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A revised, expanded, and up-to-date volume that traces the history of jazz and the genre's development over the years. Spotlights key people, locations, and moments that have defined the history of jazz.

Little did then-obscure Texas writer Robert E. Howard know that with the 1929 publication of “The Shadow Kingdom” in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he had given birth to a new and vibrant subgenre of fantasy fiction. Sword-and-sorcery went from pulp obscurity to mass-market paperback popularity before suffering a spectacular publishing collapse in the 1980s. But it lives on in the broader culture and today enjoys a second life in popular role-playing...

In this introduction, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse paths of documentary history and charts the lively, often fierce debates among filmmakers and scholars about the best ways to represent reality and to tell the truths worth telling. Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking, Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly...

"In this sharp and often entertaining tour through antiquity, Emily Wilson--whose renditions of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad have captured a generation's imagination--explores the complicated terrain of reading and writing about the ancient past. Drawing on twenty years of scholarship and teaching, Wilson explores the difficult choices that translators must make, the pleasures of finding new solutions to old problems, and the inevitable frustrations...

Examines the history of human fascination with science-fiction stories. Discusses and briefly summarizes a variety of classic and modern sci-fi stories, from the stories of Jules Verne to movies like "E.T."

When a young girl goes to visit her grandparents in New York City, she learns about how Eastern European Jewish immigrants brought klezmer music to the United States and participates in a klezmer jam session.

Describes the forms, musicians, instruments, and the place of African music in the life of the people.

Explores the role documentary films play in communicating information about life and important issues with audiences. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized...

Explores the genre of martial arts films and profiles famous actors such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Chuck Norris.