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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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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
  • Marcia Moore – Hypersentience
    Marcia Moore – Hypersentience
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    “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
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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
  • Laxmikant Pyarelal – Sargam
    Laxmikant Pyarelal – Sargam
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    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
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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
  • Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
    Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
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    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
  • 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
  • Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
    Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
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    “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
  • 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
  • Steve Lacy Five – The Way
    Steve Lacy Five – The Way
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    Recorded live on 23 January 1979 at Stadttheater, Basel, Switzerland. Label: hat ART – hat ART 2029 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Box Set. Country: Switzerland Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Ron Carter – Blues Farm
    Ron Carter – Blues Farm
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    Recorded January 1973. Label: CTI Records – CTI 6027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
    Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
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    First EP by Peter Gordon’s Love Of Life Orchestra Label: Infidelity – JMB-227 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45RPM Country: US Released:1980 VG+/VG. Sleevewear, old store sticker, light marks

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
  • Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
    Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
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    “Emerging in the early 80s at the end of New York’s legendary No Wave scene alongside Manhattan comrades Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull reshaped the aggression of burned-out post-punk [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
    Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
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    “Reader, you and I are about to share a delicious secret. The disc you’re holding (or perhaps listening to by now) contains a classic of 1970s underground music – a […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
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    Label: Pashlo Records – PH-1006, Pashlo Records – PH-1007 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk VG+ / GEN

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
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    Tunisian Folk music Label: El Kadra – EKA 250 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Tunisia Released: VG/Gen. Low end VG with some noticeable surface noise and label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International
  • Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
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    “A slight hiccup in our production? This is the infamous EP that Blast First label head Paul Smith begged us not to release. It has long been reviled or misunderstood […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
    Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – VDG 103.185 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM, Single Country: France Released: undated VG+/Gen. Some light marks & some surface noise, but [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
    Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
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    Algerian Chaabi music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – 101 973 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: 1972 G+/Gen. Noticeable light marks & surface noise throughout both sides. No [...]

    GENRE: International
  • The Band – The Best Of The Band
    The Band – The Best Of The Band
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    Career spanning compilation of The Band’s best tracks. Label: Capitol Records – ST 511553 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+ with some [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Mauricio Kagel – Kölner Ensemble Für Neue Musik – Der Schall (Für Fünf Spieler)
    Mauricio Kagel – Kölner Ensemble Für Neue Musik – Der Schall (Für Fünf Spieler)
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    “A work written for 54 instruments and 5 players — one that comes across vaguely like a free improvisation, and which certainly has plenty of musical elements in common with […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Psychic TV – Live At Thee Ritz
    Psychic TV – Live At Thee Ritz
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    “Recorded on 6th November 1983 in Manchester, this is the complete, mostly unheard document of Psychic TV’s first ever show as a full live band, after their appearance at The […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
    The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
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    90’s Swedish Prog ripper. Label: Gates Of Dawn – GOD 001 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
    Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
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    Algerian Chaabi Label: Oasis Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Algeria G+/Generic

    GENRE: International
  • Lounès Kheloui – Fakiyi Dhasouagh
    Lounès Kheloui – Fakiyi Dhasouagh
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    Label: Disques Bordj El Phen – BEP-67 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Mono Country: Algeria Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: African   A side plays G+, B […]

    GENRE: African
  • Bensmir Missoum – Baghi Nahdjar / Maghbouna Nhar Laid
    Bensmir Missoum – Baghi Nahdjar / Maghbouna Nhar Laid
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    Label: Sabraphone – N°24SB, Sabra – N°24SB Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Algeria Released: Genre: Folk, World, & Country Notoiceable light marks & surface noise across both [...]

    GENRE: African
  • Atmani-  Atsane Athatchali
    Atmani- Atsane Athatchali
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: Oasis Disques Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: France Released: VG/Gen.

    GENRE: International
  • Boudjema L’Ankiss* – Ahou-Lia / Ya-Taleb
    Boudjema L’Ankiss* – Ahou-Lia / Ya-Taleb
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    Label: La Voix Du Globe – VG 6221 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: France Released: Genre: Folk, World, & Country Some noticeable light marks & label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: African
  • Slimane Azem – Azguer Yakel Egmas / Lahbab Elouaktha
    Slimane Azem – Azguer Yakel Egmas / Lahbab Elouaktha
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: Pathe 45 804 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: France Released: VG/Gen.

    GENRE: International
  • 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
  • Niels Bohr – Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge
    Niels Bohr – Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge
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    “These essays and speeches by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist date from 1934 to 1958. Rather than expositions on quantum physics, the articles are philosophical in nature, exploring 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