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  • Beautiful Fighting Girl

    From Cutie Honey and Sailor Moon to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the worlds of Japanese anime and manga teem with prepubescent girls toting deadly weapons. Sometimes overtly sexual, always intensely cute, the beautiful fighting girl has been both hailed as a feminist icon and condemned as a symptom of the objectification of young women in Japanese society. In Beautiful Fighting Girl, Saitō ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Art Thief

    A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

    **NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub"Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal* ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

    by Mark Manson ...
    #1 New York Times Bestseller • More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 50 Oscar Nights

    Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins

    by Dave Karger ...
    An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger.For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • My First Movie: Take Two

    Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film

    A sequel to the critically acclaimed My First Movie, Stephen Lowenstein once again talks to some of our most celebrated filmmakers about their debut films. Lowenstein interviews ten directors about their career-launching film and how they got the movie off the ground: how they raised the finance, found actors, searched for locations, worked with the crew and saw the project through to completion. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Dream Colony

    A Life in Art

    Art Forum's Best of the Year ListA panoramic look at art in America in the second half of the twentieth century, through the eyes of the visionary curator who helped shape it.An innovative, iconoclastic curator of contemporary art, Walter Hopps founded his first gallery in L.A. at the age of twenty-one. At twenty-four, he opened the Ferus Gallery with then-unknown artist Edward Kienholz, where he ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Tattoo Chronicles

    by Kat Von D ...
    The Tattoo Chronicles is an illustrated diary that offers an intimate look at a crucial year in the personal and professional life of Kat Von D, the charismatic, no-holds-barred tattooer and star of LA Ink.When Kat does a tattoo, she writes an entry about it in her journal, reflecting not only on the significance of the tattoo for the person who is receiving it but also on how the experience of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Your Brain on Art

    How the Arts Transform Us

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts—and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities.“This book blew my mind!”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of GritA BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Anime’s Media Mix

    Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan

    In Anime’s Media Mix, Marc Steinberg convincingly shows that anime is far more than a style of Japanese animation. Beyond its immediate form of cartooning, anime is also a unique mode of cultural production and consumption that led to the phenomenon that is today called “media mix” in Japan and “convergence” in the West.According to Steinberg, both anime and the media mix were ignited on January 1 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Street Art: Letters Only

    New Graffiti Photo Trips, #2

    by B. Brown ...
    Series Book 2 - New Graffiti Photo Trips
    Street art graffiti letters photo book.Big collection of Letter Styles, Tags, Signs.Brilliant ideas, Interesting Designs, True Street Art Passion. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Graffiti: Drawings and Inscriptions

    New Graffiti Photo Trips, #1

    by B. Brown ...
    Series Book 1 - New Graffiti Photo Trips
    80+ Creative ways of letter writing, tons of paint, shades, bubbles, glimpses of wisdom, true craftsmanship. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Graffiti: Letter Styles

    New Graffiti Photo Trips, #3

    by B. Brown ...
    Series Book 3 - New Graffiti Photo Trips
    New GRAFFITI Letter Styles. Photo Book.75+ creative ways of letter writing, tons of paint, shades, bubbles, glimpses of wisdom, true craftsmanship. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts of My Life

    Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures

    by Mark Fisher ...
    This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen. Fisher searches for the traces of these lost futures in the work of David Peace, John Le Carré, Christopher Nolan, Joy Division... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mechademia 9

    Origins

    Edited by Frenchy Lunning ...
    Series Book 9 - Mechademia
    If the source of manga and anime is physically located in Japan, the temptation for many critics and scholars is to ask what aspects of Japanese culture and history gave rise to these media. This ninth volume of Mechademia—an annual collection of critical work on anime and manga—challenges the tendency to answer the question of origins by reductively generalizing and essentializing “Japaneseness. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Believe

    The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show that Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts

    by Jeremy Egner ...
    The definitive book on the TV show Ted Lasso, written by New York Times journalist and editor Jeremy Egner, celebrating the show’s improbable rise and cultural impact while never losing sight of the heart, friendship, and passion that have made it an enduring favorite for the agesWhen Ted Lasso first aired in 2020, nobody—including those who had worked on it—knew how a show inspired by an ad, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

    For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Bit by Bit

    How Video Games Transformed Our World

    by Andrew Ervin ...
    An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our timeVideo games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four years old and spends eight hours each week playing -- and there is a 40 percent chance this person is a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Monsters

    A Fan's Dilemma

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. Can we love the work of controversial classic and contemporary artists but dislike the artist?"A lively, personal exploration of how one might think about the art of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Wacky Packages

    Take a fun look back at Quacker Oats, Blisterine, and more classic packaging parodies—plus an interview with creator Art Spiegelman!Known affectionately among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” the Topps stickers that parodied well-known consumer brands were a phenomenon in the 1970s—even outselling the Topps Company’s baseball cards for a while. But few know that the genius behind it all was none other ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Home, Exile, Homeland

    Film, Media, and the Politics of Place

    Edited by Hamid Naficy ...
    Series series AFI Film Readers
    Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts. This interdisciplinary study of the media brings together essays by accomplished critics to discuss the way film, television, music, and computer and electronic media are shaping identities and cultures in an increasingly ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Blockbuster

    How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer

    by Tom Shone ...
    It's a typical summer Friday night and the smell of popcorn is in the air. Throngs of fans jam into air-conditioned multiplexes to escape for two hours in the dark, blissfully lost in Hollywood's latest glittery confection complete with megawatt celebrities, awesome special effects, and enormous marketing budgets. The world is in love with the blockbuster movie, and these cinematic behemoths have ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Black Oak

    Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men

    As he did for Black women in Black Roses, Harold Green III, poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living, now honors the Black men he most admires—groundbreakers including Tyler Perry, Barry Jenkins, Billy Porter, Chance the Rapper, LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and John Legend—and celebrates their achievements which are transforming lives and making history.Black men are ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Borderless Fashion Practice

    Contemporary Fashion in the Metamodern Age

    Twenty-first century fashion practice has become increasingly borderless and diverse in the digital era, calling into question the very boundaries that define fashion in the Western cultural context. Borderless Fashion Practice: Contemporary Fashion in the Metamodern Age principally engages the work of four fashion designers -- Virgil Abloh, Aitor Throup, Iris Van Herpen, and Eckhaus Latta -- ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition

    A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

    by Nikki Sixx ...
    The shocking, gripping, and at times darkly hilarious bestselling memoir of Nikki Sixx’s yearlong war with a vicious heroin addiction, featuring exclusive new content.When Mötley Crüe was at the height of its fame, there wasn’t any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn’t do. He spent days—sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers—in a coke- and heroin-fueled daze.The highs were high, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD