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Colin E Wilson
Discover the soul of Italian cuisine with "Gusto Italiano Cookbook: Recipes from Italy's Heart to Your Table." Dive into the vibrant flavors and rich culinary traditions of Italy's diverse regions…
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"Dive into the world of delicious and nutritious anti-inflammatory eating with our comprehensive beginner's guide and cookbook. Discover how simple dietary changes can help reduce inflammation in the body and…
Colin Wilson
The best of Colin Wilson in one fantastic volume. Containing extracts from Wilson's work on existentialism, criminology, psychology, and the occult, this is an invaluable introduction to one of the…
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The best of Colin Wilson in one fantastic volume. Containing extracts from Wilson’s work on existentialism, criminology, psychology and the occult, this is an invaluable introduction to one of the…
Clifford P. Bendau
Wilson, who is acknowledged for the consistently high quality of his prose, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, or criticism, has refused to accept the limitations of genre or form, or…
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Tom Taylor, Marvel Various
The New Republic series of Star Wars Legends Epic Collections comes to a close, featuring some of the final Legends appearances of many classic Star Wars heroes!
The New Republic…
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Colin Wilson’s (1931-2013) first book, ‘The Outsider’, was published in 1956. It brought him instant recognition as one of the most radical thinkers of his generation. ‘Brandy of the Damned’…
Colin Stanley
In this study, Colin Stanley, Wilson’s bibliographer and author of Colin Wilson’s ‘Outsider Cycle’: A Guide for Students and Colin Wilson’s ‘Occult Trilogy’: A Guide for Students, provides an illuminating…
Gerry Finley-Day
Genetic Infantryman Rogue Trooper hunts down the Traitor General across the war-torn Nu-Earth in this collection of classic stories by creators Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons, featuring art by Colin…
Nicholas Tredell
‘Tredell’s study is praiseworthy in its depth of insight into Wilson’s fiction, yet his ideas are accessible to anybody capable of reading Wilson himself….The book contains exceptionally useful notes, plus…
The ‘Occult Trilogy’ is the collective label applied to Colin Wilson’s three major works on the occult: The Occult (1971); Mysteries: an Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the…
Giving an account of the hunt for serial killers, the author examines the ways they can be tracked down and caught, from the tried-and-true methods of the early 20th century…
Colin Wilson believes that a highly advanced knowledge system, developed by a pre-Ice-Age civilization, was passed on to ancient Egyptians by survivors. This book attempts to reconstruct that knowledge system…
Sets out to explore the remote depths of history, inspired by the revelation that the Sphinx had been weathered by water and not by wind-blown sand and was, therefore, thousands…
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Literary Nonfiction. Essays. First published in 1965, this iconic collection by a great philosopher contains essays on David Lindsay, L.H. Myers, George Bernard Shaw, Ayn Rand & Henry Williamson, among…
Colin Wilson revitalised existentialism with a completely new approach. This book, first published in 1966, is a clear summary of his ideas, and also develops them to a new stage…
A Fascinating Look into the Psychology of Serial Killers and the Men Who Hunt Them Down.
Vampires from outer space suck the body’s life force with a kiss of death.
Mind parasites are sucking the human mind dry. Humankind must develop paranormal abilities or perish.
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One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky was a complex and romantic soul. His work on accessing a higher level of consciousness beyond everyday…
Describes Rudolph Steiner’s development from shy scholar to the international figurehead of Anthroposophy, his break with Madam Blavatsky’s Theosophy, his struggles to find a voice, and the essence of his…
Poet, Magician, Mountaineer, Polemicist and Pornographer, Aleister Crowley was the most famous, or infamous, name in twentieth century occultism. The author brings this complex and enigmatic figure to life and…
Carl Gustav Jung is one of the seminal figures in the history of depth psychology. Jung’s clinical work and his own experience of so-called occult phenomena led him to formulate…
Presents the life and work of one of the most influential psychological theorists of modern times, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. This examination of a psychologist and teacher of genius also provides…
Colin Wilson’s great classic work is a comprehensive history of mystery and magic. His genius lies in producing a skilful synthesis of the available material; clarifying without simplifying, seeing the…
The seminal work on alienation, creativity, and the modern mindset. First published 30 years ago, it illuminated the struggle of those who seek not only the transformation of the Self…
The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind ‘Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation’ GUARDIAN
RB Kitaj started painting The Architects in August of 1979 to celebrate the remodelling of his home by MJ Long. Painted largely without the models themselves present, this portrait of…
First published London: Gollancz, 1960. –Colophon.
First Valancourt Books edition 2013 –Title page verso.
Perhaps Colin Wilson’s most important work, Super Consciousness combines his existential and occult thinking to explain how we can find profound meaning and joy in life by inducing states of…
Colin Wilson,Colin Stanley
A selection of Colin Wilson’s occult introductions now available, for the first time, in a single volume.
Essential reading for everyone interested in the paranormal, this is the final volume in Colin Wilson’s Occult Trilogy, summing up his 20 years of research into the supernatural.
Colin Stanley,Colin Wilson
Essential reading for everyone interested in the paranormal, this is the sequel to Colin Wilson’s bestselling The Occult and a classic in its own right, drawing on the author’s extraordinary…
John Grant,Student Colin Wilson (Unc),Colin Wilson
Qinmeartha and the Girl Child LoChi An uncomfortably disturbing tale of clashing realities by Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-winning author John Grant. The Tomb of the Old Ones A glorious…
L Colin Wilson
An updated edition of the first ever comprehensive Scots language course, including 25 graded lessons, an English to Scots vocabulary list and more.
L. Colin Wilson
An audio recording to accompany the Luath Scots Language Learner book, which conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland.
Matz
Two cops. Two killers. A political scandal. One beautiful corpse. And a city gripped with fear. This is a classic crime noir tale of violence and revenge from writer Matz…
Colin Wilson,Damon Wilson
Originally published by Hammond World Atlas in 2009.
Human beings have always been cruel, savage and murderous. Is all that about to change?
Student Colin Wilson (Unc)
‘One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation.’ - The Guardian ‘Mr Wilson’s vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests…