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Sexual Personae
by Camille Paglia
The fiery, provocative, and unparalleled work of feminist art criticism that launched the exceptional career of one of our most important public intellectuals—"a remarkable book, …

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Queen of the Country
by dgk Goldberg
This isn't your daddy's collection of dark fiction. In fact, it's your mama's. From the suicide bombers of Palestine to the whooping fans of NASCAR, …

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Dry
by Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs describes his experiences working in advertising in Manhattan and chronicles his battle with alcoholism.

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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence …

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Cities of the Red Night
by William S. Burroughs
Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. …

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Inferno
by Dante
Translated by Anthony Esolen Illustrations by Gustave Doré A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that …

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Dark Cities Underground
by Lisa Goldstein
A fantasy on an underground world run by robots under the control of an immortal engineer. The world is discovered by a writer when she …

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Under My Roof
by Nick Mamatas
The world of twelve-year-old telepath Herbert Weinberg explodes into chaos when his single father implants a nuclear device within a garden gnome on their front …
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Mainspring
by Jay Lake
In a world in which the planets are run by a sophisticated clockwork solar system that connects everyday people to the Creator, a young clockmaker's …

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V.
by Thomas Pynchon
The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men -- one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much …
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God Laughs When You Die
by Michael Boatman
A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn into …
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Rabbinic Fantasies
by David Stern
This anthology of 16 narratives from ancient and medieval Hebrew texts presents the world of rabbinic storytelling, revealing facets of the Jewish experience and tradition …
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