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We're
often asked which books we turn to for inspiration, research,
and amusement. We have compiled our current favorites
on this page. Many of these titles are difficult to find
on the shelves of your local bookstores and libraries. However,
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Girls of Weimar Berlin
by
Barbara Ulrich
This
lively collage of excerpts from German
periodicals shows a culture at its decadent
peak before the Nazi suppression. As
an homage to the sexually liberated
women of pre-Nazi Germany, color and
black-and-white full-page graphics,
photographs, and advertisements are
featured.
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GRAND
GUIGNOL: The French Theatre of Horror
by Richard Hand and Michael Wilson
Paperback - 336 pages (July 2002)
University
of Exeter Pr; ISBN: 085989696X
This book reconsiders
the importance and influence of the Grand-Guignol within
its social, cultural and historical contexts, and is
the first attempt at a major evaluation of the genre
as performance. It gives full consideration to practical
applications and to the challenges presented to the
actor and director. The book also includes new translations
of ten Grand-Guignol plays, none of which have been
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VOLUPTUOUS
PANIC: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
by Mel Gordon
Paperback - 274 pages (November
2000)
Feral House;
ISBN: 092291558X
An intriguing
cache of recently discovered erotica from 1920s Berlin
(photographs, theater programs, guidebooks and pictorial
magazines) is on display in Voluptuous Panic: The
Erotic World of Weimar Berlin. Between 1921 and
1933, Berlin developed a reputation for debauchery unrivaled
by any city before or since. Mel Gordon has put together
a controversial exploration of Berlin's erotic underworld. |
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WITKIN
by Joel-Peter Witkin
Hardcover (October 1995)
Scalo Books; ISBN: 1881616207
Once you have witnessed the dark, sensational visions
of Joel-Peter Witkin, you will never be the same again.
Witkin gets to you. Here you will encounter hermaphrodites,
malformed bodies, Siamese twins, corpses, fetuses, cut-off
heads, and self-torturers. Witkin's compositions go
far beyond conventional "freak show" tableaux
to achieve a sinister and dignified beauty, and he includes
numerous art-historical references that add context
and acerbic wit. |
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LEAGUE
OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.
Hardcover
- 176 pages Vol 1 (January 2001)
DC Comics; ISBN: 1563896656
Acclaimed comics
author Alan Moore (From
Hell) has combined his love of 19th-century adventure
literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century
corollary, the superhero comic book. This ingenious
work features a grand collection of signature 19th-century
fictional adventurers, covertly brought together to
defend the empire. Moore and O'Neill have created a
beautifully illustrated reprise of 19th-century literary
derring-do packed with period detail, great humor and
rousing adventure. |
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JAY'S
JOURNAL OF ANOMALIES: Conjurers, Cheats, Hustlers, Hoaxsters,
Pranksters, Jokesters, Imposters, Pretenders, Side-Show
Showmen, Armless Calligraphers, Mechanical Marvels,
Popular Entertainments
By Ricky Jay
Hardcover - 216 pages 1st edition (September 2001)
Farrar Straus & Giroux; ISBN: 0374178674
Magician, author, and actor Ricky Jay (Learned
Pigs and Fireproof Women) gathers four years of
his quarterly Jay's Journal of Anomalies in one volume
of the same name. An expert on the improbable, Jay trains
his curiosity on unusual forms of entertainment and
recorded history, and entries include "A Compendium
of Giant Children" and "A Verbally Challenging
Bestiary." |
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