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fulfilling ‘a stated aim-in’ one recent column of (hopefully) inger: Publications; $16.50) in» BO

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publishers near and far.» . Subtided. Bringing © Your “Sexual
The” subjects include history,” column that the Berkeley Relationship Back To Life, this is
murder. and* the-resurrection of . publishing house, Black, Lizard not your normal, self-help book:.it
sexual relationships. ‘Eclectic’ may _' Books,.has brought. out an entire should actually do you some good.
"have been too mild an adjective..: “tine. of reprinted /whodunits. from” *.I:steer away fromthe self-help
- The history. component’ comes in . the ’40s,.’50s and carly ‘60s. Some’ category asa rule because the ma-
two parts; one local and: very re- were better left alone but many are » jority of. these books are exploitive
cent, and the other a reprint of a classics ofthe genre. : = trash that are Jitthe more than-a
British: officer's. autobiography... The . works . of _ writer Dan J... modern. version of snake-oil. They.
“Island ©: In: : The? Creek. (Harbour *: Marlowe. definitely, fall into’ the’ offer a .quick-fix for..legitimate
- “Publishing; $14.95 in paperback; :latter category. .The Name of The | human..problems but .seldom ‘ac-
. 95 pp.) by Catherine Gourley is a Game (1962).and Never Live Twice = complish as much for the reader as
handsome, magazine:format book | (1964) are as much fun: today:as ~ they: do for: the. writer’ s bank ac-
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‘False Creek's Granville Island. - The dialogue is. hard-boiled, “fre-. The author of: Rekindling Desire. ;
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Loon “men, were’ men and women: were insights into the effects on* ‘sexual
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