William Lucas Noreen Hare

This is Volume One of a series of historical works that concern the impact of technical communications revolution following World War Two and its correlation with the advent of the sophisticated technique of talented campaign specialists. These specialists used this new technology for maximum impact...

Alfred Hitchcock had a gift for turning the familiar into the unfamiliar, the mundane into the unexpected. A director known for planning the entire movie before the first day of filming began by using the storyboard approach, Hitchcock was renowned for his relaxed directing style, resulting in an ex...

WHOSE GOD? WHOSE LAND? is a sequel to STRUGGLE FOR THE HOLY LAND: ARABS, JEWS AND THE CREATION OF ISRAEL. This volume and the three that will follow it will all explore the rises of the three great religious pillars of monotheism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam and religious as well as political li...

FREUD MEETS HITLER is an intense and fiery confrontation involving two of the primary historical forces of the twentieth century. The setting of an unnamed way station removed from Planet Earth is comparable to that of Jean - Paul Sartre's NO EXIT and Sutton Vane's OUTWARD BOUND as well as the no es...

An early history of the film noir genre with special emphasis on the legendary film The Maltese Falcon and its impact on the careers of Humphrey Bogart and the film's director, John Huston. The book features leading men and women who popularized the genre in its early phase such as Robert Mitchum, A...

In the Spring of 1949 Hollywood detective Jeff Kelly is knocked out in the parking lot of one of his local watering holes. Lila Lamont, the beautiful blonde actress he was escorting to her car, is abducted and killed minutes later. The tragic murder sets off shock waves throughout Los Angeles and se...

This work explores the success of great films of the early post World War Two era by exploring the links and dimensions of young men impoverished by the Great Depression seeking fame and fortune as professional boxers. Their efforts are examined alongside the control of professional boxing by major ...

The narrative traces the history of the region from biblical times through WWII, the creation of Israel, the Persian Gulf War and the most recent peace talks, exploring the roots of Zionism and examining the conflicts that have shaped the region over the centuries. Annotation copyright Book News, In