Richard A. Lupoff

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Judge these books by their covers! Get immersed in the definitive visual history of pulp fiction paperbacks from 1940 to 1970. The Art of Pulp Fiction: An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks chronicles the history of pocket-sized paperbound books designed for mass-market consumption, specifically concentrating on the period from 1940 to 1970. These three decades saw paperbacks eclipse cheap pulp magazines and expensive clothbound books as the most popular delivery vehicle for escapist fiction. To catch the eyes of potential buyers they were adorned with covers that were invariably vibrant, frequently garish, and occasionally lurid. Today the early paperbacks--like the earlier pulps, inexpensively produced and considered disposable by casual readers--are treasured collector's items. Award-winning editor Ed Hulse (The Art of the Pulps and The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction) comprehensively covers the pulp-fiction paperback's heyday. Hulse writes the individual chapter introductions and the captions, while a team of genre specialists and art aficionados contribute the special features included in each chapter. These focus on particularly important authors, artists, publishers, and sub-genres. Illustrated with more than 500 memorable covers and original cover paintings. Hulse's extensive captions, meanwhile, offer a running commentary on this significant genre, and also contain many obscure but entertaining factoids. Images used in The Art of Pulp Fiction have been sourced from the largest American paperback collections in private hands, and have been curated with rarity in mind, as well as graphic appeal. Consequently, many covers are reproduced here for the first time since the books were first issued. With an overall Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, novelist, essayist, pop-culture historian, and author of The Great American Paperback (2001).

The Art of Pulp Fiction: an Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks

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Jessica Canseco

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Confessions of a Former Baseball Wife

When nineteen-year-old Hooters trainee Jessica Sekely meets Jose Canseco -- one of the most famous baseball players of his time -- she falls in love with the slugger and everything about him. He is larger than life, from his bulging muscles and multimillion-dollar contract to his huge homes and hot cars. And he is as handsome a man as she has ever seen. But his sprawling house in Florida becomes her gilded cage when Jose is on the road, hitting home runs and bedding women in American League cities from Anaheim to Boston. Jessica blames herself and does everything she can to keep Jose faithful--nose jobs, new breast implants, and even going so far as to bring other women into their home for threesomes. But it wasn't enough. It was never enough.

Through it all, she breaks through the icy stares of the wives and girlfriends of Jose's teammates and learns to honor the code of the baseball sorority -- If you see a ballplayer with another woman, keep your mouth shut!

While Jose, author of Juiced -- the #1 New York Times bestseller about steroids in baseball -- seems intent on self-destruction, Jessica willingly goes along for the ride. Their turbulent relationship careens from steroids to pregnancy, from marriage to the birth of a precious baby daughter, from private investigators to divorce attorneys -- with a black eye. This is the story of a beautiful young woman who falls in love with a hugely successful professional athlete, and who becomes addicted to him and to everything that his success seems to represent. It is also the story of a woman who spends the better part of ten years trying to beat that addiction, and who finds her true self in the process. Jessica Canseco's story is for every woman who has ever fallen for the wrong man. But unlike many such tales, this one has a happy ending.

Juicy

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Sam Smith

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Inside Story of a Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

Provides a provocative study of the image of Michael Jordan, revealing his stormy relationships with his coaches and teammates, his obsession with becoming the leading scorer, and his petty feuds with other NBA stars

The Jordan Rules

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Carlos De Abreu

Howard J. Smith

How to Sell Your Idea, Story Book, Screenplay

Now, for the first time, if you have an idea, story, manuscripts, book, or screenplay, you can gain direct access to mainstream Hollywood, This book will provide you with the keys that unlock the doors to Hollywood, introducing you to industry professionals who can assist you in finding, packaging, and selling your dream project.

Opening the Doors to Hollywood

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The Atlas of Mysterious Places

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Sean Lahman

A Hardcore Fan's Guide to All-Time Player Rankings

Using metrics of his own design, the author ranks the best professional football players of all time by position, along with providing rankings for the greatest coaches of all time.

The Pro Football Historical Abstract

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The Paramount Story

Stephen J. Spignesi

Michael Lewis

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A Passionate Fan's Guide

100 Best Beatles Songs

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In 100 Photographs

A New York Times Bestseller Through 100 Evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visits the great arc of baseball, America’s past time. From the dawn of the professional era, through the days of Babe Ruth, the westward expansion and the thrilling championships of today, baseball’s rich and remarkable history is here. Inspiring events such as Jackie Robinson’s breaking the color barrier, Lou Gehrig’s Luckiest Man speech and one-handed pitcher Jim Abbott’s 1993 no-hitter live in a continuum with stirring photos of the game’s most beloved and largest personalities such as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Cal Ripken Jr., Bryce Harper and many more. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s unmatched storytelling is in high form in a book that renders exquisite anecdotes, and explores baseball’s cultural heritage and uniquely American character, all in unforgettable style.

The Story of Baseball

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The Rothschilds

King Cohn

Veronica Roth

The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that captivated millions of readers and film fans in Divergent and Insurgent. One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? Told from a riveting dual perspective, this third installment in the series follows Tris and Tobias as they battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and their selves—while facing impossible choices of courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. And don't miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth's powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark!

Allegiant

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John L. Mariotti

Damage to the dust cover but book itself is in like new condition. Overall excellent. 

Why Too Many Products, Markets, and Customers Are Crippling Your Economy, and What to Do about It

Mercedes has made a recent move to cut complexity: Designers who were previously allowed to design cars from the ground up are now required to choose from a common set of modules (BusinessWeek, Nov. 2, 2006) * Wal*Mart has recently exited Korea and Germany, citing its inability to deal with the many differences in the retail environment there * The business community is starting to realize that simplicity, not complexity, is marketable--as evidenced by the phenomenal success of the iPod and Google's search engine. Many companies today are in crisis. Most troubling of all is that many of them aren't even aware they are in jeopardy. In their quest to attain double-digit growth in single digit markets, companies have frantically created more products, customers, markets, suppliers, services, and locations. Yet all of this complexity adds costs. Thus, as topline revenues go up, bottomline profits go down--often precipitously. Worse yet, none of today's accounting systems identify complexity costs until a company is on the edge--without understanding how they got there. The Complexity Crisis, by John L. Mariotti--the former president of Rubbermaid Office Products Group--shows readers how to track complexity and reduce or eliminate it--or alter processes to accommodate complexity that truly adds value to the business. Filled with examples of companies who have successfully conquered complexity, The Complexity Crisis shows readers how to institute new metrics and modifications to existing cost and management control systems so they can choose when to cut complexity out and when to capitalize on it. AUTHOR: John L. Mariotti (Powell, OH) is the President/CEO & Founder of The Enterprise Group, a coalition of timeshared executive advisors, which he founded in 1994. Prior to this, Mr. Mariotti was President of Rubbermaid Office Products Group. Before joining Rubbermaid, Mariotti led Huffy Bicycles as its President, to the preeminent position of industry leader in the U.S. He was Management Columnist and a Contributing Editor for IndustryWeek magazine for five years. Articles and interviews about his business career have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Boardroom Reports, IndustryWeek, BusinessWeek, and many more. He's been a guest on CNBC's Today's Business and Power Lunch shows.

The Complexity Crisis

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The Art of Pulp Fiction: an Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks

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Juicy

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The Jordan Rules

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Opening the Doors to Hollywood

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The Atlas of Mysterious Places

Sean Lahman

The Pro Football Historical Abstract

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The Paramount Story

Stephen J. Spignesi; Michael Lewis

100 Best Beatles Songs

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Richard A. Lupoff

The Art of Pulp Fiction: an Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks

Jessica Canseco

Juicy

Sam Smith

The Jordan Rules

Carlos De Abreu; Howard J. Smith

Opening the Doors to Hollywood

Jennifer Westwood

The Atlas of Mysterious Places

Sean Lahman

The Pro Football Historical Abstract

John Douglas Eames

The Paramount Story

Stephen J. Spignesi; Michael Lewis

100 Best Beatles Songs

Sports Illustrated

The Story of Baseball

Frederic Morton

The Rothschilds

Bob Thomas

King Cohn

Veronica Roth

Allegiant

John L. Mariotti

The Complexity Crisis

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