Mcfarland: 2486 books
by Peter Dendle
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. It serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, McFarland 2001), which covered movies from 1932...
by Chris McFarland
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Sixth grader Samantha Branson is a normal, everyday girl, playing with her friends, and having a great time building the “clubhouse” in the bamboo covering her backyard. And her twelfth birthday is almost here. She is planning a fantastic party with her friends.But her grandfather is also...
Shavelings in Death Camps
A Polish Priest's Memoir of Imprisonment by the Nazis, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Catholic priests all across Poland were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps at the beginning of World War II. This memoir by Fr. Henryk Maria Malak (1912-1987) is their story and his. Through the author's eyes we witness the German invasion, atrocities against the local population, and the...
Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, was--and still is--viewed with ambivalence....
Game Design
How to Create Video and Tabletop Games, Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Many aspiring game designers have crippling misconceptions about the process involved in creating a game from scratch, believing a "big idea" is all that is needed to get started. But game design requires action as well as thought, and proper training and practice to do so skillfully. In...
Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2001
Graves' Disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by a goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs, currently affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, three million in the United States alone. This work addresses both typical and special concerns of patients with...
Films You Saw in School
A Critical Review of 1,153 Classroom Educational Films (1958-1985) in 74 Subject Categories
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Millions of dollars in public funds were allocated to school districts in the post–Sputnik era for the purchase of educational films, resulting in thousands of 16mm films being made by exciting young filmmakers. This book discusses more than 1,000 such films, including many available to view today...
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, rev. ed.
A Question of Reincarnation, rev. ed.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000
This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the author's intent to correct some...
When Scotland Was Jewish
DNA Evidence, Archeology, Analysis of Migrations, and Public and Family Records Show Twelfth Century Semitic Roots
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But could it be that a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored or unknown for centuries? This book argues just such a case, maintaining that much of Scotland's history...
by Ian M. Harris, Mary Lee Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Now in its third edition, Peace Education provides a comprehensive approach to educating for a just and sustainable future. It begins with religious and historical trends that have molded our understanding of "peace" and then presents a variety of ways to practice peace education in schools...
by Rose McFarland
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Come and join Polly Periwinkle in her adventure as she checks out all the cool and special hats the kids are wearing at the playground. Help her choose which hats the best!
Murders in the United States
Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
From the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, to the mass killing at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, the 20th century saw many murderous events that are difficult to contemplate but have become a part of the national history. This reference book is divided into...
Jack Chesbro
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
The Performance Identities of Lady Gaga
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Three years after entering the pop music scene, Lady Gaga became the most well-known pop star in the world. These thirteen critical essays explore Lady Gaga's body of work through the interdisciplinary filter of performance identity and cover topics such as gender and sexuality, body commodification,...