Houses of the Holy is a riveting true story of survival, perseverance, and a fight for justice that cuts to the heart of corruption. In this deeply unsettling exposé , Mark Harris pulls back the curtain on a powerful nexus where the federal government, state officials, far-right extremists, religious leaders, the mob, and the secretive world of Freemasonry converge in unholy alliances. This unprecedented journey reveals the depths of influence wielded by money and religion over politics an...

**One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time • A National Book Critics Circle finalist • One of People's top 10 books of 2021 •An instant New York Times bestseller • Named a best book of the year by NPR and TimeA magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges*—some of the worst largely unknown until now—by th...

The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, foreverIt's the mid-1960s, and westerns, war movies and blockbuster musicals-Mary Poppins, The Sound of Mu...

Poul Anderson was one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century science fiction. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1997, he produced an enormous body of standalone novels and series fiction and was equally at home in the fields of heroic fantasy and hard SF. He was a meticulous craftsman and a gifted storyteller, and the impact of his finest work continues, undiminished, to this day.Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds is a rousing...

Sonic Wilderness accesses the critical value of unusual vinyl records that concern our relationship with nature. These wild records reveal unconventional perspectives on the entanglements of human life with animals, gardens and plants. They form a lyrical unconscious exposing the conventions and ideologies of popular music, their warped perspectives and acoustic radioactivity comprising a resistance to enduring social, psychological and political conditions.

On June 18 2023, the world held its breath as news broke of the Titan submersible's implosion, killing all five passengers as they descended to view the Titanic shipwreck. How could this happen? And who is to blame?A tightly coiled drama set against a vivid world that few have had a chance to experience, The Deep End weaves together heart-stopping storytelling, rigorous research and exclusive interviews with engineers, consultants and insiders to illuminate the hi...

How does magic in J. K. Rowling’s universe work? Finally, the scientific secrets of the Harry Potter universe are revealed!The insanely popular Harry Potter books and movies have brought the idea of magic and sorcery into mainstream. Modern muggle scientists have uncovered explanations to the seemingly impossible, including answers to such questions as:-Will we ever see an invisibility cloak?-How hazardous is a flying broomstick like the Nimbus 2000?-How has medicine made powerful potions ...

**One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time“One of the great works of film history of the decade.” —SlateNow a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it forever**Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directors—John Ford, G...

It’s just another day for John Webster, a reporter for the Daily Globe, when disaster strikes from out of nowhere. A sniper kills a prominent figure at a news conference and all hell breaks loose. With very few clues, the police are stumped. They have never seen anything like it before. A perfect headshot from over a 1,000 meters away. John is one of the few people around who has experience dealing with snipers. In Iraq and Afghanistan he saw a lot of good people die and he underst...

Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of health, and considers both risk and resiliency factors for the Black LGBT population. Contributors to this collection intimately understand the associations between health and intersectional anti-Black racism, heterosexism, homonegativity, biphobia, transphobia, and social class. This collection fills a gap in current scholarship by prov...

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process that Governor Engler envisioned, redistricting has led to repeated court battles waged on such traditional democratic values as one person, one vote, and minority rights. Instead of being a...

With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues provides such a comprehensive analysis. Using an array of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, this collection features cutting edge research from scholars interested in the relationsh...