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Backyard Ballistics
by William Gurstelle
Staff Pick
As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more)

List Price $16.95
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Used - Trade Paper

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1000 Extra Ordinary Objects
by Colors Magazine
Staff Pick
Every culture on this earth is united by one thing (and it's not a desire for world peace): the manufacture and desire to possess useless crap. The editors of Colors magazine have scoured all ends of this stupid planet to document 1000 examples of... (read more)

List Price $30.00
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Used - Flexible

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Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living
by Matt Maranian
Staff Pick
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Skateboard Retrospective: A Collector's Guide
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Staff Pick
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Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht
by Bryan Burkhart
Staff Pick
Mid-century houses were better. So were mid-century cars. It would follow, then, that mid-century homes on wheels were better too. Well, they were. Not that RVs are really a category worth arguing about. But there is one fifth wheel that holds its place... (read more)

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