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  • Raymond Pettibon – The Frontier Index
    Raymond Pettibon – The Frontier Index
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    Guiding readers across the desiccated landscape of twenty-first century America in The Frontier Index is the cult duo of Raymond Pettibon and Mike Topp, two of contemporary art and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sarah Falkner – Animal Sanctuary
    Sarah Falkner – Animal Sanctuary
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    Booklist review: In a stealthily affecting reportorial voice, debut novelist Falkner tells the story of tepidly successful 1960s movie actress Kitty Dawson via interviews, critiques, press [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jake Reber – ZER000 Excess
    Jake Reber – ZER000 Excess
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    ZER000 EXCESS is a work of ambient body horror. Depicting the birth and growth of strange organisms–creatures spawned from the maw of the text. Watch as they fester in the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Joanna Walsh – Autobiology
    Joanna Walsh – Autobiology
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    “The Labour of Reading is at the heart of AUTOBIOLOGY. Readership as authorship, authorship as readership – and all of it consequently as thinkership. Questions on ‘work’ and ‘value’ abound. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Grant Maierhofer – Works
    Grant Maierhofer – Works
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    Works is a collection, but also something new: it is a conversation between Maierhofer’s early and contemporary writings that shares its title with Édouard Levé’s masterful experimental Works. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
    Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
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    “In 1952, the U.S. Navy began illegally testing high-explosive bombs on an enormous expanse of public land near Fallon, in northwestern Nevada. The land had long been sacred to the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
    Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
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    “A resource encyclopedia for Researchers, PI’s, Spies, and Generally Nosy People. The ultimate guide for finding information and intelligence on anything.” Lapin, 1995 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
    The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
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    A guidebook to the inner and outer workings of the CIA throughout history. Westview Press, 1988 Softcover edition. Light general wear, some scuffing along bottom edge of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
    Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
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    “Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami’s image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
    Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
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    “At fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of “Charlie’s girls,” a devoted [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
    Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
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    “Delves into the rich cultural and spiritual tapestry surrounding the ancient ritualistic use of peyote. Through meticulous research and captivating storytelling, Roseman traces the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
    M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
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    “Describes the effects of China White (a synthetic heroin), Crack, Ecstasy, MPTP, Crystal, and PCP, explains why they represent a danger to our society, and shares the experiences of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Dream Sellers
    The Dream Sellers
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    An investigation into drug-dealers and the drug trade as a whole. Jossey-Bass, 1972 Hardcover first edition. Discoloration to edges of pages and wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
    William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
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    “Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma – both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs’ [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
    R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
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    “Forbidden Sexual Behavior And Morality: An Objective Re-Examination Of Perverse Sex Practices In Different Cultures by R. E. L. Masters is a book that delves into the topic of taboo […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
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    “Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
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    One of the first sex-ed & health guides for gay men. Hark Publishing, 1976 Hardcover edition. Some sagging from spine and wear to boards. Discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas (includes 4 CDs)
    The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas (includes 4 CDs)
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    An introduction to Hindustani ragas, including notation and four example CDs. Nimbus Records, 1999 Softcover edition. Some warping to book from weight of CDs/plastic disc holders

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Planets In Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics
    Planets In Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics
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    “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
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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Laurel Lowell – Pluto
    Laurel Lowell – Pluto
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    “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
  • 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
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    “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
  • Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
    Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
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    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
  • 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
  • Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
    Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
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    “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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Richard Ross – Waiting For The End Of The World
    Richard Ross – Waiting For The End Of The World
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    “Where will you go when the trouble starts? For countless people around the world, the answer is that bomb shelter down in the basement. In fact, people from around the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Gil Elliot – Twentieth Century Book Of The Dead
    Gil Elliot – Twentieth Century Book Of The Dead
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    “This striking and original book is an attempt to describe the true and false cultures of mass death in this century. On the battlefields of the World Wars, in the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Gribbin – The Omega Point
    John Gribbin – The Omega Point
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    “Is the universe infinitely expanding? Or at some point in the future will it finally reach its limit—and contract upon itself in one catastrophic reversal of the Big Bang? The […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Howard Rheingold – Virtual Reality
    Howard Rheingold – Virtual Reality
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    “Imagine being able to “walk” into your computer and interact with any program you create. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s science fact. Surgeons now rehearse [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Witness of These Two Days: Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Vol I
    The Witness of These Two Days: Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Vol I
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    A selection of eye-witness reports from both Hiroshima & Nagasaki, categorized by proximity to blast radius. English Translation Group, 1989 Softcover edition. Some corner & edgewear to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Louis Crompton – Homosexuality & Civilization
    Louis Crompton – Homosexuality & Civilization
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    “How have major civilizations of the last two millennia treated people who were attracted to their own sex? In a narrative tour de force, Louis Crompton chronicles the lives and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Violation Of Taboo: Incest In The Great Literature Of The Past And Present
    Violation Of Taboo: Incest In The Great Literature Of The Past And Present
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    A survey of incest & its meaning in literature. Julian Press, 1963 Hardcover edition. Wear & discoloration to dustjacket. Staining to upper edge of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Opium-Eater: A Life Of Thomas De Quincey
    The Opium-Eater: A Life Of Thomas De Quincey
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    “From the Globe and Mail reviewer – “The life story of Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is a cautionary tale about the twin dangers of becoming a drug addict and writing […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Martin Gayford – Modernists & Mavericks
    Martin Gayford – Modernists & Mavericks
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    “Martin Gayford’s masterful account of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s, illustrated by documentary photographs and the works themselves. The development of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction