Michael Adams: 96 books
Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies
A Film Critic's Year-Long Quest to Find the Worst Movie Ever Made
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
"Michael Adams's book is great fun! No one intends to make a truly bad movie, but when they do, Michael Adams will be there to watch it...and make it entertaining!" —John Landis, director of Trading Places and The Blues Brothers
In Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies, film...
Could It Happen Here?
Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.
Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right,...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
Slang
The People's Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language":...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Special Agent Tom Rogers is called back to active duty and sent to Eastern Turkey to investigate suspicious Iranian activity. Rogers and a new friend, Captain Remzi Ozechin from Turkish Army Intelligence, trace a clue to an Iranian safe house in Erzurum, Turkey, where following a chase and gun battle,...
31 Photographien & Filmbilder
Das Land - Dort draußen in mir. Ausstellungsband mit Bildlegenden
Language: German
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Das Ausstellungsbuch präsentiert alle 33 ausgewählten Photographien & Filmbilder von Michael Adams mit den Bildlegenden (Texttafeln), die auch in der Ausstellung im Markgrafenschloss Emmendingen zu sehen sind (Fotomuseum Hirsmüller, Galerie, 22.10.17 bis 28. 1. 2018). Die Texte wurden eigens...
Slayer Slang
A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
In its seven years on television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has earned critical acclaim and a massive cult following among teen viewers. One of the most distinguishing features of the program is the innovative way the show's writers play with language: fabricating new words, morphing existing ones,...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Do you know that your kid is the one most likely to get head lice? Do you know that the usual commercial products for head lice only make them even stronger? Hi, my name is Michael Adams and I am a father My daughter used to suffer from head lice As any regular parents would do, I tried many commercial...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
The sequel to Keep Calm and Kill Zombies is now available. Air Force Office of Special Investigations Major Tom Rogers and his ragtag, multi-national team have just escaped zombie-infested and civil war torn Turkey. His companions, three surviving members of a British SAS group, two Australian grad...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
The Alley of Angels takes readers on a dark journey to El Salvador during the waning days of that countrys bloody civil war. Chicago writer Henry Reed and his friend and colleague photographer Jean-Michel Beaulieu are assigned to discover the fate of Robert Zorn, a high-profile pastor and celebrity...
by Walter Ciciora, James Farmer, David Large
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Fully updated, revised, and expanded, this second edition of Modern Cable Television Technology addresses the significant changes undergone by cable since 1999--including, most notably, its continued transformation from a system for delivery of television to a scalable-bandwidth platform for a broad...
Australia's Sweetheart
The amazing story of forgotten Hollywood star Mary Maguire
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
This is the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy. Packed with celebrity, history and gossip, AUSTRALIA'S SWEETHEART is perfect for readers of SHEILA and THE RIVIERA SET.
Mary...
by Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
To young Staff Sergeant Susan Bennett it was just another mission, yet when her actions were transmitted to the world via a helmet camera she becomes an instant hero - especially to a young Ciara O’Brien.Lieutenant Paul O'Brien was only thinking about getting home to his daughter and...