Popular Culture category: 4839 books
The Hacienda
How Not to Run a Club
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The acclaimed and wildly outlandish inside account of England’s most notorious music club, The Hacienda, from Peter Hook, the New York Times bestselling author of Unknown Pleasures and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order—a story of music, gangsters, drugs, and violence, available for the...
The Philosopher King
T Bone Burnett and the Ethic of a Southern Cultural Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Texas-born T Bone Burnett is an award-winning musician, songwriter, and producer with over forty years of experience in the entertainment industry. In The Philosopher King, Heath Carpenter evaluates and positions Burnett as a major cultural catalyst by grounding his work, and that of others abiding...
Jim Henson
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson
He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people...
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
A Book by Patton Oswalt
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films Big Fan and Ratatouille, as well as the television hit The King of Queens, Patton Oswalt—a staple...
In Real Life
Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
From the host of MTV's #1 show Catfish comes the definitive guide about how to connect with people authentically in today's increasingly digital world.
IN REAL LIFE: Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age
As the host of the wildly popular TV series Catfish which investigates online...
Candy Darling
Memoirs of an Andy Warhol Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A look into what moved Andy Warhol’s greatest muse
Located at 33 Union Square West in the heart of New York City’s pulsing downtown scene, Andy Warhol’s Factory was an artistic anomaly. Not simply a painter’s studio, it was the center of Warhol’s assembly-line production of films,...
Learning to Sing
Hearing the Music in Your Life: An Inspirational Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2004
“My mother prophesied years ago that my voice would take me places. She was certain that there was a reason I was able to sing. I am still discovering what that reason is, what it is that God wants to happen.”
–CLAY AIKEN, from Learning to Sing
When he was a kid singing in his church...
Chuck Klosterman IV
A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the ground-breaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored...
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are...
Cubed
A Secret History of the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating,...
Savage Chickens
A Survival Kit for Life in the Coop
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
"As a vegan, the only chickens I consume are Savage's. I never miss a meal."-Dan Piraro, cartoonist of Bizarro
We've all been forced to endure jobs we don't like. We get up, go to work, go to bed, and do it again. No one knows these pains better than Doug Savage, whose dream of being...
Smartbomb
The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2006
What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?
In...
by 50 Cent, Robert Greene
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a “bible” for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With stories from 50 Cent's life on the streets and...
An Economist Gets Lunch
New Rules for Everyday Foodies
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
One of the most influential economists of the decade-and the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Stagnation-boldly argues that just about everything you've heard about food is wrong.
Food snobbery is killing entrepreneurship and innovation, says economist, preeminent social commentator,...