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Helping technology leaders achieve their goals through publishing, events, and research
Beginning with the publication of the bestselling book The Phoenix Project, IT Revolution has continued to improve the practice of IT organizations through DevOps principles and practices. Our goal is to elevate the state of technology work, quantify the economic and human costs associated with suboptimal IT performance, and improve the lives of IT professionals around the world. For more information on IT Revolution Press and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.itrevolution.com
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Gene Kim is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher, and multiple awardwinning CTO. He has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 and was the founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. Since 2014, he has been the founder and organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit. In 2007, ComputerWorld added Gene to the “40 Innovative IT People to Watch Under the Age of 40” list, and he was named a Computer Science Outstanding Alumnus by Purdue University for achievement and leadership in the profession. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and family.
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The Unicorn Project
A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
By Gene Kim
In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms—this is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertaint and opportunity.
Gene Kim is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher, and multiple award-winning CTO. He has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 and was the founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. Since 2014, he has been the founder and organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit. In 2007, ComputerWorld added Gene to the “40 Innovative IT People to Watch Under the Age of 40” list, and he was named a Computer Science Outstanding Alumnus by Purdue University for achievement and leadership in the profession. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and family.
The highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title, The Phoenix Project— now as paperback!
Rights exclusions: All IT Revolution Press May 2025 352 Pages
Trade paperback 978 1 9427 8899 7
$24.99 / £18.99
Business & Economics • Management
The Phoenix Project
A Graphic Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Volume 2
Adapted by Gene Kim - Illustrated by
Mike Collins
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced.
Gene Kim is a multi–award-winning CTO, researcher, and author of six books, which have sold over one million copies. Since 2014, he has been the organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit, studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations. Kim has a Master of Computer Science from the University of Arizona. He was the founder and CTO of Tripwire, Inc for 13 years, an enterprise security software company. He lives with his wife and children in Portland, OR.
Mike Collins moved from London to Wales in 1985. After a career in law, Mike decided that he enjoyed the fictionbased life of comic book characters over the fiction-based statements of clients. He has illustrated for comic book publishers DC and Marvel among others. Mike was married to Karen Collins and they have three daughters, and a granddaughter. He lives in Cardiff in the United Kingdom.
Adapted from the acclaimed bestselling book, The Phoenix Project Graphic Novel Volume 2 introduces readers to the Three Ways and the Theory of Constraints.
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The Phoenix Project
A Graphic Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Volume 3
Adapted by Gene Kim - Illustrated by Mike Collins
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced.
Gene Kim is a multi–award-winning CTO, researcher, and author of six books, which have sold over one million copies. Since 2014, he has been the organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit, studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations. Kim has a Master of Computer Science from the University of Arizona. He was the founder and CTO of Tripwire, Inc for 13 years, an enterprise security software company. He lives with his wife and children in Portland, OR.
Mike Collins moved from London to Wales in 1985. After a career in law, Mike decided that he enjoyed the fictionbased life of comic book characters over the fiction-based statements of clients. He has illustrated for comic book publishers DC and Marvel among others. Mike was married to Karen Collins and they have three daughters, and a granddaughter. He lives in Cardiff in the United Kingdom.
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Adapted from the acclaimed bestselling book, The Phoenix Project Graphic Novel Volume 3 brings a conclusion to the plight of workers at Parts Unlimited.
Hoodwinked
How Cult Marketing Tactics Left Us Anxious, Broke, and Conned
By Mara Einstein - Foreword by Douglas Rushkoff
Big brands are the gods of today’s world, and the algorithm is their gospel. What makes the cult marketing vortex so attractive to otherwise smart people, and how does online manipulation render us victim to the dangerous whims of digital companies, corporations, and conglomerates? Hoodwinked reveals the new world of digital marketing where steady, seductive tactics once used by spiritual charlatans are now applied to sell everything from apps to political leaders.
Dr. Einstein narrates how smart, sensible people are sucked into the cult marketing vortex and, importantly, what enables them to get out. Combining industry interviews, advertising campaign analysis, and business and scholarly research, Hoodwinked offers an insider’s view into how marketers co-opt our emotions in the name of corporate profits.
Dr. Mara Einstein worked for a decade in corporate marketing for some of the biggest names in the business. She is now a tenured professor and former chair in the department of media studies at Queens College (CUNY). Dr. Einstein (and, yes, she is distantly related) holds a PhD in Media Ecology from New York University, an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
An insider’s view into how marketers co-opt our emotions in the name of corporate profits.
Rights exclusions: Audio
Prometheus April 2025
272 Pages
19 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 4930 8615 3
$28.95 / £19.99
eBook
978 1 4930 8616 0
$27.50 / £19.99
Business & Economics • Consumer Behavior
The White Storm
How Racism Poisoned American Democracy
By Martin Gelin
When the U.S. Capitol was stormed in 2021, it was an attack on the very idea of America as a pluralist democracy. It was also a reminder that the worst threat to the United States today doesn’t come from any foreign despot, but from domestic racism. In The White Storm, Martin Gelin looks back at two decades as a political correspondent and three centuries of American history to understand this moment of crisis.
The book reveals how every step forward for Black Americans is met with a fierce backlash from white Americans, taking two recurring forms: violent extremism and a flight from the commons. The white backlash always grows in proportion to the black advances. The White Storm reveals how racism has permeated almost every significant conflict in America’s past. Now it threatens American democracy itself.
Martin Gelin is a journalist and awardwinning author of eight books on American politics and culture. Since 2011, he has been the U.S. Correspondent for Dagens Nyheter, a national newspaper in Sweden. He has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Independent among others. He has lectured on history and politics at Columbia University, New York University, The University of Hong Kong and the Jaipur Literary Festival.
A piercing examination of America’s struggle with racism and why this now threatens the survival of the nation’s democracy.
Rights exclusions: Translation Prometheus March 2025 384 Pages
978 1 4930 8635 1 $28.95 / £19.99
978 1 4930 8636 8 $27.50 / £19.99
Political Science • American Government / General
The Jailer’s Reckoning
How Mass Incarceration Is Damaging America
By Kevin B. Smith
In this landmark book, Kevin B. Smith explains that the United States became the world’s biggest jailer because politicians wanted to do something about a very real problem with violent crime. That effort was accelerated by a variety of partisan and socio-demographic trends that started to significantly reshape the political environment in the 1980s and 1990s. The force of those trends led to not just historically unprecedented levels of incarceration, but equally unprecedented numbers of ex-prisoners. There is a clear price, the jailer’s reckoning, to be paid for this. As Smith shows, it is a society with declining levels of civic cohesion, reduced economic prospects, and less political engagement. Mass incarceration turns out to be something of a hidden bomb, a social explosion that inflicts enormous civic collateral damage on the entire country, and we must all do something about it.
Kevin B. Smith has been studying and teaching state politics and policy for more than twenty years. Among his nine books, he is the co-author of Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences, and prior to life in academia he covered state and local politics as a newspaper reporter. Smith is professor of political science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
A deep dive into the problems of mass incarceration in America.
Rowman & Littlefield
January 2025
190 Pages 15 Illustrations Hardback with dust jacket
1 5381 9238 2
Social Science • Criminology
The Devil’s Drug
The Global Emergence of Crystal Meth
By Teun Voeten
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as crystal meth, is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Heavy users will destroy themselves in a few months. Originally it was given by the Nazis to their troops to fight the Blitzkrieg. Now it has conquered the whole world and is used at sex parties in Amsterdam and Antwerp, by former hippies in Prague, by the underclass in the slums of Harare, Cape Town, and Peshawar, by truck drivers in Thailand, and workers in the sweatshops in Bangladesh. The largest production centers are in Mexico and Myanmar. But in recent years one lab after another has been found in the border region of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Researcher Teun Voeten traveled the world for two years to investigate all sides of the diabolic drug. He explored the bizarre history and pharmacological effects, he talked to homeless addicts in Tijuana and Los Angeles, cartels in Mexico, international drug experts in Bangkok and Kabul. He met with the original crystal meth cooks in Prague, participants of gay orgies in Amsterdam, speed dealers in Holland and the world-famous underground chemist, Uncle Fester, in Wisconsin. Voeten also spoke to numerous authorities, judges, and social workers who are trying to stop the meth epidemic.
With thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture the rapid international rise of crystal meth.
Rights exclusions: Translation
Rowman & Littlefield
February 2025
296 Pages
16 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 5381 9861 2
$34.00 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 5381 9862 9
$32.00 / £25.00
True Crime • General
Originally, Teun Voeten studied philosophy and cultural anthropology in the Netherlands. He learnt photography by working as an assistant at commercial photographers. Since 1990, he has covered the conflicts in Israel, Rwanda, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Lebanon, DR Congo, Sudan, Libya, and Ukraine for publications such as Vanity Fair, National Geographic, and Newsweek. He was shot by a sniper in Bosnia, nearly executed by drugged up child soldiers in Sierra Leone, kidnapped at gunpoint by Colombian rebels and survived several Taliban ambushes.
In the 1990s. Voeten lived 5 months with an underground community of crack addicted homeless and wrote the book Tunnel People. It appeared in Amsterdam in 1996 and in an updated US version in 2010 at PM press. In his book How de Body? Hope and Horror in Sierra Leone (2000 Dutch edition, 2003 US edition, St Martin’s Press) he describes the violent civil war in that country that nearly cost his live. In 2012, he published the photo book Narco Estado: Drug Violence in Mexico. Together with film maker Maaike Engels, he made documentaries on the Calais migrant camp in France and a short film on Mexican sicarios.
In 2018, he obtained his PhD with a thesis on the Mexican drug war. His totally rewritten study appeared in 2020 as a Small Wars Journal book titled Mexican Drug Violence: Hybrid Warfare, Predatory Capitalism, and the Logic of Cruelty. Recently, Voeten researched drug related crime for the city of Antwerp which resulted in his book Drugs: Antwerpen in de greep van de Nederlandse syndicaten (Pelckmans, Antwerpen, 2020) In 2021, he investigated the world of crystal meth and its global emergence. In 2022, he published ‘Drug van de Duivel. De Wereldwijde Opkomst van Crystal Meth.’
Teun Voeten still works as a reporter and social researcher at large. He is often asked for guest lectures at top universities world-wide and appears frequently on international talk shows. For his expertise on drugs, warfare, and organized crime, he is often consulted by city and national governments and prestigious think tanks.
Backbeat Gangsters
The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Rock Music
By Jeffrey Sussman
In the 1950s, when rock and roll music burst upon the scene, the major established record companies thought that it was a passing teenage trend, but mobsters pounced on the new business opportunity. They opened small independent record companies and signed ambitious young musicians. To make sure that their records would be successful, the mob bribed disc jockeys to play the records and made sure jukeboxes were filled to capacity with the new music. Whatever it took to gain airtime the mob made sure it happened.
Backbeat Gangsters includes the stories of the most sinister people who took control of the record business during the early days of rock and roll, as well as those of the numerous, young performers who were exploited and received threats and beatings instead of the compensation they were promised. In yet another well-researched and thorough account, Jeffrey Sussman, details who the mob was able to infiltrate and control another aspect of American culture with devastating results.
Jeffrey Sussman is the author of 18 non-fiction books, including several books about organized crime. He has been interviewed on numerous radio programs and podcasts and participated in several documentaries about organized crime.
Discover how during the early days of rock and roll the mob were able to make millions from exploiting the careers of young performers.
Rowman & Littlefield
April 2025
190 Pages
2 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 5381 9026 5
$34.00 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 5381 9027 2
$32.00 / £25.00
True Crime • Organized Crime
The It Girls
Glamor, Celebrity, and Scandal
By Caroline Young
Nell Gwyn and Clara Bow, Marilyn Monroe and Edie Sedgwick, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian: These names all conjure up images of glamor and celebrity, as well as the toxic side of fame. They are the ones we can’t look away from, and the ones who inevitably self-destruct.
The It Girls delves into the history and lives of these trend-setting women. From seventeenth-century London to twentyfirst century Seoul, Caroline Young tells the fascinating, often tragic, stories of the women who have been celebrated for their looks and scandalized for their actions. She explores how the It girls defined new standards of beauty—including the red-haired muses of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, the World War II pin-up, the crop-haired icons of the sixties, and the cosmetically-enhanced social media darlings of today.
The It Girls is a captivating examination of women’s history, offering a reevaluation of how women have been celebrated and objectified over the centuries.
Caroline Young is an author from Edinburgh, Scotland. Her previous works include Hitchcock’s Heroines, Living with Coco Chanel, and Crazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror, which was nominated for both a Rondo Hatton Award 2023 and the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award.
The first book to explore the history of the It girl across the centuries.
Rights exclusions: Translation
Rowman & Littlefield
March 2025
328 Pages
27 Illustrations
Hardback
Social Science • Popular Culture INTER NATIONAL AUTHOR
978 1 5381 8621 3
$34.00 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 5381 8622 0
$32.00 / £25.00
My Russia
A Journalist’s Journey of a Lifetime
By Jill Dougherty
My Russia is an autobiography that traces Jill Dougherty’s fascination with Russia and shares the insights into the country, its people, and its leader she has gleaned through forty years of reporting.
Jill took the position of CNN Moscow Bureau Chief at the same time Putin ascended to Prime Minister and then President. She at first believed him to be primarily an economic reformer, the Western-oriented leader Russia needed. But as Putin used his growing power to strangle the nation’s independent press, her feelings began to change. When she reported live on the ground as Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in 2022, she knew the leader with whom she had sympathized was a tyrant threatening to destroy a place and a people she had come to love.
Jill Dougherty was a CNN Correspondent for over thirty years and is now a CNN on-air Contributor. She served as CNN Moscow Bureau Chief for nine years and held other posts at CNN including White House Correspondent. She teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies. She writes regularly for CNN.com, and her work has been published in The Atlantic, Politico, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, DC and speaks fluent Russian.
Jill Dougherty draws on forty years of reporting to share insights into Russia, its people, and its leader.
Rights exclusions: Translation, Audio
Lyons Press
June 2025
272 Pages
25 Illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket
978 1 4930 8798 3
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8799 0
$31.00 / £25.00
Biography & Autobiography • Personal Memoirs
Palestine 1936
The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By Oren Kessler
2024 Winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that targeted both the local Jewish community and the British Mandate authorities that for two decades had midwifed the Zionist project. The Great Arab Revolt would last three years, cost thousands of lives—Jewish, British, and Arab—and cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. Yet incredibly, no history of this seminal, formative first “Intifada” has ever been published for a general audience.
This is the story of two national movements and the first sustained confrontation between them. The rebellion was Arab, but the Zionist counterrebellion—the Jews’ military, economic, and psychological transformation—is a vital, overlooked element in the chronicle of how Palestine became Israel.
Based on extensive archival research on three continents and in three languages, Palestine 1936 is the origin story of the world’s most intractable conflict. In Oren Kessler’s engaging, journalistic voice, it reveals world-changing events through extraordinary individuals on all sides: their loves and their hatreds, their deepest fears and profoundest hopes.
A profoundly human, even-handed narrative of the origins of the Middle East conflict.
Rights exclusions: Translation
Rights sold: Audio Rowman & Littlefield
March 2025
334 Pages
20 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 5381 9370 9
$19.99 / £14.99
eBook
978 1 5381 4881 5
$25.50 / £19.99
Previously Published in Hardback (2023)
978 1 5381 4880 8
$26.95 / £19.99
History • Middle East / Israel & Palestine
Oren Kessler is a journalist and political analyst based in Tel Aviv. He has served as deputy director for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, Middle East research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, Arab affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and an editor and translator at Haaretz English edition.
Raised in Rochester, New York, and Tel Aviv, he holds a BA in history from the University of Toronto and an MA in diplomacy and conflict studies from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).
Kessler’s work has appeared in media outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Politico Palestine 1936, his first book, was named winner of the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and among the ten best books of 2023 by the Wall Street Journal.
Visit his website www.orenkessler.com
Praise for Palestine 1936:
The struggle between Jews and Arabs for the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is a modern war fought with ancient maps. When did the conflict assume its current parameters?... In ‘Palestine 1936,’ the Tel Aviv-based political analyst Oren Kessler argues that the crucial moment was an overlooked episode a decade before Israel’s birth. He makes a convincing case..... [Kessler] is the first to tell this story from all three sides (British, Arab, Jewish) and use sources in all three languages (English, Arabic, Hebrew). He has done an exceptional job and opened new vistas on troubles past and present.
— The Wall Street Journal
Authoritative books of the highest quality, on a diverse range of subjects
Stackpole Books is a trade book publisher with a proud 90-year history of publishing titles in the categories of Outdoors, Craft and Military History.
Strong in Fly Fishing, Nature Guides, Civil War and World War II History, Military Reference and Specialty Crafts and Hobbies, we publish deep in our niche areas, releasing 60 new titles a year and maintaining a solid backlist of 1,500 titles. Founded in the late 1920s by the Stackpole family, the company grew under the leadership of three generations of Stackpoles.
For more information on Stackpole Books and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.stackpolebooks.com.
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Megan Lapp of Crafty Intentions has been creating crochet creatures from her imagination since 2017 and has amassed thousands of fans who just can’t wait for her next exciting design. She is the author of the wildly popular Crochet Creatures of Myth and Legend and Crochet Impkins.
The Unlikely War Hero
A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton
By Marc Leepson
In 1967, U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice
Doug Hegdahl found himself in Hỏa Lò Prison, the notorious North Vietnamese POW camp. Under intense interrogation, Hegdahl pretended to be dim and illiterate. But Doug Hegdahl was far from stupid. During the next two years he memorized the names of 254 fellow prisoners. After coming home in August 1969, Hegdahl shocked his debriefers by rattling off the names, and 63 missing servicemen were reclassified to Prisoners of War. In addition to divulging the names, Doug Hegdahl told the Pentagon shocking details about life inside the POW camps, and that information helped improve POW life for those still in captivity.
Based on archival research, personal interviews, and his experiences in the Vietnam War, Marc Leepson, for the first time, tells the incredible tale of the youngest and lowest-ranking American POW captured in North Vietnam.
Marc Leepson graduated from George Washington University with a history degree in 1967, served in the U.S. Army for the following two years, including a tour in Vietnam, and earned an MA in history. He was a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly before becoming a freelancer. He is senior writer, arts editor, and columnist for The VVA Veteran
This is the incredible tale of the youngest and lowestranking American POW captured in North Vietnam.
Stackpole Books
February 2025
240 Pages 13 Illustrations
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History • Military / Vietnam War
Omaha Beach
D-Day, June 6, 1944, Revised Edition
By Joseph Balkoski
In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-byminute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can get to experiencing the Normandy landings firsthand.
Joseph Balkoski is Command Historian of the Maryland National Guard and author of Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and the classic Beyond the Beachhead. He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, the Washington Times, World War II magazine, and others. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Praise for Omaha Beach:
Balkoski’s depiction of ‘Bloody Omaha’ is the literary accompaniment to the whiteknuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan.
—New York Post
The revised edition of a compelling D-Day history including first-hand accounts from the soldiers that were there. With a new foreword by the author.
Stackpole Books
April 2025
432 Pages
61 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 0 8117 7696 7
$24.95 / £18.99
History • Military / World War II
Utah Beach
The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Revised Edition
By Joseph Balkoski
Companion volume to the critically acclaimed Omaha Beach.
In this much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed Omaha Beach, historian Joseph Balkoski chronicles the amphibious landings and airborne operations at Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Part of the story is already familiar: Among the paratroopers who landed with the 101st Airborne was the company Stephen Ambrose followed in Band of Brothers. Using firsthand after-action reports and unit journals, Balkoski creates a compelling narrative of the fighting at Utah Beach on D-Day, while meticulously constructed maps pinpoint key geographical features and show unit locations as the action unfolds.
Joseph Balkoski is Command Historian of the Maryland National Guard and author of Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and the classic Beyond the Beachhead. He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, the Washington Times, World War II magazine, and others. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
This book is both an engaging narrative and a tribute to the men who stormed the beaches and dropped from the sky. With a new foreword by the author.
Stackpole Books
April 2025
400 Pages
35 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 0 8117 7697 4
$24.95 / £18.99
History • Military / World War II
Eclectic publishing on America’s favourite pastimes and history
Launched nearly four decades ago as a publishing company dedicated to what founder Nick Lyons described as a lifestyle of “responsible outdoor sport,” Lyons Press has evolved into a leading publisher of high-quality books on fishing and hunting, nature, animals, military history, American history and sports.
For more information on Lyons Press and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.lyonspress.com
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Peter Allison is a safari guide who has spent much of the last twelve years leading wildlife-viewing and ecotourism trips in Africa, mostly Botswana. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, his love of animals led him to train as a safari guide in the early 1990s, and soon thereafter he was hired by southern Africa’s largest operator to train all of their safari experts. For most of his safari career he has been based at a camp in Botswana called Mombo, which is situated on an oasis in the middle of the Kalahari Desert.
Inferno
The Fire Bombing of Japan, March 9–August 15, 1945
By Edwin P. Hoyt
In 1945, Major General Curtis LeMay and his squadron targeted numerous Japanese cities, culminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Edwin Hoyt argues against the U. S. justification of the bombing and shows how the U. S. bombed without discrimination, hurting civilians far more than the Japanese military.
Edwin P. Hoyt was an independent historian and author of more than 150 books. Hoyt also served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Guam
The Battle for an American Island in World War II
By James H. Hallas
A reconstruction of the full panorama of the Battle of Guam. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and intimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle, this will stand as the definitive history of the battle for years to come.
James H. Hallas is a graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and spent four decades in the newspaper business as reporter, editor, and publisher. He is the author of several books including Fly Boy Heroes (Stackpole, 2022). He lives in Portland, Connecticut.
The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World’s Most Beautiful City
By Russell Kelley
The story of how Paris evolved from a small fishing village on an island in the middle of the Seine River into the City of Light. The focus of the book is on the city as seen from the street, in order to understand the evolution of the urban landscape of Paris through the rues, boulevards, buildings, and monuments from its long and storied past.
Russell Kelley is an American lawyer who has lived in Paris for nearly 30 years. When in the US, he lives in Palm Beach, FL.
Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
By Mary McAuliffe
Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo as Georges Haussmann tore down and rebuilt Paris into the beautiful City of Light we know today.
Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland. She has traveled extensively in France, has authored several books, and was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. She lives in New York City with her husband.
Prometheus Books is committed to testing the boundaries of established thought and providing readers with thoughtful and authoritative books in a wide variety of categories.
Publishing intelligent nonfiction for the thoughtful lay reader, Prometheus Books has focused on several core categories including popular science, critical thinking, philosophy, history, atheism, humanism, current events, psychology, and true crime. The imprint was founded in 1969 by the late philosopher Paul Kurtz.
For more information on Prometheus Books and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.prometheusbooks.com.
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Garrett Ryan is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants and Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines He earned his PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan. Besides teaching at several universities and authoring a series of academic works, Ryan has brought ancient history to life for hundreds of thousands of fans through his popular YouTube Channel ToldinStone. He lives in Chicago. Visit toldinstone.com to learn more.
The Path to Singularity
How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity
By J. Craig Wheeler Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society, takes a critical look at the technological advances shaping our future. From artificial intelligence to genetic engineering, Wheeler explores how these innovations are interconnected and the potential they hold for humanity’s evolution. He warns of a future where autonomous machines outsmart us and genetic modifications challenge our very essence. With thought-provoking insights into the ethical dilemmas we face, Wheeler stresses the importance of staying informed and proactive.
Our decisions today will determine if we control technology or if it controls us. Through an engaging narrative, Wheeler not only outlines the challenges but also offers practical advice on how we can retain control over our technological destiny.
John Craig Wheeler is an American astronomer. He is the Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is known for his research on supernovae. He is a past president of the American Astronomical Society, a Fellow of that society, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
In a rapidly changing world, are we on the brink of creating technology that outpaces our ability to control it?
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Prometheus
January 2025
368 Pages
5 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 4930 8543 9
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8544 6
$31.00 /£25.00
Science • Philosophy & Social Aspects
The New Order
How AI Rewrites the Narrative of Science
By Chris Edwards
What if the great discoveries of science came in the “wrong” order? The Laws of Thermodynamics were discovered well after the creation of algebra, classical physics, and chemistry, but are perhaps much more important to our basic understanding of the universe. With the development of Artificial Intelligence, it will soon be possible to solve the philosophical and biological problem of solipsism, the problem that all of our scientific discoveries have been necessarily – and incorrectly – built upon anachronistic foundations.
Edwards provides a “new order” to place thermodynamics in its proper place at the center of our scientific universe. Under this “new order”, every other discovery is then connected through those concepts. AI is likely to view the history of the universe through entropy and probability, and with the insights and invention of The New Order, readers can, too.
Chris Edwards, EdD, is the Director of the Scientech/Ball State University Summer Institute for the Advancement of STEM Education, and a Research Affiliate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Edwards has authored several books including, To Explain It All: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Popularity of World History Today.
If human scholars are to understand how AI interprets the universe, we will need to understand the scientific narrative in a “new order.”
Prometheus
June 2025
200 Pages
Hardback
978 1 4930 8911 6
$28.95 / £19.99
eBook
978 1 4930 8912 3
$27.50 / £19.99
Science • Philosophy & Social Aspects
Photo by Donald Giannatti on Unsplash
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Building a God
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It
By Christopher DiCarlo
Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence—a destiny that seems not just possible, but inevitable. At this critical crossroad in our evolutionary history, DiCarlo, a renowned ethicist in AI, delves into the ethical mazes and technological quandaries of our future interactions with superior AI entities. From healthcare enhancements to the risks of digital manipulation, this book scrutinizes AI’s dual potential to elevate or devastate humanity. In this incisive and cogent meditation on the future of AI, DiCarlo argues for the ethical governance of AI by identifying the key components, obstacles, and points of progress gained so far by the global community, and by putting forth thoughtful and measured policies to regulate this dangerous technology.
Christopher DiCarlo, PhD is a philosopher, educator, and author. He is Senior Researcher and Ethicist at Convergence Analysis – a UK-based think tank researching and advising the public and politicians on AI Risk and Governance. He is also the Principal and Founder of Critical Thinking Solutions, a consulting business for individuals, corporations, and not-for-profits in both the private and public sectors.
An essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscape
Prometheus
March 2025
352 Pages
31 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 4930 8588 0
$29.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8589 7
$28.50 / £19.99
Technology & Engineering • Social Aspects
Horror on the Brain
The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction
By Austin Lim
Curiosity drives humanity to wade through the unknown, often leading to unforeseeable consequences. Scientists throughout centuries have mined these depths looking for – and finding – answers to life’s most mysterious questions, but perhaps the most memorable accounts of hidden dimensions have been left to us by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin. When science discovers, science fiction writers ask “what’s next?” Horror on the Brain reveals the real science and psychology behind science fiction’s most iconic characters, from Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein to the doctors of H.P. Lovecraft and even today’s horror blockbusters like Stranger Things and The Last of Us
Austin Lim is a neuroscientist and lecturing professor at DePaul University. He developed and offers the course “The Brain through Science Fiction,” which is an exploration into how science fiction authors such as Mary Shelley, Lovecraft, and Philip K. Dick have used the popular scientific advances of their time to inspire their creative works. His work has appeared in Scientific American, and U.S. News and World Report, among others. He is the author of the open-source introductory level neuroscience textbook Open Neuroscience Initiative.
Dr. Austin Lim recounts psychology’s most bizarre and haunting real-life cases alongside famous speculative fiction that stretched that science to the edge.
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978 1 4930 8478 4
$24.95 / £18.99 eBook 978 1 4930 8479 1
$23.50 / £17.99
Science • Life Sciences / NeuroScience
The Infrastructure Book
How Cities Work and Power Our Lives
By Sybil Derrible
Clean water, paved roads, public transit, electricity and gas, sewers, waste processing, telecommunication, even the Internet – all this infrastructure is what makes cities work and powers our lives, often seamlessly and silently. Virtually everything we do and consume depends on infrastructure. Yet, most people have little to no idea how these systems work.
In The Infrastructure Book, worldrenown urban engineering expert Sybil Derrible reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of the foundational systems that make our societies function. Visiting sixteen cities around the world and their unique approaches to organizational challenges – from city planning in Los Angeles to waste management in Tokyo, Chicago’s power grid to Shanghai’s unique take on traffic – this highly readable book uses fascinating case studies and historical detours to show how infrastructure works – and, sometimes, doesn’t.
Sybil Derrible is a Professor of Urban Engineering and the Director of the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is a worldrenown scholar on infrastructure and a Lead Author on the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) report.
Discover the behind-thescenes machinations of the foundational systems that make our societies function.
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Prometheus
May 2025
272 Pages 21 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8664 1
$26.95 / £19.99
eBook 978 1 4930 8665 8
$25.50 / £19.99
Technology & Engineering • Civil / General
The Wisdom of the Romantics
By Michael K. Kellogg
The post-Enlightenment movement known as Romanticism is a messy period; so messy, in fact, that many scholars eschew any attempt to define it. In reaction to the overreliance placed on reason by Enlightenment thinkers, Romantics emphasized individual freedom, emotional intensity, introspection, sincerity, and heightened imagination. They sought out nature at its wildest and most sublime: tall mountains, steep gorges, and resounding cataracts. They dabbled in the gothic and grotesque, in mythology, the sacred, and the mystical. Romanticism was a turning inward into subjectivity.
In The Wisdom of Romanticism, author Michael Kellogg profiles such disparate authors as Rousseau and Balzac, Goethe and Hegel, Wordsworth and Jane Austen, revealing that classifying Romantic thinkers is a highly subjective enterprise –which is the whole point.
Michael K. Kellogg (Washington, DC), educated at Stanford and Oxford in philosophy and at Harvard Law School, is a founding and managing partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Renaissance, The Wisdom of the Middle Ages, The Greek Search for Wisdom, and The Roman Search for Wisdom.
A deep dive into Romanticism and its authors.
Prometheus
January 2025
336 Pages
Hardback
978 1 4930 8711 2
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8712 9
$31.50 / £25.00
Philosophy • Movements / Humanism
Photo by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash
Books that capture the very heart and soul of outdoor pursuits
For more than 40 years, Falcon Guides have set the standard for outdoor recreation content. With contributions by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, we invite readers to experience the endless adventure and beauty of the great outdoors.
With books and content covering the entire spectrum of outdoor activities, ranging from hiking and rock climbing guides to environmental preservation and wildlife identification, our objective is to outfit your mind with the best possible information on where to go, how to get there, and what to see once you arrive. Our online community brings people who love the outdoors together to share experiences and encourage others to get outside.
For more information on Falcon Guides and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.falcon.com
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Top author
Buck Tilton teaches at Central Wyoming College and has authored more than 1300 magazine articles and more than 40 books. His many books for FalconGuides, including the award-winning Wilderness First Responder, have sold more than 300,000 copies combined.
Meg Carney is a lifelong nature-lover and full-time outdoor and environmental writer. She is the Senior Editor of the CleanUp News. Her combined passion for words and the environment has led her to lead a nomadic lifestyle with a career in writing and environmental advocacy.
4,101 Ways Nature Makes Us Smile
A Pocket Guide to Finding Happiness in the Outdoors
By Barbara Ann Kipfer
Part love letter, part invitation, 4,101 Ways Nature Makes You Smile is an informative celebration of the outdoors in simple, classic, fun, illustrated list-style chapters. This overview invites readers to celebrate nature while emphasizing its value for all. Enjoying the outdoors is not exclusive to the wealthy, the athletic, or the experienced; it’s inclusive, gratifying, and it makes us smile!
Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer is an archaeologist, lexicographer, former sports writer, hiker, and author. She has written more than 65 books and calendars, mostly lists, including 14,000 things to be happy about, 5,203 Things to Do Instead of Looking at Your Phone, Self-Meditation,Instant Karma, 8,789 Words of Wisdom, and The Wish List, 4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone (Random House), Roget’s International Thesaurus, and 1,001 Ways to Live Wild, 1,001 Ways to Slow Down, and 1,001 Ways to be Creative Find more of Barbara’s work online at thingstobehappyabout.com.
An informative celebration of the outdoors in simple, classic, fun, illustrated list-style chapters.
Falcon Guides
June 2025
200 Pages 30 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8426 5
$19.95 / £14.99
eBook
978 1 4930 8427 2
$19.00 / £14.99
Nature • General
Tying Euro Nymphs and Other Competition Favorites
By Tim Cammisa
Perhaps no other area in fly fishing has experienced as much sensation, and growth, as “Euro Nymphing.” This term, which is actually not the most accurate but has been the one that has stuck, describes a broad category of nymphing (fishing flies under the water as opposed to on top of the water) techniques from around the world—Czech, Polish, Spanish, French, as well as American—brought to the forefront by the rise of fly fishing competitions. This pioneering fly tying book focuses on teaching the most popular patterns in this category and includes approximately 15 flies with over 350 full-color tying steps.
Tim Cammisa of “Trout and Feather” has been a YouTube creator of fly tying and fly fishing videos for over seven years. Starring in 200+ videos with great response, Tim now has an audience of over 17,000 subscribers and nearly 3 million video views.
A featured presenter and tier at events such as the International Fly Tying Symposium and Midwest Fly Fishing Expo, Tim has traveled around the country helping others improve their fly fishing and fly tying skills. Tim is the author of Fly Tying for Everyone (Stackpole, 2021). He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Heather, and son, Angelo, both of whom enjoy fly fishing, too.
This pioneering fly tying book focuses on teaching the most popular nymph patterns from around the world and includes approximately 15 flies.
Scott Sadil’s columns and feature stories written over his first half decade with Gray’s Sporting Journal, an opportunity to pay witness to the spirited highs and lows of flyfishing in our volatile world today.
Scott Sadil is the angling editor for Gray’s Sporting Journal. He is the author of six previous books, including the short story collection, Lost in Wyoming, a finalist for the Ken Kesey Oregon Book Award in fiction. Raised in California, Sadil now lives in Hood River, Oregon.
Two Thirds Water is a collection of fly-fishing essays covering Arnie Sabatelli’s broad and varied lifetime experience of fishing all kinds of waters, salt and freshwater, from remote Adirondack ponds to the Long Island Sound, Bahamian flats, Michigan steelhead rivers, and tiny streams high in the mountains of Mexico.
Arnie Sabatelli writes on fly fishing for Gray’s Sporting Journal, Fly Fisherman, TU, The Flyfish Journal and Adirondack Life. He has a regular following on his Substack, Journey Casts. He lives in Bethany, Connecticut.
This new entry in the Stackpole Favorite Flies series covers flies for the Upper Midwest—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This area has fishing that is very different than the rest of the Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois), and Jerry Darkes leads anglers through it.
The Favorite Flies series pulls together fifty important (either from a historical or fishing or both standpoint) flies from a particular region, tied by anglers with close ties and local knowledge of the place. Each fly featured in a spread that includes large, easy to see image, recipe, tying notes, and a supplemental image or possibly a few tying steps if a technique needs to be illustrated. This book, though not a tying manual, showcases important flies that work well on the water for a given area and a fishing/ tying resource and tribute to the region.
Jerry Darkes is a fly tackle sales rep, instructor/guide, and writer based in northern Ohio. He has over four decades of fly fishing experience in both fresh and saltwater and is recognized as an expert on Great Lakes steelhead and warm water fly fishing. Darkes has authored numerous articles in a variety of publications, as well as books including Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans and Essential Flies for the Great Lakes Region.
Favorite Flies for the Upper Midwest showcases fifty important flies that work well on the waters of the upper Midwest states.
Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Fight of the Century (Ali–Frazier I), Sparring with Smokin’ Joe provides a penetrating, at times brutally candid, look at legendary champion Joe Frazier. Glenn Lewis spent several months in the gym, on the road, and in verbal tussles with Frazier in 1980, when Frazier was at a crossroads in his life and career. Lewis recounts Frazier’s candid takes on his still-recent Hall-of-Fame career, wars with Ali, and hard-scrabble roots. Frazier also reflects on Ali’s upcoming comeback fight against Larry Holmes, his own possible return to the ring, preparing his son Marvis for a pro boxing debut, and the impact of racial tensions and cultural upheaval on his fighting legacy.
Glenn Lewis is director of journalism at York College, CUNY, and professor of print journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. The veteran journalist and author has written about sports, health, media, and societal trends. He has waited four decades to write Sparring with Smokin’ Joe about his time with the iconic heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. Lewis has also been an on-air media and journalism expert for Fox 5 TV-News. He lives in New York City with his wife and has two grown daughters.
An intimate portrait of Joe Frazier, whose ferocious rivalry with Muhammad Ali made them both boxing legends.
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Rowman & Littlefield
April 2025
256 Pages
12 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 5381 9904 6
$18.00 / £13.99
eBook
978 1 5381 3680 5
$17.00 / £12.99
Previously Published in Hardback (2021)
978 1 5381 3679 9
$24.95 / £18.99
Sports & Recreation • Boxing
Europe by Eurail 2025
49th Edition
Revised by C. Darren Price - By LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
Europe by Eurail has been the train traveler’s one-stop source for visiting Europe’s cities and countries by rail for nearly fifty years. Newly revised and updated, this comprehensive annual guide provides the latest information on fares, schedules, and pass options, as well as detailed information on more than one hundred specific rail excursions and sightseeing options.
LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski and her late husband, George Ferguson, first coauthored this unique and comprehensive how-to guide in 1980. They also coauthored Britain by BritRail (Globe Pequot).
The ultimate resource for traveling Europe by rail.
Globe Pequot
May 2025
578 Pages 21 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8840 9
$27.95 / £19.99
eBook
978 1 4930 8841 6
$26.50 / £19.99
Travel • General
A Guide to America’s World Heritage Sites
The Heritage of Humanity
By Robert Manning
There are twenty-four World Heritage Sites scattered across the United States. These U.S. World Heritage Sites are the most important natural and cultural areas around the world; these are the places that the United Nations, and the 167 countries it represents, have recognized as the most important contributions to the world’s heritage. World Heritage Sites are premier visitor destinations, yet most people are not familiar with the World Heritage Site designation and many of the places included on the World Heritage List. A Guide to America’s World Heritage Sites: The Heritage of Humanity describes these twenty-four sites, including why they are so important, the visitor attractions they feature, and logistical advice on how to visit them.
Robert Manning is professor emeritus at the University of Vermont, where he taught the history, philosophy, and management of national parks and conducted a long-term program of research for the US National Park Service. He has written a dozen books on managing of national parks and related issues and three guidebooks (with his wife, Martha Manning) on walking and hiking, including the award-winning Walks of a Lifetime in America’s National Parks: Extraordinary Hikes in Exceptional Places (Falcon Guides).
Explore twenty-four US World Heritage Sites, with details about their significance, attractions, and advice for visiting.
Globe Pequot
January 2025
216 Pages
137 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8141 7 $26.95 / £19.99
eBook 978 1 4930 8142 4 $25.50 / £19.99
Travel • United States / General
Macrame Plant Hangers, Shelves, and Baskets
15 Unique Designs for Plant Displays
By Virginie Pugliesi and Claire Curt
Not sure where to put your plants anymore, or how to best show them off? Hang them up! Bohemian yet chic, inspired by nature and interior design, these charming hangers will make your plants look their best. Even if you’ve never tried macrame before, the step-by-step instructions with over 300 photos will make it easy for you to complete any of the 15 original designs. There are only 10 knots to learn, and you can learn as you go!
INTER NATIONAL AUTHOR
Virginie Pugliesi discovered macrame in 2017 and very quickly became addicted and began sharing her extraordinary wall hangings on Instagram. Encouraged by the enthusiasm surrounding her work, she opened her own crafts shop Place Boho and began to share her pieces and techniques with others. Instagram: placeboho
Simply beautiful plant hangers you can make yourself!
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Stackpole Books
January 2025
136 Pages
301 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 0 8117 7474 1
$24.95 / £18.99
eBook
978 0 8117 7488 8
$23.50 / £17.99
Crafts & Hobbies • Knots, Macrame & Rope Work
Unisex Sweaters to Knit
Timeless Designs for Sizes 32–52 Inches
By Clarissa Schellong
Everyone should have the pleasure of knitting and/or wearing a sweater that fits well and looks fantastic. And with the 16 designs in this book, you’ll have a whole range of options, from comfy textured pullovers to classic aran styles to workready cardigans—in sizes ranging from 31.5 to 51 inches in chest circumference. These sweaters are classic yet interesting designs that never go out of style. Change colors, length, buttons, and details to personalize the look. Sweaters range from more fitted designs to loose oversize fits and are sure to please!
Pattern skill levels range from intermediate and up, though an illustrated tutorial section of stitches and techniques will help the advanced beginner and others learn any new skills needed. You will turn to this book again and again to fill your sweater chest with instant classics!
Clarissa Schellong began knitting 30 years ago when her favorite teddy needed a sweater, and once she started, she never stopped. After a successful career in knitwear design and buying at various fashion brands, Clarissa found herself with more time to create during parental leave. She began designing under her own label in 2020. Clarissa’s style is timeless and modern—she loves special details and interesting lines.
17 Top-Down Designs in Allover Stranded Colorwork Patterns
By Andrea Brauneis
Instead of restricting stranded knitting to only the yoke of a sweater, the 17 patterns in this collection embrace colorwork from top to bottom. Modern and traditional motifs are used in new ways to create an array of styles.
Andrea Brauneis works as a freelance designer and is the author of several knitting books. She lives with her family in Munich, Germany, and can be found on Instagram @andrea.brauneis
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Stackpole Books
May 2025 • 144 Pages • 159 Illustrations
Paperback 978 0 8117 7489 5 • $26.95 / £19.99
eBook 978 0 8117 7490 1 • $26.00 / £19.99
Crafts & Hobbies • Needlework / Knittin
Summer and Winter Simply Understanding the Weave Structure
34 Projects to Practice Your Skills
By Susan Kesler-Simpson
With this book by your side, you’ll be competent to weave any Summer and Winter pattern you desire.
Susan Kesler-Simpson is the author of many books including Overshot Simply, and Weaving Hand Towels Simply. She has a B.S. and M.A. in Clothing, Textiles, and Design from the University of Nebraska. She resides in Danville, Pennsylvania.
Stackpole Books
May 2025 • 136 Pages • 141 Illustrations
Crafts & Hobbies • Weaving & Spinning INTER NATIONAL AUTHOR
Paperback 978 0 8117 7284 6 • $32.95 / £25.00
eBook 978 0 8117 7285 3 • $31.00 / £25.00
Victorian Housecats to Knit
By Sara Elizabeth Kellner
In the Victorian era, each room had a purpose, and in the imagined house of the Morgans, each room also has a feline inhabitant. Meet each cat and choose your favorites to knit: 20 cat patterns. From the cuddly and adorable Nursery Kittens to Aunt Pru’s Persian, each will capture your heart.
Sara Elizabeth Kellner is the author of Wild and Woolly Knitted Animals and the designer of Rabbit Hole Knits. Her goal when designing is to create patterns that portray the animals realistically while still evoking the personality of each.
Stackpole Books
January 2025 • 160 Pages • 181 Illustrations
Hardback • 978 0 8117 7278 5 • $29.95 / £25.00
eBook • 978 0 8117 7279 2 • $28.50 / £19.99
Crafts & Hobbies • Needlework / Knitting
Margaret Holzmann’s Iconic Knit Blankets and More
30+ Graphic Patterns for Blankets, Pillows, Tops, and Table Runners
By Margaret Holzmann
Margaret Holzmann is back, this time with themed designs featuring cats, dogs, houses, and Christmas trees among other highly graphic, colorful designs.
Margaret Holzmann is the author of the hugely popular Geometric Knit Blankets. Following a career as an engineer at Bell Labs and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she is now a full-time knit designer living in Monrovia, California.
Stackpole Books
February 2025 • 224 Pages • 201 Illustrations
Paperback • 978 0 8117 7572 4 • $29.95 / £25.00
eBook • 978 0 8117 7573 1 • $28.50 / £19.99
Crafts & Hobbies • Needlework / Knitting
Crochet Granny Square Tops, Bags, and More
Learn to Make a Granny Square + 10 Surprisingly Modern Accessories Using the Classic Motif
By Salena Baca
Granny Squares are for more than just blankets! They can be adapted to make cute tops, bags, hats, and more! Salena Baca walks you through your first square row by row to ensure success. Joining techniques are also explained and illustrated, so you’ll be ready to complete patterns with ease.
Salena Baca is the author of many crochet books. She resides in Bend, Oregon.
Mandalas are intricate designs used around the world to invoke centeredness through reflection. In this spirit Isabelle Haccourt Vautier offers 20 mandalas inspired by cities and countries she dreams of visiting.
Isabelle Haccourt
Vautier is a crossstitch pattern designer and author of many embroidery and cross-stitch books in her native French.
From woolen to (nearly!) worsted and everything in between
By Deborah Held
Use your blending board to its full capacity! Held shares an untapped level of know-how for putting the blending board to use in color management, combining fibers and mix-ins, and for creating specific yarn structures. Beginners and advanced spinners alike will find plenty to learn from her beautiful and instructive photos of fiber, detailed explanations of techniques, and numerous blending recipes.
Debbie Held is a freelance writer and international fiber arts educator. She’s a recurring contributor to Spin Off magazine and its blog, PLY Magazine, the SweetGeorgia blog, and more, and she’s the writer behind the former Interweave column, Her Handspun Habit She teaches courses online for the School of SweetGeorgia, as well as in person throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Debbie lives on an urban farm in Atlanta, Georgia, with a Persian cat named Stanley. Both Debbie and Stanley enjoy watching the spinner’s flock of Shetland sheep roaming outside their windows. Write to them (all) at http://debbieheld.com Get the most from your blending board! Stackpole Books June 2025 176 Pages
The Artist Book Foundation is a [woman-founded and operated] nonprofit art book publisher that documents and celebrates the lives and work of leading artists.
Through museum-quality publications, exhibitions, and public programs, The Artist Book Foundation provides a platform for contributors of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, races, and sexual orientations to publish their work.
To support greater access to the arts and culture, TABF have donated and delivered thousands of TABF books to underserved public libraries, schools, and correctional and rehabilitation facilities nationwide.
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TABF produces artist-centered books, focusing especially on modern and contemporary artists, through artist monographs, catalogues raisonnés, surveys, and exhibition catalogues. Art historians, curators, collectors, and often the artists themselves contribute to TABF’s publications.
For more information on The Artist Book Foundation and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.artistbkfoundation.org
The Artist Book Foundation books are distributed outside North America by Globe Pequot International Sales, Marketing & Rights and Ingram Publisher Services UK as part of the National Book Network’s TradeSelect programme.
Bertrand Meniel
Introduction by Louis Meisel
Contributions by Terrie Sultan, Otto Letze and Bertrand Meniel
Embracing digital photography perhaps more than any other artist working in this genre, French-born Bertrand Meniel (1961–) is able to incorporate an astonishing amount of detail into his renderings of cityscapes in New York City, Miami, and Paris. Using a variety of photographs of his chosen subject, he manipulates an image to perfection, focusing simultaneously on the foreground and background by combing hundreds of shots on a computer screen.
His choice to depict iconic American scenes in his paintings, particularly those associated with the “American Way of Life,” reflects not just a technical mastery of Photorealism but a deep emotional connection to the culture that captivated him during his youth.
Louis Meisel is an American author, art collector, and dealer, as well as a proponent of the Photorealist art movement.
Otto Letze is the director emeritus of the Institute for Cultural Exchange in Tübingen, Germany, and has authoured numerous essays, catalogues, and books.
Terrie Sultan is an independent curator, cultural consultant, and Principal Museum Strategist for Art Museum Strategies @ Hudson Ferris.
Bertrand Meniel’s paintings, composed by assembling multiple photographs, focus on the great cityscapes of our time.
The Artist Book Foundation
January 2025 168 Pages
Hardback
979 8 9872 2822 7
$65.00 / £50.00
Art • American / General
The 12-Hour Author
Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer
By Noah Charney
Whether your focus is books or articles, there are all manner of tricks of the trade that most writers have to learn the hard way, on their own, through trial and error— if they learn them at all. From how to write a book proposal to pitching to editors, from great openings to how to get paid and read contracts, the logistics of how to be a writer are rarely taught, even in creative writing programs and in how-towrite books. The 12-Hour Author lifts the veil and invites the reader in on the secrets of successful writers, both from the angle of how to write well, but also the practical elements of how to work as a writer.
Dr Noah Charney is the internationally best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art, which was nominated for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. He writes regularly for major magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, the Washington Post, and The Art Newspaper. He lives in Slovenia with his wife, children and their hairless dog, Hubert van Eyck. Learn more at www.noahcharney.com.
A must read if you are interested in getting published and earning money as a writer.
Rowman & Littlefield
January 2025
200 Pages
Language Arts & Disciplines • Writing / Academic & Scholarly INTER NATIONAL AUTHOR
Hardback
978 1 5381 8730 2
$32.00 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 5381 8731 9
$30.00 / £25.00
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The 12-Hour Film Expert
Everything You Need to Know about Movies
By Noah Charney and James Charney
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Rowman & Littlefield
2024 • 248 Pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7342 8
eBook 978 1 5381 7343 5
The Thefts of The Mona Lisa
The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork
By Noah Charney,
foreword by Steve Berry
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Rights sold: Russian
Rowman & Littlefield
2024 • 176 Pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 8136 2
eBook 978 1 5381 8137 9
Brushed Aside
The Untold Story of Women in Art
By Noah Charney, foreword by Ingrid Rowland, afterword by Marina Abramovic
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Rights sold: Russian, Chinese Simplifed
Rowman & Littlefield
2023 • 232 Pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7099 1
eBook 978 1 5381 7100 4
Highly respected accounts on TV, film and theatre history.
Now in its fourth decade, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is America’s foremost publisher of theatre, cinema, and TV books. Our books range from biographies of film and theatre luminaries to playscripts, librettos, monologue books and explorations of film, TV and theatre history.
For more information on Applause Theatre & Cinema Books and to view the imprint’s full range of publishing, please visit www.applausebooks.com.
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Stephen Jones is a former television and EPK producer/director and genre movie publicist and consultant. He has had more than 160 books published as an editor and writer and has won four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards, five Bram Stoker Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. Stephen lives in London, England.
Jimmy
The Secret Life of James Dean
By Jason Colavito
Although he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean revolutionized American manhood. As a celebrity and icon, he melded vulnerability with determination, sensitivity with strength, in a way that offered a bracing and— for some—threatening new vision of masculinity. His massive influence and the fascination he has always inspired are inseparable from his identity as a queer man whose complex sexuality shattered the norms of midcentury American society. (When asked whether he was a homosexual, he reportedly said, “I’m certainly not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.”)
Today, even though it is widely accepted that Dean was gay or bisexual, the story of his life and personal character continue to be colored by the prejudices of an earlier era and the work of often unscrupulous biographers and journalists. Drawing on exhaustive new research (including more than four hundred previously secret pages of Dean’s personal and business records), Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean is a revelatory reassessment of the man and his legacy. Free from sensationalism—but unafraid to confront the difficult facts of Dean’s life—it deploys modern insights into sexual diversity to transform our understanding of James Dean’s story, and the stories of boys and men like him.
A fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.
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Applause
January 2025
243 Pages
36 Illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket
978 1 4930 8565 1
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8566 8
$28.50 / £19.99
Social Science • LGBT Studies / General
Jason Colavito is a writer whose work has appeared in publications such as Esquire and The New Republic. He has been interviewed widely in media that include the BBC, The New York Times, Closer, and many others. He is the author of several critically acclaimed nonfiction titles, including The Legends of the Pyramids: Myths and Misconceptions about Ancient Egypt, The Mound Builder Myth: Fake History and the Hunt for a “Lost White Race”, and The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture. Jason lives in upstate New York.
A “bombshell book”.
The Daily Mail
Jason Colavito
Interviewed by Ellen Appleton
Why do you think James Dean has remained a household name seventy years after his death, and after such a short career?
James Dean embodied cool, and because he was the first young actor to truly capture the experience of being a teenager at a time when the idea of “teenagers” was still forming, he became the model every young man would either follow or react against. By virtue of being first and because he shined so brightly, he instantly became synonymous with what it meant to be a young man in the postwar world. And unique among early teen idols, he was equally loved by both teen boys and girls, doubling his fan base. Even more than his movies, the hundreds of photographs of him looking sexy and cool sustained his reputation through millions of posters, prints, magazines, t-shirts, and books. He is everywhere. But his death is what really solidified the legend. Because he never grew old, his memory remained forever fixed on his youth. He remains
“[T]here is deep value in recognizing that one of the most famous men ever to live, a global icon, and the model for generations of young men was a queer man.”
famous today because he became an icon, as close as America comes to a secular saint.
Why do you think it is important to tell the story of James Dean through the lens of his queer identity?
I didn’t originally come to this book with the intent of looking at James Dean through a queer lens. After watching Rebel without a Cause for the first time during the pandemic, I wanted to know more about what seemed to be very obvious queer subtext in the movie and how it got there. But the more I looked into that question, the more obvious it became that it was impossible to separate what I saw on screen from the secret life James Dean never wanted the public to see. Every part of James Dean’s persona, every part of his career, and every part of his adult life was informed by his experience as a queer man living through an aggressively oppressive era. The only way to really understand and make sense of Dean is to understand his deepest desires and greatest fears, and these were intimately tied to his identity. And, in a more practical sense, in today’s political environment, there is deep value in recognizing that one of the most famous men ever to live, a global icon, and the model for generations of young men was a queer man.
What was the biggest challenge you faced when researching and writing Jimmy?
There were two massive challenges in writing this book. The first was the sheer volume of material. Despite having lived a very short life, more has been written about James Dean than almost any comparable celebrity. There is so much material that a man named Robert Tysl earned a doctorate by writing a 700-page dissertation simply attempting to survey it all—in 1965. But the bigger challenge revolved around what is in that literature: So much of what was written is false, and those falsehoods have grown into myths that continue to be mistaken for truth. From hoaxes and fabrications to faulty memories and biased writers, finding the truth in a mountain of falsehoods became a massive logic puzzle, comparing writers’ and witnesses’ claims against historical documents and parsing out what certainly never happened, what likely happened differently, and what was recorded correctly. Fortunately, I had the help of hundreds of pages of James Dean’s newly uncovered personal documents, which enabled me to compare many claims to contemporary records and
“[T]the
fact this document remained secret for seven decades reminds us how scandalous and damaging Hollywood and the media once considered any proof of queerness.”
eliminate many impossible claims. Even with that help, some friends’ memories that contradict one another remain unresolvable.
Can you tell us about one standout object or document you came across while researching the book?
Most people would point to James Dean’s red windbreaker from Rebel without a Cause as the standout object, but I am drawn to the private materials that were never meant to be seen because they tell us so much more about his life, especially letters, drawings, and his ephemera. One stood out the most. I acquired at auction a copy of the settlement agreement between James Dean and his onetime boyfriend Rogers Brackett, in which Dean agreed to pay Brackett back for the money Brackett had spent supporting him during their relationship. This agreement opens a window into a completely unknown part of Dean’s experience as a queer man and provides proof of a relationship that many have denied or minimized. It tells us a great deal about Dean’s relationship with Brackett, how Brackett supported Dean over the years, and about the bitter feelings when their relationship ended. No one knew that Brackett had tried to sue Dean—it was basically a shakedown, implicitly threatening exposure if Dean didn’t pay up. And, of course, the fact this document remained secret for seven decades reminds us how scandalous and damaging Hollywood and the media once considered any proof of queerness. ∎
Excerpt from Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean
By Jason Colavito
Introduction
On Wednesday, October 10, 1956, the glittering gala premiere of famed director George Stevens’s new epic drama Giant sparkled with the light of dozens of stars. Hollywood had come to at New York’s Roxy Theater, a six-thousand seat movie palace, the second largest in the world, to celebrate what promised to be the biggest movie of 1956, both in length— it was three and a half hours long—and in box office. The flashbulbs went off one by one, capturing images of movie royalty, including Giant stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and Mercedes McCambridge, as they smiled and waved their way through cheering crowds into the Spanishstyle “cathedral of the motion picture” and to their seats rising above the wide, shallow stage where the theater’s ice-skating dance troupe, the Icy Roxyettes, twirled in perfect synchronization to the sound of the Roxy Theater Orchestra’s “Fall Fantasy” musical revue. Police struggled to hold back what a reporter described as the thousand-strong “seething, screaming, seemingly somewhat insane sea of starstruck humanity” who had crowded around rope
barricades strung across the corner of West 50th Street and Seventh Avenue to see the arriving celebrities, and to cheer for one who wasn’t there. Inside, executives, socialites, and stars filled the seats, at $15 a ticket, the money going to a charity to fight muscular dystrophy. The event, the papers noted that week, was bigger than the World Series, which had ended across town that afternoon with the Yankees beating the Dodgers.
As more celebrities like actress Natalie Wood and comedian Henny Youngman entered, a massive phalanx of sixty or more reporters from twentyseven cities vied to ask questions. Singer and actress Jayne Meadows and actor Chill Wills hosted live television coverage in front of the doors to the theater’s cavernous lobby, fully packed shoulder-to-shoulder with attendees, and fashion models served as ushers. The movie’s cast stopped one by one to speak with WRCA-FM’s popular hosts, Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg, who were recording a special show devoted to Giant to air the next night. Despite the star power on display, Tex and Jinx, as the pair were known, were most interested in an absent actor, his
name staring down silently from the movie palace’s massive, illuminated marquee: James Dean. Rumors swirled that the young Giant actor, who had died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four almost exactly a year prior, would soon receive an unprecedented second posthumous Academy Award nomination. Although he had starred in only three films, by most measures, he was the most famous man in the world. He had fan clubs from L.A. to Paris to Jakarta. Tex and Jinx wanted to know how each star remembered their fallen colleague. Taylor praised Dean lavishly and told the pair that had he lived, he would have become one the era’s finest actors. McCambridge spoke of Dean’s kindness to her. Hudson, in gruff dissent, informed the radio hosts that he did not really know Dean, whom he found aloof.
And yet inside the theater and on the street outside, hundreds, even thousands who came out that night did feel as though they knew James Dean, just like millions of his fans across America and around the world. Had they not seen the handsome young man bare his soul on celluloid and felt his pain and known they had glimpsed the real boy behind the flickering image? A thousand of Dean’s biggest fans packed the Roxy’s highest balcony and stomped their feet loudly when his name appeared in the opening credits and shouted uncontrollably
when their idol’s face graced the screen for the first time. The special guests and reporters down below heard unearthly wailing from the throng above. Some of them must have looked twice at Larry Chandler, a Los Angeles photoengraver who used his vacation time to come to New York for the premiere. He told a reporter who noticed his unmistakable resemblance to Dean that he was also a huge Dean fan and like an uncountable number of other fans, he read every scrap of information he could find about Dean’s life. Hundreds of magazine articles obsessively chronicled the dead star’s life for millions of readers who demanded still more, and now in the bookstores dotted around Manhattan, like the Doubleday Book Shop where Dean once shopped, and across the country, notices advertised a new biography of the star, written by his best friend, on sale in mere weeks. Promotional photos of the book’s black cover showed Dean’s face emerging from a shadow, like a ghost.
For the stars looking out from the Roxy’s lobby at the teeming throng, Dean’s phantom must have seemed to be everywhere. His face peered out from magazine covers on every newsstand, from the popular Look magazine to the tawdriest tabloid. Cardboard cutouts of him promoted Giant wherever it played—except the Roxy, where the cardboard idol
was removed because it has become covered head to toe in lipstick. Gazing at the people gathered to cheer James Dean, it was all too easy to see his face reflected in theirs. Young men and teenage boys combed their hair high to look like his, dressed in blue jeans to look like photos of him, and scowled and slouched and mumbled to imitate his gruff manner. James Dean ranked at the top of national polls of young men’s favorite movie stars. The novelist John Dos Passos looked at the boys and young men dressing like James Dean, with their “resentful hair” and “scorn on the lip” and called them hypocrites, soft children of privilege pretending to be real men. He named them “sinister adolescents,” but the scorn did nothing to stop boys from clipping Dean’s picture from magazines, studying his three films, and learning from a dead man’s celluloid shadow how to be men.
Even now generations of men wear Dean’s influence every day— quite literally—in their casual clothes and tussled hair, in the way they talk and walk. So ingrained has his style become that it is simply an American idiom, the language of modern masculinity, almost as invisible as the air. It’s hard to imagine that in the 1950s someone needed to invent it. But still today, seven decades after James Dean, his name continues to stand for a particular type of young manliness. We see it most often in the young men
proclaimed the “next James Dean” or who named Dean as a role model, men like Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Martin Sheen, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Luke Perry, River Phoenix, Nicholas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, Jacob Elordi, Austin Butler, and countless more. But his echo can be found everywhere. There was a tremendous unspoken irony in young men celebrating James Dean as the ideal man. Dean died in the heart of the 1950s, a time when homophobia ran rampant. In Congress, legislators thundered against homosexual “sex perverts” and forced hundreds of gay men from government. President Eisenhower had banned gays from federal jobs, and employers across the country followed suit. Newspapers and magazines screamed with lurid headlines about “The Homosexual Menace,” warning that “Geniuses Are Potential Queers,” and that TV, movies, and universities were “Home to Homos.”
A columnist darkly complained that homosexuals had infested American culture. “It is time for the American public to face the facts of homosexuality like it has faced the facts of cancer, tuberculosis, epilepsy,” she wrote. Movie stars, Broadway actors, and athletes pretending to be straight were, the columnist declared, the “most dangerous type of male homo-sexual.” These “perverts,” she
thundered, “perform on our motion picture screens and stages. They write our books, paint our pictures, sometimes compete in our best athletic events.” They had to be stopped. Such sentiments were far from atypical. Thousands of articles warning against the dangers homosexuals posed to America filled the media. They were so common in the 1950s that no literate American could miss them.
The young men who dressed like James Dean took such warnings to heart, vigorously enforcing unwritten codes of masculinity against any boy who seemed too much of a “sissy,” and across the country teenage boys had made a game of “fag hunting,” patrolling parks and roadsides by night to lure gay men with promises of sex in order to rob and beat them. And yet, the man they looked up to and wanted to be was not straight.
JANUARY 2025
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Audrey Hepburn
A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty
By Tom Santopietro
Commentaries by Jeffrey Banks
Academy Award-winning actress, fashion icon, ethereal beauty, wife, mother, World War II resistance activist, UNICEF champion— Audrey Hepburn transcended her era and became a global idol whose appeal continues to soar in the twenty-first century.
Packed with beautiful photographs of the star at her most captivating and supplemented with incisive fashion commentary from award-winning designer Jeffrey Banks, Audrey Hepburn: A Beautiful Uncertainty is a one-of-a-kind exploration of Audrey’s glamorous image and remarkable life. Always leading with her heart, Hepburn is shown here fully captured in all her complexity: an often self-doubting but brilliant and genuinely kind woman whose style and activism changed the world.
Tom Santopietro is the author of nine previous books, including The Sound of Music Story, The Importance of Being Barbra, Sinatra in Hollywood, The Godfather Effect, Why To Kill A Mockingbird Matters, the New York Times Editor’s Choice Considering Doris Day, and, most recently, The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic. Over the past thirty years, he has managed three dozen Broadway shows.
This is the definitive tribute to the glamor and character of a beloved icon, including rarely published details, photographs and stories about the lasting impact of Audrey Hepburn’s remarkable life.
Applause
May 2025
400 Pages
68 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 4930 6808 1
$45.00 / £35.00
eBook
978 1 4930 6809 8
$43.50 / £35.00
Biography & Autobiography • Entertainment & Performing Arts
A City Full of Hawks
On the Waterfront Seventy Years Later—Still the Great American Contender
By Stephen Rebello
Perhaps no movie has better dramatized the interplay of ambition, corruption, and disappointment in America than On the Waterfront. A gripping tale about organized crime and dockworkers in New Jersey, it is justifiably remembered today as one of the greatest movies of the twentieth century. This film about internecine power struggles and thwarted ambition had its share of big personalities involved in its making, among them Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, playwright Arthur Miller, screenwriter Schulberg, producer Sam Spiegel, composer Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Montgomery, Grace Kelly, and many more. What happened among them? And what dramas were unfolding in their personal lives when they were off set? From creative clashes to the challenges of filming on the Hoboken waterfront to the spectre of anticommunist paranoia, this is a revealing look at the making of a cinematic classic.
Stephen Rebello is a screenwriter and bestselling author. He has written screenplays for Disney, Paramount, Focus Features, and others. He has written for GQ, Playboy, Movieline, Hollywood Life, Statement, More, and Cosmopolitan. Born in southern New England, he is a longtime resident of southern California.
A deep dive into the making of a cinematic classic.
Applause
January 2025
225 Pages
11 Illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket
978 1 4930 7780 9
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 7781 6
$31.50 / £25.00
Performing Arts • Film / History & Criticism
You Can’t Kill the Boogeyman
The Ongoing Halloween Saga – 13 Movies and Counting
By Wayne Byrne
You Can’t Kill the Boogeyman: The Ongoing Halloween Saga - 13 Movies and Counting is a cultural and critical examination of the legendary Halloween film franchise, considering the style, themes, and development of the series within temporal and industrial contexts. Through candid conversations with author Wayne Byrne, a variety of directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, composers, and actors from across the Halloween films offer exclusive insights into their careers, their unique aesthetic approaches, and their experiences of working on one of the most celebrated horror franchises within the history of American Cinema.
INTER NATIONAL AUTHOR
Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. His books include Welcome to Elm Street: Inside the Film and Television Nightmares, Walter Hill: The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick, and Hired Guns: Portraits of Women in Alternative Music, amongst others. He has written on film, music, and literature for a variety of publications such as Hot Press Magazine, The Irish Times, Film Ireland, Books Ireland, and The Dark Side
A full oral history of the Halloween franchise and legacy.
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Applause
May 2025
256 Pages
64 Illustrations
Hardback
978 1 4930 7978 0
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 7979 7
$31.50 / £25.00
Performing Arts • Film / History & Criticism
First Women of Hollywood
Female Pioneers in the Early Motion Picture Business
By Mary Mallory
The early motion picture industry exploded in the 1910s when middle class audiences became hooked on the beautiful storytelling images onscreen. As movie attendance exploded, more workers were required to produce this new form of entertainment. The film industry evolved over its first few decades thanks to the work of people outside the traditional ruling class—immigrants, people of color, women.
At the same time, American culture was evolving as women sought the right to vote and work outside traditional fields, unions exploded, and immigrants contributed to flourishing businesses. Mostly written out of history, women provided an integral component for popularizing silent film and making it an enormous success, paving the way for Golden Age Hollywood. First Women of Hollywood explores the invaluable role and contributions of these mostly forgotten and unacknowledged pioneers.
Mary Mallory is a motion picture historian, and author of Hollywoodland, Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays, Hollywood at Play, A Little Barn Started It All: The History of Hollywood Heritage’s Lasky DeMille Barn, and Living with Grace: Life Lessons from America’s Princess. She is a blogger on Los Angeles and motion picture history for the LA Daily Mirror. She lives in Studio City, California.
A long overdue look at the pioneering women who paved the way in the early days of Hollywood.
Lyons Press
June 2025
256 Pages
36 Illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket
978 1 4930 8930 7
$32.95 / £25.00
eBook
978 1 4930 8931 4
$31.00 / £25.00
History • Women
Morphinomenal
How the Power Rangers Took Over the World
By Joshua Moore
In Morphinomenal, journalist and lifelong Power Rangers fan Joshua Moore will deliver readers a deeply researched narrative history of Power Rangers – from its inception to the present day – and offer comprehensive retellings and analysis of milestone moments for the brand and show, as well as insights into its stillthriving toy line and an adult fandom that yearns for its favorite spandex-wearing superheroes to share a bigger piece of the spotlight with the likes of Batman and Wonder Woman. Moore will tell this story through a combination of original interviews and existing news coverage, academic research and recorded audio and video appearances by cast and crew members from throughout the show’s 30-year run.
Joshua Moore has been a fan of Power Rangers since it began airing in 1993. Over the last decade he has written on a wide range of subjects for the HeraldLeader. In addition to regular appearances on local and regional sports radio shows, Moore has been a featured guest on podcasts dedicated to Power Rangers, Pixar films and Pokémon. He now is a marketer, freelancer writer and broadcaster, and runs Ranger Reader, a Substack about Power Rangers.
The unlikely story of how Power Rangers went from a children’s TV oddity to a billion-dollar multimedia empire.
Applause
June 2025
230 Pages
20 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8161 5
$24.95 / £18.99
eBook
978 1 4930 8162 2
$23.50 / £17.99
Performing Arts • Television / General
The Wire A Cultural History
By Ben Lamb
An engaging and timely account of the groundbreaking show The Wire, this book examines the show’s realism, representations of race, multifaceted characters, influence on international perceptions of American policing, and role in informing twenty-first-century drug policy.
Ben Lamb is a corresponding editor for Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies and the author of You’re Nicked: Investigating British Television Police Series.
Rowman & Littlefield
February 2025 • 264 Pages • 16 Illustrations
Hardback 978 1 5381 8120 1 • $38.00 / £30.00
eBook 978 1 5381 8121 8 • $36.00 / £30.00
Performing Arts • Television / Genres / Drama
Doctor Who A Cultural History
By Graham Gibson
An in-depth look at the history of Doctor Who and its global cultural impact. From its first airing in the immediate wake of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Doctor Who has been a fascinating portal through which viewers observe changing times and standards.
Graham Gibson is a successful and published playwright, with his latest project touring Europe and the UK. He lives with his partner and two sons in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Rowman & Littlefield
March 2025 • 224 Pages • 18 Illustrations
Hardback 978 1 5381 9240 5 • $36.00 / £30.00
eBook 978 1 5381 9241 2 • $34.00 / £25.00
Performing Arts • Television / History & Criticism
Behind the Red Velvet Curtain
An American Ballerina in Russia
As told by Elizabeth Shockman
By Joy Womack
In 2012 Joy Womack made history when she became the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia. Dancing in Moscow was not the Onion Dome fairy tale she’d hoped for. The Bolshoi and its school were filled with cutthroat competition, acts of violence, and coaches who encouraged obsessive devotion. They sent her on stage with broken bones, helped her forge immigration paperwork, and encouraged her to toe a dangerous political line - all for the privilege of dancing on one of the world’s most storied stages.
As Joy’s career took off, she had to face a hard choice. Were the growing dangers of a professional lifestyle descending into corruption worth the relatization of her life’s dream?
Joy Womack is a ballerina, currently working at the Paris Opera. She was featured in a 2021 documentary, Joy Womack: The White Swan, and is the subject of a biopic film, Joika. Her story has been followed by The New York Times, Time Magazine, and many others.
Elizabeth Shockman is a public radio journalist based in Minnesota with internationally published work. Elizabeth met Joy while working for Reuters in Moscow and has spent more than 12 years interviewing her for this book.
The unflinching true tale of the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia.
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Rowman & Littlefield
April 2025
224 Pages
Hardback
978 1 5381 9937 4
$27.95 / £19.99
eBook
978 1 5381 9938 1
$26.00 / £19.99
Performing Arts • Dance / Classical & Ballet
Musical Theatre Acting A Practical Guide
By JV Mercanti - Foreword by Justin Guarini
A guide to the musical theatre artist, student, or professional who needs a refresher on how to hone and sharpen their skills while honoring their interpretation of the material.
JV Mercanti is a tenured associate professor in Pace University’s Musical Theatre BFA program. He has worked as a casting director on Broadway productions and as the associate director on the 2022 Emmy-winning TV production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live. He is editor of the monologue series “In Performance,” (Applause Books).
Performing Arts • Theater / Broadway & Musical Revue
Going Long
The Art of Long-Form Improvisation for Stage and Screen
By Jo McGinley
A clear and practical framework for both beginning and experienced improvisers. It includes mental exercises, best practices for rehearsals and collaboration, techniques for connecting with the audience, and much more.
Jo McGinley is a founding member of the renowned Impro Theatre in LA. Jo has performed and taught numerous styles throughout the US as well as internationally. She lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and animal menagerie.
Designed for both general reader and the actor, Shakespeare’s First Texts is about possibility and imagination. It shows the differences between the way the texts of Shakespeare were first presented to the world, and the highly changed way they appear now.
Newly typeset and designed with a new introduction, this edition also includes new perspectives on the value of Neil Freeman’s work on Shakespeare’s First Texts. Neil Freeman (1941–2015) is known for his groundbreaking work in using the first printings of the Shakespeare texts in performance and in the classroom. He prepared and annotated the thirty-six individual Applause First Folio editions of Shakespeare’s plays and The Applause First Folio of Shakespeare in Modern Type. He was a faculty member and professor emeritus in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia from 1991 to 2006.
Newly typeset and designed with a new introduction.
Applause
April 2025
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Cover coming soon
New in ApplauseShakespeareWorkbooks
To fully appreciate Shakespeare, it is essential to understand the play as a living text that must be spoken aloud to be fully understood. The Applause Shakespeare workbooks provide the tools to explore the text through commentary and understand the rhetorical tradition that Shakespeare was part of, as well as clues offered from the First Folio. These workbooks will open your appreciation for the many diverse possibilities of interpreting each play, which is the key to Shakespeare’s longevity.
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Adam Steiner studied philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and writes about music, street-art culture, architecture, poetry, and transgressive fiction. His books include Into the Never: Nine Inch Nails, the Creation of the Downward Spiral, a deep dive into the cultural impact of the seminal album, Silhouettes And Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters and Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave’s Songs of Love and Death. He lives in London, England. Visit adamsteiner.uk
Cranking Up Taylor Swift
Her Musical Legacy in 11 Songs
By Phoebe E. Hughes
Part of the Backbeat Goes to 11 series.
Since the release of her first album in 2006, Taylor Swift and her music has taken the world by storm, breaking countless records and changing the shape of music and songwriting worldwide. Her career has changed the scope of potential for musicians and curated a body of work vast enough to cross multiple genres.
From “Teardrops on My Guitar” to The Eras Tour, Cranking Up Taylor Swift provides a whirlwind tour of 11 essential Taylor Swift tracks. It covers every era of her output— early hits, genre experiments, late-career highlights—exploring the irresistible alchemy that makes Swift’s music something the world cannot shake off.
Phoebe E. Hughes is a lecturer in musicology in the Binghamton University Music Department. Her classes focus on Western Classical music, U.S. popular music, Taylor Swift, and music research methods. Her studies focus on the intersections of class, gender, race, and sexuality in 20th and 21st century United States popular music. She has a PhD in musicology from Ohio State University, and an interdisciplinary specialization certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies.
A whirlwind tour of 11 essential Taylor Swift tracks.
May 2025
144 Pages
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 8472 2
$19.95 / £14.99
Music • History & Criticism
Backbeat
Cranking Up Stevie Wonder
His Musical Legacy in 11 Songs
Part of the Backbeat Goes to 11 series.
American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is a trailblazer whose influence can be heard across modern R&B, soul, pop, jazz, and gospel. He’s also an inspiration to disabled artists throughout the world: after going blind as a child, he pursued music passionately and blossomed into one of the most important composers and performers in history. Still going strong after decades in the spotlight, he remains one of the best-selling musical artists of all time.
From “Superstition” to “So What the Fuss,” Cranking Up Stevie Wonder provides a whirlwind tour of 11 essential Stevie Wonder tracks. It covers every era of his output—early hits, genre experiments, latecareer highlights—exploring the irresistible alchemy that keeps Wonder’s music forever at our fingertips.
Arthur Lizie is a Professor of Communication at Bridgewater State University. He is the series editor for Backbeat Books’ Goes to 11 series. His books include Prince FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Purple Reign and Beck: Every Album, Every Song and the edited Prince and Neil Young volumes in the Interviews and Encounters book series.
This fun and informative book explores Stevie Wonder’s place in pop music history through eleven of his most important songs.
Backbeat January 2025 168 Pages
Trade
978 1 4930 7209 5
$19.95 / £14.99
eBook
978 1 4930 7210 1
$19.00 / £14.99
Music • History & Criticism
REVOLUTION
Prince, the Band, and the Era
By James Campion
Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince’s most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and relentlessly drove to be the sonic, visual, and ideological reflection of his evolving vision. Although being the most self-contained, versatile, and prolific artist of his era, Prince reveled in the band, a multi-racial, intergender unit that acted as both family and loyal acolytes that embodied his ethos, expressed his pathos, and lifted him to rarified heights of pop dominance. This is the story of the genre-shifting, multi-media, trailblazing Prince & the Revolution from their humble inception to their precipitous rise in celebrated hit singles, albums, films, and tours to their controversial and shocking demise.
James Campion is a syndicated columnist and contributing editor for the pop culture magazine, the Aquarian Weekly. He is also the co-host of the popular music podcast Underwater Sunshine with Counting Crows front-man, Adam Duritz. The two host an annual music festival in NYC by the same name. Campion has authored two Backbeat Books: Shout It Out Loud: The Story of KISS’s Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon and Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon
The guide to all things Prince, spanning the entirety of his career and legacy.
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Room 100
Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died
By Jesse P. Pollack
Room 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a wealth of archival material, plus new and exclusive interviews from rock luminaries such as Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, iconic photographer Robert Bayley, and PUNK magazine co-creator John Holmstrom, critically acclaimed true-crime writer Jesse P. Pollack’s book is the first to be solely devoted to popular music’s darkest hour—the murder of Nancy Spungen. Did Sid kill the love of his life in a drug-induced stupor, or had Nancy been the victim of a robbery gone wrong? Was there a death pact? Did the police ignore crucial evidence? This comprehensive journalistic account will be the definitive book on one of rock ‘n roll’s most intriguing and enduring mysteries.
Jesse P. Pollack has served as a contributing writer for Weird NJ magazine since 2001. His first book, Death on the Devil’s Teeth, coauthored with Mark Moran, was nominated for a New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Author Award. He lives in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
The gripping first account of one of the darkest days in pop music history: the murder of Nancy Spungen.
Backbeat
January 2025
200 Pages
52 Illustrations
Trade paperback
978 1 4930 5063 5
$24.95 / £18.99
eBook
978 1 4930 5064 2
$23.50 / £17.99
Music • History & Criticism
From the Shadow of the Blues
My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption
By John Lee Hooker Jr. - With Julia Simon
A powerful memoir from the son of blues legend John Lee Hooker.
As a teenager, Reverend John Lee Hooker Jr. opened his father’s shows, but drug addiction led to several decades in and out of prison. Emerging sober and finding the Lord, he had a successful career as a blues artist before becoming a minister serving prisons.
Julia Simon is a Professor at the University of California, and author of several books.
Rowman & Littlefield
February 2025 • 216 Pages • 27 Illustrations
Hardback 978 1 5381 8623 7 • $34.00 / £25.00
eBook 978 1 5381 8624 4 • $32.00 / £25.00
Biography & Autobiography • Music
Nights at the Red Steinway
Adventures in Jazz Piano, from the Wall Street Journal and Elsewhere
By Will Friedwald
Friedwald’s writing offers a wideranging, deeply considered tour through the history of jazz piano. It is an indispensable collection for fans of all stripes.
Will Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and other publications. He is the author of ten books, has written over 600 sets of album liner notes, has received eleven Grammy nominations, and appears frequently on television and in documentaries.
Physicians, Spiritualists, and Shamans in the Search for Holistic Health
By Thomas S. Helling
The Healers: Physicians, Spiritualists, and Shamans in the Search for Holistic Health illustrates attempts through history to address the parallel psychological conundrums brought by sickness. Complexities of body and mind stymied practitioners in their pursuit of physical and spiritual cures. All types of healers weighed in: scholars, shamans, and selfproclaimed spiritualist, spanning antiquity to modern times. And all too often their efforts drifted into the metaphysical, if not the supernatural.
Among those men and women were members of the ancient cult of Asclepius, the Lakota holy man Black Elk, and the modern-day humanist, Harvard professor Edward Churchill. Individuals such as these shaped our concept of holistic healing. Theirs are remarkable stories of compassion, selflessness, and enlightenment. What lessons have these figures taught us through history? This book may give some answers.
Thomas Helling, MD, is a tenured Professor of Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is author of several books and was awarded the Harry D. Langley Book Prize by the Society for the History of Navy Medicine. Learn more at thomashelling.com.
Celebrated surgeon and medical historian offers brief biographies of medical healers through the ages, from the ancient Greeks to the present day.
Rowman & Littlefield
March 2025
272 Pages
Hardback
979 8 8818 0325 4
$34.00 / £25.00
eBook
979 8 8818 0326 1
$32.50 / £25.00
Body, Mind & Spirit • Healing / General
First Love
Guiding Teens through Relationships and Heartbreak
By Lisa A. Phillips
Today’s young people are beginning their love lives in a time of rapidly changing ideas and ideals about identity, commitment, sexuality, and consent. For parents, the new realities of teenage relationships can be both mystifying and daunting.
First Love: Guiding Teens through Relationships and Heartbreak chronicles the challenges today’s adolescents face as they navigate crushes, dating, and breakups—and the challenges adults face as they strive to provide guidance and support. Phillips sheds light on how the relationships teens have today are different from their parents’ generation, including their reliance on technology and social media, the rise of young people identifying as LGBTQ+, high rates of depression and anxiety, and consent consciousness.
Told from the perspective of a professor, mother, and award-winning journalist, First Love is a critical resource for parents, educators, mental health professionals.
Lisa A. Phillips is the author of two previous books and has written about relationships, mental health, and teens for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Psychology Today, and other outlets. She teaches journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She lives in Woodstock, New York.
A critical resource for parents to help their teens through the perplexing world of love and heartbreak.
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Rowman & Littlefield
April 2025
248 Pages
Hardback with dust jacket
978 1 5381 6168 5
$26.95 / £19.99
eBook 978 1 5381 6169 2 $25.50 / £19.99
Family & Relationships • Life Stages / Adolescence
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