Building Bots: Designing and Building Warrior Robots
by William Gurstelle


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This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots like those seen on BattleBots, Robotica, and Robot Wars. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process, enabling them to create any number... (read more)

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The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures: 1,001 Things You Hate to Love
by Sam Stall




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Sam Stall, Lou Harry, and Julia Spalding contains 1,001 things we hate to love, from Barry Manilow, The Real World, and Land of the Lost to Members Only jackets and Benny Hill.... (read more)

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This is Blythe
by Gina Garan




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Produced for only one year in the '70s, Blythe is a moony waif of a doll coveted by a growing group of devoted fans. Photographer Gina Garan fell to Blythe's charms and unusual looks years ago and has shot her in settings around the world, from Greece to... (read more)

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Counter Culture: The Allure of Mini-Mannequins and Advertising Displays
by Steven Heller


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If sex sells, what better come-on for merchants of the repressed decades of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s than the come-hither wink of a coquettish countertop mannequin? In Counter Culture, Steven Heller and Louise Fili take us on a colorful peep show of these... (read more)

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The Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life
by Nato Thompson


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Art made to attach to buildings or to be given away? Wearable art for street demonstrations or art that sets up a booth at a trade show? This is the art of the interventionists, who trespass into the everyday world to raise our awareness of injustice and... (read more)

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Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant E
by Greg Emmanuel


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After reading The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, did you ever wonder what it's like to be struck by lightning? To run with the bulls in Pamplona? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37... (read more)

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This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground
by Brian Doherty


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A provocative first look inside the coolest event in America, the electric celebration of freedom and expression called Burning Man. It's been compared to Brigadoon and Woodstock, called Xanadu and Utopia. But none of these terms captures the essence... (read more)

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Kitchen Kitsch: Eat and Drink in America (Icon)
by Jim Heimann


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The best of American restaurants, graphics, interiors and exteriors. A new title in Taschen's successful Icons series.... (read more)

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Tokyo Vertigo
by Stephen Barber


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The first book to capture all of the sensations of this ultimate futuristic city.... (read more)

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Everything I Ate: A Year in the Life of My Mouth
by Tucker Shaw




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"It is so fabulous. One of the most interesting and addictive books I've ever seen — a perfect conversation piece book." Drew, Powells... (read more)

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Concrete to Canvas: Skateboarders' Art
by Jo Waterhouse


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A fabulous showcase of mad skateboard art skillz!... (read more)

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Made in China
by Reed Darmon


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A vibrant tribute to colourful Chinese product and design.... (read more)

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Pretty Vacant: The Los Angeles Dingbat Observed
by Clive Piercy


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The Los Angeles Dingout Observed. A snapshot tour of hundreds of the funky, retro apartment buildings known as dingbat.... (read more)

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As Seen on TV: 50 Amazing Products and the Commercials That Made Them Famous
by Lou Harry


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50 amazing products and the commercials that made them famous.... (read more)

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More Than Words: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
by Liza Kirwin


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Words can speak volumes, but, as every letter writer knows, there are times when they simply won't do. And when the author happens to be a visual artist, the results can be both intimate and transcendent. This book is a testament to those occasions, a... (read more)

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Cowboy Boots: The Art & Sole
by Jennifer June


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Jennifer June, a custom cowboy boot maker, takes the reader through the diverse history of the boot, from the early days prior to 1930 to the modern twists on traditional styles popular a century down the line. She looks in detail at the motifs and... (read more)

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Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World
by Woodrow Phoenix


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Plastic toys based on Japanese comics, movies and TV shows from Astro Boy, Godzilla and Gatchaman, to Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Pokemon, have had a powerful effect on the imaginations and the markets of the West, and have kick-started trends in... (read more)

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Tijuana Bibles
by Bob (edt) Adelman


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ABOVEGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME! As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art form the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s devoted to making sexual mockery of every... (read more)

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