Mcfarland Company Inc Publishers imprint: 86 books
Cormac McCarthy: A Literary Companion
A Literary Companion
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Cormac McCarthy, the author of such works as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, is one of America's greatest living writers--an uncompromising examiner of the depths of human depravity, the nature of evil, and the bonds that endure.This companion is intended...
Shavelings in Death Camps
A Polish Priest's Memoir of Imprisonment by the Nazis, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Catholic priests all across Poland were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps at the beginning of World War II. This memoir by Fr. Henryk Maria Malak (1912-1987) is their story and his. Through the author's eyes we witness the German invasion, atrocities against the local population, and the...
Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, was--and still is--viewed with ambivalence....
Game Design
How to Create Video and Tabletop Games, Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Many aspiring game designers have crippling misconceptions about the process involved in creating a game from scratch, believing a "big idea" is all that is needed to get started. But game design requires action as well as thought, and proper training and practice to do so skillfully. In...
Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2001
Graves' Disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by a goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs, currently affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, three million in the United States alone. This work addresses both typical and special concerns of patients with...
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, rev. ed.
A Question of Reincarnation, rev. ed.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000
This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the author's intent to correct some...
When Scotland Was Jewish
DNA Evidence, Archeology, Analysis of Migrations, and Public and Family Records Show Twelfth Century Semitic Roots
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But could it be that a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored or unknown for centuries? This book argues just such a case, maintaining that much of Scotland's history...
by Ian M. Harris, Mary Lee Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Now in its third edition, Peace Education provides a comprehensive approach to educating for a just and sustainable future. It begins with religious and historical trends that have molded our understanding of "peace" and then presents a variety of ways to practice peace education in schools...
Murders in the United States
Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
From the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, to the mass killing at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, the 20th century saw many murderous events that are difficult to contemplate but have become a part of the national history. This reference book is divided into...
The Performance Identities of Lady Gaga
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Three years after entering the pop music scene, Lady Gaga became the most well-known pop star in the world. These thirteen critical essays explore Lady Gaga's body of work through the interdisciplinary filter of performance identity and cover topics such as gender and sexuality, body commodification,...
Diane Keaton: Artist and Icon
Artist and Icon
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2001
In the past 30 years, Diane Keaton has been an actress, a director and a photographer. This work begins with her early years in California, but the primary focus is on her film career from the 1970s through the present. The author examines Keaton's image as star and public figure, drawing on information...
Gene Tierney: A Biography
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2005
Called the most beautiful woman in movie history, Gene Tierney starred in a number of 1940s classics, including Laura, Leave Her to Heaven and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Her on-screen presence and ability to transform into a variety of characters made her a film legend. Her personal life was a whirlwind...
by John W. Flores
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
At the age of 21, Marine Sergeant Freddy Gonzalez was killed during the Tet Offensive in Hue City, Vietnam. For his actions defending his platoon that day, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Later, in 1996, in honor of his actions a U.S. Navy warship, the USS Gonzalez, was named after him....
High School Journalism: A Practical Guide
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
High school journalists share the same objectives as professional reporters--finding the story, writing the story, and packaging the story so that it appeals to an audience. Understanding how to best accomplish these objectives is key to the student on the newspaper, yearbook or Web site staff, but...