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Juliet, Naked
by Nick Hornby
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan — or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn't. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music 10 years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and... (more)
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Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet
Fans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer's Odyssey and Euripedes' Medea. More recently, a number of science fiction, fantasy, media, and game works have found devoted fan followings. The advent of the Internet has brought these groups from relatively limited, face-to-face enterprises to easily accessible global communities, within which fan texts proliferate and are widely read and... (more)
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Chicks Dig Time Lords
A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It
by Lynne M. Thomas, Tara O'Shea
In Chicks Digs Time Lords, a host of award-winning female novelists, academics and actresses come together to celebrate the phenomenon that is Doctor Who, discuss their inventive involvement with the show's fandom and examine why they adore the series. These essays will delight male and female readers alike by delving into the extraordinary aspects of being a female Doctor Who enthusiast. Essays include Carole... (more)
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Textual Poachers (Studies in Culture and Communication)
by Henry Jenkins
Written from an insider's perspective and providing vivid examples from fan artifacts, Textual Poachers offers an ethnographic account of the media fan community, its interpretive strategies, its social institutions and cultural practices, and its troubled relationship to the mass media and consumer capitalism.
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Robert Langdon: Book 2
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons) is an exhaustively researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient coverups and savage vengeance.The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator,whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and... (more)
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Convergence Culture
by Henry Jenkins
Winner of the 2007 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania
by Warren St. John
What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care? In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers who follow the Alabama Crimson Tide from game to game. A movable feast of Weber grills and Igloo coolers, these are hard-core... (more)
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Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
"Sharyn McCrumb is a born storyteller." *Mary Higgins Clark WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD! "Sharyn McCrumb has few equals and no superiors among today's novelists." *San Diego Union-Tribune For one fateful weekend, the annual science fiction and fantasy convention, Rubicon, has all but taken over a usually ordinary hotel. Now the halls are alive with Trekkies, tech nerds, and fantasy gamers in... (more)
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Contemporary Gothic (Reaktion Books - Focus on Contemporary Issues)
by Catherine Spooner
Modern Gothic culture alternately fascinates, horrifies, or bewilders many of us. We cringe at pictures of Marilyn Manson, cheer for Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and try not to stare at the pierced and tattooed teens we pass on the streets. But what is it about this dark and morbidly morose aesthetic that fascinates us today? In Contemporary Gothic , Catherine Spooner probes the reasons behind the... (more)
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Soccernomics
Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
by Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn’t America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics ... (more)
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100% Gleek: The Unofficial Guide to Glee
by Evie Parker
Get all the facts behind Glee -- the feel-good musical dramedy that everyone's singing about! High School Musical with a difference, Glee is the hottest TV show of the year. This all-singing, all-dancing musical dramedy follows a bunch of aspiring misfits and underdogs as they attempt to make their school choir cool. The perfect guide to the cynical, sweet and downright funny hit show, this companion book... (more)
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100 Things Steelers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
by Matt Loede
Most Steelers fans have taken in a game or two at Heinz Field, have seen highlights of a young Terry Bradshaw, and have seen highlights of the Immaculate Reception. But only real fans know the origins of the team s iconic logo, the best place to tailgate before kickoff, or how the legendary Steel Curtain defense got its nickname. 100 Things Steelers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate... (more)
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By Anthony Reynolds: Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life
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Das STAR WARS Kochbuch: Wookiee Cookies und andere galaktische Rezepte
by Robin Davis
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu... (more)
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Metal Queens: Death Metal, Volume I Number I
by Armand Rosamilia
Metal Queens: Death Metal Volume I Number I Featuring Arch Enemy, Abnormality, Hekseri, Torrid Flesh, Katie Brutal of XM Radio, Angel of Anger, Firewalk Girls, Satriarch, Profanal, Voices of The Dead, Bow Before None, Syrebris, Herlaka Rose, Seven Kingdoms, Endemise, Whipkraft, Derketa, Yildun, Severed Heaven, Wicked and so much more! Includes dozens of Female Metal fans and what they love about Metal!
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The Mayan Magician and Other Stories
by Jim Musgrave
The first woman signed to the San Diego Padres is a Mayan Indian. She has a mysterious control over her knuckleball. Does she pitch for her god, Kulkulcan, the Warrior Serpent of the End of Times in 2012? Or, is she controlled by the N.A.S.A. scientist hired by her owner? Jim Musgrave's latest collection of short fictin includes this novelette, along with 22 other remarkable stories, ranging from contemporary... (more)
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BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN
by Sharyn McCrumb
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Boot Camp
by Todd Strasser
Garrett's parents send him to Harmony Lake, a very expensive, exclusive, and private boot camp specializing in behavior modification for troubled teens. Behavior modification isn't what Garret believes he needs, but will he believe the same after months at Harmony Lake at the mercy of the "fathers" that govern his new "family"? Garret's intelligence and wit just might help him survive the "work" and the... (more)
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Justin Timberlake
by Jen Jones
Jen Jones is a Capstone Press author.

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