A detailed exploration of the adaptive practices, meanings, and industrial significance of popular superhero blockbusters

Stories of the engineers who designed and the brave pilots who flew the fastest, deadliest fighter of World War II

A pivotal examination of one of America’s greatest songwriters, his lyrics, and his lifelong attempt to define the nature of love

Traces the little-known story of the bitter contest for the fate of the University of Alabama after the Civil War

Since World War II, women have moved increasingly into business ownership, often outpacing male start-ups and typically seeking to meet a combination of personal and economic needs. She’s the Boss chronicles the history of what drew so many women to entrepreneurship over the past eighty years so that today they own more than forty percent of all US businesses.

The story of the birth and evolution of modern Israel, especially concerning the struggle for Israeli-Palestinian peace, from the view of a journalist, politician and diplomat  who wrote with his own hands several important chapters in that history.
 

The riveting biography of one of the world’s greatest yet lesser-known jazz musicians

Based on twenty-five years of survey and excavation work in the Casas Grandes region, this book presents an interpretation of Paquimé that differs greatly from the traditional ideas that have dominated the literature for the last half-century. This massive reinterpretation of the inner workings of the Casas Grandes region tackles the essential question of how Paquimé affected its near neighbors and also addresses the enigmatic end to the great city. An essential archaeological text, Reframing Paquimé will generate debate for a generation of future scholars of Northwest Mexico and the adjacent U.S. Southwest.

Examines the role of digital technologies in the lives of Kaqchikel Maya women whose husbands work abroad