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When first published, A Gentle Madness astounded and delighted readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. Learn More

Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. Learn More

A definitive, and highly entertaining, account of contemporary Beijing, the undisputed capital of the twenty-first century. Learn More

Ready to claim or create your ideal job? Ready to stop dreaming and start digging? Learn More

A wild and uncompromising history of four infamous magazines and the outlaws behind them, Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! is the first book to rip the sheet off of the sleazy myth-making machine of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and reveal the doomed history of Hefner’s arch rival, Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, whose messiah complex and heedless spending — on a legendary flop of a movie paid for with bags of cash, a porn magazine for women, and a pie-in-the sky scheme for a portable nuclear reactor —fueled the greatest riches to rags story ever told. Learn More

Hosted by DISINFORMATION co-founder Richard Metzger, the DISINFORMATION TV series caused quite a stir when it aired on the UK's Channel 4 TV network. Learn More

The Gonzo Letters, Volume II, 1968 - 1976. Learn More

A Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo leaps a 12-foot high wall and mauls three visitors who had been tormenting her, killing one. A circus elephant tramples and gores a sadistic trainer, who had repeatedly fed her lit cigarettes. A pair of orangutans at the San Diego Zoo steal a crowbar and screwdriver and break-out of their enclosure. An orca at Sea World snatches his trainer into the pool and holds her underwater until she drowns. Learn More

A frank, funny, and provocative journey through the international culture of swearing, from the shocked seventies to the naughty noughties. Learn More