Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Julian E. Zelizer • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Political Ideologies - DemocracyIt has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush, politics stopped at the water's edge -- that is, that partis...

• Author(s): Joyce Tyldesley • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Ancient - EgyptThe discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 was perhaps the world's most important archaeological find. The only near-intact royal...

• Author(s): Axel Nissen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Continuing the exploration which began in Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the...

• Author(s): James L. Gould | Carol Grant Gould • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Animals - GeneralAnimal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible...

• Author(s): Shing-Tung Yau | Steve Nadis • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Complex AnalysisString theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. Accor...

• Author(s): Emily Lambert • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Investments & Securities - Commodities - GeneralIn The Futures, Emily Lambert, senior writer at Forbes magazine, tells us the rich and dramatic hist...

• Author(s): Stephanie Coontz • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Feminism & Feminist Theory"An illuminating analysis of the book that helped launch the movement that freed women to participate more fully in Ame...

• Author(s): Alessandro de Maddalena | Walter Heim • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Animals - Fish In 1996, the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank began collecting and recording encounter...

• Author(s): Bruce Nichols • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) This book is a thorough study of all known guerrilla operations in Civil War Missou...

• Author(s): Richard J. Hand • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - History & Criticism The macabre world of monsters, killers on the loose and revenge from beyond the grave existed ...

• Author(s): Robert P. Broadwater • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - General At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, the colonies faced the daunting task of creating t...

• Author(s): Ron V. Killian • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military More than 1,000 men held the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War, but a surprising number remain unknown to...

• Author(s): Robert P. Broadwater • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - United States In November 1861, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Townsend, adjutant general of the Army, sought to es...

• Author(s): Shirley Dicks • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Criminology "Joseph Brown confessed to a burglary he committed with an accomplice, who got even by accusing Brown of a murder. B...

• Author(s): Willa Cather • Publisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com • Publisher Imprint: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com • BISAC: GeneralO Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather. It was written in part when Cather was living in Cherry...

• Author(s): James L. Haley • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Literary FiguresBorn a working-class, fatherless Californian in 1876, Jack London spent his youth as a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling...

• Author(s): Nick Thomas • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General This collection of interviews, all conducted by the author, focuses on the children of Hollywood legends. Each chil...

• Author(s): William J. Walsh • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General A.R. Ammons was asked if he agreed that the United States has not produced a major poet in the last 30 years: "I agre...

• Author(s): Noelia Hernando-Real • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Theater - History & Criticism Founding member of the Provincetown Players, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, best-se...

• Author(s): Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationOn both sides of the Atlantic, restrictive immigration policies have been framed as s...

• Author(s): Andrew H. Wedeman • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: GeneralAccording to conventional wisdom, rising corruption reduces economic growth. And yet, between 1978 and 2010, even a...

• Author(s): Thomas S. Hischak • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatri...

• Author(s): Christopher M. Moreman | Cory James Rushton • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Popular Culture On the surface, the zombie seems the polar opposite of the human--they are the liv...

• Author(s): Norman Berdichevsky • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Europe - Nordic Countries Denmark, the southernmost Nordic nation, remains little-known to many citizens of the world. Too...

• Author(s): Philipp Von Hilgers | Ross Benjamin • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Military - StrategyThe convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.For centuries, bot...

• Author(s): James Gillispie • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War The 18th North Carolina Regiment has the dubious distinction of firing the volley at Chancellorsvill...

• Author(s): Richard Beverage • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Long before the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants brought the major leagues to California in 1958, prof...

• Author(s): Bryan D. Booker • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early ...

• Author(s): Julie A. Brodie | Elin E. Lobel • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Dance - General Training in somatic techniques--holistic body-centered movement that promotes awareness and we...

• Author(s): Brett Weiss • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Video & Electronic This reference work provides a comprehensive guide to popular and obscure video games of the 1970s and earl...

• Author(s): Marlene D. Allen | Seretha D. Williams • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl Since the election of President Ba...

• Author(s): Eric Hoffman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Comics & Graphic Novels In December 1977, struggling Canadian comic book artist Dave Sim self-published the first issue of Ce...

• Author(s): Dennis D. Cordell • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Africa - GeneralThis rich collection of biographies of African men and women adds a crucial human di...

• Author(s): Kerry Segrave • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Poverty & Homelessness The poverty that drives people to begging has been a pressing social issue in the United States since...

• Author(s): Rafe Sagarin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyHow the study of ecology and evolution can fortify us against disaster and war.

• Author(s): Dennis D. Cordell • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Africa - GeneralThis rich collection of biographies of African men and women adds a crucial human di...

• Author(s): Al Gini | Alexei Marcoux • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyIn a field dominated by books that focus exclusively on the pers...

• Author(s): Herbert Ford • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Oceania Pitcairn Island is arguably the most isolated inhabited spot on Earth. Yet despite tricky ocean currents, often lethal su...

• Author(s): Jeffrey S. Bennett • Publisher: University of Virginia Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Virginia Press • BISAC: PhilosophyBetween May and October of 1917, three young shepherds were reportedly visited six times by an appariti...

• Author(s): Richard H. Campbell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Aviation - General This book documents the development and delivery of the Silverplate B-29 bomber, the remarkable airplan...

• Author(s): Frederick Hatch • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Presidents & Heads of State From his election in November 1860 to his death in April 1865, Abraham Lincoln faced constant ...

• Author(s): Kristin L. Arola • Publisher: Utah State University Press • Publisher Imprint: Utah State University Press • BISAC: Composition & Creative Writing - General"What any body is-and is able to do-cannot be disentangled from the media...

• Author(s): Willie J. Harrell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General In the moralistic texts of jeremiadic discourse, authors lament the condition of society, utilizing prophecy as a me...

• Author(s): Holly E. Martin • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: American - General Hybrid narrative forms are used frequently by authors exploring or living in multicultural societies as a m...

• Author(s): Thomas McNulty • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Errol Flynn set the standard for the modern action hero in films like The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dodge City, ...

• Author(s): Niccolo Machiavelli • Publisher: Simon & Brown • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Brown • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralPackaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works....

• Author(s): Steven Barfield | Katharine Cox • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Science Fiction & Fantasy Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials stands as a landmark in fantasy literature. ...

• Author(s): Leroy Lad Panek • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Journalism Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19th century with the works of Ed...

• Author(s): Albert C. Persons • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - General The Bay of Pigs, on the south coast of Cuba, was the scene in 1961 of an unsuccessful attempt...

• Author(s): Mark A. Robinson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General Featuring 1,000 detailed entries, this encylopedia examines the phenomenon of television theme songs. Or...

• Author(s): Edward G. Berenson | Vincent Duclert | Christophe Prochasson • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Europe - FranceIn this invaluable reference work, the world's foremost authorit...

• Author(s): David Layton • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism From 1963 to 1989, the BBC television program Doctor Who followed a time-traveling human-lik...

• Author(s): Menahem Mansoor • Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • BISAC: Biblical Studies - GeneralA complete introductory textbook and inductive study of the text of Genesis.

• Author(s): John C. Skipper • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Political Process - Campaigns & Elections In the summer of 1964, three forces converged at the Democratic National Convent...

• Author(s): Roy P. Webber • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism Ray Harryhausen's animated creatures sparkled with predatory alertness and subtle quirks of behav...

• Author(s): Paul G. Hiebert • Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • BISAC: Christian Ministry - MissionsAnthropology's contributions explored for cross-cultural understanding of epi...

• Author(s): Walter C. Jackson | David P. Gushee • Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • BISAC: Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources

• Author(s): Steve A. Yetiv • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: TerrorismIn The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv...

• Author(s): Michael J. Anthony | Christian Education Faculty of Biola Uni • Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • BISAC: Christian Education - GeneralSuccessful ministry is built on...

• Author(s): Bernard Ramm • Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic & Brazos Press • BISAC: Biblical Studies - Exegesis & HermeneuticsSince its publication in 1950, Protestant Biblical Interpretati...