Popular Culture
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The 50th Law
$26.99 Add to cartIn The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a “bible” for success in life and work
- Author: 50 Cent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 08, 2009
- ISBN10: 006177460X
- Language: English
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The Nineties: A Book
$18.00 Add to cartAn instant New York Times bestseller!
“Informative, endlessly entertaining.”–BuzzFeed “Generation X’s definitive chronicler of culture.”–GQ From the author of But What If We’re Wrong comes an insig- Author: Klosterman, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 0735217963
- Language: English
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The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined
$23.99 Add to cartWhat you don’t know about goths could fill a book!
An artistic culture that revels in the Victorian romantic movement, The goth Bible brings to light the traditions and history of all that is goth. Th- Author: Kilpatrick, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 281
- Publish Date: October 04, 2004
- ISBN10: 0312306962
- Language: English
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The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
$30.00 Read moreAn eye-opening look at how social media shapes the stories we tell and the lives we lead
Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document a- Author: Jezer-Morton, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 0593834119
- Language: English
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Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation
$39.95 Read moreConsidering the overlooked importance of science-fiction fandom and the occult to queer history in the US
Science fiction and occult communities helped pave the way for the LGBTQ+ movement by providing
- Author: Filreis, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1941753698
- Language: English
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Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story
$26.00 Add to cartIt has sadly become evident that over the past seventy years, Americans have become increasingly ignorant of our nation’s founding principles. Civic education and American history have either not been… [more below]
- Author: Goeglein, Timothy S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1956454136
- Language: English
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Same Player Shoots Again: A Biography of the Pinball Machine
$12.99 Add to cartThis is an ode to the lost golden age of the pinball machine. These vivid, flashing portals of entertainment were mainstays of nearly every bar, pub, and amusement arcade from the 1960s to the 1990s,
- Author: Bernard, Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1509569448
- Language: English
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All the Feels: How to Stay Human in the Digital World
$30.00 Read moreA revelatory exploration of how our online lives can enrich human connections rather than destroy them, to help us all stay sane on the internet
While it’s great to go outside and touch grass, the re- Author: Pavliscak, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1643753967
- Language: English
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Enter the Villa: The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island
$28.00 Read moreSTEP INTO THE VILLA AND OUT OF YOUR READING RUT
A fascinating, unauthorized exploration of the smash reality show Love Island, revealing the secrets, drama, and behind-the-scenes stories of TV’s mos- Author: Peele, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1668205599
- Language: English
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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
$18.99 Add to cart“Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer’s dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors.”–Robert Kagan
Just in
- Author: Foer, Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0063486768
- Language: English
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Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited–And the Fight to Retake Control
$29.00 Read moreAn exploration of how African American innovators and artists–whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionately greater than their numbers–have fought for and … [more below]
- Author: Davis, Lisa E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1982175990
- Language: English
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A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See
$28.95 Add to cartAn engaging and informative cultural history of glasses that explores their origins, stigmas, future in technology, and more.
Eyeglasses have become so commonplace we hardly think about them-unless w- Author: Dunaway, David King
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881804824
- Language: English
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Everyday Apocalypse: Art, Empire, and the End of the World
$24.95 Add to cartEveryday Apocalypse recovers the root meaning of the term apocalypse (revelation) to use the concept as a lens through which art and other acts of creative nonviolence that often go unseen may be brou… [more below]
- Author: Dark, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: October 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0826507956
- Language: English
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The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
$28.95 Add to cartA provocative history of Disney’s rise to cultural dominance, pulling skeletons from the corporate closet to decode the political messages hidden in all of your favorite childhood movies.
In The Exte
- Author: Osterweil, Vicky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888903667
- Language: English
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The Story of Us: How the Taylor Swift Fandom Changed Our Lives
$29.00 Add to cartWe’ve had the time of our lives as Swifties, and now that story–full of joy, friendship, connection, clowning, and singing at the top of our lungs–is documented in this tribute to the fandom and the… [more below]
- Author: Levin, Olivia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1668092921
- Language: English
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Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball’s Greatest Rivalry
$29.00 Add to cartAn audacious and inspiring debut social history that explores how entrepreneurial members of the tight-knit hardcore punk scene within the vibrant heart of Boston cashed in on one of baseball’s greate… [more below]
- Author: Wrenn, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894140872
- Language: English
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One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love to Hate
$30.00 Add to cartFor fans of the witty and evocative writing of Anne Helen Petersen and Amanda Montell, a sharply clever exploration of what it means to be a “bad mom” by delving into the world of momfluencers, stage … [more below]
- Author: Dickson, Ej
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1668051117
- Language: English
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The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World
$19.99 Add to cartWe embraced the mediated life–from Facetune and Venmo to meme culture and the Metaverse–because these technologies offer novelty and convenience. But they also transform our sense of self and warp t
- Author: Rosen, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324116773
- Language: English
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The 1990s: A Visual History of the Decade
$60.00 Add to cartA visual celebration of a seminal decade. As the Cold War ended and a new millennium approached, grunge, hip–hop, and rave exploded in popularity as teenagers and twenty–somethings searched for some
- Series: Story of a Decade #2
- Author: Carroll, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0500027374
- Language: English
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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
$20.00 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Inc., Prospect Magazine, and The Conversation
“The most comprehensive and reasonable story of this shift that has yet been attempted .- Author: Mounk, Yascha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0593493206
- Language: English
