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Alcohol: How to Give It Up and Be Glad You Did (second edition), by Philip Tate. This popular self-help book is practical, comprehensive, and easy to use. It not only helps alcohol abusers understand their behavior, but provides practical steps that anyone can use to solve an alcohol problem. Written by a cognitive-behavioral psychologist, this book includes chapters on overcoming low self-esteem, depression, stress, attending self-help groups, and living a better life after quitting. Each chapter contains specific self-help techniques. Recommended by SMART Recovery. ISBN 1-884365-10-8 / 224 pp. / was $14.95, now only $10.00 [ See Review ] [ Order by mail ] Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure? (second edition), by Charles Bufe. This is the only critical history/analysis of AA in print. It also provides in-depth analysis of AA's (in) effectiveness and pronounced cult-like tendencies. ISBN 1-884365-12-4 / 208 pp. / was $19.95, now only $14.95 [ See Reviews ] [ Order by mail ] The Anti-Christ, by Friedrich Nietzsche. This is Nietzsche’s final book, and it’s a fitting capstone to his career. It’s succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8,000-word introduction by its translator, the famous iconoclastic writer, H.L. Mencken. ISBN 1-884365-20-5 / 96 pp. / was $6.95, now only $5.95 [ See Review ] [ Order by mail ] Order The Anti-Christ and The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche for only $13.00 ($14.90 if ordered separately, [$16.90 cover price]) Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political and Environmental Groups, by Peter Gelderloos. This book is a quick-and-easy guide to consensus decision making. Its clear structure allows it to serve equally well as a how-to manual for those unfamiliar with consensus process, and as a reference for those already familiar with it. ISBN 1-884365-39-6 / 120 pp. / was $10.95, now only $5.00 [ See Review ] [ Order by mail ] Cuban Anarchism: The History of a Movement, by Frank Fernández. Translation and Introduction by Chaz Bufe. This inspiring history of the Cuban anarchist movement is also a history of the Cuban labor movement. It covers both from their origins in the mid-19th century to the present, and ends with an enlightening analysis of the failure of the Castro dictatorship. ISBN 1-884365-19-1 / 154 pp. / Was$10.95, now only $5.00 [ See Reviews ] [ See Excerpt ] [ Order by mail ] The Devil's Dictionaries, Second Edition (revised & expanded): The Best of The Devil's Dictionary and The American Heretic's Dictionary, consists of the best 200+ definitions from Ambrose Bierce, well over 500 definitions by Chaz Bufe, and 55 illustrations by J.R. Swanson. This new edition contains 90 new and 150 revised definitions by Bufe, 7 new illustrations by J.R. Swanson, a new introduction by Earl Lee, a revised preface by Bufe, and a new appendix of relevant quotations. The book's targets are religion, the government, the police, the military, capitalism, marxism, and the everyday hypocrisies and idiocies of men and women. ISBN 1-884365-35-3 / 186 pp. (6" X 9") / was $9.95, now only $5.00 [ See Reviews ] [ See Excerpts ] [ Order by Mail ] [ contact the author: chaz(at)seesharppress.com ] Order The Devil's Dictionaries and The Heretic's Handbook of Quotations for only $17.95 ($19.95 if ordered separately, [$26.90 cover price]) The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, by Mick Berry & Jason Gianni. This is an encyclopedic book/2-CD set containing nearly 400 grooves written out in standard notation, histories of the styles covered, and innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, funk, and on and on — virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play ISBN 1-884365-32-9 / 181 pp. (8.5" X 11") + 2 CDs / was $32.95, now only $20.75 [ See Reviews ] [ Order by Mail ] [ contact the authors: jason(at)drummersbible.com & mick(at)drummersbible.com ] Food Not Bombs, by Keith McHenry and C.T. Butler. The official manual of the world- wide group dedicated to feeding the hungry and homeless while exposing why there are so many hungry and homeless. ISBN 1-884365-21-3 / 128 pp. / was $8.95, now only $7.95 [ Entire Text on line ] [ Order by mail ] [ contact the author: foodnotbombs(at)earthlink.net ] Getting a Bigger Sound: Pickups and Microphones for Your Musical Instrument, by Bart Hopkin. If you want to amplify your acoustic instrument, this is the book for you. It covers magnetic and contact pickups, onboard and offboard microphones for all kinds of instruments, and has detailed plans for do-it-yourselfers. (Remaining copies are all "seconds" — new copies with slight cover defects.) ISBN 1-884365-34-5 / 100 pp. (8.5" X 11") / was $16.95, reduced to $8.00 [ Order by Mail ] [ contact the author: emi(at)windworld.com ] The Heretic's Handbook of Quotations: Cutting Comments on Burning Issues (expanded edition), Charles Bufe, editor. This oversize book contains thousands of quotations on politics, sex, law, labor, capitalism, anarchism, women, religion, the arts, and 20 other subjects. Organized in chapters by subject, this book also contains an index, capsule biographies, and dozens of cartoons and illustrations. Hundreds of writers are represented, including Bakunin, Mencken, the Marxes, (Groucho and Karl), Twain, Reich, Voltaire, Shaw, Chomsky, Diderot, Bookchin, Goldman, Berkman, Paine, Kroptkin, and Bierce. ISBN 1-884365-27-2 / 238 pp. / was $16.95, now $14.95 [ See Reviews ] [ See Excerpts ] [ Quote of the Day ] [ Order by mail ] [ contact the editor: chaz(at)seesharppress.com ] Order The Heretic's Handbook of Quotations and The Devil's Dictionaries for only $17.95 ($19.95 if ordered separately, [$26.90 cover price]) The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition, by Upton Sinclair. The original edition—almost unknown since its appearance as a serial in 1905, and quickly suppressed upon its brief re-emergence in the 1980s—is a full third longer than the censored commercial edition. It contains 36 chapters rather than the 31 in the common expurgated version, and restores Sinclair's most pointed social and political commentary, additional gory descriptions of the meatpacking industry, ethnic color, and a large amount of material dealing with corporate crime and political corruption cut from the commercial edition. This edition also contains a new Foreword by Earl Lee dealing with the suppression of the original edition in 1905/1906 and again in the 1980s, and a new Introduction by Kathleen De Grave dealing at length with the pattern of and reasons for the cuts which resulted in the standard, expurgated edition. ISBN 1-884365-30-2 / 368 pp. (oversize) / was $12.00, now only $8.95 [ Order by Mail ] The Mormon Cult: A Former Missionary Reveals the Secrets of Mormon Mind Control, by Jack B. Worthy. This is both a missionary memoir and an expose on the LDS Church's intense childhood indoctrination techniques. Simultaneously fascinating, entertaining, horrifying, and revealing. You'll never look at those poor kids in the white shirts and ties in the same light after reading this book. ISBN 1-884365-44-7 / 214 pp. (6"x9") / was $14.95, now only $11.00 [ Order by Mail ] Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Making, by Bart Hopkin. Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Making, by Bart Hopkin. An encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs for instruments along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions. ISBN 1-884365-08-6 / 192 pp. (8.5"x11") / was $18.95, now only $12.50 [ See Reviews ] [ Order by Mail ] [ contact the author: emi(at)windworld.com ] Order Getting a Bigger Sound and Musical Instrument Design for only $18.50 ($20.50 if ordered separately, [$35.90 cover price]) Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug, and Recovery Habits, by James DeSena. This book presents an easy to follow, step by step guide to quitting your addictions—including your addiction to 12-step groups—permanently. If you want to get sober but don't want to spend several hours per week for the rest of your life sitting in boring meetings, this is the book for you. ISBN 1-884365-29-9 / 224 pp. / was $14.95, now only $10.00 [ Order by mail ] The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, by H.L. Mencken. Despite being the first book on Nietzsche ever published in English (in 1908), this is still one of the better intros, and it's almost certainly still the most entertaining. It should be of interest to both Nietzsche and Mencken aficionados. This edition contains a new introduction by Charles Bufe, a new Recommended Reading section, and dozens of new explanatory notes scattered throughout the text. ISBN 1-884365-31-0 / 208 pp. / was $9.95, now only $8.95 [Order by Mail ] [ See Introduction ] Order The Anti-Christ and The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche for only $13.00 ($14.90 if ordered separately, [$16.90 cover price]) Raptured: The Final Daze of the Late, Great Planet Earth, by Earl Lee. This novel, volume 1 of the "Kiss My Left Behind" series, satirizes the unfortunately popular apocalyptic "Left Behind" series. It's also an attack on the fundamentalist arrogance, hypocrisy, and nuttiness that underlies those pathological novels. ISBN 1-884365-42-3 / 187 pp. / was $9.95, now only $5.00 [ Order by mail ] Resisting 12-Step Coercion, by Stanton Peele, Charles Bufe, and Archie Brodsky. This revealing text is a guide for the one million-plus Americans per year who face coerced religious indoctrination in the guise of alcohol or drug treatment. It outlines legal strategies and existing court decisions, and shows how useless and sometimes harmful 12-step treatment can be. It also contains a considerable amount of material on the routine violation of standard medical ethics by addiction treatment providers, and examples of such violations. ISBN 1-884365-17-5 / 208 pp. / was $14.95, now only $10.00 [ See Reviews ] [ Order by mail ] [ contact the authors: chaz(at)seesharppress.com or Stanton Peele at his web site ] The Ultimate Betrayal: The Enabling Mother, Incest and Sexual Abuse, by Audrey Ricker, PhD. This pioneering self-help book takes a close look at an area that has been ignored or downplayed by other books on incest and childhood sexual abuse: the role of the nonperpetrating parent. Different from previous books, The Ultimate Betrayal treats the enabling mother not as a victim, but as an adult responsible for her failure to protect her child. Ricker illustrates her analysis with 25 detailed case histories, and she provides a myriad of self-help exercises to help survivors begin to reclaim their lives. ISBN 1-884365-40-X / 186 pp. / listed at $12.95, now only $10.00 [ Order by mail ] Under the Influence: Reflections of Albert Ellis in the Work of Others, Emmett Velten, ed. This is a collection of 14 essays by prominent REBT psychologists covering many aspects of Ellis's contributions to psychology. It includes what is almost certainly Ellis's final work, Under the Influence's concluding chapter, "Future 'Borrowings' from REBT That May Be Used Without Giving Proper Credit." ISBN 1-884365-37-9 / 258 pp. (6"x9") / was $14.95, now only $12.95 [ Order by mail ] An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians, by Chaz Bufe. This perennially popular book is now in its sixth printing. It explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. Contains over 100 musical examples. ISBN 1-884365-00-0 / 74 pp. (8.5"x11") / was $9.95, now only $7.95 [ See Reviews ] [ Order by mail ] [ contact the author: chaz(at)seesharppress.com ] From Our Friends at Other Publishers Freedom from God: Restoring the Sense of Wonder, by Harry Willson (Amador Press). An inspirng book—especially for young people—by a former missionary and pastor. Very helpful to those choosing between honesty and religion. ISBN 0-938513-33-8 / 213 pp. / $15.00 [ Order by mail ] What Is Anarchism?, by Alexander Berkman (AK Press). Eighty years after its original publication, this is probably still the best introduction to anarchism. Well written, inspiring, and clear as a pane of glass. (Available in bulk at the same discount as See Sharp Press titles.) ISBN 1-902593-70-7 / 236 pp. / was $13.95, now $11.50 [ Order by mail ] Upcoming Books Albert Ellis: American Revolutionary, by Emmett Velten. This book traces the development of the theories and techniques of perhaps the most important psychologist of the 20th century. The author is a longtime associate of Ellis. (for release in Summer 2009) The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, by Mick Berry and Tim Boomer. The bass player's version of our very popular Drummer's Bible. (for release in September 2008) Stage Fright: Overcoming America's #1 Fear, by Mick Berry and Michael Edelstein. Interviews with dozens of top actors, musicians, comedians, and political figures reveal how they've overcome their fears of performing and/or public speaking. (for release in January 2009) [ top ]