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  • John C. Lilly – Center of the Cyclone: Looking Into Inner Space
    John C. Lilly – Center of the Cyclone: Looking Into Inner Space
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    In this long-out-of-print counterculture classic, Dr. John C. Lilly takes readers behind the scenes into the inner life of a scientist exploring inner space, or “far-out spaces,” as Lilly called [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barbara T. Smith: I Am Abandoned
    Barbara T. Smith: I Am Abandoned
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    I Am Abandoned documents a little-known, but visionary performance by Barbara T. Smith. Taking place in 1976, it featured a conversation in real time between two psychoanalytic computer programs [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema
    Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema
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    The unique contribution of Austrian avant-garde film to world cinema is widely acknowledged. This is the first book in English dedicated to its historical and aesthetic evolution. The expansive [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop – Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursion
    Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop – Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursion
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    A rich array of materials coalesce here into a vibrant portrait, in text and image, of two extraordinary artists and collaborators. For nearly sixty years, the Waldrops have influenced multiple [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Alice Notley – Early Works
    Alice Notley – Early Works
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    Early Works collects Alice Notley’s first four out of print poetry collections, along with 80 pages of previously uncollected material. A must have for any Notley fan. Includes original [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Unlicensed: Bootlegging as Creative Practice
    Unlicensed: Bootlegging as Creative Practice
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    Over the last few decades, the term “bootlegging”―a practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringers―has become understood as a creative act. Debates about homage, appropriation and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marguerite Young –  Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias
    Marguerite Young – Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias
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    Angel in the Forest is Marguerite Young’s fascinating chronicle of two attempts to establish utopian communities in nineteenth-century America. In it, she recounts the strange tale of New [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hermann Nitsch: Life and Work: Recorded by Danielle Spera
    Hermann Nitsch: Life and Work: Recorded by Danielle Spera
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    The oral autobiography of the controversial Vienna Aktionist, with archival materials and additional writings by Nitsch A pioneer of Vienna’s postwar avant-garde and the most notorious member of [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
    Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
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    Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Brion Gysin – Permutations
    Brion Gysin – Permutations
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    What our staff has to say: “One of the ultimates in psychedelic writing & concrete poetry. No one matches Gysin.” – Cleo The first collection of the Beat mentor’s [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Book Of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures Of Japanese Folklore
    The Book Of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures Of Japanese Folklore
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    Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Healing Flower Color Cards
    The Healing Flower Color Cards
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    77 card deck that combines Dr. E. Bachs Flower medicine and color therapy meditation with outstanding plant and flower drawings to make anyone a flower botanist. AGM Aktiengesellschaft [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce, as-is)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce, as-is)
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    A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society. Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover edition. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Tibetan Book Of The Dead
    The Tibetan Book Of The Dead
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    Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters and hailed as “a tremendous accomplishment,” this book faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Thom O’Neill – Chaos: Charles Manson, The CIA and The Secret History Of The 60s
    Thom O’Neill – Chaos: Charles Manson, The CIA and The Secret History Of The 60s
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    Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ursula K. LeGuin – The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Book Club Edition)
    Ursula K. LeGuin – The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Book Club Edition)
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    Wizardry, transforming its master into a cloud of fine mist…cloning, duplicating the ideal man ten times over…Utopia, in a city where almost everyone is perfectly happy… Ursula [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Vladimir Sorokin – Ice Trilogy
    Vladimir Sorokin – Ice Trilogy
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    Pulp fiction, science fiction, New Ageism, pornography, video-game mayhem, old-time Communist propaganda, and rampant commercial hype all collide, splinter, and splatter in Vladimir Sorokin’s [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William Attaway – Blood On The Forge
    William Attaway – Blood On The Forge
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    This brutally gripping novel about the African-American Great Migration follows the three Moss brothers, who flee the rural South to work in industries up North. Delivered by day into the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S. Burroughs – Interzone
    William S. Burroughs – Interzone
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    In 1954 William Burroughs settled in Tangiers, finding a sanctuary of sorts in its shadowy streets, blind alleys, and lowlife decadence. It was this city that served as a catalyst […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
    Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
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    800 works, chosen by Charles Saatchi from his collection, are juxtaposed with media coverage and texts by Richard Cork, Sarah Kent and Dick Price. Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999 Hardcover Edition. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
    The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
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    The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Terence McKenna – The Archaic Revival
    Terence McKenna – The Archaic Revival
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    Cited by the L.A. Weekly as “the culture’s foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience,” Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Shots In The Dark: True Crime Pictures
    Shots In The Dark: True Crime Pictures
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    Studies the role of crime photography in American history, culture, and law enforcement, presenting such photographs as an autopsy study of Lee Harvey Oswald, photographs of the parents of Lizzie [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robin Wagner-Pacifici – Discourse & Destruction: The City Of Philadelphia Vs MOVE
    Robin Wagner-Pacifici – Discourse & Destruction: The City Of Philadelphia Vs MOVE
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    In the early 1980s the radical group MOVE settled into a rowhouse in a predominantly African-American neighborhood of west Philadelphia, beginning years of confrontations with neighbors and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Richard King – Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, A Life
    Richard King – Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, A Life
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    The music of Arthur Russell defies classification. From his pioneering compositions as part of New York’s vibrant avant-garde scene (alongside artists including Philip Glass, David Byrne, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Renegade Sisters: Girl Gangs On Film
    Renegade Sisters: Girl Gangs On Film
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    From boarding school to women’s prison, biker packs to urban vigilantes, rampaging girl gangs have long been a staple feature of exploitation/independent cinema. Renegade Sisters examines [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Raymond Carver – Where I’m Calling From
    Raymond Carver – Where I’m Calling From
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    By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story, a writer who had not […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Pierre Klossowski – The Baphomet (scarce!)
    Pierre Klossowski – The Baphomet (scarce!)
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    Pierre Klossowski’s last novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, THE BAPHOMET was awared the Prix des Critique when first publsihed in France in 1965. The author, who has […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Patricia Highsmith – Her Diaries And Notebooks
    Patricia Highsmith – Her Diaries And Notebooks
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    Relegated to the genre of mystery during her lifetime, Patricia Highsmith is now recognized as one of “our greatest modernist writers” (Gore Vidal). Beloved by fans who were unaware of […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Osamu Dazai – No Longer Human
    Osamu Dazai – No Longer Human
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    Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • George Hayduke – Revenge
    George Hayduke – Revenge
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    Depicts pranks that can be used to humiliate, defame, insult, or trick individuals or organizations on whom one seeks revenge Lyle Stuart, 1982 Softcover Edition. Some discoloration to wraps and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ernst Junger – Storm Of Steel
    Ernst Junger – Storm Of Steel
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    A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, Storm of Steel illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • George V Higgins – Cogan’s Trade (as-is)
    George V Higgins – Cogan’s Trade (as-is)
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    Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem. Moving expertly […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • George Hayduke – Getting Even 2
    George Hayduke – Getting Even 2
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    Enemies beware! Here’s the outrageous sequel to the underground best-seller, Get Even, presenting a wide range of all-new dirty tricks people pull to get even with big business bums, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gloria Naylor – Mama Day
    Gloria Naylor – Mama Day
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    On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
    Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
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    Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Hiroshi Ogawa – Forms Of Paper
    Hiroshi Ogawa – Forms Of Paper
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    Fascinating art & instruction book on making paper-based sculptures. Van Nostrand, 1971 Hardcover Edition. Some noticeable wear & chipping apparent to dustjacket under mylar

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
    Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
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    Since its intitial publication in 1920, this book has remained the supreme arbiter in all matters of dispute concerning the occult. Contains 2,500 entries and articles summarizing the entire [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mathias Enard – The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers’ Guild
    Mathias Enard – The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers’ Guild
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    To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from Paris to La Pierre-Saint-Christophe, a village in the marshlands of western France. Determined to [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
    Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
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    With their hard-edged, street-wise prose, they created frighteningly probable futures of high-tech societies and low-life hustlers. Fans and critics call their world cyberpunk. Here is the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Dali
    Dali
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    A great survey of Dali and his work, with a foreword by J.G Ballard Ballantine Books, 1976 Softcover Edition. Discoloration to wraps/edges of pages.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
    Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
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    All across the Americas, from the sixteenth century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways established their own communities or joined with [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Bible Road: Signs Of Faith In The American Landscape
    Bible Road: Signs Of Faith In The American Landscape
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    For the last 25 years, photographer Sam Fentress has travelled America taking architectural photographs as his full-time profession. Along the way, he has encountered illustrative signs of faith [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • AUM Shinrikyo And Human Rights: A Special Issue Of Syzygy
    AUM Shinrikyo And Human Rights: A Special Issue Of Syzygy
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    An issue Syzygy Journal (a journal dedicated to specialized religious studies) focused on the AUM cult in Japan. SYZYGY, 1999 Softcover Edition. Light general wear. Circling to table of contents

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A Slow Death: 83 Days Of Radiation Sickness
    A Slow Death: 83 Days Of Radiation Sickness
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    Japan’s worst nuclear radiation accident took place at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo, on 30 September 1999. The direct cause of the accident was cited as [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A Taste Of Blood: The Films Of Herschell Gordon Lewis
    A Taste Of Blood: The Films Of Herschell Gordon Lewis
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    The incredibly popular, violent horror films of recent decades, such as “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Friday the 13th”, and “Nightmare on Elm Street”, owe much [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Virginia Woolf – To The Lighthouse
    Virginia Woolf – To The Lighthouse
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    “The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Roland Barthes – S/Z
    Roland Barthes – S/Z
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    “S/Z, published in 1970, is Roland Barthes’ structural analysis of “Sarrasine”, the short story by Honoré de Balzac. Barthes methodically moves through the text of the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nathalie Leger – The White Dress
    Nathalie Leger – The White Dress
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    “The White Dress is the third in Nathalie Léger’s award-winning triptych of books about women who “through their oeuvre, transform their lives into a mystery” (ELLE). In Exposition, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Noreen Khawaja – The Religion Of Existence
    Noreen Khawaja – The Religion Of Existence
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    “The Religion of Existence reopens an old debate on an important question: What was existentialism? At the heart of existentialism, Noreen Khawaja argues, is a story about secular thought [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction