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Contents: Deported Warriors (Fight for our country but one wrong move and you’re banished. Luis Alberto Urea and Erin Siegal McIntyre mmet our shortchanged veterans); Playboy‘s Best Bars (Who knows bars better than Playboy? It’s our survey of top taverns from Harlem to Portland); Chasing The Dragon (Matthew Polly reveals the untold skirmishes behind the classic film Enter The Dragon); Secretary Of Stagecraft (Secretary of state may be an impossible job, as James Rosen discovers while traveling the world with John Kerry); The Still Life (Todd Parker finds the rarest of Southern creatures: illegal authentic moonshine); Brewster’s Ark (Rob Magnuson Smith meets Brewster Kahle, a visionary on a quest to digitize our paper world); The Diceman Recometh (Andrew Dice Clay has been to career hell and (surprisingly) back. Neal Gabler examines his unlikely resurgence); Let’s Get Small (The next housing wave? Modern, sleek, sophisticated – and prefabricated); Fast Eddie’s Last Stand (Chas Smith tours Oahu with island tough guy Eddie Rothman as he battles Monsanto); Cover Story (A look back at the best from decades of timeless Playboy covers) Interview – Sean Hannity (David Hochman finds a surprising personal story and philosophy behind the Fox News host and conservative juggernaut) 20Q – Armie Hammer (The new Lone Ranger tells Brantley Bardin how he broke in his cowboy boots far from the comforts of Hollywood) Fiction – The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award (The trip meant much-needed distraction and accolades for his book, but it would make Riley change his thinking) Pictorials – Body Heat (You’ll need sunglasses to handle fiery Karen Kounrouzan); Playmate: Alyssa Arce (We put Miss July on a track with cars almost as hot as she is. Buckle up); Playmate: Val Keil (Miss August brings old style cinematic glamour to our pages); La Beaute (Our French model redefines eroticism in this portrait of raw sexuality) News & Notes – World Of Playboy (We crown Miss Social of the Year; Cooper promotes Playboy beer in Brazil); Hangin’ With Hef (Kudos for our Playmate of the Year; a Playboy style birthday for Hef) Cartoons – Delectable Dedini (From the peculiar pen of our beloved cartoonist) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes Playboy Forum – Who’s Next? (Ishmael Reed compares the black and gay civil rights movements); Reader Response (Debating atheism; a tale of bad cops gone digital); The Thinking Machine (Curtis White explains why the creative mind can’t be parsed in charts); What Happened To Science? (Taffy Brodesser-Akner looks at the growing rejection of hard data in favor of groundless faith) Columns – Talking With Wim Wenders (James Franco learns realism and more from the versatile German director); The Case Of The Missing Shirt (Male shirtlessness is an epidemic and Joel Stein doesn’t like it); Why She Hates Your Gifts (Deborah Schoeneman spells out how to get her what she really wants) Fashion – Show Me The Money (Jennifer Ryan Jones highlights the best new leather for old money)
Issue: July – August 2013
Condition: Very Good