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It is a truth universally acknowledged that boys will be boys and girls have to grow up . . . Over the past decade, girlhood has repainted the cultural landscape pink. From Taylor Swift's Eras tour to Barbiemania, this nostalgia for girlhood has become a billion-dollar business, seen in the...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain - this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc Weapon X. This was more than just the tale of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton and claws. Legendary creator Barry Windsor-Smith challenged fans’...

Pioneering metal writer Keith Kahn-Harris presents a moving, visionary exploration of Ozzy Osbourne, and of metal music and culture: the potent legacy Ozzy left us. What is a ‘good death’? How about this: After years of terrible health, you gather friends and admirers for one last, glorious...

From a New York Times bestselling author, sports journalist, and fellow believer comes a riveting exploration of the sports-centered Christian revival sweeping America. After a thirty-year reduction in Americans who identified as Christians, the 2020s have seen the birth of a new Christian...

Un recorrido por México de la mano de la ciencia, el humor y muchos datos icónicos ¿Conoces la leyenda urbana de los manatíes de Xochimilco? ¿En verdad hubo avistamientos de ovnis en Tamaulipas? ¿Sabías que existe un marsupial endémico mexicano? ¿Has visto un árbol con manitas? De...

En estas páginas encontrarás desde el opulento Diamante Hope o la terrorífica Muñeca Annabelle hasta el español Sillón del Diablo. Son objetos malditos, y todo lo que necesitan para desatar una ola de desgracia es tu participación… Leerás relatos que tienen lugar a lo largo de muchas...

La biografía de una de las leyendas de la delincuencia madrileña de los ochenta, y un retrato espectacular de una época que marcó la historia social y cultural de España. Un viaje al corazón oscuro de los ochenta: violencia, drogas, bandas urbanas y una juventud decidida a vivir sin...

Nem Te Conto é uma áudio série original da Audible em 6 episódios que traz um olhar íntimo e aprofundado sobre a fofoca do ponto de vista da atriz, apresentadora e vítima de fofocas desde o início da carreira: Luana Piovani. A cada episódio, traremos um convidado para conversar com ela um subtema relativo à fofoca, abordado por um viés psicológico, sociológico, filosófico e opinativo. Com tom descontraído, a conversa é basicamente uma grande fofoca sobre a fofoca e, até por isso, ela escolheu a dedo as pessoas que gostaria de ter na mesa durante essa temporada.

Exploring the backstory of contemporary political polarization, What's Going On? recognizes that simple stories of blame and uncontested stories of polarization prove themselves to be bad stories that produce bad politics.

Adored by battalions of devotees and maligned by others for melodramatic twists and turns, soap operas have had an outsized impact on American culture, prefiguring the rise of today's reality television and character-driven prestige dramas. In Love in the Afternoon, and Evening, cultural critics Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen salute the stories and talent that have sustained the industry since its radio days. Featured are smart yet dishy interviews with soap icons like Susan Lucci (All My Children's Erica Kane) and Erika Slezak (One Life to Live's Victoria Lord)…

From the creator of the viral Kardashian Kolloquium comes a New Media manifesto for the TikTok age - blending theory, cultural analysis and history to explain the meteoric rise of the Kardashians and what their fame reveals about how media functions today. Since 2007, Kim Kardashian and her...

“Ma petite fée a bien dormi ?” “Comment va ma petite fée ce soir ?” Après la mort de son mari, Muriel pensait ne plus jamais être aimée. Mais ça y est, par la grâce d'un site de rencontre, elle a trouvé l'amour. L'homme s'appelle Charles Leroux, il y a des yeux bleu glacier et...

Bloomsbury presents Capone's Vault by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by John Moraitis. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the broadcast, an inside look at the historic televised reveal of Al Capone’s vaults that would define Geraldo Rivera’s career and change television forever. In...

The first chemists were Sri Lankan steel forgers in the first century BCE, alchemists who emerged in Roman Egypt; herbalists in Tang Dynasty China and engineers in eighth-century South America. The Enlightenment is usually credited with the origins of chemistry. But in truth, the science...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. From Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as femininity itself. Who wears lipstick today – as a matter of routine? And for those who do, is...

An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe turns American Girl dolls―and the ever-growing ecosystem surrounding them―inside out. Editors Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith, along with an expansive list of contributors, explore Pleasant Company...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends The 1990s and early 2000s were a time of intense change and experimentation for Marvel Comics. Out of this emerged The Ultimates—a comic that would have an explosive impact on Marvel and the broader pop culture landscape. Writer Mark Millar, with artists...

**Narrated by the Author!** “A blazingly smart, thoughtful, funny, and moving book about the endless hope—and the occasional limits—of human transformation.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and All the Way to the River From New York Times bestselling author Benoit...

From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our...

An explosive satire of gender stereotypes that flips patriarchy on its head to highlight sexist double standards. Exploring subjects like work and comedy, history and sport, the beauty industry and domesticity, anonymous author Man Who Has It All imagines a world in which men are bombarded with...