Facts, figures and folklore on scrotal lengthening, vacuum pumping and other forms of testicular enlargement. Cannon balls, cajones, nuts and family jewels can be made to swing low in “Testicles 101.” GR

Publisher: Added Dimensions
Paperback: 100 pages
Illustrated

The writings of a noted psychotherapist in the Kink Kommunity, stressing the self-awareness, discipline and community required in leathersex, an alternative to vanilla sex. Essays on the military mystique of the “Old Guard” of leather from the ‘50s (schooled on Brando and the war). The problem of the “Killer Bottom” (they send double messages and wear down a top). Plus: “The Trouble With Tops,” “Leather in the Nineties,” and “Humiliation: What’s in It for You?” First published as a series of columns in Drummer. GR

Publisher: Daedalus
Paperback: 239 pages

With the stroke of his naughty pen, the Finnish artist Touko (dubbed “Tom of Finland” by his first American publishers in 1957) pushed the boundaries of male erotic art to comic-book extremes. “Men are men,” says a Tom drawing, “and this is how they fuck.” Contains highlights from Tom’s 50 years of work; from slutty sailors in WWII, to mohawked punks in the ‘80s. The horny heat of cops, truckers, bikers, farmhands and office boys is displayed in all its naked, macho glory. Plus a hardcore Kake adventure. GR

Publisher: Taschen
Paperback: 80 pages
Illustrated

Born in Kaarina, Finland, in 1920, he was trained as a commercial artist, played piano in a combo at parties, and was a witty raconteur in a black leather jacket when he visited the States to meet his fans. And he sweated every time he went through customs with his famed erotic drawings, his “dirty pictures,” as he called them, of “proud and sexy” men. “I knew who the boss was,” says Tom of his work, “My cock. It did not matter how much my head liked an idea—or, in later years, how much money I was promised; if my cock did not stand up while I was working on a drawing, I could not make the drawing work.” A bio that traces the evolution of his art as well as his character. GR

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 198 pages
Illustrated

Death is a lost art in America. “Caring for your own dead can be the most meaningful way to say good-bye to someone you love. It may save you money. “ In every state, it’s legal for family members to make all the arrangements for interring a loved one. No need to call the undertaker and his pals. Plus, varying state by state, you can even bury your unembalmed loved one in your own backyard, if you choose (but don’t forget the paperwork!). Full of facts, tips and practical procedures. GR

Publisher: Upper Access
Paperback: 343 pages

Facsimile edition of the original 1538 French edition, featuring 41 woodcuts of Death popping in on merchants, kings, court ladies, countesses, nuns, sailors and so on, with his grim little warnings.
“The Merchant’s wealth’s a worthless thing,
Of others, won by lies, the spoils;
But Death will sure repentance bring,
Snaring the snarer in his toils.”
Not a lot of plot, but the limber skeleton of Death carries the show admirably. GR

Publisher: Dover
Paperback: 146 pages
Illustrated

Dorothy Parker: “Razors pain you/Rivers are damp/Acids stain you/And drugs cause cramp/Guns aren’t lawful/Nooses give/Gas smells awful/You might as well live.” Also William Shakespeare, Graham Green, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Plato, Tolstoy, Langston Hughes, Camus and Jorge Luis Borges. “A taboo subject, a courageous act, a crime, a compulsion, a choice… “ To be or not to be? GR

Publisher: Chronicle
Paperback: 271 pages

Taped speech by the author of the book Caring for Your Own Dead. “When the distraught widow didn’t think she could afford the $3,000 casket, she asked if there was something less expensive. She was taken to a dank, cold basement… “ and other horror stories of funeral directors using psychological tricks and price gouging to get you to shell out for interment. 53 minutes. GR

Publisher: Upper Access
Video

Coming out to the Lord. “We who crossdress have been given a marvelous gift by our Creator: the gift of full personality expression through the medium of crossdressing. This book discusses that gift, and invites us to accept it, gracefully and humbly. We crossdressers are, despite our culture’s institutionalized oppression toward us, truly blessed [with] a unique perspective that most people will never attempt to gain or even comprehend.” Amen. GR

Publisher: Creative Design
Pamphlet: 48 pages

Roll over, J. Edgar Hoover! “Introduction to drag, drag history, drag culture, drag interviews, drag personalities, drag reading list, drag filmography, drag annual calendar, drag shopping guide.” The glamorous, trashy truth about gender bending, from the she-males who do it best: RuPaul, Holly Woodlawn, Lypsinka, Lady Bunny, etc. “You’re born naked and everything you put on after that is drag.” Sure, they look like dames, but watch out—inside they feel like Sherman tanks! GR

Publisher: Chronicle
Paperback: 128 pages
Illustrated