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  • The Supervillain Reader

    Edited by Robert Moses Peaslee, Robert G. Weiner ...
    Contributions by Jerold J. Abrams, José Alaniz, John Carey, Maurice Charney, Peter Coogan, Joe Cruz, Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Stefan Danter, Adam Davidson-Harden, Randy Duncan, Richard Hall, Richard Heldenfels, Alberto Hermida, Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla, A. G. Holdier, Tiffany Hong, Stephen Graham Jones, Siegfried Kracauer, Naja Later, Ryan Litsey, Tara Lomax, Tony Magistrale, Matthew McEniry ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • An Uncertain Future

    Voices of a French Jewish Community, 1940-2012

    by Robert I. Weiner, Richard E. Sharpless ...
    This contemporary oral history, based on interviews conducted over an 18-year period, is the first of its kind in English. The interviews, some repeated with the same subjects over years, demonstrate how the Jewish community of Dijon has evolved over time in response to challenges both internal and external.The authors provide an introduction to the series of interviews as well as a detailed ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Marvel Comics into Film

    Essays on Adaptations Since the 1940s

    Edited by Robert Moses Peaslee, Robert G. Weiner, Matthew J. McEniry ...
    Marvel Studios' approach to its Cinematic Universe--beginning with the release of Iron Man (2008)--has become the template for successful management of blockbuster film properties. Yet films featuring Marvel characters can be traced back to the 1940s, when the Captain America serial first appeared on the screen.This collection of new essays is the first to explore the historical, textual and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Joker

    A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime

    Edited by Robert Moses Peaslee, Robert G. Weiner ...
    Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there has been a great deal of scholarly attention on superheroes, very little has been done to understand supervillains. This is the first academic work to provide a comprehensive study of this villain, illustrating why the Joker appears so relevant to ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Understanding International Law through Moot Courts

    Genocide, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Chemical Weapons, and the Responsibility to Protect

    by Henry F. Carey, Stacey M. Mitchell, George Andreopoulos, Dave Benjamin, Brittany Bromfield, Richard Crawford, Aaron Fichtelberg, Becky Sims, Robert Weiner, Stephanie Wolfe, Robert J. Beck ...
    Understanding International Law through Moot Courts: Genocide, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Chemical Weapons, and the Responsibility to Protect consists of five sets of opposing legal briefs and judge’s decisions for five moot court cases held before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Each moot court brief included in the book addresses contemporary controversies ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000

    Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing

    Edited by Robert G. Weiner, Shelley E. Barba ...
    The award-winning television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) has been described as "the smartest, funniest show in America," and forever changed the way we watch movies. The series featured a human host and a pair of robotic puppets who, while being subjected to some of the worst films ever made, provided ongoing hilarious and insightful commentary in a style popularly known as ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero

    Critical Essays

    Edited by Robert G. Weiner ...
    For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, liberty, and justice. The assassination of his alter ego, Steve Rogers, rocked the comic world, leaving numerous questions about his life and death.This book discusses topics including the representation of Nazi Germany in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom

    Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art

    Edited by Robert G. Weiner, Carrye Kay Syma ...
    Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement. This collection of essays is a wide-ranging look at current practices using comics and graphic novels in educational settings, from elementary schools through college. The ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse

    Highbrow and Lowbrow Transgression in Cinema's First Century

    Edited by John Cline, Robert G. Weiner ...
    While there are numerous books on art and exploitation cinema, very few attempt to examine both. Covering the first 100 years of cinematic transgressions, From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse is a collection of numerous essays representing key contributions to overlooked, forgotten, or under-analyzed parts of film history. From cult favorites like Arch Hall Jr. to revered but under-documented ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cinema Inferno

    Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins

    Edited by Robert G. Weiner, John Cline ...
    Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins addresses significant areas (and eras) of "transgressive" filmmaking, including many subgenres and styles that have not yet received much critical attention. This collection of essays covers both contemporary films and those produced in the last 50 years to provide a theoretical framework for looking at transgressive cinema and what ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Latent Inhibition

    Cognition, Neuroscience and Applications to Schizophrenia

    Edited by Robert Lubow, Ina Weiner ...
    Latent inhibition is a phenomenon by which exposure to an irrelevant stimulus impedes the acquisition or expression of conditioned associations with that stimulus. Latent inhibition, an integral part of the learning process, is observed in many species. This comprehensive collection of studies of latent inhibition, from a variety of disciplines including behavioural/cognitive psychology, ... Read more

    $172.19 USD

  • Audiobook

    Mindswap

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 41 min

    Interstellar travel to alien worlds is too expensive for Marvin, a college student in need of a good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford: a mind swap, in which his consciousness is swapped into the body of an alien life-form. Unfortunately, Marvin finds himself in the body of an interstellar criminal—a body that he has to vacate, fast. But that criminal consciousness has stolen ... Read more

    $11.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus