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Rick Russell


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Hi, I'm Rick, and I'm a book nut. I love books. For about ten years I was the world's worst bookseller, because I couldn't bear to part with most of my stock. Naturally, I made my living in advertising, not as a bookseller.

Oscar Wilde, in "The Importance of Being Ernest" wrote: "More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read." So what I am doing is bringing you that half of modern culture. Through the ages there was always something you shouldn't read, or shouldn't read about. Whether it was sex, or politics, art, or religion, science, or fantasy, there always was, and always has been something that you shouldn't read. And part of my life has always been dedicating to giving you the chance to read it.

Back in 1984, I edited and co-published the first American editon of "PISTIS SOPHIA", the most dangerous book ever written. The book that carried the death penalty to possess for over a thousand years. Here, I am just continuing the task. Presenting you with the chance to read those things that someone, somewhere doesn't think you should. Here you'll find things that appeal to you, that's a guarentee. Why? Because if they didn't, no one would care whether you read

them or not.

So come on along with this old, broken-down crusader. Discover that half of modern culture that you shouldn't, because you shouldn't read it.