Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Paulo de Assis | Paolo Giudici • Publisher: Leuven University Press • Publisher Imprint: Leuven University Press • BISAC: History & Criticism - GeneralGilles Deleuze's intriguing concept of the dark precursor refers to intensive ...

• Author(s): Leo J. Daugherty | Rhonda L. Smith-Daugherty • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - Special Forces Volume 2 continues the history of the U.S. Marine Corps' involvement in...

• Author(s): Johnny E. Miles • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Religious Persia had Rostam. Babylonia had Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Egypt had Horus and Isis. Greece had Odysseus and Achilles. I...

• Author(s): Gerald Prenderghast • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - Weapons From the very earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have wanted to develop weapons with more f...

• Author(s): Frederick Blichert • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film & Video When Joss Whedon's television show Firefly (2002-2003) was cancelled, devoted fans cried foul and demanded...

• Author(s): Dinah Miller | Annette Hanson | Pete Earley • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press • BISAC: GeneralA compelling look at involuntary psychiatric care and psychiatry's role in pr...

• Author(s): Wayne Fanebust • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - 19th Century Frank and Jesse James, the infamous brothers from Missouri, rode with marauding Confederate guerri...

• Author(s): Barbara Boyer • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: French Combining concise grammar and vocabulary lessons written for non-linguists, this practical French study guide makes even ...

• Author(s): Niall Heffernan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: American - General Detective McNulty applies bite marks to a deceased man's body with a set of dentures in The Wire, illustrat...

• Author(s): Jr. Alger Horatio • Publisher: SMK Books • Publisher Imprint: SMK Books • BISAC: Action & AdventureRagged Dick is a children's novel by Horatio Alger, about a poor bootblack and his rise to middle-class comfort and respectability...

• Author(s): Thomas More • Publisher: Wilder Publications • Publisher Imprint: Wilder Publications • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismOne of the most troublesome questions about Utopia is Thomas More's reason...

• Author(s): Josh Beckworth • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter were two of the most influential artists...

• Author(s): Fyodor Dostoyevsky • Publisher: Wilder Publications • Publisher Imprint: Wilder Publications • BISAC: ClassicsThe Grand Inquisitor is a passage taken from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov. The story is a parable told...

• Author(s): Vatsyayana • Publisher: Gray Rabbit Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Gray Rabbit Publishing • BISAC: Ancient, Classical & Medieval"""Ka-ma,"" one of the four goals of Hindu life, means sensual or sexual pleasure. ""Su-tra"" means ...

• Author(s): Judi Fennell • Publisher: Judi Fennell • Publisher Imprint: Judi Fennell • BISAC: Romance - ContemporaryWhat happens when three irresistibly sexy brothers lose a poker bet to their enterprising sister? They get hired out for her hous...

• Author(s): Tim Rayborn | Abigail Keyes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Media Tie-In Jessica Jones barged onto our screens in November 2015, courtesy of Marvel and Netflix, presenting a ...

• Author(s): William T. Horner | M. Heather Carver • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Popular Culture - General The debut of Saturday Night Live and the 1976 presidential election between Ge...

• Author(s): Monica Storme Gallamore • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing Arts - General The Incomparable Hildegarde (1906-2005) began her career as a pianist in...

• Author(s): Carol Parrish Jamison • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Medieval George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has sparked a renewed interest in things medieval. The pseudo-hist...

• Author(s): Tamara L. Stachowicz • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & Social At a time when concepts of racial and ethnic identity increasingly define how we see...

• Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche | Thomas Common | Willard Huntington Wright • Publisher: Digireads.com • Publisher Imprint: Digireads.com • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernOne of the most controversial and inflammatory philosophers in weste...

• Author(s): Joe Wilson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armore...

• Author(s): Michael Betzold | John Davids | Bill Dow • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Built in 1912, Detroit's Tiger Stadium provided unmatched access for generations o...

• Author(s): Dace Dzenovska • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIn School of Europeanness, Dace Dzenovska argues that Europe's political landscape is sha...

• Author(s): Gary Hoppenstand • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Adventure fiction is one of the easiest narrative forms to recognize but one of the hardest to define because of its ...

• Author(s): J. L. Cassaniti • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe book is ambitious and easy to read, has many "rich descriptions," that would be good...

• Author(s): Ryan Schram • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialRyan Schram explores the experiences of living in intercultural and historical conjunctures ...

• Author(s): William J. Norris • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Political EconomyIn Chinese Economic Statecraft, William J. Norris introduces an innovative theory that pinpoints how stat...

• Author(s): Matthew J. Ambrose • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: International Relations - Arms ControlThe Control Agenda is a sweeping account of the history of the Strategic Arms Limit...

• Author(s): Eric Downing • Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi • BISAC: European - GermanIn The Chain of Things, Eric Downing shows how the connection betwee...

• Author(s): Lauriston Sharp | Lucien M. Hanks • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Sociology - RuralBang Chan traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during ...

• Author(s): Jessica M. Chapman • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyIn 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he...

• Author(s): E. R. Johnson | Lloyd S. Jones • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Models Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a unique tactical nich...

• Author(s): Ashley Lynn Carlson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Women remain woefully underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (...

• Author(s): Vicki Lewis Thompson • Publisher: Ocean Dance Press LLC • Publisher Imprint: Ocean Dance Press LLC • BISAC: Romance - Paranormal - ShiftersShe believed werewolves were a myth...until she met one. For paranormal romance author Emma G...

• Author(s): Amy Singleton Adams | Vera Shevzov • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Christianity - OrthodoxDespite the continued fascination with the Virgin Mary in mode...

• Author(s): Samuel Pufendorf • Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions • Publisher Imprint: Gale Ecco, Print Editions • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and ...

• Author(s): James F. Broderick • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Though he published just a handful of major works in his lifetime, James Joyce (1882-1941) ...

• Author(s): George N. Bliss | William C. Emerson | Elizabeth C. Stevens • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) Captain George N. Bliss of the First ...

• Author(s): Brian M. Endsley • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History The conclusion of the Sandy Koufax Era was a wild roller coaster ride for the LA Dodgers. Overly dependent...

• Author(s): Kerry Segrave • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Women Historically, American women have dressed as men for a number of reasons: to enter the military, to travel freely, to comm...

• Author(s): Mitch Lutzke • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Mich...

• Author(s): Rebecca Comay | Frank Ruda • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: LanguageAn argument that what is usually dismissed as the "mystical shell" of Hegel's thought--the concept of absolute knowledge--is actually i...

• Author(s): Greg H. Williams • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - Naval After the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7), American sailors of the Asiatic Fleet (where it was December ...

• Author(s): Cameron Bright • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History In 1967, in the midst of a nail-biting six-week pennant race, the Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and White Sox stood...

• Author(s): Mark C. Glassy • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism Science fiction movie audiences may sometimes wonder how fictitious the science in a film really...

• Author(s): Leora Auslander | Tara Zahra • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - GeneralThe book, Objects of War, illuminates the ways in which people have used things ...

• Author(s): Volkmar Mühleis • Publisher: Leuven University Press • Publisher Imprint: Leuven University Press • BISAC: History - RenaissanceThe portrait we have come to call Little Girl with Dead Bird is an enigma. On the one hand, we hardly kno...

• Author(s): Garry Rodan • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Political EconomyOver the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democ...

• Author(s): Rose McDermott | Kristen Renwick Monroe • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Sociology - Marriage & FamilyWhy do men act violently toward women?What are the consequences of ...

• Author(s): Charlene Makley • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIn a deeply ethnographic appraisal, based on years of in situ research, The Battle for F...

• Author(s): Artemy M. Kalinovsky • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Russia - GeneralArtemy Kalinovsky's Laboratory of Socialist Development investigates the Soviet effort to make promises...

• Author(s): Wim Klooster | Gert Oostindie • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Economic HistoryWim Klooster and Gert Oostindie present a fresh look at the Dutch Atlantic in the period follo...

• Author(s): Xenophon | Gregory A. McBrayer • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThis book contains new, annotated, and literal yet accessible ...

• Author(s): Wolfgang Riehle | Charity Scott-Stokes • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: MysticismSpiritual seekers throughout history have sought illumination through solitary contemplation...

• Author(s): Don Macnaughtan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Director, producer and screenwriter Joss Whedon is a creative force in film, television, comic books and a host of oth...

• Author(s): Joshua K. Wright • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General FOX's musical drama Empire has been hailed as the savior of broadcast tel...

• Author(s): David C. Tucker • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing Arts - General On December 31, 1939, nationwide radio audiences listened as 17-year-old Josephi...

• Author(s): Alexandra West • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Genres - Horror Many critics and fans refer to the 1990s as the decade that horror forgot, with few notable entries in t...

• Author(s): John Givens • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Christianity - OrthodoxVladimir Nabokov complained about the number of Dostoevsky's characters "sinning thei...