non-fiction
 • New! - Mr Muscle Bill Bourke and the Aussie
Blue Oval
In 1967 the XR GT hit the streets setting up what would become
Australia’s very own muscle car mania. Born for Bathurst,
the first
4-door Grand Tourer had local manufacturers buffing up and muscling
up - embracing the notion: win Sunday, sell Monday.
Some said it was mayhem, even deathly chaos.
All because a golden sedan dared to roar.
And for the XR GT we have Bill Bourke to thank.
$16 95 also availible from
www.pitstop.net.au
 Filth by Bob Short
Price:
$16.95
Bob Short has been there, done that and gone back for second
helpings. As a detailed biography would read like a work of fiction,
he has refused to supply one. There is, however, enough idle
speculation, criminal confession and general biographical material
contained in theses pages to satisfy anyone. If you really are
a very determined stalker and need to know more, you could try
the internet or hire a private detective.
 •The
First Australian V8
This is the story of a man who created a brilliantly engineered
V8 engine and his attempt at building the first all-Australian
sports car – the mission that never was, in a life more
than inspiring which ended so tragically.
This is the story of Jimmy McMahon.
$16.95
also available from
The Pitstop Bookshop
www.pitstop.net.au
 •Defying
Gravity, The Dale Buggins Story
The life of Dale Buggins has two distinctly different parts.
One is how a stunt
rider from country New South Wales captured the imagination of millions of people
both in Australia and overseas. The other is the tragedy that
saw him take his own life at the age of twenty.
In a very real sense
the two are inextricably linked. Like Chuck Connors famously
said – it takes a certain kind of Cat
to be a thrill seeker.
$16.95
also available from
The Pitstop Bookshop
www.pitstop.net.au
 •Jones
Classic Australian Car Guide
Sure, there’s the mortgage, the kids, dental work that
needs doing and somewhere to put those aged relatives – no
shortage of options for disposable income, but owning an Australian
collectable car before you die is the new must do thing
the question is…which one?
over 650 models...
over 200 manufacturers...
this book is the ultimate Australian classic car guide
$17.95
Also available from:
Beven Young
www.bevenyoung.com.au
The Pitstop Bookshop
www.pitstop.net.au
International orders
www.lulu.com/content/2280989
•Trash
Can, tales of low life losers & rock & roll
sleaze by Bob Short.
"I'm going to take you on a journey not into science but
into my own fetid prose. The story is as real as you want it to
be. Nothing has been changed to protect the innocent because all
the ninja movies I've seen have taught me that everyone is guilty. It's
a dirty job but someone has got to do it.
"Don't try this at home.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•King
Street Blues, by Denis Fitzpatrick, $12.95.
When When I arrived in Newtown I had absolutely no idea about
how to go about finding a squat (they are advertised but in underground
shops).
'JUST LOOK,' said a voice, which seemed sensible enough
So, again, I headed away from relative safety, inveigling myself
in the back alleys, sniffing the urban air for musty scents and
looking for telltale signs of abandonment.
•Collected Thoughts
of our Time, Volume one
Insight, wisdom, thoughts – a selection of writers', philosophers'
and thinkers' minds are collected in one intellectually psycho-shattering
volume.
$12.95.
•Cape York Expedition,
1848
As told by W.M. Carron.
In 1848 14 men set off on an expedition that would ultimately
end in tragedy, $9.50.
•Dig This
the best of pop culture
late 90s cult fanzine, limited number of issues available $4.00ea
•Bizarrism
fanzine, for the discerning reader who seeks knowledge and entertainment
issues 6 & 7 $5.00ea.
•Cookin' with the
Hillbillies.
30 Great recipes straight off the farm, $6.50.
•Leon Fish's Food
Guide to Good Lovin'.
Limited edition, $12.50.
•Heinous Number Five.
The classic Evel Knievel fanzine from Seattle. Last issue, $6.50.
•Ringo
Ray's Guide to Cinematic Lunacy.
[ see
pic ]
The sleazy, the cheezy and the downright trashy, $8.50.
•Tales
in Australian Aviation. [
see
pic ]
Real-life Australian aviation stories, $12.50.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•Tales
of the Cinematic Experience. [
see
pic ]
Real-life cinematic stories from film-makers and film-watchers,
$12.50
This book combines the experiences of people who make films
and people who watch films. From guerilla to B-grade to Hollywood.
It's all here - the good, bad and ugly.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
^–top
life-style
•NEW!
- The Daddies Split Guide,
by Ian Purdie, 12.95.
This guide is hard hitting,
sometimes bellow the belt but always true to form. Purdie tells
it like it is, he pulls no punches in what gets ugly, tackles
the bad and ends up all good.
"...this book is like a Henry Miller of divorce, righteous
& true..."
Gas Wylde.
•Tales of the Lovin'
Experience.
Holly Delasandro brings to together people's experiences of the
lovin' process, $12.50.
•Analysing
the Smiths. [
see
pic ]
A session by session analysis of a marriage entering the apocalypse,
by Morris T Speed, $12.50.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•How
Not to Marry an Idiot. [
see
pic ]
A woman's guide to finding the perfect husband, by Holly Delasandro,
$12.50.
Marriage for many women is what they want. So it makes sense to
think it through.
•Mr
Mum and Loving It: Staying
home with the kids - a man's survival guide.
by Damian Kringas, $12.50.
"If you want to hang with the mummies, you have to walk
like an Egyptian."
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
^–top
fiction
 •REISSUE
- Her,
leaving, as the Acid hits.
A story in the form of a free-verse novel in four movements & two tenuously
linked appendices by Benito Di Fonzo, $19.95
•Going
Home, by Timothy John Groth, $19.95
Tim Groth’s latest sci-fi novel.
"…Engaging... Laced with dark humour and wit…
Delivers an uncompromising vision of a future world grown both
cruel and cold…"
-Gerhard Mozsi.
•Death Run
24-70, by Jack T Elliot, $11.50.
"This skater tale is so rad it's all I can do not to bust
my bearings reading it in one go."
Diggs "flip-trick" Slone. [ Read
a sample... ]
•Fairy
Twisted Tales, $12.95.
...while ol' tales and their messages remain timeless the interpretation
is well-up for renovation.
And that's what we have here.
The best writers taking a hammer to the oldest tales – with
or without fairies and leaving them – twisted.
Well and truly.
•The
Causeway Fables Vol. 11,
By Gas Wylde
Working class mystery man, Dixie Dreggs, is back in full cry with
a collection of tales from the great beyond. $12.95
•Stella Mylo,
By Hilton Freebourne
Cold day- Stella and I are sitting on this bench.
"I'll get you a jumper", she says.
"Hug would be nicer."
"I don't do hugs."
Yeah right. Stella Mylo doesn't do hugs.
$12.50
•Hit
'em High
A classic tale from the cult gay western writer Dallas T. Steaghourn.
It ain't easy huntin' outlaws for a livin'. It takes a certain
kind of man. A man like Tex Chancy. $12.50
 •Lonesome
Outlaw
A classic tale from the cult gay western writer, Dallas T. Steaghourn.
The life of an outlaw can be lonely. For one man, it was the only
life he knew. $12.50.
Watch out for Dallas T's next great title, Hit 'em High.
•Also available as an audio book, $7:50 (CD format).
•The Noise Maker
by Timothy John Groth, $12.50
"Sci-fi can often be unbelievable, but The Noise Maker
is extremely believable in its unbelievability. An epic in miniature.
A classic."
–Skive Magazine
•Canteen Bitch-slap
by Damian Kringas, $12.50
Running a school canteen is never an easy job. For a man dealing
with his mid-life crisis it's a matter of life and death.
•Bearing all Gods
and Goddesses
by Denis Fitzpatrick
A collection of short stories from Sydney's hippest writer.
$12.50.
•Zeppelin 59
by Leon Fish
Leon Fish once more adds his unique writing style to an epic tale
of guts, courage and mateship, $12.50.
•Compiled Fitzpatrick
a collection of short stories from the hippest of off-beat writers,
Denis Fitzpatrick, $9.50.
•Reprint !
- Jake
with a Snarly Smile on his Chops.
by Matthew Ward.
A fast-paced tale of love, lust, infidelity & hard-drinking
Australians. $16.95 print / $5.00 Ebook.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD OR PAYPAL- SECURE SITE
•Leon The Fish.
A novel in episodes, Zaresky Press, by Damian Kringas, $16.50.
"Proust meets Zippy the Pinhead in a nudie bar."
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•Orpheus Emerged.
A lost classic by Jack Kerouac, ibooks, h/cover, $14.50.
"Rebellion, self-destructive behaviour, alcoholism
- all the Kerouac hallmarks are in evidence..."
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•The Causeway Fables
Volume 3.
A collection of short stories by Gas Wylde.
"...in a poetically woven tapestry of word-smithing -
this book of Wylde"s gets my go-go going." $12.50.
BUY
THIS BOOK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD - SECURE SITE
•Bloodspit.
A tale of blood, mirrors and scary little sisters.
The novella of the Trash Drive In, Hendrix/ Fish film. $14.95.
^–top
 trash
fiction – $12.50
each
•To
Kill A Poet. [
see
pic ]
Jack Bennet is a hip dude living in a crazy world filled
with killers, druggies, poets and big drinking call girls. And
they're just his friends.
•Yes Sir, I can Boogie.
James Spatular is a man of many talents. And in the world of international
espionage he's never short of work.
•Pleasure World.
Turning forty is never pretty. When you're a washed-up private
investigator, it's even uglier.
•Gomez Au Go-Go.
Felix Bolt is a guerilla film-maker who's never been to film school.
And yet, he's going to make a feature film.
•Deploy
All Seamen.
Put twenty Ukrainian librarians on a worn-out submarine chasing
illegal fishing boats - all hell breaks loose. Add a hard drinking
Captain and it starts to get interesting.
•Black Cat Bastard.
Captain Bunsen returns to the sea in this, Leon Fish's latest
trash novella.
^–top
poetry
Peninsula:
Selected Poems
by
Trevor Hewett (UK)
In print ($12.95
incl. postage)+ ebook ($3.00).
"Most of the poems reflect the magic of nature,
but together the images build a detailed picture with nuances.
There is also the powerful, indifferent, cruel side of the natural
world, but Hewett finds the life-sustaining aspect even of this..."
(–Clark Gormley)
•Sub-Urban Poems
Lynda Hawryluk
"I would crawl across a river of broken glass, sell my liver,
or hock a lung for one phoneme of Lyndarama's stuff" –Benito
Di Fonzo.
$12.95.
•Wordjammin'
"Spoken, sung, slurred and slung, Wordjammin' is the word
and the word is good – syntactically elastic and phonetically
fecund." - Tug Dumbly.
Book and CD, $16.95.
•Cut me a line of
Poetry
a very limited collectors edition of the works of Benito Di Fonzo,
$10.00.
•First
Breath
poems on pregnancy, birth and motherhood
edited by Vee Malner, $16.95.
•Mad Dogs in the
Junkyard
poetry by Mathew Flood. $12.50.
^–top
|
