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Frank Robinson
A Baseball Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Frank Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century. He was Rookie of the Year for the Cincinnati Reds in 1956, won the Triple Crown in 1966, led the Baltimore Orioles to four World Series appearances, and is the only player in baseball history to be voted Most Valuable Player...
The Radio Boys and Girls
Radio, Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Adventures for Juvenile Readers, 1890-1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young...
In Search of La Grande Illusion
A Critical Appreciation of Jean Renoir's Elusive Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
This is an extended analysis of the film, from different perspectives. The first half is largely a discussion of the cinematic technique, with key sequences analyzed shot by shot. The second half approaches the film from many other angles, including its history, the critical reception, Renoir’s...
The Infamous Cherry Sisters
The Worst Act in Vaudeville
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Raised in poverty on an Iowa farm, the Cherry Sisters had little education and no training. But they possessed a burning desire to take to the stage and show the world what they could do—and what they could do was awful. Their unique act was “so bad it was good.” When the sisters took the stage,...
The Chivalric Folk Tradition in Sicily
A History of Storytelling, Puppetry, Painted Carts and Other Arts
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Tracing the development in Sicily of a chivalric tradition based on the medieval stories of Charlemagne and his knights, this is an analysis of Sicilian storytelling, puppetry, festivals, cart painting and other folk art. Interviews with puppeteers are documented, and hand painted cart panels and...
Sid and Marty Krofft
A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969-1993
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost: For a generation of children growing up in the late sixties and early seventies, these were some of the most memorable shows on Saturday morning television. At a time when television cartoons had lost some of their luster, two...
by Michael Buonanno
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This study analyzes the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theater in Sicily. Here, epic, farce, saints’ lives, bandits’ lives, fairytales, Christian myth, and city legend offer the vehicles by which puppeteers comment upon, critique—perhaps even negotiate—the...
The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson
Essays on His Work and Legacy Beyond The Muppet Show and Sesame Street
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets. This collection of essays delves into the rest of Henson's body of work, including projects developed during his lifetime and those that represent his legacy....
The First Few Minutes of Spanish Language Films
Early Cues Reveal the Essence
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
The first few minutes of a film orient the viewer, offering cues for a richer, more nuanced reading. With this premise, the author provides many insights into the history of Spanish language film, encouraging an enhanced understanding of the Spanish/Hispanic canon commonly taught in courses on film....
by Nicole Markotić
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Literary and filmic depictions of the disabled reinforce an “ableist” ideology that classifies bodies as normal or abnormal—positive or negative. Disabled characters are often represented as aberrant or evil and are isolated or incarcerated. This book examines language in film, fiction and other...
Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age
Fifty-One Extravagant Designs, 1875-1910
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book is about the design of the façade of 51 of America’s most extravagant early skyscrapers. Included are the biographies of noted architects and the aristocrats who financed America’s first skyscrapers. This book discusses the influences of European aesthetic values in America—and scandals,...
Walt's Utopia
Disneyland and American Mythmaking
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
The “Happiest Place on Earth” opened in 1955 during a trying time in American life—the Cold War. Disneyland was envisioned as a utopian resort where families could play together and escape the tension of the “real world.” Since its construction, the park has continually been updated to reflect...
The Public Artscape of New Haven
Themes in the Creation of a City Image
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
There are nearly 500 public works of art throughout New Haven, Connecticut—a city of 17 square miles with 130,000 residents. While other historic East Coast cities—Philadelphia, Providence, Boston—have been the subjects of book-length studies on the function and meaning of public art, New Haven...
How the Movies Saved Christmas
228 Rescues from Clausnappers, Sleigh Crashes, Lost Presents and Holiday Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy...