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Modern Vixens: World Of Winkytiki

Here are artistic idealizations of the classic pinup with a provocative infusion of glamour and seduction, a cascade of sin and color, alluring composition, resolute sexuality and lustful magnetism in kitschy Hawaiian sets and vintage d‚cor. Sinner and saint, the pictures are dirty and beautiful PHOTOGRAPHER: Arizala, Octavio

Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-ups (Barnes & Nobel) (Art / Photography)Elvgren

Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-ups (Barnes & Nobel) (Art / Photography)

by Elvgren

The Nude: The Cultural Rhetoric of the Body in the Art of Western Modernity

The Nude: The Cultural Rhetoric of the Body in the Art of Western Modernity

by Richard D. Leppert

The Nude explores some of the principal ways that paintings of the nude function in the conflicted terrain of culture and society in Europe and America from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries, as set against questions about human sexuality that emerge around differences of class, gender, age, and race. Author Richard Leppert relates the visual history of how the naked body intersects with the foundational... (more)

Mermaids, Vol. 3: A Gallery Girls Collection

Mermaids, Vol. 3: A Gallery Girls Collection

For centuries, fishermen have braved storms, sickness, and death, all for the sake of fish. C’mon, let’s get serious! They’re out for something truly unique! Mermaids! But you don’t have to risk life or limb to enjoy these finny flirts! In our third journey under the sea, we find more aquatic cuties, with artwork by such noted naturalists as Anibal Maraschi, Marcelo Sosa, Claudio Aboy, Arantza, Ponce, Florio,... (more)

The Romantic Male Nude

by James Spada

What makes a male nude romantic, as opposed to merely erotic? The more obvious attributes might be soft focus, soft lighting, silk bedding, sylvan settings, roses, lace curtains, moonlight. Perhaps it is the look of a model, or the expression on his face; maybe it is the warmth of the embrace between two lovers, or the longing in a young man’s eyes. Each of the images in this book, the first anthology to bring... (more)

XXX: 30 Porn-Star PortraitsTimothy Greenfield-Sanders, Gore Vidal

XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits

by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Gore Vidal

Playboy: Fifty Years : The Photographs

by James R. Petersen

From Playboy's classic archives comes a trilogy of stocking-stuffer-sized volumes, each devoted to a certain hair color destined to quicken a man's pulse. Blonde? Brunette? Redhead? In the fifties, sixties, and seventies, it seemed like all the Playboy models, not just blondes, had more fun. Building sandcastles in the buff, romping on tiger skin rugs, or starting pillow fights, beauties of every tress are... (more)

Pinup: The Illegitimate Art

by Jim Silke

In Pin-Up: The Illegitimate Art , Jim Silke pays tribute to the beautiful Hollywood starlets that he spent years photographing. Acclaimed as both author and artist, Silke takes a sharp, sexy look at the "bedtime babies" and "bare-naked ladies" that have been staples of lady lovers for decades. Also included are classic images by George Petty, Coby Whitmore, Enoch Bolles, and Al Parker.

Revenge

by Ellen Von Unwerth

SuicideGirls

The SuicideGirls adult-entertainment website mixes the edginess, smarts, and attitude of the best alternative music and culture sites with an unapologetic, grassroots approach to sexuality. It is "empowered erotica," in which women outside of mainstream culture showcase their unique personal styles on their own pages, where they put up sexy pinup-style photos of themselves, post a personal profile, and keep online... (more)

Crazy Babe

Crazy babes, nude and colorful, frolicking along pastoral lakesides, the bowels of New York City, and everywhere in-between. Finally, 360 of Bob Coulter's greatest hits off the infamous photographic website are available in book form. Wow, cool Coulter! "SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL"

Latex & Nudes

Burlesque beauties, sizzling centerfolds, bondage babes and rubbery cuties! For the first time in one book, here is a compilation of the world's most famous pin up stars here in James and James' debut collection of photographs. After ten years of working for everyone from Playgirl to the London Times, James and James hand-picked the choicest morsels of womankind for their debut book. From stunning queen... (more)

Nerve: The New Nude

by Genevieve Field

Hailed as "the Web's most intelligent forum for erotica," Nerve magazine has redefined and elevated our dialog about sex. With well over 750,000 unique visitors per month, and dedicated web sites in Germany, France, and Spain, in addition to its print publishing, Nerve's brand of smart sex is growing at a feverish pace. In this bold collection, Genevieve Field, cofounder of Nerve, delivers a state of the union on... (more)

Naked in Apartment 7 (Ill)

by Peter Gorman

In New York, Apartment 7 is 300 square feet small. There Peter Gorman meets and photographs his models, develops and prints their pictures and waits for the next shoot. He uses every inch of space to create a world unique to him. Rarely venturing out of Manhattan, he spend weeks at a time holed up in his apartment shooting and printing. The world I photograph comes to me, so why would I ever leave? The... (more)

Stripped Naked

Raw, real and sexually-charged photographs of beautiful women, all photographed in their own homes. Each woman has her singular story to share, and Stripped Naked expands our understanding with a fresh, untouched sense of composition. With no imposed boundaries, Gorman captures an incredible array of women in free expression of their most intimate selves.

Naked Rooms

by Marilyn Jaye Lewis

Powerful, playful and often completely exposed, Gorman’s female nudes give new meaning to the phrase ‘up close & personal.’ Prepare to discover what real women are really up to when they’re getting naked in their own rooms. An erotic tour de force.

Original Bondage Fairies Volume 1

by Kondom

Back in a new printing is this original vision of a forest filled with cute horny winged little fairies in tight fetish leather outfits. In Kondom's fairy-world, when a fairy turns 100 years old they become keepers and caretakers of the forest and all the little critters who live in the woods. While searching for a missing Stag Beetle, Pfil comes across an isolated house with three evil fairies who drug, bind and... (more)

New Bondage Fairies Vol. 1

by Kondom

This softcover collects the first half of New Bondage Fairies - the greatest erotic manga series of all!

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Modern Vixens: World Of Winkytiki

Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-ups (Barnes & Nobel) (Art / Photography)

by Elvgren

The Nude: The Cultural Rhetoric of the Body in the Art of Western Modernity

by Richard D. Leppert

Mermaids, Vol. 3: A Gallery Girls Collection

The Romantic Male Nude

by James Spada

XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits

by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Gore Vidal

Playboy: Fifty Years : The Photographs

by James R. Petersen

Pinup: The Illegitimate Art

by Jim Silke

Revenge

by Ellen Von Unwerth

SuicideGirls

Crazy Babe

Latex & Nudes

Nerve: The New Nude

by Genevieve Field

Naked in Apartment 7 (Ill)

by Peter Gorman

Stripped Naked

Naked Rooms

by Marilyn Jaye Lewis

Original Bondage Fairies Volume 1

by Kondom

New Bondage Fairies Vol. 1

by Kondom