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…It’s Things Thursday: Things That Might Kill You?

Things That Might Kill YouLooking for a bit of light summer reading?

Then pick up The Complete Manual of Things That Might Kill You: A Guide to Self-Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs.

Filled with symptoms that you probably have right now (or as I like to call them, warning signs) this book will make sure no runny nose goes unchecked, no upset stomach gets ignored, and no headache is experienced without a clear understanding of their direct link to measles, mumps, and/or the plague.

Plus, there are plenty of cute illustrations for the kiddies.

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…There are 100 books that every man needs to read?

Books

The Art of Manliness has put together a fantastic list called “100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library”.

It’s filled with books that change your life and shape your perspective on politics, religion, money and love.

These are the books that have shaped not only the lives of individual men, but also have helped to define the broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.

Take a look:

[The Art of Manliness - 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library]

…Snuff is bringing Cassie Wright to life?

I’ve talked about Chuck Palahniuk’s Snuff before, but now that his some of the book’s marketing is starting to see the light of day, I thought it was worth a revisit.

If you remember, Snuff is about Cassie Wright, a porn priestess who intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication.

To give Cassie’s character a little more believability, two videos were created to promote Cassie’s previous work:

The Wizard of Ass - Dorothy is Not a Virgin Anymore:

and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bang:

Don’t you wish every book’s advertising was this…interesting?

[Via: Sand & Cotton]

…The 21 Steps uses Google Maps to tell a story?

The 21 Steps

Charles Cumming’s The 21 Steps is a story told entirely within Google Maps.

Simply click on each link in order to follow the trail as the story unfolds across a map of the world.

[The 21 Steps]

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…Maps can tell stories?

The 21 Steps

The 21 Steps is interesting in that it’s “told by following the story as it unfolds across a map of the world”.

By using a Google Maps interface, you can follow the trail by clicking the link at the bottom of each bubble.

Is this the future of reading?

[The 21 Steps]

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…Armed America shows you what gun owners look like?

Armed America

Armed America: Portraits of American Gun Owners in Their Homes “isn’t a book about guns. It’s a book about people”.

Kyle Cassidy traveled 15,000 miles over the course of two years to ask those featured just one question: Why do you own a gun?”

The goal was to humanize an issue as polarizing as gun ownership and gun control, and according to the reviews, Kyle succeeded.

[Armed America]

…SteamPunk Magazine just released their fourth issue?

SteamPunk MagazineSteamPunk Magazine puts the punk back into steampunk with issue four of their magazine.

Inside this issue are “steampunky stories and biographies, an interview with New Weird shakers Ann and Jeff VanderMeer and makers Donna Lynch and Steve Archer, DIY millinery, making a Jacob’s Ladder, learning to plate stuff with brass, and the straight dope on Victorian hallucinogens”.

It’s available to buy, but it’s also available as a free digital download so that you can see if SteamPunk is right for you.

[SteamPunk Magazine]

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…It’s Things Thursday: Fuck This Book?

Fuck This Book

Fuck This Book is a collection of unaltered and untasteful images of “real public signs that have been mischievously altered by stickers bearing the most expressive of all four-letter words”.

What’s the message?

Thankfully, nothing: “This is not social commentary. There is no message. It’s not meant to offend, exploit, or embarrass anyone.”

Instead, it’s just meant to be a juvenile, profane, and timeless look at our lives in a world that has been persuasively transformed.

[Fuck This Website]

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…You should play the game?

Rules Of The GameIf you want to play the Game, you’ve got to know the Rules.

Neill Strauss lives by that motto, and he definitely knows how to play the game. Thankfully, with “Rules of the Game”, he also wants to teach you the rules so that you can play the game as well.

More than just a sequel, “Rules of the Game” is actually a pair of books.

The first, called “The Stylelife Challenge”, shows you how to master the game in just 30 days. It’s the ultimate guide to landing the woman of your dreams, and aims at helping you to confront your insecurities and overcome them through a process of rigorous self-examination, briefings and field missions.

The second, called “The Style Diaries”, shows you what kind of world Neill has been living in. Filled with tales of seduction and sexual (mis)adventure, it includes accidental marriages, threesomes, sex experiments, and more, taking you further into the seduction underworld than ever before.

Neill’s first book, called simply “The Game”, is now an international best seller, and these are meant to be follow-ups, so if you’d like to play, make sure you start from the beginning by reading that first. However, for advanced players who are already familiar with some of the rules, this advanced lesson should help you to get past the first few lessons and into the real heart of the game.

Just make sure you’re ready for what’s on the other side of the rabbit hole.

BTW: I just lost the game.

[Via: Acquire]

…Taryn Simon gets good access?

Taryn Simon

Though it took over four years, Taryn Simon managed to gain access into some of America’s mot top-secret, highly restricted areas for her latest book, called An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar.

Topics include decomposing bodies, radioactive waste, deadly viruses and death-row recreation, so you know the results are going to be good.

Check out Wired’s article for a preview, and prepare to get behind closed doors into areas that you were never meant to see.

[Taryn Simon]

[Wired - Photographer Taryn Simon Shoots America's Best-Kept Secrets]







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