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  • Leo Tolstoy – Three Simple Men: And Other Holy Folktales
    Leo Tolstoy – Three Simple Men: And Other Holy Folktales
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    You’ve met the characters in these stories before. We meet them in folktales from all around the world. There is the simple, wise old man who understands far more than […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lafcadio Hearn – Short Stories: Tales of the Supernatural
    Lafcadio Hearn – Short Stories: Tales of the Supernatural
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    This gorgeous hardback edition brings the writing of Lafcadio Hearn to life. Ranging from the legends of the West Indies to the mysteries of the Orient, Lafcadio Hearn blurs the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • James Purdy – Malcolm: A Comic Novel
    James Purdy – Malcolm: A Comic Novel
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    The twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption. Introduced simply as “the boy on the bench,” the titular character of Malcolm is a [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Viktor Shklovsky – Literature and Cinematography
    Viktor Shklovsky – Literature and Cinematography
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    In this short, brilliant book, Viktor Shklovsky enunciates the function of the arts: what they are and, just as importantly, what they are not. In the course of defining what […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • James Purdy – Eustace Chisholm & the Works: A Novel
    James Purdy – Eustace Chisholm & the Works: A Novel
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    No James Purdy novel has dazzled contemporary writers more than this haunting tale of unrequited love in an indifferent world. A seedy depression-era boarding house in Chicago plays host to […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto
    Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto
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    This collection of essays—the first major account of surrealism in Latin America that covers both literary and visual production—explores the role the movement played in the construction and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolitanism
    Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolita…
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    Roots in Reverse explores how Latin music contributed to the formation of the négritude movement in the 1930s. Taking Senegal and Cuba as its primary research areas, this work uses […]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • Conceptual Art in Britain: 1964–1979
    Conceptual Art in Britain: 1964–1979
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    Featuring some of the most exciting artworks of the 20th century, this is the first book to explore the rich history of conceptual art in Britain during a key period […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Concerning Violence: Fanon, Film, and Liberation in Africa, Selected Takes 1965-1987
    Concerning Violence: Fanon, Film, and Liberation in Africa, Selected T…
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    An unblinking portrait of the anticolonial struggles of the 1960s, Concerning Violence combines more than one hundred and fifty arresting color and black-and-white photographs from Göran Hugo [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Robin Brown – Blood Ivory: The Massacre of the African Elephant
    Robin Brown – Blood Ivory: The Massacre of the African Elephant
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    It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began. However, it is only in the last hundred years, with the coming of the ‘Great White […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression – 1955-1972
    Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression – 1955-1972
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    How the radical music of the 1960s was birthed amid unprecedented upheaval and systemic repression. Decades since the radical music of the 1960s first hit the airwaves, the anthems of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Noel Lobley – Sound Fragments: From Field Recording to African Electronic Stories
    Noel Lobley – Sound Fragments: From Field Recording to African E…
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    This book is an ethnographic study of sound archives and the processes of creative decolonization that form alternative modes of archiving and curating in the 21st century. It explores the […]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • Allan Marett – Songs, Dreamings, & Ghosts
    Allan Marett – Songs, Dreamings, & Ghosts
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    Aboriginal musicians receive songs both from an eternal realm known as The Dreaming and from the ghosts of deceased ancestors. Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts is the first book-length study of […]

    GENRE: International
  • James McBride – Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
    James McBride – Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Br…
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    Kill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an unsettling symbol of the tensions between North and South, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Graeme Thomson – I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular Song
    Graeme Thomson – I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Mur…
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    What do the gangsta rap devotee, the grizzled blues fanatic, the bearded folk fan, the goth and the indie kid have in common? Ask and they will all say the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’s,and the Remaking of Modern Music
    The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’s,and the Remaking of Modern Music
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    “It is the most singular of sounds, yet among the most ubiquitous. It is the sound of isolation that has sold itself to millions.” Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue is […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Henri Cole – Orphic Paris
    Henri Cole – Orphic Paris
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    Henri Cole’s Orphic Paris combines autobiography, diary, essay, and poetry with photographs to create a new form of elegiac memoir. With Paris as a backdrop, Cole, an award-winning American poet, [...]

    GENRE: Memoir, Non-Fiction
  • The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy
    The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Ca…
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    Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literally) captive audiences. The titans of the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Exotic Nations: Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830–1930
    Exotic Nations: Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States …
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    In this highly original and critically informed book, Renata R. Mautner Wasserman looks at how, during the first decades following political independence, writers in the United States and Brazil [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bokutotsusô: Studies on the Calligraphy of the Zen Master Musô Soseki
    Bokutotsusô: Studies on the Calligraphy of the Zen Master Musô Soseki
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    Musô Soseki (1275-1351), one of the most important Zen patriarchs of the early fourteenth century in Japan, devoted his life to spreading Buddhist wisdom in his writings. As a member […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene
    Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene
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    While the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari became an international film classic, its director, Robert Wiene, was disparaged and even forgotten. Wiene’s oeuvre, however, exhibits a surprising [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Luigi Pirandello – Stories for the Years
    Luigi Pirandello – Stories for the Years
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    Regarded as one of Europe’s great modernists, Pirandello was also a master storyteller, a fine observer of the drama of daily life with a remarkable ear for dialogue and a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Michael McClure – Rain Mirror: New Poems
    Michael McClure – Rain Mirror: New Poems
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    “Rain Mirror”, writes poet Michael McClure, “is my most bare and forthright book. It contains two long poems, ‘Crisis Blossom’ and ‘Haiku Edge’ which are [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Natasha Trethewey – Monument: Poems New and Selected
    Natasha Trethewey – Monument: Poems New and Selected
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    Layering joy and urgent defiance―against physical and cultural erasure, against white supremacy whether intangible or graven in stone―Trethewey’s work gives pedestal and witness to unsung icons. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Zaza Burchuladze – Adibas
    Zaza Burchuladze – Adibas
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    War is raging in Georgia, Russian fighter planes are thundering overhead, and yet, for some, the falling bombs cause no more impact than the slight ripple moving through the purified […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Vladislav Otroshenko – Addendum to a Photo Album
    Vladislav Otroshenko – Addendum to a Photo Album
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    “Addendum to a Photo Album” is the saga of the births, deaths, and disappearances within the eccentric Mandrykin family. Following patriarch Malach, a Cossack captain, his wife [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Simon Kuper – Spies, Lies, and Exile: The Extraordinary Story of Russian Double Agent George Blake
    Simon Kuper – Spies, Lies, and Exile: The Extraordinary Story of…
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    Few Cold War spy stories approach the sheer daring and treachery of George Blake’s. After fighting in the Dutch resistance during World War II, Blake joined the British spy agency […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Edmund Levin –  A Child of Christian Blood: Murder and Conspiracy in Tsarist Russia: The Beilis Blood Libel
    Edmund Levin – A Child of Christian Blood: Murder and Conspirac…
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    On March 20, 1911, thirteen-year-old Andrei Yushchinsky was found stabbed to death in a cave on the outskirts of Kiev. Four months later, Russian police arrested Mendel Beilis, a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Center of Cosmic Energy
    Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Center of Cosmic Energy
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    Ilya Kabakov was born in the USSR in 1933, and immigrated to New York in 1992. He began working with his wife, Emilia, in 1989. The two continue to produce […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Roberto Bolano’s Fiction: An Expanding Universe
    Roberto Bolano’s Fiction: An Expanding Universe
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    Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed by literature in translation. Chris Andrews, a leading [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Joseph Ceravolo – Collected Poems
    Joseph Ceravolo – Collected Poems
    $15.00 | , ,

    Like an underground river, the astonishing poems of Joseph Ceravolo have nurtured American poetry for fifty years, a presence deeply felt but largely invisible. Collected Poems offers the first [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Frank Stanford – The Singing Knives
    Frank Stanford – The Singing Knives
    $65.00 | , ,

    THE SINGING KNIVES, originally published in 1971 by Broughton’s Mill Mountain Press, is Frank Sanford’s first collection of poetry. Reprinted by his own press, Lost Roads Publisher, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Fartherest Place: The Music Of John Luther Adams
    Fartherest Place: The Music Of John Luther Adams
    $7.00 | , ,

    The artistic heir of sonic artists such as John Cage and James Tenney, John Luther Adams is one of the most significant and highly regarded contemporary American composers. The Farthest […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Kalyanji Anandji – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
    Kalyanji Anandji – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
    $50.00 | , , ,

    “O Saathi Re”!!!! Incredible 3 track EP from the film Muqaddar Ka Sikandar Label: His Master’s Voice – 7EPE 7538 Country: India Released: 1978 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* – Wondrous Music Of India (South)
    Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darp…
    $35.00 | , , ,

    Sealed copy! South Indian – various tracks of flute music, vocal & classical, ragas, etc Label: Request Records – SRLP 8076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US NM/VG+  Sealed

    GENRE: Indian
  • Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
    Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
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    “Parween Sultana’s voice soars, and this album of two ragas is great evidence. If you love Hindustani vocal acrobatics, Sultana will not disappoint!” – Adam_A, discogs [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • The Bevis Frond – Dolly Bug
    The Bevis Frond – Dolly Bug
    $15.00 | , , ,

    Great neo-psych from the British masters. Label: Damaged Goods – DAMGOOD 81 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1995 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
    V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
    $15.00 | , ,

    New Zealand indie rock/DIY compilation featuring Kinisis, Psychic Daisies & Nichola Donovan Label: Unwucht – PRA 2430 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Germany Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Schakalens Bror ‎– Omelette Of Disease
    Schakalens Bror ‎– Omelette Of Disease
    $22.00 | , ,

    Guitar-driven sheets of noise from the ever-potent Förlag För Fri Musik label. Label: Förlag För Fri Musik – 008 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden Released: 2018 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nagisa Ni Te ‎– Newocean
    Nagisa Ni Te ‎– Newocean
    $22.00 | , ,

    “Since their first album in 1995, Japan’s Nagisa Ni Te has created an enchanting and deeply personal sound world woven from elements of folk, psychedelia and rock along with wistful [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Leda ‎– Neuter
    Leda ‎– Neuter
    $22.00 | , ,

    “Sofie Herner (Enhet För Fri Musik, Neutral) returns with Neuter, the first proper album since the Gitarrmusik III-X LP released on Förlag För Fri Musik back in 2017. Neuter was […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Octopus ‎– An Ocean Of Rocks
    Octopus ‎– An Ocean Of Rocks
    $18.00 | , ,

    Keyboard-led prog/psych rock from Germany. Recommended if you like your prog mellow. Label: Sky Records – sky 016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1978 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Monocot – Direction We Know
    Monocot – Direction We Know
    $20.00 | , ,

    “In one sense all collaborations and recordings thereof have a certain surprise factor. Any time two or more people get together to create something from nothing, the exact contours of […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    $6.00 | , ,

    “In reissues, this “inspired 16-minute tone poem” has been paired with its monaural predecessor, “Voodoo Suite.” The format is the same, but the success is greater. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
    The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Although it was not the last album to be issued under the name of The Flesh Eaters, Hard Road to Follow occupies a unique and special place in the band’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    $10.00 | , ,

    “A compilation of tracks recorded by Hawkwind between 1977-1982, Acid Daze, Vol. 1 does a solid, if unexceptional, job of summarizing a difficult period for the band. In marked contrast [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    $18.00 | , ,

    This is an endlessly stimulating memoir, by a figure who was involved in some of the most astounding art of the post-war era, and a fresh, spontaneous account of the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Memoir
  • The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    $19.00 | , ,

    Kara Walker’s work astutely examines race, gender, and identity. Walker’s newest series of large-scale drawings stem from her consideration of monuments and notions of permanence and impermanence [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    $12.00 | , ,

    Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) is best known for his bronze hare sculptures that sit, walk, or leap in museums and public spaces around the world. The success of these and other […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography