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Admissions Accomplished: The Lesbian Nation Years, 1970-75by Jill JohnstonISBN 1852424508 (1-85242-450-8)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Ambassadorsby Henry JamesISBN 1853260347 (1-85326-034-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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And That's Finalby Dean KileyISBN 1875243194 (1-875243-19-4)
Softcover, Blackwattle Pr
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Are You Girls Traveling Alone? Adventures in Lesbian Logicby Marilyn MurphyISBN 1878533037 (1-878533-03-7)
Softcover, Clothespin Fever Pr
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Around the Housesby Amanda BoulterISBN 1852426977 (1-85242-697-7)
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The Attack Queers: Liberal Society and the Gay Rightby Richard GoldsteinISBN 1859846785 (1-85984-678-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Bachelors of Art: Edward Perry Warren & the Lewes House Brotherhoodby David SoxISBN 1872180116 (1-872180-11-6)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Backward Glances: Cruising the Queer Streets of New York and Londonby Mark TurnerISBN 1861891806 (1-86189-180-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Bad Boy's Book of Bedtime Storiesby Dan TusitalaISBN 187374160X (1-873741-60-X)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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Beggar's Operaby John Gay, Colin CounsellISBN 1854599143 (1-85459-914-3)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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Billy Budd & Other Storiesby Herman MelvilleISBN 185326749X (1-85326-749-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy Budd & Other Stories'Book summary:Melville's short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level and those presented here are rich with symbolism and spiritual depth. Set in 1797, Billy Budd, Foretopman exploits the tension of this period during the war between England and France to create a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Tales such as Bartleby, Benito Cereno, The Lightning Rod Man, The Tartarus of Maids or I and My Chimney, show the timeless poetic power of Melville's writing as he consciously uses the disguise of allegory in various ways and to various ends. [via]
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Boy Overboardby Peter WellsISBN 1869413199 (1-86941-319-9)
Hardcover, Vintage
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The Boys of Swithins Hall: A Novelby Chris KentISBN 1879194252 (1-879194-25-2)
Hardcover, GLB Publishers
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Brazil: Life, Blood and Soulby John MalathronasISBN 1840243503 (1-84024-350-3)
Hardcover, Summersdale
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Bruiserby Richard HouseISBN 1852427477 (1-85242-747-7)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bruiser'Book summary:Richard House's startling debut, Bruiser, is a spare yet lyrical love story about people who can't fall in love. "Supple, deep, perfectly regulated, full of high, shy intelligence and cool, sweet wit, Bruiser is an amazing novel". -- Dennis Cooper [via]
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Butterflies in Heatby Darwin PorterISBN 1877978957 (1-877978-95-7)
Softcover, Starbooks
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There, he arouses passions in six decadent but vulnerable people, whose lives mesh together under the blood-red sun. [via]
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The Chainby Thom WolfISBN 187374188X (1-873741-88-X)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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A Church at War: Anglicans And Homosexualityby Stephen BatesISBN 1845110935 (1-84511-093-5)
Softcover, I B Tauris & Co Ltd
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Collected Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853263974 (1-85326-397-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. His essays - in particular De Profundis- and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison, strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century. [via]
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The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 185152102X (1-85152-102-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:He was brilliant, flamboyant, and unconventional, one of the great figures of his--or any other--age. Although Oscar Wilde's reputation now rests primarily on his sparkling, sophisticated plays with their razor-sharp wit, his body of work goes far beyond even those. Here, in one volume, is the sum of his artistic genius: all his stories, plays, fairy tales, and poems, complete with period illustrations. To find evidence of Wilde's theatrical savvy, one need look no further than The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, both of which satirize and humorously highlight the hypocrisy of Victorian life. The Picture of Dorian Gray captures a profound knowledge of the depths to which the human soul can plunge, and in the years since it was written, its final moments have lost none of their power. In his fairy stories, including The Happy Prince and Other Tales, written for his own children, Wilde reveals heights of tenderness and beauty. There are classics like the Canterville Ghost and more-more than 850 pages worth! 864 pages (50 in color), 5 3/4 x 8 1/4.[via]More editions of The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wilde:
Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1842050664 (1-84205-066-4)
Hardcover, Cpg Inc
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Crossing Jordanby Jack DicksonISBN 1873741413 (1-873741-41-3)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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Desperate Visions: Camp America The Films of John Waters & George & Mike Kucharby Jack StevensonISBN 1871592348 (1-871592-34-8)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desperate Visions: Camp America The Films of John Waters & George & Mike Kuchar'Book summary:John Waters is the notorious director of such cult-movie classics as "Pink Flamingos", "Female Trouble", "Desperate Living" and "Hairspray".
Desperate Visions features several in-depth interviews with Waters, as well as with members of his legendary entourage including Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole and Miss Jean Hill. George and Mike Kuchar are the directors of such low budget/ underground classics as "Sins of the Fleshapoids" and "Hold Me While I'm Naked". Their visionary trash aesthetic was a great influence on the young John Waters.
Desperate Visions includes extensive interviews with the Kuchars, as well as a comprehensive assessment of their career and influence. A unique feature on actress, Marion Eaton, star of the gothic porn epic "Thundercrack!", is also included. With many rare photographs, filmography and index, Desperate Visions is an essential introduction to the wild world of John Waters and to the outrageous camp/underground film tradition which his movies exemplify. [via]
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Edward the Secondby Christopher MarloweISBN 1854594109 (1-85459-410-9)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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Fabulous Tricksby David Rees, Peter Robins, Dave RoyleISBN 1870188187 (1-870188-18-7)
Softcover, Third House
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Federico Garcia Lorcaby Federico Garcia Lorca, Merryn WilliamsISBN 1852241608 (1-85224-160-8)
Softcover, Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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Forbidden Territory and Realms of Strife: The Memoirs of Juan Goytisoloby Juan Goytisolo, Peter R. BushISBN 185984555X (1-85984-555-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Forties' Childby Tom WakefieldISBN 1852421169 (1-85242-116-9)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Gertrude and Aliceby Diana SouhamiISBN 1842120336 (1-84212-033-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gertrude and Alice'Book summary:"Twentieth-century literature is Gertrude Stein." Or at least so felt Gertrude Stein, in a sentiment that she shared with few others, except of course Alice B. Toklas. Gertrude and Alice met in 1907 in Paris, and famously shared their lives from that day forth, souls in perfect complement; two magnificently eccentric and idiosyncratic women who became a legendary entity, and who were photographed by Man Ray and Cecil Beaton, painted and fêted by Picasso, and visited by writers such as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Eliot. Theirs is a fascinating story, and they have found a wonderful and oddly sympathetic chronicler in Diana Souhami, whose book The Trials of Radclyffe Hall met with critical acclaim, and who proves the perfect counterfoil to the "Steins." Her own touch of genius is barely to consider Gertrude's grand oeuvre, sparing the rod to an already spoiled child and freeing her readership from the unpalatable fare that she generally served up (by contrast, Alice was a dedicated and talented cook).
Literary success came late to Stein--she was 57 when The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was published--but, like Edith Sitwell, she became, to use a Leavis phrase, more a figure in the history of publicity; the curious thing is that one senses that behind the rhetoric she knew it. After Stein's death in 1946, Toklas became the classic devoted author's widow, finally dying just short of her 90th birthday. She was buried with Gertrude in Père Lachaise cemetery, although her inscription is on the back of the tombstone, as she was ever behind her lover. Souhami's two lives, refreshingly stripped of biographical dead wood, positively crackle with high-powered gossip and bristle with bitchy anecdotes, although her laconic touch is never asleep to the touching cadences, as well as the wonderful absurdities. As a writer, a "literary cubist" who once tried to give up nouns, Stein is more to be admired than respected. As a life force, mover, and shaker, and as partner to Alice, she was massively successful. Their life together--a third life, so to speak--was their greatest creation, and it's done justice by the talented Souhami's glorious account. Gertrude and Alice would have hated it. --David Vincent, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Gone Tomorrowby Gary IndianaISBN 1852423366 (1-85242-336-6)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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The Good Copby Dorien GreyISBN 1879194759 (1-879194-75-9)
Hardcover, Asp Wholesale
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Good Cop'Book summary:One of the residual spots of conflicts in gay rights is in the police force, and this work takes that conflict head-on in the murder of a gay policeman and the investigation by the inimitable Dick Hardesty. We meet many of the familiar characters as well as get to know Jonathan, a young hustler who becomes more than a casual acquaintance. The entire police force is suspect in this community mystery of intrigue and murder. [via]
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Goodbye To Berlinby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 185089034X (1-85089-034-X)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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Hemlock and Afterby Angus WilsonISBN 1842324403 (1-84232-440-3)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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His Dark Materialsby Philip Pullman, Nicholas WrightISBN 185459768X (1-85459-768-X)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'His Dark Materials'Book summary:[via]With sales of three-quarters of a million copies last year alone, Philip Pullmans trilogy His Dark Materials is already acknowledged as a classic. A cunning blend of traditional childrens adventure with sophisticated fantasy and science fiction, it follows the escapades of Lyra and Will in their parallel worlds. Dramatized by award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright for the National Theatre.
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Dan RebellatoISBN 1854592203 (1-85459-220-3)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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In the Darkby Mike FiggisISBN 1861542666 (1-86154-266-6)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Dark'Book summary:"The way we make films, the way we watch them, and the way in which we make the public aware of them is all being reinvented," writes photographer and director Mike Figgis of the technological revolution inspired by digital cameras. Taking place outside the mainstream film world, this revolution has led to an explosion of astonishing creativity in both film and video. Figgis has been at the forefront of such experimentation, first in his groundbreaking film Timecode (1999) and now in his latest project, Hotel.
In the Dark is a visual diary of the new film, which was shot in Venice over a period of five weeks using digital cameras. Forty actors and artists (among them David Schwimmer, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, and Saffron Burrows) lived together in an old hotel and improvised a surrealist narrative incorporating The Duchess of Malfi, a Jacobean drama by John Webster. An erotic feast of digital imagery emerged in the process, and In the Dark not only documents the film itself but gives us a penetrating look at one of today's most innovative filmmakers. [via]
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Inside Out: An Australian Collection of Coming Out Storiesby Erin ShaleISBN 1863952659 (1-86395-265-9)
Hardcover, Bookman Press
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Jack the Modernistby Robert GluckISBN 1852423331 (1-85242-333-1)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Jackal in the Darkby David Patrick BeaversISBN 1873741162 (1-873741-16-2)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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Juniorsby John PatrickISBN 1877978892 (1-877978-89-2)
Softcover, Starbooks
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Lap Dancing for Mommy: Tender Stories of Disgust, Blame and Inspirationby Erika LopezISBN 1878067966 (1-878067-96-6)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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Last Chance Saloonby Marian KeyesISBN 185371965X (1-85371-965-X)
Hardcover, Poolbeg
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Last Rites: The End of the Church of Englandby Michael HampsonISBN 1862078912 (1-86207-891-2)
Softcover, Granta Books
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The Last Tabooby Peter GilbertISBN 1873741553 (1-873741-55-3)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Taboo'Book summary:Futuristic sex-romp. The men of Andros enjoy a utopian existence, loving together on their all-male island. They even have a breeding program with a neighboring women's land. But newcomer Chris is disturbed to find this world is under threat. In the struggle to save their island, the Androtians come together in a heady erotic adventure that will delight the many fans of Peter Gilbert's earlier novels, which include Sex Triangle and Sex Safari.
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Legendsby John PatrickISBN 1877978248 (1-877978-24-8)
Softcover, Starbooks
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Legion Of Lustby Lukas ScottISBN 1873741960 (1-873741-96-0)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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Love in a Different Climate: Men Who Have Sex With Men in Indiaby Jeremy SeabrookISBN 1859848370 (1-85984-837-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love in a Different Climate: Men Who Have Sex With Men in India'Book summary:In this carefully researched and finely written work, Jeremy Seabrook deals with subjects rarely discussed in Western narratives about South Asia. Going beyond a straightforward contextualisation of the gatoei (lady-boys) in Thailand and the hijara (eunuchs) of India, he unravels the less familiar and more complex territory of homosexual and homoerotic encounters in general, and asks how valid Western models of sexual identity are in the South Asian context, and how effective they might be in dealing with global issues of sexual health, HIV awareness and gender politics. Much of the book is based on interviews which reveal the extent of the complexity at play: wives who traditionally vacate the marital bed to accommodate their husbands' friends; kotis -- ""passive"" male sex partners of men -- many of whom will be married but see their relations with the kotis as fulfilling their destinies as males; the fundamentalist politicians who curse the Western influence of ""gay liberation"" and continue to justify the punishment of life imprisonment for homosexuality; and the activist groups who are working towards a clearer and more helpful understanding of contemporary issues. The first work of its kind on India, Love in a Different Climate reveals how a traditional shrouding in mystery of sexual difference is slowly but surely giving way to a more open and essentially local celebration of that difference. [via]
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Maiden Voyageby Edith Sitwell, Denton WelchISBN 1878972286 (1-878972-28-6)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Margery Kempeby Robert GluckISBN 185242334X (1-85242-334-X)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Masters Fileby Jack DicksonISBN 1873741758 (1-873741-75-8)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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A Matter of Life and Sexby Oscar MooreISBN 1873736002 (1-873736-00-2)
Hardcover, Paper Drum
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The Medicine Burnsby Adam KleinISBN 1852424036 (1-85242-403-6)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Moonchild: The Films of Kenneth Angerby Jack HunterISBN 1840680296 (1-84068-029-6)
Softcover, Creation Books
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The More We Are Together: Memoirs of a Wayward Lifeby Peter GambleISBN 1871615526 (1-871615-52-6)
Hardcover, P. Watkins
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Mr Clive and Mr Pageby Neil BartlettISBN 1852423641 (1-85242-364-1)
Softcover, Serpent's Tail
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My Antoniaby Willa Cather, A. S. ByattISBN 1844083748 (1-84408-374-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.
Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.
As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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My Child Is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the Newsby Bryce McDougallISBN 1864486589 (1-86448-658-9)
Softcover, Independent Pub Group
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Nameless Offences : Homosexual Desire in the 19th Centuryby Harry CocksISBN 1860648908 (1-86064-890-8)
Hardcover, I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
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Naughty by Natureby John PatrickISBN 1877978914 (1-877978-91-4)
Hardcover, Florida Literary Foundation
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversityby Vanessa BairdISBN 1859843530 (1-85984-353-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity'Book summary:Major issues facing the world today, complex as they are, are further obfuscated -- often deliberately -- by political and corporate jargon and media spin. This new Verso series of No-Nonsense Guides, published in conjunction with New Internationalist magazine, cuts through the confusion to present the facts and arguments concerning contemporary global issues as accessibly as possible. [via]
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Out Around Londonby Paul ClementsISBN 184157158X (1-84157-158-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Out Around Sydney: Your Gay Travel Companionby Dominic O'GradyISBN 184157418X (1-84157-418-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Palace of Varietiesby James LearISBN 1873741863 (1-873741-86-3)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801by Emma DonoghueISBN 1857270460 (1-85727-046-0)
Softcover, Scarlet Pr
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Perfect Tackleby Turner KaneISBN 1873741855 (1-873741-85-5)
Softcover, Millivres Books
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The Plays of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853261858 (1-85326-185-8)
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Plays, Prose Writings & Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 1857150422 (1-85715-042-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays, Prose Writings & Poems'Book summary:Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This selection of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry Eagleton, includes "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Critic as an Artist", Apologia", "The Soul of a Man Under Socialism", "Letter to Robert Ross", "Requiescat" and "The Ballad of Reading Goal". Terry Eagleton is the author of "Criticism and Ideology", "Marxism and Literary Criticsm" and "Literary Theory: An Introduction". [via]
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The Popsicle Treeby Dorien GreyISBN 1879194554 (1-879194-55-4)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 1853260061 (1-85326-006-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work. This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who reappears in Ulysses, and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland. [via]
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Psychopathia Sexualisby Richard Von Krafft-BingISBN 1871592550 (1-871592-55-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psychopathia Sexualis'Book summary:237 classic case histories of lustmurder, necrophilia, pederasty, bestiality, transvestism, rape, mutilation, sado-masochism, exhibitionism and other psychosexual proclivities. [via]
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Queer Facts: The Greatest Gay & Lesbian Trivia Book Everby Stephen TropianoISBN 1860746969 (1-86074-696-9)
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A Queer Readerby Patrick HigginsISBN 1857020340 (1-85702-034-0)
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Rainbow Diary: A Journey in the New South Africaby John MalathronasISBN 1840244453 (1-84024-445-3)
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Ravens' Broodby E. F. BensonISBN 187374109X (1-873741-09-X)
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The Republicby PlatoISBN 1853264830 (1-85326-483-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:The ideas of Plato (c429-347BC) have influenced Western philosophers for over two thousand years. Such is his importance that the twentieth-century philosopher A.N. Whitehead described all subsequent developments within the subject as foot-notes to Plato's work. Beyond philosophy, he has exerted a major influence on the development of Western literature, politics and theology. The Republic deals with the great range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument and myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by desires and appetites. Regarded by some as the foundation document of totalitarianism, by others as a call to develop the full potential of humanity, the Republic remains a challenging and intensely exciting work. [via]
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Safer Sexy: The Guide to Gay Sex Safelyby Peter Tatchell, Robert TaylorISBN 1860470009 (1-86047-000-9)
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The Scarlet Boyby Tom Wakefield, Patrick GaleISBN 1852425822 (1-85242-582-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Boy'Book summary:After Tom Wakefield's sudden death in 1995, the unfinished manuscript of this final novel was found in his desk by close friend Patrick Gale. Like most first drafts it was probably unpublishable. But to leave it unpublished, contended Gale, would have been "an act of cruelty" to both Wakefield and to his readers. So in a "monstrous breach of writerly etiquette", Gale set about completing it. The Scarlet Boy is the fictional sequel to Wakefield's 1980 boyhood memoir, Forties' Child. The novel opens where the autobiography left off with the young protagonist, Edward, gamely attempting to confound the narrow expectations placed on him by a typical post-war Midlands mining community. All the usual Wakefield hallmarks are here; the strong sense of place, obvious affection for his characters and, of course, the gay sexual initiations and wider mission to undermine sexual convention. As Edward pursues his escapist visions via an obsession with a screen goddess, so the divergence between his extravagant dreams and the harsh scepticism of his immediate environment are deliciously pointed up. The Scarlet Boy may be the work of two hands, but to read it is to hear a single clear voice. Patrick Gale has done his old friend's memory proud. --Nick Wroe [via]
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Sisters of the Roadby Barbara WilsonISBN 1878067249 (1-878067-24-9)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sisters of the Road'Book summary:Pam Nilsen is looking for teenage prostitute Trish Margolin and the murderer of Trish's best friend. Her search brings her into contact with the world of teenage prostitutes and runaways on the streets of Seattle and Portland. The author won the Crime Writers' Association Award in 1992. [via]
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Skin Laneby Neil BartlettISBN 1852429194 (1-85242-919-4)
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The Slave Kingby Ben ElliottISBN 1873741685 (1-873741-68-5)
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Smooth and Sassyby John PatrickISBN 1877978906 (1-877978-90-6)
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Still Watersby Jack DicksonISBN 187374157X (1-873741-57-X)
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Sucking Feijoasby Jeff BuchananISBN 1877178241 (1-877178-24-1)
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Symposium & Death of Socratesby PlatoISBN 1853264792 (1-85326-479-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Symposium & Death of Socrates'Book summary:In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The setting of the other dialogues is more sombre. Socrates is put on trial for impiety, and sentenced to death. Euthyphro discusses the nature of piety, Apology is Socrates' speech in his own defence, Crito explains his refusal to escape punishment, and Phaedo gives an account of Socrates' last day. These dialogues have never been offered in one volume before. Tom Griffith's Symposium has been described as 'possibly the finest translation of any Platonic dialogue'. All the other translations are new. [via]
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Talking To: Peter Burton in Conversation with .. Writers Writing on Gay Themesby Neil Bartlett, Peter BurtonISBN 1870188179 (1-870188-17-9)
Hardcover, Third House
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To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Lifeby Herve Guibert, Linda CoverdaleISBN 1852423285 (1-85242-328-5)
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Two Girlsby Perihan MagdenISBN 1852428996 (1-85242-899-6)
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Uninvitedby Richard HouseISBN 1852424389 (1-85242-438-9)
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Valmouth and Other Storiesby Ronald FirbankISBN 1853262951 (1-85326-295-1)
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Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool: The Writings of Jack Smithby Jack Smith, J. Hoberman, Edward LeffingwellISBN 1852424281 (1-85242-428-1)
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Women in Loveby D. H. LawrenceISBN 185326007X (1-85326-007-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women in Love'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. Women in Love is, however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? On what grounds could we place ourselves above and beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? And how might they be otherwise? Without directly referring to the war, Women in Love explores these questions with restless energy. As a sequel to The Rainbow, the novel develops experimental techniques which made Lawrence one of the most important writers of the Modernist movement. [via]
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The Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853264253 (1-85326-425-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL. Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water. When the wind blew from the land he caught nothing, or but little at best, for it was a bitter and black-winged wind, and rough waves ross up to meet it. But when the wind blew to the shore, the fish came in from the deep, and swam into the meshes of his nets, and he took them to the market-place and sold them. Every evening he went out upon the sea, and one evening the net was so heavy that hardly could he draw it into the boat. And he laughed, and said to himself, "Surely I have caught all the fish that swim, or snared some dull monster that will be a marvel to men, or some thing of horror that the great Queen will desire," and putting forth all his strength, he tugged at the coarse ropes till, like lines of blue enamel round a vase of bronze, the long veins rose up on his arms. He tugged at the thin ropes, and nearer and nearer came the circle of flat corks, and the net rose at last to the top of the water. But no fish at all was in it, nor any monster or thing of horror, but only a little Mermaid lying fast asleep. Her hair was as a wet fleece of gold, and each separate hair as a thread of fine gold in a cup of glass. Her body was as white ivory, and her tail was of silver and pearl. Silver and pearl was her tail, and the green weeds of the sea coiled round it; and like sea-shells were her ears, and her lips were like sea-coral. The cold waves dashed over her cold breasts, and the salt glistened upon her eyelids. So beautiful was she that when the young Fisherman saw her he was filled with wonder, and he put out his hand and drew the net close to him, and leaning over the side he clasped her in his arms. And when he touched her, she gave a ... [via]
The Works of Walt Whitmanby WhitmanISBN 1853264334 (1-85326-433-4)
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