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Retail Therapy
Why the Retail Industry is Broken - and What Can Be Done to Fix It
by Mark Pilkington
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Business
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-6510-3, ISBN: 1-4729-6510-8

"An insightful review of the collapse of the traditional retail sector in the West, and a roadmap for its potential recovery.Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains--some of which have been around for decades. From Toys'R'Us, Aeropostale and A&P, recognized names are vanishing overnight--with the loss of hundreds of stores and thousands of jobs. As such large organizations disappear, so the malls, shop ..."






Strange Attractor Journal Five
by Mark Pilkington, Jamie Sutcliffe
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Strange Attractor Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-907222-52-8, ISBN: 1-907222-52-9

"The return of the Strange Attractor Journal, offering a characteristically eclectic collection of high weirdness from the margins of culture.After seven years of silence, the acclaimed Strange Attractor Journal returns with a characteristically eclectic collection of high weirdness from the margins of culture. Covering previously uncharted regions of history, anthropology, art, literature, architecture, science, and magic since 2004, ea ..."






Retail Therapy
Why the Retail Industry Is Broken - And What Can Be Done to Fix It (Paperback or Softback)
by Mark Pilkington
Paperback, Published 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-7860-8, ISBN: 1-4729-7860-9






Mirage Men
A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs
by Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Constable & Robinson
ISBN-13: 978-1-84529-857-9, ISBN: 1-84529-857-8

"Seeking the truth about UFOs in America, Mark Pilkington and John Lundberg uncover a 60 year-old story stranger than any conspiracy thriller. Through the fascinating account of their quest Mark Pilkington reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare and advanced military technology. Along the way he discovers that the truth about flying saucers is st ..."






Mirage Men(1st Edition)
An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs
by Mark Pilkington
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Skyhorse
ISBN-13: 978-1-60239-800-9, ISBN: 1-60239-800-3

"Part personal odyssey, part espionage adventure, and part social history, Mirage Men delves into the world of UFOs, those who believe in them, and those who would have us believe in them. This is not your average UFO book. Mirage Men explores the strange and symbiotic relationship between the U.S. military and intelligence agencies and the community who believes strongly that UFOs have visited earth. Just how has the U.S. government man ..."






The Alternative Guide to the Universe
Mavericks, Outsiders, Visionaries
by Rick Moody, Ralph Rugoff, Mark Pilkington, Margaret Wertheim, Valérie Rousseau, Professor Roger Cardinal, Roger Cardinal, Valã Rie Rousseau
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2013 by Hayward Gallery Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-85332-316-4, ISBN: 1-85332-316-0

"1An Alternative Guide to the Universe' surveys work that creates unexpected possibilities in art, science and architecture; possibilities so profound that they suggest an alternate reality. Work produced by more than 25 self-taught architects and artists, photographers and futurists, outsider engineers and scientists are featured in this highly illustrated volume. Many of the featured practitioners investigate larger systems of knowledg ..."






Far Out
101 Strange Tales From Science's Outer Edge
by Mark Pilkington
Hardcover, 235 Pages, Published 2007 by Muf Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-60671-024-1, ISBN: 1-60671-024-9

"by the author: "From the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to zero-point energy, via the Hieronymous Machine and Phlogiston, Far Out tells the stories that are all too often ignored, lost, or simply forgotten by conventional science books.""






Strange Attractor Journal Four
(Strange Attractor Press)
by Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by Strange Attractor Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9548054-6-3, ISBN: 0-9548054-6-1

"The eagerly awaited fourth edition of the acclaimed anthology series.From Haiti and Hong Kong to the fourth dimension and beyond: discover the secrets of madness in animals; voodoo soul and dub music; ancient peacock deities; Chinese poisoning cults; the history of spider silk weaving; heathen mugwort magic; sentient lightning; Jesuit conspiracy theories; junkie explorers; Dali's Atlantis; the resurgence of Pan (in London's Crouch End); ..."






The Moons at Your Door
An Anthology of Hallucinatory Tales (Strange Attractor Press)
by David Tibet, Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 2016 by Strange Attractor Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-907222-42-9, ISBN: 1-907222-42-1

"An anthology of strange fiction and hallucinatory tales that collects chilling stories by many innovators of the weird, whilst drawing attention to little-known, and shamefully underrepresented or forgotten, scribes of the macabre.An anthology of strange fiction and hallucinatory tales,  The Moons At Your Door collects chilling stories by many innovators of the weird whilst drawing attention to little-known and shamefully underrepresent ..."






Mirage Men
A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs.
by Mark Pilkington
160 Pages, Published 2010 by Constable
ISBN-13: 978-1-84901-240-9, ISBN: 1-84901-240-7

"The other guard spotted two more figures: heshot one of them throughthe arm and the other through the helmet. Seemingly unhurt, they disappeared overa hill and entered a thirtyfoot flying saucer thattook offat great speed. It was later discovered, the letter reported, that the missile in the silo was missing its nuclear components. Three Enquirer reporters, including Bob Pratt, who later became a respected UFO investigatorin hisown ..."






Strange Attractor Journal Three(1st Edition)
(Strange Attractor Press)
by Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 2006 by Strange Attractor Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9548054-3-2, ISBN: 0-9548054-3-7

"A third helping of high strangeness from the acclaimed Strange Attractor anthology series.ContentsContra Genesis– Catherine EisnerUnusual cases of extra-genital conception, extra-uterine gestation, and other anomalous exitsBurmese Daze– Erik DavisIn which the author submits to the pleasures of a transgender spirit possession festivalAdventures in the Fourth Dimension – Mike JayA Victorian time machine and history's first theme park ride ..."






Far Out(1st Edition)
101 Strange Tales From Science's Outer Edge
by Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Disinformation Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-932857-87-0, ISBN: 1-932857-87-7

"Mark Pilkington charts some of the more curious byways, scenic detours, and inspired failures of scientists, inventors, and, yes, crackpots, over the past few hundred years.From the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to zero-point energy, via the Hieronymous Machine and Phlogiston, Far Out tells the stories that are all too often ignored, lost, or simply forgotten by conventional science books. Some of them are perhaps best left languishing in the ..."






Retail Therapy
Why the Retail Industry Is Broken - and What Can Be Done to Fix It
by Mark Pilkington
336 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-6513-4, ISBN: 1-4729-6513-2

"Why The Retail Industry Is Broken – And What Can Be Done To Fix It Mark Pilkington. 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Chapter. 16. 1 'Sixty-four percent of U.S. households have Amazon prime' – forbes.com – 17 June ... 6 'Embark's self- driving truck completes 2,400 mile cross-U.S. trip' – techcrunch.com – 6 February 2018. 7 '7-Eleven ..."






Retail Therapy
Why the Retail Industry Is Broken - and What Can Be Done to Fix It
by Mark Pilkington
336 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-6512-7, ISBN: 1-4729-6512-4

"... versus Black Friday (the traditional retail day) with US$5 billion.9 If we extrapolate from these growth rates, the global online sector will be ... Among the first to go were service sectors where the product was standard and downloadable, such as travel tickets. ... It is easy to forget that, not so very long ago, areas such as books, music and video had thriving retail sectors – but that has all ... Amazon. effect. The bigge ..."






Far Out
101 Strange Tales from Science's Outer Edge
by Mark Pilkington
240 Pages, Published 2007 by Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN-13: 978-1-934708-39-2, ISBN: 1-934708-39-9

"igital technology has revolutionized photography, but 40 years ago a hard- drinking Chicago hotel porter, Ted Serios, demonstrated abilities ... Serios's feats in The World of Ted Serios: “Thoughtographic” Studies of an Extraordinary Mind ( 1967), describing how Serios conjured up ... Serios was not the first thoughtographer."






London Noir(1st Edition)
Capital Crime Fiction
by Cathi Unsworth, Barry Adamson, Daniel Bennett, Desmond Barry, Joolz Denby, Ken Bruen, Ken Hollings, Patrick Mccabe, Stewart Home, Jerry Sykes, Joe Mcnally, John Williams, Mark Pilkington, Martyn Waites, Michael Ward, Sylvie Simmons, Max Décharné
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Serpent's Tail
ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-930-0, ISBN: 1-85242-930-5

"The city of William Blake and Jack the Ripper; the Bow Street Runners and The Krays; Bedlam and Newgate; the Pistols and the Clash ? London is the ancient capital of crime. London Noir is an A-Z of what lies beneath the official city maps. It takes you on a tour from the mythic East End, where modern day gangsters hide behind a political front; to the bohemian West, where priests pray and police prey on their flocks. In the North uneart ..."






Krautrock(1st Edition)
Cosmic Rock and It's Legacy
by Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, Nikos Kotsopoulos, Erik Davis, David Keenan, Michel Faber, Ken Hollings, David Stubbs, Brian Morton, Archie Patterson, Leon Muraglia, Mark Pilkington.
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2010 by Black Dog Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-906155-66-7, ISBN: 1-906155-66-6

"Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and its Legacy charts the history of this influential music genre, from its roots in free jazz, psychedelia and the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the groundbreaking experiments of Faust, Kraftwerk and Can. The late 1960s in West Germany was a period of profound breakthroughs, upheavals and reversals. Out of this climate, a music scene exploded that would forever change the face of western rock; at times anarc ..."






"Fortean Times" Weird World 1999
by Weird World, Joe Mcnally, Ann Ladbury, Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1998 by John Brown Publishing Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-902212-00-5, ISBN: 1-902212-00-2






Equinox Festival
A Festival of Scientific Illuminism
by Raymond Salvatore Harmon, Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 199 Pages, Published 2009 by Strange Attractor Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-907222-00-9, ISBN: 1-907222-00-6

"The Equinox Festival takes place at London's Conway Hall in June 2009. It is probably the largest gathering of occultists, free thinkers, consciousness explorers, artists, musicians and film-makers ever assembled. This unique book collects essays and artworks by a number of the festival's contributors including comics auteur Alan Moore, psychedelic guru and therapist Ralph Metzger, cultural explorers Erik Davis, Jack Sargeant and Mark P ..."






The Field Guide
The Art, History and Philosophy of Crop Circle Making (MIT Press)
by Robert Irving, John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Strange Attractor
ISBN-13: 978-0-9548054-2-5, ISBN: 0-9548054-2-9

"In the first book of its kind – part history and part how-to guide – the secrets of the crop circle world are revealed by the people behind the modern era's most astounding art practice.Three decades ago, two men in their fifties began flattening circles into the fields of Hampshire and Wiltshire. Little did they know that their Friday night antics would seed an international phenomenon that continues to change people's lives to this da ..."



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