tattooing

Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, search for seven men who have seven parts of a map tattooed on their backs, but when they put the pieces of the map together, Seikei and Judge Ooka learn of a dangerous location.

Seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws on inner strength to make a horrible choice.

Displays hundreds of tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, revealing the stories behind the individuals who chose to permanently inscribe their obsessions in their skin, and reflecting on the science in question.

Cursed by the elderly recluse whose home she and a friend were creeping through late one night, fourteen-year-old Caz soon finds her life disintegrating and realizes she must find a way of lifting the curse.

Presents fifty stories, poems, and memoirs on tattoos by such writers as Flannery O'Connor, Sylvia Plath, Herman Melville, and Ray Bradbury.

Contains a collection of full-color portraits of various people and their tattoos, including Margaret Cho, Chris Garver, and Slash, with a handwritten statement accompanying each photograph, and includes interviews with tattoo artists.

Profiles more than sixty actors, athletes, musicians, and models who have tattoos or other forms of body art, providing color photos and descriptions of their decorations, as well as personal data and summaries of their careers.

A reference guide to tattoos, piercings, and other body alterations such as scaring and branding; providing information about the history of such practices; discussing styles, safety, care, procedures, and other issues; and including an international directory of body art shops.

The author describes her life in Laramie, Wyoming as a tattoo artist with a habit of falling for dangerous men, one of whom beat her up when she was pregnant with his child.

A collection of full-color photographs that showcase unusual, creative, and humorous tattoos, and features text in English, French, and German.