Biography

ISBN: 9780813182575
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Best known for her appearances in the six Technicolour 'Neverland' movies, Maria Montez is a film icon. Growing up as one of ten children in the Dominican Republic, her rise as a film star in the United States seemed unlikely. In 1939, Montez set ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813195568
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Despite his numerous hits and Grammy nominations - and his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - John Mellencamp remains one of America’s most underrated songwriters. In Mellencamp, David Masciotra explores the life and career of this impo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781463243692
Published by : Gorgias Press
In this engaging first memoir, George A. Kiraz tells the story of a young Palestinian boy growing up in Bethlehem, fascinated with understanding his Syriac roots even as he drew steadily nearer to the day when he would inevitably be transplanted t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813195421
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967) would forever link Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) to the groundbreaking film and confirm her status as a movie icon. Along with her portrayal of Annie ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813195384
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Hal Wallis might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced—Casablanca, Jezebel, Now Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies)—have c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813182407
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
"The history of war teems with occasions where the interception of dispatches and orders written in plain language has resulted in defeat and disaster for the force whose intentions thus became known at once to the enemy." So begins Colonel Parker... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813182490
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Hundreds of World War II memoirs and accounts have been written and documented, but the stories about the bravery and valor of the women who also served are rarely told. In Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano: Inside the World War II Refugee Crisis, Vaglia... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822966777
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
This is the story of a man who tried to resurrect the spirit of democratic life. He was born into a time of chaos and absurdity, and he took it as his fate to carry a candle into the night. This is his story and the story of many others, the write... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781913701420
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements
Volume: 44
This monograph uses the life and work of ground-breaking female classicist, Wilmer Cave Wright, to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances t... .... Learn More