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This 1938 book purpose is supposedly able to teach one to get over any sort of timid, shy and self concious behaviour. The book goes over things such as: 'How to sit properly', 'How to walk properly' and 'How to breath to have a youthful face.' Although all unconfirmed to completely work, the book is interesting nevertheless as it shows a different period of time's beliefs. Condition is fine although pages and cover yellow, common with a book of this age.

This is a book about unidentified flying objects - UFO's. It is actually more than a book, it is a report because it is the first time that anyone, either military or civilian, has brought together in one document all the facts about this fascinating subject. Great read, informative and will make you question everything you here from the man. Condition is goodm some scuffs on the binding and some tears to the top and bottoms ends of the cover.

Iris Murdoch's imagined dialogue between wise old Socrates and young wild Plato with help from Acastos and his friends. The issues which concern them are familiar ones to us ; how is morality related to religion, can there be religion without mythology? These dialogues are named for Plato's friend Acostos, a less brilliant boy perhaps, but a sturdy honest thinker, able, prompted by Socrates, to put the crucial questions asked by common sense. Great read for those who crave further thought in their every day lives. Condition is immaculate, no signs of use whatsoever.

Intermedia and Expanded Cinema, both as a critical approach and artistic practice, left an indelible mark in a period of Japanese art history that is broadly considered to be one of the most dynamic moments in the wake of its postwar reemergence. This is a great read, not only the material being rich in culture, but the rhetoric used to convey said material makes the whole book distinct yet very intelligible and coherant. Condition is very fine with little to no signs of use.

Susan Sontag's second collection of groundbreaking essays contain some of the most important pieces of criticsm of the twentieth century, including the classics 'The Aesthetic of Silence', a brilliant account of language and thought. Sontag has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience. Condition is very fine with little to no signs of use.

Brookner has produced an unusual and brilliant study of six of the most famous and distinguished French writers on the arts : Diderot, Stendhal, Huysmans, Zola, the Goncourts and of course Baudelaire. It was originally planned as a course in the French art criticism given at the Courtauld Institute in the University of London, but then escalated into six of the Cambridge Slade Lectures we have today. Condition is very fine and the cover is immaculate.

This is a book about movement in culture that in conventional terms barely left a trace - and yet in terms of how people actually live ; how they walk and talk, left traces that linger in the minds and voices of countless people all over the world. The condition of the book is very fine and has little to no marks whatsoever, come with protective dust sleeve.

Jay McInerney's 'Ransom' is a novel about exile, accompanied by the wry, engaging wit he brought to 'Bright Lights, Big City' ; his previous novel. However, with Ransom's humor, also comes its dark and disturbing message at its centre. Condition is very fine, accompanied by protective dust cover.

A collection of poems written in 1971 all by Plath. Her radio play, Three Women, also included, was written slightly earlier. The condition is very fine with no visible marks or damage.

Guilty of Everything is an honest, readable, informative book which incidentally mirrors the human condition. Guilty of Everything is the raw sociology of literature, the natural voice heard by Burroughs and Ginsberg. Unaffected by Ego, Unaffiliated, an untouchable of the drug underclass afflicted with the resonance of his own pain, Huncke speaks with adorned directness of the man on the next barstool. Condition is very fine with dust cover included.

A toughly professional spy thriller and a first novel at that, mostly in Berlin with excellently set up quadruple crossing traffic; and, what's more, long enough for shapely working out. It is told with restrained irony and is full of unexpected angles. Condition is very fine with dust cover included.

Young and ready to rock; Miss Pamela, the most beautiful and famous of the groupies. Her memoir of her life with rock stars is funny, bittersweet, and tender-hearted. Light hearted yet deeply moving book recommended for anyone wanting to dip their toes in to what is an incredibly interesting story. Condition is very good, however cover has a small misprint along the middle as seen in photo.

Here is a strange and fascinating story, from the old witch-doctors and medecine men to modern television illusionists. With a shrewd cool look at hypnotism, spiritualism and telepathy on the way. Condition is fine, with some creasing towards the top of the front cover and spine.

In 'The End of a Road', John Allegro explores the shattering implications of his theory that Christianity springs directly from an ancient Near Eastern fertility clinic. Condition is very good, with beautifully designed cover still intact.

The creation of the book came about in November 1911, Crowley carried out a ritual during which he reports being commanded to write Book 4 by a discarnate entity named "Abuldiz", in Crowley's incomplete record of the working, which came around the time that Liber Legis was ready to be published in The Equinox No VII. The condition is very fine, with a tight and intact binding.

The book is written in the form of an epistle to his magical son, Charles Stansfeld Jones, Frater Achad, whom Crowley later doubted as being his true magical son, asserting that Achad had in fact gone insane, citing as evidence Achad's "upending the tree of life" in his Q.B.L., or The Bride's Reception, the first of Achad's major qabalistic works. This is an cult classic and we believe it should be mandatory reading. Condition is very good, however there is a crease/fold on the corner of the front cover.

Eelgrass, Joe Ashby Porter's first novel, takes place on an unamed island. The ingredients of this wonderful story blend together as effortlessly as milk and cocoa. The novel is full of turns and surprises all the way through. We highly recommend it to not just readers but poets and writers to as Porter's ability to story-tell and create worlds are as good as anyone else. Condition is very fine, comes with protective dust cover.

The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection. Condition is very fine, however there is a slight yellowing to the pages as is common with book of this age.

This vast, wonderfully imagined novel spans the ages from pre-history to modern times and presents in vivid human terms the story of the Holy Land. Across these pages stride the famous figures of history ; there is drama and violence, heroism and brutality, but whether concerned with the proudest emperor or poorest shepherd the story moves with a narrative power that carries the reader forward from the first page to the last.

This copy of the book was signed by Ginsberg in 1988. Planet News is a collection of philosophical poems Allen Ginsberg created from 1961 to 1967. It contains all his best from that time period including titles such as; The Change 1963, King Prague 1965 and Wales Visitation among others. Condition is very good, however, some marks and yellow as is common with books of this life span.

Luis Borges was born in 1899 in Buenos Aires. Educated in Europe, he returned to Argentina in 1921, where he was one of the pioneers of the ultraista movement, the Spanish equivalent of German Expressionism. This book follows his life and accomplishments told by Luis Borges himself. Condition is very good, however there are some marks on the front cover and a very small tear at the top of the cover as well.

Drawing on the latest research and interviews with experts, this refreshingly nuanced and beautifully written book interweaves the stories of a cast of characters at the sharp end of Britains serious youth violence epidemic. It is a blueprint for positive change, and a book we desperately need. This condition is very fine, no creases nor marks.

Mary Poppins is a cult classic with as much reading repeatability as you can think of. Great reading for those lazy afternoons filled with rest and relaxation. Mary Poppins follows the adventures of a wonder nanny, taking her children through wonderful and whacky adventures while simultaneously teaching them all the most important life lessons. Condition is fine with multiple creases to the front and back cover, however, for a book this old, you won't get one in a condition much better than this.

This copy of Mind Breaths was signed by Allen Ginsberg in 1988. The book is filled with meditations, rhapsodies, elegies, confessions, and mindful chronicle writings filling inward and outward space through the mid-Seventies. This books is extremely rare as it is signed by the author, Ginsberg. The condition is fine, however there is some severe yellowing on the front and back cover.