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A searing indictment of Western media that lays bare how the "free press," long tasked with speaking truth to power, instead became a vital part of the machinery that enabled the genocide in Palestine "In this important new work of media criticism, Rad dissects the biases, distortions, and...

Bloomsbury presents The Girl Who Would be Marilyn Monroe by Tony Castro, read by John Chancer. A thoughtful glimpse into the childhood of Norma Jeane Mortenson and how it shaped her into the iconic Marilyn Monroe for the 100th anniversary of her birth. At the fragile intersection of myth and...

"Talvez um dos maiores problemas na análise do jornalismo seja a confusão, a mistificação e até mesmo a ingenuidade que cercam a discussão sobre a verdade. [...] A primeira ingenuidade que a análise de noticiários elimina é a de...

A internet é um poço sem fundo de informação. É preciso atenção para encontrar algo de bom. Em ZEN SOCIALISMO (Os melhores post do blog Socialista Morena), de Cynara Menezes, reúne o que de melhor esta jornalista que prega a necessidade de...

Paralelamente às guerras visíveis – divulgadas, documentadas, fotografadas e televisionadas ao longo da história –, outras guerras tão ou mais importantes são travadas nas sombras, às escondidas dos olhos dos cidadãos comuns: agências e...

In a political moment when social panics over literature are at their peak, Dangerous Fictions is a mind-expanding treatise on the nature of fictional stories as cultural battlegrounds for power. Fictional stories have long held an uncanny power over hearts and minds, especially those of young...

You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, The Village Voice was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas. It reported on the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when...

A compelling call to rediscover the transformative power of art in an age of distraction, coercion, and spectacle – featuring an introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Donna Tartt In Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, J. F. Martel offers a compelling and incisive meditation on...

The ad men behind CBC Radio’s The Age of Persuasion combine lively social history and years of industry experience to show how the art of persuasion shapes our culture. Witty, erudite and irrepressibly irreverent, The Age of Persuasion provides a hugely entertaining — and eye-opening —...

“This cultural and personal history of crosswords and their fans, written by an aficionado, is diverting, informative, and discursive.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history...

A fascinating insider view into Reddit—the wildly popular, often misunderstood website that has changed the culture of the Internet. Reddit hails itself as "the front page of the Internet." It's the third most-visited website in the United States—and yet, millions of Americans have no idea...

A freelance writer learns what it's like to be a single, heterosexual guy in an unsteady world when he's invited to travel cross-country for six months on the "Playboy Bus" in search of the Playmate of the Millennium...

A mob boss in therapy. An experimental, violent prison unit. The death of an American city, as seen through a complex police investigation. A lawless frontier town trying to talk its way into the United States. A corrupt cop who rules his precinct like a warlord. The survivors of a plane crash...

"In a time when truth is under assault, Hector Macdonald is here to defend it. He offers clear-eyed, compelling guidelines for becoming a more accurate consumer and producer of information."-Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg For fans of Nudge, Sway...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A People Best Book of November 2025 · An NPR Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025 A revealing exploration of a quarter century of cultural stagnation, examining the commercial and technological...

Boken ska fungera som en mall för content. En mall till hur du skapar content som fångar intresse, engagemang, underhåller och ger värde. Vilket leder till mer tillit, organiskt spridning och ökad försäljning...

"Amanda Palmer visar lustfyllt en generation hur de kan förändra sina liv." /Caitlin Moran "I en musikindustri där det saknas egensinniga tänkare har Amanda Palmer en given plats." /The Guardian En bok som borde läsas av varenda person som pysslar med musik, teater, text eller konst i...

Krafte i att veta vad du inte vet Intelligens ses ofta som förmågan att tänka och lära sig, men i en värld som snabbt förändras finns det en annan uppsättning kognitiva färdigheter som kan vara ännu viktigare: förmågan att tänka och lära om. Alltför många av oss föredrar...

Abrazo Grupal analiza la compleja y oscura evolución del internet, de haber sido un espacio de liberación a convertirse en uno de monetización, predicción y preselección; del anonimato que permitía una especie de libre movimiento en la red a las etiquetas que, en vez de reconocer la...

Uncover the cultural history of audio technology and discover how capturing the human voice transformed our world. Perfect for a reflective daily commute, this nostalgic journey explores the haunting magic of hearing echoes from the past. Explore how microphones, magnetic tape, and modern...