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Popular Culture : Reader (05 Edition)
by Raiford A. Guins  Publisher Comments </p> <p>A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary writings on popular culture to explain and inspire!</p> <p></p> <p>Popular Culture: A Reader helps students understand the pervasive role of popular...
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Within the Context of No Context
by George W S Trow Publisher Comments Written originally for a special issue of The New Yorker and reissued here with a new forward by the author, Within the Context of No Context is George W. S. Trow's brilliant exposition on the state of American culture and twentieth-century life...
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Under the Influence: The Disinformation Guide to Drugs
by Preston Peet Publisher Comments In the latest in the oversize Disinformation Guide series of anthologies, editor Preston Peet assembles an all-star cast to lay to rest the specious misinformation peddled by prohibitionists who depend upon the "War on somedrugs and users"for their...
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They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves: The History and Politics of Alien Abduction
by Bridget Brown Publisher Comments "Brown argues convincingly that alien abduction stories speak to several key issues in our culture, from environmentalism to changing ideas about reproduction. Extending far beyond textual readings, she instead tells the stories of individual people...
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Brooklyn Street Art
by Steven P Harrington Synopsis From the warehouses of ultra-hip Williamsburg to the brick facades of Bushwick tenements and DUMBO'S waterfront cool, from subway cars to bridge pylons, the 150 images in this book by photographer Jaime Rojo capture the wide range of mediums and styles...
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Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture
by Aaron Rose Publisher Comments The greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men, corporate focus groups, or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically. More often than not, these manifestations have...
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Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
by Juliet B Schor Publisher Comments This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year&...
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California Crazy and Beyond: Roadside Vernacular Architecture
by Jim Heimann Synopsis In 1980, Los Angeles historian Jim Heimann wrote a book about the oddball roadside architecture that has dotted the American landscape since the advent of the auto. Published by Chronicle Books as California Crazy, it stayed in print for nearly 20 years....
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Opium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition
by Peter Lee Publisher Comments In?"Opium Culture," Peter Lee presents a fascinating narrative that covers every aspect of the art and craft of opium use. The text is studded with gems of long forgotten opium arcana, dispelling many of the persistent myths about opium and its users...
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Wall and Piece
by Banksy 
Powells.com Staff Pick If there's any truth to Marshall McLuhan's prophecy that the next wars and revolutions of our time will be fought through media and not guns, then the ever mysterious and notorious graffiti artist called Banksy would be the most ready example of how one...
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Monday Night Class
by Stephen Gaskin Publisher Comments Monday Night Class began as an experimental college course taught by Stephen Gaskin, and by 1970 had grown into a popular attraction with 2,000 people attending weekly. Here Stephen explores the laws that govern the spiritual plane, drawing on sources as...
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The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
by Arthur Veno Publisher Comments Now in a revised and updated edition, this vivid exploration of biker culture reveals the truth behind Australia's infamous motorcycle clubs through in-depth interviews, personal stories, and meticulous research. Included are the rules and rituals...
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The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media: Gawker Media
by Chelsea Peretti Publisher Comments Hailed by "The New York Times" and visited by 1.5 million readers every month, Gawker.com presents an unabashedly snarky, sharp-witted, cynical, and fearless book for those media-challenged insiders--and outsiders--everywhere....
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The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need
by Juliet B Schor Publisher Comments The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in...
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Xxxxx
by Xxxxx Publisher Comments xxxxx proposes a radical, new space for artistic exploration, with essential contributions from a diverse range of artists, theorists, and scientists. Combining intense background material, code listings, screenshots, new translation, the xxxxx reader...
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Growing Extraordinary Marijuana
by Adam Gottlieb Publisher Comments All-new editions of four popular guides to altering consciousness<BR>-- These underground classics from the 1970s have been rewritten and repackaged with new illustrations and photos, and designed for easy reading<P>Marijuana has been...
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Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers
by Sacha Jenkins Publisher Comments Before it hits the wall, graffiti is often planned out in a black book????????????a common artist's sketchbook sometimes called a piece book????????????piece being short for masterpiece. Wellworn and dog-eared, these books are used to develop and trade...
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Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies
by Edward D Berkowitz Publisher Comments In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and...
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Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America (Institutional Structures of Feeling)
by Stephen M Fjellman Publisher Comments Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. It’s a pedestrian’s world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented...
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Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity in America
by Richard Schickel Publisher Comments In explaining the power of celebrity in modern life, Richard Schickel ranges through every realm of our culture--film, theatre, television, literature, art, the media, pop music, politics--for examples of how celebrity shapes our world and bends our...
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