Movies have been made, cultural trends influenced and political crimes. Kossys essays on unusual and kooky people, illustrated with collages, clip art, and drawings. Shows genuine collectors passion and delight without degenerating into snobbism. Kossy is a us writer, zine publisher, and online used book dealer based in portland, oregon.
Explore books by donna kossy with our selection at. Donna kossy, book happy booksellers here, let me answer for mike since its been over a month. The kite runner 10th anniversary edition by khaled hosseini. Ive been selling collectible books via mail order and online since 1998 with 100% positive feedback on multiple sites. Ive been selling collectible, scarce and unusual books and ephemera by mail order and online since 1998. I later learned more from a book by author donna kossy who indicated the procedure might actually work to expand consciousness. Repeat contributors include tuli kupferberg and pagan kennedy.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Strange creations, by donna kossy, selfproclaimed expert of kookology purports itself as a tome dedicated to the strangest ideas about human origin something i was so down for. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Art from book happy booksellers browse recent arrivals. Gustav jaeger and the discovery of duft, by ed castello. The original donna kossys kooks magazine 3 by kossy, donna editor and a great selection of related. The book is divided into a large quantity of small articles. Kossy show us the genius of these mad men and women, yet never looses sight of the fact that they are, for the most part utterly insane or are they. Few of the usual cast of characters appear in this book and there are too many new ones to keep track of. Combining orders to bell, ca facility alibris message boards.
Aberrant ideas of human origin from ancient astronauts to aquatic apes has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Donna kossy librarything catalog your books online. Kooks, a guide to the outer limits of human belief kossy, donna on. Kossy born september 8, 1957 is a us writer, zine publisher, and online used book dealer based in portland, oregon. Danica collins donna ambrose parked up being naughty. False positive donna kossy lux mentis, booksellers. Kossy abandoned false positive to focus on her spinoff zine kooks, her book kooks, and her online kooks museum. Bwwalibris customer in france wants to change address.
This is the expanded version of an article written for donna kossys wonderful new magazine book happy, devoted to curious and osbscure books. Its almost as if a different author wrote this book, although it still said marcia martin. Because comic books are just for kids, and they should never ever have adult themes and images. Donna boldly blazes new trails in the vast intellectual wilderness of american writers, thinkers and philosophers who were or are completely nuts. In this book youll discover religious movements, political movements, racism, health, art, and more. Book happy 2 by kossy, donna editor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kooks, a guide to the outer limits of human belief. Welcome from donna kossy of book happy booksellers. In 1997, kossy started editing and publishing book happy 19972002, a printed magazine which ran for seven. You might enjoy a visit to donna kossy s book happy. Another weird and eccentric 1980s selfproduced zine, this publication having a theme of cars and crime. Donna kossy is listed as a registrant with book happy booksellers in oregon. Donna kossy is currently considered a single author. Many of these people tread a fine line and some are perhaps just so far advanced that we simply cant fathom their reality.
Book happy is the latest publication from donna kooks kossy, your guide to the world of incredibly strange books and loopy literature none of which is ever likely to appear in collectors price guides. These and many other peculiar notions and eccentric people are found in donna kossy. I always mark my orders shipped as soon as i know i have the book in hand, so they wont expire so i did that. The black messiahs, including elija huhammad and how to eat to live and plenty of contact addreses. Book happy issue 4 summer 1999 by kossy donna editor 59321. While doc brittons recordings helped foster awareness of decs rants and his underground notoriety, little was known about the man and his life. When i first received the email from the customer i hadnt yet even received the order so i didnt know if he was confused or if it was a real order. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The most intensive and comprehensive zine about comics out there.
I aspire to old school values of accurate, detailed descriptions, secure packaging, prompt shipments and helpful, knowledgeable customer service. Donna kossys paean to books of unusual, mischievous or peculiar natures. I was drawn in by promises of aquatic ape theory delivered and expected that to set the tone of the book notdelivered. Specializing in the history of forgotten, discredited and extreme ideas, which she calls crackpotology and kookology, she is better known for her books. Will drilling a hole in your head lead to enlightenment.
The urantia book covered in strange creations by donna kossy is a bizarre hodgepodge of eugenics, extraterrestrial racetheory, biblical history, and intergalactic bureaucracy written in the language befitting a battalion of tax lawyers. Kossy s essays on unusual and kooky people, illustrated with collages, clip art, and drawings. Nov 11, 2018 donna kossy studied weirdos long before it was cool. Feral house has been publishing innovative and celebrated nonfiction books since 1989. It was the fact that it might have beneficial effects to enhance ones state of. Check the coffee pot at cambridge university, england. Ahmed fishmonger on the 7 wonders of kookdom watts towers, sagrada familia, coral castle, the orchestra of harry. Nonfiction yeah, right paperback sleaze the spawn of psychopathia sexualis. From the berserk theosophical tales of root races to the devolutionary theory of kissmaerth to the reptoids of such fellows as david barclay how she misses david icke is beyond me, and thats the only reason this book doesnt get five stars and even the ideas of marshall applewhite aka do and the next level crew that have become known as heavens gate after their website, donna kossy. Kossy, by the way, is the author of kooks, a fascinating study of american eccentrics.
Its an extremely admirable task to wade through such brackish water, but the result is a mixture of curiosity, admiration, downward social comparison, and intrigue. Portland, or 97206 information regarding the right of cancellation. Itemid 59321title book happy issue 4 summer 1999author kossy donna editor publisher printed by dan fast printingdate 1999booktype paperbacksize 28 x. Part punk and political, with several contributors, including robert carr of smurfs in hell. Probably my least favorite of the donna parker series. Aberrant ideas of human origin from ancient astronauts to aquatic apes has 1 available editions to buy at half price books. Join facebook to connect with donna kossy and others you may know. Kooks by donna kossy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Announcement book happy booksellers specializes in unusual, unique, hardto find, vintage and antiquarian publications, books, pamphlets and ephemera in. Home book happy booksellers the original donna kossy s kooks magazine 2 the original donna kossy s kooks magazine 2 by kossy, donna editor condition. I have one of the books on this entry page, the one with the cover art of the giant flying eyeballs terrorizing humans. Michael hoffman fortean sleuth and shelby downwards cohort research publications the alternative culture source ak press anarchists books. World of weird books former home of the kooks museum, donna kossy, curator bulwerlytton fiction contest annual contest to come up with the worst first line for a work of fiction.
I finally did receive the order on sunday or monday of the holiday weekend. A guide to the outer limits of human belief 1994, featuring the first biography of francis e. I only began writing, out of necessity, when i was the editor and publisher of several small magazines usually known as zines. Book happy about collecting weird books, but it became too expensive and timeconsuming. Strip happy by donna kinsey, 9781574216165, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Book publishers feral house a publisher that refuses to be domesticated books dangerous to mindless thought. A guide to the outer limits of human belief by donna kossy online at alibris. A guide to the outer limits of human belief 9780922915675.
Specializing in the history of forgotten, discredited and extreme ideas, which she calls crackpotology and kookology, she is better known for her books kooks. This book sifts through the muck and gets to the good stuff. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Donna kossy j, 62 portland, or background report at. Reverend donna kossy specializes in discovering the strangest and most bizarre books ever published. A guide to the outer limits of human belief, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist.
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