Director, producer and screenwriter Joss Whedon is an acclaimed creative force in film, television, comic books and a host of other media. This book provides an authoritative survey of Whedon’s work,
The presidential election of 1912 was the only one in which candidates included an incumbent president, a former president and a future president. Theodore Roosevelt, in the Oval Office from 1901 to 1
In the five months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy won a string of victories in a campaign to consolidate control of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. In June 1942, Japan suffered a
From Faust (1926) to The Babadook (2014), books have been featured in horror films as warnings, gateways, prisons and manifestations of the monstrous. Ancient grimoires such as the Necronomicon serve
In 1999, General Museveni, Uganda’s autocratic leader, ordered police to arrest homosexuals for engaging in behavior he characterized as “un–African” and against Biblical teaching. A state-sanctioned
After several years of small roles and experimental screenwriting during his early career, Jack Nicholson got his big break in 1969 with Easy Rider. The next year, his first lead role, in Five Easy Pi
"This critical study of video games since 9/11 shows how a distinct genre emerged following the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Comparisons of pre and post-9/11 titles of popular game franchise
Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend has spawned a series of iconic horror and science fiction films, including The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007). The comp
This companion to Victorian popular fiction includes more than 300 cross-referenced entries on works written for the British mass market. Biographical sketches cover the writers and their publishers,
James T. Scott’s 1923 lynching in the college town of Columbia, Missouri was precipitated by a case of mistaken identity. Falsely accused of rape, the World War I veteran was dragged from jail by a mo
Game of Thrones has changed the landscape of television during an era hailed as the Golden Age of TV. An adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy A Song of Fire and Ice, the HBO series has take
Charles “Gus” Dorais (1891–1954) is best known as the passing end of Notre Dame’s “Dorais to Rockne” tandem that helped revolutionize football’s forward pass in the early 1910s. A triple threat prep s
Drawing on often overlooked sources, this study sheds new light on the fighting done by Hilliard’s Legion—a part of Archibald Gracie’s Brigade of Alabama Confederates—at the battle of Chicamauga. The
Hava (Eva) Bromberg and Ephraim Sokal were Jewish teenagers in Poland when the Nazis invaded their homeland in 1939. Hiding in plain sight, Bromberg evaded the Germans by living among the non–Jewish P
Exploring the early westerns of John Wayne—from his first starring role in the The Big Trail (1930) to his breakthrough as the Ringo Kid in John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939)—the authors trace his transfo
Kolakowski presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the joint United States and Filipino army defense of Manila Bay and the Philippines from Japanese invasion in the early days of World Wa
The Super Bowl redefined American sports. Over the past half century, the NFL's championship game has grown from humble beginnings to become the biggest sporting event of the calendar year—an event th
Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured. Intense propaganda and limited press coverage during the war, couple with vague objectives and an incomplete victory, resulte
Virginia saw significant action during the War of 1812, from the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair to the defense of Norfolk against British invaders. Many Virginians supported the struggle for independence f
G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and me
