Popular Culture | Cultural Studies
Mar.25.2010
Between 1917 and 1941, Hollywood film studios, gossipcolumnists, and novelists featured an unprecedented numberof homosexuals, cross-dressers, and adulterers in their depictionsof the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle. During this era,actress Greta Garbo defined herself as the ultimate...
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Mar.11.2010
The innovative recording engineer who recorded the Beatles's greatest albums and singles reveals for the first time the extraordinary inside story of how the Fab Four created their best-loved songs
In 1962, at the age of fifteen, Geoff Emerick landed his dream job as an assistant recording engineer...
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Mar.03.2010
In April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school...
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Feb.14.2010
"A GOOD WAY to describe John Wilcock is to say that he is a talented bohemian counter-culture journalist who once played a major role in the emergence of America’s underground press. Born 1927 in Sheffield, England, he left school aged 16 to work on various newspapers in England, and on...
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Jan.07.2010
FROM THE BACK COVER:
"If you love twitter (and even if you don't), you're going to love Jack Bowen's insightful and hilarious romp through the pre-twitter world of bumper sticker sloganeering. On every page I had two reactions: (1) a vigorous horse laugh, and (2) a curious 'uh, I didn't know...
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Oct.28.2009
Ally McBeal, the popular Fox television series (1997-2002), was both groundbreaking and controversial. With its challenging presentation of gender roles and gender politics, the show provided fuel for an ever-expanding international debate over feminism and the roles of women in modern society. In...
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Oct.21.2009
Shades of Luz is a modern day Don Quixote, a picaresque rich in characters searching for love and meaning in an otherwsie manic-paced world. Grad school dropout Benny Fluke is a philosopher, monkey-trainer, wine snob, and a strip club connoisseur. Above and beyond all that he is a romantic at heart...
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Oct.12.2009
This is the first book in the Boatwright Chronicles. Each book is self-contained and may be read in any sequence. The stories are thrillers about scientists who deal with life forces and mystery. They are also tales of love.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to never age? Geneticist Adam...
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Oct.12.2009
This is the first book in the Boatwright Chronicles. Each book is self-contained and may be read in any sequence. The stories are thrillers about scientists who deal with life forces and mystery. They are also tales of love.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to never age? Geneticist Adam...
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