Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Theresa Bane • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Folklore & Mythology Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" ...

• Author(s): Neta Gordon • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Comics & Graphic Novels In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham's Fables. The series imagined ...

• Author(s): Josef Stern • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsJosef Stern addresses the question: Given the received conception of the form and goals of semantic theory, does metaphorical interpret...

• Author(s): Richard Pipes • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: PoliticalA significant political figure in twentieth-century Russia, Alexander Yakovlev was the intellectu...

• Author(s): Mark Connelly • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: American - General A three-time National Book Award for Fiction winner, Saul Bellow (1915-2005) is one of the most highly regard...

• Author(s): Matthew J. Flynn • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - General This rereading of the history of American westward expansion examines the destruction of Native American c...

• Author(s): Gino Di Felice • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Chess This comprehensive reference work presents detailed bibliographical information about chess publications--books, bulletin...

• Author(s): John Darrin Tenney • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History The Arizona Territory is known for saloons, gunfights, outlaws and strong women. But the history of base...

• Author(s): John Mollenkopf | Manuel Pastor • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationThe politics of immigration have heated up in recent years as Congress has faile...

• Author(s): William J. Ryczek • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to th...

• Author(s): Carol J. Binkowski • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Instruction & Study - General Carnegie Hall is recognized worldwide, associated with the heights of artistic achievemen...

• Author(s): John Mollenkopf | Manuel Pastor • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationThe politics of immigration have heated up in recent years as Congress has faile...

• Author(s): María Laura Arce • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Poet, writer and filmmaker Paul Auster is one of the great contributors to American postmodern literature. Influenced...

• Author(s): Larry Karp • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Composers & Musicians - General At fifteen, Sanford Brunson Campbell (1884-1952) became enchanted with the new sounds of ragtim...

• Author(s): Frank L. Grzyb • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) "It really matters very little who died last," wrote Civil War historian William M...

• Author(s): John Weaver • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Christianity - History From Justin Bieber, to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, to the controversial documentary Jesus Camp (2006)...

• Author(s): Emily L. Newman | Emily Witsell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism For more than 30 years, Lifetime has aired a broad range of programming, ...

• Author(s): Jeremy Havardi • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: World - General In recent decades, Israel has come under sustained diplomatic pressure from the West. According to the press an...

• Author(s): Sandra Weber • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: History - General Relegated to the Crypt of the Capitol building for 76 years, the Portrait Monument has stood in the Rotunda sin...

• Author(s): Matthew J. McEniry | Robert Moses Peaslee | Robert G. Weiner • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism Marvel Studios' approach to its Cinematic Universe...

• Author(s): James Patrick Morgans • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military In 1861, Colonel Grenville Dodge organized the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and led them off to war. Th...

• Author(s): Cadwallader Colden • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Native American"How should we approach The History of the Five Indian Nations today? The book's information--rich as it i...

• Author(s): Aubrey Solomon • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879-1952) came close to controlling the entire motion pic...

• Author(s): Henry James | Frederick Wilcox Dupee • Publisher: Princeton University Press • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press • BISAC: GeneralOriginally written as three complete books, this one-volume edition includes A Small Boy and...

• Author(s): Tim Rayborn • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General The turn of the 20th century was a time of great change in Britain. The empire saw its global influence waning and its tra...

• Author(s): Wallace L. Daniel • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: ReligiousThis lucidly written biography of Aleksandr Men examines the familial and social context from...

• Author(s): Ron MacKay • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General The "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development...

• Author(s): Jerry Keenan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Native American Expansion! The history of the United States might well be summed up in that single word. The Indian Wars of the A...

• Author(s): Joan Craig | Beverly F. Stout • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing Arts - General As movie patrons sat in darkened theaters in January 1914, they we...

• Author(s): Robert C. Carpenter • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) Civil War histories typically center on the deeds of generals and sweeping de...

• Author(s): Robert R. Ebert • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Automotive - History A career engineer at Studebaker, Harold E. Churchill became president of the recently merged Studebaker-P...

• Author(s): Emilie M. Hafner-Burton • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Human RightsPreferential trade agreements have become common ways to protect or restrict access to national markets ...

• Author(s): Michael A. Messner | Michela Musto | Don Sabo • Publisher: Rutgers University Press • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press • BISAC: GeneralIs sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of you...

• Author(s): David P. Gerard • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - General Gross Productivity Average, or GPA, is a new baseball statistic that measures performance. Accounting for t...

• Author(s): Greg Moore | Perry Allen Wood • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sports Greg Moore is one of three sons of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore. Bud is a highly decorated World War II...

• Author(s): Tighe E. Zimmers • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Music Harold Rome was a composer and lyricist on Broadway, starting with Pins and Needles in 1937. His biggest hits included ...

• Author(s): Barbara Schmitter Heisler • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General Among the many German immigrants to the United States over the years, ...

• Author(s): Jeffrey W. Legro • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralWhy do nations cooperate even as they try to destroy each other? Jeffrey Legro...

• Author(s): Rodger Jacobs • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Asia - Southeast Asia The author describes his memoir: "It's based on wartime letters. Upon arriving at the United States Marine...

• Author(s): Eric Schwitzgebel • Publisher: Bradford Book • Publisher Imprint: Bradford Book • BISAC: Mind & BodyA philosopher argues that we know little about our own inner lives.Do you dream in color? If you answer Yes, how can you be sure?...

• Author(s): John Cullen Gruesser • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General This book highlights detection's malleability by analyzing the works of particular groups of authors...

• Author(s): Catherine Tumber • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and...

• Author(s): Larry Powell | Tom Garrett • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed film...

• Author(s): Una M. Cadegan • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Books & ReadingUntil the close of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, the stance of the Roman Catholic Church toward the ...

• Author(s): Stanley Krippner | Adam J. Rock | Julie Beischel • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Parapsychology - General The essays in this volume 9 of a series inform readers of the presen...

• Author(s): Shepherd Iverson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Peaceful Korean reunification would end a growing nuclear threat, ease regional and geopolitical tensions, and bring ...

• Author(s): James R. Stocker • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyIn Spheres of Intervention, James R. Stocker examines the history of diplomatic relations betwe...

• Author(s): Theresa Bane • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Folklore & Mythology Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encycl...

• Author(s): Csenge Virág Zalka • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Folklore & Mythology Csenge Virag Zalka, a Hungarian storyteller, has collected 55 folktales from around the world abou...

• Author(s): Dominick Jones • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Boating The true story of how a family brought a wooden cargo ship back into the age of sail. Cecilia bought the first ship, a ...

• Author(s): Corey Recko • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Historical - General Timothy Webster, best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the Civil War, began his career as a N...

• Author(s): L. Ron Hubbard • Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA) • Publisher Imprint: Galaxy Press (CA) • BISAC: Thrillers - EspionageWho is the true master of disaster? Earthlings: prepare for the shock of your lives! Global warming . . . reversed.The...

• Author(s): L. Ron Hubbard • Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA) • Publisher Imprint: Galaxy Press (CA) • BISAC: Thrillers - EspionageThe Voltarian invaders are getting down and dirty . . . in the deadliest of games.The price: Planet Earth.Voltarian Ro...

• Author(s): Harold D. Lasswell • Publisher: Martino Fine Books • Publisher Imprint: Martino Fine Books • BISAC: Military - World War I2013 Reprint of 1938 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition S...

• Author(s): Rose M. Haynes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Murder - General How could the peace and quiet of Ashe County, North Carolina (in the mountains, at the Virginia-Tennessee corn...

• Author(s): Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban • Publisher: Altamira Press • Publisher Imprint: Altamira Press • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralEthics and Anthropologycomprehensively embraces issues and dilemmas faced in all four of the discipline's fields. No...

• Author(s): Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban • Publisher: Altamira Press • Publisher Imprint: Altamira Press • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralEthics and Anthropology: Ideas and Practice is the first comprehensive and up-to-date book embracing issues and dile...

• Author(s): Andrew R. Finlayson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military The leader of one of the most successful U. S. Marine long range reconnaissance teams during the Vietnam War, And...

• Author(s): Laila Familiar | Hoda Barakat • Publisher: Georgetown University Press • Publisher Imprint: Georgetown University Press • BISAC: AfricanSayyidi wa Habibi (My Master and My Love) is a novel by acclaimed Lebanese author Hoda Barakat, a...