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Poetry
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Aureole
Aureole
by Carole Maso
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Two women leaf through a book of French slang, with its delicate and delicious mixing of food and sex. A man and a woman sit in a Parisian dive, caressing each other’s hands. Two lovers take late-night refuge in a beach cabana, their lovemaking... (read more)

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Gay and Lesbian
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Tears of Eros (89 Edition)
Tears of Eros (89 Edition)
by Georges Bataille
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Nonfiction. THE TEARS OF EROS is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Gilles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton,... (read more)

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Literature
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Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Other Stories (83 Edition)
Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Other Stories (83 Edition)
by Charles Bukowski
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Fiction. These mad immortal stories, now surfaced from the literary underground, have addicted legions of American readers, even though the high literary establishment continues to ignore them. In Europe, however (particularly in Germany, Italy, and... (read more)

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Psychology
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The Yage Letters
The Yage Letters
by William Burroughs
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The Yage Letters: an early epistolary novel by William S. Burroughs, whose 1952 account of himself as Junkie, published under the pseudonym William Lee, ended "Yage may be the final fix."In letters to Allen Ginsberg, an unknown young poet in New York... (read more)

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Erotica
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Story of the Eye
Story of the Eye
by Georges Bataille
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Novel, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Bataille's scandalous STORY OF THE EYE, written under the pseudonym Lord Auch, centers around the exploits of a young couple exploring the utmost boundaries of the sacred and profane. This hallucinatory melding... (read more)

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Biography
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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
by Ellen Ullman
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A candid account of the life of a software engineer who runs a computer consulting business out of her live-work loft in San Francisco's multimedia gulch. Immersed in the abstract world of information, algorithms, and networks, she would like to give in... (read more)

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Literature
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Motel Chronicles
Motel Chronicles
by Sam Shepard
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Motel Chronicles reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a live legend in the theater. Shepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural... (read more)

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Literature
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Picnic Grounds : Novel in Fragments (03 Edition)
Picnic Grounds : Novel in Fragments (03 Edition)
by Oz Shelach
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Part reportage, part parable, part excavation of history, this jigsaw puzzle of compelling tales constitutes an exile’s nostalgic tour into Israel’s culture of denial. Captivating in its beguiling, seeming simplicity, Picnic Grounds is a... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Pocket Poets #56: Nine Alexandrias
Pocket Poets #56: Nine Alexandrias
by Semezd Mehmedinovic
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Translated from the Bosnian with an introduction by Ammiel Alcalay Following his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated Sarajevo Blues, Semezdin Mehmedinovic´ now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response... (read more)

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Used Books
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History as Mystery
History as Mystery
by Michael Parenti
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Cultural Writing. In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Wednesday,
May 30, 2012
Frigid Tales
  1. Frigid Tales
    by Pedro De Jesus
  2. Pocket Poets Series #54: Dino Campana: Orphic Songs: Pocket Poets Series No. 54
    by Dino Campana
  3. Aureole
    by Carole Maso
  4. Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems
    by Diane Di Prima
  5. Tears of Eros (89 Edition)
    by Georges Bataille
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