Hang Em High

In a luxurious oversize format, Hang 'Em High collects more than 500 of the greatest Western movie posters ever made, since -- well, since the very beginning of the movie poster itself! Meticulously restored, lovingly reproduced, and stunningly designed, this art book establishes the crucial films with critical commentary by editor and scholar Mark Fertig (Film Noir 101: The 101 Best Film Noir Posters From the 1940s-1950s). This book is a treasure trove for greenhorns, a jackpot for old hands, and a panoramic vista for everyone. Every well-known Western and Westerner is here, including Broncho Billy Anderson (the first Western movie star), William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard (the first singing cowboy), Gary Cooper, Herb Jeffries (the "Bronze Buckaroo," the first person of color to star in B-Westerns), Tim Holt, Buster Crabbe, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Irene Dunne, Chief Thunder-Cloud, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Gene Autry, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Jane Russell, Maureen O'Hara, Montgomery Clift, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Gregory Peck, Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Charlton Heston, Randolph Scott, Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Joel McCrea, William Holden, Ossie Davis, Burt Lancaster, Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks -- and a whole passel more! Not to mention Rin Tin Tin. And John Wayne (of course!).

For more than a century the Western film has proven to be an enduring genre. At the dawn of the 20th century, in the same years that The Great Train Robbery begat a film genre, Owen Wister wrote The Virginian, which began a new literary genre. From the beginning, both literature and film would usually perpetuate the myth of the Old West as a place where justice always triumphed and all concerned (except the villains) pursued the Law. The facts, however, reflect abuses of due process: lynch mobs and hired gunslingers rather than lawmen regularly pursued lawbreakers; vengeance rather than justice was often employed; and even in courts of law justice didn't always prevail. Some films and novels bucked this trend, however. This book discusses the many Western films as well as the novels they are based on, that illustrate distortions of the law in the Old West and the many ways, most of them marked by vengeance, in which its characters pursued justice.

Collecting 101 noir movie posters of, arguably, the greatest noir films ever made (including classics The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Double Indemnity). Reproduced in a stunningly designed, over-sized format that shows off the spectacular visual elan of Hollywood movie posters at their best, the book is not only a spectacular showcase of film noir art, but also establishes the crucial films and identifies their key characteristics, with critical commentary on each film by author and scholar Mark Fertig. This is an ideal handbook for noir rookies, a valuable resource for old-hats, and a visual feast for fans of film noir and American entertainment art.

A biography of a Hollywood legend peels back the mystery surrounding Clint Eastwood to reveal a rebel with a clear vision of human existence.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! October 2559. It has been a year since the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana issued a galaxy-wide ultimatum, subjecting many worlds to martial law under the indomitable grip of her Forerunner weapons. Outside her view, the members of Blue Team—John-117, the Master Chief; Fred-104; Kelly-087; and Linda-058—are assigned from the UNSC Infinity to make a covert insertion onto the ravaged planet Reach. Their former home and training ground—and the site of humanity’s most cataclysmic military defeat near the end of the Covenant War—Reach still hides myriad secrets after all these years. Blue Team’s mission is to penetrate the rubble-filled depths of CASTLE Base and recover top-secret assets locked away in Dr. Catherine Halsey’s abandoned laboratory—assets which may prove to be humanity’s last hope against Cortana. But Reach has been invaded by a powerful and ruthless alien faction, who have their own reasons for being there. Establishing themselves as a vicious occupying force on the devastated planet, this enemy will soon transform Blue Team’s simple retrieval operation into a full-blown crisis. And with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, mission failure is not an option…

Written by the son of Warden Jesse Buchanan, this is the story of the three men scheduled to die for the murder of Marion Miley and how Warden Buchanan devised an unorthodox course of action that changed his life and the course of capital punishment in America.

An innovative and powerful graphic novel which lays bare the dark, murky world of Jack the Ripper with a fear-fest that will delight true crime and comic book fans alike Whitechapel is out of control with a maniac at large. Women are being slaughtered on the streets of London's East End and, with the situation escalating, drastic action is needed. Enter Chief Inspector Abberline, called back from Scotland Yard to solve a series of murders unparalleled in the history of England.

The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western embodies America and its values. In recent years, scholars had declared the western genre dead, but a steady resurgence of western themes in literature, film, and television has reestablished the genre as one of the most important. In The Philosophy of the Western, editors Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki examine philosophical themes in the western genre. Investigating subjects of nature, ethics, identity, gender, environmentalism, and animal rights, the essays draw from a wide range of westerns including the recent popular and critical successes Unforgiven (1992), All the Pretty Horses (2000), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and No Country for Old Men (2007), as well as literature and television serials such as Deadwood. The Philosophy of the Western reveals the influence of the western on the American psyche, filling a void in the current scholarship of the genre.