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  • Mushrooms Of North America
    Mushrooms Of North America
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    “A comprehensive guide to finding, identifying and collecting edible wild mushrooms, with pictorial keys and illustrated glossary.” Dutton, 1979 Softcover edition, third printing. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Larry Dean Olsen – Outdoor Survival Skills
    Larry Dean Olsen – Outdoor Survival Skills
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    “Outdoor Survival Skills has taught three generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
    Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
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    “Mind Control is a little known and a highly controversial topic today. Veteran author and investigator Jim Keith uncovers a surprising amount of information on the technology, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
    The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
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    “”Mae’s work may be more relevant now than in her heyday. Like those of many other freedom fighters throughout history, the ghost of Mae Brussell will never rest till justice [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
    Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
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    “Here stands the New Man. His conception of reality is a dance of electronic images fired into his forebrain, a gossamer construction of his masters, designed so that he will […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
    Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
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    “Brings together the testimony of psychiatrists, theologians, an FBI agent, and two survivors of ritual abuse to provide a balanced look at the network of satanic cults in existence [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
    Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
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    “In August 1996, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News reporting the results of his year-long investigation [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
    Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
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    “Credited with synthesizing and discovering the psychedelic effects of LSD, Hofmann traces the path of the drug from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Korm Plastics “The Second Annual”
    Korm Plastics “The Second Annual”
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    Following the critically acclaimed first Annual, Korm Plastics is very proud to present The Second Annual, which has more pages and more authors and covers a wide selection of musical […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Andy Warhol: The Factory Years
    Andy Warhol: The Factory Years
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    “New York City, the 1960s: Inside a ramshackle studio known as The Factory, the post-war art world encountered the industrial revolution. For more than two years, Nat Finkelstein was on [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Pablo Escobar And Colombian Narcoculture
    Pablo Escobar And Colombian Narcoculture
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    “In the years since his death in 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has become a globally recognized symbol of crime, wealth, power, and masculinity. In this long-overdue exploration [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Time Bomb: A Nuclear Reader From The Progressive
    Time Bomb: A Nuclear Reader From The Progressive
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    An awareness and preparedness guide from the anti-nuclear Progressive Foundation. Progressive Foundation, 1980. Some rubbing & cornerwear to wraps, along with some foxing to pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Disturbing The Peace: 415 Records And The Rise Of New Wave
    Disturbing The Peace: 415 Records And The Rise Of New Wave
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    In the late ‘70s and early to mid 1980s, San Francisco was a creative incubator, bringing forth all manner of new music acts. Ground zero for the scene was the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • An Ideal For Living: A Celebration Of The EP
    An Ideal For Living: A Celebration Of The EP
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    “Hozac Books is proud to present An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the E.P. (Extended Play) by Corey du Browa & friends. An impressive first overview & history of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sal Maida – Four Strings, Phony Proof, 300 45s & Bottom’s Up
    Sal Maida – Four Strings, Phony Proof, 300 45s & Bottom’s Up
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    “HoZac Books is proud to present Four Strings, Phony Proof, 300 45s, & Bottom’s Up, written by Sal Maida, one of the most interesting 1970s rock figures you just don’t […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • All Over The Place: The Rise Of The Bangles From The L.A Underground
    All Over The Place: The Rise Of The Bangles From The L.A Underground
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    “This monumental project, started by author and unofficial band historian Eric Shade back in the 1990s has had quite a journey from start to finish. This insane overview of the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Paul Collins – I Don’t Fit In: My Wild Ride Through The Punk & Power-Pop Trenches
    Paul Collins – I Don’t Fit In: My Wild Ride Through The Punk & Power-Pop Trenches
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    “After two long years of painstaking research and development, we present to you, the first major memoir covering the birth of DIY Power Pop, from Paul Collins. From it’s initial […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hacking The Earthship: In Search Of An Earth-Shelter That Works For Everyone
    Hacking The Earthship: In Search Of An Earth-Shelter That Works For Everyone
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    “Hacking the Earthship: In Search of an Earth-Shelter that Works for EveryBody is a collection of academic and in-the-field research on Earthships combined with practical advice for [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • United Forces: An Archive Of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack 1986-1991
    United Forces: An Archive Of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack 1986-1991
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    In 1986, São Paulo teenager Marcelo R. Batista channeled his love of pure, wild heavy metal into the self-produced fanzine United Forces. Over the next five years, his homemade publication […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Metal, Non-Fiction
  • Matt Longabucco – M/W: An Essay on Jean Eustache’s “La maman et la putain”
    Matt Longabucco – M/W: An Essay on Jean Eustache’s “La maman et la putain”
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    Jean Eustache came of age as a director in the aftermath of the French New Wave, and made La maman et la putain (The Mother and the Whore) already disillusioned […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford
    Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford
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    Constant Stranger spotlights the accomplishments and enduring influence of the poet Frank Stanford (1948-1978). The book comprises a mix of republished and brand-new tributes, translations, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir Of Richard Brautigan
    Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir Of Richard Brautigan
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    In Downstream From Trout Fishing In America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan, Keith Abbott paints a portrait of Richard Brautigan as a lovable and whimsical friend. Abbott explains the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Golden Bough: A Study In Magic And Religion
    The Golden Bough: A Study In Magic And Religion
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    The landmark study of world myth and culture Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos of ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world. The third edition of this monumental […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Annette Michelson – On The Wings Of Hypothesis: Collected Writings On Soviet Cinema
    Annette Michelson – On The Wings Of Hypothesis: Collected Writings On Soviet Cinema
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    Annette Michelson’s erudite and incisive readings of the revolutionary films of Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov, collected for the first time.This posthumous volume gathers Annette [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Matilde Marcolli – Lumen Nature: Visions Of The Abstract In Art And Mathematics
    Matilde Marcolli – Lumen Nature: Visions Of The Abstract In Art And Mathematics
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    Exploring common themes in modern art, mathematics, and science, including the concept of space, the notion of randomness, and the shape of the cosmos.This is a book about art—and a […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Joel Warner – The Curse Of The Marquis De Sade
    Joel Warner – The Curse Of The Marquis De Sade
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    Described as both “one of the most important novels ever written” and “the gospel of evil,” 120 Days of Sodom was written by the Marquis de Sade, a notorious eighteenth-century […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hard Travelin’: The Life And Legacy Of Woody Guthrie
    Hard Travelin’: The Life And Legacy Of Woody Guthrie
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    For the first ever American Music Masters event sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, musicians and folkies came together to salute the life and legacy […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Stereophonica: Sound And Space In Science, Technology And The Arts
    Stereophonica: Sound And Space In Science, Technology And The Arts
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    Episodes in the transformation of our understanding of sound and space, from binaural listening in the nineteenth century to contemporary sound art. The relationship between sound and space has [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marjorie Perloff – The Futurist Moment
    Marjorie Perloff – The Futurist Moment
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    Marjorie Perloff’s stunning book was one of the first to offer a serious and far-reaching examination of the momentous flourishing of Futurist aesthetics in the European art and literature of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Laura Mulvey – Fetishism And Curiosity (Silver Edition)
    Laura Mulvey – Fetishism And Curiosity (Silver Edition)
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    Writer and film-maker Laura Mulvey is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and incisive contemporary cultural theorists, credited for incorporating film theory, psychoanalysis and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • England On Fire: A Visual Journey Through Albion’s Psychic Landscape
    England On Fire: A Visual Journey Through Albion’s Psychic Landscape
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    This is a book about English art like no other. Forget the tired rogues’ gallery of lords and ladies, forget the tall ships and haywains. These images cut to the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Surrealism At Play
    Surrealism At Play
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    In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Semiotext(e): The German Issue
    Semiotext(e): The German Issue
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    A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America.The German Issue (1982) was originally [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • From A Nation Torn: Decolonizing Art And Representation In France
    From A Nation Torn: Decolonizing Art And Representation In France
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    From a Nation Torn provides a powerful critique of art history’s understanding of French modernism and the historical circumstances that shaped its production and reception. Within art [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Improvisation, Rights And The Ethics Of Cocreation
    The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Improvisation, Rights And The Ethics Of Cocreation
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    The Fierce Urgency of Now links musical improvisation to struggles for social change, focusing on the connections between the improvisation associated with jazz and the dynamics of human rights [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Seeing The Unspeakable: The Art Of Kara Walker
    Seeing The Unspeakable: The Art Of Kara Walker
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    One of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur “genius” grant, Kara Walker, an African American artist, is best known for her iconic, often life-size, black-and-white silhouetted figures, arranged [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Parallel Public: Experimental Art In Late East Germany
    Parallel Public: Experimental Art In Late East Germany
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    How East German artists made their country’s experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life. Experimental artists in the final years of the German Democratic Republic did not practice [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • A Slow Burning Fire: The Rise Of The New Art Practice In Yugoslavia
    A Slow Burning Fire: The Rise Of The New Art Practice In Yugoslavia
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    The first comprehensive study of the former Yugoslavia’s diverse and groundbreaking alternative art scenes from the 1960s to the 1980s. This first comprehensive study of the former [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Out Of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene Of The Sixities
    Out Of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene Of The Sixities
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    A social and cultural history of Los Angeles and its emerging art scene in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s The history of modern art typically begins in Paris and ends […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • On & By: Andy Warhol
    On & By: Andy Warhol
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    Writings about Andy Warhol by critics, artists, cultural theorists, and Factory associates together with archival material, interviews, and texts by Warhol himself. The impact of Andy Warhol on [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • October Files: John Cage
    October Files: John Cage
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    An extended trajectory of Cage literature, from early critical reaction to writing by contemporaries to current scholarship.John Cage (1912–1992) defined a radical practice of composition that [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Cannibal Error (Revised)
    Cannibal Error (Revised)
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    A social history of the ‘video nasty’. In the early 1980s, video technology forever changed the face of home entertainment. The videocassette – a handy-sized cartridge of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Antonin Artaud – Journey To Mexico
    Antonin Artaud – Journey To Mexico
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    On 10 January 1936, the poet, actor, and dramatic theorist, Antonin Artaud departed Europe on a journey to Mexico that would take him from the streets, cafés, and lecture halls […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Louis-Auguste Blanqui – Eternity by the Stars: An Astronomical Hypothesis
    Louis-Auguste Blanqui – Eternity by the Stars: An Astronomical Hypothesis
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    In a century replete with radical politics, final liberations, historical codas, and dreams of eternity, the shadowy figure of Louis-Auguste Blanqui, the constant revolutionary, wrote Eternity by [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the Fbi, the Kkk, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control
    Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the Fbi, the Kkk, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control
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    New evidence in ‘Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control’ uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place
    Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place
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    Is Lemuria a real place or the fever dream of crackpots, mystics, conspiracy theorists, and Bigfoot hunters? Below the waters where the Pacific and Indian Oceans lies a lost continent. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music
    The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music
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    Since it was founded in 1982, The Wire magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
    A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
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    The first major biography of the French filmmaker hailed by Martin Scorsese as “one of the Gods of cinema.” Over the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kathy Acker & Paul Buck: Spread Wide
    Kathy Acker & Paul Buck: Spread Wide
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    In this collaborative volume, the writer and artist Paul Buck works with the late Kathy Acker. Using as source the raw materials of their correspondence from the early 80s, a […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death Of Danny Casolaro
    The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death Of Danny Casolaro
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    Probably the single greatest work of conspiracy literature. Needs to be read to be believed. Feral House, 2004 paperback edition. Some light corner & edgewear to the wraps. Writing on […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction