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More Blues Singers
Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The first book by David Dicaire, Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century, (McFarland, 1999), included pioneers, innovators, superstars, and cult heroes of blues music born before 1940. This second work covers those born after 1940 who have continued the tradition....
Word Parts Dictionary
Standard and Reverse Listings of Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots and Combining Forms, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2008
This updated version of the 2000 original is still the only complete resource on the market for finding word parts needed to express a concept. Aside from catering to those who wish to expand their vocabulary, the purpose of this dictionary is to provide convenient word parts to those who may be interested...
War over Lemuria
Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Life magazine described the Shaver Mystery as "the most celebrated rumpus that rocked the science fiction world." Its creators said it was a "new wave in science fiction." Critics called it "dangerous nonsense" and labeled its fans the lunatic fringe. Whatever else the...
Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977
A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2005
Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios...
Evidence of Arthur
Fixing the Legendary King in Factual Place and Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Making use of the methodology developed in his Origins of Arthurian Romances (McFarland, 2012), the author explores the question of King Arthur’s existence in several original approaches to the subject. Examining the extant literature and other evidence, the author searches for the truth of the...
The Imaginary Sea Voyage
Sailing Away in Literature, Legend and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
For centuries, humankind has wondered what is "out there" and has embarked on countless voyages to find out. This book traces the history and literature of the imaginary voyage--stories of mariners journeying through uncharted waters to find strange and marvelous sights. Well-told tales of adventurous...
Gary Paulsen
A Companion to the Young Adult Literature
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
McFarland Companions to Young Adult Literature American novelist Gary Paulsen is best known for his young adult fiction, including bestsellers Nightjohn, Soldier’s Heart, and Woods Runner. From his trenchant prose in The Rifle and The Foxman to the witty escapades of Harris and Me and Zero to...
by Margaret J. Brown and Doris Parker Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home...
Breaking Up with Cuba
The Dissolution of Friendly Relations Between Washington and Havana, 1956-1961
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Between April 1956 and April 1961 the friendly relationship between the United States and Cuba collapsed, and the two countries grew to be fast enemies. This historical text recounts how Cuba, though largely "Americanized" at the time, became increasingly nationalistic, defensive and militarized under...
The Inquisition
A History
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Although the Catholic Church today tolerates beliefs and religious practices at odds with its own, for several centuries it enforced its doctrine with threats, excommunication, banishment, imprisonment, seizure of lands, torture, and death. This book explains the origins of the Roman Catholic Inquisition...
by Flint F. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
In this book, the author makes use of the methodology he developed in Origins of Arthurian Romances (McFarland 2012) in order to reevaluate the post–Roman history of Britain. He begins by delving into the historical contexts of the key traditional players of the fifth century—Hengest and Gwrtheyrn....
Chemical Injury and the Courts
A Litigation Guide for Clients and Their Attorneys
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
A chemical injury can happen at any time to anyone, regardless of age, background, or economic status. It can happen either on the job or in the home, and can affect many members of a community. Such an injury often does not show up immediately but develops over a long period. Often, however, sufferers...
by Andres Wirkmaa
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book serves as a comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard and analyzes each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which...
by Phillip Mahony
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Baseball is a very complicated sport. Every facet of the game from tagging up to stealing bases to intentional walks goes back to the duel between pitcher and batter. This book, like no other work available or any single website, explains baseball from scratch, while also educating the reader as to its...