America on Film

Reducere. Join Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, as he discovers a new holiday with this two-in-one activity book featuring word searches and coloring page...

Reducere. The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjon's specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjon's most re...

DescriptionThe inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and compu...

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...

Set in Macedonia at the beginning of the twentieth century, the novel Infidelity draws on myth and history to tell an unusual story of star-crossed...

DescriptionRichard L. Harris includes in this updated edition of Death of a Revolutionary new revelations about Che's revolutionary legacy and disc...

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

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...

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. 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 ...

DescriptionConrad finished Heart of Darkness on 9th February, 1899 and on publication it had an impact as powerful as any long short story, or shor...

Reducere. *Includes pictures. *Includes Novak's own quotes about her life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "My security comes from m...

Reducere. On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8, 00...

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...

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

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...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Of the hundreds of peoples that lived and flourished in native North America, few...

Reducere. This ghastly lineup of cocktails is inspired by the most famous creepy characters from horror novels and movies. Mix one of these wicked cocktails ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom broken-window policing in Detroit to prison-building in Appalachia, exploring the expansion of the carceral state and its oppressiv...

Reducere. Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards in...

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

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

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. "The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's on January 19, 192...

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...

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. 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 ...

Reducere. Do you want to be a great leader like Black Panther, or perhaps a great warrior striving for peace like Wonder Woman? You can be that and much more...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drin...

Reducere. "As sharp and fast as a street boy's razor . . . a rich small feast of a book."--The New York Times Book Review Welcome to Manila in the turbulent ...

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 ...

DescriptionStephen Mansfield, the acclaimed New York Times best-selling author, has highlighted the growing popularity of Mormonism―a belief system...

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

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

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. "I think my greatest accomplishment so far is something that doesn't show up in lights or get reviewed - and that's simply the sexual sanity that I...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Reducere. Back in print at last is Dr. Mabuse. This extremely rare English translation of the Norbert Jacques novel appeared only once in 1923 and then was l...

The bestselling comic series that inspired the blockbuster film returns with gruesome hilarity from the showrunner of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and...

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...

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. Enigmatic actress Vanda Jordan appears unannounced for an audition with director Thomas Novachek. She's determined to land the leading role in his ...

Reducere. CD 1: 1. (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes 2. My Heart Will Go On - Céline Dion 3. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton 4. Loco in Ac...

Reducere. When Harry Carey, Sr., died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's twenty-six-year-old son, Harry, Jr., in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfa...

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