Starry Starry Noir: Rebels and Censors by Bernie Dowling analyzes the influence of censorship on 20th-century Hollywood film noir and provides a wide range of impacted directors, actors, and writers. It discusses the enforcement of the Hays Code, restricting portrayals of subjects like suicide, sexuality,...

The Quiet Storm: A Historical and Cultural Analysis of the Power, Passion, and Pain of R&B Groups by Amani Roberts traces the evolution of major R&B vocal groups from the 1950s to the early 2000s, examining their origins, rise to fame, and eventual decline. Roberts...

An Exploration of Boundaries by Jacqueline Bachar is a detailed breakdown of the differences and connections between art therapy, art education, and psychotherapy. Bachar shares the histories tied to these fields with different theories and methods used by important figures in each of the areas....

Anthropologist Spencer MacCallum discovered the works of the ingenious potters of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. Now, award-winning author Charmayne Samuelson brings an illuminating collection of poetry, pottery, and photography that celebrates the lives of these gifted potters and artists with Mata Ortiz: Poetry Of...

The High by Albert Depas is a unique and colorful treasure. In this work, which features professional photographs and poems that capture fleeting moments, Depas explains the history of the 1.5-mile elevated linear park in New York City and highlights the beauty it offers. It...

At First Light by Walt Larimore and Mike Yorkey is the biography of Phil Larimore, who was raised in Memphis during the 1930s and mastered navigation, survival, and horseback riding from a young age. Having trouble academically, he was sent to a military school, which...

Fred “Killer” Burke by Chriss Lyon chronicles the violent crime spree and eventual capture of Fred Burke, a notorious gangster linked to major 1920s and 1930s crimes. Burke, born Thomas Amos Camp, operated with the Purple Gang and Al Capone’s Chicago syndicate and was involved...

Life on the Frontier by Jacqueline Bachar and Paul Bachar Jr. is a compilation of Mary Lott’s letters from 1826 to 1846 after settlement on the Ohio frontier from New York. They describe the difficulties of travel and frontier life, including health problems affecting family...

The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan centers on communication as a multimodal phenomenon of voice, writing, and music. She traces alphabetic writing to Semitic proto-alphabets derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, distinguishing it from pictographic systems that convey meaning visually across languages. Finnegan teaches...

The Rock And Roll Almanac by Andrew Craneman is a detailed, date-specific chronology of significant events in rock music history spanning over 70 years. It catalogs landmark album releases, band milestones, artist activities, legal issues, births, and deaths, covering influential moments such as Johnny Cash’s...