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La Fee Verte (or "The Green Fairy") has intoxicated artists, poets,
and writers ever since the late eighteenth century. Stories abound
of absinthe's druglike sensations of mood lift and inspiration due
to the presence of wormwood, its infamous "special" ingredient,
which ultimately leads to delirium, homicidal mania, and death.
Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murdres, Phil Baker
offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as
an herbal tonic through its luxuriantly morbid heyday in the late
nineteenth century. Chronicling a fascinatintly lurid cast of
historical characters who often died young, the absinthe scrapbook
includes Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar
Wilde, Ernest Dowson, Aleister Crowley, Arthur machen, August
Strindberg, Alfred Jarry, Vincent van Gogh, Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Allais, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo
Picasso. Along with discussing the rituals and modus operandi of
absinthe drinking, Baker reveals the recently discovered
pharmacology of how real absinthe actually works on the nervous
system, and he tests the various real and fake absinthe products
that are available overseas. Written with "seductive verve and
gentle insight" (Times Literary Supplement), The Book of Absinthe
is a witty, erudite primer to the world's most notorious drink.
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Bezill (Paperback)
John Symonds; Introduction by Phil Baker
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R572
Discovery Miles 5 720
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Immortalised in Christopher Isherwood's classic novel 'Mr Norris
Changes Trains', Gerald Hamilton was the real-life model for the
seedy but beguiling Mr Norris. Tom Cullen's biography is a literary
curiosity, written in the 1970s but never published.
City of cities, the modern world's first great metropolis, London
has shaped everything from clothing to youth culture. It has a
unique place in the world's memory, even as its role has changed
from the capital of the planet to its playground, and as its lived
history has mutated into the heritage industry. Londoner Phil Baker
explores the city's history, and the London of today, balancing
well-known major events with more curious and eccentric details. He
reveals a city of almost unmatched historical density and richness.
For Baker, London turns out to be Gothic in all senses of the word,
enjoyably haunted by its own often bloody past. And despite
extensive redevelopment, as he shows in this engaging and
insightful book, some of the magic remains.
10 Days To Total Financial Freedom is about discovering its true
source. And it's not about the money. It's about something much
deeper, much more important, much more rewarding. It's about Favor,
Divine Favor. It's discovering that it's not the size of your bank
account, but the size of your Favor Account that counts most. This
book is about discovering the true definition of financial freedom,
it's true meaning. It's about tracing the roots and true source of
wealth and it's purpose in the earth It's about the life of a young
man named Joseph on his journey as he is separated from his
father's house as a shepherd, sold as a slave into Potiphar's house
in Egypt, falsely accused and placed in the house of bars as a
prisoner, raised to prominence in Pharaoh's house as Prime
Minister, and finally, after many years, restoration with his
father and family, bringing everything full circle and completing
the journey according to God's perfect plan and divine order. And
in all of this he never lacked, never had an unpaid bill, never
wanted for a place to live, never worried about transportation
needs, but prospered, increased, and was promoted at every level
regardless of circumstances. In this amazing story we discover that
his FAVOR ACCOUNT, NOT HIS BANK ACCOUNT, WAS HIS GREATEST ASSET AND
THAT THIS FAVOR IS AVAILABLE TO BOTH YOU AND I TODAY. This amazing
book is all about discovering God's answer for a world that is
rocking and reeling and falling into a great financial abyss of
raging debt, and out of control spending; using methods of recovery
that offer very little real hope for a brighter tomorrow. In 10
Days To Total Financial Freedom we will discover the onl;y real
solution to one of earth's most perplexing problems, namely,
poverty, debt, lack, and want. You will discover that there is a
concrete plan for your good and a bright future filled with much
promise, extreme favor, and abundance. In this easy to read,
powerful little book, you are being invited to join me in
discovering great wealth, your hidden treasure, as have I, and
countless others throughout history. This book is filled with truth
and inspiration that will help motivate you to positive action in
search of your treasure; not hid from you, but hid for you to
discover. Marvin Swanson
Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs
(1914--97) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In "William
S. Burroughs," Phil Baker investigates this cult writer's life and
work--from small-town Kansas to New York in the '40s, Mexico and
the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of "Naked
Lunch," to Paris and the Beat Hotel, and '60s London--alongside
Burrough's self-portrayal as an explorer of inner space, reporting
back from the frontiers of experience.
After accidentally shooting his wife in 1951, Burroughs felt his
destiny as a writer was bound up with a struggle to come to terms
with the "Ugly Spirit" that had possessed him. In this fascinating
biography, Baker explores how Burroughs's early absorption in
psychoanalysis shifted through Scientology, demonology, and Native
American mysticism, eventually leading Burroughs to believe that he
lived in an increasingly magical universe, where he sent curses and
operated a "wishing machine." His lifelong preoccupation with
freedom and its opposites--forms of control or addiction--coupled
with the globally paranoid vision of his work can be seen to evolve
into a larger ecological concern, exemplified in his idea of a
divide between decent people or "Johnsons" and those who impose
themselves upon others, wrecking the planet in the process.
Drawing on newly available material, and rooted in Burroughs's
vulnerable emotional life and seminal friendships, this insightful
and revealing study provides a powerful and lucid account of his
career and significance.
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