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Chuck Klosterman, Volume 4: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
by Chuck Klosterman  
Powells.com Staff Pick One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps...
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Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say
by Douglas Rushkoff Publisher Comments Why do we always listen to what "they" say? A noted media pundit gives a devastating critique of the influences behind the culture of rampant consumerism, showing how the media attempts to interfere with rational decision-making. "An essential book for...
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Taz the Temporary Autonomous Zone 2ND Edition
by Hakim Bey
Powells.com Staff Pick "Since the WTO, anarchism is once again a household word. This book introduced a whole new generation to the enticements of the anarchist lifestyle when it was released in the early 90's. Still a password for acceptance in many circles, it is an...
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Red Scared the Commie Menace in Propagan
by Steven Heller Publisher Comments Not long ago, Communists seemed to be everywhere: among our politicians, neighbors, favorite actors--even in our drinking water. Red Scared! is a wry tour of the frosty decades of Soviet and American adversity, when anti-Communist hysteria produced...
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Hip: The History
by John Leland
Powells.com Staff Pick "When all is said and done, Hip: The History is not concerned with passing fads. The transient notions of hip that have passed through history still leave their cultural fingerprints on society today....While it's impossible to say what will be hip in...
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Anarchy, Protest & Rebellion: And the Counterculture That Changed America
by Fred Mcdarrah Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-371) and index....
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Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents
by Nicholas Ganz Publisher Comments A thorough and comprehensive treatment of graffiti as an art form, this book contains an historical account of the medium, profiles of and interviews with prominent artists, analysis of different styles and trends, and more....
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Freight Train Graffiti
by Roger Gastman Publisher Comments As dazzling as the art it celebrates, this volume is packed with 1,000 full-color illustrations and features in-depth interviews with more than 125 train artists and "writers" to provide unprecedented perspective into graffiti....
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Street Sketchbook: Inside the Journals of International Street and Graffiti Artists
by Tristan Manco Publisher Comments With interest in graffiti and street art at a record high, the time is ripe for the first-ever volume to reveal the working methods and private fixations of more than 60 leading international street artists through their personal sketchbooks. Artists...
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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks
Powells.com Staff Pick For the past two hundred years, bohemians and bourgeois have loved to hate one another. To the moneyed classes, concerned with stability and respectability, bohemians had dubious morals and unsightly hair. And for the artists and intellectuals...
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Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture
by Timothy J Craig Publisher Comments A fascinating illustrated look at various forms of Japanese popular culture: pop song, jazz, enka (a popular ballad genre of music), karaoke, comics, animated cartoons, video games, television dramas, films and "idols" -- teenage singers and actors. As...
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Eastern Standard Time a Guide To Asian Influen
by Jeff Yang Publisher Comments For everyone who's ever wondered how to order Korean barbecue and Chinese dim sum; what "good feng xui" is and how to make sure you have it; where to find the ten greatest Nintendo games never released in the States, and which is the deadliest martial...
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Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter
Publisher Comments In this wide-ranging and perceptive work of cultural criticism, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter shatter the most important myth that dominates much of radical political, economic, and cultural thinking. The idea of a counterculture — a world outside...
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Why It Sells: Decoding the Meanings of Brand Names, Logos, Ads, and Other Marketing and Advertising Ploys
by Marcel Danesi Publisher Comments Marcel Danesi is an entertaining and insightful tour guide to decoding the messages woven into the advertisements, commercials, brand names, and logos we see on a daily basis. Guiding readers through the basics of how to interpret ads, Danesi explores...
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Bobos in Paradise the New Upper Class
by David Brooks
Powells.com Staff Pick For the past two hundred years, bohemians and bourgeois have loved to hate one another. To the moneyed classes, concerned with stability and respectability, bohemians had dubious morals and unsightly hair. And for the artists and intellectuals...
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Gunfighter Nation (98 Edition)
by Richard Slotkin Book News Annotation In the third of a three-volume study in the development of the myth of the frontier in US literary, popular, and political culture from the colonial period to the present, Slotkin (English, Wesleyan U.) covers Theodore Roosevelt's and Frederick...
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Human Traffic and Transnational Crime: Eurasian and American Perspectives
by Sally Stoecker Publisher Comments Human trafficking is a growing transnational criminal phenomenon conservative estimates put the total number of persons trafficked annually at two million. In this first in-depth study of human trafficking in Russia and Ukraine, scholars from the...
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Killing Yourself To Live : 85% of a True Story (06 Edition)
by Chuck Klosterman Publisher Comments For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way. Within the span of twenty...
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London Street Art 2
by Alex Macnaughton Synopsis Photojournalist MacNaughton continues to traverse Londons streets looking for the best graffiti. His latest collection, featuring 150 new images, is full of color and life and provides a lasting record of this most fleeting of art forms....
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The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism
by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments While the youth counterculture remains the most evocative and best-remembered symbol of the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the revolution that shook American business during those boom years has gone largely unremarked. In this fascinating and revealing...
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