Popular Culture

Unmasks the horrors of a social order reproduced and maintained by the violence of police Year after year the crisis churns: graft and corruption, violence and murder, riot cops and armored vehicles claim city streets. Despite promises of reform, police...

My Cool Bike celebrates a love affair with bikes and bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things and we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773237961Author REV G J OuseleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on...

When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, new clothing protocols for state employees resulted in far-reaching changes in what people wore. In a pioneering history of dress in the Mao years (1949-1976), Antonia Finnane traces the...

A loving photographic celebration of the energy-drink-fuelled, furniture-rearranging, multiplayer gaming trend and its nocturnal participants. Before high-speed internet connections and online servers, playing a multiplayer PC game meant hauling your...

This latest installment in the Psychology of Popular Culture series turns its focus to superheroes. Superheroes have survived and fascinated for more than 70 years in no small part due to their psychological depth. In The Psychology of Superheroes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950154753Author Benji FeldheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Sager Group LLCPublisher Sager Group LLCWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFULLY REVISED & UPDATED, WITH A NEW EPILOGUE"Delightful."-The EconomistThere's Santa Claus, Shakespeare, Mickey Mouse, the Bible, and then there's Star Wars. Nothing quite compares to sitting down with a young child and hearing...

That Was Me: Paul McCartney's Career and the Legacy of the Beatles explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform...

Vikings, those ancient Norse seafarers, have inspired plenty of pop culture phenomena, from the A&E hit show Vikings to Thor Ragnarok to the ever-expanding world of Viking larp. Known for being skilled craftspeople, accomplished merchants, hardworking...

The perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's March 2010 remake of Alice in Wonderland Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to...

In the 15th century a new home was built for the priceless holy relics taken from Jerusalem centuries before - a building that, to the initiated, would explain everything about what had gone before and a structure that would be a recreation of the...

A charming collection of quirky insights into Japanese culture.The Magic of Japan is writer Hector Garcia's intensely personal account of his fifteen years in Japan. A self-professed "otaku" or Japanese anime geek since childhood, Garcia has worked for a...

It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe-but it's definitely not the last danceIn this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani...

The story of fashion is woven through with colour. Vividly illustrated and compellingly written, The Colour of Fashion uncovers the colourful history of style, through 10 shades and their key moments in the spotlight - including Beyonce in empowering...

From Tolkien to Star Trek and from Game of Thrones to The Walking Dead, imaginary worlds in fantastic genres offer us complex and immersive environments beyond capitalism. This book examines the ways in which these popular storyworlds offer valuable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608683888Author Brad WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784985219Author Trillia J. NewbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The Good Book CompanyPublisher The Good Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040081Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143115151Author Jeff GordinierFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 185g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932595796Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 417g

A woman's handbook to demystifying the world of weed, whether it's being used for pain relief, a moment of calm, or a fit of giggles. Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this...

When the National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first class of players in 1936, Ty Cobb received more votes than any other player-even more than did fellow inductee Babe Ruth. Cobb, known as the Georgia Peach, was universally recognized as the best...

In recent years, the transitioning body has become the subject of increasing scholarly, medical, and political interest. This interdisciplinary collection seeks to enable productive dialogue about bodily transformation and its many potential meanings and...

'A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material' - TLSFans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451490032Author Erich Von DanikenFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

In 2011, the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Oakland Raiders in a preseason matchup that would become a seminal moment for fan violence. During the game, seventy fans were ejected from the stadium, one person was beaten unconscious in the men's room, and...

What do we mean by 'culture'? This word, purloined by journalists to denote every kind of collective habit, lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. In this thought-provoking book, Roger Scruton argues for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780593135730Author Abraham RiesmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143132066Author Gary LachmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.

Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision For fans of Crying in H Mart and Priest-daddy; How a misunderstood queer biracial kid in small-town Georgia became a Eurovision Song Contest commentator; A memoir combining race, glitz, glamour,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955471657Author Michael Paul FreemanFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Hangar 1 PublishingPublisher Hangar 1 PublishingWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm)...

In the first dedicated title on this landmark political comedy, James Walters provides an in-depth study of the programme's achievements, by examining its power and influence within society and evaluating its legacy as a work of television art.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679785897Author Hunter S. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544002340Author Instructor Jonathan GottschallFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Giorgio Gomelsky was at the centre of the counterculture in 60s' London and 70s' Paris before running a studio for avant-garde musicians in New York. He was the original manager of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds in London, then managed the French...

Words, Music, and the Popular: Global Perspectives on Intermedial Relations opens up the notion of the popular, drawing useful links between wide-ranging aspects of popular culture, through the lens of the interaction between words and music. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539760Author Nick MontfortFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

In this book Ann Louise Luthi tells the history of sentimental jewellery. She describes the origins of mourning jewellery and helps the reader to identify these appealing jewels, which can tell us much about the way in which our ancestors lived, loved...