Jared M. Diamond

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

The Evolution of Human Sexuality

From the New York Times bestselling author of Upheaval, a fun and wide-ranging exploration of why human sexuality is so different from other animals', and how it made us who we are To us humans, the sex lives of animals seem weird. But it's our own sex lives that are truly bizarre. We are the only social species to insist on carrying out sex privately. Stranger yet, we have sex at any time, even during periods of infertility, such as pregnancy or post-menopause. A human female doesn't know her precise time of fertility and certainly doesn't advertise it to human males by the striking color changes, smells, and sounds used by other female mammals. Why do we differ so radically in these and other important aspects of our sexuality from our closest ancestor, the apes? Why does the human female, virtually alone among mammals, go through menopause? Why does the human male stand out as one of the few mammals to stay with the female he impregnates, to help raise the children that he sired? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? There is no one better qualified than Jared Diamond to explain the evolutionary forces that operated on our ancestors to make us so different sexually. With wit and a wealth of fascinating examples, Why Is Sex Fun? shows how our sexuality, as much as our large brains or upright posture, led to human' rise in the animal kingdom.

Why Is Sex Fun?

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Georg Feuerstein

Theory and Practice

An in-depth primer on the history, philosophy, spirituality, and current practices of yoga, from a respected scholar and longtime yoga practitioner

Here is a comprehensive survey of the full breadth and depth of the 5,000-year-old Yoga tradition, emphasizing its potent philosophy and spiritual vision. Georg Feuerstein demonstrates that Yoga is much more than a system of physical exercises-it is a profound path of self-transformation that encompasses a range of teachings, practices, and sacred texts that can help us cultivate wisdom, balance, and inner freedom, as well as physical health.

Feuerstein is one of the few Western scholar-teachers of Yoga whose writing and teaching penetrate the full richness and depth of this ancient tradition. Here he offers a collection of essays touching on all facets of the discipline.

Topics include-

. The different branches and styles of Yoga
.The ethical teachings of Yoga
.Yoga and vegetarianism
.Meditation and mantras
.Choosing a teacher
.Tantric Yoga
.The experience of ecstasy

The Deeper Dimension of Yoga

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Samuel R. Delany

Come and enter Samuel Delany’s tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, criminals and courtiers, fishermen and factory-workers, madmen and mind-readers, dwarves and ducheses, giants and geniuses, merchants and mathematicians, soldiers and scholars, pirates and poets, and a gallery of aliens who fly, crawl, burrow, or swim.

The Fall of the Towers

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Grady Hendrix

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

After witnessing a series of strange incidents combined with her best friend's increasingly bizarre behavior, Abby comes to the conclusion that Gretchen has become possessed by a demon and embarks on a quest to save her.

My Best Friend's Exorcism

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Terry Breverton

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends

A superbly illustrated guide to the mysteries of myth, legend, and--gulp!--real life.

Phantasmagoria

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Jack Ketchum

A little bit of sticker residue on the front cover top left.

September. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River—off season—awaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall... And before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surface...and that there are no limits at all to the will to survive.

Off Season

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Wrath James White

Bullets whizzed past Katy as she dashed through the grass and weeds, and the maze of broken recreational vehicles, farm equipment, and other slowly oxidizing junk. She gripped the gleaming battle axe in both hands as she waded through gunfire, determined to reach her archnemesis and end his reign of terror forever. Murder Man stood in the doorway of the rundown mobile home, firing at will. She had found his lair. Now it was time to bring him to justice.
Katy hurdled the rusting skeleton of an old '77 Ford Thunderbird like an Olympic gymnast. She had once been a cheerleader, a good one. Once upon a time she could do flips, handsprings, and somersaults with ease. That was so long ago it felt more like an ancient story from some dusty old history book than something that had actually occurred in her lifetime.
Like someone else's life...

Hardcore Kelli

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Israel Regardie

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order

The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie is considered by many to be the book that started the modern occult movement. The original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which started in the late 1800s, borrowed from a wide variety of occult traditions ó Kabalah, Tarot, Geomancy, Enochian Magic, Theosophy, Freemasonry, Paganism, Astrology, and many more ó and created a unique and viable system of magic that is still being practiced today. Almost every contemporary occult writer and modern group has been influenced, directly or indirectly, by the Order or its members, making The Golden Dawn one of the most influential occult books of the past 100 years.

The book is divided into several basic sections. First are the knowledge lectures, where you will learn the basics of the Kabalah, symbolism, meditation, geomancy and more. This is followed by the rituals of the Outer Order, consisting of five initiation rituals into the degrees of the Golden Dawn.

The next section covers the rituals of the Inner Order including two initiation rituals, equinox ceremonies, and more. Then you will learn the basic rituals of magic and the construction, consecration, and means of using the magical tools. Once you have these you can go on to evocation rituals, talismans, and invocations.

The book gives explanations for how to design talismans, do skrying and travel on the astral plane. You will also learn geomancy, the Tarot, and Enochian magic.

Filled with numerous illustrations, lists, and tables, The Golden Dawn provides guidance for a lifetime of magic and life-changing transformation. Get your copy today.


The Golden Dawn

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Illustrated by Frank Frazetta.  Nice bookclub edition

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Johnn Carter of Mars

Thuvia, Maid of Mars & the Chessmen of Mars

Daniel Clowes

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

This long-awaited new graphic novel from Daniel Clowes (Ghost World and Patience) is a genre-bending thriller from one of the most assured storytellers of all time.

Monica

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S. T. Joshi

Tales of Lovecraftian Horror

From the depths of R'lyeh come twenty-one brand-new, utterly terrifying, and thoroughly entertaining tales of Lovecraftian horror and the macabre Taking their inspiration from works by Lovecraft himself, prominent writers such as Caitlin R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Darrell Schweitzer, Donald R. Burleson, and David J. Schow delve deep into the psyche, expanding on concepts H.P. Lovecraft created and taking them in new directions. The result is stories that are wholly original, some even featuring Lovecraft himself as a character. Black Wings editor S.T. Joshi is the recognized authority on all things Lovecraftian, and is famous for his restorations of Lovecraft's original works. He has assembled a star-studded line-up in a book that is essential for every horror library. Including: Pickman's Other Model - Caitlín R. Kiernan Desert Dreams - Donald R. Burleson Engravings - Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Copping Squid - Michael Shea Passing Spirits - Sam Gafford The Broadsword - Laird Barron Usurped - William Browning Spencer Denker's Book - Davd J. Schow Inhabitants of Wraithwood - W.H Pugmire The Dome - Mollie L. Burleson Rotterdam - Nicholas Royle Tempting Providence - Jonathan Thomas Howling in the Dark - Darrell Schweitzer The Truth About Pickman - Brian Stableford Tunnells - Philip Haldeman The Correspondence of Cameron Thaddeus Nash - Annotated by Ramsey Campbell Violence, Child of Trust - Michael Cisco Lesser Demons - Norman Partridge An Eldritch Matter - Adam Niswander Substitutions - Michael Marshall Smith Susie - Jason Van Hollander

Black Wings of Cthulhu

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Leon Trotsky

Sturdy copy but there is slight water damage to a few pages of the preface. Previous owner's signature on title page. Spine creases and shelf wear.

The History of the Russian Revolution

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Some spine creases and shelf wear. Clean white pages with no markings. Includes photos.

Writings of Leon Trotsky (1938-39)

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Shelf wear, spine creases. Clean white pages, no markings.

Fourteen volumes covering the period of Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union in 1929 until his assassination at Stalin's orders in 1940.

Writings of Leon Trotsky, 1937-38

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Rosa. Luxemburg

Vladimir Lenin

Collection of speeches, letters, pamphlets, and essays. Fading cover with shelf wear. White pages tight binding no markings. 

From her political awakening as a high school student in tsarist-occupied Poland until her murder in 1919 during the German revolution, Rosa Luxemburg acted and wrote as a proletarian revolutionist. Rosa Luxemburg Speaks takes us inside the political battles between revolution and class collaboration that still shape the modern workers movement.

Rosa Luxemburg Speaks

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T. Cliff

Tanning on edges, some mild soiling on the contents page. Otherwise in excellent shape, apparently unread.

3. Fighting the Rising Stalinist Bureaucracy

Trotsky

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Minor soiling and edge wear. Tanning on edges. No highlighting or other marking.

1. Towards October

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David Salner

Hard to find second volume of trotsky's history of the international. Clean and unmarked, shelf wear and fading on the covers. Second edition second printing 1977

Volume 2

The First Five Years of the Communist International

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Víctor Serge

Interiors are clean and white however the cover has excessive wear

Memoirs of a Revolutionary

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Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy -- "India's most impassioned critic of globalization" (New York Times) -- has expanded the compelling first edition of Power Politics with two new essays on the U.S. war on terrorism. A Book Sense 76 choice for November/December 2001 and Los Angeles Times "Discoveries" selection, Power Politics challenges the idea that only experts can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the privatization of India's power supply by U.S.-based energy companies, and the construction of monumental dams in India.

Power Politics

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William B. Willcox

Some underlining and other markings. Overall readable condition with fading and shelf wear due to its age.

History

1688-1830

The Age of Aristocracy

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George Novack

John Dewey

4th edition 5th printing 1986. Some shelf wear. Clean white pages.

The Class Foundations of Moral Practice

Participating in the revolutionary workers movement with open eyes and an intense will--only this can give the highest moral satisfaction to a thinking being, Trotsky writes. He explains how morality is rooted in the interests of contending social classes. With a reply by the pragmatist philosophe

Their Morals and Ours

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Used with Fair bit of shelf wear. Small amount of highlighting in one volume.

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

International socialism multiple issues 1985 through 1989

Hard to find second printing from 1977. Considerable shelf wear but the interior is clean and unmarked. Appears to not have been read.

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Tony Cliff

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International socialism multiple issues 1985 through 1989

Leon Trotsky; David Salner

The First Five Years of the Communist International

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