In short, all the exhiliration of a roller-coaster ride. It was in these luridly-coloured publications, printed on the cheapest pulp paper, that the first gems began to appear. The one golden rule for writers of pulp fiction was to adhere to the art of storytelling. Each story had to have a beginning, an end, economically-etched characters, but plenty going on, both in terms of action and emotions. Pulp magazines were the TV of their day, plucking readers from drab lives and planting them firmly in thrilling make-believe, successors to the Victorian penny dreadfuls of writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens.
These stories exemplify the best of crime and mystery pulp fiction - its zest, speed, rhythm, verve and commitment to straightforward storytelling - spanning seven decades of popular writing. The Great Depression was barely over economics, politics, and culture braced for war.
There was a lull before the storm and Hollywood, as if expecting to be judged by posterity, produced a portfolio of masterpieces. No year before or since has yielded so many beloved works of cinematic art: Chips, Dark Victory, Mr. Majestic Hollywood showcases fifty films from this landmark year, with insightful text on the cultural significance of each movie and entertaining plot descriptions. Also included are stories from the legendary artists who made the films: This world of entertainment is illustrated by rarely seen images.
The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, Volume 4
Made during the most glamorous era in movie history, whether scene stills, behind-the-scenes candids, portraits, or poster art, the photos are as distinctive, evocative, and powerful as the films they were meant to publicize. Presenting the best of these images and the stories behind them, this book is a cavalcade of unforgettable films from On the surface, Julia Sterling's life is enviable. She lives on Manhattan's East Side, is married to a renowned psychiatrist, deeply loves her stepson and is forging a career as a journalist.
When a writing assignment exposes Julia to telephone sex, she glimpses a world that stirs her erotic fantasies but threatens her carefully constructed reality. As she probes her emotional and sexual connections to the men she knows and several she will never meet, she confronts evil, perversity and her own passions.
A collection of 48 original, sensual and provocative sexual adventures, the twelfth volume of The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica offers the very best new work of both deservedly well-known names and up-and-coming talents, including Peggy Munson, for the first time; Elissa Wald; French author Emma Becker; award-winning SF writer Kij Johnson; an acclaimed crime author writing as Pat McStone; San Francisco photographer Charles Gatewood; and newcomer I. Murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more, from the s to Hollywood's Golden Age in the s and right up to the present day.
It covers over 60 scandals including: Our Books See all Books. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman. Difficult Women by Roxane Gay. The Dry by Jane Harper. Welcome to Night Vale: Age is Just a Number by Charles Eugster. In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant. Micro-Resilience by Bonnie St. John and Allen P.
The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, Vol. 4 by Maxim Jakubowski
Winter's Snow by Carrie Hope Fletcher. This Beats Perfect by Rebecca Denton. Our Authors See all Authors. Information for Authors Press Booksellers and Distributors. Log In Members Login. Keep me logged in on this computer. We need to use cookies to do this. Not a Member Yet?
Create An Account Why Join? View high res cover image. Time remaining -- day s -- hour s -- minute s -- second s. The Mammoth Book of Kaiju Details. The Mammoth Book of Limericks Details. The Mammoth Book of Sudoku Details. The Mammoth Book of the Beatles Details. Brave New Love Details. The Mammoth Book of Fantasy Details. The Mammoth Book of Merlin Details. Mammoth Books presents The Books Details. Mammoth Books presents Anomalies Details.
- Kill Shot (Jason Chisum)!
- AKB464 Japanese Woman Chisato Shoda2 (Japanese Edition).
- ;
- The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, Vol. 4 by Maxim Jakubowski - Books - Hachette Australia!
The Mammoth Book of Chess Details. Mammoth Books presents With the Angels Details. Mammoth Books presents The Unexpected Details. Mammoth Books presents Lethal Legends Details.
See a Problem?
Mammoth Books presents Wang's Carpets Details. Mammoth Books presents Life in the Anthropocene Details. Mammoth Books presents Demonic Dreams Details. The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu Details. The Mammoth Book of Tattoos Details. Volume 7, 8 and 9 Details. The Mammoth Book of Erotica Details. The Mammoth Book of Dracula Details. The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein Details. The Mammoth Book of Monsters Details. The Mammoth Book of Vampires Details. The Mammoth Book of Zombies Details. Central and South Asia Details.
East and Central Africa Details.
Siberia and Alaska Details. Mammoth Books presents Princess of the Night Details. Mammoth Books presents Unexpected Encounters Details. Mammoth Books presents Religious Cabals Details. Mammoth Books presents Secret Organisations Details. The Mammoth Book of Combat Details. The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies Details. The Mammoth Book of Heroes Details. The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I Details. World War II Details.
The Mammoth Book of Journalism Details. The Mammoth Book of Pirates Details. The Mammoth Book of the West Details. The Mammoth Book of Westerns Details. The Mammoth Book of Predators Details. The Mammoth Book of Poker Details.
Bestselling Series
The Mammoth Book of Gangs Details. Mammoth Books presents Fermi and Frost Details. Mammoth Books presents Christmas with the Dead Details. Mammoth Books presents Merlin's Gun Details. Mammoth Books presents Sleepover Details. Mammoth Books presents Out and Back Details. Mammoth Books presents The Reunion Details. The Mammoth Book of Losers Details. Mammoth Books presents Featherweight Details. Mammoth Books presents Substitutions Details. Mammoth Books presents Cold to the Touch Details. The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance: Volumes 1 and 2 Details.
Mammoth Books presents Telling Details. The Mammoth Book of Insults Details.
The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, Vol. 4
The Mammoth Book of Jokes 2 Details. Mammoth Books presents Mami Wata Details. The Mammoth Book of Bikers Details. I might as well have been looking at pictures of different pictures of stars and planets for how sexually excited this book made me. I think the book gives a rather The majority of these women are white.
Most of them are completely shaved, alt Okay Most of them are completely shaved, although there were a few who were "natural style. Oh, yeah, and they are all thin. None of this is me criticizing, but I'm just letting you know this is catering to a very typical view of "attractive" female. White, hairless, and thin.
- The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, Volume 4 : Maxim Jakubowski : ?
- !
- More books by Maxim Jakubowski!
- Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments!
This isn't at all about women engaging in sexual acts, it's just naked women. The pictures are clean, attractive, in a variety of styles, and I didn't find anything offensive or disgusting in this book at all, it's very nicely put together. However, like I said, absolutely nothing of interest for me sexually.
Where are the men? It's rather crazy to me that in order to find pictures of naked men that are posed and set up to make the men seem attractive and handsome and sexually exciting, I must go to gay porn sites or sites run by male, gay art photographers who focus on the male form. Women aren't interested in ogling men's naked bodies?
Men are the photographers and the people behind the lens in the world and therefore women are the one who are photographed erotically - and therefore the reason any men are even photographed erotically is because gay male photographers exist? There has been a rise in female-created, female-friendly, female-oriented visual porn but it is literally like 1 to 1,, Seriously, like a needle in a haystack.
You can have six "female-friendly" options to turn to for porn, or 1,,, male-centric options. Female text-porn is booming erotica is the label it's under and you can't possibly have more books and texts that cater to hetero females - it's astonishing now. But as for any kind of visual porn - it's still a man's world. View all 4 comments. More than 70 photographers, both male and female, have contributed to this, the fourth volume of 'Erotic Photography' and they have each used either their favourite model, or muse, or taken self portraits. The result is a book with erotic photographs that explore variations on a seemingly inexhaustible theme.
They all seem to have formed good working relation More than 70 photographers, both male and female, have contributed to this, the fourth volume of 'Erotic Photography' and they have each used either their favourite model, or muse, or taken self portraits. They all seem to have formed good working relationships with the models they use and each of them expresses the view that they are not only their favourite subject but that they also work well with each other, the model usually making significant contributions to the various shoots.
As photographer Chi Lum states, 'In choosing a model for this book I wanted to create an homage to my favourite models. At times she's a mind-reader, moving into a pose I was about to ask for, but a couple of seconds ahead of my request, to create the perfect shot.
Eli Stafford rated it really liked it Apr 16, Matt rated it it was amazing Aug 27, Ruben rated it really liked it Apr 14, Raina rated it really liked it Nov 02, Dana Stone rated it it was amazing May 29, Nicole Johnson rated it it was amazing Mar 28, Diogo Vieira rated it really liked it Mar 22, Torein rated it it was amazing Dec 02, Cheri rated it it was amazing Sep 14, Tuomas rated it liked it Sep 18, Alicia rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Michelle marked it as to-read Mar 14, Megan added it Jun 09, Janice marked it as to-read Oct 05,