winters of some memory in Montreal,” says […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • V/A – Hydeout Productions – 2nd Collections
    V/A – Hydeout Productions – 2nd Collections
    $60.00 | , ,

    Beats and collages from Hyde Out Productions. Primarily features Nujabes, but also has many collaborations and remixes. Label: Hyde Out Productions – HOLP-007 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic