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Ready Player One
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Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline ,

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

By Shoshana Zuboff ,

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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
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The Coddling of the American Mind

By Jonathan Haidt , Greg Lukianoff ,

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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

By Peter Pomerantsev ,

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Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction
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Hit Makers

By Derek Thompson ,

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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
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Fantasyland

By Kurt Andersen ,

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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
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Strong Is the New Pretty

By Kate T. Parker ,

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Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture
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Very Thai

By Philip Cornwel-Smith , John Goss (photographer) ,

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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed

By Jon Ronson ,

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Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich
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Hitler's Monsters

By Eric Kurlander ,

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A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee
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A Marvelous Life

By Danny Fingeroth ,

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Coffee Life in Japan
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Coffee Life in Japan

By Merry White ,

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Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music
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Mystery Train

By Greil Marcus ,

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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street
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St. Marks Is Dead

By Ada Calhoun ,

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Dinosaurs Ever Evolving: The Changing Face of Prehistoric Animals in Popular Culture
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Dinosaurs Ever Evolving

By Allen A. Debus ,

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Kansai Cool: A Journey Into the Cultural Heartland of Japan
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Kansai Cool

By Christal Whelan ,

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The Vanity Fair Diaries: Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade
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The Vanity Fair Diaries

By Tina Brown ,

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"There Is a North": Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War
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"There Is a North"

By John L. Brooke ,

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Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
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Don't Make Me Pull Over!

By Richard Ratay ,

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Zero History
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Zero History

By William Gibson ,

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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Notorious RBG

By Irin Carmon , Shana Knizhnik ,

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Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation Through Popular Culture
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Ordinary Egyptians

By Ziad Fahmy ,

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The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader
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The Catalyst

By Jeanne Liedtka , Robert Rosen , Robert Wiltbank

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Pierre the Maze Detective: The Mystery of the Empire Maze Tower: (Maze Book for Kids, Adventure Puzzle Book, Seek and Find Book)
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Pierre the Maze Detective

By Hiro Kamigaki (illustrator) , Ic4design (illustrator) ,

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The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide
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The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse

By Lauren Wilson , Kristian Bauthus (illustrator) ,

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Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin
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Berlin Calling

By Paul Hockenos ,

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Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture
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Selling Yoga

By Andrea Jain ,

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The Good Life
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The Good Life

By Jodie Beau ,

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Hot Dog Taste Test
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Hot Dog Taste Test

By Lisa Hanawalt ,

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The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture
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The Birth of Korean Cool

By Euny Hong ,

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Locked Room Murders
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Locked Room Murders

By Robert Adey ,

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Consuming Religion
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Consuming Religion

By Kathryn Lofton ,

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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

By Jason Pargin ,

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Winter
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Winter

By Audrey Grey ,

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My Dirty Dumb Eyes
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My Dirty Dumb Eyes

By Lisa Hanawalt ,

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Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire
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Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire

By Katherine M. D. Dunbabin ,

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75 Years of DC Comics. the Art of Modern Mythmaking
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75 Years of DC Comics. the Art of Modern Mythmaking

By Paul Levitz ,

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Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
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Monsters in America

By W. Scott Poole ,

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Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
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Homo Ludens

By Johan Huizinga ,

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The Mental Game of Poker 2: Proven Strategies For Improving Poker Skill, Increasing Mental Endurance, and Playing In The Zone Consistently
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The Mental Game of Poker 2

By Jared Tendler , Barry Carter ,

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Engaging the Past: Mass Culture and the Production of Historical Knowledge
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Engaging the Past

By Alison Landsberg ,

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Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community
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Sitcom

By Saul Austerlitz ,

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Queenship and the Women of Westeros: Female Agency and Advice in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire
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Queenship and the Women of Westeros

By Zita Eva Rohr (editor) , Lisa Benz (editor) ,

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The Moe Manifesto: An Insider's Look at the Worlds of Manga, Anime, and Gaming
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The Moe Manifesto

By Patrick W. Galbraith ,

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The Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy
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The Mummy's Curse

By Roger Luckhurst ,

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H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror
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H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror

By H. P. Lovecraft ,

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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

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Mythologies
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Mythologies

By Roland Barthes ,

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Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery
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Hex Life

By Kelley Armstrong , Rachael Caine , Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
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Showrunners

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Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China
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Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China

By Louise Edwards ,

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Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place
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Forking Good

By Valya Dudycz Lupescu , Stephen H. Segal , Dingding Hu (illustrator)

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K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher from 2004 - 2016
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K-punk

By Mark Fisher , Darren Ambrose (editor) ,

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Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids
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Before They Were Authors

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Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft
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Spellbound

By Sophie Page , Marina Wallace ,

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Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture
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Hot Stuff

By Alice Echols ,

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The Game of Life
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The Game of Life

By Timothy Leary ,

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

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Bigfoot and Yeti
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Bigfoot and Yeti

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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
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The Lion in the Living Room

By Abigail Tucker ,

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Don't Look Back In Anger: The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there
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Don't Look Back In Anger

By Daniel Rachel ,

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The Moth
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The Moth

By The Moth , Catherine Burns (editor) ,

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Acid West
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Acid West

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