Scott Higgins: 12 books

Like Dorothy waking up over the rainbow in the Land of Oz, Hollywood discovered a vivid new world of color in the 1930s. The introduction of three-color Technicolor technology in 1932 gave filmmakers a powerful tool with which to guide viewers' attention, punctuate turning points, and express emotional...

We live in an era in which humankind is having a devastating impact on the planet. The climate is changing, wild animal populations are being decimated, extinction rates are at an all-time high, and the oceans are acidifying.     Should Christians care? In this short book and accompanying...

Long before Batman, Flash Gordon, or the Lone Ranger were the stars of their own TV shows, they had dedicated audiences watching their adventures each week. The difference was that this action took place on the big screen, in short adventure serials whose exciting cliffhangers compelled the young...

Australia is a swirling mass of contradiction, fear and hope when it comes to refugees. The country's status as an island nation far removed from the world's conflict hotspots means that Australia has very few refugees showing up on its borders seeking protection, yet Australians have imagined a crisis...

The Lord's Prayer has been recited from the time of Jesus down to the present. What does it mean to pray this ancient prayer today? This book seeks to answer that question by asking how those sitting on the mountainside listening to Jesus might have interpreted the prayer. When Jesus spoke of our...

Suffering is part of life. It could be the loss of a job, the death of a child, a violent partner, clinical depression, or a thousand other struggles, but for each of us the pain will be real and debilitating. Our suffering raises philosophical questions (how can suffering exist in a universe...

Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors...

Scott Higgins's first book, Too Heavy to Become Sky, brings us spare, plain, haunting poetry of love, loss, and humanity in an indifferent universe. Higgins is ultimately concerned with human mortality and human loneliness in the worldthe world unvarnished, defined by alienation and longing, yet redeemed by the miracle of shared lives and the hidden currents that connect us.

Morph into action with this collection of short stories from every corner of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers universe, from a trip to the carnival with Scorpina and Goldar, to the origins of Finster’s maniacal clay monsters, and a Black Ranger team-up like never before. These stories provide a...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...

Stories 4 Women, a collection of true short stories about the fairer sex, was created on an understanding that there is an unspoken solidarity that bonds us as women. However, we four writers felt it appropriate to give a voice to some of the stories unique to the womans experience, including the...

Madison County became the hub of West Tennessee in the 20th century. Now major highways and rail lines traverse the county and its seat, Jackson. Three railroad companies and industry spawned by the railroads, such as the cotton mill town of Bemis, provided the main sources of employment during the 1900s....