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This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom (Hardcover)

By Martin Hägglund

$29.95
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ISBN: 9781101870402

Published: Pantheon - March 5th, 2019

This! A new philosophy for our time that's still rooted in the past. I burned through this book so fast I forgot it was 400 pages, I even reread passages I enjoyed, because it was so engaging and thought provoking. Anyone interested in Knausgård's My Struggle series will devour this. This is my new favorite philosophy book. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell

A Devil Comes to Town (Paperback)

By Paolo Maurensig, Anne Milano Appel (Translator)

$14.99

ISBN: 9781642860139

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Published: World Editions - May 7th, 2019

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A stranger comes to town, promising a village of writers the chance to see their work published--the dream--but the catch is he's the Devil, come to devour the souls of everyone you know and bring the town to ruin, and you're the only one who knows the truth. An old-world style folktale about mob mentality and the fear of evil that stems from human vulnerability. If you could kill the Devil, would you? ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell

The Occult: The Ultimate Guide for Those Who Would Walk with the Gods (Paperback)

By Colin Wilson

$24.95

ISBN: 9781780288468

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Published: Watkins Publishing - November 24th, 2015

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A blazing account of occultism through the ages and the many bizarre people--Dunglas Home, Aleister Crowley and William Blake--who populated it, and the most intriguing book on the subject I've read. Wilson 's air of mystery prose style is well researched and packed with enough detail to keep you reading on through it's massive page count. But it's so juicy that by the end you'll wish there was more. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell

The Vegetarian: A Novel (Paperback)

By Han Kang

$16.00

ISBN: 9781101906118

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Published: Hogarth - August 23rd, 2016

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A dark and intimate dream into a woman's physical and emotional transformation as told by those closest to her as they struggle through suppressing and succumbing to their own haunting desires. Kang weaves a poetic, sensual story of confusion, passion, and strength. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell

Inferno: A Poet's Novel (Paperback)

By Eileen Myles

$15.95

ISBN: 9781944869106

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Published: OR Books - September 13th, 2016

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Like Rent? Check this one out. Myles packs so much story into these pages. Being as big a fan of poetry and the lives of poets as I am, reading this book was like a drug. Lesbianism, intense non-linear storytelling, and honest storytelling, this book is so wet it'll make you smile and blush. Eileen looks at herself from many different angles: from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, creating a prismatic portrait of art and poverty. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell

Evolution (Hardcover)

By Eileen Myles

$25.00

ISBN: 9780802128508

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Published: Grove Press - September 11th, 2018

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Dripping with sex, longing, and loneliness, Myles opens herself up to her readers with frank verses and a hurricane of an opener about the death of her mother—which hit me pretty hard by the end. Art is life, as they say, but as Myles illustrate: most of it isn't beautiful, except perhaps, on the page. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell