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AUGUST BOOK SELECTIONS

666 PHOTOGRAPHY Of Virgin Queens & High Camp Divas Gayla Partridge Pop creations from the Austin-based retro/vintage photography group, featuring images from fantasy to Weimar cabaret to 20s Berlin decadent. hardcover 39.95



LES FEMMES DU MOROC Lalla Essaydi Superb monograph invoking the Western fascination with the veil and the harem as expressed in nineteenth-century Orientalist paintings, combining portraits of North African women and Arabic script.. hardcover 60.00


NEW YORK GIRLS Richard Kern Celebrated photographer/filmmaker Kern's definitive monograph of fetish imagery -- mixing S & M, punk, erotica, violence -- published in 1997. Rarely available, we have only 2 copies in stock. hardcover out of print 60.00


LIFEGUARD ON DUTY Matt Albiani Highly regarded celebration of the male form featuring young lifeguards and swimmers. hardcover 45.00


FAST FORWARD Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood Lauren Greenfield 90s Los Angeles youth culture and its effect on the rest of our society, from the children of celebrity to the street gangs of South Central. hardcover out of print 21.95



	BROUGHT TO LIGHT Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900 ed. Corey Keller Rare 19th century images -- x rays, electricity, radiation, spirit photography -- produced by scientists, inventors and amateur photographers. From the SF Museum of Modern Art exhibition. 50.00 hardcover


	ART IN TIME Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 Dan Nadel Lesser known works by celebrated icons of the industry, working in genres outside their specialties, including H.G. Peter (Wonder Woman), John Stanley (Little Lulu), Jesse Marsh (Tarzan), and Bill Everette (Submariner).. 39.95 hardcover


	STILL LIFE Adventures in Taxidermy Melissa Milgrom Peels the skin back on Norman Bates' favorite pastime, dutifully tracking taxidermy from its 19th-century heyday (the beneficiary of a natural history boom), to its nadir as a reviled predilection in the age of PETA. 25.00 hardcover


	ABRAHAM LINCOLN Vampire Hunter Seth Grahame-Smith From the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes this extremely entertaining revisionist biography of the 16th president and his secret, life-long mission to eradicate the undead. 21.95 hardcover


	CHARLATAN America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam Pope Brock Absolutely fascinating look at the story of John Brinkley, from traveling medicine man to popular radio personality, to quack doctor transplanting goat testicles into impotent men across America. 11.95 was 24.95 hardcover

DVD HIGHLIGHTS

FITZCARRALDO (1974)

dir. Werner Herzog

cast Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale

A Peruvian rubber baron attempts to fulfill his dream of building an opera house on his secluded jungle plantation.. Filmed on location, the production was the subject of the superb documentary Burden of Dreams.

19.95

VISITOR Q (2002)

dir. Takashi Miike

cast Ken'ishi Endo, Shungiku Uchida

A Japanese reality show host and his family undergo a radical change when a stranger enters their lives. Bizarre, offensive, definitely not for all tastes, from the director of Audition and Ichi the Killer..

subtitles 29.95

CHOOSE ME (1984)

dir. Alan Rudolph

cast Genvieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Leslie Ann Warren

Jazzy, noir-ish tale of romance and relationships in 80s Los Angeles. Director Rudolph, a protégé of Robert Altman, works wonders with his ensemble cast. Easily one of the most overlooked films of that decade.

14.95

THE DESCENT (2006)

dir. Neil Marshall

cast Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza

British indie horror director Marshall's tale of six women on a weekend spelunking trip who encounter an unseen evil in an Appalachian cave. Edge of your seat suspense, gore and a strong cast make this a great thrill ride.

14.95

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LIFEGUARD ON DUTY Matt Albiani Highly regarded celebration of the male form featuring young lifeguards and swimmers. hardcover 45.00

hardcover out of print 21.95

21.95 hardcover

cast Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale A Peruvian rubber baron attempts to fulfill his dream of building an opera house on his secluded jungle plantation.. Filmed on location, the production was the subject of the superb documentary Burden of Dreams.

19.95

cast Ken'ishi Endo, Shungiku Uchida

A Japanese reality show host and his family undergo a radical change when a stranger enters their lives. Bizarre, offensive, definitely not for all tastes, from the director of Audition and Ichi the Killer.. subtitles 29.95

CHOOSE ME (1984) dir. Alan Rudolph

cast Genvieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Leslie Ann Warren Jazzy, noir-ish tale of romance and relationships in 80s Los Angeles. Director Rudolph, a protégé of Robert Altman, works wonders with his ensemble cast. Easily one of the most overlooked films of that decade. 14.95