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1001 Ways to Be Romanticby Gregory GodekISBN 1570714819 (1-57071-481-9)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Ways to Be Romantic'Book summary:Gregory J.P. Godek--dubbed America's Romance Coach--offers "1001 creative, sexy, loving tips and ideas" in the fifth anniversary edition of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic. Packed with advice, from "Little Things That Mean a Lot" to "The Mindset of a Romantic" and "Making Beautiful Music Together," Godek's straightforward approach is perfect for those new to romance or those needing a refresher course in the art of love. [via]
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About a Boyby Nick HornbyISBN 1573227331 (1-57322-733-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'About a Boy'Book summary:Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient and blithely living off his father's novelty song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children and he's increasingly left out in the cold. How can someone brilliantly equipped for meaningless relationships ensure that he'll continue to meet beautiful Julie Christie-like women and ensure that they'll throw him over before things get too profound? A brief encounter with a single mother sets Will off on his new career, that of "serial nice guy." As far as he's concerned--and remember, concern isn't his strong suit--he's the perfect catch for the young mother on the go. After an interlude of sexual bliss, she'll realise that her child isn't ready for a man in their life and Will can ride off into the Highgate sunset, where more damsels apparently await. The only catch is that the best way to meet these women is at single-parent get-togethers. In one of Nick Hornby's many hilarious (and embarrassing) scenes, Will falls into some serious misrepresentation at SPAT ("Single Parents-- Alone Together"), passing himself off as a bereft single dad: "There was, he thought, an emotional truth here somewhere, and he could see now that his role-playing had a previously unsuspected artistic element to it. He was acting, yes, but in the noblest, most profound sense of the word."
What interferes with Will's career arc, of course, is reality--in the shape of a 12-year-old boy who is in many ways his polar opposite. For Marcus, cool isn't even a possibility, let alone an issue. For starters, he's a victim at his new school. Things at home are pretty awful, too, since his musical-therapist mother seems increasingly in need of therapy herself. All Marcus can do is cobble together information with a mixture of incomprehension, innocence, self-blame and unfettered clear sight. As fans of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity already know, Hornby's insight into laddishness magically combines the serious and the hilarious. About a Boy continues his singular examination of masculine wish-fulfilment and fear. This time, though, the author lets women and children onto the playing field, forcing his feckless hero to leap over an entirely new--and entirely welcome--set of emotional hurdles. [via]
All over the World and Other Storiesby Warren Ellis, John CassadayISBN 1563896486 (1-56389-648-6)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Annie Sprinkle - Post-Porn Modernist : My First 25 Years As a Multi-Media Whoreby Annie SprinkleISBN 1573440396 (1-57344-039-6)
Softcover, Cleis Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Annie Sprinkle - Post-Porn Modernist : My First 25 Years As a Multi-Media Whore'Book summary:Porn-star-turned-performance-artist Annie Sprinkle presents an illustrated history of her 25-year career, documenting her transformation from ugly duckling to prostitute to porn queen to sexual healer, activist, and educator. Although she began as "an excruciatingly shy girl" selling popcorn at an adult theater showing Deep Throat, her playful and uninhibited nature was soon recognized. When the police closed the theater, she asked a spiritualist friend for a spell that might bring her a new job. "It was my first experience with witchcraft," Sprinkle recalls, "and I didn't really expect it to work. But did it ever! I hit the jackpot. Maybe it was just good luck, but a week later I was working as a prostitute." She was discovered by porn producers soon afterward and went on to make over 200 hardcore films before leaving the industry to develop her own public performances, the most famous of which was her "Public Cervix Announcement," in which she allowed audience members to view her interior using a speculum and a flashlight. Well-written, well-illustrated, and calmly outrageous, Post-Porn Modernist is a great introduction to an American original. --Regina Marler [via]
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Big Damn Book of Sheer Manlinessby Todd Von Hoffmann, Colby Allerton, Brant Von HoffmanISBN 1575440849 (1-57544-084-9)
Softcover, General Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Big Damn Book of Sheer Manlinessby Von Hoffman BrothersISBN 1575440504 (1-57544-050-4)
Hardcover, General Publishing Group, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness'Book summary:This lavishly illustrated paean to all things testicular is a perfect gift for the he-man in your life. Sports, tools, gals, cars, movies, clothes--this book leaves no stone unturned, no pants "unpantsed" in its pursuit of the eternal masculine. The Von Hoffmann brothers' culinary interests, for example, range all the way from "Colon Cleaner Chili" to a greasy Philly cheese steak; the rule of thumb seems to be, if it makes you wince, it's good eating.
The primary virtue of The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness is its willingness to go over the top, and far beyond: there's an extended exegesis of Kubrick's Spartacus, "the manliest movie ever made"; photos of not only the B-17 bomber, but also "the three-tailed devil" (the P-38 Lightning); Zippo lighters; John Ford Westerns; pocket knives; and WD-40. Some might say that the Von Hoffmanns are stuck in adolescence, and they may be right--but where else can you find out who painted that picture of dogs playing poker? (Cassius Marcellus Coolidge). [via]
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Blue Bloodby Edward ConlonISBN 1573222666 (1-57322-266-6)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Blood'Book summary:As a Harvard graduate and regular writer for the New Yorker, Edward Conlon is a little different from most of his fellow New York City cops. And the stories he tells in his compelling memoir Blue Blood are miles away from the commonly told Hollywood-style police tales that are always action packed but rarely tethered to reality. While there is action here, there's also political hassle, the rich and often troubling history of a department not unfamiliar with corruption, and the day to day life of people charged with preserving order in America's largest city. Conlon's book is, in part, a memoir as he progresses from being a rookie cop working the beat at troubled housing projects to assignments in the narcotics division to eventually becoming a detective. But it's also the story of his family history within the enormous NYPD as well as the evolving role of the police force within the city. Conlon relates the controversies surrounding the somewhat familiar shoo! ting of Amadou Diallou and the abuse, at the hands of New York cops, of Abner Louima. But being a cop himself, Conlon lends insight and nuance to these issues that could not possibly be found in the newspapers. And as an outstanding writer, he draws the reader into that world. In the book's most remarkable passage, Conlon tells of the grim but necessary work done at the Fresh Kills landfill, sifting through the rubble and remains left in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 (a section originally published in The New Yorker). In many ways, Blue Blood comes to resemble the world of New York City law enforcement that Conlon describes: both are expansive, sprawling, multi-dimensional, and endlessly fascinating. And Conlon's writing is perfectly matched to his subject, always lively, keenly observant, and possessing a streetwise energy. --John Moe [via]
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Blues Guitar Legends IIby Kenny SultanISBN 1574240463 (1-57424-046-3)
Hardcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Bob Gibson: I Come for to Sing The Stops Along the Way of a Folk Music Legendby Bob Gibson, Carole BenderISBN 1565549082 (1-56554-908-2)
Softcover, Firebird Pr
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Bono: In Conversation With Michka Assayasby Michka Assayas, BonoISBN 1573223093 (1-57322-309-3)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bono: In Conversation With Michka Assayas'Book summary:For the first time ever, Bono--the biggest rock star in the world--tells his life story.
Bono's career is unlike any other in rock history. As the lead singer of U2, Bono has sold 130 million albums, won fourteen Grammys, and played numerous sold-out world tours, but he has also lobbied and worked with world leaders from Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to Nelson Mandela on debt relief, AIDS, and other critical global issues. He has collaborated with the same musicians for nearly three decades and has been married to his childhood sweetheart since 1982. His life, at all turns, resists the rock star clichés.
In a series of intimate conversations with his friend Michka Assayas, a music journalist who has been with the band since the very beginning, Bono reflects on his transformation from the extrovert singer of a small Irish post-punk band into one of the most famous individuals in the world; and from an international celebrity to an influential spokesperson for the Third World. He speaks candidly about his faith, family, commitment, influences, service, and passion. Bono: A Self-Portrait in Conversation is the closest we will come, for now, to a memoir from the iconic frontman of U2. [via]More editions of Bono: In Conversation With Michka Assayas:
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Book, Season 2by Joss WhedonISBN 1569716056 (1-56971-605-6)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Book, Season 2'Book summary:Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the latest in a long tradition of young women who've been trained to give their lives in the war against vampires. We've gotten glimpses of these other women over the years on T.V., in comics, and in books. Now for the first time, the writers from the television series, including the show's creator, Joss Whedon, and one of its stars, Amber "Tara" Benson, present the tales of these girls, with the help of comics' greatest artists. Gene Colan, co-creator of Marvel's Blade and Tomb of Dracula, returns to Dark Horse for the story of a young girl in 1970s New York, battling vampires. Tim Sale, artist of recent epics Batman: The Long Halloween and Superman for All Seasons teams with Joss Whedon for a grim tale of a medieval slayer. American comics legend P. Craig Russell (Dr. Strange, The Ring of the Nibelung) and international rising star Mira Friedmann (Actus Tragicus) also join the stellar lineup. [via]
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China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Cultureby Jianying ZhaISBN 1565842502 (1-56584-250-2)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture'Book summary:China Pop is a highly original and lively look at the ways that contemporary China is changing. Jianying Zha, hailed by The Nation as "incisive, witty and eloquent all at once," examines a wide range of developments largely unknown to Western readers: the careful planning of television soap operas to placate popular unrest after Tiananmen, the growth of the sex tabloid and pornography industries, and the politics of censorship and commercial success of the film directors Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine) and Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern). [via]
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Comedy Central: The Essential Guide to Comedyby Christopher Claro, Julie KlamISBN 1572971088 (1-57297-108-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazineby Maria Reidelbach, Ed ReidelbachISBN 156731127X (1-56731-127-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Counter Culture: The Allure of Mini-Mannequinsby Steven Heller, Louise FiliISBN 1568983042 (1-56898-304-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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Diners: American Retroby Alison MossISBN 1570715939 (1-57071-593-9)
Hardcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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The Encyclopedia of Fictional People : The Most Important Characters of the 20th Centuryby Seth GodinISBN 1572970731 (1-57297-073-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MackayISBN 1573928917 (1-57392-891-7)
Softcover, Prometheus Books, Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds'Book summary:Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0. [via]
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Fever Pitchby Nick HornbyISBN 1573226882 (1-57322-688-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fever Pitch'Book summary:In the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer (sorry, fanatical soccer writer), owing to Fever Pitch--which is both an autobiography and a footballing Bible rolled into one. Hornby pinpoints 1968 as his formative year--the year he turned 11, the year his parents separated, and the year his father first took him to watch Arsenal play. The author quickly moved "way beyond fandom" into an extreme obsession that has dominated his life, loves, and relationships. His father had initially hoped that Saturday afternoon matches would draw the two closer together, but instead Hornby became completely besotted with the game at the expense of any conversation: "Football may have provided us with a new medium through which we could communicate, but that was not to say that we used it, or what we chose to say was necessarily positive." Girlfriends also played second fiddle to one ball and 11 men. He fantasizes that even if a girlfriend "went into labor at an impossible moment" he would not be able to help out until after the final whistle.
Fever Pitch is not a typical memoir--there are no chapters, just a series of match reports falling into three time frames (childhood, young adulthood, manhood). While watching the May 2, 1972, Reading v. Arsenal match, it became embarrassingly obvious to the then 15-year-old that his white, suburban, middle-class roots made him a wimp with no sense of identity: "Yorkshire men, Lancastrians, Scots, the Irish, blacks, the rich, the poor, even Americans and Australians have something they can sit in pubs and bars and weep about." But a boy from Maidenhead could only dream of coming from a place with "its own tube station and West Indian community and terrible, insoluble social problems."
Fever Pitch reveals the very special intricacies of British football, which readers new to the game will find astonishing, and which Hornby presents with remarkable humor and honesty--the "unique" chants sung at matches, the cold rain-soaked terraces, giant cans of warm beer, the trains known as football specials carrying fans to and from matches in prisonlike conditions, bottles smashing on the tracks, thousands of policemen waiting in anticipation for the cargo of hooligans. The sport and one team in particular have crept into every aspect of Hornby's life--making him see the world through Arsenal-tinted spectacles. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Flying Saucersby JungISBN 1567311210 (1-56731-121-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Force Is with You : Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Livesby Stephen SimonISBN 1571743499 (1-57174-349-9)
Softcover, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Incorporated
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A Game of Youby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, Dick Giordano, Shawn MacManusISBN 1563890895 (1-56389-089-5)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Game of You'Book summary:You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Hal Lifson's 1966!: A Personal View of the Coolest Year in Pop Culture Historyby Hal Lifson, Adam West, Nancy SinatraISBN 1566251826 (1-56625-182-6)
Softcover, Bonus Books
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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Sagaby Stephen DavisISBN 1572973064 (1-57297-306-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga'Book summary:A close-up look at the legendary rock band candidly discusses Led Zeppelin's successes and excesses in the 1970s, describing an outrageous world of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and providing a fascinating account of the world of modern music. Reprint." [via]
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Here Comes the Bride: Women, Weddings, and the Marriage Mystiqueby Jaclyn GellerISBN 1568581939 (1-56858-193-9)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Hollywood's Most Wanted : The Top Ten Book of Lucky Breaks, Prima Donnas, Box Office Bombs, and Other Odditiesby Floyd ConnerISBN 1574884808 (1-57488-480-8)
Softcover, Potomac Books, Incorporated
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I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madnessby Mark Bego, Mickey DolenzISBN 1562828479 (1-56282-847-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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I, Elvis: Confessions of a Counterfeit Kingby William M. HendersonISBN 1572972556 (1-57297-255-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Inside U.S.Aby John GuntherISBN 1565843584 (1-56584-358-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside U.S.A'Book summary:John Gunther's Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., Gunther set out from California and traveled the entire country. His frank, lucid observations along the way--on race relations, labor, the Tennessee Valley Authority, farm life, the politics of the big cities, and much else--yield fascinating insight into life fifty years ago. [via]
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John Lennon in His Own Writeby John LennonISBN 1568491476 (1-56849-147-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Lesbian Pulp Fictionby Katherine V. ForrestISBN 1573442100 (1-57344-210-0)
Softcover, Cleis Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lesbian Pulp Fiction'Book summary:Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring between the covers of the cheaply produced lesbian pulp paperbacks of the postWorld War II era. In 1950, publisher Fawcett Books founded its Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers: often a hard-looking brunette standing over a scantily clad blonde, or a man gazing in tormented lust at a lovely, unobtainable lesbian. For women leading straight lives, here was confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, "gay" places like Greenwich Village existed. Some especially those written by lesbians offered sympathetic and realistic depictions of "life in the shadows," while others (no less fun to read now) were smutty, sensational tales of innocent girls led astray. In the overheated prose typical of the genre, this collection documents the emergence of a lesbian subculture in postwar America.[via]More editions of Lesbian Pulp Fiction:
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A Long Way Downby Nick HornbyISBN 1573223026 (1-57322-302-6)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives.
In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.
Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.
What's your jumping-off point?
Maureen
Why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvelous place when you pass on. And the one thing you can do to get you there a bit quicker is something that stops you getting there at all. Oh, I can see that it's a kind of queue-jumping. But if someone jumps the queue at the post office, people tut. Or sometimes they say "Excuse me, I was here first." They don't say "You will be consumed by hellfire for all eternity." That would be a bit strong.
Martin
I'd spent the previous couple of months looking up suicides on the Internet, just out of curiosity. And nearly every single time, the coroner says the same thing: "He took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed." And then you read the story about the poor bastard: His wife was sleeping with his best friend, he'd lost his job, his daughter had been killed in a road accident some months before . . . Hello, Mr. Coroner? I'm sorry, but there's no disturbed mental balance here, my friend. I'd say he got it just right.
Jess
I was at a party downstairs. It was a shit party, full of all these ancient crusties sitting on the floor drinking cider and smoking huge spliffs and listening to weirdo space-out reggae. At midnight, one of them clapped sarcastically, and a couple of others laughed, and that was it-Happy New Year to you, too. You could have turned up to that party as the happiest person in London, and you'd still have wanted to jump off the roof by five past twelve. And I wasn't the happiest person in London anyway. Obviously.
JJ
New Year's Eve was a night for sentimental losers. It was my own stupid fault. Of course there'd be a low-rent crowd up there. I should have picked a classier date-like March 28, when Virginia Woolf took her walk into the river, or November 25 (Nick Drake). If anybody had been on the roof on either of those nights, the chances are they would have been like-minded souls, rather than hopeless f*ck-ups who had somehow persuaded themselves that the end of a calendar year is in any way significant. [via] 
The Magic Hour: Film at Fin De Siecleby J. HobermanISBN 1566399963 (1-56639-996-3)
Softcover, Temple University Press
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The Manipulatorby Harold Schechter, David EverittISBN 1572973080 (1-57297-308-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Marilyn: A Life in Picturesby Diana Karanikas HarveyISBN 1567997740 (1-56799-774-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Money Book for the Young Fabulous And Brokeby Suze OrmanISBN 1573222976 (1-57322-297-6)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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Motels: American Retroby Alison MossISBN 1570715955 (1-57071-595-5)
Hardcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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Mr. Irresponsible's Bad Advice: How To Rip The Lid Off Your Id And Live Happily Ever Afterby Irresponsible, Bill BarolISBN 1566252555 (1-56625-255-5)
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Music Lust: Recommended Listening For Every Mood, Moment, And Reasonby Nic HarcourtISBN 1570614377 (1-57061-437-7)
Softcover, Sasquatch Books
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My Face for the World to Seeby Liz RenayISBN 1569802289 (1-56980-228-9)
Softcover, Barricade Books Inc
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From New York she went to Hollywood, where she won a Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest and became a national celebrity; meanwhile her paintings were selling for $5,000 each and her poetry was recorded and broadcast. Then came an indictment and three-year probation for her unwillingness to cooperate with authorities by testifying against the mobster Mickey Cohen. A violation of her probation landed her in prison for three years. Married eight times, appeared before thirteen grand juries, with more lovers than any swinger of her generation-Liz Renay tells the story of her compelling and memorable adventures with honesty and candor. [via]
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Not So Prime Time: Chasing the Trivial on American Televisionby Howard RosenbergISBN 1566635772 (1-56663-577-2)
Hardcover, Ivan R Dee
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Once and Future Myths: The Power of Ancient Stories in Our Livesby Phil Cousineau, Stephen LarsenISBN 1573248649 (1-57324-864-9)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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Our Game: An American Baseball Historyby Charles C. AlexanderISBN 156731130X (1-56731-130-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Pastoraliaby George SaundersISBN 1573228729 (1-57322-872-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pastoralia'Book summary:In both his acclaimed debut, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and his second collection, Pastoralia, George Saunders imagines a near future where capitalism has run amok. Consumption and the service economy rule the earth. The Haves are grotesque beings, mutilated by their crass desires and impossible wealth. The Have Nots are no less crippled, both emotionally and physically, by their inferior status. It's a kind of Westworld scenario, but instead of robots, the serving wenches, bellboys, and extras are real people, all of them mercilessly indentured by the free market.
Sounds like bleak stuff, doesn't it? Yet Saunders handles his characters with grace and humor. In the title story, for example, a couple occupies a squalid corner of a human zoo, where they act out a parody of caveman times, communicating in grunts and hand motions (speaking is instantly punishable by the Orwellian management) and conducting their lives during 15-minute smoke breaks. In "Winky," a born loser (really, all of Saunders's characters are born losers) visits a self-help seminar, where he's encouraged to rid himself of all those people who are "crapping in your oatmeal." Exhilarated at the prospect of dumping his simple, crazy-haired, religion-besotted sister, he returns home to the bleak discovery that he needs her as much as she needs him. The protagonist of "Sea Oak" works as a stripper in an aviation-themed restaurant and lives next to a crack house with his unemployed sisters, their babies, and a sweet old maid of an aunt. The aunt dies, and then returns from the grave--not so sweet, now, and still decomposing--with strange powers and a sobering message:
You ever been in the grave? It sucks so bad! You regret all the things you never did. You little bitches are going to have a very bad time in the grave unless you get on the stick, believe me!
The characters and situations in the rest of Pastoralia are equally wretched. But Saunders rescues them from utter despair with a loving belief in the triumph of the human spirit: yes, things can always get worse, but worse is better than the cold dirt of the grave. And in the small space between wretchedness and death there is plenty of room for laughter, and even love. --Tod Nelson [via] -
PC Roadkillby Michael HymanISBN 1568843488 (1-56884-348-8)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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- a hard-drive manufacturer that filled its warehouse with boxes full of bricks so investors would think business was good. The ruse worked... for awhile;
- how to spy on competitors at trade shows;
- canonical interview questions at companies like Microsoft;
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A People's History of the United States: Teaching Edition Abridgedby Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, Ellen ReevesISBN 1565848268 (1-56584-826-8)
Softcover, New Pr
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Planetaryby Warren Ellis, John Layman, John CassadayISBN 1563897776 (1-56389-777-6)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Planetary'Book summary:Layers of mystery wrap Planetary: All over the World like rice candy. Follow the enigmatic heroes Jakita Wagner, Elijah Snow, and the Drummer as they excavate the secret history of the world from its wealth of bizarre happenings. Though the characterization isn't sparklingly brilliant--the "insane" Drummer behaves more like the A-Team's Murdock than a believable madman--the stories are both broad and deep, exploring a web of conspiracies and shadowy superheroes that manipulate and "protect" our world. Clever retellings of primal comics myths are interlaced with X-Files-esque secret government tales, and they drive the reader back and forth to collate evidence; the characters can't do all the work. Illustrator John Cassaday mirrors Warren Ellis's script from circumspect to sublime, befitting the best successor yet to the pulp comics of the 1940s. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexualityby Carol Queen, Lawrence SchimelISBN 1573440744 (1-57344-074-4)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality'Book summary:We live in a complicated world, and according to PoMoSexuals, it is a lot more complicated than we thought. Now that society has become accustomed to the idea that gay men and lesbians exist, Lawrence Schimel and Carol Queen have brought together 15 essays dedicated to demolishing those categories. They are not, of course, arguing that homosexuals don't exist, but simply that these categories and words cannot do justice to the wondrous complexity of human sexuality. In PoMoSexuals you can read about heterosexual women who identify as gay men, the politics of placing a transgendered personal ad, and how trendy gay male ghetto culture is less about sexual liberation than brand-name accumulation. No matter what your sexual identity is, PoMoSexuals will startle and enlighten, provoke and entertain. [via]
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Prozac Nationby Elizabeth WurtzelISBN 1573225126 (1-57322-512-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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The Rune Oracleby Nigel Jackson, Silver Raven Wolf, Silver RavenwolfISBN 1567183646 (1-56718-364-6)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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The Sandman : Dream Countryby Neil Gaiman, Michael Hill, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen DoranISBN 156389016X (1-56389-016-X)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman : Dream Country'Book summary:The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. What's remarkable here (considering the publisher and the time that this was originally published) is that the main character of the book--the Sandman, King of Dreams--serves only as a minor character in each of these otherwise unrelated stories. (Actually, he's not even in the last story.) This signaled a couple of important things in the development of what is considered one of the great comics of the second half of the century. First, it marked a distinct move away from the horror genre and into a more fantasy-rich, classical mythology-laden environment. And secondly, it solidly cemented Neil Gaiman as a storyteller. One of the stories here, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," took home the World Fantasy Award for best short story--the first time a comic was given that honor. But for my money, another story in Dream Country has it beat hands down. "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" has such hope, beauty, and good old-fashioned chills that rereading it becomes a welcome pleasure. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Kelley JonesISBN 1563890410 (1-56389-041-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Jill Thompson and Vince Locke; Painted Cover by Dave McKean Dream's youngest sister, the loopy Delirium, convinces him to go on a quest for their missing brother, Destruction. But Dream may learn that the cost of finding his prodigal sibling is more than he can bear. [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil GaimanISBN 1563891069 (1-56389-106-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series by Neil Caiman, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over their respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts a diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true being as they star in their own tales of curiosity and wonder. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS was the first comic graphic novel to be listed on the "NY Times Best-seller list. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. [via]
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Screenplayby Syd FieldISBN 156731239X (1-56731-239-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the script that will succeed.
"Why are the first ten pages of your script crucially important?
"How do you collaborate successfully with someone else?
"How do you adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay?
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Seinlanguageby Jerry SeinfeldISBN 1574905597 (1-57490-559-7)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generationby Philip NormanISBN 1567310877 (1-56731-087-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Social History of the Third Reich, 1933-1945by Pierre Aycoberry, Janet LloydISBN 1565846354 (1-56584-635-4)
Softcover, New Pr
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Strips, Toons, And Bluesies: Essays in Comics And Cultureby Douglas Bevan Dowd, Todd HigniteISBN 1568986211 (1-56898-621-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Stuck in the Seventies: 113 Things from the 1970's That Screwed Up the Twentysomething Generationby Scott Matthews, Tamara Nikuradse, Greg White, Jay Steele, Jay KernessISBN 156625051X (1-56625-051-X)
Softcover, Bonus Books
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Survivorby Martin Dugard, Mark BurnettISBN 1575001438 (1-57500-143-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Te of Pigletby Benjamin HoffISBN 1568950128 (1-56895-012-8)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Unauthorized X-Filesby Hatfield, George BurtISBN 1567312845 (1-56731-284-5)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Reader InstituteISBN 1571458735 (1-57145-873-5)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into HistoryISBN 157145697X (1-57145-697-X)
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Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1571456988 (1-57145-698-8)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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Vampire Diaryby Robert Weinberg, Mark ReinISBN 1565048008 (1-56504-800-8)
Hardcover, Psi
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The Wake Bk. Xby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth, Mikal GilmoreISBN 1563892790 (1-56389-279-0)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wake Bk. X'Book summary:This is the conclusion to the much talked about Sandman series. It may be best to start your Sandman acquaintance with earlier episodes, but The Wake stands as one of Neil Gaiman's strongest and most consistent Sandman volumes to date. [via]
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Watch It Made in the U.S.A: A Visitor's Guide to the Companies That Make Your Favorite Productsby Bruce Brumberg, Karen AxelrodISBN 1566914310 (1-56691-431-0)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracyby Don Hazen, Julie WinokurISBN 1565843800 (1-56584-380-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy'Book summary:Filled with up-to-the-minute facts, figures, and commentary, the book features over 100 of the leading journalists, media critics, and experts in the country on: who owns and controls the media; how the rapidly expanding empires of Disney, Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, and other media conglomerates affect what you see, hear and read; how political considerations and the radical right influence what gets on the air and who gets left out of the picture; and how advertising pervades virtually every second of your life. We the Media also highlights the alternatives - organizations, leaders, and the media makers who are successfully fighting the conglomerates and demanding that media and democracy go together. Our media system has been transformed and our lives will be changed in ways we don't even know yet. But we can do something about it. We the Media is a survival guide to navigating the brave new media landscape. [via]
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What Not to Wearby Susannah Constantine, Trinny Woodall, Robin MatthewsISBN 1573223573 (1-57322-357-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Who's Your Fave Rave?by Randi Reisfeld, Danny FieldsISBN 157297253X (1-57297-253-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Wild Wheelsby Harrod BlankISBN 1566409810 (1-56640-981-0)
Softcover, Pomegranate
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World's Endby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, D. Giordana, V. Locke, Dave McKeanISBN 1563891719 (1-56389-171-9)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World's End'Book summary:When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Wrestling's Most Wanted : The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers and Other Odditiesby Floyd ConnorISBN 1574883089 (1-57488-308-9)
Softcover, Potomac Books, Incorporated
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