Popular Culture
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Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies
$27.00 Add to cartWitty and winkingly playful, Manuel Betancourt’s Hello Stranger explores modern queer romance and the expansive possibilities of ephemeral intimacies
“Hello stranger.” As an opening line, you really c- Author: Betancourt, Manuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1646222296
- Language: English
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
$20.00 Add to cart“With Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, [Dana] Thomas–who has been the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for 12 years–has written a crisp, witty social history that’s as entertaini… [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113704
- Language: English
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Life’s Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can’t Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
$17.99 Add to cartFast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Conn
- Author: Hood, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1324079452
- Language: English
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The Psychology of Elden Ring: Arise Now, Ye Tarnished
$19.99 Read more“Oh, arise now, ye Tarnished. Ye dead, who let live. The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all.” Opening Cutscene, Elden Ring “The Psychology of Elden Ring” offers a deep dive into the captivating
- Author: Bean, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1955406162
- Language: English
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Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved Into a Culture of Fans and Followers
$18.95 Read moreA former People magazine editor reveals how our cult of celebrity has shaped our politics, our culture, and our personal lives–for better or worse
From the writer and editor who coined the term “baby- Author: Jones, Landon Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0807093424
- Language: English
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White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
$20.00 Read moreThe story of how white bread became white trash, this social history shows how our relationship with the love-it-or-hate-it food staple reflects our country’s changing values
In the early twentieth ce- Author: Bobrow-Strain, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0807044784
- Language: English
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The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives
$27.95 Read moreLOL cats. Grumpy Cat. Dog-rating Twitter. Pet Instagram accounts. It’s generally understood the internet is for pictures of cute cats (and dogs, and otters, and pandas). But what motivates people to m… [more below]
- Author: Maddox, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1978827911
- Language: English
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Voices in the Code: A Story about People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made
$48.75 Read moreAlgorithms-rules written into software-shape key moments in our lives: from who gets hired or admitted to a top public school, to who should go to jail or receive scarce public benefits. Today, high s
- Author: Robinson, David G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0871547775
- Language: English
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We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers
$19.99 Read more“We Are the Baby-Sitters Club is the ultimate companion guide for a generation of devout superfans. This book revisits the beloved series through grown-up eyes–but never loses the magic we all felt t… [more below]
- Author: Crawford, Marisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1641604905
- Language: English
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Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis: An Expert Breeder Shares His Secrets
$18.95 Read moreDJ Short’s essays on the craft of indoor cannabis cultivation show how any hobbyist can refine gardening technique and achieve mastery.
DJ Short is a celebrated breeder whose collection of seed strain- Author: Short, DJ
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0932551599
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Marijuana: Mind-Blowing Facts, History, Trivia and Recipes
$10.99 Read moreEverything you could possibly want to know about the world’s most popular drug in less than 100 pages!
A great gift for the stoner in your life, this bite-sized book is full of recipes, history, triv- Series: Little Book of
- Author: Spruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1846015944
- Language: English
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Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
$18.00 Read more“Text Me has the thrills and laughs of a romantic comedy, but with an inverted message: ‘There just isn’t only one love story in our lives, ‘ Schaefer writes. If you’re lucky, friends will be the prot… [more below]
- Author: Schaefer, Kayleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 110198614X
- Language: English
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Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations about Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It
$19.95 Read moreIf it seems like everyone you know is playing Dungeons & Dragons, it’s because they are! After nearly five decades, the iconic roleplaying game is more popular than ever. Famous Hollywood actors and d… [more below]
- Author: Mazzanoble, Shelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: December 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1609388593
- Language: English
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Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts
$18.00 Read moreThe CNN senior political analyst and USA Today columnist offers a path to navigating the toxic division in our culture without compromising our convictions and emotional well-being, based on her exper… [more below]
- Author: Powers, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593238257
- Language: English
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Narcissus in Bloom: An Alternative History of the Selfie
$14.95 Read moreNarcissism is the defining pathology of the twenty-first century, but what if it is not self-obsession that defines us but a need for self-transformation?
Narcissus in Bloom is a short history of the- Author: Colquhoun, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1914420632
- Language: English
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The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse
$18.95 Read moreAn American Psychology-Law Society’s Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award Winner
A 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and Criminology A 2022 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award Finalist- Author: Van Rooij, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0807007277
- Language: English
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How We Roll: The Art and Culture of Joints, Blunts, and Spliffs
$16.95 Read moreFrom rolling techniques to ast-roll-ology, interviews to do’s and don’ts, quizzes to charts, this lively illustrated guide to all things joints has something for potheads and casual cannabis smokers a… [more below]
- Author: Rubin, Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1797212931
- Language: English
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Life’s Too Short to Pretend You’re Not Religious: Reframed and Expanded
$18.99 Read moreWe can’t just be done with religion, argues David Dark. The fact of religion is the fact of us. Religion is the witness of everything we’re up to–for better or worse.
David Dark is one of today’s mos
- Author: Dark, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1506481663
- Language: English
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Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
$22.99 Read more“A fantastic book.”–Ben Kissel, co-host of Last Podcast on the Left
Take a spirited tour through the supernatural history of America, from its haunted sites to its famous ghosts to its ghost-obsessed- Author: Hartzman, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1683692772
- Language: English
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Social (In)Justice: Why Many Popular Answers to Important Questions of Race, Gender, and Identity Are Wrong–And How to Know What’s Right:
$18.99 Read moreThis is a book about ideas.
Specifically, this is a book about the evolution of a certain set of ideas, and how these ideas have come to dominate every important discussion about race, gender, and id- Author: Pluckrose, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1634312236
- Language: English
