Popular Culture
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Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
$28.99 Read moreHow momfluencer culture impacts women psychologically as consumers, as performers of their stories, and as mothers
On Instagram, the private work of mothering is turned into a public performance, gene- Author: Petersen, Sara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807006637
- Language: English
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Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
$27.00 Add to cart“An expedition into the troubled soul of one of the world’s greatest songwriters.”–Haaretz
“A fascinating and intense account of Leonard Cohen’s time in Israel during the 19-day Yom Kippur War
- Author: Friedman, Matti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1954118074
- Language: English
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We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies
$23.99 Read moreDo you want to believe? Explore our fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence through exclusive interviews, archival photos, and strange but true stories from history.
After decades of- Author: Hartzman, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1683693353
- Language: English
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The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds
$16.99 Add to cart“A fascinating and funny guide to history’s favorite genius–and why he still matters.” –A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author
A fascinating look into how Einstein’s genius and science contin
- Author: Cohen, Benyamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1728248388
- Language: English
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The Spice Must Flow: The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies
$18.00 Read moreGeek-culture expert Ryan Britt takes us behind the pages and scenes of the science-fiction phenomenon Dune, charting the series’ life from cult sci-fi novels to some of the most visionary movies of al… [more below]
- Author: Britt, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 593472993
- Language: English
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Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
$19.00 Add to cartGonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels–Hell’s Angels, that is–in this short work of nonfiction.
“California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 29 1996
- ISBN10: 0345410084
- Language: English
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”–Esquire
“One- Author: Odell, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593242726
- Language: English
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Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl
$28.99 Read moreWhich American Girl are you?
Are you a Molly (a patriotic overachiever with a flair for drama)? Felicity (the original horse girl)? Kirsten (a cottagecore fan who seems immune to cholera), Samantha (a- Author: Mahoney, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1250792835
- Language: English
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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All–But There Is a Solution
$29.99 Read moreA “galvanizing” (The Wall Street Journal) deep dive into cancel culture and its dangers to all Americans from the team that brought you Coddling of the American Mind.
Cancel culture is a new phenomeno- Author: Lukianoff, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1668019140
- Language: English
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You Are What You Watch: How Movies and TV Affect Everything
$30.00 Add to cartPulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power.
Virtually anyone who
- Author: Hickey, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1523515899
- Language: English
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Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
$29.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet, revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshape… [more below]- Author: Lorenz, Taylor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982146869
- Language: English
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Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
$23.00 Add to cartIn the summer of 1978, the B-52’s conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band’s self-titled debut album burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music crit… [more below]
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Author: Hale, Grace Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1469664054
- Language: English
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Turn on Tune in Drop Out
$16.95 Add to cartWritten in the psychedelic era, Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out is Timothy Leary at his best, beckoning with humor and irreverence, a vision of individual empowerment, personal responsibility, and spiritua
- Series: Leary, Timothy
- Author: Leary, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 03, 1999
- ISBN10: 1579510094
- Language: English
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Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians
$30.00 Read moreAn exploration into the curation of the self in Western civilization from Da Vinci to Kim Kardashian.
In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally repr- Author: Burton, Tara Isabella
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541789016
- Language: English
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Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
$30.00 Add to cart“Subtly altered how I see the world.” –Michelle Goldberg, New York Times
“[Status and Culture] consistently posits theories I’d never previously considered that instantly feel obvious.” –Chuck Klost- Author: Marx, W. David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593296702
- Language: English
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Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
$20.00 Add to cartOne of The New York Times Book Review‘s 100 Notable Books of 2022. Named one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker, Pitchfork, Vanity Fair and TIME. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.
- Author: Tiffany, Kaitlyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 14, 2022
- ISBN10: 0374539189
- Language: English
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Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
$22.95 Add to cart‘A must read for modernists, and for anyone who misses the future.’ Bob Stanley, musician, journalist, author, and film producer
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Ca
- Author: Fisher, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: May 30, 2014
- ISBN10: 1780992262
- Language: English
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
$19.00 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller – Finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction – A New York Times Notable Book – Bloomberg Best Book of 2018 – One of Bill Gates’s Top Five Books of… [more below]
- Author: Lukianoff, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0735224919
- Language: English
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Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-Style
$34.95 Add to cartK-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the last decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this phenomenon? Where does K-Style go from here? Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of
- Author: Bae, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 0500024545
- Language: English
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Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
$15.99 Add to cartText messaging has spread like wildfire. Indeed texting is so widespread that many parents, teachers, and media pundits have been outspoken in their criticism of it. Does texting spell the end of west
- Author: Crystal, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18, 2009
- ISBN10: 0199571333
- Language: English
