Author: Superior Tattoo
Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, Inc.
Keywords: one, book, bible, tattoo
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1929133847
ISBN-13: 9781929133840

Whether you are preparing for your first tattoo or your twenty-seventh, you need artwork and designs that are just-right. Tattoo Bible, authored by Superior Tattoo, provides well over 500 pieces of unique flash art. Everything is here, from Hearts to Dragons, tattoo designs that range from traditional to the avant-garde. Tattoo Bible includes flash never before compiled in one single book. While most tattoo books available today concentrate on one specific genre, this book covers many different genres and the ideas are endless. This is not just a book to add to your collection - this is your c

Author: Dale Rio
Publisher: Running Press
Keywords: tattoo
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-03-30
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0762420111
ISBN-13: 9780762420117

Tattooing is a reflection of the basic human desire to decorate the body, and tattoos have held many different meanings throughout history. The practice has existed since ancient Egypt, and in our contemporary society has become a popular way for people of all ages to express themselves. Tattoo is a fascinating journey through the colorful world of this corporeal art form, via hundreds of fascinating photographs documenting the highly complex ritual tattoos of various subcultures, as well as the fantastic designs of modern tattoo artists. Full-color photographs and illustrations

Author: Val McDermid
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Keywords: tattoo, grave
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-04-29
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0312936109
ISBN-13: 9780312936105

After summer rains uncover a corpse bearing tattoos like those of eighteenth-century seafarers, many residents of the English Lake District can’t help but wonder whether it’s the body of one of the town’s most legendary fugitives.Scholar and native Lakelander Jane Gresham feels compelled to finally discover the truth about the myths and buried secrets rooted in her hometown. What she never expected was to find herself at the heart of a 200-year-old mystery that still has the power to put lives on the line. And with each new lead she pursues, death follows hard on her heels….

Author: Kat Von D
Publisher: Collins Design
Keywords: tattoo, voltage
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-02-01
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0061684384
ISBN-13: 9780061684388

Author: Sam Enthoven
Publisher: Razorbill
Keywords: tattoo, black
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2008-01-10
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 1595141332
ISBN-13: 9781595141330

Jack’s best friend, Charlie, is in serious trouble, possessed by an ancient demon called the Scourge who plans to use Charlie to bring about its evil ends—which, unfortunately, involve the destruction of the entire universe. Now Jack and the butt-kicking, sword-wielding Esme must contend with floating sharks, intelligent jelly, oversized centipedes, gladiator pits, and vomiting bats, all for the sake of saving Charlie from the Scourge. And, hopefully, saving the universe from total and utter annihilation.

Author: Anthony Britto
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: tattoo
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 1997-05-15
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0312302304
ISBN-13: 9780312302306

Plastic surgeon Gareth Lloyd splits his time between repairing accident victims at local hospitals and trying--largely in vain--to persuade his private patients in a Los Angeles suburb to have the kind of expensive nips and tucks so popular in Beverly Hills. Divorced, behind in his support payments for his two daughters, and about to turn 40, Lloyd’s main connection to the glamorous side of plastic surgery is the affair he has just ended with the wife of a prominent facelifter-to-the-stars named Jack Ehrenberger. When Ehrenberger is murdered, Lloyd, of course, becomes one of the suspects

Author: Makiko Kuwahara
Publisher: Berg Publisher
Keywords: anthropology, tattoo
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-07-22
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1845201558
ISBN-13: 9781845201555

In the 1830s, missionaries in French Polynesia sought to suppress the traditional art of tattooing because they believed it to be a barbaric practice. More than 150 years later, tattooing is once again thriving in French Polynesia. This engrossing book documents the meaning of tattooing in contemporary French Polynesian society. In this case, its resurgence is part of a vibrant cultural revival movement. Kuwahara examines the complex significance of the art, including its relationship to gender, youth culture, ethnicity and prison life. She also provides unique photographic evidence of the sop