Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man ...

Sammy Glick is a man with a positive genius for being a heel. He runs through New York's East Side, through newspaper ranks, and finally through Hollywood, leaving in his wake the wrecked careers of his associates.

Lucy knows she has just done something terrible – will the Creeper track her down?Winner of the Stockton Children’s Book Award‘Pete Johnson is a wonderful story-teller’ Time Out

Essays examining the work of maverick scientific documentary filmmaker Jean Painleve.

This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century.

Lists significant international films, with brief plot summaries, critical analyses, and listings of producers, directors, and actors This book supplies credits, dates, succinct synopses, and brief critical comments on about 1,300 key films ...

This volume examines contemporary Africa, a vast continent which, while entering the era of globalization, is also confronted by a number of issues, including the environment and climate change, demographics, trade issues, internal and ...