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It is commonly accepted that the South could never have won the Civil War. By chronicling perhaps...

This work traces the history of the jukebox from its origins in the invention of the phonograph b...

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This collection of essays focuses on the girl sleuth, made famous by Nancy Drew but also characte...

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The horror genre mirrors the American queer experience, both positively and negatively, overtly a...

This is a critical history of spy fiction, film and television in the United States, with a parti...

Objectivity is a virtue admired and expected in both judges and historians. Regrettably, however,...

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Stretching across eight decades, this memoir covers Sung Yoo's harrowing childhood escape from No...

This is the first book of its kind to include interviews with 22 of the famous opera stars whose ...

For viewers who experience autism, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder or...

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' A sequel to Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936, t...

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Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney were among the most revered and popular heavyweight champions in the...

Though slavery is illegal in all countries and banned by international law, there are an estimate...

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Dr. Richard 'Dick' Cohen temporarily stepped away from his successful tenured university professo...

'Approaching the 250th anniversary of Tucson's official founding on August 20, 1775, the city is ...

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This book is intended for anyone thinking of living or already living with strangers, friends and...

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A National Medal of Arts winner, Mel Brooks has kept us in stitches for 70 years, laughing at the...

From their first pairing in Hamlet (1948) to House of the Long Shadows (1983), British film stars...

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A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (1837-1891) dominated in the US for more than a...

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Although the United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, the Games went on. NBC held the...