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Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past.

"A guide to the horror movie genre for people too afraid to watch horror movies, including plot summaries and key scene descriptions for twenty-five influential films, as well as analysis of each film's role in the genre and in pop culture"-- Provided by publisher.

"A comprehensive fifty-year history of the hip-hop genre, from renowned artist and author of MUSIC IS HISTORY, Questlove"-- Provided by publisher.

"Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. And these critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan, and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America. A history of the last half-century and an intimate...

"Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes this richly illustrated and expanded collector's edition of Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice. First appearing in 1960, The Annotated Alice became an instant classic by, among other things, decoding the wordplay and mathematical riddles embedded within Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. As a result, Martin Gardner's groundbreaking work went on to sell over a million copies,...

Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales in horror, Gothic fiction, and speculative literature, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond.

From Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Shirley Jackson's psychological masterpieces, women have been shaping horror, Gothic fiction, ghost stories,

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Using examples from past and present, this book explains clearly what is meant by a novel, then prompts children to write their own!