“The following women are not to be enjoyed:
A leper
A lunatic
A woman turned out of caste
A woman who reveals secrets
A woman who publicly expresses desire for sexual intercourse
A woman who is extremely white
A woman who is extremely black
A bad-smelling woman
A woman who is a near relation
A woman who is a female friend
A woman who leads the life of an ascetic
And lastly, the wife of a relation, of a friend, of a learned
Brahman, and of the king”
First printed in 1883, this is an ancient Indian men’s guide to sex. How to bite, how to kiss, who needs a good slapping, how to seduce, and how to match the depth of her “yoni” to the size of your “lingam” for the “highest union” of sexual satisfaction. GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 308 pages

Year-by-year reference covers every major murder case from 1900 to 1992. “The world has lost count of its psychopaths and psychotics, those madmen throughout history who have slaughtered with no discernible reason—no gain, no lust; cold, calculating killers. Killers like the fanatical Nazi sympathizer Joseph Franklin, who shot dead mixed-race couples; like Harvey Carnigan, who was acting as an ‘instrument of God,’ killing to rid the world of sin and Herbert Mullin, whose ‘voices’ told him that only through bloodshed could he avert a cataclysmic earthquake which would destroy California.” GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 265 pages

Year-by-year reference covers every major murder case from 1900 to 1992. “The world has lost count of its psychopaths and psychotics, those madmen throughout history who have slaughtered with no discernible reason—no gain, no lust; cold, calculating killers. Killers like the fanatical Nazi sympathizer Joseph Franklin, who shot dead mixed-race couples; like Harvey Carnigan, who was acting as an ‘instrument of God,’ killing to rid the world of sin and Herbert Mullin, whose ‘voices’ told him that only through bloodshed could he avert a cataclysmic earthquake which would destroy California.” GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 262 pages

“A comprehensive, A-Z guide to the world’s most horrifying criminal personalities. Includes two indexes for identifying hundreds of killers throughout history, making this a complete and timely reference.”

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 408 pages
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For Bob Crane, the post-Hogan’s Heroes dinner-theater circuit was a sequence of singles-bar pick-ups, suburban SM dungeons and videotaped one-night stands. Jealousy was the motive for his killing, but was the killer an unnamed big-shot criminal husband seeking a cuckold’s revenge, Crane’s ex-wife, or his hanger-on “best friend”—the electronics gadget rigger who arranged many of Crane’s filmed dates but grew to resent his own background, second-banana status? From the discovery of Crane’s body to the arrest of his “best friend” for the murder (later acquitted), the author investigates and presents every angle, every detail of this decadent, never-solved case in all its pedestrian middle-American glory. MS

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 301 pages
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Ryan opened the smaller trunk… It contained a human foot and a leg from the knee down… He opened the second. Inside was the torso of a woman from the head to the navel. Ryan decided he’d seen enough and had better wait for the lab men… ‘TWO WOMEN’S BODIES SHIPPED HERE IN TRUNKS BY FIENDISH KILLER!’—Los Angeles Times, 1931… ‘The press had never seen or met me before, but they called me “Tiger Woman!” “Wolf Woman!” “Velvet Tigress!” “Butcher!”… I had always lived a Christian life and I am still a Christian. I have always contended my innocence of murder.”’ GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 298 pages
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American slaves were punished severely for fighting among themselves. To relieve tension and keep wits sharp, they created a mental exercise, based on trading insults, called Dozens, referring to groups of substandard slaves who were sold in lots of twelve. Given that sons were often separated from their mothers and sold off to other plantations, memories of Mama were considered to be precious. Mamas became the subjects of the ultimate insults, creating the most impact. Once mentioned, there was no going back. All jibes were going to include “Yo’ Mama” from then on.
The Dozens has survived by being passed down from generation to generation as a social ritual. Today the Dozens is considered mainstream among African-Americans and other populations, and has been popularized in the media. It is a means of settling conflicts without violence, releasing tension and establishing a pecking order. It is known today by many names including ranking, sapping, busting, capping and slamming. Rules vary from ‘hood to ‘hood. CF

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 128 pages

The last part of Yo Mama asked for quotes from readers and personal slams, and included an original authorship-and-release form to be used for upcoming books for which the contributors would receive credit. Most of this book consists of the authors’ own busts on mothers commenting on their appearance (“Yo’ mama’s so fat she influences the tides”) and intelligence (“Yo’ mama’s so dumb she has to take off her blouse to count to two”), as well as their personalities, behavior, hygiene, sexuality, social status and body parts. Finally, the last 13 ranks are the winners of the send-in-your-own, and are some of the best. CF

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 120 pages

Starfucker! Starfucker! Funny, sexy, desperate Cinderella story, as told by the woman who fucked her way to the top and stayed there, bedding the likes of Mick Jagger one night and Jimmy Page the next and the next and the next. No fats, femmes or roadies for this hanger-on. She fucked only the best, earning her the dubious title “Queen of the Groupies.” It doesn’t get any raunchier than this, except on those nights when you’re plaster-casting a guitar god’s tumescent cock. Rock on! GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 279 pages
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The Brooklyn Hamlet. Big, loud, brash, boozy, sentimental, sensitive and funny. Gleason started out doing nightclubs in 1939, using Milton Berle’s monologue material, which he had stolen line for line. The two kings of early TV eventually became pals. “I always thought Jackie was a load of talent,” says Berle, “As a monologist or stand-up, he wasn’t at his best, but he was terrific in playing characters or doing sketches and skits… He wasn’t a very good comic, but he was a very good comedian. Ed Wynn once said that a comic is a guy that says funny things and a comedian is a guy who says things funny. A comedian isn’t afraid of silence… When Gleason did The Honeymooners, he wasn’t afraid to take his time, he wasn’t afraid of the audience running away, but treated a situation the way it deserved until the laughs came.” GR

Publisher: Berkley
Paperback: 222 pages
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