Identifies in 'Silicon Valley Cinema' a recent trend in twenty-first century Hollywood film.

The civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theatre, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal. Joe Street places these cultural forms at the…

This book situates discussion about gun controls within contemporary debates about culture, philosophy and foreign policy as well as the more familiar terrain of politics and history. Containing a diverse…

The Crookedest Street is a tale of political power-grabbing, backroom deals, shady operatives-even murder-peopled with colorful and eccentric characters in San Francisco of the 1990s.

When a friend becomes the latest victim in a string of murders linked by bizarre crime-scene snake paintings, San Francisco homicide detective Frost Easton is drawn into a cat-and-mouse game…

The Immortal Lazarus is ambushed and along with his immortal cohorts, a group of vampires, he is trapped for centuries underground. He emerges in a totalitarian future, one where vampires…

Historical look at the greatest jazz drummers from 1945 through 1965 with in-depth biographical information for each and a listing of their most famous recordings. Well written, informative, and to…