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  The Pocket Poets Series

  Howl and Other Poems

  by Allen Ginsberg

  “Howl” was considered by some to be obscene, and the publisher, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books, was arrested and charged with its publication. On October 3, 1957, Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that the poem was not obscene, and "Howl" went on to become one of the most popular poems of the Beat Generation.
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  The Valley of Fear

  by Arthur Conan Doyle

  "You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty? The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations -- That's genius, Watson. But if I am spared by lesser men, our day will surely come." Sherlock Holmes is the one true pastmaster of the modern mystery; if you haven't read Doyle's tales of Sherlock... (more)
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  King Warrior Magician Lover

  by Robert L. Moore, Douglas Gillette

  Arguing that mature masculinity is not abusive or domineering, but generative, creative, and empowering of the self and others, Moore and Gillette provide a Jungian introduction to the psychological foundations of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity.
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  King Kong

  by Delos Wheeler Lovelace

  King Kong remains one of the most enduring icons of American popular culture — a massively destructive but curiously sympathetic giant gorilla whose rampage through New York City suggests, on a psychological level, the re-emergence of repressed desire. This novelization captures the pathos, drama, and horror of this story of the beast who loved a human beauty. The action begins with the controversial expedition... (more)
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  Harry Potter

  Harry Potter Boxed Set (Books 1-7)

  Sorrcerer's Stone / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / Goblet of Fire / Order of the Phoenix / Half-Blood Prince / Deathly Hallows

  by J. K. Rowling

  Harry Potter-a seemingly normal boy, in the seemingly normal house at Number Four, Privet Drive. But all that he knows, is about to change. Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures with Hermione and Ron, to his confrontations with rival Draco Malfoy and the dreaded Professor Snape. From a dangerous descent into the Chamber of Secrets, helping a... (more)
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  Canon of Sherlock Holmes: Book 1

  A Study in Scarlet

  by Arthur Conan Doyle

  A Study in Scarlet brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson together for the first time, creating one of the most illustrious crime-solving partnerships of all times.
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  When God Was a Woman

  by Merlin Stone

  Here, archaeologically documented is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Known by many names, she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. How did the change in women's roles come about? By documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmans, Stone details an ancient conspiracy that laid the foundation for one of culture's greatest shams--the legend of Adam and fallen Eve.