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Superhero Synergies: Comic Book Characters Go Digital

by James N. Gilmore & Matthias Stork – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (March 06, 2014)

This collection of essays explores the developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium (comic books/graphic...

Virtual Ascendance: Video Games and the Remaking of Reality

by Devin C. Griffiths – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 19, 2013)

Video gaming is wildly popular and getting even more so as interfaces and devices improve. This popular account of the rise of gaming offers insight into its popularity and place in our culture as well as the...

Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners

by Peter E. Dans & Joseph Bottum – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (May 16, 2009)

Christians in the Movies traces the arc of the portrayal in film of Christians from 1905 to the present. For most of the first six decades, the portrayals were favorable and even reverential. By contrast, from...

Fun Facts to Engage Students

by Jane C. Flinn – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 30, 2018)

Curious about the world around you? Brushing up for Trivia Night? Studying for a test? Looking for new dinner-table discussion topics?

Take a deep-dive into subjects you may have learned about in school, but...

All Things History

by Jane C. Flinn – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (March 12, 2018)

On July 1, 1941, the world’s first television commercial aired on NBC advertising what?

What sport was once called “battledore”?

Which president made his millions as a geologist, traveling the world as an...

All Things Science

by Jane C. Flinn – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (July 17, 2017)

Curious about the world around you? Think you know everything you need to know about science and scientists, food, animals, space, or the Earth? Look no further than All Things Science: Learning by Reading Fun...

100 Greatest Video Game Characters

by Jaime Banks, Robert Mejia & Aubrie Adams – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 23, 2017)

Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge. But certain...

100 Greatest Video Game Franchises

by Robert Mejia, Jaime Banks & Aubrie Adams – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (August 15, 2017)

Video games take players on a trip through ancient battlefields, to mythic worlds, and across galaxies. They provide players with a way to try on new identities and acquire vast superpowers. Video games also...

Little Known Facts about the U. S. Presidents

by Jane C. Flinn – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 18, 2015)

Written for all ages in an educational and entertaining style, Little Known Facts about the U. S. Presidents sheds a different light on the life and times of the most famous U. S. presidents as well as those...