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In these pages, a stunning line-up of investigative reporters, media critics, independent researchers, academics, ex-government agents, and others blow away the smoke and smash the mirrors that keep us confused and misinformed... More.
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Veteran journalists Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger make the offbeat their beat, revealing the odd, surprising, and amusing origins of inexplicable cultural phenomena. From slam dunks to rock 'n' roll punks, permanent press to pantyhose, black velvet painting to point-click culture, high-tech diapers to low-brow entertainment - they cover sports, business, music, media, film, fashion, and science, and explain a lot about why life today is so weird... More.
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The extraordinary story of a man's quest for truth. It will change the way you think and feel about your life The cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself,' Robert M. Pirsig says. The study of the art of motorcycle maintainence is really a study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. The book details a cross-country motorcycle trip by a man and his 11-year-old son, as well as his quest for truth. The modern epic that transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions— a penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better... More.
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When informed by the movie JFK that thousands of documents about the president's murder remain sealed, a distressed American public motivated Congress to create the Assassinations Records Review Board, which declassified and released many - but not all - previously withheld files. A journal named Probe was created to report on and consider this cascade of new material, as well as continuing disinformation, regarding the assassinations of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and Malcolm X... More.
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Sometimes a book goes too far. Sometimes is... now. First, there was The Gilgamesh. Then... the Bhagavad-Gita Then... the Torah, the New Testament, the Koran Then... the Book of Mormon, Dianetics, I'm OK You're OK. And now...The Book of the Subgenius (How to Prosper in the Coming Weird Times)... More.
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Lawrence Lessig, 'the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era' (TheNew Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and can't do with the culture around us... More.
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Flaunting off-beat interests, extreme personal revelations and social activism, zines directly counter the pseudo-communication and glossy lies of the mainstream media monopoly. These interviews with a dozen zine creators (per volume) capture all the excitement associated with uncensored freedom of expression, while offering insight, inspiration and delight... More.