In 1841, Solomon Northup was a free black man, married with three children and living in upstate New York, when he was tricked into going to Washington DC. There, he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, eventually ending up on a ...

Examines the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema, linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the post-Communist period.

An accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 with comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region.

With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz

Alaina Lemon’s Between Two Fires examines how Roma themselves have negotiated these dual images in everyday interactions and in stage performances.

Open wide! Dentists care for people's teeth. Give readers the inside scoop on what it's like to be a dentist. Readers will learn what dentists do, the tools they use, and how people get this exciting job.

The essays in this volume are about arrangers, all of whom are also composers. They appeared first in [Lees'] publication Jazzletter.-Excerpt from Foreword, by Jeffrey Sultanof (p. ix).

A Macintosh CD-ROM is included with this step-by-step book, which features techniques, tips, and tricks from 80 leading illustrator artists.