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On the Real Side
A History of African American Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos ’n’ Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans...
Heroes in the Night
Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Tracing the author's journey into the strange subculture of Real Life Superheroes (RLSHs), this book examines citizens who have adopted comic book–style personas and have hit the streets to fight injustice in a variety of ways. Some RLSHs concentrate on humanitarian or activist missions—helping...
Chasing Lolita
How Popular Culture Corrupted Nabokov's Little Girl All Over Again
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
In the summer of 1958, a 12-year-old girl took the world by storm-Lolita was published in the United States-and since then, her name has been taken in vain to serve a wide range of dubious ventures, both artistic and commercial. Offering a full consideration of not only the Lolita effect” but...
Own the Room
Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Find your signature voice
People are drawn to and influenced by leaders who communicate authentically, connect easily with people, and have immediate impact. So how do you become one of them? How can you learn to own the room”? This book will help you develop your leadership presence.
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by Aljean Harmetz
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Released in conjunction with the 75th-anniversary DVD release of The Wizard of Oz, this book is the definitive story of how one of America’s most beloved movies was made and a marvelous, unprecedented examination of how Hollywood used to make movies. This updated edition includes numerous photos...
The Underground Railroad for Kids
From Slavery to Freedom with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad are vividly portrayed in this powerful activity book, as are the abolitionists, free blacks, and former slaves who helped them along the way. The text includes 80 compelling firsthand narratives from...
Another Fine Mess
A History of American Film Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
From City Lights to Knocked Up, this history examines American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother, the comedy, and puts the comic titans of the present in the context of their predecessors. The 30 chapters and 100 essays follow the connections that link Mae West to Marilyn Monroe and...
by Peter Baylies, Jessica Toonkel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Written by a stay-at-home dad for other stay-at-home dads, this handbook addresses the particular parenting issues men face when they become the primary caregivers. This "man-friendly" resource offers practical solutions to such challenges as living well on one income, understanding the...
Movie Wars
How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Is the cinema, as writers from David Denby to Susan Sontag have claimed, really dead? Contrary to what we have been led to believe, films are better than ever-we just can’t see the good ones. Movie Wars cogently explains how movies are packaged, distributed, and promoted, and how, at every stage...
The Sound of Music
The Making of America's Favorite Movie
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
When The Sound of Music was released in 1965, it took the world by storm, capturing five Oscars (including Best Picture) and holding the number-one spot box-office record for five years. For millions of viewers, the film is a rare combination of a powerful and moving story, superb music, and breathtaking...
Break These Rules
35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Middle grades and young adult authors speak candidly on the unspoken “rules” of adolescence in this collection of moving, inspiring, and often funny essays. This unique volume encourages readers to break with conformity and defy age-old, and typically inaccurate, orthodoxy—including such conventions...
Reporting Under Fire
16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists
A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman—including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast...
Women Heroes of World War II—the Pacific Theater
15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
After glamorous American singer Claire Phillips opened her own night club in Manila, using the proceeds to secretly feed starving American POWs, she also began working as a spy, chatting up Japanese military men and passing their secrets along to local guerilla resistance fighters. Australian Army...
Simeon's Story
An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil rights movement, is explained in this dramatic narrative by the cousin who was present every step...