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Whether you're an aficionado of rock posters or simply want to decorate a music-themed room on the cheap, you owe it to yourself to pick up Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century ($27). Culled from the archives of gigposters.com, this oversized (14"x11") paperback features over 700 example of the best modern rock poster art, including more than 100 perforated, ready-to-mount posters for bands such as Radiohead, the Shins, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, and more.
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If you're ready to get the most out of your grill this summer, pick up a copy of America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants ($14). Written by barbeque experts Ardie A. Davis and Chef Paul Kirk, this 240-page paperback is filled with delicious dinner ideas from sinful starters to monstrous main courses. Dig in.
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Steve McQueen was a cinematic icon, truly a legend in his own time, known for his racing passions as much as his passionate style. He brought this excitement into his movie and television career, often performing his own stunts, unheard of at the time. Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures ($27) celebrates his legacy with large, high-quality photographs from both his professional and personal life.
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If you enjoy experimenting with dangerous science at home (like building a thermic lance using bacon and an air hose that's capable of cutting through sheet metal) then Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But Probably Shouldn't ($17) is the book for you. Gray, a Popular Science columnist, shares his enthusiasm for explosive science by demonstrating experiments ranging from launching rockets with a Snickers bar to using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream in seconds. It's time to unleash the little MacGuyver that's been hiding inside of you.
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Go inside the head of Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Who Is Mark Twain? ($14). This 240-page hardbound collection features 25 newly-published papers written by Twain prior to his death in 1910, hand-picked by general editor of the Mark Twain Project at UC Berkeley, Robert Hirst. Informative, interesting, and funny, it's a must have for any literature buff. [Thanks, Wayne]
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From casseroles to cookies, the spiral-bound Back of the Box Cooking ($14) has over 500 recipes straight from your favorite brand-name snack companies, like Frito-Lay, Hershey, and Nature's Path. Now there's no need to wait for Thanksgiving to use off-the-shelf ingredients to make your favorite foods.
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We could probably all use some financial advice these days, which is why we're reading the simple process offered up in I Will Teach You To Be Rich ($8). Written by Ramit Sethi, who also runs an excellent accompanying blog, this 266-page next-generation financial handbook will get you on your way to better money management and wealth-building through basic, easy-to-follow tips.
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Prepare yourself for the worst case scenario with Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss ($10). The result of three years' worth of research, Emergency is filled with potentially life-saving tips that will have you fully prepared to go off the grid if/when the shit really hits the fan.
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Ready to quit your day job at Applebee's? Then spend your last 10 bucks on this book. The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician ($10) is a modern, web-centric guide to help budding artists kick-start their careers. Written by Chertkow and Feehan of Beatnik Turtle, the book has easy-to-follow tips and general knowledge on stuff like managing your website, producing your own album, building up a fanbase, handling online music distribution, booking shows, and copyright and intellectual property issues.
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A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make ($11) is a real cookbook for real guys. Presented by Men's Health magazine, the easy-to-follow cookbook features recipes for 50 quick, simple, inexpensive, and mostly healthy meals that can be made from canned, boxed or readily available foods. David Joachim, the award-winning cookbook author behind the book, has continually expanded his series with other excellent titles — A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time ($11), A Man, a Can, a Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast ($11), A Man, A Can, A Tailgate Plan: 50 Easy Game Time Recipes That Are Sure to Please ($11), and A Man, A Can, A Plan, A Second Helping: 50 Fast Meals to Satisfy Your Healthy Appetite ($11).
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Prepare yourself for the worst case scenario with Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss ($10). The result of three years' worth of research, Emergency is filled with potentially life-saving tips that will have you fully prepared to go off the grid if/when the shit really hits the fan.
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If you enjoy experimenting with dangerous science at home (like building a thermic lance using bacon and an air hose that's capable of cutting through sheet metal) then Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But Probably Shouldn't ($17) is the book for you. Gray, a Popular Science columnist, shares his enthusiasm for explosive science by demonstrating experiments ranging from launching rockets with a Snickers bar to using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream in seconds. It's time to unleash the little MacGuyver that's been hiding inside of you.
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We could probably all use some financial advice these days, which is why we're reading the simple process offered up in I Will Teach You To Be Rich ($8). Written by Ramit Sethi, who also runs an excellent accompanying blog, this 266-page next-generation financial handbook will get you on your way to better money management and wealth-building through basic, easy-to-follow tips.
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A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make ($11) is a real cookbook for real guys. Presented by Men's Health magazine, the easy-to-follow cookbook features recipes for 50 quick, simple, inexpensive, and mostly healthy meals that can be made from canned, boxed or readily available foods. David Joachim, the award-winning cookbook author behind the book, has continually expanded his series with other excellent titles — A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time ($11), A Man, a Can, a Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast ($11), A Man, A Can, A Tailgate Plan: 50 Easy Game Time Recipes That Are Sure to Please ($11), and A Man, A Can, A Plan, A Second Helping: 50 Fast Meals to Satisfy Your Healthy Appetite ($11).
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Go inside the head of Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Who Is Mark Twain? ($14). This 240-page hardbound collection features 25 newly-published papers written by Twain prior to his death in 1910, hand-picked by general editor of the Mark Twain Project at UC Berkeley, Robert Hirst. Informative, interesting, and funny, it's a must have for any literature buff. [Thanks, Wayne]
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If you're ready to get the most out of your grill this summer, pick up a copy of America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants ($14). Written by barbeque experts Ardie A. Davis and Chef Paul Kirk, this 240-page paperback is filled with delicious dinner ideas from sinful starters to monstrous main courses. Dig in.
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From casseroles to cookies, the spiral-bound Back of the Box Cooking ($14) has over 500 recipes straight from your favorite brand-name snack companies, like Frito-Lay, Hershey, and Nature's Path. Now there's no need to wait for Thanksgiving to use off-the-shelf ingredients to make your favorite foods.
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Whether you're an aficionado of rock posters or simply want to decorate a music-themed room on the cheap, you owe it to yourself to pick up Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century ($27). Culled from the archives of gigposters.com, this oversized (14"x11") paperback features over 700 example of the best modern rock poster art, including more than 100 perforated, ready-to-mount posters for bands such as Radiohead, the Shins, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, and more.
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Ready to quit your day job at Applebee's? Then spend your last 10 bucks on this book. The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician ($10) is a modern, web-centric guide to help budding artists kick-start their careers. Written by Chertkow and Feehan of Beatnik Turtle, the book has easy-to-follow tips and general knowledge on stuff like managing your website, producing your own album, building up a fanbase, handling online music distribution, booking shows, and copyright and intellectual property issues.
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Steve McQueen was a cinematic icon, truly a legend in his own time, known for his racing passions as much as his passionate style. He brought this excitement into his movie and television career, often performing his own stunts, unheard of at the time. Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures ($27) celebrates his legacy with large, high-quality photographs from both his professional and personal life.
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Most of us don't have the engineering, design, or architectural chops to recreate any of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterworks, but we can anyway, thanks to these new Frank Lloyd Wright Lego Architecture Building Sets ($TBA). Licensed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, these terrific sets — of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater — were developed in collaboration with leading architects to be as accurate as possible, and come with booklets that not only tell you how to build you own model masterpiece, but exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each building, as well. [Thanks, Kris]
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Bring the sports bar experience home with The Man Wall ($14,900). This all-in-one chunk of awesomeness features room for four TVs — one 52" and two 26" units are included — a 1200-watt Panasonic home theater with integrated speakers and wireless surround units, two 25-cigar humidors with gauges, a 32-bottle wine rack, a microwave, a live 7-foot sports ticker at the top with built-in computer, a full-size kegerator with tap, an iPod docking station, DVD player, and the ability to control it all via a single remote control. Feel free to grunt in approval.
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Ever wish you could combine your dual-monitor setup into one behemoth display? Get ready, because your wish has come true in the NEC CRV43 Curved Widescreen Display ($8,000). Boasting a unique curved design that's sure to immerse you more than a standard two display setup, this beauty also features a 2880x900 double WXGA resolution, a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, single link DVI-D and HDMI inputs, USB 2.0 ports, an on screen display, and the assurance that you have the most unique monitor in the neighborhood. [via]
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You might not be able to pilot the Enterprise in real life, but at least you can feel like it in the James T. Kirk Captain's Chair ($2,900). This full-scale replica of Kirk's captain's chair from the original Star Trek TV series is constructed from the original design conceived by Matt Jefferies, and is limited to only 1,701 units. Features include a wood and steel platform, leather seat and back with oak arm rests, 360-degree swivel action, and various toggle switches, knobs, and buttons from the series, some of which play classic Trek dialogue or sound effects through the seat's built-in speaker.
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One of the worst things about adding ice to a whisky is its ability to water-down the flavor. So chill your next drink down with Whisky Stones ($20). Milled in Vermont by some of the oldest soapstone workshops in the US, these stones chill quickly in the freezer, and won't impart any flavor to your favorite blend. [Thanks, Chet]
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Give your BeerTender new life with the Newcastle DraughtKeg ($23). Like a portable English pub, the pressurized mini-keg serves up 10 pints of draught beer, and will stay fresh for 30 days with on-tap tastiness, just like the Heineken version. The Newcastle DraughtKeg will launch in select markets next month.
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Get rid of the paper trail with the NeatDesk ($400). This compact ADF (automatic document feeder) scanner helps you declutter your desk and empty your filing cabinet, leaving more room for important stuff. Like snacks. With one-button scanning, the NeatDesk scans up to 10 receipts, 10 business cards and 10 documents at once (or a single 50 page document), and then organizes the copies and extracts the info for digital use. You can scan in a stack of business cards and populate your address book, or scan in a pile of receipts to auto-track your expenses (export to Quicken, Excel or Quickbooks), or scan in a document and turn it into a searchable PDF. The auto-organization and character recognition technology worked surprisingly well on the Mac unit we've been testing, and is going to make next year's IRS holiday a little easier to deal with. With versions available for Mac OS X and Windows, you'll be able to organize your office no matter if you're a Mac or PC.
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Forget the traditional sappy greeting card — say what you really want to say with The F*cking Card Collection ($25/10 cards). Featuring such heartwarming messages as Happy F*cking Birthday, Happy F*cking Holidays, Thanks A F*cking Bunch, and Congratuf*ckinglations, the recipient is sure to like them — a whole f*cking lot.
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Looking for the closest thing you can get to a street-legal racing bike? Check out the new BMW S 1000 RR ($TBA; 2010). This nasty new superbike features a water-cooled four-cylinder inline power plant good for 193 hp, factory ABS, an advanced traction control system, an HP Gearshift Assistant for full-power clutchless upshifts, all while weighing just 455.3 pounds with a full tank of gas. The result? The most horsepower and highest power-to-weight ratio of any bike in its class.
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Blacked-out from fender to fender, the 2009 Harley-Davidson Iron 883 ($7,900) is an affordable, no-frills chopper that's begging to be customized. The latest Harley Dark Custom motocycle, the Iron 883 offers plenty of old-school, anti-plastic style, including front fork gaiters, a drag-style handlebar, side-mount license plate holder, a chopped rear fender, a straight cut shorty dual exhaust, and 13-spoke cast aluminum wheels (19-inch front, 16-inch rear) with a fat 150 mm rear tire. The bike is powered by the impressive Evolution 883cc V-Twin engine.
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One of the worst things about adding ice to a whisky is its ability to water-down the flavor. So chill your next drink down with Whisky Stones ($20). Milled in Vermont by some of the oldest soapstone workshops in the US, these stones chill quickly in the freezer, and won't impart any flavor to your favorite blend. [Thanks, Chet]
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Be prepared no matter what the circumstances with the Lifeline Ultralight Survival Kit ($15). Weighing in at only 7.5 oz. and only taking up as much space as a stack of postcards, this handy all-in one kit includes waterproof matches, an 80" x 50" emergency blanket, 50 ft. of fishing line with four hooks and sinker weights, a surgical blade, five wound closure strips, a map compass, emergency whistle, three feet of duct tape, and more, all in an included waterproof carrying case.
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Could this no-name device give you more fun than your iPod and PSP combined? Sure sounds like it. The Pocket Retro Game Emulator ($100) plays NES, SNES, GBA, Sega Genesis, and Neo Geo roms, and when you're done with the classics, the device can play movie files, music files, view photos, read eBooks, and more. About the size of a GameBoy Micro, the device features 4GB of built-in storage, a mini SD slot, a 2.8 inch QVGA (320x240) LCD screen, a built-in FM radio, built-in stereo speakers, and an internal rechargeable li-battery.
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It's that time of year again. The new iPhone 3G S ($200-$300; June 19) is the latest version of Apple's God-gadget. Packed with performance updates (the S stands for speed), the new iPhone is up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G and features a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, video recording capability, longer battery life, and new hands-free voice control. Running the new iPhone OS 3.0 (available June 17 as a free update for your current busted iPhone), the 3G S also features a built-in digital compass, Copy & Paste, MMS, Spotlight Search, a new Find My iPhone feature, 3D graphics, and Nike + iPod support. It will come in 16GB and 32GB capacities in the familiar black and white.
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Perfect for backyard bashes, the Go Plate ($48/42-pack) assures you'll never lose your drink again. The reusable and recycled clear plastic food tray fits over bottles, cups or cans for one-handed action. They can be thrown in the dishwasher for multiple parties.
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If you're a laptop user looking for a clean, utilitarian desk (like us), feast your eyes on the BlueLounge StudioDesk ($600). This compact (47" x 27.5") workspace features an innovative storage compartment hidden by a sliding desktop surface, letting you hide all your cable clutter, with only a single cable running from the desk to the wall. Made from a mix of solid mahogany and laminate, it's minimal design is sure to look good in any space. [Thanks, Pablo]
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About as long as a credit card, this low-profile knife can be discreetly carried just about anywhere. Made of black powder-coated 9CR18 stainless steel, the Ka-Bar Last Ditch Knife ($15) comes with a hard-plastic friction sheath and 30-inches of black 550 cord. Slip it in your bag, keep it in your wallet, hang it from your neck, or lace it into your boots.
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Keep your eyes safe on the job without looking like a tool with Milwaukee Gunmetal Safety Glasses ($10). Available in hard-coated clear and mirrored versions, these puppies sport an Oakley-esque design, near 100% UVA and UVB protection, adjustable saddle nose pads for a solid fit, and optically-corrected lenses for optimal performance.
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Updated for 2009 with a new grey, orange, and black colorway, the Gravis Digi Bag ($79) offers legendary protection for your gear. It features a cross-body design, padded laptop compartment, bottom rear zip sleeve for attaching to luggage handles, two padded main compartments with separate zipper access and multiple organization pockets, and more.
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Forget the traditional sappy greeting card — say what you really want to say with The F*cking Card Collection ($25/10 cards). Featuring such heartwarming messages as Happy F*cking Birthday, Happy F*cking Holidays, Thanks A F*cking Bunch, and Congratuf*ckinglations, the recipient is sure to like them — a whole f*cking lot.
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Whether you're an aficionado of rock posters or simply want to decorate a music-themed room on the cheap, you owe it to yourself to pick up Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century ($27). Culled from... [More]
If you're ready to get the most out of your grill this summer, pick up a copy of America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants ($14). Written by barbeque experts Ardie... [More]
Steve McQueen was a cinematic icon, truly a legend in his own time, known for his racing passions as much as his passionate style. He brought this excitement into his movie and television career, often performing his own stunts, unheard... [More]
If you enjoy experimenting with dangerous science at home (like building a thermic lance using bacon and an air hose that's capable of cutting through sheet metal) then Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But... [More]
Go inside the head of Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Who Is Mark Twain? ($14). This 240-page hardbound collection features 25 newly-published papers written by Twain prior to his death in 1910, hand-picked by general editor of the Mark Twain Project... [More]
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From casseroles to cookies, the spiral-bound Back of the Box Cooking ($14) has over 500 recipes straight from your favorite brand-name snack companies, like Frito-Lay, Hershey, and Nature's Path. Now there's no need to wait for Thanksgiving to use off-the-shelf... [More]
We could probably all use some financial advice these days, which is why we're reading the simple process offered up in I Will Teach You To Be Rich ($8). Written by Ramit Sethi, who also runs an excellent accompanying blog,... [More]
Prepare yourself for the worst case scenario with Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss ($10). The result of three years' worth of research, Emergency is filled with potentially life-saving tips that will have you fully prepared... [More]
Cheetos Boredom BustersReady to quit your day job at Applebee's? Then spend your last 10 bucks on this book. The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician ($10) is a modern, web-centric guide to help budding... [More]
A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make ($11) is a real cookbook for real guys. Presented by Men's Health magazine, the easy-to-follow cookbook features recipes for 50 quick, simple, inexpensive, and mostly healthy... [More]
Sometime around Jan. 1, your girl blamed you for her dwindling wardrobe of clothes that fit and signed up for the latest dieting fad (it involves cayenne or something). Now it's time to exact some vengeance. You're not big or... [More]
If all the ocean portions of Planet Earth did was whet your appetite for more water-related info, pick up a copy of Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas ($41). This 350+ page National Geographic tome is filled with information on our seas,... [More]
Now this is what we call an upgrade. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ($10) includes the original text of Jane Austen's novel, spiced up with new portions featuring viloent, flesh-hungry zombie hordes. To compliment the new gore, the updated book... [More]
Forget the airbrushed perfection of most modern female nudes — for honest sexuality, we'll take a real woman every time. SuicideGirls: Beauty Redefined ($32; possibly NSFW) is a 396 page hardcover tribute to the openly real girls of the groundbreaking... [More]
From the minds behind Method cleaning products comes the ultimate guide to detoxing your home. Squeaky Green ($12) is filled with facts and helpful tips to help you keep your house sparkling clean, while removing the nasty toxic chemicals found... [More]
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