Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories by Harmon Leon and Keith Knight

39 West Press is pleased to announce the publication of Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories by Harmon Leon and Keith Knight.



Tribespotting
Undercover Cult(ure) Stories

by Harmon Leon
cartoons by Keith Knight

Overview

Legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon has gone undercover again and returned with a new book. Gentleman cartoonist Keith Knight provides popular comics that enhance Leon's enlightening narrative.

"This book was eye-opening ..." –David Litt, author of NY Times bestseller Thanks, Obama
 
The United States is a divided country, where two disparate tribes fight to provoke, condemn, and defeat the other. In Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories, Harmon Leon dives directly into the eye of the tribal storm, drastically changing his look and attitude as he goes undercover in an exploration of tribal behavior and its many manifestations in modern culture.

Employing the same inimitable style that he honed while infiltrating extremist groups, Leon introduces readers to a series of vastly different tribes, including a gathering of five thousand assault weapons fanatics, a clan of white supremacists who recruit at Applebee’s, a church of hookers who walk the streets for Jesus, and a meeting of cult members who stare at their leader’s handsome face.
Some of these tribes engage in harmless, hobby-loving fellowship while others revolve around the adulation of charismatic celebrities.

Some of these tribes strive to uplift the individual via religious enlightenment, and a few are actually full-blown cults. But at the root of all these different tribes lies the same psychological need—the desire to be around like-minded people.

With that in mind ... LET'S DO SOME TRIBESPOTTING!

Product Details

Hardcover, Paperback
Publication Date: 30 Jul 2019
ISBN: 978-1-946358-19-6
LoC Control No.: 2019930910
Catalogue No.: 39WP-28
Pages: 206
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
Purchase online from one of these retailers:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or IndieBound.

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Dumpster, for God's Sake by Ben Stoltzfus

39 West Press is pleased to announce the publication of Dumpster, for God's Sake by Ben Stoltzfus.



Dumpster, for God's Sake

by Ben Stoltzfus

Overview

Equal parts sociological lore and screwball comedy, Dumpster, for God's Sake bends reality into fiction in a uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human.

"Profoundly dystopian and completely believable." −Dean MacCannell, author of The Tourist

Loviers City believes that cleanliness leads to Godliness. But order quickly descends into chaos when a sighting of the Virgin occurs. Soon, thousands arrive to visit the spot where She appeared. But the pilgrims leave their mark, discarding refuse and besmirching Loviers City's All-America vision.

Suspense mounts as Rudy Squazza, the red-bearded ringleader of the homeless, and Jasmine, a rich teenager working on a high school project, fall in love. He is a dumpster diver and the victim of police brutality. She dresses in black leather, rides a red Ducati Supersport 750, and is known as the “Angel from Hell.”

With compelling prose, canny insight, and artful empathy, Ben Stoltzfus brilliantly examines group behavior in a timely tale of collective zeal and righteous intent that explores a city’s urgent quest for soul.

Product Details

Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Publication Date: 9 April 2019
ISBN: 978-1-946358-16-5
LoC Control No.: 2019930909
Catalogue No.: 39WP-27
Pages: 244
Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.7 inches

Purchase online from one of these retailers:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or IndieBound.