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Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy

Paul Kane

• Paperback | Engels
• Best-selling horror novelist Clive Barker's 1987 film Hellraiser has become an undisputed horror classic, spawning a movie franchise that to date incl... Lees meer

Psychotherapists on Film, 1899-1999

John Flowers, Paul Frizler

• Paperback | Engels
• How long have psychotherapists been depicted in films? Nearly as long as there have been films--or psychotherapists, for that matter. This isn't surpr... Lees meer

Show Business Homicides

David K Frasier

• Hardcover | Engels
• A companion volume to the author's Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases (2002), this reference work c... Lees meer

The Role-Playing Society

• Paperback | Engels
• Since the release of Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, role-playing games (RPGs) have spawned a vibrant industry and subculture whose characteristics and pl... Lees meer

Funeral and Memorial Service Readings, Poems and Tributes

Rachel R. Baum

• Paperback | Engels
• Words can fail even the most articulate when called upon to speak at a loved one's funeral or memorial occasion. The bereaved desires to say something... Lees meer

Type 2 Diabetes

Andrew Kagan

• Paperback | Engels | McFarland Health Topics
• Type 2 diabetes afflicts 250 million people worldwide, creating life-threatening and debilitating health effects. Written from a surgeon's perspective... Lees meer

Screening Text

• Paperback | Engels
• Rather than limiting the cinema, as certain French New Wave critics feared, adaptation has encouraged new inspiration to explore the possibilities of ... Lees meer

The Islamic Design Module in Latin America

John F Moffitt

• Paperback | Engels
• This study analyzes the distinctive look of Hispanic architecture. Its triangulate format, originated in Islamic Spain, was based on workshop techniqu... Lees meer

George Washington on Screen

Leigh Ehlers Telotte

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the most moving narratives from the American Revolution is the first presidential administration and the many precedents set by George Washingt... Lees meer

Food, Film and Culture

James R Keller

• Paperback | Engels
• Culinary imagery, much like sexual and violent imagery, is a key cinematic device used to elicit a sensory response from an audience. In many films, c... Lees meer

Sharks of the Mediterranean

Alessandro de Maddalena, Harald Bänsch, Walter Heim

• Paperback | Engels
• This comprehensive study of sharks of the Mediterranean Sea provides a great deal of information about shark biology, human-shark interactions, recent... Lees meer

Red Faber

Brian E Cooper

• Paperback | Engels
• This is the first full biography of Hall of Famer Urban "Red" Faber, who won a record three World Series games in 1917--until 2005, the last time the ... Lees meer

American Popular Song Lyricists

Michael Whorf

• Paperback | Engels
• In this volume (a companion to American Popular Song Composers ), 39 leading American lyricists from the Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the ... Lees meer

Rock Music in American Culture

Robert G Pielke

• Paperback | Engels
• From its roots in the black and white "under classes" through its clash with the broader culture to its multifaceted incarnation today, rock and roll ... Lees meer

Polo in Argentina

Horace A Laffaye

• Paperback | Engels
• This work--the first of its kind in more than sixty years--covers polo in Argentina, from its beginnings in the 1870s to the summer of 2013. The histo... Lees meer

George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet

Randy Mackin

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 29
• A writer's writer, East Tennessee poet and novelist George Scarbrough enjoyed a career that spanned eight decades and included numerous awards. This b... Lees meer

Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998-2013

Vincent Terrace

• Paperback | Engels
• This is the first ever compilation on Internet television and provides details of 405 programs from 1998 to 2013. Each entry contains the storyline, d... Lees meer

Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina

Clayton Charles Marlow

• Paperback | Engels
• On May 8, 1861, Matt Ransom resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons and accepted a commission as a Confederate officer. Like many North Caro... Lees meer

El Birdos

Doug Feldmann

• Paperback | Engels
• In 1953, August A. Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals for nearly four million dollars. His dream included not only the best players money could b... Lees meer

Mind-Matter Interaction

Pamela Rae Heath

• Paperback | Engels
• The power of the mind to influence the physical world has long been debated, debunked, studied for military applications, and used in science fiction.... Lees meer

A Member of the Local Nine

William Steele

• Paperback | Engels
• The first in-depth study of Kinsella's fiction since 1987, this book offers a unique and updated analysis. Utilizing a variety of approaches and the h... Lees meer

Sculptors at Work

Victor M Cassidy

• Paperback | Engels
• In this book of original interviews, sculptors describe their creative process--what they do and how they do it. Some of the 22 sculptors are internat... Lees meer

Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League

Tom Melville

• Paperback | Engels
• Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a... Lees meer

A. Lincoln

W Emerson Reck

• Paperback | Engels
• Mystery and speculation have been associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln for more than a century. Here is a thorough documentation, base... Lees meer