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  The Big Penis Book

 
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Price: $59.99
Sale: $34.17
 
Manufacturer: TASCHEN America Llc
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.23
Publication Date: 2008-06-25
Reading Level: 384
 
Description: When it comes to pleasure, size doesn't matter; as we all know it s quality, not quantity, that counts. But let's admit it: a big penis is undeniably compelling. Big shoulders, big lapels, and big hair may come and go, but the big penis never goes out of fashion. With those possessing more than 8 inches (20 cm) making up less than 2% of the world's population, this rare accessory will always fascinate.

In The Big Penis Book we explore the centuries-old fascination with the large phallus, a fascination common to men and women alike. This hefty book is profusely illustrated with over 400 historic photos of spectacular male endowments, including rare photos of the legendary John Holmes. The majority of the photographs are from the 1970s, when the sexual revolution first freed photographers to depict the male entirely nude. Photographers include Bob Mizer of Athletic Model Guild, David Hurles of Old Reliable, Colt, Falcon, Sierra Domino, Third World, and Champion Studios, with each of these iconic photographers interviewed or profiled, along with information about each of their models. And if this isn t enough, the book closes with a special surprise comparable to the Guinness Book of Records Norma Stitz featured in The Big Book of Breasts! Can you guess what body part Dian is dissecting next?

 

  Running with Scissors: A Memoir

 
Running with Scissors: A Memoir under General in The Books Store
Price: $7.99
Sale: $3.50
 
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
Publication Date: 2006-08-29
Reading Level: 352
 
Description: There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with Scissors, that speaks volumes about the author. While going to the garbage dump with his father, young Augusten spots a chipped, glass-top coffee table that he longs to bring home. "I knew I could hide the chip by fanning a display of magazines on the surface, like in a doctor's office," he writes, "And it certainly wouldn't be dirty after I polished it with Windex for three hours." There were certainly numerous chips in the childhood Burroughs describes: an alcoholic father, an unstable mother who gives him up for adoption to her therapist, and an adolescence spent as part of the therapist's eccentric extended family, gobbling prescription meds and fooling around with both an old electroshock machine and a pedophile who lives in a shed out back. But just as he dreamed of doing with that old table, Burroughs employs a vigorous program of decoration and fervent polishing to a life that many would have simply thrown in a landfill. Despite her abandonment, he never gives up on his increasingly unbalanced mother. And rather than despair about his lot, he glamorizes it: planning a "beauty empire" and performing an a capella version of "You Light Up My Life" at a local mental ward. Burroughs's perspective achieves a crucial balance for a memoir: emotional but not self-involved, observant but not clinical, funny but not deliberately comic. And it's ultimately a feel-good story: as he steers through a challenging childhood, there's always a sense that Burroughs's survivor mentality will guide him through and that the coffee table will be salvaged after all. --John Moe

 

  Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America

 
Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America under General in The Books Store
Price: $23.95
Sale: $15.37
 
Manufacturer: Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Mitchell Gold::Mindy Drucker
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Reading Level: 416
 
Description: A mental health crisis faces American teens right now--and it is one we can solve. Hundreds of thousands of gay teens face traumatic depression, fear, rejection, persecution, and isolation--usually alone. Studies show they are 190 percent more likely to used drugs or alcohol and four times more likely to attempt suicide. Homophobia and discrimination are at the heart of their pain. Love, support, and acceptance--all within our power to give--can save them.

This book is for: clergy, parents, educators, and politicians who cause harm with their words and actions; parents of gay teens; teens navigating this difficult time; and fair-minded people who want to help end the harm. Here are revealing stories by forty diverse Americans, some well known and some not, plus insights from straight clergy and parents explaining their support of gay people as whole human beings guaranteed equal rights by our Constitution.


 

  The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk

 
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk under General in The Books Store
Price: $16.95
Sale: $10.37
 
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Randy Shilts
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Reading Level: 400
 
Description:

Known as “The Mayor of Castro Street” even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk’s personal life, public career, and final assassination reflect the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a political power in America. It is a story full of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

Harvey Milk has been the subject of numerous books and movies, including the Academy Award–winning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk.  His life is also the basis of a 2008 major motion picture, Milk, starring Sean Penn.  


 

  The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family

 
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family under General in The Books Store
Price: $15.00
Sale: $5.05
 
Manufacturer: Plume
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Dan Savage
Publisher: Plume
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
Publication Date: 2006-09-26
Reading Level: 304
 
Description: In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savage—outspoken author of the column "Savage Love"— makes it personal.

Dan Savage’s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn’t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren’t "allowed" to get married, but that he’d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan’s straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone—gay or straight, right or left, single or married—howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.

 

  The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World

 
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World under General in The Books Store
Price: $15.95
Sale: $8.86
 
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Alan Downs
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.76620973
Publication Date: 2006-05-30
Reading Level: 224
 
Description: A groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality, why it leads to shame over one's identity and how to overcome it

The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexuality, and, encouragingly, unprecedented acceptability in society. Yet despite the progress of the recent past, gay men still find themselves asking, "Are we really better off?"

The inevitable byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, a shame gay men may strive to obscure with a faade of beauty, creativity, or material success. Drawing on contemporary psychological research, the author's own journey to be free of anger and of shame, as well as the stories of many of his friends and clients, The Velvet Rage outlines the three distinct stages to emotional well-being for gay men. Offering profoundly beneficial strategies to stop the insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that will influence the public discourse on gay culture, and positively change the lives of gay men who read it.


 

  What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality

 
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Price: $14.00
Sale: $8.17
 
Manufacturer: Alamo Square Distributors
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Daniel A. Helminiak
Publisher: Alamo Square Distributors
Dewey Decimal Number: 241
Publication Date: 2000-04
Reading Level: 152
 

 

  Gay America: Struggle for Equality

 
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Price: $24.95
Sale: $12.47
 
Manufacturer: Amulet Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Linas Alsenas
Publisher: Amulet Books
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7660973
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Reading Level: 160
Reading Level: Young Adult
 
Description:

Milestones of gay and lesbian life in the United States are brought together in the first-ever nonfiction book published specifically for teens.

 

Profusely illustrated with archival images, the groundbreaking Gay America reveals how gay men and women have lived, worked, and loved for the past 125 years. Gays and lesbians play a very prominent role in American life today, whether grabbing headlines over political gains, starring in and being the subject of movies and television shows, or filling the streets of nearly every major city each year to celebrate Gay Pride. However, this was not always the case, and this book charts their journey along with the history of the country.

 

First touching on colonial times, the book moves on to the Victorian period and beyond, including such historical milestones as the Roaring ’20s, the Kinsey study, the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950s, the Beat generation, Stonewall, disco, AIDS, and present-day battles over gay marriage. Providing a sense of hope mixed with pride, author Linas Alsenas demonstrates how, within one century, gay women and men have gone from being socially invisible to becoming a political force to be reckoned with and proud members of the American public living openly and honestly. The book includes a bibliography and an index.

 

  Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (Plume Books)

 
Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (Plume Books) under General in The Books Store
Price: $17.00
Sale: $3.79
 
Manufacturer: Plume
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Mel White
Publisher: Plume
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.835766092
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Reading Level: 352
 
Description: As seen on 60 Minutes. Until Christmas Eve 1991, Mel White was regarded by the leaders of the religious right as one of their most talented and productive supporters. He penned speeches for Ollie North, was a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, worked with Jim Bakker. What they didn't know is that Mel White--evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man--is gay. In this book, White details his twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. His salvation--to be openly gay and Christian--is much more than a unique coming-out story.

"Fascinating... harrowing... a remarkable and important story." --Dallas Morning News


 

  The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex Relationships

 
The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex Relationships under General in The Books Store
Price: $12.95
Sale: $12.69
 
Manufacturer: Jesus Metropolitan Community Church
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Rev. Jeff Miner::John Tyler Connoley
Publisher: Jesus Metropolitan Community Church
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
Publication Date: 2002-04-02
Reading Level: 106
 
Description: In The Children Are Free, Rev. Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley offer a comprehensive yet easy-to-read examination of the biblical evidence regarding loving same-sex relationships and God's attitude toward them.

In Chapter One, the authors lead the reader through a discussion of each of the six passages traditionally used against gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. In their friendly and authoritative style, they demonstrate how an anti-gay interpretation is a misapplication of these scriptures.

Then, in Chapter Two, Miner and Connoley turn our attention to the biblical stories and passages that affirm loving same-sex relationships. Did you know Jesus once met a gay person? Jesus' loving response is just one of the well-researched stories presented in this chapter.

Chapter Three asks readers to take seriously the call of Jesus to think more deeply about biblical rules. And Chapter Four calls Christians to action, making a connection between the conflicts in the early Church and those occurring within the Church today.

This book belongs in the library of any Christian questioning the role of Scripture in the lives of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, or the role of GLB people in the Church.


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