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The Ages of The Flash
Essays on the Fastest Man Alive
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
While many American superheroes have multiple powers and complex gadgets, the Flash is simply fast. This simplicity makes his character easily comprehendible for all audiences, whether they are avid comic fans or newcomers to the genre, and in turn he has become one of the most iconic figures in the...
The Trickster in Ginsberg
A Critical Reading
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
This scholarly close reading of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” considers the iconic poem through a four-part trickster framework: appetite, boundlessness, transformative power and a proclivity for setting and falling victim to tricks and traps. The book pursues various different narratives of the trickster...
The New Western
Critical Essays on the Genre Since 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
American moviegoers have long turned to the Hollywood Western for reassurance in times of crisis. During the genre’s heyday, the films of John Ford, Howard Hawks and Henry Hathaway reflected a grand patriotism that resonated with audiences at the end of World War II. The tried-and-true Western was questioned...
On Human Flourishing
A Poetry Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Great literature is more often praised for compelling depictions of conflict and tragedy than for moving portrayals of happiness and well-being. This collection of verse brings together poems of felicity, capturing what it means to be well in the fullest sense. Presented in 14 thematic sections, these...
Jacques Tourneur
The Cinema of Nightfall
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
At least three of director Jacques Tourneur’s films—Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man—are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films’ producer, Val Lewton. A detailed examination...
From Girl to Goddess
The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his alter-ego. This book explores the universal heroine’s journey as she quests through world myth. Numerous stories from cultures as varied...
Wells Meets Deleuze
The Scientific Romances Reconsidered
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2017
The writings of H.G. Wells have had a profound influence on literary and cinematic depictions of the present and the possible future, and modern science fiction continues to be indebted to his “scientific romances,” such as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau....
Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe
Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Unlike most makers of modern or futuristic films, George Lucas turned away from the standard special operatives or secret agents when he created the heroes for his epic Star Wars saga. Part knight, part monk, the Jedi Knights were an order of swordsmen that helped rule the universe in accordance with...
The Politics of Big Fantasy
The Ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films—Larry and Andy Wachowski’s The Matrix, George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon’s Avengers—this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also...
Last Man Out
Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers massacred 139 of 150 American POWs. This biography tells the story of Glenn (“Mac”) McDole, one of eleven young men who escaped and the last man out of Palawan Prison Camp 10A. Beginning on December 8, 1941, at the U.S. Navy Yard barracks at Cavite, the...
Women in the Civil War
Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
When the Civil War broke out, women answered the call for help. They broke away from their traditional roles and served in many capacities, some of them even going so far as to disguise themselves as men and enlist in the army. Estimates of such women enlistees range from 400 to 700. About 60 women...
Ghosts and Shadows
A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego ill-prepared for the training and abuse that awaited him in boot camp. At the time, he would have done anything to escape; only upon reflection years later did he realize that the self-confidence instilled in him by his drill instructors...
by Michael A. Eggleston
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
With a compilation of information that has never before been available in one source, this exhaustive reference work provides complete published election returns for all popular Congressional elections, including special elections, in the United States--over 36,000 since 1788. For all candidates,...
Nightmares of an East Prussian Childhood
A Memoir of the Russian Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
The mother of 11 year old Ilse Glaus turned down the last plane out of East Prussia ahead of the advancing Russians in order to stay back with her aged parents. That decision cost her family dearly in wartorn Europe, 1945. Ilse grew up on a small farm, with a wonderful family, the woods as a playground...