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The Coffee Table Book Club

Stunning art, design, and photography delivered to your door every month. Each pick is a visual feast — the kind of book you leave out for everyone to admire.

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    Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of Nyc's Landmark LGBTQ+ Places - Hardcover by Marc Zinaman Peppermint

    This sprawling, unique visual history of New York City's queer spaces documents the evolution of LGBTQ+ culture, community, and activism within Manhattan's dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020. New York's LGBTQ+ history is everywhere, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques, important queer spaces from the city's past have otherwise been forgotten about, or remain entirely hidden. This multifaceted book joyfully and poignantly explores a century of LGBTQ+ gathering spaces across Manhattan through hundreds of historic photographs, flyers, posters, club membership cards, magazine spreads, and more. Author Marc Zinaman's carefully researched, engaging text includes first-person accounts and little-known facts that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking. From 1920s bathhouses, drag balls, and the ascent of homophobia during World War II, to the protests and parades of the 1960s and 1970s, to the horrors of AIDS; from the vibrant nightlife scene of the 1990s to 2018's Rainbow Wave, which saw a record number of queer elected officials in the US, to the rise of geosocial dating apps, every major milestone of LGBTQ+ social history is thoughtfully documented. The result is a powerful and compelling testament to the endurance of queer culture, and an important contribution to its preservation and celebration.

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    Joining is easy. Just subscribe above, pick your favorite host or club, and choose a plan that fits your rhythm — monthly or quarterly. Every plan includes exclusive member perks and bits of joy delivered in every box.
    Allstora Tokens are your monthly key to choice. They let you decide what lands on your doorstep: Gus' selection, another club’s pick, or something fun from The Pride Shop. Tokens give you the freedom to shape your reading life each month.
    On the 15th of your renewal month, tokens are added to your account. You’ll have 72 hours to make your selection before orders lock. We’ll send a reminder when it’s time to choose. Nothing ships until you make your selection.
    If life gets busy, we’ll still do our best to rush your book if we have stock available! Rush orders cost one token.
    Totally fine. Your tokens roll forward for up to 12 months. You can stockpile them like a dragon hoarding queer literature, then spend them when the next story (or tote bag) calls your name.
    Books ship once you redeem your tokens for that month’s selection. Orders go out during the last week of the month and usually arrive the first week of the next month. If you redeem late, we’ll do our best to get it to you quickly.
    Visit your new dashboard here: 👉https://my.allstora.com/account Log in with the same email used at checkout. If you haven’t created an account yet, select “Create Account” and you’ll receive a one-time passcode by email. Once signed in, your subscriptions, tokens, and orders will sync automatically.
    All renewals occur on the 15th of each month. On that date, your plan renews and new tokens are added to your account. Monthly plans → tokens issued monthly Quarterly plans → tokens issued every three months
    For quarterly book club subscriptions, you will be billed every three months on the 15th for the next month’s book pick. Depending on the month you sign up, you’ll be on one of three cycles: Cycle 1: January, April, July, and October books Cycle 2: February, May, August, and November books Cycle 3: March, June, September, and December books
    Each club’s upcoming title is announced on the 15th of the prior month. You can preview the pick and, if it’s not your vibe, simply hold your tokens (for up to a year) to use on another title or item instead.
    No drama. Skip it! Your tokens will patiently wait in your account (for up to a year) until a book, merch item, or moment speaks to you.
    Yep! You can cancel anytime after your first renewal. No hoops, no heartbreak.
    Nope! We’re “read at your own pace” people. Discussion prompts go live weekly in Kiki, but you can jump in whenever the spirit (or your schedule) allows.
    Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Your memberships automatically merge behind the scenes, so you’ll never be double-billed. Your perks stick around as long as you have an active subscription or membership.
    Manage everything in one place at: https://my.allstora.com/account There you can: — Update your payment method or shipping info — Skip, switch, or cancel your plan — Review token balance and order history Still need assistance? Contact us anytime at info@allstora.com