People have been making predictions about how and when the world is going to end for ages. The End is a fun pop culture read about the top 50 movies, books, songs, and artworks--from the movie Shaun of the Dead to the song It's the End of the World as We Know It--about the apocalypse. Each item includes: - A synopsis of the apocalyptic work - Information about the apocalyptic theory behind it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear war, and natural disasters) - An explanation about why this work is important in pop culture Love doomsday talk and the art made about it? Check out this fun and entertaining read! -- "Journal"

Author Biography

Laura Barcella is a contributing editor at xoJane and a contributing writer at The Fix. She edited Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop, an anthology of essays about Madonna by women writers, and is the author of a pop culture guide to the apocalypse called The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About... Before It's Too Late. Laura has written features, profiles, essays, and more for Salon, Esquire.com, the Village Voice, Cosmopolitan, Elle.com, Refinery29, the Chicago Sun-Times, Time Out New York, AlterNet, BUST, Elle Girl, CNN.com, and NYLON. An expert on pop culture, feminism, and lifestyles, she lives in San Francisco, California.