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The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRosalie Gilbert
Coral Gables: Mango Publishing Group, 2020.“An inside look at sexual practices in medieval England. Were medieval women slaves to their husband’s desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a duty or could it be a pleasure? Did a woman have a say about her own female sexuality, body, and who did or didn’t get up close and personal with it? No. And yes. It’s complicated. Romance, courtship, and behind closed doors. The intimate lives of medieval women were as complex as for modern woman. They loved and lost, hoped and schemed, were lifted up and cast down. They were hopeful and lovelorn. Some had it forced upon them, others made aphrodisiacs and dressed for success. Some were chaste and some were lusty. Having sex was complicated. Not having sex, was even more so.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Thai Occult Appendix
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJenx
France: Timeless, 2020.“The final book in the series responds to the questions raised from this project and covers some requested topics. These include the Land Spirits, Spirit Houses, Studying the Wicha, the role of Karma and some final thoughts on the best way to enter the system.” (publisher’s blurb) One of the first 100 copies (of a total edition of 399) with a signed and numbered card by the author laid in, with a copy of this mounted to the rear pastedown.
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Davadi: Fruit, Wine and Religion
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartIgnatius (Ian) Bonaccorso
Brisbane: Ignatius (Ian) Bonaccorso, 2020.The story of the Catholic Father of the Fruit and Wine Industry of Stanthorpe, Queensland.
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A Water Story: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoff Beeson
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. -
Nobuyoshi Araki: A Life in Photography
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNobuyoshi Araki
Kyoto: Seigensha, 2020.Six decades of life as a photographer, in his own words.
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Love from a Distance: Intimacy and Technology in the Time of COVID-19 (Bent Street 4.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas)
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJennifer Power; Henry Von Doussa; Timothy W. Jones; Tiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2020.“Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you ‘The Year in Queer’.” (from blurb)
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Les Sardines a L’Huile
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGlynn Boyd Harte
London: Design For Today, 2020.“This is a special facsimile edition of one of the most sought-after books of the 20th century. Glynn Boyd-Harte became one of the most in-demand, and certainly of the most talented, of the illustrators and artists who rose to prominence in the ’70s and ’80s. Originally published by Warren Editions, this is published in an edition of just 600 copies, silver blocked and bound in Ratchford cloth.” (publisher’s blurb)
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WOW
AU$85.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMario Testino
Tokyo: Super Labo, 2020.A selection of photographs from across the globe and Testino’s career. Some are organised portraits, others spontaneous street shots, all “people Ive encountered that have forced me to stop and look.” (the artist). An exploration of identity, costume, gender, sexuality, and more. Artist statement bilingual, in English and Japanese, primarily pictorial.
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SOS
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKarla Dickens
Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2020. -
Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLavender Suarez
New York: Anthology Editions, 2020.“How can thoughtfully and intentionally listening to our world expand and inform our creative practices? What insights can we gain when we delve into the immersive world of sound, which permeates our every moment? In Transcendent Waves, sound healing practitioner, meditation teacher, and artist Lavender Suarez outlines how listening can unlock moments of creative spark, self awareness, and calm in a work that is equal parts how-to guide and contemplative artist’s workbook. Suarez’s illustrated meditations follow in the artistic tradition of Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit and the creations of the Fluxus group, but also offer a modern take on listening in a world that gets louder every day. Covering everything from the noise of everyday life to musical compositions, Transcendent Waves compiles scientific evidence, anecdotes, and thoughtful prompts to spark a sense of wonderment and appreciation for the intricacies of sound and the new perspectives it can bring to our daily creative worlds.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Revolution We Expected: Cultivating a New Politics of Consciousness
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaudio Naranjo
Santa Fe & London: Synergetic Press, 2020.“The Revolution We Expected presents a call for individual and societal transformation in order to rebuild and humanize our institutions and our communities to realize a post-patriarchal world and elevated consciousness as a global community. In his last work as an author, celebrated doctor and psychotherapist Claudio Naranjo uses The Revolution We Expected to make a final call to humanity to awaken to our collective potential and work to transcend our patriarchal past and present. The book presents a map that argues not only for collective individual awakening but a concerted effort to transform our institutions so that our educational and cultural lessons are in service to a better world. The author targets traditional education and our global economic system that increasingly neglect human development and must transform to meet the needs of future social evolution. He stresses the need for education to teach wisdom over knowledge and he suggests meditation and contemplative practices can help us realize new ways to learn. Ultimately, we need to embark on a collective process of re-humanizing our systems and establishing self-awareness as individuals to create the necessary global consciousness to realize a new way forward.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Biting The Clouds: A Badtjala Perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFiona Foley
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2020.“In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K’gari (Fraser Island). She shines a critical light on the little-known colonial-era practice of paying Indigenous workers in opium and the ‘solution’ of then displacing them to K’gari. Biting the Clouds – a euphemism for being stoned on opium – combines historical, personal and cultural imagery to reclaim the Badtjala story from the colonisation narrative. Full-colour images of Foley’s artwork add further impact to this important examination of Australian history.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Family Tree: Old Friends, Rich Relations
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdwin Wilson
Sydney: Woodbine Press, 2020.An idiosyncratic family history of Edwin James (Peter) Wilson: poet, painter and botanist from East Wardell / Mullumbimby / Crows Nest.
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Ethnological Notes and Phallic Rites of the Aboriginal Tribes of Western and South Australia
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. H. Matthews
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2020. -
Paris Nights: Sydney, Oxford St, Mid 80’s Sex, Drugs & Clubbing
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartD. M. Crawford
Sydney: D M Crawford, 2020.A semi-biographical story of sex, drugs, and clubbing in Sydney, Oxford Street, mid-80’s. “Mark was a closeted suburban boy from Wollongong, hiding his sexuality within his surroundings. The enticing allure of Oxford Street nightlife beckoned and in particular a legendary nightclub called Patchs. A semi-biographical account of a young man’s journey and self-discovery which leads to a chance encounter as he hooks up with an older guy called Matt Paris, who’s been around the traps and harboured a secret past. They form a complicated friendship and bond as they embark on a shared weekend life together. Both men were from vastly different backgrounds, experiencing the highs and lows of gay life on Oxford Street in the mid to late ’80s of sex, drugs and clubbing. Oxford Street was called Sydney’s ‘Gay Golden Mile’. A beehive of social activities gathered on this strip that glittered with life and a party atmosphere catering for everyone’s tastes and fantasies. The DJ’s in these establishments were the Gods of the dance floor, playing an accompanying soundtrack to your life. This was Mark’s story and experience!” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Context
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlexandro Segade
New York: Primary Information, 2020.“The Context reimagines the superhero comic book as a queer parable of belonging. The story follows six powerful beings from different worlds who find themselves inexplicably adrift together in an otherwise lifeless void: Biopower, Cathexis, Barelife, Objector, Drives, and Form. The characters, each named for a concept drawn from critical theory, engage one another in skintight fight scenes that often look like sex scenes, and philosophical debates masked as exposition.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Inner Portraits by Szukalski
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSan Francisco: Last Gasp, 2020.
Stanislaw Szukalski was a Polish sculptor, painter, draftsman and anthropologist. He was part of the Chicago Renaissance in the 1920s, enjoyed fame in 1930s Poland as a nationalistic sculptor, but spent his last years in obscurity. This book presents a major survey of his portraiture of peers, patrons, and historical figures. Most artworks are accompanied by essays and background information, along with personal anecdotes and reflection, providing an intimate and articulate discussion on art, politics, philosophy, and more. Szukalski is now remembered for both his striking artwork and political, scientific, and philosophical views, including the pseudoscientific-historical theory of Zermatism. In 2018 Szukalski became the subject of the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary ‘Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski’ directed by Irek Dobrowolski and produced by Leonard DiCaprio. Introduction by Ernst Fuchs.
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Ravedeath Convention
AU$70.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJan Philipzen
[Gent]: Art Paper Editions, 2020.“Started as a visual diary, Ravedeath Convention soon grew into a hybrid of autobiography and fiction. While love, joy and friendship are explored, violence and excess come about too, often captured only as traces and symptoms. A collision of different, occasionally mismatched, cultural symbols stresses the all-embracing blend of subcultures as a fundamental feature of our times. The first pictures taken at age thirteen, this series of black and white images is the edit of a continuous process of photographing, revisiting and reworking over a span of ten years. In the crippled prints the physical presence of body and photograph merge, celebrating human imperfection. The title references Tim Heckers album Ravedeath 1972′.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Thinking Jewellery Two
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilhelm Lindemann; Theo Smeets
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020.“Thinking Jewellery Two reports on the differing perspectives in our quest to establish a theory of jewellery. The series Thinking Jewellery arose from the symposium series of the same name. Both are punctuated by exemplary specialist jewellery expertise alongside objective observations from academics on the phenomenon of jewellery.” (rear cover)
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Archer Magazine 15: Friendship
AU$17.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBridget Caldwell-Bright; Maddee Clark
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2020.“Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences. This issue is a beautiful and heartwarming collection of stories from lockdown and a variety of creative and chosen family and friendship setups.”