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Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts - Tom Zaniello - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts - Tom Zaniello - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family''s fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.

DKK 285.00
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Syd Chaplin - Lisa K. Stein - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Syd Chaplin - Lisa K. Stein - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This is the first study of the life and art of Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin''s brother, a person notable not only for his importance in establishing his brother''s career, but in several other early Hollywood enterprises, including the founding of United Artists and the Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation, America''s first domestic airline. Sydney also had a successful film career, beginning in 1914 with Keystone and culminating with a string of popular films for Warner Bros. in the 1920s. Sydney''s film career ended in 1929 because of an assault charge by an actress. This incident proved to be only the last in a string of scandals, each causing him to move to another place, another studio, or another business venture.

DKK 429.00
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The Man Who Made Babe Ruth - Brian Martin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Man Who Made Babe Ruth - Brian Martin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him the man and the baseball player he became. Matthias saw something in the troubled seven-year old and nurtured his athletic ability. Spending many extra hours on the ballfield with him over a dozen years, he taught Ruth how to hit and converted the young left-handed catcher into a formidable pitcher. Overshadowed by a fellow Xavierian brother who was given the credit for discovering the baseball prodigy, Matthias never received his due from the public but didn''t complain. Ruth never forgot the father figure who continued to provide valuable counsel in later life. This is the first telling of the full story of the man who gave the world its most famous baseball star.

DKK 334.00
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They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler - John E. Fisher - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler - John E. Fisher - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Thomas Burr Fisher was one of five brothers who served, between them, in the Fourth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, Confederate States Army, with remarkable devotion. Using Fisher''s two memoirs (one untitled, written in 1915, and "Life on the Common Level," written in 1921), his correspondence, records, and other material, along with the wartime diary of his brother William Fisher and extensive original research, the history of the Western Cavalry is recounted here.

DKK 334.00
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For Cuba--for Freedom! - Raul Andres Villamia - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

For Cuba--for Freedom! - Raul Andres Villamia - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Raul Villamia''s childhood in Cuba revolved around baseball and bloodshed. The violence that he witnessed led him to support Castro''s revolution, and his brother Mario introduced him to Castro''s 26th of July Movement (M267). Minor league baseball brought him to the United States, where he hoped to pursue a career in the majors, and left Villamia uniquely placed to aid Castro''s revolution from abroad. From Tampa, New York City, Bridgeport, Union City, Miami, and Key West, the Villamias, Angel Perez-Vidal, Howard K. Davis and others supported Castro through fundraising, collecting supplies for the revolutionaries, propaganda campaigns, and arms smuggling. Raul rubbed elbows with Castro and his top men and with American gangsters who did business in Cuba. He was hounded by the FBI, and his brother Mario is mentioned in the Warren Commission Report. This memoir recalls Villamia''s experience as an advocate for Castro in the United States and tells the story of those in America whose efforts helped to oust Batista.

DKK 325.00
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For the Union and the Catholic Church - Max Longley - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

For the Union and the Catholic Church - Max Longley - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Five men joined the Catholic Church in the mid-1840s: a soldier, his bishop brother, a priest born a slave and two editors at odds with each other. For the next two decades they were in the thick of the battles of the era-Catholicism versus Know-Nothingism, slavery versus abolition, North versus South. Much has been written about the Catholic Church and about the Civil War. This book is the first in more than half a century to focus exclusively on the intersection of these two topics.

DKK 429.00
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Bracali and the Revolution in Tuscan Cuisine - Roberto Curti - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Bracali and the Revolution in Tuscan Cuisine - Roberto Curti - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A self-taught culinary virtuoso, Francesco Bracali is one of Italy''s top chefs. He and his brother, Luca, a sommelier, own the two-Michelin-stars restaurant Bracali in Massa Marittima, Tuscany. Once an unpretentious tavern run by their parents, the brothers turned it into a fine dining place where they revisited the region''s rich gastronomic traditions in an innovative way. Their revolutionary approach--a novelty at first--today boasts international recognition. This book examines Tuscany''s culinary history and analyzes the Bracali brothers'' interpretation of traditional dishes and fine wine.

DKK 240.00
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Tony Scott - Larry Taylor - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Tony Scott - Larry Taylor - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates. After directing Top Gun --his second film, which changed not only the trajectory of his own life but of the entire action-movie industry--Scott''s career would be a roller coaster of blockbuster hits, personal films and confounding failures. With extensive research and original interviews with actors, cinematographers and writers, this book documents Tony Scott''s larger-than-life persona from his early days to his untimely death, which left a hole in genre filmmaking yet to be filled.

DKK 421.00
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Eros and Power in English Renaissance Drama - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Eros and Power in English Renaissance Drama - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book features five plays from the English Renaissance that explore political questions and developments by telling stories about the erotic impulses of a ruler. The volume contains fully annotated and modernized versions of Marlowe''s Edward II , Shakespeare''s Measure for Measure , Massinger''s The Duke of Milan , Davenant''s The Cruel Brother , and Ford''s Love''s Sacrifice . The editor provides an introduction, initial discussion, and selected illustration(s) for each play, along with an introduction to erotic politics and the Renaissance-era political mentality. A bibliography includes suggestions for further reading and a list of useful websites for students.

DKK 523.00
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Raul Castro and the New Cuba - Harlan Abrahams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Raul Castro and the New Cuba - Harlan Abrahams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 2006, Fidel Castro yielded power over Cuba to his younger brother Raul, making him the first new president of the island nation in nearly five decades. Raul has ushered in many changes and reforms, including allowing open criticism of the government, lifting the ban on personal electronics, and allowing farmers to purchase their own equipment. This timely work weaves together expert analysis with narrative accounts from current Cuban citizens to explore the economic, political, legal, and social changes occurring in Cuba under Raul Castro''s presidency. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 259.00
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Lust for Fame - Gordon Samples - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Lust for Fame - Gordon Samples - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The first book on Booth''s ten tumultuous years on the stage, with a wealth of rare period illustrations reproduced with special techniques yielding results of better quality than the originals. The book evaluates his performances through newspaper reviews and the recorded opinions of his contemporaries; it also separates Booth the actor from Booth the assassin. Previously unpublished letters are included, some in facsimile. John Wilkes'' famous brother Edwin was not necessarily the leading actor of his era: this book indicates why John Wilkes Booth might claim that distinction. One of the appendices is an exhaustive chronology of all his performances, and all fellow cast members.

DKK 334.00
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Holding Television Accountable - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Holding Television Accountable - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This work discusses the impact of television show audience participation and expectations in the age of social media through reception theory, content analysis, and primary research on social media platforms. It explores how audience reception can influence creative decisions and initiatives, such as "cancel culture" and diversity efforts, by thoroughly and critically analyzing shows like Girls, The 100, Big Brother , and Southern Charm to illustrate this phenomenon. Various types of television are examined, including reality TV, network and cable TV, and streaming TV, to explore the influence of audience reception on creative ownership and accountability, thus demonstrating the power of social media in the hands of viewers.

DKK 486.00
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Edwin Booth - Arthur W. Bloom - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Edwin Booth - Arthur W. Bloom - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The great nineteenth-century stage actor Edwin Booth began his long career in 1849 as a young teenager, following in his father''s footsteps. This biography traces his life and career as a tragic actor, including his childhood; his early acting tours of California, Australia and Hawaii; his rise to fame as a touring star; his two marriages; his relationship with his brother John Wilkes Booth; his disastrous management of Booth''s Theatre in New York City; and his death in 1891. The book includes an extensive performance history detailing every known Edwin Booth performance during his more than 30 years on the stage, with reviews and other supplementary materials.

DKK 382.00
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The Boys of Diamond Hill - J. Keith Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Boys of Diamond Hill - J. Keith Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army. William, Thomas and Andrew soon followed, along with brother-in-law Fenton Hall. During the Civil War, they collectively fought in almost every theater of the conflict and saw firsthand every aspect of soldier life--from death and illness to friendly fire and desertion. By war''s end only Daniel survived. Based on their extensive personal correspondence, this updated edition includes 30 never before published letters, along with new research revealing additional family background and undiscovered information about the fates of the Boyd brothers and other family members.

DKK 429.00
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The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Scott Allen Nollen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Scott Allen Nollen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck''s and Mervyn Leroy''s hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers'' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.

DKK 334.00
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Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr. - Wayne Fanebust - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr. - Wayne Fanebust - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The dramatic battlefield deaths of brother Union Army commanders Robert L. McCook and Daniel McCook, Jr.--members of a prominent Ohio family known as "the Fighting McCooks"--drew the full attention of the news media and a war-weary nation. A veteran of Shiloh and Chickamauga, Colonel Daniel McCook was mortally wounded while leading his brigade in a reckless assault up Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864, on the orders of his friend and former law partner General William Tecumseh Sherman. Brigadier General Robert L. McCook distinguished himself in the western Virginia campaign before he was shot by a Rebel while riding in an ambulance in the summer of 1862. His death, in what was an apparent ambush, set off a firestorm of outrage throughout the North.

DKK 334.00
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The Kaiser's Confidante - Richard Jay Hutto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Kaiser's Confidante - Richard Jay Hutto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

New York City native Mary Esther Lee (1837-1914) first married in 1864 the Prince von Noer, brother of the Queen of Denmark, and was created a princess in her own right after his death. An active philanthropist to Protestant causes, she then married Count Alfred von Waldersee whose close ties to the Prussian court made her an intimate friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a mentor and valued friend to his young wife. Although she preferred to remain in the background, Mary''s influence caused intense jealousy by those at court who resented her friendship with the kaiser and kaiserin. This biography chronicles the remarkable life of an American woman whose wealth and influence enabled her to rise to power in the Prussian royal court.

DKK 287.00
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Max Gordon - Dylan Kornhauser - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Max Gordon - Dylan Kornhauser - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A left-handed batter in the NCAA''s Division 1, Max Gordon still had a lot to live for, provided he would live at all. Facing a devastating loss--the death of his brother, Nick--and a life-threatening physical injury, he went on a transformative personal journey that united his family through the most difficult time they had ever faced. In this intimate narrative about the healing power of sports, a family is made whole again through the determination of a son who proves that in life as in baseball, no matter the score, as long as you have one more at bat, you''re still in the game. The authors tell the story from the perspective of having shared relationships with the Gordon brothers.

DKK 334.00
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A True Child of Papua New Guinea - Maggie Wilson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A True Child of Papua New Guinea - Maggie Wilson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy, brother of Australian explorers Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold. Maggie''s life serves as a window into the complex social and cultural transformations experienced during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea and the first three decades after independence. This ethnography--started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Maggie''s death in 2009--tells Maggie''s story and the stories of those whose lives she touched. Their recollections of Maggie Wilson offer insights into life in Papua New Guinea today.

DKK 334.00
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"A Strange Sort of Being" - Bambi L. Lobdell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"A Strange Sort of Being" - Bambi L. Lobdell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Born in 1829 to a working-class family in upstate New York, Lucy Ann Lobdell was not your average girl. Donning her brother''s clothes, she worked on the farm and in her father''s saw mill, and demonstrated marksmanship skills that earned her the nickname "The Female Hunter of Delaware County." After leaving home, she moved to the frontier, married a woman, and lived for sixty years as a man named "Joe." Because of nineteenth century social restrictions and gender expectations, Lobdell endured forced marriage, arrest, and incarceration in an insane asylum. Although twentieth-century scholars have labeled her a lesbian, this study incorporates queer theory, analysis of stories about Lucy and Joe, and Lobdell''s own writings to reveal that he was actually a transgendered man.

DKK 283.00
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Pennies from Vietnam - Larry Ray Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Pennies from Vietnam - Larry Ray Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In this family story that includes more than 70 letters from Vietnam, the raw honesty of one homesick teenage boy speaks for every lonely soldier at war. Huey crew chief Larry Smith grew into a hardened man in his First Cavalry helicopter while his little sister Tracy started kindergarten back in New Jersey and learned of war from the family television. As Larry turned 19 in December 1967, battles intensified and his letters darkened, casting doubt on his promise to return home. Decades after the war, as he lay in a coma, Tracy read her brother''s letters in full and vowed to uncover the whole truth of his war. What she learned makes the case for generational trauma in the mental health realm: children do not belong in war, nor should they watch one unfold on television.

DKK 347.00
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Still Phyllis - Donald Friedman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Still Phyllis - Donald Friedman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Phyllis was a vital, single woman, a photographer and writer, who was enjoying life in the city when she was suddenly stricken by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a disease rarer than a lightning strike that spreads, incredibly, via a non-living molecule called a prion. Terrified to realize she couldn''t perform her duties at work, Phyllis very soon couldn''t even find her way to her desk or to her apartment from the corner store. Informed of his sister''s diagnosis with this dementing and always fatal illness, her estranged brother, her only living relative, brought her home (against the advice of her doctors) to care for her with his wife. The profoundly affecting memoir illuminates how closeness can deepen when words are lost--an inspiring truth to anyone with a friend or family member with dementia.

DKK 298.00
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The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen - Bob Leszczak - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen - Bob Leszczak - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny''s pseudo-sitcom situation and created an oil-and-water twosome with memorable characters showcasing the foibles of mankind. The original Broadway production enjoyed a run of 964 performances. The story of the cohabitation of Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison translated extremely well to the silver screen, and then in 1970 to television, where it brought weekly laughs and mirth to an even larger audience for five seasons in prime time. This thorough history details The Odd Couple in all its forms over the decades. It provides capsule biographies of the stage, film and television casts and crew, as well as an episode guide and a wealth of little-known information.

DKK 429.00
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Brigadier General William Haines Lytle - Bryan W Lane - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Brigadier General William Haines Lytle - Bryan W Lane - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Federal Brigadier General William Haines Lytle was a poet, Civil War soldier, lawyer, orator, friend, beloved brother, jilted lover, flirt, drunk, unfocused talent and sometimes genius. He produced at least one beautiful poem that lives on to this day. This full biography of the Union Brigadier General gives ample attention to the three battles in which he fought, but does not neglect to explore his relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Talented, charming, and well-liked, even by his enemies, Lytle was a cultured gentleman who made friends easily. At the same time, he was also devoted to his troops and a fearless warrior on the battlefield. Drawing on Lytle''s own written words, the words of his family, newspaper correspondents and other primary sources, this painstakingly researched and well-illustrated biography paints a detailed portrait of William Haines Lytle.

DKK 344.00
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