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JUNE BOOK SELECTIONS

THE BIG BUTT BOOK
Dian Hanson, editor
 
Taschen's follow-up to their successful Big Book of Breasts, Big Book of Legs and The Big Penis Book.  Photographs from 1900 to the present day highlight this recently re-appreciated portion of the female anatomy.

 

 hardcover      59.95

PARTY ANIMAL
A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll
Robert Hofler


Warts and all biography of larger-than-life movie producer and party-giver Allan Carr (Grease, Can't Stop the Music) and 1970s Hollywood decadence.
 

paper 
      15.95
VINYL HAYRIDE
Country Music Album Covers 1946-1989
Paul Kingsbury

  Classic covers that define country music’s look and style, from the cartoon illustrations of the 1940s to the glamour shots of the 1980/s
.
paper
      29.95

GROTESQUE
Natural Historical Formaldehyde Photography
Joel Peter Witkin

Unique, disturbing imagery by one of the most unique and controversial contemporary photographers working today.


paper      out of print      29.95

MASTERS OF STARLIGHT
Photographers in Hollywood
David M. Fahey


Over 250 images by more than 60 of classic Hollywood's most talented still photographers, from Hurrell to Coburn and Ted Allen.
 

hardcover      out of print      44.95




 

FREAK BABYLON
An Illustrated History
Jack Hunter

From ancient times to the present day, a history of teratology (the study of human abnormalities) featuring over 200 rare and intriguing photos and covers the areas of scientific research, sideshows, cinema and body modification.

17.95      
paper
SHOP AMERICA
Mid-Century Storefront Design, 1938-1950
Steven Heller

An extensive collection of hand-illustrated window designs -- grocery stores, shoe shops, beauty salons, bakeries, and more -- reminders of a time when stores were sacred shrines for the congregation of American shoppers.

50.00
      hardcover

CANDY BARR
Ted Schwarz

Eventful biography of the notorious Barr -- small town Texas runaway who became a mistress of mob boss Mickey Cohen and the Queen of Las Vegas burlesque. .

24.95      hardcover
VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER
Courage & Carnage At the Larosa Villa
Chris Arnold

Exhaustive account of the people and events involved in the December 2004 onstage murder of revered heavy-metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's.. 
       

15.95      paper

THE UNTHINKABLE
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why
Amanda Ripley

A
compelling look at instinct and disaster response, exploring the psychology of fear and how it can save or destroy us.

11.95     
was 24.95    
 hardcover

DVD HIGHLIGHTS

   

DON'T LOOK NOW (1974)

dir. Nicholas Roeg

cast   Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie

Superb, incredibly over-looked supernatural thriller set in Venice where an architect and his wife attempt to deal with the tragic death of their daughter.


     
     14.95

   

ARAKIMENTARI 2005)

dir. Travis Klose

cast   Nobuyoshi Araki, Bjork, Richard Kern


Documentary examining the life, work and appreciation of Japan's most infamous (and notorious) contemporary photographesr..

     
     19.95

 SILENT RUNNING (1972)

dir. Douglas Trumbull

cast  Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts

Ecological-themed sci-fi has more to say now than when it was made.  Moving space opera with effects and direction by the wizard behind Kubrick's 2001

14.95     

   

SHOCKUMENTARY (2006)

dir. Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi

Director's Cuts of wo of the strangest Italian exploitations ever -- AFRICA ADIOS, a 60s documentary of brutal footage shot in Africa, and ADIO ZIO TOM (Goodbye Uncle Tom) a depiction of life on a Southern plantation  that makes Roots look like Sesame Street.

19.95     


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