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    Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel

    Bob Batchelor

    Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture’s most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. This young adult edition of Stan Lee: The…

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    Bob Dylan: A Biography

    Bob Batchelor

    Bob Dylan transcends music. He has established himself as one of the most important figures in entertainment history. This biography examines the life and work of the iconic artist, including…

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    American Pop [4 volumes]: Popular Culture Decade by Decade

    Bob Batchelor

    Offers insight into social movements, trends, fads, and events that propelled the eras and the nation. Chapters in this book trace the evolution of pop culture in 11 key categories…

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    The 2000s

    Bob Batchelor

    Explores various aspects of popular culture, including advertising, literature, leisure activities, music visual arts, and travel. This title covers such topics as: MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and countless blogs reached an…

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    John Updike: A Critical Biography

    Bob Batchelor

    This book examines the essence of Updike’s writing, propelling our understanding of his award-winning fiction, prose, and poetry.Widely considered America’s Man of Letters, John Updike is a prolific novelist and…

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    The 1900s

    Bob Batchelor

    The years 1900-1910 have been thought of as the quiet decade , but as this examination of the culture of the decade shows, they were anything but quiet. Spurred on…

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    Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel

    Bob Batchelor

    This first true biography of Stan Lee is an eye-opening look at a pop culture visionary. This book traces Lee’s life-from his Depression-era childhood to his years as a teen…

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    The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius

    Bob Batchelor

    On the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act comes the deeply researched, epic, definitive story of George Remus, the man who cracked the Prohibition system, turned it on its ear…

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    Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel

    Bob Batchelor

    One of the bestselling novels of all time, The Great Gatsby is also considered one of the most significant achievements in twentieth-century fiction. In Gatsby: The Cultural History of the…

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    The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius

    Bob Batchelor

    Love, murder, mountains of cash, bribery, political intrigue, rivers of bourbon, and a grand spectacle like few before it, the tale of George Remus provides listeners with a lens into…

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    Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel

    Bob Batchelor

    This first true biography of Stan Lee is an eye-opening look at a pop culture visionary. This book traces Lee’s life-from his Depression-era childhood to his years as a teen…

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    The Bourbon King

    Bob Batchelor

    Love, murder, political intrigue, mountains of cash, and rivers of bourbon … The tale of George Remus is a grand spectacle and a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition…

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    The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius

    Bob Batchelor

    Love, murder, mountains of cash, bribery, political intrigue, rivers of bourbon, and a grand spectacle like few before it, the tale of George Remus provides listeners with a lens into…

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    The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius

    Bob Batchelor

    Love, murder, mountains of cash, bribery, political intrigue, rivers of bourbon, and a grand spectacle like few before it, the tale of George Remus provides listeners with a lens into…

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    Michael Chabon’s America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces

    Michael Chabon’s America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first comprehensive scholarly collection analyzing the work of acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon. At its core, the…

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    Kotex, Kleenex, Huggies: Kimberly-Clark and the Consumer Revolution in American Business

    Thomas Heinrich,Bob Batchelor

    Kotex, Kleenex, Huggies is the riveting story of Kimberly-Clark, a Wisconsin paper company that became a pioneer of personal hygiene products in the twentieth century. In addition to tracing Kimberly-Clark’s…

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    Stan Lee: A Life

    Bob Batchelor

    Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture’s most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. Stan Lee: A Life is the definitive biography…

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    Roadhouse Blues: Morrison, The Doors, and the Death Days of the Sixties

    Bob Batchelor

    From the author of the definitive biographies of Stan Lee and bootleg king George Remus comes an exciting, eminently entertaining account of America’s favorite rock band-the Doors-and the end of…

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    The Bourbon King Lib/E: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius

    Bob Batchelor

    October 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which put the enforcement teeth into Prohibition. But the law didn’t stop George Remus from cornering the boozy, illegal liquor…

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    American History through American Sports [3 volumes]: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports

    Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect.

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    Mad Men: A Cultural History

    M. Keith Booker,Bob Batchelor

    Mad Men: The Cultural History brings to life the cultural importance of the television show as it engages with ideas central to the American experience, from the evolution of gender…

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    Roadhouse Blues

    Bob Batchelor

    Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties, the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades. Jim Morrison--haunted, beautiful, and ultimately doomed--transformed from rock god to American…

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    Roadhouse Blues

    Bob Batchelor

    Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties, the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades. Jim Morrison--haunted, beautiful, and ultimately doomed--transformed from rock god to American…

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    The 1980s

    Bob Batchelor,Scott F. Stoddart

    Popular culture is defined as the culture of the people, and this volume examines the entertainments, diversions, icons, and rituals that show how American attitudes, behavior, beliefs, customs, and tastes…

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    Roadhouse Blues

    Bob Batchelor

    Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties, the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades. Jim Morrison--haunted, beautiful, and ultimately doomed--transformed from rock god to American…

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    The Adventures of Cowboy Bob

    Pat Batchelor

    Come join the Roughest Toughest Cowboy in the West, Cowboy Bob!

    In this adventure, Cowboy Bob climbs Triple Divide Pass in Montana, marvels at the glory of Glacier National Park…

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    The Adventures of Cowboy Bob: Total Eclipse of the Sun

    Pat Batchelor

    Come join the Roughest Toughest Cowboy in the West, Cowboy Bob!

    In this Adventure, Cowboy Bob climbs Square Top Mountain in Wyoming, fights a Grizzly Bear and is amazed by…

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    Agape: Heaven & Earth

    Bob MacKenzie

    These poems navigate contrary states: experience and innocence; loss and ecstasy; restraint and lyric outpouring. MacKenzie’s ominous wrong dark ravine/…wrong dark wind is set against the buoyant romantic: I shall…

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    Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan’s Game and Beyond

    Frank Hoffmann (Sam Houston State University, USA),Robert P Batchelor,Martin J Manning,Bob Batchelor

    A pioneering analysis of the history of basketball and its effect on popular culture from the 1970s to today. Examines the social and cultural impact of basketball on American society…

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    Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture

    Despite the increasing variety of heroic women portrayed in film, television, and other popular culture channels, much of the understanding of heroines has been limited to females as versions of…

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    Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture

    This edited collection offers a variety of perspectives focusing on representation of women as heroines across printed media. In addition, the book extends the discussion of heroines for the broader…

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    Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture

    This edited collection offers a variety of perspectives focusing on representation of women as heroines across printed media. In addition, the book extends the discussion of heroines for the broader…

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    Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture

    Despite the increasing variety of heroic women portrayed in film, television, and other popular culture channels, much of the understanding of heroines has been limited to females as versions of…

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    Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture

    With multi-disciplinary and accessible essays that span the expanding spectrum of aging and related stereotypes as our population gets older, this book offers a broad range of readers new ways…

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    Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture

    Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed today. The authors provide research…

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    Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture

    Andrew F. Herrmann,Art Herbig

    Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture contains all new writings from many important established scholars as well as brilliant young scholars in the communication field. Contributors explore new and emerging ways…

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    Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture

    Andrew F. Herrmann,Art Herbig

    This book explores new and emerging ways to approach popular culture-from case studies to emerging theories-and examines how popular culture, media, and communication influence our everyday lives.

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