Maxim is an international men’s magazine, devised and launched in the UK in 1995, but based in New York City since 1997, and prominent for its photography of actors, singers, and female models whose careers are at a current peak. Maxim has a circulation of about 9 million readers each month.
Covergirl Yasmine Bleeth Photographed by Albert Sanchez (Not Nude)
Odd Jobs: Trash Divers, Blood Maids, And Mr. Tushy
12 Page Special: Save-Your-Butt Gift Guide: We Do The Shopping You Take The Credit
Winter Travel Guide: Where Are All The Women?
FEATURES
92 SEASON’S BEATINGS
THE SAVE-YOUR-ASS GIFT GUIDE
You’ve got a posse to please during the holidays: your boss, girlfriend, mother-in-law, three-year-old nephew. Our guide will save loads of time… maybe even protect you from bodily harm.
106 BOOKS THAT DON’T BORE
BUSTED IN BANGKOK
This excerpt from Warren Fellows’ 4,000 Days provides a horri fying taste of his 11 1/2-year stay in a Thai prison. Those with rat phobias should steer clear.
114 COVER GIRL
YASMINE BLEETH
The former Baywatch goddess has a new job: riding Don Johnson’s sorry ass as a hard-core internal affairs cop on Nash Bridges. Let the interrogation commence!
120 ADVANCED ANTHROPOLOGY
MEN ARE PIGS
Of course, given our behavior, we’re also rats, chickens, elephants…even brindled gnus. Here’s the evidence.
124 TRAVEL IMPROVES THE MIND
WHERE ARE ALL THE WOMEN?
Anyone can find a halfway decent beach, ski resort, or island. We tell you how to find the ones populated by beautiful women who would love to meet you.
132 GET DRESSED
THE POWER HOUR
Watches to wear whether you’re ticking down -mar— the secs at a formal New Year’s bash or just lying on the couch, wondering how long till Hogan’s Heroes
138 CAREER COUNSELING
ODD JOBS
A sex carpenter, a blood maid, a garbage diver, and a man who draws people’s asses prove you don’t have to attend law school to make an honest buck.
148 HEAVEN
SCREEN SAVERS
When your TV show is in a Nielsen free fall, who you gonna call? These curvaceous guest stars, who make heart rates and ratings rise
154 STYLE
THE WILD LIFE
Sophisticated without being stiff, these suits look great whether you’re holiday-partying all night or illegally chopping down Christmas trees deep in the forest.
COLUMNS
72 SAYS HER
THE F*#@ING HOLIDAYS
Winter blues got you ready to roast your nuts on an open fire? Well, get ready to bust out your yule log: Nancy Miller explains why women get the holiday hots.
76 BUCKS
HOW MUCH YOU GOT IN YOUR POCKET?
More than a thousand readers tell us what’s in their wallets nd where it goes.
LIDONE THAT 82 DRAFT DODGER Ever dream of trying out for the pros, just to see how far you’d get? High on hopes but low on talent, average yutz Jake Bronstein throws his cap into the NBA
88 GRIND
HOW TO LIE ON YOUR RESUMÉ
We’re not saying you should fib about your achievements (“Mr. Williams, I’m impressed. Did you really invent baseball?”). We’re just… um .., showing you how other people do it…and get away with it.
162 WINE & DINE
GET BAKED!
Those standard-issue stocking-shaped Christmas cookies are for soccer moms. Here are some cutting-edge cutters that’ll give your holiday baked goods a twisted edge. We provide the recipes; you provide the red food dye.
166 STUFF
SNOW JOB
A ski-run-destroying snowmobile, winter sports to trash your new machine, and a fort full of snow J gear that makes us feel all warm and toasty inside
DEPARTMENTS
36 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
How to fake a royal lineage, eat sushi off a naked virgin, and get rosy-cheeked Christmas carolers off your damned front lawn without the use of semiautomatic weapons
170 HANG TIME
Our cut-through-the-crap guide to the latest movies, music, television, and books
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