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A. Pushong is one of the few writers who have attempted a concise layman's approach to an understanding of the mnemonic value of Tarot. His approach is unhurried, deliberate, and withal comprehensible. He clearly indicates the esoteric and exoteric shades of meaning which lie hidden in each of the twenty-two of lifes paths outlines by the Major Arcana. Very interesting read, although does take a couple pages to fully wrap ones head around all the key terms. Condition is very fine however there is a small crease on the spine of the book.

Richard Mills spent the summer ofm 1970 talking with young people in London communes, and Young Outsiders descrives the dramatic difference between their way of live and that of the rest of society. Through his own highly sensitive observations and through the words of young people themselves, Mills presents in full their decisions to live communally, their views of themselves and the social structures they have rejected. Mills is yet another one of those authors that can create interest in stories and topics that most of us wouldn't have necessarily thought of before and this book certainly shows that skill off. Condition is very good, however there is a light marks on the cover as is common with a book of this age.

Those who know the book consider it to be a guide and preamble to Beckett's trilogy and plays. The precision of his English prose is nowhere as remarkable as in this early novel, nowhere else does his writing attain such perfection. Nowhere else does his world of metaphysical humour and kaleidoscopic enigmas attain such sombre intensity than this book before you.

A savage, funny, literary and outrageously explicit novel, Sanctity takes the reader on an underground trip through the worlds of drugs, transvestism and truth-seeking and delivers him in time for an ending so unexpected and terrifying as to make Rosemary's Baby read like a PTA diary. Condition is very good although some scuffs from previous use.

Terry Southern was known for understanding the aspirations of 'would-be hipsters', 'on-the-ball journalists', failed bullfighters and veterans. Whether recreating a crazy car journey in Mexico, staging a hilarious drama with Freud and Kafka, he was an addictive story-teller, one that was wise and cruel simultaneously. The stories in this collection were written over a twelve year period ending in 1971. The condition is very good however some scuffs and marks on the top and spine of the cover as common with a book of this age.

Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias are in love. Ruth Conant is not a suspicious wife and Richard Mathias is often away, so their happiness is exquisite, a passion of tender sexuality almost as delicious to read about as to experience. Great condition, some light marks due to use but no scuffs or tears to be seen.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 book also contains other early writing by Gertrude Stein. Stein began the creative venture that was to earn her repute as one of the most original authors of this century with the works contained in this book. We highly advise everyone to gaze upon this book as it shows how such a prolific writer was able to earn that title without any head start. Condition is very good, however there is some cracks at the top and bottom of the covers spine.

Obsessed with Fevvers, constantly bamboozled by the anarchist sorcery of her dresser and confidante, Lizzie, the dashing young journalist Jack Walser stumbles into a journey which takes him from London to Siberia, going through worlds of danger and joy. This book is a great read for those wanting to have an adventure reading it. The condition is very fine with little yellowing, and comes with accustomed with a article on the books release from 1989!

This book contains the lively selection of contemporary Cuban writing and influences, with authors such as Kafka, Eliot and Apollinaire among them. Above all however, it introduces us to a new generation of writers who, irrespective of politcs, are in the new found sense of nationhood, as exciting as any in the world.

The Music School is a place of learning, in which a sheltered South Dakota boy meets his roommate at Harvard, a rebel with whom he will have a violent—and ambiguous—physical encounter; a warring married couple, Richard and Joan Maple, try and try again to find solace in sex; and Henry Bech, an unprolific American writer publicizing himself far from home, enjoys a moment of improbable, poignant, untranslatable connection with a Bulgarian poetess. In these twenty short stories, each evidence of his early mastery, John Updike brings us a world—a world of fumbling, pausing, and beginning again; a world sensitively felt and lovingly expressed; a world whose pianissimo harmonies demand new subtleties of fictional form. Very fine condition, however some yellowing due to age.

Nekrassov takes place in the 1950s Paris. It shows the life of the unfortunate journalist Sibilot who works at the right-wing newspaper of France, Soir á Paris. His work is mostly to write anti-communist propaganda. It's one of Sartres most humerous plays and is considered to also be one of his best. Condition is very good however, there are some scuffs towards to the top of the cover and some yellowing as is customary to a book this old.

At the height of the religious ferment of the 1970s, David Van Zandt studied firsthand the most vilified of the new radical religious movements--the Children of God, or the Family of Love. First feigning membership and later gaining the permission of the Family, the author lived full-time in COG colonies in England and the Netherlands. From that experience, he has produced an informed, insightful, and humane report on how COG members function in what seems at first to be a completely bizarre setting. This book is a great read for anyone as it provides interesting insight into one of the most infamous and mysterious groups. Condition is immaculate with almost no sign of use.