Inspired Madness
The Gifts of Burning Man
Written by Dale Pendell
Price: $15.95
Frog Books
In part a nonfiction discussion of the Burning Man festival, in part a poetic romp through Nevada’s Black Rock desert, Inspired Madness is both an irreverent introduction for those curious about the notorious event and an exhilarating reminiscence for veteran "burners." Loosely structured around a week at Burning Man, the book...
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Slouching Towards Birmingham
Shotgun Golf, Hog Hunting, Ass-Hauling Alligators, Rara in Haiti, Zapatistas, an d Anahuac New Year's in Mexico City
Written by Michael Swindle, Foreword by Barry Gifford
Price: $11.95
Frog Books
In the vivid and outlandish tradition of Hunter S. Thompson, journalist Michael Swindle shares his most bizarre, laugh out loud accounts of his travels: cockfights in Cajun country and wild boar hunts in the Everglades; "hog dog" rodeo in northern Louisiana and ass-hauling alligators in southern Louisiana; state to state fish...
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Against Venice
Written by Regis Debray, Translated by Philip Wohlstetter
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
This is the first book in a new Anti-Voyages series which aims to subvert the clichés of travel and travel writing. In a world glutted with books extolling foreign lands and intrepid travelers, Against Venice stands alone. Noted intellectual Regis Debray evokes a vivid picture for us in hyperbolic, tongue-in-cheek prose...
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Tree
Essays and Pieces
Written by Deena Metzger
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
Poet, playwright, novelist and essayist Deena Metzger has been an inspiration to thousands of women from the first publication of Tree, the 1978 journal in which she recorded her struggle with breast cancer. In this new volume, Tree is placed in the context of Metzger's major statements on healing. This is...
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Dreams Are Wiser Than Men
Edited by Richard Russo
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
Edited by Richard A. Russo, this anthology of essays, poems, and short stories recounts dreams, analyzes dreams, and celebrates dreams. Dreams, like human experience, have intrinsic value apart from any interpretation we make of them. Instead of asking what dreams can do for us, ask how we may honor the dream...
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Waiting for the Martian Express
Cosmic Visitors, Warrior Spirits, Luminous Dreams
Written by Richard Grossinger
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
Explores a full range of New Age phenomena including channels, past-lives, shamans, healing, and much more. Grossinger distinguishes New Age marketing from real phenomena, and looks closely at both scientific and fundamentalist debunkers of New Age.
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Sunbeams
Sages, Saints and Lovers Celebrate the Human Heart
Edited by Sy Safransky
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
Here is a wealth of quotations--witty, humorous, insightful, touching--ideal for gift giving, personal reflection, bedside reading, or anytime one wants to get in touch with the beauty and wisdom of the human spirit. The authors include actors, gurus, philosophers, rock stars, film directors, baseball players, poets, sages from fifth-century China, the...
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