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Invisible Marijuana
by Robert Bunch  Publisher Comments Growers who want to stick around to enjoy the fruits of their labor find everything they need in this complete guide. Robert Bunch shares his patented, unbustable growing system -- what lights to use so cops won't come knocking, which open land is safe...
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Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games
by Edward Castronova Publisher Comments From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages and from all walks of life now spend thousands of hours&#...
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Jenny Holzer: Redaction Paintings
by Jenny Holzer Publisher Comments Artwork by Jenny Holzer. Text by Robert Storr....
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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments Bestselling author Tom Wolfe introduces the 1960s through essays about extravagant new styles of life, the Beatles, bouffant hairdos, Kar Kustomizers, and much more....
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Popular Culture and the Shaping of Holocaust Memory in America (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
by Alan Mintz Book News Annotation Protesting that he is a specialist neither in Holocaust studies nor American studies, Mintz (Hebrew literature, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City) speaks as a cultural critic and an American Jew who is concerned for the future of Holocaust...
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In the Know: The Classic Guide to Being Cultured and Cool
by Nancy Macdonell Publisher Comments From the author of "The Classic Ten" comes the ultimate crash course in cool. Like a smart, hip girlfriend with a book of Susan Sontag essays in her Chloe bag, MacDonell has assembled in one entertaining, fact-filled volume everything readers need to...
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The Cannabis Breeder's Bible: The Definitive Guide to Marijuana Varieties and Creating Strains for the Seed Market
by Greg Green Publisher Comments "The Cannabis Breeder's Bible" offers real-world, professional techniques for breeding primo pot and gives precise growing information for 60 popular marijuana varieties. The book covers new hybridization techniques, international seed law issues...
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Visual Culture : the Reader (99 Edition)
by Jessica Evans Publisher Comments Visual Culture provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines, including four editorial essays which place the readings in their historical and theoretical context. Although underpinned by a focus on...
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The American Counterculture
by Christopher Gair Publisher Comments The American counterculture played a major role during a pivotal moment in American history. Post-War prosperity combined with the social and political repression characteristic of middle-class life to produce both widespread civil disobedience and...
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Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America's Favorite Addiction
by Jake Halpern Publisher Comments A prismatic portrait of our national obsession with celebrity, in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and Blink. For several years, Jake Halpern has reported on Hollywood for NPR's "All Things Considered." In his new book, he explores the fascinating...
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Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon
by James Sullivan Publisher Comments Subtitled, "A Cultural History Of An American Icon". The story of the world's best-loved garment, from its humble beginnings to current star status....
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Stephen King's Danse Macabre
by Stephen King Publisher Comments Stephen King explores the phenomenon of horror in a century of film, television, radio, and literature. Who better than King to investigate what terrifies his fans?...
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The Consumer Society (Consumer Society, 1996)
by Neva R Goodwin Publisher Comments The developed countries, particularly the United States, consume a disproportionate share of the world's resources, yet high and rising levels of consumption do not necessarily lead to greater satisfaction, security, or well-being, even for affluent...
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Pills-A-Go-Go: A Fiendish Investigation Into Pill Marketing, Art, History, and Consumption
by Jim Hogshire Publisher Comments Observing our society's constant desire for a quick fix, Hogshire writes this book as both a celebration of the wonders of modern pharmacology and a study of the propensity to take a pill as an antidote for virtually all of life's problems....
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Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism
by James B. Twitchell Publisher Comments Coke adds life. Just do it. Yo quiero Taco Bell. We live in a commercial age, awash in a sea of brand names, logos, and advertising jingles -- not to mention commodities themselves. Are shoppers merely the unwitting stooges of the greedy producers who...
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Fringe Living - Songs from the Streets
by Karl Walduck Publisher Comments Karl Walduck was born in Germiston South Africa in 1970 and returned with his parents to their native country, England, at the age of two. A humanitarian, he has spent much time supporting people living on the edge of existence in London. This is Karl's...
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Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century
by Susan Smulyan Publisher Comments In Popular Ideologies, author Susan Smulyan demonstrates that popular culture represented more than just escape during the twentieth century's formative period. Far from providing an ideology-free zone, popular products and entertainments served (and...
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Common Culture Reading & Writing Abo 4TH Edition
by Michael Petracca Publisher Comments From Barbie to the Internet, the Simpsons to the malls, this engaging book on pop culture can help readers develop writing skills while reading and thinking about subjects they find inherently interesting. It contains essays addressing pop culture topics...
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The Delicious Grace of Moving One's Hand: The Collected Sex Writings
by Timothy Leary Publisher Comments Timothy Leary (1920-1997) was one of the most controversial figures of the 1960s, the man who urged a generation to turn on, tune in, and drop out. Now, nearly two years after his death, this manuscript has emerged comprising his best writings about...
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Traffick: The Illicit Movement of People and Things
by Gargi Bhattacharyya Publisher Comments This book explores the underbelly of globalisation—the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy. This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major...
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