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Lead Us Into Temptation
Amazon.com Review: Is consumerism a spiritual dead end? Isn't it true that mere things can never make us happy? Why, no, says James B. Twitchell, in a sequel of sorts to his popular Adcult USA. We are what we buy, says Twitchell, and we like what we buy. [... more]
$24.00
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Living It Up : America's Love Affair with Luxury
Luxury, a new religion analyzed: This is a landmark book. The author analyzes in very detail the mechanisms behind selling luxury to the public, including the religious attributes affixed to those products. "Probably it shouldn't get into the hands [... more]
$14.00
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Adcult USA
Insightful, Witty and Educational: To discover why Americans are sold on advertising, read this book. Twitchell examines the dpeths to which advertisers will go to win the affection of the American people. The book is funny, educational and actually fun [... more]
$27.00
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Lead Us Into Temptation
Amazon.com Review: Is consumerism a spiritual dead end? Isn't it true that mere things can never make us happy? Why, no, says James B. Twitchell, in a sequel of sorts to his popular Adcult USA. We are what we buy, says Twitchell, and we like what we buy. [... more]
$83.50
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Living It Up
Luxury, a new religion analyzed: This is a landmark book. The author analyzes in very detail the mechanisms behind selling luxury to the public, including the religious attributes affixed to those products. "Probably it shouldn't get into the hands [... more]
$41.50
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Twenty Ads That Shook the World: The Century's Most ...
Amazon.com Review: James B. Twitchell's celebration of the greatest 20 hits of the U.S. advertising industry shows how a thoughtful consideration of ads can add up to a fascinating social history. From Lydia Pinkham's patent medicines (said to cure all [... more]
$14.95
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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College ...
A "why do the way things work the way they do?" book: In this lively book, James Twitchell helps illuminate some of the interesting consequences when non-profits -- embodied in this book as Megachurch, College Inc, and Museumworld -- borrow [... more]
$26.00
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The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic ...
Author: James B. Twitchell Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 820.9375 EAN: 9780822307891 ISBN: 0822307898 Number Of Pages: 232 Publication Date: 1981-12 [... more]
$21.95
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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College ...
A "why do the way things work the way they do?" book: In this lively book, James Twitchell helps illuminate some of the interesting consequences when non-profits -- embodied in this book as Megachurch, College Inc, and Museumworld -- borrow [... more]
$14.00
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Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror
Best intro to the horror genre that I've read.: There's a lot of horror criticism and commentary floating around out there these days, but Twitchell's book is still one of the best I've read. In fact, I wish he'd update it since it's pretty old--I think [... more]
$14.95
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Where Men Hide
I can't believe there are no reviews of this book yet...: James Twitchell is a professor of English, and his love of the language definitely shows in "Where Men Hide." His prose is smooth and entertaining, and he seems to take great pleasure in [... more]
$29.95
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Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from In Your ...
Straight from the apatheist's mouth: the marketing of religion in America: "This is not a book about God" (p. 1). Thus begins James Twitchell's book, Shopping for God. "Essentially, this book is about how religious sensation is currently [... more]
$26.00
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