America on Film

DescriptionDrawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early ...

Reducere. This is the first sustained critical collection on Albert Brooks, one of the key but under-examined figures in American stand-up, television comedy...

Reveals the international and intercultural connections within contemporary performance from Oceania, focusing on theatre, performance art, art ins...

Because of the ongoing popularity of Leslie Stevens' 1960s television masterwork The Outer Limits, as well as later series creations Battlestar Gal...

Reducere. At the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, when the coronavirus first emerged, Wuhan in China became the first city in the world affected by this...

This volume examines the unprecedented growth of several cities in Latin America from 1830 to 1930, observing how sociopolitical changes and upheav...

Reducere. DescriptionOne hundred years after the founding of the Bauhaus in 1919, Bauhaus and America considers the myriad ways in which the German art, desi...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionThe last decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in film festivals, with the field growing to a position of prominence within the ...

Reducere. Second only to the Super Bowl in audience size and revenue, the Oscars are more than a mere ceremony; they are a phenomenon. Hosted by The Academy ...

Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940, a twelve-volume series produced by Marc Appleton and Bret Parsons showcases the work of the Gol...

Reducere. The Big Boss (1971) was Bruce Lee's first starring role that catapulted him to worldwide stardom as the Number one Box office martial arts star.202...

This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life -- a classic rags-to-riches American narrative -- in full an...

Reducere. During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forc...

DescriptionHave you ever wanted to create characters that look like they belong on the big screen? In How to Paint Characters the Marvel Studios Wa...

Reducere. In this interdisciplinary work, Raymond Angelo Belliotti presents an interpretation of The Godfather as, among other things, a commentary on the tr...

DescriptionWhat is the role of pleasure and pain in the politics of art? In Touched Bodies, Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra approaches this question as she ...

Reducere. Jordan Peele's Get Out: Political Horror is a collection of sixteen essays devoted to exploring Get Out's roots in the horror tradition and its com...

The third volume of Library of America's five-volume edition of Updike's novels features the continuation of the renowned Rabbit saga and two wicke...

DescriptionExploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan,...

Reducere. Collected Plays and Writings on Theater, the most comprehensive one-volume edition of Thornton Wilder's work ever published, takes the measure of h...

Reducere. Library of America continues its definitive edition of one of the most electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her iconic reporting an...

Reducere. Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provok...

James Agee brought to bear all his moral energy, slashing wit, and boundless curiosity in the criticism and journalism that established him as one ...

Reducere. Independent Publisher Book AwardsIn this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other...

Reducere. Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer--MGM--the biggest and most successful film studio...

The definitive edition of America's modern master of crime fiction continues with four classic novels widely considered his best, presented in one ...

Reducere. More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influe...

Reducere. From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is main...

DescriptionThe Norwegian Rocky Twins (born Leif and Paal Roschberg) were deliciously handsome and lived life to the full. They made a name for them...

DescriptionWalter the Wanderer teaches us how to lead with love and celebrate the diversity of others. Join Walter as he travels the world inspirin...

Reducere. DescriptionWith Universal's release of Dracula on Valentine's Day 1931, the horror film as we know it was born. The following decade saw first a ho...

Reducere. From a Sibert Medalist comes the epic story of Manhattan--a magical, maddening island "for all" and a microcosm of America. A veteran nonfiction st...

Reducere. Unmasked documents the unlikely true story of a boy who was taunted and beaten relentlessly by bullies throughout his childhood. Kane only escaped ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn August of 1925, silent film icon Rudolph Valentino and his second wife Natacha Rambova separated in advance of their bitter divorce a...

Reducere. This book is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. Over the past thirty years, Cavell has demonstrated that he is the most emphatic an...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore the dawn of rock 'n' roll, the accordion ranked among North America's most popular instruments. Arriving in the arms of immigrant...

Reducere. Includes definitive writings by leading scholars that cover the full scope of the woman suffrage movement in the U.S., up to and including the outc...

DescriptionA young woman code name, "Kabuki" struggles with her identity in near-future Japan. Working as an assassin for a clandestine government ...

Reducere. Since launching his career at the Village Voice in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black mus...

Reducere. Spike Lee tells the cinematic story of the preeminent director, whose pioneering films from "Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, " and "Malcolm X" to...

DescriptionA charismatic young president issued the historic moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tel...

DescriptionAfter Betty Grable, but before there was Marilyn, America's penchant for popcorn blondes focused on LANA, the "ultimate movie star." She...

Manny Farber (1917-2008) was a unique figure among American movie critics. Champion of what he called "termite art" (focused, often eccentric virtu...

DescriptionThe haunted notebook of Sarah Bellows is now in your possession. It contains scary stories featured in the upcoming Scary Stories to Tel...

Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant,...

The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg TV's The Davi...

In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein--"one of America's best political journalists (The Economist)--tells...

Reducere. Andrew Dickos's Street with No Name traces the film noir genre back to its roots in German Expressionist cinema and the French cinema of the interw...

Reducere. The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil ...

Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary stud...

Reducere. Eight carefully planned lessons teach you to apply canine/human learning patterns to train your dog simply, effectively, and permanently.About the ...

Reducere. In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-d...

Reducere. An extraordinary selection of the finest and best-known art from the American war in Vietnam, from Tim O'Brien to Marvin Gaye, from mainstream best...

Reducere. This first cultural biography of rap superstar and "master of storytelling" (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and ...

Reducere. A wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, Stayin Alive is prize-winning historian Jefferson ...

Reducere. DescriptionTorchy Blane: model for Superman's Lois Lane. Five-foot-three firecracker. Smart, adventurous blonde. Gimme girl. Wry eyes, pouty kisser...

DescriptionOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to...

Reducere. Published in 1956, Peyton Place became a bestseller and a literary phenomenon. A lurid and gripping story of murder, incest, female desire, and soc...

Reducere. 50th Anniversary of The Beatles in America. The Beatles' performance at New York's Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965 is one of the most exciting and ...

Reducere. The break up of countries, the end of the current planetary economic model, the regionalization of economies, the birth of global supra national pr...

A Good Morning America featured thriller, 2021 People magazine "Best Books of Summer" winner and a Good Housekeeping "Best Beach Read to Add to You...

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. Thomas Pynchon's cult detective novel, Inherent Vice, depicts drug-addled private investigator Doc Sportello, a leftover of 19...

Reducere. A riveting medical memoir actor/writer/director Robby Benson takes us on a candid journey from athletic soft-spoken heartthrob on Broadway and film...

Reducere. "Dave Itzkoff takes us on an extraordinary journey, and in the process reveals Chayefsky's prognosis for TV, a prognosis we've chosen to ignore eve...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark ratchets up the tension in her tautest thriller yet.As KEY News film and theater critic, Caroline...

Reducere. Southern California can be called a sunny place for shady people. Its criminal history is as rich and varied as anywhere. Old West outlaws, serial ...

This history of the horror film explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. The text draws on...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is Metropolis, the novel that the film's screenwriter -- Thea von Harbou, who was director Fritz Lang's wife, and a collaborator in...

A hot summer day in New York City gives Conor O'Neil no warning of the nightmare about to engulf him. After witnessing a fatal robbery, Conor escap...