Robert Elder
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It may be after three days together, or after three months-it's that moment when it all falls together. From heartfelt declarations to all-knowing smiles, It Was Love When .. captures that moment when love is just beginning. I thought to myself, "I love him more than Spider-Man loves Mary Jane." I was looking through his iTunes when I realized that our playlists were nearly identical. Suddenly he turned off the lights and told me to look...
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Most histories of the American South describe the conflict between evangelical religion and honor culture as one of the defining features of southern life before the Civil War. The story is usually told as a battle of clashing worldviews, but in this book, Robert Elder challenges this interpretation by illuminating just how deeply evangelicalism in Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches was interwoven with traditional southern culture, arguing...
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Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 director's champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems in this guide. The list includes unsung noir films The Chase and Murder by Contract, famous flops Can't Stop the Music and Joe Versus the Volcano, art films Lange and WR: Mysteries of the Organism, theatrical adaptations The Iceman Cometh and The Homecoming, B-movies...
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A snapshot of modern romance gone bad, complete with its complexities and contradictions, It Was Over When... compiles the best user-submitted stories of lost love from its companion website (www.itwasoverwhen.com), to create a greatest hits collection of cringe-inducing love schadenfreude. The moment you realize you've got a bad romance can be funny, sad, and sometimes both-but it is nearly always resonant, therapeutic, and universal. This is a spot-on...
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Ernest Hemingway casts a long shadow in literature-reaching beyond his status as a giant of 20th-century fiction and a Nobel Prize winner-extending even into comic books. Appearing variously with Superman, Mickey Mouse, Captain Marvel, and Cerebus, he has even battled fascists alongside Wolverine in Spain and teamed up with Shade to battle adversaries in the Area of Madness.
Robert K. Elder's research into Hemingway's comic presence demonstrates...
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Thinking of Ernest Hemingway often brings to mind his travels around the world, documenting war and engaging in thrilling adventures. However, fully understanding this outsized international author means returning to his place of birth. Hidden Hemingway presents highlights from the extraordinary collection of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. Thoroughly researched, and illustrated with more than 300 color images, this impressive volume...
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Spanning several generations from newcomers to Oscar Award-winning veterans this volume features a discussion of the movies that shaped the careers of these filmmakers and, in turn, cinema history. Here directors, including Peter Bogdanovich, Kimberly Peirce, Arthur Hiller, and John Waters, explore the film they saw at an especially formative moment, how it influenced their own work or, in some cases, led them to tell stories through movies themselves...
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Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour-- and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. From the famous, such as Nathan Hale to Ted Bundy, to the forgotten, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific.