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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume 3 Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume 3
by Danzig Baldaev

Publisher Comments
This final volume of previously unpublished drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev's unparallelled ethnographic achievement, documenting more than 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a... (read more)

Your price: $32.95
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Bad Mags Volume 1 Bad Mags Volume 1
by Tom Brinkmann

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The flip side of popular culture as seen through magazines and tabloids, Bad Mags illuminates the darker recesses of pop lit. The book focuses on magazines and tabloids featuring on various bizarre themes, including Sexploitation, Sharon Tate, Charles... (read more)

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Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals
by Amanda Mccall

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Avoid the messy confrontations that accompany delivering bad news personally and let one of these cute baby animal postcards deliver the devastating message for you. Are you afraid to tell your girlfriend that her ass looks fat? Do you need to explain to... (read more)

Your price: $9.95
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Gothic Art Now Gothic Art Now
by Jas Becket Griffith

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Having spent so long on the periphery of the art world, gothic art is taking its place as a bonafide art form influencing fashion, literature, film, media, music, and design. Gothic Art Now brings together for the first time the finest, the freshest, the... (read more)

Your price: $29.95
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Nerve: The First Ten Years Nerve: The First Ten Years
by Nerve.com

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Way back in the early days of the Internet Nerve.com challenged the best writers and photographers of the generation to create work that was explicit in both senses of the word: honest and sexy. Now ten years later Nerve.com is renowned for its bold and... (read more)

Your price: $40.00
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Yokai Attack Japanese Monster Survival G Yokai Attack Japanese Monster Survival G
by Hiroko Yoda

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Yokai are Japan's traditional creepy-crawlies. Almost always encountered in the dark of night, they were once feared throughout the land. But they're more than just myth, more provocative than pop culture--references to yokai abound in Japanese idioms... (read more)

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MR Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream MR Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
by Steven Watts

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Historian Watts looks at how Hugh Hefner, creator of "Playboy," has become one of the most hated and envied celebrities in America--a man who has always been standing just barely on the wrong side of decency and moral uprightness.... (read more)

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The Art of Romance: Harlequin Mills & Boon Cover Designs. Joanna Bowring and Margaret O'Brien The Art of Romance: Harlequin Mills & Boon Cover Designs. Joanna Bowring and Margaret O'Brien
by Joanna Bowring

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Since 1908 readers have been finding respite from the vagaries of everyday life in the pages of novels published by Mills & Boon. Now part of the Harlequin group, the world's largest romance publisher, the company has published thousands of titles, each... (read more)

Your price: $25.00
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The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz
by Graham Rawle

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In this fascinating reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, artist Graham Rawle has stripped the epic story about Dorothy’s journey to Oz of all remnants of Hollywood iconography. Gone are the Judy Garland braids, the... (read more)

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The Disciples The Disciples
by James Mollison

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Over a three-year period, James Mollison attended pop concerts across Europe and the United States with a mobile photography studio, inviting fans of each music star or band to pose for a portrait on their way into the concert. The result is The... (read more)

Your price: $75.00
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New Attitude: An Adult Paper Doll Book New Attitude: An Adult Paper Doll Book
by Tom Tierney

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Youll love this new deluxe edition of an underground classic. Meet 37 outrageous, sexy, glamorous swinging singles and socialites at a fabulous Manhattan cocktail party hosted by "Aunt Mary." A parade of gay and lesbian stereotypes are trotted out in pap... (read more)

Your price: $29.99
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Catalog: An Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping Catalog: An Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping
by Robin Cherry

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In Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail-Order Shopping, Robin Cherry traces the timeline of these snapshots from American history and discovers along the way how we dressed, decorated our houses, worked, played, and got around. Catalogs are a record... (read more)

Your price: $35.00
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The Retrosexual Manual: How to Be a Real Man The Retrosexual Manual: How to Be a Real Man
by Dave Besley

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What is a retrosexual? The opposite of a namby-pamby metrosexual—those contemporary men who are unsure if she's a girl, woman, lady, or a Ms.; who mince along to book clubs trying to score a quiet reader who's a... (read more)

Your price: $24.95
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The Official High Times Complete Pot Smokers Handbook: Featuring 420 Things to Do When You're Stoned The Official High Times Complete Pot Smokers Handbook: Featuring 420 Things to Do When You're Stoned
by David Bienenstock

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Since 1974 High Times has been the world's most trusted name when it comes to getting stoned. This all-new definitive handbook to pot culture rolls together this inside perspective and collected wisdom into an illustrated keeper ganja guide for readers... (read more)

Your price: $19.95
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Bands on the Road: The Tour Sketchbook Bands on the Road: The Tour Sketchbook
by Silke Leicher

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The coolest bands in American, British, and German independent music share visual histories of important times in their lives. Guy Berryman gets lost in the Pompidou Center, James Valentine draws an LA "Everyman" (and worries about possibly becoming one... (read more)

Your price: $24.95
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Sleeveface Sleeveface
by John Rostron

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More than 200 witty images that are as addictive as popping bubble wrap but a lot more fun. This hilarious book immortalizes the craze that began while DJ Carl Morris was having a bit of fun in a Wales bar. Here is how Sleevefacing works: You find an old-... (read more)

Your price: $13.95
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Vintage Dita Vintage Dita
by Peter W Czernich

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Vogue magazine named her the queen of the burlesque revival, and Vanity Fair calls her a burlesque superheroine. She's integral to the underground fetish scene, yet she's front and center at every buzzed-about fashion show. Today's... (read more)

Your price: $50.00
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Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels, & Wicked Fun Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels, & Wicked Fun
by Sherrie Pfouts

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Todays roller derby is a wildly popular womans contact sport, international in scope. This grass roots sport is built on fun, for the spirited rollerskaters and the fans alike. From Reno to Toronto, roller derby is everywhere. See 250 color images of pr... (read more)

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Wham-O Super-Book: Celebrating 60 Years Inside the Fun Factory Wham-O Super-Book: Celebrating 60 Years Inside the Fun Factory
by Tim Walsh

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Wham-O's irresistible toys practically define childhood for an entire generation. The Frisbee Hula Hoop SuperBall Slip 'N Slide Silly String and Hacky Sack are all cherished companions that brought kids together and still enjoy an enduring popularity... (read more)

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Visual Aid: Stuff You've Forgotten, Things You Never Thought You Knew, and Lessons You Didn't Quite Get Around to Learning Visual Aid: Stuff You've Forgotten, Things You Never Thought You Knew, and Lessons You Didn't Quite Get Around to Learning
by Draught Associates

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"Visual Aid" provides the answers to the little questions in life in a simple, colorful, and engaging way. This eclectic collection of illustrations and diagrams gets readers up to speed on life's basics, without the need for extensive reading.... (read more)

Your price: $15.00
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