Posts Tagged: The Record Books
The Record Books • Let England Shake
1959 compendium of dance instructions ‘for all the latest ways to cut a rug’.
The Record Books • Let England Shake
1959 compendium of dance instructions ‘for all the latest ways to cut a rug’.
The Record Books • Loveless
Lengthy novel, published in 1964, about the descent into madness of a sexually repressed secretary in London. It may well conclude in a bloodbath of violent retribution, but at over 350 pages of wooden prose, who’s ever going to know?
The Record Books • Loveless
Lengthy novel, published in 1964, about the descent into madness of a sexually repressed secretary in London. It may well conclude in a bloodbath of violent retribution, but at over 350 pages of wooden prose, who’s ever going to know?
The Record Books • Pet Sounds
Japanese pre-school board book. The buttons are to be pressed when the relevant animal is spotted on the pages of the book.
The Record Books • Pet Sounds
Japanese pre-school board book. The buttons are to be pressed when the relevant animal is spotted on the pages of the book.
The Record Books • At Folsom Prison
A collection of poetry written while in confinement (7 years for grand theft). Each poem is inspired by a book in the prison library. This copy was stolen from the library, by the author. Ooops.
The Record Books • At Folsom Prison
A collection of poetry written while in confinement (7 years for grand theft). Each poem is inspired by a book in the prison library. This copy was stolen from the library, by the author. Ooops.
The Record Books • Are You Experienced
Charismatic Harvard whizkid Hendrix’s self-help bible. A spin-off from his phenomenally successful TV reality show, ‘The Experience’.
The Record Books • Are You Experienced
Charismatic Harvard whizkid Hendrix’s self-help bible. A spin-off from his phenomenally successful TV reality show, ‘The Experience’.
The Record Books • Power Corruption and Lies
Pocket guide to best business practice by four experts, each renowned for their corporate and financial nous.
The Record Books • Power Corruption and Lies
Pocket guide to best business practice by four experts, each renowned for their corporate and financial nous.
The Record Books • The Man Machine
‘Pneumatic, insatiable Gloria Grunitsky’s wild rampage across Chicago’s fleshpots – chewing up men as she goes – leads to murderous mayhem she cannot control!!!…’ Yes, I think we get the idea.
The Record Books • The Man Machine
‘Pneumatic, insatiable Gloria Grunitsky’s wild rampage across Chicago’s fleshpots – chewing up men as she goes – leads to murderous mayhem she cannot control!!!…’ Yes, I think we get the idea.
The Record Books • Daydream Nation
60s radical thinker Kenton ‘Sonic’ Youth’s polemic about the refusal to embrace the tide of West Coast philosophies in his native country, Papua New Guinea.
The Record Books • Daydream Nation
60s radical thinker Kenton ‘Sonic’ Youth’s polemic about the refusal to embrace the tide of West Coast philosophies in his native country, Papua New Guinea.
The Record Books • Hot Fuss
Seamy crime thriller set in the Birmingham underworld. The plot revolves around a quantity of quaaludes hidden behind the quilted upholstery of a stolen butterscotch Daimler. And strippers.
The Record Books • Hot Fuss
Seamy crime thriller set in the Birmingham underworld. The plot revolves around a quantity of quaaludes hidden behind the quilted upholstery of a stolen butterscotch Daimler. And strippers.
The Record Books • Blood Sugar Sex Magik
A slim volume of occult incantations. None of them work, though.
The Record Books • Blood Sugar Sex Magik
A slim volume of occult incantations. None of them work, though.
The Record Books • My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Very well preserved and neatly written diary of a 9-year-old schoolboy from Stoke Poges. His title is misleading to an adult reader; his most extreme fantasy extends to driving a Royal Mail overnight delivery train without wearing his glasses.
The Record Books • My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Very well preserved and neatly written diary of a 9-year-old schoolboy from Stoke Poges. His title is misleading to an adult reader; his most extreme fantasy extends to driving a Royal Mail overnight delivery train without wearing his glasses.
The Record Books • Reggatta De Blanc
Case file found in a recently disused courthouse on the French/Italian border near Ventimiglia. It was being used, apparently, to stop a kitchen table from rocking.
The Record Books • Reggatta De Blanc
Case file found in a recently disused courthouse on the French/Italian border near Ventimiglia. It was being used, apparently, to stop a kitchen table from rocking.
The Record Books • The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Sweet, poignant, autobiographical rights-of-passage yarn about the difficulties of growing up a sensitive, intelligent boy in a Kansas village in the 70s.
The Record Books • The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Sweet, poignant, autobiographical rights-of-passage yarn about the difficulties of growing up a sensitive, intelligent boy in a Kansas village in the 70s.
The Record Books • The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Heavy going, this Victorian story of unrequited love’s high point comes when the lady drops the sugar spoon on the balcony, then plunges to her death, all a-panic when the gentleman attempts to retrieve it.
The Record Books • The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Heavy going, this Victorian story of unrequited love’s high point comes when the lady drops the sugar spoon on the balcony, then plunges to her death, all a-panic when the gentleman attempts to retrieve it.
The Record Books • Bad
Gruesome schlock from the prolific Jackson. In this relentless stalkerfest, private eye Dwight Blackman takes on the ‘Shamone’ Killer for the 3rd time. Will the psycho slip through the dick’s fingers yet again? Yes.
The Record Books • Bad
Gruesome schlock from the prolific Jackson. In this relentless stalkerfest, private eye Dwight Blackman takes on the ‘Shamone’ Killer for the 3rd time. Will the psycho slip through the dick’s fingers yet again? Yes.
The Record Books • Blood on the Tracks
Fast-paced 1958 thriller: a jilted train driver hi-jacks his New York subway train to exact revenge upon his love rival, only to threaten the life of his ex-lover. The last 30 pages are missing. Don’t know if she survives.
The Record Books • Blood on the Tracks
Fast-paced 1958 thriller: a jilted train driver hi-jacks his New York subway train to exact revenge upon his love rival, only to threaten the life of his ex-lover. The last 30 pages are missing. Don’t know if she survives.
The Record Books • Agaetis Byrjun
Quasi-religious political tract from 1931. Lots of poetry about light and etchings of waterfalls. Key words picked out in cyan. Published by a wealthy convert to whatever philosophy the book fails to explain adequately.
The Record Books • Agaetis Byrjun
Quasi-religious political tract from 1931. Lots of poetry about light and etchings of waterfalls. Key words picked out in cyan. Published by a wealthy convert to whatever philosophy the book fails to explain adequately.
The Record Books • Born to Run
A rags to glory autobiography by Bruce Reginald Grayson Springsteen. The story of his rise from squalor to bronze in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics is… well, it’s a pretty dull book.
The Record Books • Born to Run
A rags to glory autobiography by Bruce Reginald Grayson Springsteen. The story of his rise from squalor to bronze in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics is… well, it’s a pretty dull book.
The Record Books • Horses
Thorough and clear children’s reference book concerning all things equine. Sadly, many of the illustrations within have been disfigured with juvenile amendments and additions, in biro.
The Record Books • Horses
Thorough and clear children’s reference book concerning all things equine. Sadly, many of the illustrations within have been disfigured with juvenile amendments and additions, in biro.
The Record Books • Jagged Little Pill
Murder mystery. Agoraphobic Danish detective, Jörnn Angstmar, investigates a series of deaths by poison at a Copenhagen Scrabble club.
The Record Books • Jagged Little Pill
Murder mystery. Agoraphobic Danish detective, Jörnn Angstmar, investigates a series of deaths by poison at a Copenhagen Scrabble club.
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