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Walt Kelly and Pogo
The Art of the Political Swamp
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
One of the most popular comic strips of the 1950s and the first to reference politics of the day, Walt Kelly’s Pogo took on Joe McCarthy before the controversial senator was a blip on Edward R. Murrow’s radar. The strip’s satire was so biting, it was often relegated to newspaper editorial sections...
Neptune Noir
Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
More than just a high school drama, “Veronica Mars” is a smart and savvy teen detective show that offers complex mysteries and rapier wit, engaging social commentary, and noir sensibilities—with the occasional murder thrown in for good measure. This collection, edited by the creator and executive...
Dig That Beat!
Interviews with Musicians at the Root of Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term “rock and roll” in the 1950s. Rooted in rockabilly, rhythm and blues, country and western, gospel, and pop, the genre was popularized by performers like Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. Rock and roll’s originators and revivalists...
Opium Culture
The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2005
A detailed study of the history and usage of opium
• Explores the use of opium as a major healing herb and a popular relaxant
• Details the opium practices adhered to in the Chinese tradition
• Includes information on the suppression of opium by the modern pharmaceutical...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2004
Award-winning writer, Richard Curtis, returned in 2003 with another star-studded romantic comedy Love Actually. This songbook contains a fine selection of popular ballads and upbeat love songs from the original movie soundtrack, including the Christmas hit single Christmas Is All Around.
Every...
101 Interesting Facts on One Direction
Learn About the Boy Band
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Are you a fan of One Direction? Have you followed the popular boyband from their very first performance on The X Factor to international stardom? Would you like to find out more about the 1D boys? If so, you there is no better way to get to know your favourite band than with 101 Interesting Facts About...
A Friend in the Music Business
The ASCAP Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
On February 13, 1914, a group of the nation's most distinguished and popular songwriters gathered together in New York City to support the mission of ASCAP, a new organization for publishers and songwriters. A few years later, ASCAP received its mandate from the Supreme Court to collect royalties...
by Patty Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Following her success with Playboy Swings, Patty Farmer looks at Playboy’s relationship with comedians and cartoonists in her new book Playboy Laughs.* *
Playboy Laughs invites readers onto the sets of the organization’s groundbreaking TV shows, Playboy Penthouse and Playboy After...
The Wedding Complex
Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
In The Wedding Complex Elizabeth Freeman explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. Freeman finds that weddings—as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation—are sites for imagining and enacting...
by Woodson J. Savage
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
You might be surprised to learn that many of the consumer brands and products we enjoy today exist because of streetcar advertising. The Industrial Revolution of the early 1900 s and a massive consumer audience riding over 50,000 streetcars in nearly 3,000 cities and towns in every state of the union...
Club Cultures
Boundaries, Identities and Otherness
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life. Rief addresses the questions of how practices of clubbing help cultivate particular forms of reflexivity and modes of experience, and how these shape new devices for reconfiguring...
by Bergdorf Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
A stylish collection of 100 recipes from the renowned BG restaurant at the singular luxury shopping emporium. Incorporating recipes from the fashion community, this charming gift volume features the whimsical four-color art of renowned illustrator Konstantin Kakanias throughout.
The Bergdorf...
Radio Flyer
100 Years of America’s Little Red Wagon
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
A visual history of one of childhood’s most beloved icons—the Little Red Wagon—told through a rich collection of photos and stories that highlight its unique place in American culture.
For generations, the Radio Flyer—the fire engine red wagon with the distinctive white logo emblazoned...
Hippie Dictionary
A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Whether you lived through the sixties and seventies or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the Hippie Dictionary entertains as much as it educates.
Cultural and political listings such as "Age of Aquarius," "Ceasar Chavez," and "Black Power Movement," plus popular phrases...