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Wrong and Dangerous
Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
The primary purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit Congress. There is no separation of church and state. The Second Amendment allows citizens to threaten the government. These are just a few of the myths about our constitution peddled by the Far Right—a toxic coalition of Fox News...
Vindicating the Founders
Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2000
This controversial, convincing, and highly original book is important reading for everyone concerned about the origins, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government.
Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart
A Guide for Teachers and Singers
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart: A Guide for Teachers and Singers, opera director William Ferrara offers the perfect resource for the dramatic preparation of opera scenes for directors and student performers. Topics include study and research, rehearsal planning, blocking, characterization,...
Hitchcock's Stars
Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some of the most...
The Silence of the Lambs
Critical Essays on a Cannibal, Clarice, and a Nice Chianti
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
One of only three films to-date to win Academy Awards in all five major categories, The Silence of the Lambs marked a sea change in horror films when it debuted, shifting the genre from teen slasher fare of the 1970s to the sophisticated psychological horror that characterizes acclaimed films today....
Lee J. Cobb
Characters of an Actor
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
For many of his theater contemporaries, Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976) was the greatest actor of his generation. In Hollywood he became the definitive embodiment of gangsters, psychiatrists, and roaring lunatics. From 1939 until his death, Cobb contributed riveting performances to a number of films, including...
The Importance of Being Funny
Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
When E. B. White said “analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies,” he hadn’t seen Al Gini’s hilarious, incisive, and informative take on jokes, joke-telling, and the jokers who tell jokes. For Gini, humor is more than just foolish fun: it serves...
by David Perlmutter
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Once consigned almost exclusively to Saturday morning fare for young viewers, television animation has evolved over the last several decades as a programming form to be reckoned with. While many animated shows continue to entertain tots, the form also reaches a much wider audience, engaging viewers...
The Politics of Punk
Protest and Revolt from the Streets
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Punk rock has long been equated with the ever-shifting concepts of dissent, disruption, and counter-cultural activities. As a result, since its 1970s and 1980s incarnations, when bands in Britain—from The Clash and Sex Pistols to Angelic Upstarts, U.K. Subs, and Crass—offered alternative political...
The New Brooklyn
What It Takes to Bring a City Back
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2017
Featured in The New York Times Book Review
Only a few decades ago, the Brooklyn stereotype well known to Americans was typified by television programs such as “The Honeymooners” and “Welcome Back, Kotter”—comedies about working-class sensibilities, deprivation, and struggles. Today,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2006
Three leading scholars of Latino religious studies team up in this edited collection to present original meditations and reflections on Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most prominent religious images of the western hemisphere. Newest in the Celebrating Faith series, this book considers the meaning...
Blood on the Stage, 1800 to 1900
Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
The history of theater is rife with tales of crime, suspense, and murder. The nineteenth century was no exception. Notable hallmarks of transgression drama during this century included the introduction of the melodrama, the first American musical, the debut of stage detectives, and the emergence of...
America's Beginnings
The Dramatic Events that Shaped a Nation's Character
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
At a time when surveys reveal that Americans know less and less about our past, Tony Williams provides entertaining and informative descriptions of 50 of the most important and dramatic events from the colonial and Revolutionary period—some known and some forgotten—from the Mayflower Compact to...
The Shattering of the Union
America in the 1850s
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade as the country lurched toward...