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Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1996. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good+. Previous owner marks to text. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Solid reading copy. 319pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-201-40646-2. more information

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Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1996. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket shows light rubbing. "Having become jaded by the abuses of authority, the boomers of North America have torn down the traditional hierarchy within their families and within their communities. What's left is a "cultural flatness," says Bly, where adults cling to self-absorbed adolescent values, television talk shows have more clout than elders, children are spiritually abandoned to fend for themselves, and in the place of community we have built shopping malls."--Amazon. 319pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-201-40646-2. more information

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New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket show light shelf wear. Interior is bright and clean. "Society’s growing mania to 'propertize' every idea, image, sound and scent that impinges on our consciousness is ably dissected in this hilarious and appalling exposé of intellectual property law" (Publishers Weekly). ISBN: 0-471-67927-5. more information

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New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Highlighting to text. Light edge wear to dust jacket. ISBN: 0-684-85377-9. more information

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New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2002. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket as Issued. Upper corner of half-title page snipped away, book shows light wear otherwise with no marks. ISBN: 0-393-32358-7. more information

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New York, New York: Longman Scientific & Technical, 1998. 5th Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket as Issued. Book shows general wear. About four pages have pink highlighting to text. Solid reading/study copy. 331 pp., illustrated, indexed. ISBN: 0-8013-1789-4. more information

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Oakland, California: AK Press, 2004. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder mark, otherwise fine. Book Description: "In addition to 13 essays by Cockburn and St. Clair--dissecting everything from Angelina Jolie's connections to sex, death and the French Revolution to their famous 'best books of the last 100 years.' Serpents in the Garden showcases essays from the nation's most exciting and radical cultural critics-including music historian Bruce Jackson, historian Peter Linebaugh, Lenni Brenner, scriptwriter Ben Tripp, blues pianist David Vest, sex therapist Susan Block, JoAnn Wypijewski, folklorist Susan Davis, Ron Jacobs, Susan Martinez and Andrew Cockburn." ISBN: 1-902593-94-4. more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Minor rubbing to dust jacket with light edge wear. "In The Devil Never Sleeps, one of America's shrewdest social critics sets out to uncover the Devil's most modern and insidiously banal incarnations. Once easily recognizable by his horns, tail, and propensity for plague, today's Devil has become embedded in every fiber of our culture. Discussing everything from rock 'n' roll to William Burroughs to New Orleans bars to the Demon of Prosperity, Codrescu mockingly unmasks Old Nick as the opportunistic technocrat he really is. Embracing cell phones, cable access, and cyberspace, the ubiquitous Devil of secular culture embodies the true evil facing us today--banality." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-20294-6. more information

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Silver Spring, Maryland: Adventure House, 2003. First American Printing. Oversize Hard Cover. As New/As New. Book Description: "The colorfully covered, cheaply printed pulp magazines of the 1920s and 30s were a staple of popular culture that offered every genre of readership the sensual thrills, adventures, and entertainments they craved. This tribute to the "bad girls" introduces a wealth of colorful cover art from the likes of Pep, Saucy Stories, Spicy Adventures, and Bedtime Stories, capturing the provocative sense and taste of what the glory years of pulp magazines had to offer their enthusiastic readers. Uncovered uncovers the 'Girlie Pulps' like no other book ever has. 208 full color pages and over 400 cover reproductions." ISBN: 1-886937-74-5. more information

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New York, New York: Basic Books, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean copy with b/w photos and illustrations. Boards are slightly bowed with gentle bumps to upper corners. Dust jacket has rubbing and light wrinkling along edges. ISBN: 0-465-00100-9. more information

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New York, New York: Penguin Group, 2002. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. General light edge wear. 372pp. ISBN: 0-14-200226-7. more information

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 2004. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Minor shelf wear. ISBN: 0-306-81414-5. more information

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New York, New York: Villard, 2004. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. "In an age of corporate cool-hunting and target-marketed faux rebellion, along comes an inspirational work of scholarship to remind us of just how beyond 'cool' true rebels really are, and have always been. I am forever grateful to Ken Goffman for serving as my first guide through the starlit mire of countercultural thought and activity. Read this book, by all means. He knows his way around." - Douglas Rushkoff. ISBN: 0-375-50758-2. more information

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New York, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Description: "Cannabis is the first completely illustrated guide to all the ways which marijuana affects the lives of the user and nonuser alike. Included in the text are the many uses of marijuana, past and present, including discussions on medicinal marijuana, recreational smoking, and the use of pot for creative inspiration. Also addressed are the politics of pot, in particular how marijuana legislation has, in fact, increased use of the drug and caused an increase in potency. Cannabis also shows how different religions throughout the world have utilized hemp as a spiritual tool, oftentimes to enhance devotion and prayer." ISBN: 1-56025-476-9. more information

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New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1992. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Front cover shows minor edge wear; back cover is scuffed along bottom edge. Spine leans some. Previous owner name/date to half-title page, otherwise no marks or creases. B&w illustrations. 181 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-14-016720-X. more information

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New York, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. A crisp, sharp copy. As new. Description: In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress--only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in Mad magazine. The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told--until The Ten-Cent Plague. David Hajdu’s remarkable new book vividly opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority. ISBN: 0-374-18767-3. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001. Stated First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket as Issued. Book shows only minor shelf wear with two faint reading creases to spine. 278 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-7382-0386-6. more information

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Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 2007. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. By examining the remarkable objects of this time and the life they represent, Hine takes us on an instructive, entertaining tour of this rather peculiar Golden Age. ISBN: 9781585679102. more information

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New York, New York: The Disinformation Company Ltd, 2005. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Book Description: "In this handbook for locating the hidden sales messages that bombard us everyday, Martin Howard explains the new techniques that corporations are using to make subconscious approaches without your consent. It covers the five major zones where consumers are being confronted: in the retail shopping context, at major events and concerts, through information media, personal friendships, and your computer." ISBN: 1-932857-05-2. more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket as Issued. Cover shows general wear with edge scuffing and a few light creases. No marks to pages. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-19-507676-1. more information

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New York: Warner Books, 1994. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket as Issued. Cover shows general light wear with a corner crease to back cover. A few pages have highlighting. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-446-67034-0. more information

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New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. Remainder mark. Book and dust jacket show moderate rubbing and wear. No previous owner marks or creases to pages. Solid reading copy or better. 238pp. more information

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New York, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Description: "Cannabis is the first completely illustrated guide to all the ways which marijuana affects the lives of the user and nonuser alike. Included in the text are the many uses of marijuana, past and present, including discussions on medicinal marijuana, recreational smoking, and the use of pot for creative inspiration. Also addressed are the politics of pot, in particular how marijuana legislation has, in fact, increased use of the drug and caused an increase in potency. Cannabis also shows how different religions throughout the world have utilized hemp as a spiritual tool, oftentimes to enhance devotion and prayer." ISBN: 1-56025-476-9. more information

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New York, New York: Basic Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Light shelf wear. Book Description: "Animated by the stories of some of the last century's most charismatic and conniving artists, writers, and businessmen, Men of Tomorrow brilliantly demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial place in the modern imagination." ISBN: 0-465-03657-0. more information

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New York, New York: Basic Books, 2004. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. Pages are clean with no marks. "Jones' experience as a comic-book scripter, albeit decades after the period he chronicles, gives him the advantage over most previous writers on the comics milieu, and his vivid writing suits the subject. But it is his impressively thorough research that makes this one of the most valuable books on a distinctively American storytelling form."--Booklist. ISBN: 0-465-03656-2. more information

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New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1993. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Fair+/No Jacket as Issued. Front of book is bright with general light edgewear and a gentle bump to lower corner. Back of book suffers from a 1/2" tear to top of hinge with a lateral crease that runs across top of back cover. Top edge of pages is bumped in this area. No marks to pages. A solid reading/reference copy. B&w illustrations. 216 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-312-09776-X. more information

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New York, New York: Gotham Books, 2006. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder mark, otherwise a clean, bright copy. "By combining his love for physics with his love of comic books, University of Minnesota physicist Kakalios has written a book for the general reader covering all of the basic points in a first-level college physics course and is difficult to put down" (Publishers Weekly). ISBN: 1-592-40242-9. more information

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New York: Scribner, 2004. 1st Trade Edition, 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. "Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges." 253 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-7432-3601-7. more information

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New York, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Minor rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise a clean copy with bright, unmarked pages. ISBN: 1-56858-306-0. more information

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New York, New York: Quill Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Book shows very minor shelf wear. A clean, unmarked copy. Description: The founder of Adbusters magazine, Lasn aims to stop the branding of America by changing the way information flows; the way institutions wield power; the way television stations are run; and the way the food, fashion, automobile, sports, music, and culture industries set agendas. ISBN: 0-688-17805-7. more information

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London, England: Vision Paperbacks, 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise minor shopwear. Published at $14.95. ISBN: 1-883319-51-X. more information

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New York, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder marks. Rubbing to cover. Description: "The Little Book of Conspiracies reviews the essentials of fifty great and small conspiracies, whether documented or alleged, from your toothpaste giving you lead poisoning to the real reason the Titanic sank. Over 100 photographs and simple diagrams accompanying entries illustrate the heart of the theories, making it easy to be paranoid. Just pick your theory and find your page." ISBN: 1-56025-723-7. more information

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Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket show light shelf wear. ISBN: 0-89526-491-9. more information

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New York, New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, 1998. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. Book shows light wear with gentle corner bumps and previous owner marks in pencil to front protion of book. Dust jacket has light edge wear. 256 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-684-84333-1. more information

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New York, NY: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise fine. 262 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-684-85574-7. more information

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New York, New York: Walker and Company, 2004. First Thus. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. "This history of a controversial and inanimate American icon offers a wide range of opinion and anecdote on the role Barbie has played in defining gender in American life."--Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 0-8027-7694-9. more information

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New York, New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Crease to upper front cover, otherwise general light wear. Pages are toning around the edges but are unmarked. 724 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-517-539195. more information

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New York, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First Thus. Oversize Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. A Push Pin Press Book. Book shows heavy wear with rubbing, scuffing, creasing. Reading copy only. 159pp. ISBN: 0-15-678452-1. more information

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San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 2005. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Light rubbing and shelf wear. "The more than 300 album covers collected in this volume are alternately innovative, bizarre and hilarious, but they all perfectly encapsulate the outrageous New Wave sensibility."--Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 0-8118-4542-7. more information

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New York, New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Remainder mark only. ISBN: 0-06-059519-1. more information

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Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Mild wear. No marks to pages. ISBN: 0-664-22601-9. more information

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New York, New York: Vintage Books, 1996. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Rubbing, faint indentations, edge wear to cover. Faint crease to lower corner. Two pages have creases. Otherwise clean and unmarked. 255 pp., indexed. ISBN: 0-679-76290-6. more information

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New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket shows light rubbing. Pages are crisp and clean. "In an upbeat primer on the information revolution, Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab and a columnist for Wired, says we are making a transition to a 'post-information age' where digitized transmissions will become extremely personalized. He predicts that interactive multimedia will become more booklike, for example, a TV or video program with which you can curl up and either have a conversation or be told a story."--Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 0-679-43919-6. more information

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Philadelphia, PA: Quirk Books, 2004. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. "BBC journalists Nelson and Hollingham offer an irreverent and sometimes humorous guide to selected scientific advances in biology, computer science and physics. Each of the eight chapters takes what the authors see as a popular fantasy and explores the science needed to bring the fantasy to life."--Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 1-59474-008-9. more information

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Koln: Taschen, 2008. Hard Cover. As New/As New. A crisp, bright copy. Description: Paying homage to the American periodicals of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s that documented outrageous exploits, this hefty, comprehensive guide is packed full of colorful cover art, sumptuous sample spreads, and enlightening essays. ISBN: 9783836503129. more information

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New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Published at $14.95. ISBN: 0-965-80964-1. more information

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New York, New York: Vintage Books, 1992. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A clean, unmarked copy. ISBN: 0-679-74101-1. more information

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Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Wraps show moderate wear. Previous owner name to inside cover. "Religion journalist Pinsky offers a thoughtful and genuinely entertaining review of faith and morality as reflected through the irreverently sweet comedy of The Simpsons, drawing on a wide if not encyclopedic knowledge of key episodes and interviews with the series' creators."--Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 0-664-22419-9. more information

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New York, New York: Basic Books, 2004. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. "For the readers still waiting for a substantive follow-up to Naomi Klein's No Logo, this is the book" (Publishers Weekly). ISBN: 0-7382-0862-0. more information

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New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1999. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise pages are crisp and clean. Dust jacket shows light rubbing. "In a scathing critique that extends far beyond cyberspace in scope, Rushkoff identifies the subtle forms of coercion used by advertisers, public relations experts, politicians, religious leaders and customer service reps, among others."--PW. Bibliography. Notes. 321pp. ISBN: 1-57322-115-5. more information

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