Best Media Books | Summaries & Audio

Media Book Summaries

The Brain Sell

by David R. Lewis • 2013

Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Neuromarketing 🛒 Retail Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👃 Sensory Marketing

The Brain Sell

Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.

by David R. Lewis 2013 306 pages

3.88

138 ratings

🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Neuromarketing 🛒 Retail Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👃 Sensory Marketing

Passwords

by Jean Baudrillard • 2000

We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.

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418

🏫 French Theory 📚 Postmodern Theory 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔣 Signs And Symbols 📺 Media Theory

Passwords

We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.

by Jean Baudrillard 2000 112 pages

3.75

418 ratings

🏫 French Theory 📚 Postmodern Theory 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔣 Signs And Symbols 📺 Media Theory

Republic of Lies

by Anna Merlan • 2019

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

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1k+

🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Republic of Lies

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages

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1k+ ratings

🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

by Emily Nussbaum • 2024

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

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📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism 🎬 Documentary Ethics 📰 Cultural Criticism

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

by Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pages

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10k+ ratings

📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism 🎬 Documentary Ethics 📰 Cultural Criticism

Slanted

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2020

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

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1k+

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Slanted

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages

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1k+ ratings

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Pixel Flesh

by Ellen Atlanta • 2024

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

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💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Pixel Flesh

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

by Ellen Atlanta 2024 384 pages

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2k+ ratings

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

by Howard Gardner • 2010

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

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🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

by Howard Gardner 2010 256 pages

3.48

216 ratings

🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Copywriting

by Mark Shaw • 2009

Your reader is scanning, not reading. The copywriter's craft for making every word count.

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451

✏️ Commercial Writing 📋 Copywriting Fundamentals 🎙️ Brand Voice 💬 Persuasive Writing 💻 Digital Content

Copywriting

Your reader is scanning, not reading. The copywriter's craft for making every word count.

by Mark Shaw 2009 216 pages

4.04

451 ratings

✏️ Commercial Writing 📋 Copywriting Fundamentals 🎙️ Brand Voice 💬 Persuasive Writing 💻 Digital Content

The Walking Dead Psychology

by Travis Langley • 2015

What real minds do when the world dies: the psychology hidden inside The Walking Dead.

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390

🧠 Pop Psychology 🧟 Survival Psychology 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👥 Group Dynamics ⚖️ Moral Psychology

The Walking Dead Psychology

What real minds do when the world dies: the psychology hidden inside The Walking Dead.

by Travis Langley 2015 304 pages

3.91

390 ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology 🧟 Survival Psychology 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👥 Group Dynamics ⚖️ Moral Psychology

The Arab Uprising

by Marc Lynch • 2012

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

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✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

The Arab Uprising

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

by Marc Lynch 2012 288 pages

3.65

246 ratings

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

by Tony Reinke • 2017

Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.

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✝️ Digital Theology 📺 Media Ecology 📱 Smartphone Addiction ⏰ Attention Economy 🙏 Spiritual Formation

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.

by Tony Reinke 2017

4.28

7k+ ratings

✝️ Digital Theology 📺 Media Ecology 📱 Smartphone Addiction ⏰ Attention Economy 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Free Speech And Why It Matters

by Andrew Doyle • 2021

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

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🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

Free Speech And Why It Matters

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

by Andrew Doyle 2021 115 pages

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1k+ ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

Dark Star Rising

by Gary Lachman • 2018

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

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🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

Dark Star Rising

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

by Gary Lachman 2018 214 pages

3.85

500+ ratings

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

101 Facebook Marketing Tips and Strategies for Small Businesses

by Lasse Rouhiainen • 2016

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp: 101 tactics that turn them into your small-business customer pipeline

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🖥️ Digital Marketing 📱 Social Media Strategy 📘 Facebook Marketing 📷 Instagram Marketing 🎬 Video Marketing

101 Facebook Marketing Tips and Strategies for Small Businesses

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp: 101 tactics that turn them into your small-business customer pipeline

by Lasse Rouhiainen 2016 193 pages

3.63

27 ratings

🖥️ Digital Marketing 📱 Social Media Strategy 📘 Facebook Marketing 📷 Instagram Marketing 🎬 Video Marketing

Revan

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2011

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

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🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire 🧩 Lost Memory Quest 🔥 Dark Side Corruption

Revan

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2011 289 pages

4.01

25k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire 🧩 Lost Memory Quest 🔥 Dark Side Corruption

Thrawn

by Timothy Zahn • 2018

Thrawn and Vader uncover an enemy on Batuu that first took root in the Clone Wars.

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🎖️ Military Sci-Fi ⏳ Dual Timeline 🤝 Uneasy Alliance 🕸️ Shadow Manipulators 🕵️ Espionage Intrigue

Thrawn

Thrawn and Vader uncover an enemy on Batuu that first took root in the Clone Wars.

by Timothy Zahn 2018 342 pages

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36k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi ⏳ Dual Timeline 🤝 Uneasy Alliance 🕸️ Shadow Manipulators 🕵️ Espionage Intrigue

Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy

by David Mitchell • 2019

The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.

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🎭 Political Satire 🗣️ Social Commentary 🇬🇧 British Humor 📰 Column Collections 🔒 Digital Privacy

Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy

The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.

by David Mitchell 2019 264 pages

3.67

5k+ ratings

🎭 Political Satire 🗣️ Social Commentary 🇬🇧 British Humor 📰 Column Collections 🔒 Digital Privacy

Escaping the Rabbit Hole

by Mick West • 2018

Facts alone won't pull someone from the rabbit hole. Respect and the right missing detail might.

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🕳️ Conspiracy Theory 🔍 Modern Skepticism 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Online Misinformation

Escaping the Rabbit Hole

Facts alone won't pull someone from the rabbit hole. Respect and the right missing detail might.

by Mick West 2018 304 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

🕳️ Conspiracy Theory 🔍 Modern Skepticism 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Online Misinformation

Get Scrappy

by Nick Westergaard • 2016

Digital marketing for the underdog: how to win with creativity, strategy, and sheer stubbornness.

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156

📱 Digital Marketing 🏪 Small Business Marketing 🧱 Brand Building ✍️ Content Marketing 💬 Social Media Strategy

Get Scrappy

Digital marketing for the underdog: how to win with creativity, strategy, and sheer stubbornness.

by Nick Westergaard 2016 240 pages

3.8

156 ratings

📱 Digital Marketing 🏪 Small Business Marketing 🧱 Brand Building ✍️ Content Marketing 💬 Social Media Strategy

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

by Kliph Nesteroff • 2021

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

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3k+

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

by Kliph Nesteroff 2021 319 pages

4.06

3k+ ratings

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

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1k+

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019 328 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Introduction to Documentary

by Bill Nichols • 2001

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

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🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History 📝 Nonfiction Storytelling 💬 Visual Rhetoric

Introduction to Documentary

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

by Bill Nichols 2001 223 pages

3.77

484 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History 📝 Nonfiction Storytelling 💬 Visual Rhetoric

World Without Mind

by Franklin Foer • 2017

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

World Without Mind

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages

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2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

by Dave Marinaccio • 1994

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

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📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🖖 Star Trek Fandom 👔 Leadership Lessons ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🤝 Diverse Teams

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

by Dave Marinaccio 1994 130 pages

3.46

407 ratings

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🖖 Star Trek Fandom 👔 Leadership Lessons ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🤝 Diverse Teams

Perfecting Sound Forever

by Greg Milner • 2009

A century of recording breakthroughs produced one thing: new illusions our ears accepted as real.

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🎛️ Recording Technology 🎚️ Music Production 📢 History Of Sound 🎻 Cultural History Of Music 🌐 Media Ecology

Perfecting Sound Forever

A century of recording breakthroughs produced one thing: new illusions our ears accepted as real.

by Greg Milner 2009 416 pages

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎛️ Recording Technology 🎚️ Music Production 📢 History Of Sound 🎻 Cultural History Of Music 🌐 Media Ecology

Kill Chain

by Andrew Cockburn • 2015

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

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🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Kill Chain

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages

3.82

500+ ratings

🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Un-Trumping America

by Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

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🗳️ Democratic Reform 🗳️ Voting Rights 📺 Media Strategy 💰 Campaign Finance 🔧 Labor Unions

Un-Trumping America

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

4.20

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Democratic Reform 🗳️ Voting Rights 📺 Media Strategy 💰 Campaign Finance 🔧 Labor Unions

Tavistock Institute

by Daniel Estulin • 2011

The counterculture was a psy-op, television a drug, both engineered to dismantle human identity.

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🧠 Psychological Warfare 🏗️ Social Engineering 💉 Mind Control Programs 📺 Media Propaganda 👁️ Invisible Government

Tavistock Institute

The counterculture was a psy-op, television a drug, both engineered to dismantle human identity.

by Daniel Estulin 2011 240 pages

3.83

363 ratings

🧠 Psychological Warfare 🏗️ Social Engineering 💉 Mind Control Programs 📺 Media Propaganda 👁️ Invisible Government

Propaganda Blitz

by David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

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🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

Propaganda Blitz

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

by David Edwards 2018 336 pages

4.28

184 ratings

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

I'm Right and You're an Idiot

by James Hoggan • 2016

Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.

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🗣️ Public Discourse ⚡ Polarization 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🕊️ Nonviolent Communication

I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.

by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages

3.69

230 ratings

🗣️ Public Discourse ⚡ Polarization 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🕊️ Nonviolent Communication

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

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500+

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

by Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

500+ ratings

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

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🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Inner History of Devices

by Sherry Turkle • 2008

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

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🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

The Inner History of Devices

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages

3.83

81 ratings

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

A State of Fear

by Laura Dodsworth • 2021

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

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🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

A State of Fear

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages

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500+ ratings

🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

Russian Roulette

by Michael Isikoff • 2018

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

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6k+

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Russian Roulette

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

by Michael Isikoff 2018

4.20

6k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Do Every Thing Wrong!

by Jarett Kobek • 2018

A violent, fragile rapper became a mirror for an age of digital brutality and moral hypocrisy.

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🎤 Hip-Hop Culture 📰 Media Criticism 💻 Internet Culture ✊ Systemic Racism 🌟 Celebrity Culture

Do Every Thing Wrong!

A violent, fragile rapper became a mirror for an age of digital brutality and moral hypocrisy.

by Jarett Kobek 2018 176 pages

4.15

201 ratings

🎤 Hip-Hop Culture 📰 Media Criticism 💻 Internet Culture ✊ Systemic Racism 🌟 Celebrity Culture

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

by Anupreeta Das • 2024

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

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💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

by Anupreeta Das 2024 330 pages

3.01

441 ratings

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

The Silenced Majority

by Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

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📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012 380 pages

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

Girls on Film

by Alicia Malone • 2022

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

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🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism 🖼️ Representation In Media 📖 Media Memoir

Girls on Film

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

by Alicia Malone 2022 199 pages

3.82

272 ratings

🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism 🖼️ Representation In Media 📖 Media Memoir

Voodoo Histories

by David Aaronovitch • 2009

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation

Voodoo Histories

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

by David Aaronovitch 2009 358 pages

3.54

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation

This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020

by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner • 2020

Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.

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158

🎮 Esports Industry 🕹️ Gaming Culture 🔧 Modding Communities 👩 Women In Gaming 📺 Sports Media

This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020

Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.

by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner 2020 265 pages

4.10

158 ratings

🎮 Esports Industry 🕹️ Gaming Culture 🔧 Modding Communities 👩 Women In Gaming 📺 Sports Media

You Gotta Want It

by Jake Paul • 2016

Grind harder than anyone, bet on new platforms early, and build a team that multiplies your reach.

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500+

📱 Social Media Fame 🎬 Content Creation 💪 Hustle Culture 🏋️ Daily Discipline 🚀 Young Entrepreneurs

You Gotta Want It

Grind harder than anyone, bet on new platforms early, and build a team that multiplies your reach.

by Jake Paul 2016

3.90

500+ ratings

📱 Social Media Fame 🎬 Content Creation 💪 Hustle Culture 🏋️ Daily Discipline 🚀 Young Entrepreneurs

Groupthink

by Christopher Booker • 2020

The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.

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🧠 Mass Psychology 👥 Social Conformity 🫧 Collective Delusion 📢 Echo Chambers 🏛️ Ideological Capture

Groupthink

The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.

by Christopher Booker 2020 240 pages

3.12

116 ratings

🧠 Mass Psychology 👥 Social Conformity 🫧 Collective Delusion 📢 Echo Chambers 🏛️ Ideological Capture

When Clothes Become Fashion

by Ingrid Loschek • 2009

Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.

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👗 Fashion Theory 🔧 Design Systems 🔄 Social Systems Theory 🏺 Material Culture 🔤 Semiotics Of Dress

When Clothes Become Fashion

Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.

by Ingrid Loschek 2009 256 pages

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26 ratings

👗 Fashion Theory 🔧 Design Systems 🔄 Social Systems Theory 🏺 Material Culture 🔤 Semiotics Of Dress

Disaster Nationalism

by Richard Seymour • 2024

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

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🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Disaster Nationalism

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Football Done Right

by Michael Lombardi • 2023

Five coaches built the modern NFL. A former GM names them, then ranks everyone else.

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🏈 Nfl History 📋 Football Coaching 🔍 Talent Evaluation 🏆 Player Rankings ♟️ Football Strategy

Football Done Right

Five coaches built the modern NFL. A former GM names them, then ranks everyone else.

by Michael Lombardi 2023 305 pages

3.59

370 ratings

🏈 Nfl History 📋 Football Coaching 🔍 Talent Evaluation 🏆 Player Rankings ♟️ Football Strategy

Buy Now

by Rick Cesari • 2011

Solve a customer's problem on screen, close the sale, track every dollar. Direct response playbook.

4.00

🎯 Direct Marketing 📺 Advertising Strategy 🧠 Consumer Psychology ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building

Buy Now

Solve a customer's problem on screen, close the sale, track every dollar. Direct response playbook.

by Rick Cesari 2011 240 pages

4.00

25 ratings

🎯 Direct Marketing 📺 Advertising Strategy 🧠 Consumer Psychology ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building

Front Row at the Trump Show

by Jonathan Karl • 2020

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Front Row at the Trump Show

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages

4.27

4k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Social Media Marketing when you have NO CLUE!

by Gundi Gabrielle • 2017

Starting from zero? A jargon-free guide to building your brand on the five major social platforms.

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📱 Social Media Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 📝 Content Strategy 🎨 Visual Marketing 🎥 Video Marketing

Social Media Marketing when you have NO CLUE!

Starting from zero? A jargon-free guide to building your brand on the five major social platforms.

by Gundi Gabrielle 2017 165 pages

3.88

126 ratings

📱 Social Media Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 📝 Content Strategy 🎨 Visual Marketing 🎥 Video Marketing

Clicks, Bricks & Brands

by Martin Lindstrom • 2001

Earning the loyalty of a $300 billion generation that decides what the whole family buys.

4.15

🧒 Youth Marketing 🏢 Brand Management 👃 Sensory Marketing 💬 Peer Influence 🌐 Virtual Economies

Clicks, Bricks & Brands

Earning the loyalty of a $300 billion generation that decides what the whole family buys.

by Martin Lindstrom 2001 320 pages

4.15

20 ratings

🧒 Youth Marketing 🏢 Brand Management 👃 Sensory Marketing 💬 Peer Influence 🌐 Virtual Economies

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