Mcfarland: 2486 books
V for Vendetta as Cultural Pastiche
A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel and Film
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The 2005 James McTeigue and Wachowski Brothers film V for Vendetta represents a postmodern pastiche, a collection of fragments pasted together from the original Moore and Lloyd graphic novel of the same name, along with numerous allusions to literature, history, cinema, music, art, politics, and medicine....
Film Alchemy
The Independent Cinema of Ted V. Mikels
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
American filmmaker Ted V. Mikels holds a unique position as one of the most unconventional directors of exploitation cinema. Famous for his eccentric home life (he once lived with a harem in a castle with secret passage-ways) and promotional gimmicks (he was known for having nurses and ambulances...
Lullabies for Lieutenants
Memoir of a Marine Forward Observer in Vietnam, 1965-1966
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.S. Marine experience at war in Vietnam, this memoir recounts the experiences of a young officer in a series of unrelated short pieces. In a narrative as fragmented as the war itself, the only resolution is the same one reached by the Marines who fought—the conclusion...
Foreign-Born American Patriots
Sixteen Volunteer Leaders in the Revolutionary War
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This book presents profiles of sixteen individuals born and raised in countries other than America who voluntarily joined the revolutionary cause. These men were writers, soldiers, merchants, sailors, guerilla fighters, pirates, financiers, and cavalry leaders. Each profile discusses the personal...
The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler
What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About Them, with Full Source Notes
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
As of 2012, only 43 men have held the office of the President of the United States. Some have been sanctified and some reviled. This historical work addresses the careers of the first ten presidents, men who made vital contributions not only to the office of the presidency, but to the course of the...
The Speed of Heat
An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone...
Tail End Charlie
Memoir of a United States Marine in the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
This memoir is a record of what Jensen calls the luckiest and greatest adventure of his life. In the midst of the fighting and with the knowledge that each day could be his last, this young Marine managed to find some humor in his situation and he believes that is what kept him alive. The story begins...
Anne Bancroft
The Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) was an American film, television and stage actress, stage producer and film director. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, she won the “Triple Crown”—an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. Her stage portrayal of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker won the Tony...
by Paul Calore
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
This campaign-by-campaign analysis of the War Between the States presents the action from the opening shots at Fort Sumter to the furled flags at Appomattox. Battles both obscure and famous are examined in detail, covering each army’s move and countermove. Commentary is provided on the individual...
Crucible Vietnam
Memoir of an Infantry Lieutenant
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
This is the personal account of an army infantry platoon leader and commanding officer in the central highlands of Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 when he was 21 years old. These were the two bloodiest years of the war, a time when the U.S. army employed search and destroy missions with high casualty...
by Joseph Poprzeczny
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Odilo Globocnik, a collaborator of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, was responsible for the deaths of at least 1.5 million people in three Nazi camps in occupied Poland: Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec. Along with Rudolf Höss, Globocnik may be named as one of the first industrial-style killers in...
The True Mary Todd Lincoln
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
This new biography provides a startlingly different picture of Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln’s wife. Preconceived myths about the former first lady are factually disproved. At times her judgment was faulty; in other instances it was brilliant. After her 1861 refurbishing of the Executive...
A Spy's Diary of World War II
Inside the OSS with an American Agent in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Here is the wartime diary of Wayne Nelson, an OSS officer who served in North Africa and Europe during World War II. A prewar colleague of Allen Dulles, Nelson joined an infant OSS after failing to join the Navy because of a vision disability, and he went on to serve in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia,...
Doctor Danger Forward
A World War II Memoir of a Combat Medical Aidman, First Infantry Division
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
As a combat medical aidman of Company B, 1st Medical Battalion, First Infantry Division, Allen N. Towne experienced some of the pivotal events of World War II. “Doctor B,” as his unit was known, was attached to the 18th Regimental Combat Team and moved with them, providing continuous close medical...