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The Actor's Guide to Greedby Rick CoppISBN 0758209614 (0-7582-0961-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Alienistby Caleb CarrISBN 0812976142 (0-8129-7614-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alienist'Book summary:The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels.
The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology-- amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before. and will kill again before the hunt is over.
Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences.
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As Isby William M. HoffmanISBN 0822200732 (0-8222-0073-2)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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The Bewitchments of Love and Hateby Storm ConstantineISBN 0812505565 (0-8125-0556-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, And Denial in Black Americaby Keith Boykin, E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0786717041 (0-7867-1704-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Boyfriend 101: A Gay Guy's Guide to Dating, Romance, and Finding True Loveby Jim SullivanISBN 0812992199 (0-8129-9219-9)
Softcover, Villard Books
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Capote: A Biographyby Gerald ClarkeISBN 0786716614 (0-7867-1661-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Townby Esther NewtonISBN 0807079278 (0-8070-7927-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Church and the Homosexualby John J. McNeillISBN 0807079316 (0-8070-7931-6)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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Cinnamon Gardensby Shyam SelvaduraiISBN 0771079567 (0-7710-7956-7)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Cities of the Red Nightby William S. BurroughsISBN 0805017631 (0-8050-1763-1)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Color Purpleby Alice WalkerISBN 0816141428 (0-8161-4142-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Comrade Loves of the Samurai and Songs of the Geishasby Saikaku Ihara, Edward P. MathersISBN 0804810249 (0-8048-1024-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Europe Limited
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Corpus Christiby Terrence McNallyISBN 0802136354 (0-8021-3635-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Cures: A Gay Man's Odysseyby Martin DubermanISBN 0813339545 (0-8133-3954-5)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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A Dead Man in Deptfordby Anthony BurgessISBN 0786711523 (0-7867-1152-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Do Not Disturbby Gianni Versace, Roy StrongISBN 0789201135 (0-7892-0113-5)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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Don't Get Too Comfortableby David RakoffISBN 0767916034 (0-7679-1603-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Get Too Comfortable'Book summary:David Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. Whether he is contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings populism of Hooters Air; working as a cabana boy at a South Beach hotel; or traveling to a private island off the coast of Belize to watch a soft-core video shootwhere he is provided with his very own personal manservantrarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly skewered. Somewhere along the line, our healthy self-regard has exploded into obliterating narcissism; our manic getting and spending have now become celebrated as moral virtues. Simultaneously a Wildean satire and a plea for a little human decency, Dont Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, were in a special circle of gilded-age hell. [via]
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Drag: A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Artsby Roger BakerISBN 0814712541 (0-8147-1254-1)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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Drag Diariesby Catherine Chermayeff, Nan Richardson, Jonathan DavidISBN 0811808955 (0-8118-0895-5)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drag Diaries'Book summary:Offering the inside scoop on drag history and culture, this book includes a chronology of drag-related films, an annual drag calendar, a drag-inspired reading list, an essential drag shopping guide, and interviews with famous drag entertainers, from Joey Arias to Lypsynka. 105 photos, 58 in color. [via]
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The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940sby Ricardo J. Brown, William Reichard, Allan H. SpearISBN 0816636222 (0-8166-3622-2)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Fabulous! : A Loving, Luscious, and Light-Hearted Look at Film from the Gay Perspectiveby Donald F. ReuterISBN 076791600X (0-7679-1600-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theoryby Social Text Collective, Michael WarnerISBN 0816623341 (0-8166-2334-1)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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The First Verseby Barry McCreaISBN 0786715138 (0-7867-1513-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Flight from Neveryonby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0819562777 (0-8195-6277-7)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flight from Neveryon'Book summary:In his four-volume series Return to Neveryeon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Neveryeonvolumes in trade paperback.
The eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Neveryeon's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame. [via]More editions of Flight from Neveryon:
The Fortress of Solitudeby Jonathan LethemISBN 0786259965 (0-7862-5996-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives Are Excelling as Leaders...And what Every Manager Needs to Knowby Kirk SnyderISBN 0787982466 (0-7879-8246-6)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Gay Cinematherapy: The Queer Guy's Guide to Finding Your Rainbow One Movie at a Timeby Beverly WestISBN 0789310546 (0-7893-1054-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Gay Detective Novel: Lesbian And Gay Main Characters and Themes In Mystery Fictionby Judith A. Markowitz, Katherine V. ForrestISBN 0786419571 (0-7864-1957-1)
Softcover, McFarland & Co Inc Pub
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Gay Life & Culture: A World Historyby Robert AldrichISBN 0789315114 (0-7893-1511-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Gay Love Poetryby Neil PowellISBN 0786704691 (0-7867-0469-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The History of Swimmingby Kim PowersISBN 0786717238 (0-7867-1723-8)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Hitting Hardby Michaelangelo SignorilleISBN 0786716193 (0-7867-1619-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Homosexual: Oppression and Liberationby Dennis Altman, Jeffrey WeeksISBN 0814706231 (0-8147-0623-1)
Hardcover, New York University Press
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I Say a Little Prayerby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0786289384 (0-7862-8938-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Improper Bostonians: Lesbian and Gay History from the Puritans to Playlandby the History ProjectISBN 0807079499 (0-8070-7949-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequencesby Truman CapoteISBN 0785777636 (0-7857-7763-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences'Book summary:"Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans--in fact, few Kansans--had ever heard of Holcomb. Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." If all Truman Capote did was invent a new genre--journalism written with the language and structure of literature--this "nonfiction novel" about the brutal slaying of the Clutter family by two would-be robbers would be remembered as a trail-blazing experiment that has influenced countless writers. But Capote achieved more than that. He wrote a true masterpiece of creative nonfiction. The images of this tale continue to resonate in our minds: 16-year-old Nancy Clutter teaching a friend how to bake a cherry pie, Dick Hickock's black '49 Chevrolet sedan, Perry Smith's Gibson guitar and his dreams of gold in a tropical paradise--the blood on the walls and the final "thud-snap" of the rope-broken necks. [via]
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It's a Queer World: Deviant Adventures in Pop Cultureby Mark SimpsonISBN 078900609X (0-7890-0609-X)
Hardcover, Haworth Press, Incorporated, The
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Life Drawing: A Novel/30901by Michael GrumleyISBN 0802114385 (0-8021-1438-5)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Longer Views: Extended Essaysby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0819562939 (0-8195-6293-9)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Longer Views: Extended Essays'Book summary:While most literary critics can take a text apart, few can create them as expertly. Samuel R. Delany is a noteworthy exception. Delany is the author of great science fiction works like the novel The Mad Man and the short stories in Tales of Neveryon. He is also an able assessor of literary theory and a cognoscente of the science fiction genre. Longer Views is a collection of essays in literary criticism, ranging from a close reading of Donna Haraway's "Manifesto for Cyborgs," in which he is critical of the feminist author's naively positive take on technology, to a fascinating consideration of the artistic styles of Richard Wagner and Antonin Artaud. Of particular interest to cybernauts and science fiction fans alike is Delaney's consideration of how readers and viewers participate in the creation of the background conditions for fictitious fantasy worlds and the role a reader or viewer plays in completing an artistic work of science fiction. Delany's criticism is well-crafted and never flags or grows tiresome. [via]
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Love and Death on Long Islandby Gilbert AdairISBN 0802135927 (0-8021-3592-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Militaryby JEFFREY MCGOWANISBN 0767918991 (0-7679-1899-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Male Nude Nowby David LeddickISBN 0789306352 (0-7893-0635-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Male Nude Now'Book summary:As images of men's bodies have proliferated in pop culture and advertising during the past decade, many artists and photographers have taken up the male nude as a primary subject. Recent work has sparked controversy as well as praise for its shocking frankness, and the line between art and pornography has become increasingly difficult to define. New digital technologies have brought about new ways of representing the body, and we are now faced with a multiplicity of eroticisms, previously unexplored channels of desire, and more inclusive and varied body ideals.
Male Nudes Now offers an essential guide through this new territory with more than 240 fresh and provocative images. Featuring contemporary work, mostly unpublished, this important sourcebook showcases a dynamic mix of visionaries, from established masters to breakthrough newcomers.
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Lyle Ashton Harris
Marc Baptiste
Clive Barker
Cecily Brown
Chuck Close
John Dugdale
Todd Eberle
Eric Fischl
Nan Goldin
Greg Gorman
David Hockney
Patrick McMullan
Duane Michals
Pierre et Gilles
Jack Pierson
Rankin
Terry Richardson
Michael Roberts
Stewart Shining
Wolfgang Tillmans
George Tooker
Ellen von Unwerth
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Mapplethorpe: Assault With a Deadly Cameraby Jack FritscherISBN 0803893620 (0-8038-9362-0)
Hardcover, Hastings House Pub
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A Meeting by the Riverby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 0816633681 (0-8166-3368-1)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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The Memorialby Christopher Isherwood, Isherwood ChristopherISBN 081663369X (0-8166-3369-X)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Men Without Tiesby Barry Hannah, Richard Martin, Bob Wilson, Gianni VersaceISBN 0789200015 (0-7892-0001-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Men Without Ties'Book summary:Top photographers Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, and Herb Ritts interpret Gianni Versace's kaleidoscopic vision of men's fashion. Whether at ease by the sea, or dressed for business in New York or Milan, the Versace man radiates self-assurance and defines contemporary taste. The Versace man - a man without ties - is drawn to Gianni Versace's timeless elegance. An extraordinary palette, bold patterns, a rich selection of textures, and uncompromising tailoring define the Versace approach to masculine elegance. Along with fashion photography, this lush volume captures some of Versace's best-known clients - Jeremy Irons, Sting, Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jeff Bridges, K.D. Lang - in his clothes. [via]
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Military Tradeby Steven ZeelandISBN 078900402X (0-7890-0402-X)
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Miracle of the Roseby Jean Genet, Bernard FrechtmanISBN 0802130887 (0-8021-3088-7)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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A More Perfect Union: Why Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay Rightsby Richard D. MohrISBN 0807079332 (0-8070-7933-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Narrow Roomsby James PurdyISBN 078671669X (0-7867-1669-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Nebraskaby George WhitmoreISBN 0802100260 (0-8021-0026-0)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Neveryona, orby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0819562718 (0-8195-6271-8)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Neveryona, or'Book summary:In his four-volume series Return to Neveryeon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Neveryeonvolumes in trade paperback.
The eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Neveryeon's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame. [via]More editions of Neveryona, or:
Nosferatuby Jim Shepard, Ron HansenISBN 0803293461 (0-8032-9346-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Passionby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0802135226 (0-8021-3522-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Passion'Book summary:In 1985 Jeanette Winterson won the Whitbread Award for best first fiction for the semi-autobiographical Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, an often wry exploration of lesbian possibility bumping up against evangelical fanaticism. She was 25. Two years later, The Passion, her third novel, appeared, the fantastical tale of Henri--Napoleon's cook--and Villanelle, a Venetian gondolier's daughter who has webbed feet (previously an all-male attribute), works as a croupier, picks pockets, cross-dresses, and literally loses her heart to a beautiful woman. Written in a lyrical and jolting combination of fairy tale diction and rhythm and the staccato, the book would be a risky proposition in lesser hands. Winterson has said that she wanted to look at people's need to worship and examine what happens to young men in militaristic societies. The question was, how to do so without being polemical and didactic? Only she could have come up with such an exquisite answer. In the end, Henri, incarcerated on an island of madmen, becomes aware that his passion, "even though she could never return it, showed me the difference between inventing a lover and falling in love. The one is about you, the other about someone else." [via]
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Prater Violetby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 0816638616 (0-8166-3861-6)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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The classic novel on the golden era of film, now back in print!
Originally published in 1945, Prater Violet is a stingingly satirical novel about the film industry. It centers around the production of the vacuous fictional melodrama Prater Violet, set in nineteenth-century Vienna, providing ironic counterpoint to tragic events as Hitler annexes the real Vienna of the 1930s. The novel features the vivid portraits of imperious, passionate, and witty Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann and his disciple, a genial young screenwriter-the fictionalized Christopher Isherwood.
"Prater Violet, in my view, is one of the best short novels in English written in this century." Stanley Kauffmann
"Prater Violet is the most charming novel I have read in a long time. . . . a novel about movie writers, which is yet a novel about the life of every serious artist." Diana Trilling
"A deliberate historical parable. Prater Violet resembles the episodes in Goodbye to Berlin and keeps up the same high level of excellence." Edmund Wilson
A major figure in both twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) is also the author of Down There on a Visit, Lions and Shadows, The Memorial, The World in the Evening, and A Meeting by the River, all available in paperback editions from the University of Minnesota Press. [via]
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Rare Fleshby David Armstrong, Clive BarkerISBN 0789308452 (0-7893-0845-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movementby Barry D. AdamISBN 0805738649 (0-8057-3864-9)
Softcover, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Incorporated
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Rock and Royaltyby Gianni Versace, Princess of Wales Diana, Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, MadonnaISBN 0789204894 (0-7892-0489-4)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rock and Royalty'Book summary:The title of fashion designer Gianni Versace's new book references his diverse clientele, who not only wear his clothing but also impact his designs: rock & roll queens Tina Turner and Madonna, fashion princesses Kate and Naomi, design lords Lagerfeld and Armani, and even the real deal, Diana, Princess of Wales. Photos of these and other fashion mavens, both in and out of Versace clothing, are interspersed with images of royalty throughout history, such as Queen Victoria, Empress Catherine of Russia, and a young Queen Elizabeth. The aesthetic juxtaposition of history and modernity, depicted in black-and-white photographs and colorful artwork, echoes the energy of the fashion world and captures the influential style of its inhabitants. The royalties from the sale of Rock and Royalty will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. [via]
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Rock and Royaltyby Sting, Gianni Versace, Diana, Madonna, Elton John, Princes of Wales Diana, Jon Bon Jovi, Tina Turner, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, Steven MeiselISBN 0789201771 (0-7892-0177-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rock and Royalty'Book summary:The title of fashion designer Gianni Versace's new book references his diverse clientele, who not only wear his clothing but also impact his designs: rock & roll queens Tina Turner and Madonna, fashion princesses Kate and Naomi, design lords Lagerfeld and Armani, and even the real deal, Diana, Princess of Wales. Photos of these and other fashion mavens, both in and out of Versace clothing, are interspersed with images of royalty throughout history, such as Queen Victoria, Empress Catherine of Russia, and a young Queen Elizabeth. The aesthetic juxtaposition of history and modernity, depicted in black-and-white photographs and colorful artwork, echoes the energy of the fashion world and captures the influential style of its inhabitants. The royalties from the sale of Rock and Royalty will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. [via]
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Rushesby John RechyISBN 0802134971 (0-8021-3497-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood And Back Againby Norah VincentISBN 0786286725 (0-7862-8672-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood And Back Again'Book summary:A journalists provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man[via]Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a mans world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women arent around. As Ned, she joins a bowling team, takes a high-octane sales job, goes on dates with women (and men), visits strip clubs, and even manages to infiltrate a monastery and a mens therapy group. At once thought- provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.
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The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary a Non-Fiction Account, with Commentaries, of Three Days and Nights in the Sexual Undergroundby RechyISBN 0802131638 (0-8021-3163-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary a Non-Fiction Account, with Commentaries, of Three Days and Nights in the Sexual Underground'Book summary:In this angry, eloquent outcry against the oppression of homosexuals, the author of the classic City of Night gives "an explosive non-fiction account, with commentaries, of three days and nights in the sexual underground" of Los Angeles in the 1970s--the "battlefield" of the sexual outlaw. Using the language and techniqus of the film, Rechy deftly intercuts the despairing, joyful, and defiant confessions of a male hustler with the "chorus" of his own subversive reflections on sexual identity and sexual politics, and with stark documentary reports our society directs against homosexuals--"the only minority against whose existence there are laws."[via]More editions of The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary a Non-Fiction Account, with Commentaries, of Three Days and Nights in the Sexual Underground:
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Sodomy and the Perception of Evil: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbeanby B.R. BurgISBN 0814710409 (0-8147-1040-9)
Hardcover, New York University Press
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Sodomy and the Pirate Traditionby B.R. BurgISBN 0814710735 (0-8147-1073-5)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbeanby B.R. BurgISBN 0814712363 (0-8147-1236-3)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean'Book summary:Pirates are among the most heavily romanticized and fabled characters in history. From Bluebeard to Captain Hook, they have been the subject of countless movies, books, children's tales, even a world-famous amusement park ride.
In Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, historian B. R. Burg investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers, a tightly bound brotherhood of men engaged in almost constant warfare. What, he asks, did these men, often on the high seas for years at a time, do for sexual fulfillment? Buccaneer sexuality differed widely from that of other all- male institutions such as prisons, for it existed not within a regimented structure of rule, regulations, and oppressive supervision, but instead operated in a society in which widespread toleration of homosexuality was the norm and conditions encouraged its practice.
In his new introduction, Burg discusses the initial response to the book when it was published in 1983 and how our perspectives on all-male societies have since changed.
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The Templeby Stephen SpenderISBN 0802135242 (0-8021-3524-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Temple'Book summary:This novel by the young Stephen Spender was written as an experiment in 1930 but abandoned in draft and forgotten until rediscovered by a researcher. Believed to be autobiographical, it tells the story of a young English poet on vacation in Hamburg in 1929 and his response to the Weimar world. [via]
They Fly at Ciron: A Novelby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0812543173 (0-8125-4317-3)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Tricky Part: A Boy's Story Of Sexual Trespass-A Man's Journey To Forgivenessby Martin MoranISBN 0807072621 (0-8070-7262-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Valley of the Dollsby Jacqueline SusannISBN 0802135196 (0-8021-3519-6)
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The Waterfront Journalsby Amy Scholder, David WojnarowiczISBN 0802135048 (0-8021-3504-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Waterfront Journalsby David Wojnarowicz, Amy ScholderISBN 0802115853 (0-8021-1585-3)
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What I Know Nowby Rodger LarsonISBN 0805048693 (0-8050-4869-3)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What I Know Now'Book summary:It is 1957 and Dave Ryan, a lonely 14-year-old boy living with his newly divorced mother, is wishing he had more friends and a closer relationship with his dad. When his mother hires Gene Tole to refurbish a garden in their new house, Dave discovers emotions he never imagined. Rodger Larson's What I Know Now recounts the exhilaration of first love as Dave becomes more and more attached to Gene. This is no simple coming-out story--Dave has little idea that homosexuality even exists, and Gene is completely closeted--it is, after all, 1957. The real strength of What I Know Now is the depiction of a time and place that is often labeled "innocent," allowing us to see the pain and misunderstanding that this misperception caused. [via]
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When the Stars Come Outby Rob ByrnesISBN 0758213247 (0-7582-1324-7)
Hardcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Whores of Lost Atlantisby Charles BuschISBN 0786715219 (0-7867-1521-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Wickedby Gregory MaguireISBN 0786206438 (0-7862-0643-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wicked'Book summary:An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. [via]
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The Wilde Albumby Merlin HollandISBN 080505894X (0-8050-5894-X)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wilde Album'Book summary:Oscar Wilde was a man ahead of his time. He was famous for pushing the parameters of socially accepted sexual codes (albeit with disastrous results), and, as a playwright, for introducing a new, extraordinarily modern, idea of comedy that combined psychological insight with social satire. But he was also one of the primary inventors of the art and science of self-invention and self-promotion. The Wilde Album by Merlin Holland (Wilde's grandson) is a fascinating and comprehensive examination of how Wilde the artist consciously conjured--through a complicated and savvy use of the media--Wilde the personality. Holland has assembled an enormous number of artifacts--from press clippings to political cartoons to theater programs --that map Wilde's emergence as a media celebrity and chart how this image was used against him as his popularity foundered in the face of scandal.
What makes The Wilde Album ultimately moving, and unique, is Holland's use of rare family photos and personal material. Juxtaposed with the vivaciousness of the public life, and in the context of the government's persecution of the artist, this more private material embodies and expresses the pain and needless tragedy of Wilde's life. [via]
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The World in the Eveningby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 0816633703 (0-8166-3370-3)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Wrongby Dennis CooperISBN 0802133673 (0-8021-3367-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wrong'Book summary:A collection of short stories that use death to probe the meaning in life introduces a man who abducts, molests, and murders young boys and a teenage rock band called Horror Hospital, among other grotesques. [via]
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