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A leading publisher of scholarly and reference books in the United States, McFarland publishes 325 new titles each year for a worldwide market. McFarland is recognized for its serious works in a variety of fields, including performing arts, sport & leisure, military history, popular culture, and automotive history. | |
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Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers
333 Illustrated Baseball BiographiesAuthor(s): Ronnie Joyner
ISBN: 9780786470525 Pub. date: 15 Nov 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £26.95
This collection of more than 300 graphic biographies (bio-illustrations) of baseball players is a throwback to the illustrated biographies/cartoons se…
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Buck Ewing
A Baseball BiographyAuthor(s): Roy Kerr
ISBN: 9780786469482 Pub. date: 15 Oct 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £26.95
Buck Ewing (1859-1906) was regarded by contemporaries as the greatest catcher and all-around player of his era, though he is virtually forgotten today…
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Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom
Essays on the BBC SeriesEditor(s): Louisa Ellen Stein, Kristina Busse
ISBN: 9780786468188 Pub. date: 15 Aug 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 - ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for the digital age, joining partici…
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Women Writing Crime Fiction, 1860-1880
Fourteen American, British and Australian AuthorsAuthor(s): Kate Watson
ISBN: 9780786467822 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
This study explores women's crime fiction writing in the mid to late 19th century in three national contexts: American, Australian and British. It als…
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Baseball Team Names
A Dictionary of the Major, Minor and Negro Leagues, 1869-2011Author(s): Richard Worth
ISBN: 9780786468447 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £48.95
Professional baseball, with its rich history and colorful local legends, is full of arcane team names at all levels of the sport. Some might be surpri…
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Autogenic Training
A Mind-Body Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain Syndrome and Stress-Related Disorders, 2d ed.Author(s): Micah R. Sadigh
Editor(s): Elaine A. Moore
ISBN: 9780786470730 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
This book presents practitioners with a concise exploration of autogenic technique and its clinical use, especially in treating those suffering from c…
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Beyond the Screenplay
A Dialectical Approach to DramaturgyAuthor(s): Zachariah Rush
ISBN: 9780786466030 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £48.95
This work analyzes dramatic structures, from Sophocles to Orson Welles and the 21st century cinema, all from the viewpoint of Hegelian dialectic. Util…
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College Football Awards
All National and Conference Winners Through 2010Author(s): Dave Blevins
ISBN: 9780786448678 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £57.95
Each year, more than 575 awards and trophies are presented to college football players and coaches around the country. This comprehensive reference o…
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The Acrobat
Arthur Barnes and the Victorian CircusAuthor(s): John Stewart
ISBN: 9780786470235 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £31.50
Arthur Barnes--"The 100 Somersault Man"--was the world's greatest acrobat, a legend of the circus. He toured for 23 years with the biggest companies i…
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The Writer and the Overseas Childhood
The Third Culture Literature of Kingsolver, McEwan and OthersAuthor(s): Antje M. Rauwerda
ISBN: 9780786449002 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
What does Ian McEwan have in common with Barbara Kingsolver? Or The Shack's William Paul Young with The Way the Crow Flies' Ann-Marie MacDonald? All f…
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The Fight for the Yazoo, August 1862-July 1864
Swamps, Forts and Fleets on Vicksburg's Northern FlankISBN: 9780786462810 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £48.95
Following the loss of the CSS Arkansas in early August 1862, Union and Confederate eyes turned to the Yazoo River, which formed the developing norther…
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The War of 1812
A Complete ChronologyAuthor(s): Bud Hannings
ISBN: 9780786463855 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Hardback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £130.00
Although the American Revolution ended in 1783, tensions between the United States and Britain over disruptions to American trade, the impressment of …
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Beverly Garland
Her Life and CareerAuthor(s): Deborah Del Vecchio
ISBN: 9780786465019 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
Aptly named "Television's First Lady" by Walter Ames of the Los Angeles Times, actress Beverly Garland (1926-2008) is also regarded as a Western and s…
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The Films of John Avildsen
Rocky, The Karate Kid and Other UnderdogsAuthor(s): Larry Powell, Tom Garrett
ISBN: 9780786466924 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
The life and work of American director John Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography. Each of the most significant films made by t…
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Joseph F. Lamb
A Passion for RagtimeAuthor(s): Carol J. Binkowski
ISBN: 9780786468119 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £31.50
Ragtime composer Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960) lived in a musical time that ranged from the Victorian era through Tin Pan Alley to modern times. Although…
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Children's Surgery
A Worldwide HistoryISBN: 9780786468256 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £48.95
The history of medicine and surgery remains well documented, but this volume offers the first specific exploration of the treatment of and attitudes t…
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The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball
Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and UmpiresAuthor(s): David Nemec
ISBN: 9780786468904 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £48.95
With this volume, David Nemec completes his remarkable trilogy of 19th-century baseball biographies, covering every major league player, manager, umpi…
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The Natural Gas Industry in Appalachia
A History from the First Discovery to the Tapping of the Marcellus Shale, 2d ed.Author(s): David A. Waples
ISBN: 9780786470006 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £39.95
The large scale, practical uses of natural gas were initially introduced by innovators Joseph Pew and George Westinghouse for the steel and glass indu…
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Andrea Camilleri
A Companion to the Mystery FictionAuthor(s): Lucia Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780786446704 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £35.50
This is the first comprehensive reference work in English dedicated to the writing of world-famous Italian mystery writer Andrea Camilleri. It include…
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The Carnegie Boys
The Lieutenants of Andrew Carnegie That Changed AmericaISBN: 9780786464555 Pub. date: 15 Jul 2012 Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
List Price: £39.95
In the 1890s, the Carnegie Veterans Association began as a group of boyhood friends and older Andrew Carnegie steel partners united to share business …
