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Plato and Popcorn
A Philosopher's Guide to 75 Thought-Provoking Movies
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Many believe there is nothing like seeing a good movie, one that is enjoyable both in itself and for the thought processes it stimulates. From The Usual Suspects and When Harry Met Sally to Gandhi and The Color Purple, this handbook functions as a guide to watching and reflecting upon 75 great films....
by Michael R. Pitts
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
King Kong and The Thing from Another World are among the most popular horror and science fiction films of all time and both were made by RKO Radio Pictures. Between 1929 and 1956, RKO released more than 140 genre features, including The Most Dangerous Game, The Phantom of Crestwood, Before Dawn, The...
Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second
A Critical and Thematic Analysis of 360 Films About the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Beginning in 1948 with Paramount’s Saigon and Universal’s Rogue’s Regiment, Hollywood has produced hundreds of features and made-for-television films about Vietnam and the ensuing conflict. With the exception of The Green Berets (1968), few were designed to rally Americans to the cause as earlier...
by Harry M. Ward
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Richmond in the late 19th century was not the genteel peaceful community historians have made it. Virginia’s capital was cosmopolitan, boisterous and crime-ridden. From 1905 to 1915 there was an official red light district. The police had their hands full with drunks and riffraff, and a variety...
Death at the Ballpark
More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark—rarely do thoughts of death come to mind. Yet during the game’s history, hundreds of players, coaches and spectators have died while playing or watching the National Pastime. In its second edition, this ground-breaking...
Reporting Baseball's Sensational Season of 1890
The Brotherhood War and the Rise of Modern Sports Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
When the members of the first baseball players’ union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a “curiosity shop” phenomenon and moved into the mainstream. Baseball writers Henry...
by David DePierre
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
The ancient Greeks and Romans considered it degrading to both parties yet depicted it prolifically in art and literature. The Early Christian Church called it “the worst evil,” punishable by seven years of penance and fasting (murder was one year). Nearly all of the 13 original American colonies...
Shrimp Highway
Savoring U.S. 17 and Its Iconic Dish
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Known as the Coastal Highway, U.S. Route 17 runs along the Eastern Seaboard from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Winchester, Virginia, passing many of the prime shrimping waters in the southern United States. Visiting remote ports-of-call cluttered with trawlers, and the many eateries along the route—some...
Invasion USA
Essays on Anti-Communist Movies of the 1950s and 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
With the queasy U.S.–Soviet wartime alliance long dissolved into mutual suspicion, the House Un-American Activities Committee launched aggressive investigations of alleged communist activity in the Hollywood film industry in 1947—and again in 1951. Studio chiefs, terrified of scandal, scrambled...
The Business of Science Fiction
Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a “Dialogue” in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect...
W.D. Ehrhart in Conversation
Vietnam, America and the Written Word
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
W. D. Ehrhart, named by Studs Terkel as "the poet of the Vietnam War," has written and lectured on a wide variety of topics and has been a preeminent voice on the Vietnam War for decades. Revered in academia, he has been the subject of many master's theses, doctoral dissertations, journals and books...
The Madness of It All
Essays on War, Literature and American Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
“I cannot begin to count the number of times over the past 37 years that I have wished I had never heard of Vietnam, let alone fought in the Vietnam War. That experience has haunted my days. It has troubled my nights. It has shaped my identity and colored the way I see the world and everything in...
by Jamey Heit
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Set in the future dystopia of Panem, The Hunger Games trilogy follows the rise of a provincial rebellion against the wealthy and tyrannical “Capitol.” As narrator and heroine, Katniss Everdeen comes to embody the hope of the long oppressed for a new order. During her journey some of our most urgent...
Roads Through the Everglades
The Building of the Ingraham Highway, the Tamiami Trail and Conners Highway, 1914-1931
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
In 1915, the road system in south Florida had changed little since before the Civil War. Travelling from Miami to Ft. Myers meant going through Orlando, 250 miles north of Miami. Within 15 years, three highways were dredged and blasted through the Everglades: Ingraham Highway from Homestead, 25 miles...