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diff --git a/bboc.tex b/bboc.tex
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--- a/bboc.tex
+++ b/bboc.tex
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 \interfootnotelinepenalty=9000
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \usepackage{multicol}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
 \usepackage{epigraph}
 \setlength{\epigraphwidth}{0.8\textwidth}
 \newcommand{\repigraph}[2]{\epigraph{\flushright\enquote{#1}}{#2}}
@@ -23,8 +25,21 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 
+\pagenumbering{Roman}
+\def\thepage{} % no page numbers on the cover
+\begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(0pt,0pt)
+\noindent\includegraphics*[height=\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]{Oekaki.png}
+\end{textblock*}
+
+\newpage
+% this is the "page" for the cover
+You found Waldo! % we need some kind of text for this page to actually be a page. a ~ would be enough but this is more fun and is covered up by the actual cover image
+\newpage
+This is the inside of the cover. We could put stuff here.
+
 \maketitle
 
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
 \tableofcontents
 
 \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
@@ -80,10 +95,20 @@
 \input{33_Capitalism_and_barbary_Black_table_of_slaughters_and_wars_in_the_XXth_century}
 \input{appendix}
 
-\newpage
-
+% this maneuver works so long as the bibliography is only one page
+\clearpage{\cleardoublepage}
 \bibliography{refs}
 \bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
 
+\newpage{\thispagestyle{empty}}
+This is the inside of the back.
+\newpage{\thispagestyle{empty}}
+This text is behind the back cover image and is invisible.
+
+\def\thepage{}
+\begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(0pt,0pt)
+\noindent\includegraphics*[height=\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]{tombs.png}
+\end{textblock*}
+
 \end{document}
 
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