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Amazon Dream
Amazon Dream
by Roberta Allen
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At last, an alternative to the Harrison Ford-style travel adventure! Amazon Dream is the real story of a woman's journey into the Peruvian Amazon, a mysteriously beautiful region of the world that is also the nexus of calamitous ecological realities... (read more)

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Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (2ND 86 Edition)
Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (2ND 86 Edition)
by Paul Bowles
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"Paul Bowles, author of the magisterial novel The Sheltering Sky, was also a master of the short story. This book, A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, demonstrates that fact succinctly, using hashish as a means of delivering bizarre, dreamlike tales of... (read more)

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Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond
Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond
by Michael Parenti
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Cultrual Writing. THE TERRORISM TRAP is a richly informed, powerfully argued, well written analysis of the deeper causes and meaning of September 11. Michael Parenti dissects the religious, political, and economic forces behind the attacks, putting them... (read more)

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First World, Ha, Ha, Ha!
First World, Ha, Ha, Ha!
by Elaine Katzenberger
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The Zapatista Army emerged from the jungle on New Year’s Day, 1994, and provoked a national crisis in Mexico. At a demonstration in Mexico City, over 100,000 people marched together and shouted, First World, HA HA HA!—a defiant declaration... (read more)

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Laure: The Collected Writings
Laure: The Collected Writings
by Laure
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Laure (1903—1938) was a revolutionary poet, masochist Catholic rich girl, and world traveler. Toward the end of her life she became the lover of French writer Georges Bataille. Her writings and her real life story were remarkable in their violence... (read more)

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Joe's Word: An Echo Park Novel
Joe's Word: An Echo Park Novel
by Elizabeth Stromme
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In a neighborhood of mostly have-nots, Joe, a cool cynic, lives marginally. Ironically, he finds himself becoming involved in the lives of his clients, linked to their despair and dreams, and sometimes to their dirty secrets. This noir-style novel brings... (read more)

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Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
by Nawal Saadawi
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"Memoirs of a Woman Doctor is a feminist masterpiece. Set in Egypt, El Saadawi's slim novel is the story of a woman who rebels against all of the traditions of her culture. It's spare and elegant, and a marvelous read."... (read more)

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The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
by Bill Morgan
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A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote "Howl;" Gary Snyder’s zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and -Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack... (read more)

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City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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"This comprehensive selection from the influential City Lights Pocket Poets Series is a landmark retrospective, celebrating forty years of publishing and cultural history. From the introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “Even though some say that... (read more)

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Sealed in Stone (City Lights Italian Voices)
Sealed in Stone (City Lights Italian Voices)
by Toni Maraini
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Set in the 15th century just after the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel of ideas traces the intersecting lives of a Turkish adventurer, an idealistic Lombard revolutionary, an intellectual heretic from Bohemia, and a woman disappointed in love... (read more)

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Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World
Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World
by David Solnit
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A post-9/11 look at the new radicalism that has captured the imagination of activists worldwide. We live in an era of a new radicalism, a worldwide challenge to global empire that has inspired millions to flood the streets in resistance and to take... (read more)

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Critical Condition: Women on the Edge of Violence
Critical Condition: Women on the Edge of Violence
by Amy Scholder
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Fiction. The women in CRITICAL CONDITION challenge abuse and invisibility with powerful literary and visual art. They put a spin on issues of women and violence by focusing on women who fight back, sometimes killing their abusers; women who control their... (read more)

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First Third and Other Writings
First Third and Other Writings
by Neal Cassady
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Immortalized as Dean Moriarty by Jack Kerouac in his epic novel, On the Road, Neal Cassady was infamous for his unstoppable energy and his overwhelming charm, his savvy hustle and his devil-may-care attitude. A treasured friend and traveling companion... (read more)

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Pocket Poets #51: Scripture of the Golden Eternity
Pocket Poets #51: Scripture of the Golden Eternity
by Jack Kerouac
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These classic Kerouac meditations, zen koans, and prose poems express the poet’s beatific quest for peace and joy through oneness with the universe.... (read more)

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Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law
Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law
by Ward Churchill
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The United States is readily distinguishable from other countries, Chief Justice John Marshall opined in 1803, because it is "a nation of laws, not of men." In Perversions of Justice, Ward Churchill takes Marshall at his word, exploring through a series... (read more)

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Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years 1960-1975
Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years 1960-1975
by Roxann Dunbar Ortiz
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Cultural Writing. Memoir. Native American Studies. Latino/Latina Studies. In this book, a founder of the feminist movement tells of her life as a radical activist and revolutionary. In 1968, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz became a founding member of the early... (read more)

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Whose Song?: And Other Stories
Whose Song?: And Other Stories
by Thomas Glave
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Cultural Writing. Fiction. African American Studies. Gay/Lesbian Studies. In this collection of short stories, Thomas Glave walks the path of such greats as Richard Wright and James Baldwin while forging new ground of his own. His voice is strong and his... (read more)

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Vito Loves Geraldine: A Collection of Stories
Vito Loves Geraldine: A Collection of Stories
by Janice Eidus
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In these eighteen stories Janice Eidus, with comic and tender irony, casts a sharp eye upon contemporary myths of romance, rebellion, and self-discovery.... (read more)

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Out of the Labyrinth: Selected Poems
Out of the Labyrinth: Selected Poems
by Charles Henri Ford
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Spanning Charles Henri Ford's long and remarkable career, the present volume includes a generous selection of poems gathered from his many groundbreaking books. Ford has been in the advance guard from his precocious beginnings in the Deep South through... (read more)

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Secrets of Voodoo (85 Edition)
Secrets of Voodoo (85 Edition)
by Milo Rigaud
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Secrets of Voodoo traces the development of this complex religion (in Haiti and the Americas) from its sources in the brilliant civilizations of ancient Africa. This book presents a straightforward account of the gods or loas and their function, the... (read more)

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