"From automatons to zombies, many fantastic elements have been cross-pollinated with the western genre. This A-to-Z encyclopedia of the Weird Western covers film, TV, animation, dime novels, pulp fiction, comic books, novels, short stories and video and role-playing games"--Prov…
A user friendly discussion of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it affects individuals and families. It includes information regarding Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and the new policies and treatments in use as well as information about women war veterans, who are a n…
La 4ème page de couverture indique : "During the Silent Era there were films that dared to tackle such topics as mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. Using surviving documentation and their combined expertise, the authors offer their thoughts on these departures from t…
"During the Silent Era there were films that dared to tackle such topics as mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. Using surviving documentation and their combined expertise, the authors offer their thoughts on these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic discussi…
"Since its publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgression. This is the first book-length academic study by a single author that applies the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade to the analysis …
"This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity's natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present. The work includes biographical and literary entries on materi…
"During the 1960s, the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience couldn't get enough of the bikini-clad beauties dancing on the beach or being wooed by Elvis Presley, and later the mini-skirted, go-go boot wearing, independent-minded gals of spy spoofs, hot rod movies and bi…
