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The Ages of Wonder Woman
Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years...
Absinthe--The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century
A History of the Hallucinogenic Drug and Its Effect on Artists and Writers in Europe and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
With an alcohol content sometimes as high as 80 percent, absinthe was made by mixing the leaves of wormwood with other plants such as angelica root, fennel, coriander, hyssop, marjoram and anise for flavor. The result was a bitter, potent drink that became a major social, medical and political phenomenon...
Quinn Martin, Producer
A Behind-the-Scenes History of QM Productions and Its Founder
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
“Quinn Martin was the most innovative and most creative of his kind. He was a man in touch with the future, far more than the times. His characters were not stereotypical characters. His production methods were not stereotypical either. He was unique in a number of ways. That’s why his shows did...
The Sociology of Sports
An Introduction, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
In its second edition, this book takes a fresh approach to the study of sports, presenting key concepts such as socialization, economics, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, the media and the role of sports in society. The authors offer a critical examination but highlight also the many positive...
Wicked Curve
The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
When in 1911 Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander set the National League record for wins by a rookie (28), it was a sign of things to come. Alexander went on to win 373 games over his 20–year career, the third highest total in major league history, and he would lead the league in ERA four...
Broadway Musicals
A Hundred Year History
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Musicals have been a major part of American theater for many years, and nowhere have they been more loved and celebrated than Broadway, the theater capital of the world. The music of such composers as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Berlin, the Gershwin brothers, Lerner and Loewe, Steven Sondheim, and Andrew...
Soap Opera Confidential
Writers and Soap Insiders on Why We'll Tune in Tomorrow as the World Turns Restlessly by the Guiding Light of Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Soap operas have captured loyal, often lifelong viewers since the first American daytime serial debuted in 1949. In this collection of 29 new and five classic essays and recollections, authors and soap opera insiders delve into the passion for television melodrama that compels viewers to “tune in...
by Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
In 1935, the United States Congress began employing large numbers of American artists through the Works Progress Administration—fiction writers, photographers, poster artists, dramatists, painters, sculptors, muralists, wood carvers, composers and choreographers, as well as journalists, historians...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Created around the world and available only on the web, Internet “television” series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and...
Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop
32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide. In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era’s...
by Bruce Scivally
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
First introduced in a 1938 comic book, Superman has since become an iconic character in American entertainment. This complete history covers Superman’s appearances in film and television, from the 1941 introduction of the first Superman cartoon to the 2006 live-action film Superman Returns. The...
Killer Tomatoes
Fifteen Tough Film Dames
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
No delicate ingénues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman—drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look—and if that didn’t work, look out for the pistol...
The Annotated Marx Brothers
A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Have you ever watched a Marx Brothers film and wondered what “habeas Irish rose” is? What is the trial of Mary Dugan with sound? What is a college widow? When exactly did Don Ameche invent the telephone? Their films are full of such in-jokes and obscure theatrical, literary and topical references...
Marilyn Monroe
Her Films, Her Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
This book is essentially a filmography interlaced with a complex biographical account of Marilyn Monroe’s life and loves throughout her career. A lengthy introduction explains her traumatic early life and mysterious, unexpected, much talked about death. Behind the scenes information, cast and crew...