Peek inside the life and career of John Wayne, or "The Duke," in this amazingly detailed book, The Story of John Wayne. Read about his humble beginnings, his desire to join the military, be a football pro, and ultimately his rise to stardom in the Wild West movies of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. It features a review of the top 10 Wayne movies for each decade and discusses how he became the star, how he got along with his co-stars and leading ladies. Additionally, included is information about ...

Find out all you need to know about how John, Paul, George, and Ringo became the most influential band of all time. Ultimate Beatles Collection charts the Fab Four's musical evolution through the sixties. Includes a fascinating biography of each member of the band, an introduction to the members' early years as school kids with a love of American Rock and Roll, the wide variety of members of The Beatles before settling on the Fab Four, the "Fifth Beatle," Beatlemania in the US, their films...

Class Struggle in the New Testament engages the political and economic realities of the first century to unmask the mediation of class through several New Testament texts and traditions. Essays span a range of subfields, presenting class struggle as the motor force of history by responding to recent debates, historical data, and new evidence on the political-economic world of Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. Chapters address collective struggles in the Gospels; the Roman military and class; t...

The lone survivor of a lunar crash, waiting for rescue in a solar powered suit, must keep walking for thirty days to remain in the sunlight keeping her alive … life as an ice miner turns ugly as the workers’ resentment turns from sabotage to murder … an astronaut investigating a strange crash landing encounters an increasing number of doppelgangers of herself … a nuclear bomb with a human personality announces to a moon colony that it will soon explode … hundreds of years in th...