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Bettie Page Paper Dolls by Bruce Patrick Jones Publisher Comments Queen of the '50s pinups, the notorious Bettie Page posed for countless cheesecake photos and appeared in a variety of pulp magazines. This playful and provocative collection features 14 swim-suited dolls and a fabulous array of the curvaceous model'... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology by Lawrence Weschler Publisher Comments A nondescript storefront operation in Los Angeles, California, the Museum of Jurassic Technology actually exists that may be the only thing about it that is for certain. The creation of David Wilson, a man of prodigiously unusual imagination, the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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F My Life by Maxime Valette Publisher Comments Today, my boss fired me via text message. I dont have a text messaging plan. I paid 25 cents to get fired. Your girlfriend dumped you, your car broke down, your boss passed you up for the big promotion. Lifes not fair, but there is one sure-fire way to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts by Jim Silke Publisher Comments Bettie Page sent the world for a cold shower when her first photo appeared in Flirt magazine in 1951. In this 96-page coffee table book, Silke explores Bettie's influence on popular culture, from dime novels to paperbacks, and from painting to... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose by Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey Publisher Comments YOUR DISGUSTING HEAD For many years the scientific and educational community has wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar-pretenders would find the means to put out a series of reference books, filled with ludicrous... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious by Alix Strauss Publisher Comments Author Alix Strauss takes a provocative look at the self-imposed deaths of the famous and infamous in Death Becomes Them. In this fascinating and intimate chronicle of celebrity suicides, the spotlight shines on the lonely last moments of Kurt Cobain and... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! by Bob Zmuda Publisher Comments It is not just the letters that help to make Dear Andy Kaufman a complete success. The grainy graphics and often hilarious images ultimately tie the entire book together, making it something heftier than a coffee table book but no less engaging to thumb... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Little Penis: A Finger Puppet Parody Book [With Finger Puppets] by Craig Yoe Publisher Comments Meet Little Penis, the cute dinky winky you bring to life when you put your finger in the puppet in this delightfully crass and hilarious parody board book for adults. This board book parodies children’s finger puppet books with its bold colors and... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Bali: Jungle of Signs by Dmatto Publisher Comments Today's most intriguing and evocative imagery is to be found all around us, particularly on the street. In Bali, for example, the streets act as a canvas for a unique culture of images that include hand-painted advertisements, lettering and many other... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $1.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Everything Explained Through Flowcharts: All of Life's Mysteries Unraveled, Including Tips for World Domination, Which Religion Offers the Best Afterl by Doogie Horner Publisher Comments According to book designer and stand-up comic Doogie Horner (The Ministry of Secret Jokes) everything—absolutely everything—in the seemingly random universe can be connected, charted, comprehended, and ultimately conquered. Everything... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren Staff Pick In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $1.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Villain's Guide to Better Living by Neil Zawacki Publisher Comments All those aspiring ne'er-do-wells who cackled all the way to the cash register with the best-selling How to Be a Villain are ready to embrace the finer points of the evil life with The Villain's Guide to Better Living. Within lie the answers to such... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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God's Gift: Over 100 Studs, Stallions, and Dreamboats from the 70s and 80s by Lucie Cave Publisher Comments For every connoisseur of the male form, this sexy collection includes more than 100 Lotharios, Romeos, and Casanovas from the 1970s and 80s--from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Patrick Swayze to Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $0.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Pocket Guide to Brilliance by Bart King Publisher Comments Pocket Guide to Brilliance-Product Description Punctuated with both sharp and dry wit, Bart King presents a wealth of fascinating trivia. Brilliant people are those who walk father, think deeper, and talk louder than the rest of us. They do what it takes... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Betty Page Confidential by Stan Corwin Producti Publisher Comments Curvaceous, friendly and wholesome-looking, Playboy pinup Betty Page was the perfect compliment to the still-innocent fantasies of young men during the Eisenower years. Betty Page Confidential includes a biography of the reclusive goddess, an official... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mak Studies #16: Furniture as Trophy by Peter Noever Synopsis A gloriously bizarre showcase of indoor eccentricities, Furniture as Trophy unearths the mid-nineteenth-century tradition of antler furniture, which incorporates antlers into the design of armchairs, chests, and even fans and chandeliers.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Plasticland by Frank Kozik Publisher Comments The man credited with single-handedly reviving the concept of rock posters as an art form, Kozik was first exposed to the counterculture world of "designer art toys" on a trip to Japan in 1996. His collecting hobby soon mutated into a new profession, and... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow Art by Matt Dukes Jordan Publisher Comments "Lowbrow" it may be called, but high-profile best describes the cultural impact of this contemporary art movement. Found everywhere from wine labels and high-end bar accessories to major motion pictures (Teacher's Pet, the upcoming Pink Panther), the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brides Behaving Badly: Wild Wedding Photos You Were Never Meant to See by Bev West Publisher Comments This hilarious collection of candid wedding photographs proves that not every bride is delicate or demure. These hysterical and sometimes shocking photos include brides doing keg stands, bawdy bridesmaids and grooms gone wild, crazy cakes and favors, and... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nozone #10: Forecast by Nicholas Blechman Publisher Comments Conspiracy theories, pending Ice Ages, potential revolutions, viral epidemics, and other doomsday prophecies: wherever you look-from the cover of Time magazine to the weird weather outside your window-the message seems universal: the Earth our children... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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