The motorcycle is back! Similar to the fresh contemporary scene that has established itself around bicycles in the last few years, the motorcycle is currently undergoing an aesthetic rebirth. A young subculture worldwide is discovering the motorcycle as an expression of its personality and creativity. The Ride explores motorcycle riding as it is meant to be: as a means of getting around with attitude, as an extension of one’s own body, as an expression of personal freedom, but also as a significant challenge to technical expertise, craftsmanship, physics, discipline, and driving skill.

The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles and Their Builders, Collector's edition

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Hunter, Chris

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"Disturbing, macabre, and moving: the images in this book examine our enduring desire to make peace with death. Chosen from the spectacular collection of a death-obsessed print dealer from Chicago, Richard Harris, they include art from an array of time periods, places, and traditions. Works by Linda Connor, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Otto Dix, and Francisco Goya are shown alongside Renaissance vanitas paintings, Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcuts, photographs of Mexico's Day of the Dead and eerie snapshots from 1900s of anonymous sitters posing with skulls and skeletons. The book is divided into five sections (Contemplating Death, The Dance of Death, Violent Death, Eros &amp; Thanatos, and Commemoration), each accompanied by a short introductory text. In these pages we are presented with some of the many faces of death: violent and cruel, benign and playful; death the friend and death the enemy. The epitome of terrible beauty, this book is a reminder of the end awaiting us all. "

Death: A Picture Album

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

A candid exploration of the most publicly discussed of private acts--sex--and those who have devoted their lives to studying it. Looking at key sexologists throughout history including Sigmund Freud, Marie Stopes, and Alfred Kinsey, this book investigates how sex research has shaped our current attitudes toward sexual behavior and identity. From anthropological surveys and questionnaires to ancient sex toys and machines, The Institute of Sexology presents fascinating findings alongside a wide range of rare documents, artworks, photographs, and erotica from the past. Spanning several centuries, the book delves deeply into sexual practices and conventions from all over the world at different time periods. From raunchy ancient carvings to 1920s erotic postcards, The Institute of Sexology proves that kink has been around for longer than you think. The book's compilation of sexually progressive memorabilia opens a visually stimulating discussion on the topics of sexual freedom and fetishism. Through their documentation of courtship rituals from faraway lands and their historical government-sponsored sexual questionnaires, sexologists encourage us to take a critical look at our approach to sexual practices. Sexologists have hugely influenced our attitude toward this most basic of subjects, yet The Institute of Sexology reminds us that while contemporary reservations on sexuality are being loosened, there were times in the past when sex and sexual identity were explored much more openly. Preconceived ideas are thrown out the window in this richly illustrated book that suggests our understanding of sex is in constant evolution. The Institute of Sexology highlights the profound effect that the gathering and analysis of information can have in changing attitudes and lifting taboos.

The Institute of Sexology

Informed by on-the-ground research, Herb Lester's handy, folded guides uncover what makes a city special. Each entry comes with its own brief description, and a basic map helps the reader get their bearings and make plans.This is a guide to the New York you've always wanted to see but feared might have disappeared for good. It depicts a city of Edward Hopper diners and down-at-heel dive bars, overstocked grocery stores and mountainous pastrami sandwiches. From Patsy's Pizzeria in Harlem, to the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown, taking in along the way Katz's, the "21" Club and McSorley's Old Ale House, in these long-established Manhattan businesses, the city's cantankerous spirit lives on.Printed on a single sheet of 100% recycled paper, these light, portable guides are an ideal travelling companion.

Where the Sidewalk Ends: How to Find Old New York

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Lester, Herb

Atlases & Maps

Informed by on-the-ground research, Herb Lester's handy, folded guides uncover what makes a city special - its most distinctive shops, restaurants, cafés, bars, museums and galleries, whether unmissable old favourites, exciting new arrivals or overlooked treasures. Each entry comes with its own brief description, and a basic map helps the reader get their bearings and make plans.This is an ideal companion to the Texas state capitol; well-versed in Austin's history and cultural attractions, it also has an eye to the wild side of life. The 49 entries encompass Tex-Mex restaurants and German beer halls, honky-tonks and cemeteries, record shops and natural springs. And, of course, there's barbecue too.Printed on a single sheet of 100% recycled paper, these light, portable guides are an ideal travelling companion.

Austin on the Hoof

Informed by on-the-ground research, Herb Lester's handy, folded guides uncover what makes a city special - its most distinctive shops, restaurants, cafés, bars, museums and galleries, whether unmissable old favourites, exciting new arrivals or overlooked treasures. Each entry comes with its own brief description, and a basic map helps the reader get their bearings and make plans.Nestled in the damp, verdant and wildly beautiful Pacific Northwest, Portland has it all - nature, a thriving food and drink scene, and plenty of small businesses. In 34 entries the guide reveals the best of the city and its restaurants, food trucks, coffee shops and bars, museums, bookshops and outdoor goods. We've even included an amusement park.Printed on a single sheet of 100% recycled paper, these light, portable guides are an ideal travelling companion.

Speaking of Portland: A Guide to the Usual and Unusual

This handy, folded guide explores the world's most exciting city at one of its creative peaks. By tracing the steps of influential rock band The Velvet Underground it explores a twilight world where rock'n'roll, art and fashion met, and from which reverberations are still felt. Perhaps the definitive New York group, during their brief existence the Velvet Underground lived, played and recorded around the city. In The Velvet Underground Map of New York for the first time all the significant NYC locations have been charted, from Harlem to the Lower East Side. Among the entries are Andy Warhol's Factory, the clubs they partied and played at, their apartments, where they found the book which gave them their name. The cast of characters includes Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker and Nico, as well as their managers Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey and entourage, including doomed socialite Edie Sedgwick. Printed on a single sheet of 100% recycled paper, these light, portable guides are an ideal travelling companion.

The Velvet Underground Map of New York

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Our popular Berlin guide, updated and redesigned.It is one of the great joys of spending time in Berlin that this city which has seen so many terrible events is once more exuberant and vibrant, albeit with lingering dark shadows. Itâ€™s a city with fertile ground, providing a stable base for the rootless, enticed not just by lower rents, but a sense that this is a refuge, forward-looking but not in thrall to the whims of fashion.Itâ€™s a place where the oddball can feel at home and even thrive, yet it retains distinctive and appealing German characteristics: for all its bohemian spirit, it is orderly, efficient, cultured. In this guide you can find beautiful parks, wonderful bread, elegant stationery, intoxicating drinks and excellent coffee, as well as Korean fast food chicken and the worldâ€™s only Ramones museum. It is an unlikely mixture perhaps, but itâ€™s what we think of, when we think of Berlin.

When We Think of Berlin

In this guide we stroll the narrow streets of Barcelona, stopping for a glass of cava and to pick up pinxtos when we get peckish. The map’s parameters are the walkable heart of the city, making the 29 entries easy to locate as well as a joy to find.

Barcelona at Ease

Punk had London roots. This 20-page booklet, featuring rare archive photos, and fold-out map charts the squats, clubs, shops and rehearsal spaces from which the movement emerged. It takes in Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s King’s Road shop, The Clash’s Chalk Farm rehearsal space, and more besides.

Punk London

Gorman, Paul

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