Albert Brooks
Interviews
Fourteen profiles of and conversations with the well-known American actor, director, and screenwriter
Tracing Florida Journeys
Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now
In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.
The Space Age Generation
Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration
The Archaeology of Contemporary America
This book provides a survey of contemporary archaeology in the United States, demonstrating the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique.
Sunshine State Mafia
A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys
A wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book offers inside accounts and little-known stories of organized crime across Florida, from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville.
Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch
How Healing a Southwest Oasis Holds Promise for Our Endangered Land
Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch tells the story of a decades-long habitat restoration project in southwestern New Mexico. Rancher-owner A. Thomas Cole explains what inspired him and his wife, Lucinda, to turn their retirement into years dedicated to hard work and renewal on 11,300 acres of grass- and wetlands. The Pitchfork Ranch is an inspiring promise for the future in the face of crippling climate change.
Portraits of Persistence
Inequality and Hope in Latin America
Profiles of triumph and hardship amid massive inequality in Latin America.
Jean Peters
Hollywood's Mystery Girl
The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara
Florida's Peace River Frontier
In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwest Florida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, and determination.
Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce
A Critical Edition
This book offers the first critical edition of the forty short texts James Joyce called “epiphanies.” Presenting the texts with background information and thorough annotations, this edition provides a vivid insight into Joyce’s art.
Unsettling Brazil
Urban Indigenous and Black Peoples' Resistances to Dependent Settler Capitalism
Analyzes favela, quilombola, and indigenous communities’ responses to settler colonialism in urban Brazil. Based on ethnographic research and her experiences growing up in Brazil, the author tells the stories of communities in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Belo Horizonte
The Indians Won
Suing for Silence
Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Suing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.