Popular Culture
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The History of Metroidvania: Decade One–1980-1990
$54.99 Add to cartA chronological journey through gaming’s least linear format: the action RPG.
The metroidvania genre has become a staple of video gaming. From solo indie development operations to big-budget creations- Author: Parish, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1506754546
- Language: English
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Enter the Villa: The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island
$28.00 Read moreSTEP INTO THE VILLA AND OUT OF YOUR READING RUT
A fascinating, unauthorized exploration of the smash reality show Love Island, revealing the secrets, drama, and behind-the-scenes stories of TV’s mos- Author: Peele, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1668205599
- Language: English
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Anime Coloring Book for Adults: Featuring Cute and Unique Manga Characters – A Relaxing Art Collection for Teens, Girls, and Grown-Ups with Beautiful
$12.99 Add to cartAnime Coloring Book for Adults: Featuring Cute and Unique Manga Characters – A Relaxing Art Collection for Teens, Girls, and Grown-Ups with Beautiful Designs, Cozy Stories, and Stress-Relief Scenes –
- Author: Poe, Luka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 70
- Publish Date: December 28 2024
- ISBN10: 8368391059
- Language: English
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The Manga Bible
$29.99 Read moreThis artful and authoritative guide charts manga’s rise from historical narrative scrolls to its position as an international creative powerhouse that has changed the way books are read.
Renowned mang- Author: McCarthy, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 3791393952
- Language: English
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Someday Is Now: The Art of Corita Kent
$65.00 Add to cartFour decades of impassioned art-activism from the beloved radical Catholic nun, educator and graphic artist–her definitive monograph available once more
Published with Tang Museum at Skidmore College.
- Author: Kent, Corita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1636812058
- Language: English
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The Horror Theory Reader
$34.95 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror
Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses the genre provokes–fear, dread, and disgust–are ones we typically seek to avoid,- Author: Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1517917824
- Language: English
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Wicked: Friends for Good Lock & Key Diary
$12.99 Add to cartShow your love of Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good with this lock and key diary that comes with an invisible ink pen, 192 ruled pages, and a lock with two keys to guard your secrets and dreams.
T- Series: Wicked
- Author: Insight Editions
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 9798337403021
- Language: English
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Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
$20.95 Read moreCompleted in 1999 during his time with the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Mark Fisher’s PhD thesis, Flatline Constructs, invents a fusion of culture, critique, and radical philosophy that would def… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1803417854
- Language: English
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Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas
$21.99 Read morePart cultural analysis, part backstage tour, Love in the Afternoon, and Evening is a love letter to a misunderstood, often-dismissed American genre. Critics, friends, and soap obsessives Charlotte Dru
- Author: Druckman, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1324075562
- Language: English
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We’re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives for the Present from Cbgb to Gilman and Beyond
$29.95 Add to cartIn We’re Having Much More Fun Judith A. Peraino and Tom McEnaney celebrate the ways punks have built and documented their own misfit collectives since the mid-1970s, assembling alternative worlds of r
- Author: Peraino, Judith A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1501780328
- Language: English
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The Hollywood History of Art
$79.95 Add to cartHow Hollywood has portrayed the lives of artists, from Kirk Douglas’ Vincent van Gogh to Salma Hayek’s Frida Kahlo
Ever since the dawn of the sound era, Hollywood and friends have made a series of elab
- Author: Frayling, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0956648789
- Language: English
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Spongebob Squarepants: The Art of an Undersea World
$49.99 Add to cartCelebrate over 25 years of SpongeBob SquarePants! Take a stroll through Bikini Bottom and celebrate all your favorite characters in this collectible art book with special focuses on the original TV se… [more below]
- Author: Miller-Zarneke, Tracey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798887244419
- Language: English
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Video Games in 100 Objects
$50.00 Add to cartDust off that classic console, untangle those audio/visual cords, and step back into the good old days with this nostalgic journey through the most iconic objects in video game history!
Video games ha- Author: Funk, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798886637496
- Language: English
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Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe
$30.00 Read moreTimed to the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe comes an investigation into the literary life of the Hollywood icon and actress, from the author of Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz and Dorothy Parke… [more below]
- Author: Crowther, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1668098288
- Language: English
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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
$18.99 Read more“Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer’s dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors.”–Robert Kagan
Just in
- Author: Foer, Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0063486768
- Language: English
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The Marilyn Monroe Century: From Norma Jeane to Icon–A Story in Photographs
$60.00 Read morePublished to celebrate what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, this fittingly lavish book showcases photographs by the legendary Bernard of Hollywood (Dr. Bruno Bernard) that document he
- Author: Miller, Joshua John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 141978935X
- Language: English
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Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited–And the Fight to Retake Control
$29.00 Read moreAn exploration of how African American innovators and artists–whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionately greater than their numbers–have fought for and … [more below]
- Author: Davis, Lisa E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1982175990
- Language: English
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Disney Mystery Coloring: Pixar: A Color by Number Book
$22.00 Add to cartSee your favorite Pixar characters in a whole new light with this magical mystery coloring book that reveals the final artwork as you color!
This coloring book offers a visual tour through many of Pix- Series: Disney
- Author: Disney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217298129
- Language: English
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Disney Mystery Coloring: Princesses: A Color by Number Book
$22.00 Read moreSee your favorite Disney princesses in a whole new light with this magical mystery coloring book that reveals the final artwork as you color!
This coloring book showcases Disney princesses, inc- Series: Disney
- Author: Disney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217298112
- Language: English
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Darwyn Cooke’s the Complete Spirit Connoisseur Edition
$100.00 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the noir world of Darwyn Cooke’s The Spirit, now collected in one place for the first time in this oversized collectible edition.
With his masterful storytelling and flair for noi- Author: Cooke, Darwyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1534334092
- Language: English
