Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Claire Sponsler • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalThroughout the Americas, performances deriving from medieval European rituals, ceremonies, and festiv...

• Author(s): Theodore Ziolkowski • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Ancient and Classical"The reasons for the conspicuous popularity of Ovid--his life as well as his works--at the turn of ...

• Author(s): Sophocles | Eamon Grennan | Rachel Kitzinger • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalThe latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations s...

• Author(s): Claudia Lazzaro | Roger J. Crum • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)This ambitious collection treating the Italian Fascists' appropr...

• Author(s): Carl S. Nordin • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General On December 1, 1941, the author's unit was sent to the southern Philippine island...

• Author(s): Ann Anderson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: History Long before television and radio commercials beckoned to potential buyers, the medicine show provided free entertainment ...

• Author(s): Nicholas Churchill • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Reference Some may only know the jazz legend Stan Getz, tenor saxophonist, for his bossa nova hits "Desafinado" and ...

• Author(s): Richard H. F. Lindemann • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Bibliographies & Indexes Theodor Seuss Geisel--known worldwide as the beloved children's author Dr. Seuss--produce...

• Author(s): Susan Glaspell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Eugene O' Neill is one of America's most celebrated playwrights, but relatively few Americans know the name of the man ...

• Author(s): John M. Gottman | James D. Murray | Catherine C. Swanson • Publisher: Bradford Book • Publisher Imprint: Bradford Book • BISAC: Sociology - Marriage & FamilyDivorce rates are at an all-time high. But without a theoretical underst...

• Author(s): Jeff Wells • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Ruggedly handsome Jeff Chandler won over fans with his versatile acting in film, television, radio, and theatre. He ...

• Author(s): Thomas Fahy • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: American - General Aaron Sorkin is one of the most notable voices in Hollywood, attracting millions of weekly viewers with his tel...

• Author(s): Robert Klitzman | Ronald Bayer • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press • BISAC: EthicsIn the era of the Internet and Oprah, in which formerly taboo information is readily availa...

• Author(s): Roy Armes • Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips) • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press (Ips) • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismPostcolonial Images is a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the Ma...

• Author(s): David Lester • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Psychic Phenomena - General People have believed in the existence of life after death throughout human history and in all regions...

• Author(s): Paul Thagard • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionCognitive science approaches the study of mind and intelligence from an interdisciplinary perspective, working at the int...

• Author(s): Harold V. Cordry • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Quotations All cultures have proverbs that capsulize subjects simply and effectively. Many of these are cross-cultural. For e...

• Author(s): Ray Tevis | Brenda Tevis • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General From its earliest days to the present, the onscreen image of the librarian has remained largely the sa...

• Author(s): Jill Scott • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: European - German"Electra's story is essentially a tale of murder, revenge, and violence. In the ancient myth of Atreus, Agamemno...

• Author(s): Bruce Nauman | Janet Kraynak • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Individual Artists - GeneralThe most comprehensive collection to date of the artist Bruce Nauman's writings plus all of his major interviews ...

• Author(s): Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Interactive & MultimediaA theory of HCI that uses concepts from semiotics and computer science to focus on the communication between desi...

• Author(s): Clark A. Brady • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Edgar Rice Burroughs was not satisfied with creating characters and events within the world that we know; instead he cr...

• Author(s): Robert L. Mott • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - History & Criticism To today's radio listener, it is difficult to imagine the influence radio once held over the Am...

• Author(s): Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan | Lydia G. Cochrane • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press • BISAC: Europe - ItalyPerhaps more than in any other city, Venice has been shaped by its env...

• Author(s): Stratos E. Constantinidis • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Theater - General Text & Presentation is an annual publication devoted to all aspects of theatre scholarship. It...

• Author(s): James L. Neibaur • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Noted for its "B" westerns, RKO also produced several movie classics; two were Citizen Kane and Gunga Din. Com...

• Author(s): Brian Mulligan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History One of the oldest and most celebrated franchises in baseball history, the Cincinnati Reds have left an indel...

• Author(s): Brent Kelley • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell,...

• Author(s): John Kenneth Muir • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Direction & Production The films of John Carpenter cover a tremendous range and yet all bear his clear personal s...

• Author(s): Jim Reisler • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Many histories of the New York Yankees only skim the early years in their rush to pick up with the 1919 season ...

• Author(s): Nancy Jurik • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Finance - GeneralDeclines in real wages, increases in the number of poor families, and cutbacks to welfare and other safety-net programs have stimulated the p...

• Author(s): Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Industries - AgribusinessOrdinary people's everyday political behavior can have a huge impact on national policy:...

• Author(s): John T. Irwin | Jean McGarry | John Barth • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)Since its founding in 1979, the Johns Hopkins Poetry and...

• Author(s): Alan H. Levy • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Reference Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mot...

• Author(s): Vladimir Jabotinsky | Michael R. Katz | Michael Stanislawski • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Historical - General"The beginning of this tale of bygone days in Odessa dates ...

• Author(s): Karen J. Coates • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Asia - Southeast Asia Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975-1979 and the follow...

• Author(s): Claude Calame | Peter Burk • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalExploring a variety of literary texts representing different poetic genres, Claude Calame,...

• Author(s): Toyin Falola | Matt D. Childs • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black StudiesThis innovative anthology focuses on the ensla...

• Author(s): Jay M. Smith • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Europe - FranceThe mature nationalism that fueled the French Revolution grew from patriotic sensibilities fostered over the cou...

• Author(s): Doug Gelbert • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Although the exact number will never be known, it is estimated that there were over 10,000 military eng...

• Author(s): Paul Votano • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Baseball player Tony Lazzeri was the first great Italian-American sports superstar. He was known for his excell...

• Author(s): R. G. (Hank) Utley | Scott Verner • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, officials of the Nation...

• Author(s): Averroes | Ralph Lerner • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical"In one fashion or another, the question with which this introduction...

• Author(s): Mary Lee Morrison • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Women's Studies Elise Boulding has been among the most influential of social reformers to advocate the integration of peace ...

• Author(s): Sean Alexander Gurd • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalHow should a literary scholar approach a text characterized not by stability but by variation and...

• Author(s): Elizabeth A. Wood • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Russia & the Former Soviet UnionAfter seizing power in 1917, the Bolshevik regime faced the daunting task of educating...

• Author(s): David M. Young • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Railroads - HistoryWith the coming of railroads, upstart Chicago quickly became the Midwest's center for ...

• Author(s): Jack Smiles • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Baseball player and manager Hugh Ambrose Jennings was the kind of colorful personality who inspired nicknames. Sportswrite...

• Author(s): Gregory William Mank • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy,...

• Author(s): Alex Dunne • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Bibliographies & Indexes Among the first books ever published was the 1474 translation of the Game and Playe of the Chesse. Ove...

• Author(s): Alicia Finkel • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography Though Romantic elements in stage design are often thought to have ended with the advent ...

• Author(s): John Fawell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Few directors are characterized by both extraordinary film craft and the ironic reputation for lowbrow films. Despi...

• Author(s): David S. Gutterman • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - General"In an era of military conflict and economic hardship, religious and political leaders adam...

• Author(s): Kathleen Sullivan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Women's Studies Since the early 20th century, American writers have both recorded and fictionalized the real-life activities...

• Author(s): Felicia Miyakawa • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop"Few books on popular music treat their subject so comprehensively, with thoughtful ...

• Author(s): Thomas G. Weiss | Tatiana Carayannis | Louis Emmerij • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: International Relations - Diplomacy"The authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured t...

• Author(s): David J. Steffen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - History & Criticism Like any profound technological breakthrough, the advent of sound recording ushered in a peri...

• Author(s): R. Mugo Gatheru • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Africa - General This book relates a series of events leading from Kenya's colonization through its emergence as an independen...

• Author(s): Robert E. Howard • Publisher: Wildside Press • Publisher Imprint: Wildside Press • BISAC: Fantasy - Collections & AnthologiesThe third volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard continues reprinting Howard's fantasy from Weird...