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Arguing that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has renovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to racial identity,...

The Cultural Critic Questions How Modern People Understand The Concept Of Villainy, Describing How His Youthful Idealism Gave Way To An Adult Sympathy With ...

Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most r...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

Piercing pioneer Elayne Angel has performed over 40,000 piercings since the 1980s and has brought many practices, such as tongue-piercing, into the mainstr...

A delightful journey through the psychology and science of music, Why You Love Music is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune. Music plays a hugely...

From the inimitable New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross—“a collection of her most luminous New Yorker pieces” (Entertainment Weekly, grade: A).A staff ...

Traces The History And Development Of Video Games, Providing Information On The First Games, Influential Developers, How The Games Have Changed Over The Yea...

By Charles Mackay ; With A Foreword By Andrew Tobias. Originally Published As: Memoirs Of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. London : R. Bentley, 1841. Includ...

a New York Times Bestseller That Has Changed The Way Readers View The Ecology Of Eating, This Revolutionary Book By Award Winner Michael Pollan Asks The Se...

An Introductory Textbook Which Uses Short Bite-sized Snap Shots To Introduce The Key Debates And Approaches, Technologies And Genres In Popular Music, This ...

Paris Hilton has a lifestyle most girls dream about. Her name is on everyone's lips — but can she help it if she was born rich and privileged? Now, with a...

"Walk upstairs, open the door, and look in the crib.What do you see: Most of us see a picture of innocence and helplessness, a clean slate. But in fact, wh...

On their 30th anniversary, the surviving Pythons—John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin—reminisce about their collaboration,...

This 2024 daily desk calendar showcases the original, highly collected Marvel Value Stamps, first published in 1974, and related ephemera, from the most ins...

Hashish History -- Hashish-making -- Hashish Cultures -- Constituents And Quality Of Hashish -- Consumption Of Hashish -- High-tech Hashish-making. Robert C...

From YouTube's Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of internet video's massive impact on our world. Whethe...

Collects The Author's Best New Yorker Pieces, Including Essays On Such Topics As Why There Are So Many Kinds Of Mustard But Only One Type Of Ketchup, A Surp...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

The bestselling author of Sexual Personae and Sex, Art, and American Culture is back with a fiery new collection of essays on everything from art and celeb...

The New York Times Bestselling Freakonomics Was A Worldwide Sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner Return With Superfreakonomics, And Fans A...

The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly...

Explores A Range Of Modern Cultural Phenomenon, Including Internet Pornography, Tribute Bands, Baseball Rivalries, And Reality Television.Categories: Litera...

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is a glorious celebration of the Great American Game, and of the city that loves it so. It is a love affair that began in 1874, whe...

In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in t...

You are an idiot.Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not hav...

Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively rea...

In this 6th edition of his successful Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. As befo...

Are scrolls containing the secret teachings of Jesus buried in Scotland?The discovery that the most important incantation of Freemasonry is spoken in ancien...

The Characteristic Heart And Punch-packing Observations Are Back, But With A Newfound Coat Of Maturity. A Thin Coat. More Of A Blazer, Really. Fans Of I Was...

Amanda Siebert ; Foreword By Dr. Rav Ivker.Categories: Science & MathBiological Sciences

What if everything we have been told about the origins of Christianity is a lie? What if a small group had always known the truth and had kept it hidden...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Unlikely pig owners Steve and Derek got a whole lot more than they bargained for when the designer mi...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

Here We Can Find Out About Irony And The Meaning Of Life, The Politics Of The Nuclear Family, Marxism In Springfield, The Elusiveness Of Happiness, Popular ...

Which Is More Dangerous, A Gun Or A Swimming Pool? What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common? Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?...

A Woman’s Handbook To Demystifying The World Of Weed, Whether It’s Being Used For Pain Relief, A Moment Of Calm, Or A Fit Of Giggles. Women Of All Ages ...

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an anal...

Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It's-not-you-it's-me relationship-enders. In Other People’s Love Letters...

Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most re...

Yogis Have Been Using Cannabis To Enhance Spiritual Practice For Millennia. Unfortunately, We've Lost This Tradition In The Modern Practice Of Yoga, And Alo...

A Collection Of Essays Explores Philosophical Aspects Of The Beatles' Music, Lyrics, And Political Acitivities. Topics Addressed Include: Skepticism And Epi...

Welcome To Celebrity Culture In The Early Aughts: The Reign Of Perez Hilton, Celebrity Sex Tapes, And Dueling Tabloids Fed By Paparazzi Who Were Willing To ...

How Did Advertising Come To Seem Ordinary And Even Natural To Turn-of-the-century Magazine Readers? The Adman In The Parlor Explores Readers' Interactions W...

“An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A remarkable book that will be of great value to people who feel isolated, alienated and overwhelmed by the circu...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

Which Is More Dangerous, A Gun Or A Swimming Pool? What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common? Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?...

Award-winning Journalist Catherine Price Presents A Practical, Hands-on Plan To Break Up -- And Then Make Up -- With Your Phone. The Goal? A Long-term Relat...