Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Frances H. Casstevens • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) Captain George W. Alexander was a controversial figure in Richmond during t...

• Author(s): David Garrett Izzo • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh This volume discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism, which traces i...

• Author(s): Robert Murray Davis • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Based on extensive interviews with authors, editors, and publishers in four countries, this book examines the econ...

• Author(s): Nicholas Laham • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - 20th Century This book argues that the 1986 American bombing of Libya represented an act of desperation by then...

• Author(s): Murry R. Nelson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: History The NBA has gained worldwide popularity with its high-flying stars and slam-dunking giants, but the early professional...

• Author(s): Robert A. Greenberg • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History This is the first biography of Bill "Swish" Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and baseball's top slugger durin...

• Author(s): Leslie Day | Mark A. Klingler | Michael R. Bloomberg • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Biology"This little gem fills you in on everything finned, ...

• Author(s): Hugo Grotius | Symon Patrick • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernThe Truth of Christian Religion: In Six Books is a book written by the Dutch theologian a...

• Author(s): Timothy E. Scheurer • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General This work studies the conventions of music scoring in major film genres (e.g., science fiction, hardboiled ...

• Author(s): L. G. Walker • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT "Custer came to me and said: 'Porter, there is a large camp of I...

• Author(s): Christopher Layne • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Security (National & International)In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belie...

• Author(s): Ron Chepesiuk • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - General Aroused by gains in civil rights and galvanized by the antiwar movement, radical leaders of the 1960s so...

• Author(s): Laurie Manchester • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Russia & the Former Soviet UnionHoly Fathers, Secular Sons is the first study of the Orthodox cler...

• Author(s): Mathew J. Bartkowiak • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Genres & Styles - Rock The MC5's 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams was a new measure of the relationship between musi...

• Author(s): Robert Pollin | Mark Brenner | Stephanie Luce • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Economic PolicyIn early 2007, there were approximately 140 living wage ordinances in place throughout the Un...

• Author(s): Andrew J. Schiff • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sports Henry Chadwick remains one of the titans of baseball history. As a pioneering baseball journalist and author, an innov...

• Author(s): William Hare • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area ...

• Author(s): Lisa Morton • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General This unique anthology gathers together some of the most intriguing and useful works on the history of Halloween. Ranging f...

• Author(s): James C. Wilson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Children with Special Needs Based on detailed research and a lifetime of personal experience, James Wilson recounts his person...

• Author(s): Bonnye L. Matthews • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Infectious Diseases This book, written from a patient's perspective, first defines chemical sensitivity, then describes its...

• Author(s): Li Zhang | Aihwa Ong • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentEveryday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and social...

• Author(s): Allan R. Ellenberger • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Reference This directory provides an extensive listing of household information collected for over 2,265 famous or notori...

• Author(s): Jerome Feldman • Publisher: Bradford Book • Publisher Imprint: Bradford Book • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionIn From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not...

• Author(s): Edwin M. Bradley • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Guides & Reviews This study of early sound shorts begins with an explanation of the development of sound motion pi...

• Author(s): Leo Block • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General This book describes the life of the enlisted men aboard a Farragut class destroyer dur...

• 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): Phyllis L. Brodsky • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Women's Studies When childbirth moved from women's homes into hospitals, women lost more than they had bargained for. As th...

• Author(s): Martha W. Driver | Sid Ray • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Shakespeare Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and ...

• Author(s): Spencer Shaw • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism The notion of film consciousness is one that has played around various film and philosophical disc...

• Author(s): Christopher Manning • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: PoliticalA native of Georgia, William L. Dawson experienced a political awakening during World War I...

• Author(s): Debra Blumenthal • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Europe - Spain & PortugalA prominent Mediterranean port located near Islamic territories, the city of Valencia in the l...

• Author(s): Donald T. Critchlow | John Korasick | Matthew C. Sherman • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: Conspiracy TheoriesConspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience ...

• Author(s): William J. Ryczek • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Football - General Before Namath, before the Heidi Game, before the guaranteed Super Bowl victory, there were the New York T...

• Author(s): Lee Papa • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Theater - Stagecraft & ScenographyWith this anthology of six plays, Lee Papa reintroduces readers and performers to a largely forgotten American theatrical g...

• Author(s): Amy J. Ransom | Donald E. Palumbo | III Sullivan C. W. • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Science Fiction & Fantasy This first book-length study of French-language science f...

• Author(s): Lawrence H. Staples • Publisher: Fisher King Press • Publisher Imprint: Fisher King Press • BISAC: Movements - Jungian"Guilt with a Twist is highly recommended for community library psychology collections and for anyone who wants a b...

• Author(s): Nickolas Haydock • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism This work offers a theoretical introduction to the portrayal of medievalism in popular film. E...

• Author(s): Philip Rieff | Kenneth S. Piver | David Rieff • Publisher: University of Virginia Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Virginia Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralPhilip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social ...

• Author(s): George E. Outland | John W. Outland • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - General From 1921 through 1930, a young George E. Outland, who would go on to be a Yale Ph.D. a...

• Author(s): Robert F. Wesser • Publisher: Fall Creek Books • Publisher Imprint: Fall Creek Books • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Middle AtlanticWhen Charles Evans Hughes defeated William Randolph Hearst for the governorship of New Y...

• Author(s): Paul Virilio | Sylvere Lotringer | Paul Virilio • Publisher: Semiotext(e) • Publisher Imprint: Semiotext(e) • BISAC: Security (National & International)Virilio and Lotringer revisit their prescient book on the invisible war waged...

• Author(s): Larry G. Eggleston • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - Civil War When the Civil War erupted, women answered the call for help. They left their traditional roles a...

• Author(s): Bill Mallon | Ian Buchanan • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Olympics & Paralympics The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the...

• Author(s): Charles D. Hockensmith • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - State & Local - General In the early nineteenth century, mills were ubiquitous, making possible doz...

• Author(s): Jeanette M. Berard | Klaudia Englund • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, produc...

• Author(s): Ray B. Browne | Jr. Lawrence a. Kreiser • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Anthropology - General In countries around the world, the rise of class divisions and unbridled capita...

• Author(s): Harris M. Lentz • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Religious From 1900 through 2000, the Catholic Church has had nine popes. As the 21st century began, John Paul II was in his 2...

• Author(s): Patrice A. Oppliger • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Women's Studies Instead of advancing women's social and professional empowerment, popular culture trends appear to be back...

• Author(s): Jeffrey Haydu • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial Relations - GeneralThe exceptional weakness of the American labor movement has often been attributed to the successful resistance of ...

• Author(s): Ben C. McCary • Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Genealogical Publishing Company • BISAC: Genealogy & HeraldryThe purpose of this work is to offer a comprehensive summary, prior to the Indians' disa...

• Author(s): Nicholas Laham • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General This book analyzes the evolution of film and television comedy from the 1930s through the present, defining five...

• Author(s): Lesley Wheeler • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: PoetryThe most interesting tensions and ambitions of twentieth-century American poetry intersect in one resonant word: voice....

• Author(s): Walter L. Hawkins • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies This book provides capsule biographies of 909 of the nation...

• Author(s): Christopher Ely • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: EuropeanBoundless Russia, humble yet full of hidden grandeur--such visions of "the motherland" became cr...

• Author(s): Pamela Pennock • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Advertising & PromotionTemperance advocates believed they could eradicate alcohol by persuading consu...