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Contents: Iran Punk (Bill Donahue reveals the loud, angry and illegal music bubbling up from the Iranian underground); Iceman Cometh (In the school of Wim Hof, endurance mastermind, all it takes to defy death is practice. Scott Carney travels to Poland to discover how); Red Sox Nation: An Oral History (Kevin Cook talks to celebrities, broadcasters and fans, who tell the century-long tale of how the Sox excaped the worst curse in baseball history); Mod Men (A civilization’s legacy is revealed in it architecture. Nicholas Tamarin profiles the firms that are building America today); Bathing Beauties (Indulge her with a bath she’ll never forget. Indulge yourself too. We show you how, in intimate detail); The Legend Of Henry Paris (His erotic films have transcended pornography to become masterpieces, and their origins, as Toni Bentley finds out, are as unlikely as Radley Metzger’s life itself) Interview – Jonah Hill (David Hochman uncovers the actor’s best stories and new outlook on fame as he journeys from Frat Pack to Oscar favorite) 20Q – Kevin Hart (Whether it’s sex or comedy, Hart’s life is a self-fulfilling prophecy) Fiction – Extreme (Part II) (With their lives and livelihoods on the line, Don Winslow’s extreme athletes embark from sky, ocean and land on a heist that makes James Bond look sedentary) Pictorials – The Light Fantastic (Jessica Lewis turns hazy day’s into a long-forgotten memory in her teasing tribute to the Polaroid); The Write Stuff (Bathed in sunlight, Jessica Ashley proves her sensuality as an artist – and fulfills her destiny as Miss June); 2014 Playmate Of The Year (Kennedy Summer‘s trip through the decades reveals a consummate Playmate: sexy, smart and unafraid to bare her soul) News & Notes – World Of Playboy (Announcing the launch of Playmates.com; our Rabbit goes big in Japan; pink is the new black); Playmate News (Gemma Lee Farrell models for Moose Limited; Brittany Binger goes big-time; Claire Sinclair’s comic-book release) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Raw Data; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes Playboy Forum – Ask Zelda (How can you be a spy? Ilija Trojanow, a writer and victim of the surveillance state, has some satirical queries for the NSA’s in-house advice columnist); Reader Response (An anti-circumcision crusade; the rising tide against climate-change denial; a historical perspective on sleep in our digital age); Free-Market Hypocrisy (Shane Michael Singh explains why not everyone can buy a Tesla and who’s to blame) Columns – Good Neighbors (The commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself, Joel Stein decides, may be God’s cruelest joke); The Secret Charms Of Europe (Hilary Winston explains one way to win a woman’s heart: Opt for the Continent over Cabo)
Issue: June 2014
Condition: Very Good