Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart\"s work and reputation....

It was the golden age of eBay. Optimistic bidders went online to the world\'s largest flea market in droves, ready to spend cash on everything from garden gnomes to Mercedes convertibles. Among them were art collectors willing to spend big money on unsen paintings, hoping to buy valuable pieces of art at below-market prices....

Ripped from the headlines of the New York Times, Fake describes Kenneth Walton\'s innocent beginnings as a lawyer turned online art-trading hobbyist, whose satisfaction in reselling thrift store paintings for a profit soon became a fierce addiction to eBay....