Mcfarland Company Inc Publishers imprint: 86 books
Resting Places
The Burial Sites of Over 7,000 Famous Persons
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2001
This massive and broad-ranging reference work alphabetically lists over 7,000 well-known people from film, theater, radio and television as well as all varieties of music, sports, history, government, crime and popular culture. Each entry provides birth and death dates, a concise summary of the subject's...
Spring Training Handbook
A Comprehensive Guide to the Ballparks of the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
Though it has changed some in recent years, spring training continues to be a time of renewal for baseball. Teams and fans, many from the snowy climes of the North, descend on Florida and Arizona to begin preparing for what they are sure will be a trip to the World Series. With the pace of the game a...
Eurogames
The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
While board games can appear almost primitive in the digital age, eurogames--also known as German-style board games--have increased in popularity nearly concurrently with the rise of video games. Eurogames have simple rules and short playing times and emphasize strategy over luck and conflict. This...
The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942
The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
December 7, 1941, opened up a new theater of war in the Pacific and a new threat for what was then the Netherlands East Indies. The Dutch, with their Naval Air Force or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD), made a significant--and often overlooked--contribution to the Allied effort. With their 175 aircraft,...
Word Parts Dictionary
Standard and Reverse Listings of Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots and Combining Forms, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2008
This updated version of the 2000 original is still the only complete resource on the market for finding word parts needed to express a concept. Aside from catering to those who wish to expand their vocabulary, the purpose of this dictionary is to provide convenient word parts to those who may be interested...
War over Lemuria
Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Life magazine described the Shaver Mystery as "the most celebrated rumpus that rocked the science fiction world." Its creators said it was a "new wave in science fiction." Critics called it "dangerous nonsense" and labeled its fans the lunatic fringe. Whatever else the...
Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977
A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2005
Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios...
The Imaginary Sea Voyage
Sailing Away in Literature, Legend and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
For centuries, humankind has wondered what is "out there" and has embarked on countless voyages to find out. This book traces the history and literature of the imaginary voyage--stories of mariners journeying through uncharted waters to find strange and marvelous sights. Well-told tales of adventurous...
by Margaret J. Brown and Doris Parker Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home...
Breaking Up with Cuba
The Dissolution of Friendly Relations Between Washington and Havana, 1956-1961
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Between April 1956 and April 1961 the friendly relationship between the United States and Cuba collapsed, and the two countries grew to be fast enemies. This historical text recounts how Cuba, though largely "Americanized" at the time, became increasingly nationalistic, defensive and militarized under...
The Inquisition
A History
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Although the Catholic Church today tolerates beliefs and religious practices at odds with its own, for several centuries it enforced its doctrine with threats, excommunication, banishment, imprisonment, seizure of lands, torture, and death. This book explains the origins of the Roman Catholic Inquisition...
Chemical Injury and the Courts
A Litigation Guide for Clients and Their Attorneys
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
A chemical injury can happen at any time to anyone, regardless of age, background, or economic status. It can happen either on the job or in the home, and can affect many members of a community. Such an injury often does not show up immediately but develops over a long period. Often, however, sufferers...
by Andres Wirkmaa
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book serves as a comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard and analyzes each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which...
by Phillip Mahony
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Baseball is a very complicated sport. Every facet of the game from tagging up to stealing bases to intentional walks goes back to the duel between pitcher and batter. This book, like no other work available or any single website, explains baseball from scratch, while also educating the reader as to its...