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Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80’s
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the legendary Hunter S. Thompson’s second volume of the “Gonzo Papers” is back. Generation of Swine collects hundreds of columns from the… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0743250443
- Language: English
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50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People That Shaped Our Culture
$75.00 Read moreJoin Hunter Thompson, Annie Leibovitz, Tom Wolfe, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Kendrick Lamar, and Taylor Swift on a decade-by-decade exploration of music and history with this one-of-a-… [more below]
- Author: Rolling Stone LLC
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1419724460
- Language: English
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The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99 Read moreHow do you remember the seventies? Whether it’s as the “Me Decade,” the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you’ll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture tha… [more below]
- Author: Romero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103789
- Language: English
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Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
$18.00 Read moreMuch has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual Personae, but the laser-sharp insights of this major American thinker continue to be ahead of the curve-… [more below]
- Author: Paglia, Camille
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0525433864
- Language: English
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Flappers
$34.99 Add to cartBy the 1920s, women were on the verge of something huge. Jazz, racy fashions, eyebrowraising new attitudes about art and sex–all of this pointed to a sleek, modern world, one that could shake off the
- Author: Mackrell, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535043
- Language: English
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Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality
$19.00 Add to cartLike the hard-hitting sounds of a Public Enemy jam, the words of the band’s lead singer, Chuck D, excite the mind and senses. In his first book, Chuck D pours out commentary that takes on Hollywood, r… [more below]
- Author: D, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0385318731
- Language: English
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Don’t Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
$17.00 Add to cart“A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane” (Kirkus Reviews), Don’t Make Me Pull Over! offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips–before portable DVD players, smartphone… [more below]
- Author: Ratay, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1501188755
- Language: English
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The Fifties
$22.00 Add to cartThe Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of … [more below]
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: May 10 1994
- ISBN10: 0449909336
- Language: English
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Midcentury Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Atomic Age
$21.00 Add to cartA delightful history of cocktails from the era of new interstate highways, sprouting suburbs, and atomic engineering
America at midcentury was a nation on the move, taking to wings and wheels along th- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1479816655
- Language: English
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Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll
$18.95 Add to cartSince her introduction in 1959, Barbie’s impact has been revolutionary. Far from being a toy designed by men to oppress women, she was a toy invented by women to teach women what was expected of them,… [more below]
- Author: Lord, M. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095075
- Language: English
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American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the “fireside chats” of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr.: these are the words, images, and sounds that populate Am… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Avila, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0190200588
- Language: English
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The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestrial Pop Culture
$27.95 Add to cartIn this entertaining and informative book, Colavito traces the origins of thebelief in ancient extraterrestrial visitors to the work of horror writer H.P.Lovecraft. Illustrations.
- Author: Colavito, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 30 2005
- ISBN10: 1591023521
- Language: English
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Unmask Alice: Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries
$26.95 Read more“Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.” —Portland Book Review
“An absorbing and un… [more below]- Author: Emerson, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1637740425
- Language: English
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Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno Logy
$16.95 Add to cartFinalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit–some of the displays in
Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction- Author: Weschler, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 26, 1996
- ISBN10: 0679764895
- Language: English
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Stay True: A Memoir
$27.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu
“- Author: Hsu, Hua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0385547773
- Language: English
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Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
$17.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu
“- Author: Hsu, Hua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593315200
- Language: English
