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  • MIDNIGHT SUN. by Reid, Elwood.
    Reid, Elwood.
    MIDNIGHT SUN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (third book), a story of "two tough-talking drifters forced to confront their vulnerability in the Alaskan wilderness." When Jack and Burke agree to help a favor rescue his daughter from a strange milennial cult, in return for $10,000, they find themselves in a struggle for their lives. SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-385497369.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81789
    Keywords: alaska, cult, grizzly bears, Modern first editions, survival
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  • MIDNIGHT SUN. by Reid, Elwood.
    Reid, Elwood.
    MIDNIGHT SUN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel (third book), a story of "two tough-talking drifters forced to confront their vulnerability in the Alaskan wilderness." When Jack and Burke agree to help a favor rescue his daughter from a strange milennial cult, in return for $10,000, they find themselves in a struggle for their lives. SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 81790
    Keywords: alaska, arc, cult, grizzly bears, Modern first editions, survival, uncorrected proof
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  • THE ULTIMATE GAME: The Rise and Fall of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, by Strelley, Kate with Robert D. San Souci.
    Strelley, Kate with Robert D. San Souci.
    THE ULTIMATE GAME: The Rise and Fall of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - An insider's account of the Rajneesh movement - the author was the "secretary" to Ma Anand Sheela for most of 1976-1981, and thus she was part of the inner circle controlling the ashram and its financial affairs, This book attempts but does not quite manage to explain the allure of the movement, and, since Strelley was only on the periphery after the move to Oregon, it does not really explain the collapse either. Strelley's final conclusion is that Bhagwan was the center of it all. An interesting look at a phenomena that was very much a part of the times - late 1960s thru early 1980s - but…

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    New York: Harper & Row, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - An insider's account of the Rajneesh movement - the author was the "secretary" to Ma Anand Sheela for most of 1976-1981, and thus she was part of the inner circle controlling the ashram and its financial affairs, This book attempts but does not quite manage to explain the allure of the movement, and, since Strelley was only on the periphery after the move to Oregon, it does not really explain the collapse either. Strelley's final conclusion is that Bhagwan was the center of it all. An interesting look at a phenomena that was very much a part of the times - late 1960s thru early 1980s - but one which still continues to have an influence today from a different perspective than the award-winning documentary "Wild, Wild Country." Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-062508210.

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    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bottom edge of textblock slightly bumped).

    Book ID: 73330
    Keywords: autobiography, counterculture, cult, encounter groups, india, oregon, philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, true crime
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