History & Criticism
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Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia
$27.95 Add to cartThe future ain’t what it used to be.
Is nostalgia revitalizing or killing 21st-century culture? The concept of nostalgia has seeped into almost all aspects of modern-day media, none more so than horror… [more below]
- Author: Burns, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1915316316
- Language: English
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I Like People That Can’t Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Leonard Cohen & Lucinda Williams
$29.99 Add to cartIn 1991, legendary but down-and-out rock critic Paul Nelson landed his dream assignment: fly from New York to Los Angeles and separately interview two of the most distinguished popular music artists: … [more below]
- Author: Avery, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9798875000560
- Language: English
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These Fists Break Bricks (Revised and Expanded Edition): How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
$40.00 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix and film historian Chris Poggiali comes the full story of how kung fu movies came to–and conquered–America in this revised and expanded edition. … [more below]
- Author: Hendrix, Grady
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0762489480
- Language: English
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The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
$32.00 Add to cartMoving and powerful, this is a vivid portrait of the women who came together to form an orchestra in order to survive the horrors of Auschwitz.
New York Times bestselling author of Les Parisiennes and- Author: Sebba, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1250287596
- Language: English
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Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences
$34.95 Add to cartEssays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuity
How did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribu- Author: Tenner, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 585
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1606180274
- Language: English
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Broadway: The American Musical
$49.95 Add to cartA comprehensive companion to the six-part Emmy-winning PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the gold standard of musical theater history books, tracing the roots of the art form a
- Author: Maslon, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1493047671
- Language: English
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Be the Bombshell: What Love Island Teaches Us about Dating
$18.99 Add to cartDate better, raise your standards, and learn to be true to yourself with these heartfelt lessons from the Villa.
“Can I pull you for a chat?” “Where’s your head at?” “Maybe we should call it the ‘frie- Author: Jennings, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1668205645
- Language: English
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Frank Zappa’s America
$39.95 Add to cartFrom his early albums with the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa established a reputation as a musical genius who pushed the limits of culture throughout the 1960s and 1970s, experimenting with a blen
- Author: Morgan, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 02 2025
- ISBN10: 080718392X
- Language: English
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Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America
$24.00 Add to cartThat the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In Can’t Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould explains why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, root… [more below]
- Author: Gould, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: November 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0307353389
- Language: English
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The Big Story: The Oral History of Philadelphia TV News
$35.00 Read more“He was much like the Walter Cronkite of Philadelphia.”—Ed Rendell, former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor, about Jim Gardner, the trusted voice of WPVI’s Action News for 47 years
“We we- Author: Grzybowski, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: November 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1439921822
- Language: English
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We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine
$29.99 Add to cartJoan Didion opened The White Album (1979) with what would become one of the most iconic lines in American literature: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Today, this phrase is deployed inspi
- Author: Wilkinson, Alissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324092610
- Language: English
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The In-Between: Intimate and Candid Moments of Broadway Stars
$45.00 Add to cartIn a world of marquee names and big personalities, Jenny Anderson is a legend in her own right. As a celebrated Broadway photographer, she has worked with the most important performers in theatre and
- Author: Anderson, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088114
- Language: English
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Family Don’t End with Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives
$18.95 Add to cartHow a Show, and the Support of Its Fandom, Changed–and Saved–Lives
Supernatural, a three-time People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr’s 2015 Most Reblogged “Live- Author: Zubernis, Lynn S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1944648356
- Language: English
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Nkf: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables: 1927-1928
$60.00 Add to cartA graphic design masterpiece held in museum collections worldwide, now recreated in full facsimile
Widely regarded as the most important Dutch designer of the last century, Piet Zwart helped rewrite th
- Author: Zwart, Piet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 9798989142316
- Language: English
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Little Guides to Style: The Classics
$65.00 Add to cartLittle Guides to Style: The Classics is the beautifully packaged story of four heritage design houses that exemplify elegance and haute couture – Burberry, Chanel, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.
From the- Author: Gilroy, Darla-Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1802798668
- Language: English
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Little Book of Loewe
$16.95 Add to cartFrom avant-garde accessories to directional red-carpet glamour, Loewe is the fashion house of the moment.
Modern twists bring an unbridled joy to its cult items, from surreal balloon heels to the cove- Series: Little Books of Fashion
- Author: Bumpus, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1035419645
- Language: English
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Little Book of Seoul Style: The Fashion History of the Iconic City
$16.95 Add to cartFrom K-Pop to Korean cinema, Seoul has become an epicenter of cutting-edge art – and fashion is no different. With impeccably eclectic street style ensembles and ground-breaking new designers, this fa
- Series: Little Books of City Style #5
- Author: Pineda-Kim, Dianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1802797807
- Language: English
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Cure
$17.95 Read moreKiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 psychological horror, Cure, follows a detective (played by Koji Yakusho) as he investigates a string of gruesome murders in Tokyo, where each victim has an ‘X’ carved into thei
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Lash, Dominic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1839025948
- Language: English
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Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time–intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen,… [more below]
- Author: Remnick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0375702318
- Language: English
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Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the ’70s
$20.00 Read moreTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul’s in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers’ most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and- Author: Paul, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1250858356
- Language: English
