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Hofmann’s
Elixir: LSD and the New Eleusis
A collection of essays by Albert Hoffmann, discoverer of LSD, and
others such as Ralph Metzner and Stanislav Grof, covering
topics such as chemistry as alchemy and entheognosy, together with personal anecdotes
about this remarkable and well-loved 20th century figure, who lived to
the remarkable age of 102.
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Artificial
Paradises by Charles Baudelaire
In this important late Romantic era drug-lit classic, poet Charles
Baudelaire discusses and compares the intoxicating effects of wine,
hashish and opium, with many lyrical and incisive passages, displaying
the influence of such substances on a great creative mind.
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Albion
Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain
The American story of LSD is familiar to us
from works such as Storming Heaven and Acid Dreams,
and here Andy Roberts gives the British side, with tales of
military experiments at the Porton Down chemical weapons facility,
to early examples of LSD psychotherapy, involving famous figures such as
the comedian Frankie Howerd and actor Sean Connery; to the more familiar
‘swinging ’60s’, the free festival movement and beyond. |
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Film Noir
Alan Silver and James Ursini's analysis of the influential movement is packed with luscious stills, but lacks organization. |
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The Lord of the Rings Part 4 - The Book vs The Film
How will the blockbuster film trilogy affect our future reading of the Tolkien novel? |
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Dark Terrors 6
Another instalment in Stephen Jones' & David Sutton's celebrated horror story anthology series is released in paperback.
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Antwerp
Nicholas Royles new novel is a wonderful fusion of crime, surrealism and film buff ephemera. |
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (Fourth Edition)
David Thomson's marvellous ongoing work powers into the 21st Century with 300 new entries, covering the emergent personalities and films of the last eight years.
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Atonement
Ian McEwan's eighth novel is a large and ambitious historical piece, in which some thirties
skulduggery and later the desolation of Dunkirk are brought to life in his
customary vivid style. |
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