Barricade Books: 72 books
Up, Up, and Oy Vey
How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped The Comic Book Superhero
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Barricade Books re-introduces Up, Up, and Oy Vey to the book publishing world. From the birth of Krypton in Cleveland to the Caped Crusader, the Incredible Hulk, Spider Man, the X-Men and more, Up, Up, and Oy Vey chronicles the story about the origins of the most famous superheroes. Jewish contribution...
My Old Neighborhood Remembered
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
My Old Neighborhood Remembered is a lyrical remembrance of neighborhood life that has vanished from the culture.Best-selling author Avery Corman vividly recreates the vibrant, colorful neighborhood where he grew up – in the Bronx of the 1940s and 1950s. He recalls candy stores and bookmakers, egg creams...
Selling Your Book
A Step By Step Guide for Promoting And Selling Your Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Many authors have a difficult time marketing and selling their own books and that leads to poor sales.
The publishing world has drastically changed in the last decade and today’s successful authors need to be entertainers, promoters and savvy business owners. The days of book tours...
Hollywood Movies on the Couch
A Psychoanalyst Examines 15 Famous Films
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Hollywood Movies on the Couch is the second in a series of books that analyzes Hollywood movies by Henry Kellerman, a psychologist/psychoanalyst. Fifteen films are dissected with analytical skill by placing the main characters on the couch to cast a different light on the screen story. The book is divided...
by Leonard R.N. Ashley
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2016
Sigmund Freud said that dreams are a window into the subconscious. This book is not only a valuable guide to the interpretation of dreams, but also goes much further than typical dream books to include a vast array of literature, folklore and film references about dreams.
Life With Flavor
A Personal History of Herr's
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Everyone loves a success story, especially when the main character is a likeable person who does good things. Jim Herr is a real-life Horatio Alger. He and his wife, Mim, built Herr Foods from a small one-kettle potato chip concern in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to one of the major snack food companies...
Dennis Hopper
The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
One of America's most intriguing show-business luminaries and true rebels, Dennis Hopper's amazing life was a roller-coaster series of triumphs and failures. Always intent on proving his genius and leaving a legacy, the Emmy and Oscar-nominated Hopper acted in more than 115 movies and four TV series,...
Do-It-Yourself Bailout
How I Eliminated $222,000 of Credit Card Debt in Eighteen Months and Saved Nearly $150,000
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
In The Do-It-Yourself Bailout, author Kenny Golde explains how he completely and legally eliminated $222,000 in credit card debt, without filing for bankruptcy or destroying his credit score. Golde provides a step-by-step handbook on all facets of how to initiate settlement negotiations with banks, how...
Promises Kept
One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Author Ernest Michel survived the Holocaust against incredible odds. After fleeing from the Nazis, he made his way to the U.S. but couldn't forget the promises he'd made to friends, many of whom had died. Among the book's highlights is Michel's description of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, as well as his dramatic encounter with Herman Goerring.
Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think
A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1992
A step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior's mind set to martial training and daily life.
The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr.
The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr. exposes the life and ruthless times of one of America's most powerful and feared mob bosses. With a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast throughout the Caribbean, Trafficante was linked to drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel...
The Purple Gang
Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
The Purple Gang was a loosely organized confederation of mobsters who dominated the Detroit underworld and whose tentacles reached across the country. Beginning in the Prohibition Era, the Purple Gang prevailed in distilling alcohol and running liquor from Canada, kidnapping, and labor racketeering....
Terrorist Cop
The NYPD Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Terrorist Cop is a colorful, haunting, and highly graphic tale of New York City homicide detective Morty Dzikansky. Dzikansky's career began with a yarmulke on his head, patrolling Brooklyn's streets, and going undercover to catch a band of Torah thieves. Post 9/11, the NYPD sent Dzikansky to Israel...
Gangsters of Miami: True Tales of Mobsters, Gamblers, Hit Men, Con Men and Gang Bangers from the Magic City
True Tales of Mobsters, Gamblers, Hit Men, Con Men and Gang Bangers from the Magic City
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
This book chronicles gang and gangster history using profiles to tell the rise of the gangster and history of crime in Miami. Known as the Magic City, the book traces gangsters that include the notorious smugglers of the Prohibition era, famous mobsters such as Al Capoe and Meyer Lansky, the Cuban mafia,...