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  • Kalyanji Anandji – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
    Kalyanji Anandji – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
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    “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
  • Planets In Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics
    Planets In Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Discover the meaning of planetary aspects with detailed insight from renowned astrologer Robert Pelletier.  Planetary aspects comprise the combinations of angular relationships between the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sri Chinmoy – Eternity’s Soulbird Part II
    Sri Chinmoy – Eternity’s Soulbird Part II
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    Sri Chinmoy continues his writing on the meaning of the soul. Agni Press, 1974 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Light discoloration to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sri Chinmoy – Secrets Of The Inner World
    Sri Chinmoy – Secrets Of The Inner World
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Sri Chinmoy’s writings distilled into a handy Q&A format. Agni Press, 1980 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Light discoloration to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • India Folk Tales
    India Folk Tales
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    A children’s guide to Indian folk tales. Amazing art plates. Peter Pauper Press, 1968 Hardcover edition. Light wear/tear to dustjacket apparent under mylar.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sri Chinmoy – One Lives, One Dies
    Sri Chinmoy – One Lives, One Dies
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    “In this volume of stories, the Indian spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy lucidly reveals many aspects of the relationship between Master and disciple. He creates in each story a living world [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Astrology: A New Age Guide
    Astrology: A New Age Guide
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This book is intended as a guide for all those who would use astrology’s ancient wisdom to gain greater insights into themselves. It is not aimed at advanced students of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Manson Murders: A Philosophical Inquiry
    The Manson Murders: A Philosophical Inquiry
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    As stated, a philosophical reading & overview of the Manson Murders. Schenkman, 1974 Softcover edition. Noticeable rubbing and wear to wraps and spine. Bottom right corner noticeably [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Transits: The Time Of Your Life
    Transits: The Time Of Your Life
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    “In a lively, readable style, this author discusses the meaning of each planet’s transit. Invaluable for students, professionals, and readers with a basic knowledge of astrology, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Spiritual Sayings Of Kahlil Gibran
    Spiritual Sayings Of Kahlil Gibran
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    Kahlil Gibran’s followup to The Prophet, a collection of spiritual aphorisms. Citadel Press, 1970 Softcover edition. Writing on front matter. Crack at spine in first few pages, but still [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ladder Of The Planets
    Ladder Of The Planets
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    An astrological guide to how the planets interact and impact astrology. Self-published, 1974 Booklet edition. Light discoloration to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Khaiyyaam – Kabhi Kabhie
    Khaiyyaam – Kabhi Kabhie
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    Four songs from Hindi film – Kabhi Kabhie. Wonderful! Label: His Master’s Voice ‎– 7EPE 7219 Country: India Released: 1975 VG+/VG – light wear to sleeve

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Alan Leo – Mars: The War Lord
    Alan Leo – Mars: The War Lord
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    Alan Leo’s astrological study of the planet Mars. Samuel Weiser Publishing, 1970 Softcover edition. Wear to wraps, along with some discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Occult Astrology
    Occult Astrology
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    “Occult Astrology is a book written by C. G. M. Adam, which delves into the mysterious and often misunderstood world of astrology. The author takes a unique approach, exploring the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Khaiyyaam, Sahir ‎– Kabhi Kabhie
    Khaiyyaam, Sahir ‎– Kabhi Kabhie
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    Four songs from Hindi film – Kabhi Kabhie. In a generic sleeve unfortunately, but the record plays so wonderfully. Label: His Master’s Voice ‎– 7EPE 7220, His Master’s Voice ‎– [...]

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Kanu Roy ‎– Anubhav
    Kanu Roy ‎– Anubhav
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    Songs from Hindi Film – Anubhav. Label: Odeon ‎– EMOE 2112 Country: India Released: 1971 VG+/VG sleeve has torn corner & wear.

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Rahul Dev Burman – Aandhi
    Rahul Dev Burman – Aandhi
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    From the Hindi film “Aandhi” Label: His Master’s Voice – 7EPE 7096 Country: India Released: 1974 VG+/VG small tear to sleeve & some wear.

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Doris Hebel – Celestial Psychology
    Doris Hebel – Celestial Psychology
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    “This book provides an innovative investigation of planetary energies from Saturn through Pluto and their meaning and effect in one’s personal life and on human consciousness. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Astrology: Its Techniques & Ethics
    Astrology: Its Techniques & Ethics
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    “Many of those who take up the study of astrology complain of the great obscurity of the books of study, of the many technical terms, incomprehensible to the laity, and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rajesh Roshan – Julie
    Rajesh Roshan – Julie
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    3 song EP from the Hindi film Julie. Label: Polydor – 2253 006 Country: India Released: 1975 VG+/VG Incredible condition. Sounds perfect.

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Jovette Marchessault – Lesbian Triptych
    Jovette Marchessault – Lesbian Triptych
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    “Jovette Marchessault’s Lesbian Triptych is an anthology of three stories – “Night Cows,” “A Lesbian Chronicle from Medieval Quebec” and “The Angel [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sri Chinmoy – The Silence Of Death
    Sri Chinmoy – The Silence Of Death
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    Sri Chinmoy’s poetry ruminating on death. AUM Press, 1973 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Some wear and discoloration to wraps.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mae R. Wilson – The Power Trio
    Mae R. Wilson – The Power Trio
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    An overview of the astrological impact of Mars, Jupiter & Saturn on our daily lives. Macoy Publishing, 1976 Softcover edition. Some staining to upper edge of pages. Light wear to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Laurel Lowell – Pluto
    Laurel Lowell – Pluto
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In 1933, E. H. Bailey, editor of the British Journal of Astrology, stated, “I have no belief whatever in the alleged influence of Pluto, and can see no reason to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marcia Moore – Hypersentience
    Marcia Moore – Hypersentience
    $14.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In this deeply inspiring guide to the discovery of your own past, the threat of spiritual death is dispelled. Through hypersentience, an innovative technique developed by the author, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • That Inconjunct Quincunx: The Not So Minor Aspect
    That Inconjunct Quincunx: The Not So Minor Aspect
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    “Most astrologers, when doing transits, progressions, or interpretations, neglect or skim over the so-called “minor” aspects(semi-sextle and quincunx) in astrology, preferring [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ronald Davison – Synastry: Understanding Human Relations Through Astrology
    Ronald Davison – Synastry: Understanding Human Relations Through Astrology
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Astrology can be used as a valuable tool in the understanding of human relationships. This internationally acclaimed book lays the foundation for a comprehensive study by giving a basic [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Laxmikant Pyarelal – Sargam
    Laxmikant Pyarelal – Sargam
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    Three songs from Hindi film – Sargam Label: His Master’s Voice – 7EPE 7570 Country: India Released: 1979 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
    Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
    $60.00 | , , Add to cart

    Early work about past-life recall. “One of several titles ostensibly co-authored with Moore’s third husband Mark Douglas, and self- published on the Arcane Publishing imprint he founded to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dr. Quantz Crawford – Methods Of Psychic Development
    Dr. Quantz Crawford – Methods Of Psychic Development
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Dr. Crawford brings knowledge to the subject of Psychic Development that — unfortunately — is rare among Occult writers: he has a knowledge of anatomy and physiology as a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
    Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    Fantastic bollywood 3 song EP from the film “Mr. Natwarlal” Label: His Master’s Voice – 7EPE 7565 Country: India Released: 1979 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • About French Poetry
    About French Poetry
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    An overview of the history and interpretations of French Poetry, from modernism to the avant-garde. Wayne State University Press, 1974 Hardcover edition. Noticeable tearing and fraying to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Robert W Chambers – The King In Yellow
    Robert W Chambers – The King In Yellow
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    “”…For we do not know what beasts the night dreams when its hours grow too long for even God to be awake.” – Attributed to Hildred Castaigne, narrator of “The […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
    Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Iovis Trilogy, Anne Waldman’s monumental feminist epic, traverses epochs, cultures, and genres to create a visionary call to poetic arms. Iovis details the misdeeds of the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide
    Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide
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    “Historical and recent essays on the practice of inhaling Nitrous Oxide. R.Crumb artwork” And/Or Press, 1973 Softcover first edition. Noticeable rubbing & wear to front & rear [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
    Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
    $6.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Along with one or two books by James Joyce, Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds is the most famous (and infamous) of Irish novels published in the twentieth century. A wildly [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
    Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
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    Hidden but not forgotten, hinted at through piecemeal reference after the fact, the creative efforts of the members of this West-Coast-centric cadre of art mutants first took shape in the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Experimental / Noise, Non-Fiction
  • Marcel Schwob – The King In The Golden Mask
    Marcel Schwob – The King In The Golden Mask
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    “First published in French in 1892 and never before translated fully into English, The King in the Golden Mask gathers together twenty-one of Marcel Schwob’s cruelest and most erudite [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Anne De Marcken – It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over
    Anne De Marcken – It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over
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    “Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how much of our memory, of our bodies, of the world as we know it ― […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Walter M. Miller Jr – A Canticle For Leibowitz
    Walter M. Miller Jr – A Canticle For Leibowitz
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    “In the depths of the Utah desert, long after the Flame Deluge has scoured the earth clean, a monk of the Order of Saint Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Eric Bogosian – Notes From Underground
    Eric Bogosian – Notes From Underground
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    “This volume features two of Bogosian’s more unsettling works. Notes from Underground charts, in diary form, the life of an urban recluse who wants desperately to be [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S. Burroughs – Exterminator!
    William S. Burroughs – Exterminator!
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    “Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jim Thompson – The Killer Inside Me
    Jim Thompson – The Killer Inside Me
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    “Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas.  The worst thing most people can say against him is that he’s a little slow and a little boring.  But, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Poetics Of Gender
    The Poetics Of Gender
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    “Does gender have a poetics: What difference does gender make? How does it affect writing, reading, and the functions of text in society? The Poetics of Gender is a brilliant […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sean Harrington – The Disney Fetish
    Sean Harrington – The Disney Fetish
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    “Long considered a figurehead of family values and wholesome adolescence, the Disney franchise has faced increasing criticism over its gendered representations of children in film, its [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jacques Derrida – Acts Of Literature
    Jacques Derrida – Acts Of Literature
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    “First published in 1992. “Acts of Literature”, compiled in close association with Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida’s writings on literary [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Republic Of Images: A History Of French Filmmaking
    Republic Of Images: A History Of French Filmmaking
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    “Chronicling one of the greatest and most popular national cinemas, Republic of Images traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895—the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Judith Schalansky – An Inventory Of Losses
    Judith Schalansky – An Inventory Of Losses
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    “Each disparate object described in this book―a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger, a villa in Rome, a Greek love poem, an island in the Pacific―shares a common […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Non-Fiction
  • Alfred Doblin – Berlin Alexanderplatz
    Alfred Doblin – Berlin Alexanderplatz
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    “Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the masterpieces of modern European literature and the first German novel to adopt the technique of James Joyce. It tells the story of Franz Biberkopf, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Serge Gainsbourg: A View From The Exterior
    Serge Gainsbourg: A View From The Exterior
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    “French cult figure, Serge Gainsbourg is forever synonymous with ‘Je T’Aime – Moi Non Plus’ on which he and Jane Birkin simulated the sounds of erotic congress. But [...]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • Jim Thompson – Pop. 1280
    Jim Thompson – Pop. 1280
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    “Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn’t solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Keith Wade – Your Revenge Is In The Mail
    Keith Wade – Your Revenge Is In The Mail
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    “Ever been wronged by somebody you can’t strike back at? Being hassled by an obnoxious bureaucrat who has the law on his side, for example? The books in this section […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Music And Technoculture
    Music And Technoculture
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    “Moving from web to field, from Victorian parlor to 21st-century mall, the 15 essays gathered here yield new insights regarding the intersection of local culture, musical creativity and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Amit Chaudhuri – Finding The Raga
    Amit Chaudhuri – Finding The Raga
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    “Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic, and essayist, is also a musician, trained in the Indian classical vocal tradition but equally fluent as a guitarist and singer in the American folk music [...]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • Darkroom 2
    Darkroom 2
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    “Contributions by Judy Dater, Frank Gohlke, Emmet Gowin, Charles Harbutt, Lisette Model, Hans Namuth, Doug Prince, Aaron Siskind, Neal Slavin and Cole Weston,10 prominent photographers who [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History
    Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History
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    “From Native Americans’ use of tobacco for solemnizing oaths to the spread of New Age religious beliefs in Haight-Ashbury coffeehouses, drugs have been intimately associated with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ameena Meer – Bombay Talkie
    Ameena Meer – Bombay Talkie
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    “This paperback original takes a wry look at two families, two generations, and two cultures. At the center of the story is Sabah, a second-generation American seeking to understand her [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Action/Precision: The New Direction In New York
    Action/Precision: The New Direction In New York
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    Overview of lesser known Abstract Expressionists, from 1955-1960. Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1984 Softcover edition. Noticeable wear to edges of dustjacket.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Baited Area Magazine Issue 8
    Baited Area Magazine Issue 8
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    We are pleased to finally be carrying Baited Area magazine. Issue 8 will ship by the first week of December. Featured: Stewart Uoo, COINCELLPRO, Aryan Kaganof, Ariel M, Ephemerisle, Hurricane [...]

    GENRE:
  • Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason
    Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    Hozac Books is proud to present another foundational brick in the pantheon of New Zealand underground music with Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason, a career-spanning biography by […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction