David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007), written by producer James Vanderbilt and adapted from the true crime works of Robert Graysmith, remains one of the most respected films of the early twenty-first century. As the second film featuring a serial killer (and the first based on fact) by Fincher, Zodiac remains a standout in a varied but stylistically unified career. While connected to this genre, the film also hybridizes the policier genre and the investigative reporter film. And yet, scholarship ...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...

The decade-long friendship between two rock goddesses is thrust into the spotlight after their mutual desire strikes a perfect—and very public—chord.For Glitter Bats keys player Jane Mercer, writing music helps tune out her self-doubt from a strict upbringing. Composing also distracts from her longtime feelings for her bandmate and best friend, Keeley, who Jane can’t pursue if she wants to keep her bisexuality out of the media. But when an incompetent percussionist...

JeremyWilliams captured the nation’s imagination by coaching his high school footballteam to unprecedented heights while combating ALS and caring for a son withspina bifida. This is his family’s inspiring story.America firstmet Jeremy and Jennifer Williams when Extreme Makeover: Home Editionrebuilt their Depression-era farmhouse into a beautiful, handicapped-accessiblehaven. Friends, family, and neighbors from their west Georgia community—and allover the s...

Orthopaedics and orthopaedic trauma are highly complex subjects that can prove difficult to quantify, but accurate measurement is required for setting standards of care and for assessing the severity of an injury. This book will help the reader assess outcome instruments, and provides many references to sources of instruments and techniques to use.

Celebrate seven world-famous superstars with this Little Golden Book Biographies collection!Follow Taylor Swift from her childhood living on a Christmas tree farm, where she discovered her passion for songwriting, to her early days on Nashville’s Music Row and her rise as one of the biggest stars in pop music.The Beatles were four friends from Liverpool who became the best-selling music act of all time. Experience Beatleman...

Twenty-year-old Gertrude Foster has had the sheltered upbringing typical of women of her class. Yet, she questions the restrictive norms with which she has been raised and does not wish to marry a man who will not see her as an equal. Gertrude receives a rude awakening to the state of society when she is brought face to face with poverty in her community, and she is further disturbed when she learns of shocking age of consent legislation being discussed in the state assembly. Her concerns ...

La médecine du sport occupe une place de plus en plus importante dans le champ d'activité du médecin et tout particulièrement du médecin généraliste : de la prescription des activités physiques et sportives pour la santé au suivi d'un sportif confirmé, tout praticien est confronté aux questions posées par la pratique sportive de sa patientèle, quels que soient le niveau de pratique ou l'état de santé.Toutes les questions que peut se poser le médecin trouveront leurs réponses dans cet ouvra...