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Surfing Legends
Surf Book By Michael Halsband and Joel Tudor hotographic odyssey of the remarkable charac- Michael Halsband is a leading studio photographer of ters who color surfing's past and present. music, fashion and celebrities, including Sofia Coppola, Hunter S. Thompson, Keith Haring, Iggy P Pop, Al Pacino, Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and This portrait, accompanied by fascinating stories, Lawrence Fishburne; and was official photographer chronicles a pantheon of living surf maestros from the for the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You tour. historic and contemporary surfing communities: ✯ surf champions Joel Tudor is one of surfing's most influential, original ✯ master board builders and entertaining personalities. ✯ underground cult figures MARKETING: ✯ Led by a popular surf personality and a legendary author events in Los Angeles and New York celebrity photographer, this is a photographic surf ✯ features and reviews in photography, surf, mens' and journey from La Jolla to the North Shore; from Malibu specialty sports magazines to Oregon; and from Noosa Heads to the Windan Sea.
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Go-To Conspiracy Guide
The Intelligence Files Today's Secrets, Tomorrow's Scandals By Olivier Schmidt “If one hopes to make sense of events in the murky world of intelligence and international security, one has to consult multiple sources originating from diverse perspectives. Intelligence helps make that task easier. It probes where others fail to look and offers interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom."—Steven Aftergood, editor of Secrecy News, Federation of American Scientists ✯ eviews of 25 secret intelligence cases—recent Terrorist Networks & Traffic Analysis Before & and hot—most likely to be tomorrow's scan- After September 11 R dals. ✯ FBI's Wen Ho Lee Case Turns into the Lee FBI These potential scandals are culled from the files of Scandal ✯ the French-language ADI Journal, Intelligence, the Trumped Up Proof of Libyan Terrorism bible for conspiracy theorists and avidly read in intelli- ✯ Losing a Spy Elite: The Chinook Crash gence agencies because it is so rich in insider gossip. ✯ Mossad Assassinations Articles include: ✯ Money Laundering the Swiss Way
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Infamous Last Requests
Meals To Die For By Brian D. Price exas death row chef shares last meals of con- This is also a timely and urgent look at the hidden demned prisoners and dramatic insider details details of capital punishment. T about Death Row. Brian D. Price, a native of San Antonio, Texas, went The author, a former inmate assigned to the infamous to prison in 1989 and served 14 years of a 15-year Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas, prepared almost 200 sentence, ten of them as a cook, preparing last meal last meals for the condemned. During his 10-year requests for death row inmates. Prior to incarceration, tenure as a Death Row chef, he observed and discusses he was a professional musician and photographer. the shadowy details of these dramatic events, as well Price and his wife, Nita, are hosts of a prison radio as the crimes that set these executions in motion ministry broadcast out of Crockett, Texas, reaching 22 (including the most infamous case of Karla Faye prisons and 40,000 inmates. Tucker, denied stay by then Governor George W. Bush). Includes: MARKETING: ✯ review copies available ✯ 40+ recipes ✯ major national reviews and features including print, ✯ 200 mugshots, bios and crime accounts network, and drive-time radio ✯ photos of hand-written last meal requests ✯ print, radio and television media campaign ✯ a detailed look at 1997, the record-breaking ✯ multi-city author tour year for executions in the state of Texas
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Populist Voice Silenced
American Assassination The Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone By Four Arrows and Jim Fetzer
as Senator Paul Wellstone, the first 1960's The epilogue includes radical elected to the U.S. Senate, mur- ✯ Wellstone's speeches W dered? ✯ highlights of his political beliefs Although no one can prove exactly what happened, ✯ the record of his activism the authors present the official story and point out its ✯ transcripts of the authors' discussion with NTSB clear inconsistencies: in methodical, muscular prose, the authors, serious men, bring gravitas to this chilling Four Arrows (aka Donald Trent Jacobs) is a former book, presenting Vietnam Era Marine Corps officer an associate profes- ✯ a motive for Wellstone's assassination: to stop sor in the Department of Educational Leadership at his re-election Northern Arizona University. His most recent books is Teaching Virtues (2001). ✯ evidence of an official cover-up involving the FBI, the NTSB, and even CNN Jim Fetzer, a McKnight Professor of Philosophy at the ✯ facts pointing to a new conclusion: that the University of Minnesota, Duluth, has published exten- crash may have been caused by electro- sively in the philosophy of science. Also a former magnetic pulse experimental weaponry Vietnam Era Marine Corps officer, he has edited three books on the death of JFK: Assassination Science(1998), Murder in Dealy Plaza (2000), and The Great Zapruder Film Hoax (2003).
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The Big Wedding
Edited by Sander Hicks “They had a plan to go to war; and when 9/11 happened that's what they did, they went to war.”—former 9/11 Investigator and former Senator Max Cleland
n authoritative anthology of explanations Allan Duncan runs a blog and e-list for 911 research about 9/11: what was hushed is now loud: issues. He recently contributed a twenty-page affadavit 9/11 was a preventable tragedy. to 9/11 widow Marian Elleni's racketeering lawsuit A against George W. Bush. In the potent movement for the truth about 9/11, dogged research by average citizens can produce Sander Hicks, co-founder and former Soft Skull Press truths challenging official explanations. These publisher, was the first to publish a mainstream, in- researchers include academics, former detectives, depth article on the search for real answers to 9/11, activists, journalists, 9/11 widows, and more, includ- his two-part series in the Long Island Press. He has ing: appeared on 60 Minutes, Court TV, and is a frequent ✯ The Jersey Girls, four 9/11 widows who commentator on political programs in radio and tele- demanded the creation of the 9/11 Commission vision. He lives in NYC. ✯ Michel Chossudovsky, War and Globalization, The Truth behind September 11 MARKETING: ✯ ✯ book launch at the International Inquiry into 9/11 in Daniel Hopsicker, Michael Ruppert, Kyle San Francisco; and at II2 in Toronto Hence and John Judge, co-directors of 9/11 ✯ press in conjunction with mailing to 9/ll Citizen's Watch Commission members and targeted media ✯ Paul Thompson, creator of the web's 9/11 Timeline ✯ fall book release event and forum in Washington, DC with 9/11 Citizen's Watch ✯ reviews and features in political media
5 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Between the Lines 1-896357-90-3 Political Science/Social Science/Education $14.95/Paper 160 Pages 6 x 8 September
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Activist ABCs
An Action a Day Keeps Global Capitalism Away By Mike Hudema ried and tested responses to the capitalist Gas Mask Car Shopping, there's appropriate action machine—an action guide for the 21st century. here for every cause. Includes T ✯ original cartoons throughout For concerned citizens who want to change the world, ✯ website reference guide this is a lively, challenging introduction to a variety of action strategies including Mike Hudema is an activist, an actor, and a member ✯ social action of the Edible Ballot Society. He lives in Edmonton, Canada. ✯ organizing ✯ theatrical action MARKETING: ✯ civil disobedience ✯ ads in political and activist media ✯ using the media ✯ reviews and features in activist and environmental Each action includes a rationale and examples—what media you need to pull it off, and where it can be used. From Radical Cheerleading, to Fishing in the Sewers, and
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Our Blue Earth
Water Life Force By Maggie Black “We are in a race with disaster. Either the world's water needs will be met, or the inevitable result will be mass starvation and mass poverty.”—Lyndon B. Johnson
photographic celebration of water and its Maggie Black is an independent writer and editor on many roles in the human and natural world. social issues relating to water and international chil- dren's and women's rights. She was editor of UNICEF A publications in New York and is the author of Children As one of the most temperamental and powerful sub- First: The Story of UNICEF. She lives in London, stances on earth, it is under extraordinary pressure England. today. With 100 glorious full-color photographs, this is a window on the world of water: oceans, mighty MARKETING: rivers and snow-capped mountains; and everyday ✯ national print ads scenes of people interacting with water—filling buck- ✯ features and reviews in environmental media ets, boiling noodles, and jumping streams. ✯ co-op available The lyrical and informative writing draws upon liter- ✯ author tour ary, historical, and folkloric sources about all aspects of water, from the natural and biologic to the sociolog- ical and political implications of water usage and shortage, including current information about dams and privatization battles.
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Images of a New Nation
East Timor Testimony By Elaine Briére Photographs by Elaine Briére “Elaine Briére's marvelous photography, not to speak of her committed activism, has had far-reaching effects” —Noam Chomsky
ine original essays and 64 duotone photo- Elaine Briére is an internationally-recognized photo- graphs illuminating the emergence of East journalist and filmmaker whose work has been exhib- Timor into nationhood. ited in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, N and Japan. Her 1997 film, Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out The people of East Timor are in transition, having of East Timor, won Best Political Documentary at the endured the brutality of colonization and invasion to Toronto HOT DOCS! Festival. She lives in Vancouver. emerge into the uncertain light of autonomy. These stunning images and insightful texts present the range Noam Chomsky has been a consistent critic of US of the Timorese people's history, culture, and aspira- foreign policy in Asia, including East Timor, for more tions. than 25 years.
Nine authors, including renowned investigator Noam MARKETING: Chomsky, David Webster and James Dynn have con- ✯ national print ads tributed original essays. Elaine Briére's eloquent pho- ✯ reviews and features in political and activist media tos form the core of this haunting, informative book. ✯ co-op available ✯ author tour
8 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-57027-149-6 Autonomedia Women’s Studies/Technology $14.95/Paper 342 Pages 6 x 9 October
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Is Gender Obsolete?
Cyberfeminism: Next Protocols Edited by Claudia Reiche and Verena Kuni
eventeen essays on the connections between sci- Claudia Reiche is a media theorist, artist, and curator. ence, technology and gender studies. Her work focuses on (cyber)feminist approaches to the question of how man/machine relations are S designed with words and images. She lives in Cyberfeminism: Next Protocols began as a call posted Hamburg, Germany. on e-mail lists by the Old Boys Network, the first international alliance of cyberfeminists. Writers Verena Kuni is an art historian, curator, and media responded from various fields—media studies, culture theorist currently working as assistant at the jamming, philosophy and art history addressing vari- Department of Art History at the University of Trier, ous topics: where she is also coordinator for the interdisciplinary and intercultural Gender Studies Programme. ✯ the body and robotics ✯ imaging and representation MARKETING: ✯ the invention and documentation of precise ✯ reviews and features in science and women's media cyberfeminist critique and experimental thinking ALSO AVAILABLE: Domain Errors! 1-57027-141-0 This anthology remodels the relation of gender and the female sex: if gender is not obsolete, then there is a stake in reformulating it under the current digital dominance and testing its capacities to subvert cultur- al practices.
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Pirates as Anarchists
The Devil's Anarchy The Other Loose Roving Way of Life & Very Remarkable Travels of Jan Erasmus Reyning, Buccaneer By Stephen Snelders “Snelders has made a major contribution to piratology by introducing certain rare Dutch sources full of anecdote and illumination. But he's contributed even more to the field of radical piratology: pirate as libertarian hero, pirate as symbolic focus for anti-Capital's desire. Rimbaud might've dreamed something like this when he was twelve. But here it is at last, a book of true stories.”—Peter Lamborn Wilson
irate culture as radical social organization: a Examining piracy as limited social rebellion,The salty picture of anarchic pirate life, liberated, Devil's Anarchy travels from the Hollywood pirate-as- pleasurable and violent. hero to the stories of two great Dutch pirates: Claes P Compaen, who terrorized the seas from 1623 to 1627, Rebelling against hierarchical society and choosing the and Jan Erasmus Reyning, who ruled the seas a half- Jolly Roger, pirates entered the political spheres of century later. anarchist organization and festival, with death and violence ever-present. Pirates created an upside-down Stephen Snelders is a historian with a research focus world full of heroics, as well as the deep horrors of life on social transformation and resistance in the body as outside authority. well as the mind. He is the past editor of The Pan Forum (a leading research journal of psychotropic ALSO AVAILABLE: studies) and lives in Amsterdam. Pirate Utopias, 1-57027-158-5 MARKETING: ✯ reviews and features in history and nautical media
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Was Nietzsche an Anarchist?
I Am Not A Man, I Am Dynamite! Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition Edited by John Moore and Spencer Sunshine ✯ leven essays analyzing the anarchism implicit in Emma Goldman Nietzsche's work and the Nietzschean impulse ✯ Ananda Coomaraswamy Ein historical and contemporary anarchism. ✯ an introductory essay from Jonathan Purkis, Friedrich Nietzsche never considered himself an anar- editor of Twenty-First Century Anarchism chist; he was an iconoclast, a destroyer of idols and philosophies. For him, 'Anarchist' was a term of con- John Moore was an anarchist theorist and writer, and tempt, associated with socialism and Christianity and critic of the dehumanizing effects of technology and their slave morality. However, many modern anarchist industry. He was part of the Anarchist Research Group thinkers find Nietzsche inspiring, and this disjuncture in London, founder of the Primitivist Network, and is the momentum for I Am Not A Man, I Am Dynamite! lectured at the University of Luton. His books include The essays collected here, like Nietzsche's work, span The Primitivist Primer and Anarchy and Ecstasy. He many, sometimes contradictory, directions, from basic died of a heart attack while chasing a bus in 2002. Nietzschean thought to advanced analysis of Nietzsche's writings on politics and aesthetics. The MARKETING: book includes writers in the new field of post-anar- ✯ reviews in anarchist journals and magazines chism as well as
11 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Black Inc. Books 1-86395-285-3 Current Events/Political Science $17.95/Paper 224 Pages 62 x 75 October
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Teetering on the Brink
Travels in American Iraq By John Martinkus
iveting portrait of a city on the brink of civil John Martinkus is one of Australia's most intrepid war. investigative journalists. His book about East Timor, A Dirty Little War, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's R Literary Award. In 2002, his Quarterly Essay, Paradise Takes readers to the heart of the political and religious Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence, struggles surrounding the hand-over of power in mid- helped bring the difficulties in West Papua to public 2004. Vividly describing people and places, the author notice in Australia. evokes the everyday life, and traces the ever-widening gap between rhetoric and reality with rare insight into MARKETING: the realities of liberation and the limits of U.S. power. ✯ reviews and features in major national media When the Coalition of the Willing liberated Iraq in ✯ reviews in foreign and current affairs journals early 2003, George W. Bush announced that the Second Gulf War was over. This account demonstrates just the opposite. Martinkus has the courage to say ALSO AVAILABLE: Axis of Deceit, 0-97507-692-2 what the mainstream press cannot. He spent eight weeks in and around Baghdad in early 2004, and shows that, amidst a developing guerrilla war and a chaotic reconstruction, the line between liberation and occupation has become stretched.
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Exotic Panoramas
Festival of Lights Photographs of India at Night By Giraud Foster Introduction by Clark Worswick
andsome volume of panoramic images of Giraud Foster has followed adventure since he was nighttime India, pulsing with exotic surprises ten. He has traveled the world many times, extensively like no other country in the world. in India. He has become a physician, biochemist, H archeologist, ethnomusicologist, and photographer. He Driven by Foster's passion for India, this book marks is the author of Ancient Microworlds. He lives in the fiftieth anniversary since the artist began photo- Baltimore. graphing there. Within a dreamy nocturnal world, he Clark Worswick is a photographic historian, a collec- captures the changes in India that have occurred since tor of early Indian photographs and is a photographic his first visit: the explosion of population, the increase curator at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. in traffic, and the proliferation of the naked lightbulb. He has spent decades travelling India. A glorious book by an artist devoted to Mother India. MARKETING: ✯ traveling exhibition of Foster's work ✯ ads in New Yorker and the NYT Book Review ✯ author signings in October and November ✯ reviews and features in travel and photography media
13 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Magic Realist Press 0-9545007-2-5 Body, Mind & Spirit/Pets $35.00/Boxed Set w/ Deck and Book Book: 200 pages Deck: 78 Large-Format, Full-Color Cards 7 x 9 August
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Richly Textured Feline Fortunes
The Baroque Bohemian Cats' Tarot By Karen Mahony and Alex Ukolov
tarot deck and book featuring a fascinating Karen Mahony has written numerous design articles variety of exquisitely costumed cats in wildly in both the US and UK. She founded Prague's Baba decorative Baroque settings. Studio with Alex Ukolov in 2002, and their work has A been featured in top design magazines. She lives in Each card in this fully-illustrated 78-card deck is a Prague. magical flight to a feline world where Baroque cats slink and sashay through gardens, palaces, inns and Alex Ukolov is an artist and designer specializing in theatres. The 200-page companion book discusses the traditional Russian styles and techniques. He has backgrounds and meanings of each image, with simple taught decorative miniature painting. From the instructions on how to read the deck. There is also a Crimea, he lives in Prague. charming section on the amusing cats' interpretations of the cards. MARKETING: The deck is also available separately, packaged with an ✯ reviews and features in tarot and New Age media informative booklet. ✯ reviews and features in cat enthusiast media ✯ author presentations at LA Tarot Symposium, Sept.; and Bay Area Tarot Symposium, Oct.
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n exquisitely-illustrated picture book for all Karen Mahony has written numerous design articles lovers of cats, costumes and the bizarre. in both the US and UK. She founded Prague's Baba Studio with Alex Ukolov in 2002, and their work has A been featured in many design magazines. She lives in Bohemian Cats invites readers into a magical world Prague. where lavishly-dressed cats go about their business in a fantasy theatrical setting of castles, baroque gardens, Alex Ukolov is an artist and designer specializing in banqueting halls and masquerade balls. Featuring traditional Russian styles and techniques. He has taught decorative miniature painting. He lives in ✯ eighty full-color, detailed illustrations Prague. ✯ four panoramic pull-out spreads MARKETING: This is a fantastic experience of the bizarre and beauti- ✯ reviews and features in cat lovers’ media ful—and the purr-fect gift for cat fanciers everywhere!
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Conjuring the Magic City
The Tarot of Prague By Karen Mahony and Alex Ukolov “I can't recommend buying the deck (with the book!) strongly enough. You won't regret it.”—Diane Wilkes, Tarot Passages “Beautifully researched, designed and printed, the Tarot of Prague is one for everyone's collection.”—Sandra A. Thomson, Aeclectic Tarot, American Tarot Association
avish, beautifully-produced book and tarot deck Karen Mahony has written numerous design articles evoking the rich imagery of the Magic City. in both the US and UK. She founded Prauge's Baba Studio with Alex Ukolov in 2002, and their work has L been featured in many design magazines. She lives in Composed from thousands of original photographs of Prague. the art and architecture of Prague, each gorgeous image on the 78 cards is a stunning, original collage. Alex Ukolov is an artist and designer specializing in For both tarot novices and experts, the accompanying traditional Russian styles and techniques. He has 300-page book gives in-depth guidance to using this taught decorative miniature painting. From the gorgeous Tarot, with Crimea, he lives in Prague. ✯ interpretations and explanations of each card's MARKETING: symbols ✯ reviews and features in art and Mind/Body/Spirit media ✯ links with traditional Tarot symbols ✯ author presentations at LA Tarot Symposium Sept. ✯ how to use the deck for cartomantic readings and Bay Area Tarot Symposium, Oct. ✯ how to make short, interpretive Tarot readings ✯ keywords to help readings emerge quickly 16 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 0-86719-613-0 Last Gasp Art $29.95/Paper 168 Pages Full-Color Reproductions 88 x 10d July
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Illuminating the Master of Light
Thomas Kinkade: Heaven on Earth By Jeffrey Vallance Illustrated by Thomas Kinkade
ultifaceted examination of Thomas Kinkade Thomas Kinkade grew up in Placerville, California. as an artist and cultural phenomenon. His first book was a best-selling instructional book, The Artist's Guide to Sketching. This led to Ralph M Bakshi Studios, where Kinkade created background Known as the Painter of Light, Kinkade has become animation art for Fire and Ice; then he began his paint- one of the most avidly collected, financially successful ing career. He uses his artistic gift as a way to commu- and controversial painters in history. His paintings are nicate his devout Christianity. He won the Collector embraced by thousands of faithful collectors and criti- Editions Award of Excellence and he has been named cized by others for their idyllic scenes, which romanti- the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers' cize and illuminate a fantasy life on earth. Artist of the Year three times: A Book of Joy sold This volume encompasses aspects of Kinkade's fine 60,000 copies; Family Traditions, 50,000. art, production and religious work. MARKETING: ✯ reviews and features in art and art collectors’ media Jeffrey Vallance is the curator of the Kinkade show at ✯ the California State University Fullerton Grand ongoing Kinkade exhibits throughout North America Central Art Center.
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Art Meets Anarchy
Popaganda The Art and Subversion of Ron English By Ron English
career retrospective of Ron English, the coun- Ron English has designed murals for the Guggenheim try's most notorious POPagandist, billboard Children's Fund and created an anti-drug campaign bandit, post-punk prankster and countercul- for the United Nations' International Drug Control A Program in Kazakhstan. His art has been featured in tural artist. such feature films as Breakfast of Champions and A seminal figure in the subvertising, or culture jam- Basketcase II. This year, his art will be featured on the ming movement, in which artists and activists subvert cover of the new release by The Dandy Warhols. an existing advertisement to send out their own mes- sage or encourage free thought, English has pirated over a thousand billboards over the last twenty years, MARKETING: replacing existing advertisements with his own hand- ✯ solo exhibitions at Opera Gallery, Paris; Robert painted subvertisements. Berman Gallery in LA; The Art Car Museum, Houston His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and ✯ reviews and features in art and anarchist media museums worldwide, from Japan to Europe to the for- mer Soviet Union; and are included in prominent col- lections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris and the Whitney Museum in New York.
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Suits Made to Fit Tattoos from the New Skool Tattoo Collective By The New Skool Tattoo Collective he art of bodysuit tattoos—tattoos that cover The New Skool Tattoo Collective is made up of six the entire body as one intricate piece of work. artists who work in San Jose. Their work appears in T trade magazines and counterculture media. The artists of the New Skool Tattoo Collective are the MARKETING: young innovators of the medium, and this is the ✯ reviews and features in tattoo, counterculture and Second Edition of this cutting-edge tattoo book, eye- pop culture media poppingly beautiful, and including ✯ ads in Juxtapoz ✯ full-color photographs ✯ ribbon-tied, presentation hard case, stunningly designed ✯ DVD, a poster, and stickers ✯ four new pages, with art by Wrath, Grime, Jason Kundell, Mike Giant, Craig Toth, Adam Barton, Ron Earhart, Paco Excel, Phil Holt, Adrian Lee, Matt Shamah, and Koritaka
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The REAL Pillow Book
Written on Skin Irezumi: The Art of Japanese Tattoo Photographs by Takashi Kashiwagi rezumi is the traditonal Japanese art of full-body Written on Skin is a rich layering of the story of a tattooing by hand. young woman, art, photography and a meditation on the origins, meanings, rituals, and uncertain future of I traditional Japanese tattoo. Recorded by a world-renowned photographer of irezu- mi, the stunning photography follows a young woman as she embarks on the painful process of acquiring her Takashi Kashiwagi is an internationally respected own full-body tattoo. Included are photographer and master shamisen player. His work has appeared in numerous publications and is particu- ✯ the art of Horioshi III, a living legend in Japan's larly revered in Italy. His work has appeared in every ancient, complex world of traditional tattoo medium, from TV to computer games. ✯ an erudite account of irezumi woven into the story MARKETING: ✯ images of completed works of irezumi by other ✯ reviews and articles in tattoo and Japanese-culture masters, both living and dead related media ✯ postcard campaign to tattoo parlors and tattoo events ✯ book signings by the photographer
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Comic Critiques
Rick Trembles' Motion Picture Purgatory By Rick Trembles “Rick Trembles' comix are even more twisted & weird than me.”—Robert Crumb “I love Trembles' art... If Troma movies did not move, they'd want to Tremble. He is a hilarious & profound genius.”—Lloyd Kaufman, creator of The Toxic Avenger and President of Troma Entertainment
nthology of the best of Rick Trembles' film- Rick Trembles has been published in numerous review comics, a handpicked selection of hun- anthologies including Robert Crumb's Wierdo and dreds of Trembles' satirical, detailed reviews. Pictopia. His comix inspired an academic thesis, How A Did I Get So Anal?: Queer Self-Authorization at the These hybrid film-review/column/comic-strips, seen Margins (Duke University Press). He has exhibited by 300,000 Montreal readers each week for 10 years, widely. created a new form of film criticism, as sequential art lends itself well to the dissection of motion pictures, MARKETING: and illustrations resemble storyboards. Includes ✯ book launch at Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, ✯ Naked Lunch late July ✯ ✯ Touch of Evil author signings ✯ ✯ Grease features and reviews in film and entertainment media ✯ Psycho ✯ summer premiere of author's animated film ✯ Last Year at Marienbad
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Art of Exploitation
Shock! Horror! Astounding Artwork from the Video Nasty Era By Marc Morris and Harvey Fenton “A wonderful collection of UK video cover art from the period of 'Video Nasty' hysteria.”—Video Watchdog
aw-dropping collection of UK horror video covers. Marc Morris worked for Redemption Films, which revived many euro/cult movies on DVD. He now free- lances as a movie consultant; has worked on UK TV J shows; and still collects film-related memorabilia and Between 1980 and 1984, British video companies movies. He wrote Art of the Nasty (Redemption(OOP)). competed for shelf space with increasingly outrageous Harvey Fenton is a well-known collector of cinema cover designs until a legal crackdown removed them books and is publisher of FAB Press. from rental shops forever. From a private collection of rarities, this documents those outlaw years of malevo- lent art with ALSO AVAILABLE: Flesh & Blood Compendium, 1-903254-10-8 ✯ 200 of the greatest horror video covers from the British 'video nasty' era Cannibal Holocaust and the Savage Cinema of Ruggero Deodato, 0-952926-04-0 ✯ full-page, full-color reproductions Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s, ✯ banned or suppressed video covers 0-952926-08-3 ✯ covers for Evil Dead, Last House on the Left, Werewolves on Wheels, and Zombie Creeping Flesh MARKETING: ✯ reviews and features in film, design, and horror media, including Fangoria and Rue Morgue. 29 SCB DISTRIBUTORS A Press FAB 1-903254-06-X Film/Biography & Autobiography $26.95/Paper 368 Pages (Also: Limited Casebound Edition 1-903254-13-2, $39.95) B&W Photographs 7 x 92 Available
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The Anti-Auteur
Abel Ferrara The Moral Vision By Brad Stevens Foreword by Abel Ferrara “A scholarly, informative, and insightful work.”—Christ Zois, co-screenwriter of The Blackout and New Rose Hotel ✯ rom The Driller Killer—originally banned in notes on variant versions of Ferrara’s films Britain—to Bad Lieutenant, The King of New ✯ a list of unrealized projects. FYork and beyond, Abel Ferrara's films have ✯ many rare stills and photos attracted controversy for their extreme subject matter ✯ Foreword by Ferrara and admiration for their fine acting. The author suggests that Ferrara is among the most Brad Stevens has contributed to numerous film maga- important cultural figures of our time: zines, including Movie Collector, Liberation and Sight and Sound; and to many books, including DVD ✯ Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Madonna, Delirium Volume 2 and Flesh & Blood Compendium. He Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine and Ice-T wrote DVD sleeve notes for Full Metal Jacket, Shock have all given their finest performances under Corridor, The Naked Kiss and the reissue of Ferrara's his direction The Driller Killer among many other projects. His ✯ a passionate morality pulses beneath Ferrara's book on Monte Hellman was published in 2003. extreme imagery This comprehensive book contains biographical infor- MARKETING: mation, chapters on every film, television episode and ✯ publicity and promotion with release of special- music video; comparisons with key figures in cinema edition DVD of The Driller Killer and literature; interviews with Ferrara's important col- ✯ features and reviews in film magazines including laborators, and Film Comment and Flux
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Italian Horror Cinema Master
Profondo Argento The Man, the Myths and the Magic By Alan Jones Foreword by Mark Kermode Introduction by Dario Argento
verview of the life and career of the master of Alan Jones reports on fantasy, horror and science fic- Italian horror cinema, from his first script for tion films for Cinefantastique, Starburst and The Radio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, to Dawn Times; has written for GQ, Vogue, FHM and Premiere, O among many others; has served on many festival of the Dead, and Terror Trilogy, with his Hollywood superstar daughter Asia Argento. juries; and is co-organizer of London's FrightFest. He wrote Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco and This is the first exploration of the psyche and method- Tomb Raider: The Official Companion. ology of the man who galvanized global horror with his super-shock sensation, Suspiria. Meticulously col- Mark Kermode is a film critic and broadcaster spe- lated into one unique volume are cializing in horror cinema. His many television docu- mentaries include The Fear of God: 25 Years of the ✯ every feature, interview, review of Argento's work Exorcist. ✯ new material and never-before-published facts and secrets MARKETING: ✯ large Argento fanbase ✯ exclusive Argento interviews ✯ book includes Argento's new film The Card Player, ✯ rare stills, posters and candid behind-the- summer 2004 scenes photos from private collections ✯ reviews and features in horror film magazines ✯ full-length interviews with 28 collaborators, including George Romero, Max Von Sydow ALSO AVAILABLE: and Julian Sands Art of Darkness: The Cinema of Dario Argento, 1-903254-14-0 Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci, 0-952926-06-7 31 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 2 x 9 2 2 2 2 2 x 7 x 7 x 9 2 2 x 9 2 2 unexpected and controversial. Halloween, 32 29.99/Paper, 320 Pages, 7 320 Pages, 29.99/Paper, $ SCB DISTRIBUTORS 2 Examines the work of the provocative Japanese filmmaker who directed 49 feature films 49 feature Japanese filmmaker who directed Examines the work of the provocative TV series in 11 years, many still unseen outside Japan. and three Edited by Steven Schneider by Kim Newman Foreword 1-903254-15-9, Film/Horror, Agitator Miike The Cinema of Takashi Mes By Tom by Shinya Tsukamoto Foreword Culture, $29.99/Paper, Film, Pop 1-903254-21-3, 7 x 9 408 Pages, Halloween or Treat Pagan Festival to Trick By Mark Oxbrow 7 268 Pages, $19.99/Paper, Culture/History, 1-903254-12-4, Pop Frontiers Fears Without Horror the Globe Cinema Across 1-903254-25-6, Film/Pop Culture, $19.99/Paper, 640 Pages, 5 Pages, 640 Culture, $19.99/Paper, Film/Pop 1-903254-25-6, cinema. for aficianados of offbeat reference The second volume of the popular film Flesh & Blood Compendium Edited by Harvey Fenton 7 456 Pages, Film/Horror/Sex, $29.99/Paper, 1-903254-10-8, and exploitation cinema sex, horror the most important on top writers reporting Features the world. around DVD Delirium Vol. 1 Vol. DVD Delirium Films on DVD and Wonderful The International to Weird Guide Thompson Edited by Nathaniel 5 Pages, 640 Culture, $19.99/Paper, Film/Pop 1-903254-04-3, series world's first A-to-Z DVD guide here—the reviewed films are Over 1000 incredible movies. science-fiction and fantasy for collectors of cult, horror, specially designed 2 Vol. DVD Delirium on DVD Films and Wonderful The International Guide to Weird Thompson Edited by Nathaniel Articles and least familiar direc- most colorful genre's about and interviews with the horror tors and stars. The secret history of the phenomenon of The secret FILM ON THE CUTTING EDGE CUTTING THE ON FILM FAB PRESS FEATURED BACKLIST FEATURED PRESS FAB
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The Series That Wouldn't Die
Making Friday the 13th The Legend of Camp Blood By David Grove
he definitive history of the world's most popu- David Grove is a noted international film journalist lar horror film franchise! who has written for Fangoria, Cinefantastique, Cinescape and Film Threat, among many other publi- T cations. He lives in Vancouver. Fresh light on a cinematic phenomenon that's still going strong a quarter of a century after its debut, this is an exhaustive detailing of all eleven Friday the 13th MARKETING: ✯ films, including Friday the 13th films have generated over a half- billion dollars ✯ detailed production histories of each film ✯ reviews and features in film and horror fan media ✯ rare anecdotes ✯ publicity and promotion in conjunction with release ✯ scores of previously unseen photos from of Paramount’s DVD boxset of the first 8 films private collections ✯ hundreds of rare interviews featuring, among others, Kevin Bacon, Wes Craven, Sean S. Cunningham, Robert Englund, Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer and Tom Savini ✯ iconography, including Jason, the hockey mask, and a body count in the hundreds
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The UK’s Roger Corman
Beasts in the Cellar The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tenser By John Hamilton Foreword by Tony Tenser “A fascinating, definitive history of Britain's most underrated film producer. A wise, witty, and scrupulously researched book, sure to become a classic of the genre.”—Darkside ✯ nside story of the godfather of low-budget British remembrances from his peers and stars films, Tony Tenser. ✯ filmography I ✯ details of unfilmed projects Tenser's name remains a British byword for colorful ✯ exclusive interviews, original production files titles, controversial themes and outrageous publicity and private correspondence stunts. He made movies in every genre from children’s films to cannibalism, among them, the notorious John Hamilton writes on British cinema for Shivers, nudie Naked as Nature Intended; Roman Polanski's Flesh & Blood and for mainstream books and publica- ground-breaking Repulsion; and Witchfinder General. tions. He is currently working on a biography of Grace This detailed overview of Tenser's work and career Kelly. includes Tony Tenser is the godfather of low-budget British ✯ full production details, reviews and box-office films, with a knack for backing future superstars stats directors such as Roman Polanski. ✯ rare, unpublished photographs, many from Tenser's private collection MARKETING: ✯ an extensive interview with Tony Tenser ✯ reviews and features in film media ALSO AVAILABLE: Making Mischief: The Cult Films of Pete Walker, FAB Press, 0-9529260-1-6 34 SCB DISTRIBUTORS No Media Kings and Flyboy Action Figure Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Down . A cultural activist and former editor novels include magazine, he founded No Media Kings as Cincinnati, Chicago St. Louis, Tulsa Dallas, City, San Jose, LA SF, galleys available NYC, Cleveland, September: Northeast Tour: New Orleans, Austin, Kansas October: South Tour: Seattle, Portland, Ashland, Tour: November: West Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow, Adbusters ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ Jim Munroe's Gasmask,Comes With Spaceman, Young Angry in Silico Everyone of a publishing alternative to media conglomeration. He lives in Toronto. MARKETING: 35 SCB DISTRIBUTORS booksense.com 6 x 8 256 Pages September September $14.00/Paper No Media Kings 0-9686363-3-0 Really. Fiction/Science Fiction Fiction/Science roommatefromhell.net. roommatefromhell.net. Rock and Roll
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Stephen King Meets Ibsen
Perfect Circle By Sean Stewart “Stephen King meets Ibsen. Trust me.”—Neal Stephenson “Needy Ghosts, bar fights, concealed weapons, R.E.M., and ramen noodles—Perfect Circle is an irreverent Texas treat. Sean Stewart is one bright, funny writer.”—Stewart O'Nan, The Night Country
unny, fast-moving thriller about ghosts, family Sean Stewart is the author of seven novels including and perfect pop songs. Galveston, Passion Play, The Night Watch, and Mockingbird. He wrote much of the innovative web F game associated with the film, A.I. His novels have won William “Dead” Kennedy has problems. He’s haunted the Aurora, Sunburst, Arthur Ellis, and World Fantasy by family, by dead people with unfinished business, Awards. He lives in Davis, CA, with his wife and two and by those songs you can’t get out of your head. daughters. He’s a 32-year-old Texan still in love with his ex-wife. He just lost his job at Pet-Co for eating cat food. His MARKETING: air-conditioning is broken, and he’s been dreaming ✯ radio and TV appearances about ghost roads. ✯ author tour When Will’s cousin (“My dad married your Aunt Dot’s ✯ free minicomic of novel by Stewart and illustrated half-sister”) calls in the middle of the night about a by Steve Lieber (Hellboy, The Escapist) to dead girl haunting his garage, it seems like an easy bookshops and comic shops way to make a thousand dollars. But nothing is ever ✯ ads to targeted media simple, especially when family is involved. ✯ co-op available ✯ reading copies available
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Opera, Feminism and a Wolverine
Carmen Dog By Carol Emshwiller “This trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of Animal Farm, Rhinoceros and The Handmaid's Tale.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark [Carmen Dog] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships.”—Booklist “A wise and funny book.”—The New York Times "A novel about women turning into animals and animals turning into women, perhaps the funniest and the cru- ellest of her books, a sort of feminist Candide. The kindness of the innocent heroine, Pooch, triumphs over cruelty in the end, which is happy; at least it is if you want it to be. Even Pooch's children turn out well, ‘setters, and all male.’ Why this book isn't a feminist classic I don't know. Maybe it is. Maybe that's why people haven't heard about it. It should be a required text on Gender in all high schools and colleges."—Ursula K. Le Guin
sharp, kind look at men and women and the Carol Emshwiller is the author of four collections of world we live in. short fiction including Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories. Her work appears in McSweeney's, A TriQuarterly, and New Directions and many other anthologies and magazines; she is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and has won many grants, awards and MARKETING: prizes, including the Fantasy, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, ✯ features and reviews in science fiction and literary Gallun, and Icon awards. She lives in NYC in winter, media ✯ teaching at NYU's School of Continuing Education. advertising in science fiction publications She spends the summers in a shack in the Sierras.
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Raunchy, Exuberant Debut
Trash Sex Magic By Jennifer Stevenson “I planned to read this grand book one chapter at a time. I’d scarcely begun the second when I fell under the author’s spell.”—Gene Wolfe, The Knight “Jennifer Stevenson is my goddess. In this book, trash is power, a springtime bacchanalia of beautiful, wild women, magic trees and sexy men—love it!”—Nalo Hopkinson, The Salt Roads
t’s a romance, it’s funny, it’s sexy, it’s about family Jennifer Stevenson, with her husband of twenty-six and kinship, mothers and daughters, homecom- years, owns Hawkeye Scenic Studios, Inc., a scenery ings and never leaving home at all. It’s got villains construction shop in Chicago. Her stories have been I published in a number of anthologies. This is her first and magic and even a tornado, along with characters who go through unexpected trans-formations (some novel. quite literal). MARKETING: Raedawn Somershoe lives in a trailer on the banks of ✯ author events in Chicago area the Fox River. She likes men and men like her. It runs ✯ national print advertising in the family: her mother can seduce a man just by ✯ national review coverage walking across a road. When they set their sights on a ✯ author tour and BEA signing man, something magical happens. ✯ Advance Access mailing Alexander Caebeau drives a bucketloader for a con- struction company. He’s lonely, homesick, tired of cut- ting down trees and putting up ugly buildings. He’d like to go back to the Bahamas, but his grandmother won’t let him. When Alexander meets Raedawn Somershoe, something magical happens. 39 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Autonomedia 1-57027-159-3 Fiction $9.95/Paper 192 Pages 42 x 7 September
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Great American Road-Trip in Reverse
Negativeland A Novel By Doug Nufer “An elegantly constructed novel that peers into the void—masked by plenty of razzle-dazzle—at the heart of con- temporary American life. The prose crackles, and the dialogue is spare and sharp. This is a fine book on a society in virtually invisible decline.”—Gilbert Sorrentino, Gold Fools “Doug Nufer is the pop-punk heir to the great Oulipo tradition of constraint writing. His work is, therefore, brainy, babbly, wry, and more fun than a crossword puzzle at a linguists' convention.”—Rebecca Brown, Gifts of the Body
n this rueful tale, Olympic gold medal winner Ken Doug Nufer is a novelist, poet and playwright. He is Honochick and his girlfriend take a cross-country an editor of American Book Review and a former editor road trip to revisit his brief moment of triumph and of the Washington Free Press. His reviews and articles I have appeared in The Stranger, Rain Taxi, Sports his subsequent purgatory on the promotions circuit. Illustrated and The Nation. He runs a wine shop in The result is a smart, flirtatious tour-de-force that’s Seattle. funny and inventive, written simply, with a single per- vasive formal constraint. Under the comic gusto and MARKETING: technical virtuosity, however, there is also penetrating ✯ Author readings in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, thought on our country's obsession with private Boulder, Minneapolis, and New York City in Fall foibles and public image, individual achievement and 2004. the pressure to cash in on it.
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Fade to Oblivion
Spermatogonia The Isle of Man By Bart Plantenga Photographs by Dave Lombard sychological snapshot of the unravelling of a Features unique page design of images and pulled Pcarefully-managed identity. text. In this dense psychological novel, the narrator Bart Plantenga is an Amsterdam radiomaker, sound decides, both physically and metaphysically, to disap- journalist, and writer: Wiggling Wishbone: Stories of pear. At the turning point in his life, Kees Caliphoria Pata-sexual Speculation (Autonomedia, 1995) and Beer is a laughtrack technician and psychogeographer: he Mystic. His recent book is Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret scouts the physical spaces and social situations that History of Yodeling Around the World. produce specific kinds of laughter, which his company then markets to the entertainment industry. His dissat- Dave Lombard is a New York photographer who, for isfaction is not ameliorated by fat paychecks and over 25 years, has been quietly portraying life in NY expense accounts, and his dubious memories of an and elsewhere, achieving a zen-like combination of earlier life as an art-porn star further undermine any strangeness and familiarity in his images. connection with an authentic life. Turning inward, he critically examines and casts off layer after layer of MARKETING: character signifiers, reaching a point of absolute interi- ✯ reviews and features in literary media ority, a personal space between terror and spiritual ✯ radio promotions and features in NYC calm. Ultimately discarding subjectivity itself, he final- ly enters a world where identity only exists as rem- nants of other peoples' memory. 41 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Black Inc. Books 1-86395-245-4 Fiction/Literary Criticism & Collections $15.95/Paper 288 Pages 52 x 82 January
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hird in Richard Barre's series of redemptive, Richard Barre was born in Los Angeles and raised in mysterious Christmas novels. California. He is the author of The Innocents (Shamus Award for best first P.I. novel), Bearing Secrets, The T Ghosts of Morning, Blackheart Highway, The Star, Dakota Territory, 1879: Played-out gunman Jubal Burning Moon, Bethany, and Echo Bay (2004). Prior to Pyne, hours from the posse that would hang him, and writing crime fiction and short stories, he was a copy- the blizzard that would freeze and bury him, crosses writer and creative director at his own advertising the Cheyenne river into Laney Van Rensslaer’s high- agency and wrote and edited travel publications. plains farm. From then on nothing is the same—not Currently he is the associate publisher at the newly- for Jubal, not for Laney and her 5-year-old daughter, revitalized Capra Press in Santa Barbara, where he not for the injured and comatose husband Laney tries lives with his wife, Susan. to will back to life. MARKETING: ✯ author signings ALSO AVAILABLE: ✯ reviews and features in literary media Bethany, 2003, 1-59266-038-X ✯ The Star, 2003, 1-59266-008-8 review copies available
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aPierre's eighth Port Silva mystery, where the Janet LaPierre is a five-time nominee for the Shamus, spirit of the quiet, dramatic north country is Anthony and Macavity. Her Port Silva titles include the setting for profound insights into family Unquiet Grave, 1987; Children's Games, 1989, The L Cruel Mother, 1990, Grandmother's House, 1991, and relationships. Old Enemies, 1993. She lives in Berkeley. Hired by Christina Larson, as a deathbed promise, to clear her grandfather's name of a pedophilia accusa- MARKETING: tion from thirty years ago, Verity Mackellar and her ✯ author events in northern California mother, Patience, aka Patience Smith, Investigations, ✯ review copies available take the case. The Mackellars are initially reluctant: ✯ reviews and features in mystery media Patience believes it will reopen old wounds. Verity sees success as unlikely and onetime friend Chris as disagreeable. Then Verity reads the old man’s bitter ALSO AVAILABLE: suicide note, “They've left me nothing... I damn them Baby Mine, 1999, 1-880284-32-4 to hell, whoever they are.” Keepers, 2001, 1-880284-44-8
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ntenured State University of Michigan English Lev Raphael received an MFA from UMass/Amherst professor Nick Hoffman tries to lie low as and a Ph.D from MSU. A former asst. professor of three senior professors battle to be department English at both institutions, John Jay College and U Fordham, he is a prize-winning novelist, critic, and chair. The situation implodes when an emergency meeting turns the department, and normal academic short story writer (Harvey Swados Fiction Prize, Reed procedure, upside down. Smith Fiction Prize, Lambda Literary Award, International Quarterly's Award for Innovative In an intense atmosphere of mounting crisis, Nick is Fiction); and reviewer for several publications and desperate for a quick getaway. Nick's partner, Stefan, NPR. He lives in Okemos, Michigan. suggests an idyllic week at a Club Med. The Island of Serenity, however, proves to be anything but serene, MARKETING: and again, Nick finds himself face-to-face with murder ✯ features reviews in mystery, Judaica, and gay media as his vacation in paradise becomes a nightmare. ✯ author will attend Jewish Book Fairs in November ✯ author signings at Midwest stores
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Angry Mom’s Revenge
A Disposable Man A Novel By Laura Manson determined single mother is pitted against Caught up in torrid escapades she mistakes for love, drugs, guns and teenage rebellion. Grace drops out of high school and runs away from home. Candace and her lesbian lover manage to get A Grace into rehab. Then Candace gets close to James, Candace Ehler is a thirty-eight-year old single mother playing the role of his newest drug-addicted girlfriend; and graphic artist who has managed a good life in she injects him with the same poison he sells...and it Seattle for her only daughter, Grace. Shy and seven- looks like just another overdose by A Disposable Man. teen, Grace is obsessed with James Montoya, a twenty- eight-year old drug dealer and dangerous loner. Laura Manson works as a school administrator by day and sings in a rock band at night in Spokane, Washington. This is her first novel.
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46 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Riverwood Books this is Bertrand Russell lives in southern Oregon. The author of lives in southern Oregon. media Portland, Beaverton). Corvallis, Salem, Tigard, San Rafael, San Jose, Berkeley, California: (SF, (Seattle, Tacoma, Santa Rosa). Washington: Vancouver) features and reviews in mystery media in mystery and reviews features and targeted and ads in Kirkus, PW articles, reviews Salem, (Ashland, Medford, Oregon author readings: ✯ ✯ ✯ John Sack of Francis of Assisi, A Story in Winter: The Wolf his first novel. MARKETING: 47 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 6 x 9 November November 360 Pages $24.95/Cloth Fiction/Mystery Fiction/Mystery 1-883991-91-9 Riverwood Books
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If Satan existed, the future of the order founded by St. Francis would afford him the most exquisite gratification If Satan existed, the future of the order A Novel By John Sack “ The Franciscan Conspiracy ‘The net result of Saint Francis’ life was to create yet one more wealthy and corrupt order, to strengthen the hier- to create yet one more wealthy and corrupt order, ‘The net result of Saint Francis’ life was of of all who excelled in moral earnestness or freedom of thought. In view archy and to facilitate the persecution to imagine any more bitterly ironical outcome.”— it is impossible and character, aims his own
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he transition of a young girl ambivalent about Jeannette Ferrary has written books, columns, and food as women's work, to a career woman reviewed restaurants for many food magazines. She immersed in cuisine. This memoir features wrote M. F. K. Fisher and Me, and five cookbooks with T Louise Fiszer, including Season to Taste, 1995 and A warm recollections of a Brooklyn childhood, and the challenges of feminism, marriage, divorce, and Good Day for Salad, 1999. She teaches food writing at childraising. Stanford and U. C. Berkeley and lives in the Bay area. At every step of the way, food played an important MARKETING: role as heritage and legacy, as symbol, and as pleasure. ✯ advance reading copies available The book contains portraits of America's most famous ✯ features and reviews in food media food-world celebrities, including ✯ book signings on the West Coast and in NY ✯ Julia Child ✯ first serial rights to Gastronomic ✯ Alice Waters ✯ Craig Claiborne ✯ Pierre Franey ✯ Ruth Reichl ✯ ...and, with signature recipes
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Poetic Homage
Poems for Josefina By Majorie Agosin Translated by Betty Jean Craige “...another remarkable contribution to the growing corpus of an important contemporary poet who transcends regional barriers.”—Library Journal for Agosin's Rain in the Desert “The voices of the ancient and the new resonate with the passion of memory and the resilience of a new life in the new world.”—Claribel Alegria, Death of Somoza
omage to the poet's grandmother, written in Majorie Agosin is a poet, writer, critic, and human Spanish and translated into English in this rights activist, a descendant of European Jews who bilingual edition. escaped the Holocaust to Chile; she spent Pinochet's H dictatorship in exile. She obtained her Ph.D. from Your Death Was Sweet Indiana U. and is Professor of Spanish at Wellesley. In 1990 she received the Jeanneta Rankin Award for And your death was sweet Achievement in Human Rights. In 1995 she was award- As a sip of water ed the Letra D’Oro Prize and the Latina Literature Prize. As the sight Her books include Miriam's Daughters: Jewish Latin Of incomprehensible joy American Women Poets, Lluvia en el desierto/Rain in the On a vast horizon Desert, and These Are Not Sweet Girls: Latin American And your death was so sweet Women Poets. The peaceful transport from one dream To another MARKETING: ✯ ads in literary magazines, Bloomsbury Review, The breath of God Kenyon Review Crossed your skin ✯ Winter: readings and signings in New England Your skin became ✯ review copies available A spring And your death was as sweet As a sip of water 57 SCB DISTRIBUTORS and New York . Her work to the (with Nikki Coffman); Kitchen Sink XXXLiveNudeGirls On Our Backs is the author and illustrator of 0-86719-620-3 Novels Fiction/Graphic $24.95/Paper B&W Illustrations 250 Pages 8 x 8 August Last Gasp media 21st Century Beat 21st cross-continent tour, with slideshow, in 2004 with slideshow, tour, cross-continent and feminist in national literary and reviews features ✯ ✯ Laurenn McCubbin Laurenn Winning the Xeric Award XXXLNG:Pretty Like A Princess XXXLNG:Pretty of Director and the Creative Times. MARKETING: appears widely, from from appears widely, 58 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Chelsea Whistle and Valencia , the all-girl traveling roadshow is author of Sister Spit
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Harold's End By JT Leroy Illustrated by Cherry Hood “LeRoy depicts his ill-begotten characters as tenderly as Jean Genet, and delineates their acts of sadism and self- mutilation as unsparingly as A.M. Homes”—Publishers Weekly
disturbing autobiographical portrait of the JT Leroy is the author of Sarah and The Heart Is world of young male hustlers in San Francisco, Deceitful Above All Things. His writing has appeared in involving a boy and his pet snail, Harold. McSweeney's, Black Book, Film Comment, Spin, GQ, A Paper, Interview, and in The Best American Nonrequired With the beautiful watercolor images of acclaimed Reading 2003, edited by Dave Eggers. Australian artist Cherry Hood—known for her haunt- ing portraits of adolescent boys—this harrowing MARKETING: ✯ novella lays bare the angst and sexual confusion of a reviews and features in literary media new generation of lost boys. ✯ Sarah is being made into a film by Steven Shainberg ✯ The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things is being made into a film by Asia Argento
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Whiskey and Robots By Bucky Sinister “I don't really do blurbs anymore, but I really dug this book.”—Jimmy Santiago Baca, A Place to Stand “Bucky Sinister writes the way an evil beaver chews up a maple trunk—bucky and sinister.”—Patton Oswalt
ucky Sinister's poetic journey into adulthood. Bucky Sinister is a pioneer of slam poetry. He ran the These funny and vicious poems are a journey Chameleon poetry reading series from 1991-1997, and Bthrough his tumultuous life, from wrote King of the Roadkills, 1995. ✯ his Arkansas childhood as the son of a travelling evangelist MARKETING: ✯ his wild adolescence ✯ author tours and reads continuously in Bay Area and beyond ✯ his punk rock mid-twenties on the streets of ✯ San Francisco Fall Tour: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, NYC, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, LA, SF, Portland This is more than just a collection of poetry from one of America's freshest young voices. It's an exercise in courage about reaching a point where passion is all that is left.
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Born to Rock Heavy Drinkers and Thinkers By Todd Taylor “When Todd Taylor graces our pages, we believe in punk rock again. And punk rock gives us hope.”—Ryan Henry, Thrasher “Although Todd Taylor's words could acerbate, he's way too patient for that. He lets them sit inside you like a pack of batteries on an Arizona desert highway—they boil; then they blister... and then they burn like the Whore of Babylon.”—Tony Adolescent
ollection of writings exposing punk's long- Todd Taylor was managing editor of Flipside and standing political and philosophical traditions helped form Razorcake, now the top punk rock maga- beyond the violence and fashion of this often- zine in the U.S. He has interviewed hundreds of musi- C cians, writers, activists, and artists over his long career. misrepresented subculture. He lives in Los Angeles. Through a series of well-researched interviews, Born to Rock covers everything from a junky skateboarder's MARKETING: ✯ August: West Coast tour: LA, San Jose, SF, Ashland, death wish to a hardcore clinical psychologist's vision Portland, Seattle, Vancouver of a better world. In between, there is censorship, chil- ✯ Fall: Perpetual Motion Roadshow Tour: Chicago, dren's rights, art, photography, and a lot of drunken, Cleveland, Cincinnati, NYC, Montreal, Ottowa, good times; like the music itself, this book is funny, Toronto sad, fast, angry, smart, and redemptive.
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he fast-paced story of a determined little girl's Ragnar is an artist with a large international following. race to get to work on time. In animation he has designed and art directed pro- grams for Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and T Warner Brothers. His work can also be found on T- As Izzy speeds through back roads and city streets in shirts, lunchboxes, postcards, stationery and other her rocket car, she's greeted with shouts of “Go Izzy, items throughout the world. His previous book, Got go!” and “Better get a move on.” Your Nose, has been called a retro-modern classic. After blasting off and leaving the Earth's atmosphere, she arrives at her job on the moon with just seconds MARKETING: to spare and counts down- 4, 3, 2, 1.... Crackle! Zap! ✯ features and reviews in art and children's media Bzzzzzzzzt! She flips the switch that lights the moon. Below, back ALSO AVAILABLE: on earth, the hearts of romantics the world over are Got Your Nose, 0-9729388-1-8 set aglow by the light of the moon. “Thanks Izzy! Good job! See you tomorrow night.”
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What the Pumpkins Learned! An Ancient Buddhist Tale By Sybil Taylor Illustrated by June Atkin his is the only book for young children intro- Sybil Taylor is an author, editor and journalist. She ducing basic ideas about meditation. began her career with Life Magazine and Viking Publishers. A world traveller, she is also a student of T Zen Buddhism. This is her first children's book. She The pumpkins sat still for one long day and one long live in New York City. night. What did the pumpkins learn? Find out in this beautifully-illustrated re-telling of a traditional June Atkin is an artist and children's book illustrator Buddhist children's story. focusing on the outdoor natural world, and the mind- Readers will rejoice in the great family of all living scape within. She lives in New York City's Greenwich things—fishes, birds, butterflies, snakes, cats dogs, Village with her journalist husband. She frequently giraffes, tigers, trees, flowers, the big rivers, oceans, attends Buddhist retreats. the sun, the moon, the stars...and you and me! MARKETING: Teachers, parents and librarians will appreciate the ✯ features and reviews in children's and spirituality brief essay about meditation and the Buddha Way, as media well as the suggested discussion questions included after the story.
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Buddhists of Color Speak
Dharma, Color, and Culture New Voices in Western Buddhism Edited by Hilda Gutierrez-Baldoquin “I felt Buddha's spirit long before I began to study his words. I felt him not as a God or as the son of a God but as a human being who looked around and said to himself: Something here is very wrong. People are such beautiful and wondrous creations, why are they being tortured? How can there be an end to their suffering?”—Alice Walker, in Dharma, Color, and Culture
uddhists of Color write on ending suffering in Hilda Gutierrez-Baldoquin is a Soto Zen priest; this groundbreaking anthology, featuring Latino, founder of the People of Color sitting group at S.F. Asian, African-American, and Native American Zen Center, and a bilingual/bicultural consultant in B multicultural organizational development. Born in Las Buddhists. Tunas, Cuba, she grew up in Harlem, and lives in San Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Thich Nhat Francisco. She is on the Editorial Board of Conflict Hanh connect diversity, racism and Buddhism at four Resolution Quarterly, and has co-authored and advised levels: the personal, the interpersonal, the institutional many publications on cultural competence and con- and the cultural. Thought-provoking, original, and flict resolution. articulate, this forges a new path for the simple truths MARKETING: of Buddhism: ✯ promotion and tour in conjunction with North American workshops ✯ attention to the pain of racism is essential ✯ author and contributor readings in SF, LA, Chicago, ✯ the Dharma is an effective antidote to this suffering Santa Fe, NYC, NJ, and Connecticut ✯ the Dharma is a vehicle for healing and ✯ interviews, excerpts, and reviews in targeted media ✯ liberation review copies available ✯ ads in Tricycle, Buddhadharma, Shambala Sun With five original drawings by Mayumi Oda. 80 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-888375-36-1 Parallax Press Social Science/Religion Family & Relationships $16.00/Paper 180 Pages 6 x 9 September
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Buddhist Perspectives on the Final Journey
Journeying East Conversations on Aging and Dying By Victoria Dimidjian “Aging is a chance for a second childhood. We go from being the do-er to being the be-er. That's aging.”—Ram Dass “Working with the dying, you are constantly reminded of what matters: love, kindness, generosity, and our inter- connectedness.”—Joan Halifax uddhist spiritual leaders discuss aging and Victoria Dimidjian is Professor of Education at dying in comprehensive and original inter- Florida Gulf Coast U. She is the author of several views. Ram Dass, Michael Eigen, Norm books, and her articles are widely published. She B began her Buddhist study at the Zen Studies Society in Fisher,Thich Nhat Hanh, Joan Halifax, Sister Chan Kh’ong Frank Ostaseski, Rodney Smith, and John Manhattan in 1964 and is a founding member of the Wellwood each understands and has met the chal- Naples Community of Mindfulness. lenges of later life. Their intellectual and spiritual wis- dom, leavened with humor, will comfort anyone deal- MARKETING: ing with the realities of aging and death. Featuring ✯ contributors' bookstore signings and readings nine meditations and a reading list, topics include: ✯ multi-city FL author tour: Sarasota, Tampa, St. ✯ How can we change our ideas of aging and dying? Petersburg, Gainesville, Orlando ✯ ✯ How does a spiritual practice affect aging and review copies available ✯ dying? ad campaign: Tricycle, Buddhadharma, Shambala Sun ✯ What true comfort can we offer our loved ones?
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Updated Buddhist Classic
Freedom Wherever We Go A Buddhist Monastic Code for the Twenty-first Century By Thich Nhat Hanh “Each training assures an area of freedom in our daily life and is based in mindfulness. Mindfulness enables us to see clearly which actions of our body, speech, and mind help us to progress on the path of freedom and which actions pull us away.”—Thich Nhat Hanh enturies-old Buddhist monastic guidelines of Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, conduct, updated for the twenty-first century poet, scholar, and human rights activist; he has been a —now available for the first time. professor at Columbia and the Sorbonne and founder C of Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon. In 1967, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has modernized the he was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr., for the guidelines that order the daily lives of Buddhist monks Nobel Peace Prize. He is author of more than one hun- and nuns. These rituals are a path to transformation dred books, fifty in English. He lives at Plum Village, a and liberation and nourish the practice of all practi- meditation center in France, and travels worldwide, tioners by allowing insight into the monastic code of leading retreats on the art of mindful living. conduct and lifestyle. Just as the original precepts were developed from actual situations the Buddha encoun- MARKETING: tered with his disciples, the guidelines here emerge ✯ review copies available directly from real occurrences in modern monastic ✯ national advertising campaign: Tricycle, Shambala communities. Everyone can learn from the integrity, Sun, Buddhadharma simplicity, beauty, and freedom of monastic life. ALSO AVAILABLE: Stepping into Freedom, Parallax Press (1997) 82 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-888375-45-0 Parallax Press Religion/Current Events $14.00/Paper 180 Pages 5 x 8 November
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Buddhist Perspective on Middle East Peace
Peace Begins Here Palestinians and Israelis listening to each other By Thich Nhat Hanh “If you can't stop the course of escalation between you and your beloved, how can you stop the course of escala- tion with the other group of people, with the other nation?”—Thich Nhat Hanh real peace process must be based on spiritu- Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, al—not political—strength. Thich Nhat Hanh poet, scholar, and human rights activist. In 1967, he offers the idea that peace in oneself is the was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr., for the A Nobel Peace Prize. He is author of more than one hun- basis of peace in the family, society, and the world. dred books, fifty in English. He lives at Plum Village, a Based on an ongoing Buddhist retreat project for meditation center in France, and travels worldwide, Israelis and Palestinians, this book suggests practical leading retreats on the art of mindful living. ways to handle strong emotions and misperceptions. If we bring peace into ourselves, we have a clearer MARKETING: understanding of ourselves and others. The book ✯ review copies available includes ✯ ad campaign: Tricycle, Shambala Sun, ✯ Buddhadharma, Parabola, Utne Reader individual Israeli and Palestinian stories ✯ special marketing to Jewish and Palestinian peace ✯ Thich Nhat Hanh's recollections of nonviolent groups: One Voice, Geneva Accord, People's Voice action during the Vietnam war ✯ special marketing to academic peace studies ✯ ✯ how to use deep relaxation, walking simultaneous publication in Israel meditation, and deep listening to create a peaceful inner state of being
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Buddhist Poet's Call for Peace
Fighting for Peace Poems by Daisaku Ikeda By Daisaku Ikeda Foreword by Ishmael Reed “These poems are a treasure trove of distilled wisdom.”—Hazel Henderson, futurist and environmental activist “The poems of Ikeda envision ways of peace and reveal struggles necessary to revolutionize ourselves. The con- quest of violence is made possible by this language of peace in the making.”—Dale Bryant, Tufts University
econd Edition of these ardent exhortations for Daisaku Ikeda is a world-renowned Buddhist poet, peace and justice. An excerpt: philosopher, peace activist and head of the SGI Nichiren Buddhist movement; he has published over S 100 works. “All people have the right to live in peace! What is needed now is for each individual to become Ishmael Reed is an African American writer and stronger, to check and triumph over authority. To American original, whose work spans 40 years and do this is our right. We struggle and raise our includes every form of writing, from poems to screen- voices loud in order that we may live lives of plays; he also helped found the East Village Other, and wonder and joy. Never believe that the greatest, has taught at UC Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth most irresistible force is the power of the state. and SUNY Buffalo. For the energy of the soul, the might of the human spirit, is an even greater force, the most MARKETING: magnificent power of all. Let us form in our ✯ promo events in NYC, LA, S.F., Chicago, Atlanta, hearts the resolute will to realize peace, summon- Miami, Boston, and Washington, D.C. from June- ing a force sublime and unsurpassed.” December, 2004 ✯ reviews and features in Buddhist and spirituality media 84 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-931501-01-7 Dunhill Publishing Inspiration/Current Events $19.95/Paper 150 Pages Includes DVD 6 x 9 September
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One By One: The World Is Yours to Change By Daisaku Ikeda “I find my faith in the future of humanity slipping and I think that this book has helped me to find it again. I’d like to meet the man who wrote this book. I’d like to tell him ‘Thank you,’ Because he has an unshakeable faith and hope in the future of humanity. I know that. And I was losing mine. He reaffirmed it for me and I thank him.”—Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham
he leader of the SGI Nichiren Buddhist move- This important book also features a DVD, Another Way ment offers a message of optimism about our of Seeing Things, which underscores the author’s mes- Tcommon future. sage. This Japanese Buddhist leader and peacebuilder chal- lenges readers to examine stereotypes, overcome prej- Daisaku Ikeda is a world-renowned Buddhist poet, udices and keep open minds to the possibility of a philosopher and peace activist, and head of the SGI world without violence or war. Nichiren Buddhist movement. He has published over 100 works. In intimate essays, the author introduces his personal friends to the reader—friends who have demonstrated that sincerity and perseverance can achieve dreams of MARKETING: peace. These friends range from household names ✯ promotional events in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, such as Gandhi to obscure Japanese scholars and Atlanta, Miami, Boston, and Washington, DC priests from El Salvador. from June - December 2004
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ractical advice and anecdotes about the joys and Lisa Cohn is a freelance writer whose work has challenges of blended family life, because one in appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Parenting, three of us is now part of a stepfamily and Mothering and numerous other publications. She has P won seven writing awards from Parenting Publications almost half of us will one day take part in a blended family. of America and other groups.
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God in a Beggar's Disguise
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Lou Gehrig's Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis By Robert G. Miller, M.D., Deborah Gelinas, M.D., and Patricia O'Connor, R.N. LS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, can- Robert G. Miller, M.D., is Director of the Forbes not be cured, but treatments are now available Norris MDA/ALS Research Center at the California that can make a major difference in prolong- Pacific Medical Center and holds many other presti- A gious clinical professorial appointments. ing and enhancing life.
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he first Pilates book for travelers so readers can Alida Belair was a child dance prodigy at Melbourne's now continue their Pilates routines while away Borovansky Ballet Academy, danced with the Bolshoi on business or vacation. This wonderful little and had leading roles with London and New York T companies. Her bestselling autobiograhpy, Out of Step, book offers is an Australian classic. ✯ easy-to-follow instructions ✯ exercises for people of any age and level of fitness MARKETING: ✯ instructional black and white photos ✯ reviews in health/fitness and mind/body/spirit media ✯ exercises to do in airplane seats ✯ features in inflight magazines and journals ✯ the perfect size for a purse or briefcase ✯ author radio and TV interviews via satellite in August and September Alida, an ex-prima ballerina and an exclusive Australian Pilates instructor, demonstrates that Pilates- based exercises are so adaptable and minimalist, they can be done almost anywhere, such as waiting in lines or in confined spaces.
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Explore the Virgin Islands Sixth Edition By Harry Pariser “highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review “...after 32 years of living in the Virgin Islands and traveling to all the islands and most of the cays, I am amazed at how much new information I could glean from Pariser's book.”—Kirk Grybowski, the Source “...comprehensive...detailed descriptions...stunningly illustrated...”—Heartland Reviews he most comprehensive guide to the Virgin Harry Pariser is a writer, artist, and photographer liv- Islands introduces visitors to the entire scope of ing in San Francisco. A graduate of Boston University, attractions and facilities in the U.S. and British he has written for The Japan Times, the San Jose T Mercury News, Caribbean Travel & Life and other pub- Virgin Islands and contains information found nowhere else! Included in this guide: lications. He has traveled in more than 40 countries and has been writing about the Caribbean for 20 ✯ outdoor activities and all water sports years. He received the Lowell Thomas Award for his including diving, snorkeling, and surfing travel guide to Barbados. ✯ complete coverage of all levels of accomodations ✯ 30 color photos, 32 maps, and 100+ MARKETING: illustrations and photos ✯ in-store signings by author ✯ hundreds of web sites and e-mail addresses ✯ media interviews ✯ ✯ FAX and 800 numbers. review copies sent to targeted media ✯ where to stay, eat, shop, play and sightsee ✯ maps, cultural insights, environmental ALSO AVAILABLE: concerns, history, and candid observations Explore Puerto Rico, 1-893643-52-2 Explore Barbados, 1-893643-51-4 ✯ charts and sidebars with delicious tidbits not found in other guidebooks Explore Costa Rica, 1-893643-50-6 102 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-884465-21-8 Pet Friendly Publications (Previous ISBN: 1-884465-05-6) Travel/Pets $21.95/Paper 576 Pages Maps/B&W Illustrations 52 x 82 October
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Doin’ Texas with Your Pooch—2nd Edition Eileen’s Directory of Dog-Friendly Lodging & Outdoor Adventure in Texas By Eileen Barish “...for those who enjoy traveling with their pets.”—New York Times “...helps travelers avoid faux paws.”—Wall Street Journal “Puts a unique spin on vacation time.”—CNN “Don’t leave home without furface and Eileen’s Directory.”—Family Circle Magazine
he best that the Lone Star State has to offer Eileen Barish, award-winning author and pet travel Texans and their pooches. Winner of the pres- expert, along with her canine companions Rosie and tigious DWAA Maxwell Award for best refer- Max, has made over 300 TV appearances. Her T Vacationing with Your Pet series has been reviewed in ence guide, this is the ultimate dog owner’s guide to the beautiful Lone Star State, including over 600 national magazines and newspapers. She and her husband live in Santa Barbara, California and in ✯ 1,500+ pet-friendly accommodations in every Phoenix, Arizona. price range, from Amarillo to Zapata ✯ full information on every hotel, motel and ALSO AVAILABLE: resort: addresses, phone numbers and room Doin’ Arizona With Your Pooch, 1-884465-20-X rates and ameneties Doin’ California With Your Pooch, 1-884465-16-1 ✯ wide variety of pet-friendly Texan recreational Doin’ the Northwest With Your Pooch, 1-884465-18-8 activities: beaches, parks, hiking trails and much more
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Fairy Trails
Traveller's Guide to Fairy Sites The Landscape and Folklore of Fairyland in England, Wales and Scotland By Janet Bord
traveller's guidebook to the 500+ places in the This is fairy lore for intrepid or armchair travellers, British Isles, where fairies have actually been but it is most definitely not for the fainthearted, as A seen, a new angle on the very popular subject many of the stories can make the hair stand on end. of fairies. Janet Bord was born in Leicestershire, England, and Visit actual fairy sites where Brownies and Elves cavort has lived in rural North Wales for the past 30 years. and, perhaps, may be seen today. This well-regarded With her husband, Colin Bord, she has written seven- author, known for her scholarly research, offers teen books, beginning in 1972 with Mysterious Britain. ✯ accurate details on how to get to the sites They also created the Fortean Picture Library, a picto- ✯ first-hand sighting reports and strange rial archive of mysteries and strange phenomena. accounts of old and new fairy sightings ✯ a guide to the different types of Little People, MARKETING: from Pixies to Leprechauns ✯ reviews and features in New Age and travel media ✯ many illustrations, engravings, drawings, photographs and maps
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Be One With Nature
The Spirit Of The Green Man By Mary Neasham “Mary Neasham's new book is a provocative and insightful look at the mysterious phenomena of the Green Man.”—Avalon Magazine, U.K.
ew understanding of this potent archetype of Mary Neasham is a Green Activist and has spent fecundity. many years sudying The Green Man. She is co-author of Teenage Witch's Book of Shadows and author of N Handfasting—A Practical Guide. Involved in the Pagan Today, the need for connection to The Green Man has revival, she attends meetings and gives talks though- never been stronger. The pollution on our planet has out the U.K. She lives in a remote part of the Suffolk rendered him, paradoxically, even more influential to countryside. the future of humankind. Though shrouded in mys- tery, he speaks directly to anyone who wants to hear MARKETING: him. The reader is shown how to meet and interact ✯ features and reviews in New Age media including with the spirit of The Green Man through Pagan, Magickal, New Age, Green Awareness, Green, and others ✯ practical work ✯ green awareness ALSO AVAILABLE: ✯ magic Teenage Witch's Book of Shadows, 0-9536631-5-9 Handfasting - A Practical Guide, 0-9542963-1-1 ✯ meditation
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Environmental Living for Enchanted Souls
Green Spirituality Magic in The Midst of Life By Rosa Romani “Rosa Romani is a dynamic and wise new voice on the Green/Wicca scene.”—Rae Beth, Hedge Witch
ow to experience a wholesome, home-grown Rosa Romani is a wild enchantress, animal rights spirituality with enchantment at its wild campaigner and writer for New Age and Pagan period- heart. icals. A singer/songwriter and soul-poet, as well, she H works in the west of England. She spent the last few Green Spirituality helps us find the truths we need to years wandering England in the Old Way, reviving the walk lightly on the Earth Mother. To create a spiritual traditions of her forebears, when country people path both magical and grounded in modern reality, the expected the seasonal gifts of the travelling people. author blends ✯ environmental awareness MARKETING: ✯ environmental action ✯ reviews in environmental and green magazines and media ✯ country wildcraft ✯ contemporary pagan practice
Mixing the practical aspects of daily life with other- worldly journeys and gentle spell-weaving, Green Spirituality explores the magic inherent in the midst of modern life for positive purposes.
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New Research on the Ancient Site
Energy Secrets of Glastonbury Tor By Nicholas Mann “Marvelous. Once again Nick Mann demonstrates that his insight into this remarkable place is second to none.”— Sacred Site Watch, U.K. reakthrough research on the ultimate purpose Nicholas Mann is the author of the classic study, Isle and function of the Glastonbury Tor. of Avalon, as well as Druid Magic and Reclaiming the Gods. He is a longtime resident and researcher of the B mysteries of the ancient landscape surrounding Glastonbury Tor is acknowledged to be one of the Glastonbury in England. most powerful spiritual places in the British Isles. Wreathed in mystery since before recorded time, myths and legends abound about its role in the spiri- MARKETING: ✯ tual life of the people of these islands and beyond. features and reviews in New Age and travel media Drawing on new research and previously unpublished sources, the author's dramatic conclusions have pro- ALSO AVAILABLE: found implications for the study of sacred sites world- Isle of Avalon, 0-9536631-3-2 wide, as he challenges beliefs about the interaction Reclaiming the Gods, 0-9536631-8-3 between the worlds of body and spirit.
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Sacred Geometry and Crop Circles!
Hypnotizing Crop Circle Shapes By Bert Janssen
he hypnotic effects and unexpected meanings Bert Janssen is a Dutch filmmaker, mathematician, of crop circle geometry. and crop circle researcher. His documentary, Contact, T has won awards in Holland and the UK. This is his first book. Crop circle patterns have fascinated people all over the world for decades. Although the phenomenon is sur- rounded by many mysteries, the huge, unfamiliar and MARKETING: powerful shapes remain intriguing. These shapes, in ✯ ads in NEXUS, Atlantis Rising, World Explorer fact, can have a hypnotizing effect on those who gaze and other focused markets at them. But why? ✯ What makes these shapes so compelling? ALSO AVAILABLE: ✯ Why do these patterns have such strong effect Crop Circles, Gods and Their Secrets, 1-931882-25-8 on people? ✯ What are the patterns attempting to communicate? An illustrated, magical journey through the miracles of crop circle geometry, illustrated with color photos.
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Guide to the Apocalypse
The Lucid View Investigations in Occultism, UFOlogy, and Paranoid Awareness By Aeolus Kephas “Replete with fascinating information, marshaled and presented colorfully in a sustained flow of exciting imagery, this is a compelling witness to the choices that lie open to us. Utterly intriguing.”—Kenneth Grant he religious, magical, and paranoid beliefs per- Aeolus Kephas was born on the Greek island of taining to the 21st century: Is the Earth enter- Hydra but soon moved to Europe and has since lived ing conspiracy consciousness? And if we are, on three different continents studying philosophy, T world folklore, and comparative religions. His ten- how can we navigate the End Times? years of research for The Lucid View have led him into This unorthodox analysis of conspiracy theory, the realms of paranoia, government conspiracies, UFOlogy, extraterrestrialism, and occultism is an mind control, occultism, and alien abductions. Against impartial journey through all the odds, he has kept his sense of humor intact. ✯ Freemason vs. Illuminati sorcery wars MARKETING: ✯ Gnostic and Templar secret history ✯ ads in NEXUS, Atlantis Rising, Paranoia, Steam ✯ Crowley and Hitler’s occult alliance Shovel Press, and other focused markets ✯ covert space colonization ✯ mind control, 9/11, UFOs and alien abductions ALSO AVAILABLE: ✯ —and much, much more! Mind Control, World Control, 0-932813-45-3 Saucers of the Illuminati, 0-931882-24-X Liquid Conspiracy, 0-932813-57-7 Mass Control, 1-931882-21-5
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Desert Treasure
Dig Here! Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest By Thomas Penfield Introduction by David Hatcher Childress eprint of a rare 1966 book pinpointing real Thomas Penfield, author of the widely hailed Lost bonanzas in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Treasure Trails, did years of exhaustive research for Dig Texas and Nevada, giving the locations of over Here! His other books are Western Sheriffs and Marshals R and Around the World With the Fighting Yanks. A gradu- 100 fabulous fortunes waiting to be found in the ore- rich Southwest! For the first time, lost treasure stories ate of the U. of Nebraska, he also wrote TV scripts and of the Southwest are stripped bare of their legends and numerous articles. Mr. Penfield is deceased. lies! The author's account of each treasure includes David Hatcher Childress, the popular Lost Cities ✯ the approximate location author, has written over 20 books and has appeared ✯ the estimated total value of the treasure on television specials for Fox, Disney, NBC, ABC, and ✯ an authentication of that value the Sci Fi Channel. When he isn't exploring the ✯ and reading sources for each locale world, he lives in Kempton, Illinois.
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The Holy Grail Predates Christ
Guardians of the Holy Grail The Knights Templar, John the Baptist, and the Water of Life By Mark Amaru Pinkham
roof that the Holy Grail existed thousands of Mark Amaru Pinkham is a Templar Knight of The years before Christ. International Order of Gnostic Templars, and teaches Gnostic Templarism in Sedona. He is the author of P The Return of the Serpents of Wisdom, Conversations For a thousand years the Knights Templar have been with the Goddess, and The Truth Behind the Christ the guardians of the Holy Grail, receiving the Grail Myth: the Redemption of the Peacock Angel. He also from a lineage of Grail Guardians. This ancient Grail leads Mystical Templar Pilgrimages to England and lineage, which included John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, Scotland; and spiritual tours to Egypt, France, India, and John the Apostle, originated on Sri Lanka, recog- Mexico, Peru and Sedona AZ. nized within the Arab world as the true location of the fabled Garden of Eden. A unique history of the MARKETING: Knights Templar and the Grail, Guardians of the Holy ✯ ads in Atlantis Rising, NEXUS, World Explorer, and Grail includes chapters on: other focused markets ✯ Rosslyn Chapel and the Sinclairs of Scotland ✯ John the Baptist’s Sri Lankan background ALSO AVAILABLE: ✯ The Mystery of Baphomet, the Templar demon The History of the Knights Templar, 0-932813-40-2 ✯ The Tantric Rites of the Knights Templar Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet, 0-932813-18-5 ✯ Alchemy & the Mystery of the Black Madonna ✯ The Secrets of the Freemasons and Johannites
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Sun Worship is the Origin of All Religions
Suns of God Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled By Acharya S.
he origins and meaning of the world's religions This in-depth analysis is based upon original research and popular gods. and modern and ancient evidence of Astrotheology, or T the worship of the sun, moon, stars and planets. The spiritual leaders Christ, Krishna and Buddha Acharya S. is a classically-educated archaeologist, his- share similar stories and teachings. Each torian, mythologist and linguist, considered an expert ✯ is a miraculously-born redeemer on ancient cults and religions. She appears frequently on radio and television shows. Her controversial first ✯ heroically overcame challenges book was The Christ Conspiracy. She lives in LA. ✯ taught ethics and morality ✯ performed marvels and wonders MARKETING: ✯ ✯ was persecuted, killed and resurrected ads in NEXUS, Atlantis Rising, Steamshovel Press, Paranoia and other focused markets The metaphoric tale each embodies is not unique, ✯ radio interviews, including the Art Bell Show and however, but found in many cultures long before the LA shows Christian era. The author reveals that the parallels exist not because these godmen were actual historical ALSO AVAILABLE: personages, but because they personify ancient, scan- The World's 16 Cruxified Saviors, 0-932813-95-X dalous global mysteries. The Book of Enoch, 0-932813-85-2 The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, 0-932813-74-7 113 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Adventures Unlimited Press 1-931882-33-9 (Previous ISBN: 1-881532-15-1) Science/Metaphysics/Body, Mind & Spirit $19.95/Paper 416 Pages 200 B&W Illustrations 6 x 9 September
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Occult Technology
Free Energy Pioneer: John Worrell Keely By Theo Paijmans Introduction by John A.Keel
he free-energy research underground and the Theo Paijmans was born in Holland and lives in secret traditions of Occult Technology, focus- Amsterdam. A well-known occult researcher in the ing on the inventions of John Worrell Keely, Netherlands, he appears frequently on Dutch radio T and television. This is his first book. the world's free-energy pioneer. Over a century ago, Keely discovered the mysterious source of free, unlim- ited energy and John A.Keel is a famous fortean and occult investiga- tor and author of The Mothman Prophecies and other ✯ built 2,000+ free-energy machines books. ✯ experimented with anti-gravity and the disintegration of solid matter MARKETING: ✯ inpired Nikola Tesla, Jules Verne and Thomas ✯ ads in NEXUS, Atlantis Rising, World Explorer, Edison Steamshovel Press and Paranoia magazine, among other focused marketing With many illustrations of Keely's inventions and dia- grams of his theories, Free Energy Pioneer also explores secret societies and occult orders, examines the influ- ALSO AVAILABLE: ence of these mysterious techno-occultists, and dis- The Free Device Energy Handbook, 0-932813-24-0 cusses Keely's final idea: the ultimate evolution of The Anti-Gravity Handbook, 1-931882-17-7 humans through free energy. Quest for Zero Point Energy, 0-932813-94-1 Tapping the Zero Point Energy, 1-931882-00-2
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Customer Service as a Life Strategy
Even Your Mom Is a Customer Using Customer Service Strategies to Improve the Relationships in Your Personal Life By John Stanton and Richard George ✯ ow to to improve personal relationships by exceed people’s expectations applying customer service strategies. ✯ delight people H ✯ inspire people to look forward to being with This is a new direction for Silver Lake Publishing's you again and again Small Business Series: self-help through business strategies, because finding, developing and keeping John Stanton is a marketing professor at St. Joseph's customers is essentially the same process as finding, University in Philadelphia, PA. He also consults with developing and keeping friends and partners. businesses around the world, specializing in market- ing and customer service. Simply stated, the customer service process involves observing and identifying the things another wants, Richard George is also a marketing professor at St. and the ideas that person holds dear. With these uni- Joseph's University in Philadelphia, consulting with versal values, one can earn and keep a person’s trust businesses around the world. and good will. But rather than using this good will to sell a product, one can 'sell' oneself and become a MARKETING: trusted, life-long friend. The authors, with empathy ✯ reviews and features in business media and enthusiasm, demonstrate how to ALSO AVAILABLE: Success Leaves Clues, 1-56343-161-0
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A Must-Read For Your Next Doctor's Visit
10 Things You Need to Know Before You See the Doctor A Physician's Advice from More than 40 Years of Practicing Medicine By Sheldon Lipshutz, M.D.
akes consumers behind the scenes of hospitals Sheldon Lipshutz, M.D., was trained as a surgeon and doctors’ offices to understand how and and has worked in every facet of the hospital—from why medicine works the way it does. lowly resident to chief administrator. He really knows T how health care works. Here are clear tools for making good decisions when you see a doctor and have to sort through many MARKETING: options. People who read this book will be able to ask ✯ reviews and features in consumer media and the right questions of health care providers: readers publicity targeting NPR, WSJ, Reader's Digest can confidently and women's magazines ✯ review copies available ✯ demand the best medical care ✯ be smart and aggressive consumers ALSO AVAILABLE: Most people have a hard time applying what they Medicine and Money, Schlank, 1-56343-173-4 know when they or their family members are in an Hassle-Free Health Coverage, Silver Lake Editors emergency room or doctor's office. This book will 1-56343-160-2 empower every reader with ✯ real-life medical stories and hospital experiences that will instruct—and amaze ✯ full explanations of medical-ese language ✯ a walk-through of every type of insurance 117 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Silver Lake Publishing 1-56343-782-1 Personal Finance $11.95/Paper 288 Pages 42 x 7w November
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Strategies for Breaking the Credit Habit
Credit Scores, Credit Cards How Consumer Credit Works: How to Avoid Mistakes and How to Manage It Well By The Silver Lake Editors
ow to make your credit history, financial data, At the same time, credit scores have become the gold- account information and other essentials en keys to successful borrowing. But what does it all strong—and safe! mean? How do you know you’re managing your credit H wisely? In a credit-based economy, your credit score In 2001, the average North American consumer spent means as much to you as money in the bank meant to nearly $40,000 on credit cards. By 2005, this average your grandparents—and here's how to protect it! person will carry over $50,000 in consumer debt—not counting mortgages or car loans! This unsecured con- The Silver Lake Editors have been writing on insur- sumer debt is fundamentally changing the way ance, personal security and finance topics for more Americans live: than a decade. ✯ the tradition of a home owned free and clear has become unusual as people borrow against MARKETING: their homes—and refinance repeatedly—to ✯ features and reviews in consumer and personal pay for discretionary spending finance media ✯ ✯ financing vacations, electronics and dining out drivetime radio campaigns with multiple credit cards is commonplace ALSO AVAILABLE: Identity Theft, 1-56343-777-5 The Under 40 Financial Planning Guide, 1-56343-134-3 Family Money, 1-56343-744-9 The Personal Security Handbook, 1-56343-775-9 118 SCB DISTRIBUTORS 1-56343-784-8 Silver Lake Publishing Business & Economics $24.95/Paper 360 Pages 8 x 10 October
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Key Tools for Start-Ups
The Elements of Small Business A Lay Person's Guide to the Terms, Concepts and Forms that Every Business Person Needs By John Thaler nother title in Silver Lake Publishers Small John Thaler is an attorney in private practice who Business Series: an essential resource for start- specializes in getting small businesses up and running ing a business today—after the hard lessons of successfully. He is a native Southern Californian and A graduate of UCLA. the dot.com recession. Most entrepreneurs already know their businesses well and have common sense—what they need are funda- MARKETING: ✯ mental, practical tools for creating successful systems reviews and features in consumer and personal finance media within the business. This book shows them how, ✯ including: publicity and promotions with small business organizations ✯ background discussion of business structures ✯ ads in WSJ Magazine and urban business ✯ legal forms for filing necessary paperwork publications ✯ general advice for getting started correctly ✯ definitions of concepts, markets and market ALSO AVAILABLE: relationships Business Plans to Game Plans, 1-56343-701-5 ✯ worksheets, standard letters, sample documents How to Finance a Growing Business, 1-56343-700-7 ✯ a modular system for building the plans and Leap of Strength, 1-56343-702-3 reports that lenders and investors need
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Higher Education for a Higher Purpose
Making A Difference College & Graduate Guide (9th ed) Education to Shape the World Anew Edited by Miriam Weinstein Preface by Matthew Fox and Marty Nemko "Targets students who are dissatisfied with the prospects of a traditional, passive, and one-dimensional approach to higher education. Interesting and informative."—Journal of College Admission "With our college's emphasis on service to others, we are proud to be included in this guide."—Swarthmore College “A great guide for college-bound young activists.”—Julia Butterfly Hill
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Beat the Odds at Blackjack
NEW Ways to Win MORE at Blackjack The BEST of the Blackjack Innovator's Syndicated Columns (Vol. 1) By Richard Harvey “Richard Harvey's a blackjack wizard...a genius! “—At The Casino columnist Bill Previtti
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A Pioneer of Digital Innovation
Paul M. Smith photographs Photographs by Paul M. Smith Foreword by Paul Womble Preface by Alistair Hayman “Paul M. Smith manipulates and questions the sincerity and authority of the documentary.”—Evening Standard “Paul M. Smith's glossy photographs explore the implications of changing sexual roles (with the artist as key par- ticipant), and reveal an interest in mutancy that Bosch might have admired.”—Art Review
etrospective of the first photographer to Paul M. Smith earned a Masters in photography from embrace digital manipulation. the Royal College of Art after a stint in HM Forces as an engineer, photographer and paramedic. He has had R many exhibitions of his work around the world; An internationally respected artist, Smith uses his received numerous awards and honors; and is repre- body to express his ideas, playing out different roles sented in many permanent collections. His books which suggest that masculinity is fabricated and muta- include Digital Art, Blink, and his work was featured ble. His themes include manipulated war photography, in I Am A Camera: The Saatchi Gallery. He is Director questions of masculine identity and the lone adventur- of the Photographers' Gallery in London. er as artificial hero.
Smith chooses his subjects with special care; his MARKETING: images are highly constructed and polished, and the ✯ features and reviews in art and photography media complex arrangements are characterized by deliberate- ✯ North American exhibition tour ly unattractive physical types, mutated body-morphs, and clearly-staged manipulations.
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The New Nude Aesthetic
Natural Beauties The Domai Collection Edited by Eolake Stobblehouse “Everyone needs inspiration, and I often turn to this wonderful collection to feel refreshed and invigorated. The image selection is superb, the bodies and the faces are perfect, and the world is a better place while I'm looking at these beautiful women.”—Craig Morey, Linea and 20th Century Studio Nudes
compilation of color nude photos from 20 This new, independent form of expression, also erotic photographers, introducing a new style named DOMAI style, from the web site which invent- of nude art: Simple Nudes, focusing exclusive- ed and champions it, is not a compromise between A art nudes and sex nudes, but is a true third art of ly on a model's beauty. nude appreciation. The Simple Nudes philosophy is to simply celebrate the model's beauty, and not subsume the model to any other purpose, not sex, not art, not commercialism. Eolake Stobblehouse is a respected German editor. Like the Dogma film movement from Europe, Simple Nudes are characterized by MARKETING: ✯ the model’s inherent beauty in the natural state ✯ features and reviews in art and photography media ✯ no forced poses ✯ no unnatural styling or props
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Goliath Books
Fun Fetish Favorites
Spank Me The Art Of The Spirit Illustrated by The Spirit Introduction by Craig Morey “This exciting art leaves me wishing I could enter The Spirit's world for real.”—Angela Rose
olor illustrations about old-fashioned spank- With expert craftsmanship and dramatic realism, the ing, with a contemporary twist. artist seamlessly meshes pen, brush and a wicked imagination. These are elegant, modern erotic art- C works. The artist is entranced with women's tantalizing shapes and smooth skin, wild eyes, and desperate con- The Spirit is a well-known erotic illustrator from flicts; he places them in highly-charged, erotic adven- Canada. tures, highlighting ✯ small, vibrant tableaux—storyboards for wild Craig Morey is a prominent artistic and commercial erotic films photographer of nudes and has produced several pho- ✯ the luscious secret world of bad behavior and tography books, including Linea. He lives and works sweet revenge in the Bay area. ✯ striking, alluring images of sultry women MARKETING: ✯ reviews and features in fetish and erotic media ✯ specially constructed padded binding
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Mystic Ridge Books
A Modern Secret Gardens
Baring It All 20 Women Reveal The Most Intimate Details of Their Best Lovemaking Experiences Edited by Layla Shilkret
rue stories of their greatest lovemaking experi- Layla Shilkret is a young editor and writer especially ences from 20 different women. interested in women's and sexuality issues. She lives T in New Mexico. These very private journeys document women’s atti- MARKETING: tudes and desires in today’s world: tender, revealing ✯ features and reviews in women's and sexuality/erotic and full of erotic detail. This is a sourcebook of ideas media from role models of the highest kind of love: of self- less, spiritual unions grounded in sensual experience.
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Circlet Press
Fantasies of a Fetish Superstar
Master Han's Daughter Tales of Depraved NeoTokyo By Midori
hort stories by top professional dominatrix, Midori. Midori is the author of The Sensual Art of Japanese Bondage, as well as a lecturer and model in her field. Her articles and photographs have been featured in S many magazines including Secret, The Spectator and In the sexual cyberpunk world of futuristic Tokyo, sex The Beauty of Fetish. An international superstar fetish and desire are as sharp as a knife blade, and love and diva, she tours and speaks continuously at leather cruelty make a strange, sadomasochistic mix. conferences, fetish balls, and sexuality events from Professionally, Midori has honed her storytelling skills, London to San Francisco. her voice and her imagination to excite her clients and transport them to other worlds. In these stories, she MARKETING: takes readers on the same strange and erotic journeys. ✯ author tour of US and Canada ✯ Though some of the stories in this volume have been ads, features and reviews in SM/bondage publications published in The Spectator and elsewhere, most are new. ALSO AVAILABLE: The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, 1-890159-38-7
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Victorian Erotica with a Bite
The Darker Passions: Carmilla By Nancy Kilpatrick writing as Amarantha Knight “A wonderfully written adaptation of the classic cult figure. Delectable indeed.”—Redemption “Well-written and imaginative, Amarantha Knight gives fresh impetus to this myth, taking us through the sexual and sadistic scenes with details that keep us reading.... This author shows superb control. A classic in itself has been added to the shelves.”—Divinity Magazine
n its time, Carmilla rivaled Dracula in popularity Amarantha Knight is the pseudonym of Canadian as a vampire novel which shocked the sensibilities horror writer Nancy Kilpatrick. Under both names of the Victorian public. she has written fourteen novels, including The Darker I Passions series, the Power of the Blood series (Child of In more modern times, by mixing Victorian horror the Night, Near Death, Reborn, Bloodlover), and As One with the hallmarks of Victorian erotica—writer Dead. She has also written for VampErotica comics and Amarantha Knight has created this enjoyable, popular has edited numerous anthologies. She has won the Darker Passions series. Seven volumes now, the series Arthur Ellis Award; has twice been a Bram Stoker includes Dracula, Frankenstein, and now Carmilla, the finalist; and been an Aurora Award finalist five times. most sensual vampire of them all. She lives in Montreal.
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Greenery Press
Transcendent Kink
Radical Ecstasy By Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy
eather, tantra and spirit combine in this revolu- Dossie Easton is a licensed psychotherapist in private tionary sex book, which partners BDSM and practice. An active sex radical since 1961, she has sacred-sex practices. experienced a wide variety of sexual lifestyles. With L Janet Hardy, she is co-author of five books; her poetry For millennia, seekers have used physical and emo- has also been widely published in mainstream and tional extremes to achieve transcendence and exalta- erotic publications. tion. Today, many BDSM and leather practitioners are discovering the potential of SM practice to reach per- Janet W. Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady sonal, interpersonal and spiritual goals. Green) is the publisher of Greenery Press Inc. Under With trademark frankness and humor, these popular her various pen names, she is the author or co-author BDSM/sexuality authors share techniques using tantric of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM. breathing, visualization and movement with BDSM to create states of transcendence during solo and part- MARKETING: nered sexual and practice. The authors also document ✯ book launch at Folsom St. Fair their own journeys into the realm transcendent kink ✯ North American tour with speaking/media events and radical ecstasy. ALSO AVAILABLE: The Ethical Slut, 1-890159-01-8 The New Bottoming Book, 1-890159-35-2 The New Topping Book, 1-890139-36-0 When Someone You Love Is Kinky, 1-890159-23-9 131 SCB DISTRIBUTORS Village Voice. Village and the Mademoiselle, Playboy, and those who love them is an educator and writer on SM, fetish and how to give pleasure to feet how to give pleasure foot and shoe worship how to recieve guide to the varieties of feet, boots and shoes, guide to the varieties of feet, boots and ✯ ✯ ✯ his is a handy manual to the delights of feet and his is a handy manual to the delights Midori. Includes footwear from By Midori 1-890159-64-6 Sex/Self-Help $9.95/Paper Pages 112 4 x 6 November Greenery Press The Toybag Guide Guide The Toybag to Foot and Shoe Worship Midori to universities, the SM presenting human sexuality, and the media. Born in Japan and raised community, household, she enlist- in a feminist, intellectual Tokyo ed in the US Army Reserves as an Intelligence officer UC from while earning her psychology degree Her writing appears in Berkeley. San Francisco Chronicle Glamour, on several television chan- Midori has also appeared nels, including HBO and Playboy. T 132 SCB DISTRIBUTORS received his Ph.D. from the U. of his Ph.D. from received pleasure pleasure reviews of new, high-tech pleasure toys high-tech pleasure of new, reviews scenarios in which they fit perfectly how to combine technologies for maximum ow to use the latest and hottest in high-tech kink ow to use the latest and hottest in high-tech telephone-controlled like the Televibe wizardry. ✯ ✯ ✯ vibrator. Included vibrator. The Toybag Guide Guide The Toybag Toys to High-Tech By John Warren 1-890159-65-4 Sex/Self-Help $9.95/Paper Pages 112 4 x 6 November Greenery Press John Warren John Warren Tennessee. He has taught at East Carolina U. and the U. and He has taught at East Carolina Tennessee. runs a U. of Southern Mississippi, and he currently books and toys for the company providing mail order the his wife, he created With BDSM community. a BDSM educational and Boston Dungeon Society, social group. H
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