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How does television function within society? Why have both its programs and its audiences been so widely denigrated?
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a â''bible...more

The eye-opening, heart-rending account of how an alienated and disenfranchised generation is finding solidarity, opportunity, and hope on the Internet, by the author of "...more

Part exo-archaeological treatise and part cultural commentary, After The Martian Apocalypse is an uncompromising and groundbreaking perspective on a cosmic controversy that ...more

A primer on the ineffable, je ne sais quoi appeal of the French woman.
I t's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. ...more

Sometimes, what happens on Twitter shouldn't stay on Twitter. Twitter Wit is the first ever compilation of Twitter aphorisms and witticisms, celebrating a medium that has ...more

"On October 23, 2001, Apple Computer, a company known for its chic, cutting-edge technology -- if not necessarily for its dominant market share -- launched a product with ...more

Michael Jackson was once universally acclaimed as a song-and-dance man of genius; Wacko Jacko is now, more often than not, dismissed for his bizarre race and gender ...more

"From the kid who brought you Fargo Rock City -- the first book in history to garner the praise of Stephen King, David Byrne, Donna Gaines, Sebastian Bach, Jonathan Lethem, ...more