devoted creations

A cookbook devoted to the family friendly, tailgate party classic--featuring more than 60 tried-and-true recipes--from veteran cookbook author and Americana expert Robb Walsh. Americans love chili. Whether served as a hearty family dinner, at a potluck with friends, or as the main dish at a football-watching party, chili is a crowd-pleaser. It's slathered over tamales in San Antonio, hot dogs in Detroit, and hamburgers in Los Angeles. It's ladled over spaghetti in Cincinnati, hash browns in St. Louis, and Fritos corn chips in Santa Fe. In The Chili Cookbook, award-winning author Robb Walsh digs deep into the fascinating history of this quintessential American dish. Who knew the cooking technique traces its history to the ancient Aztecs, or that Hungarian goulash inspired the invention of chili powder? Fans in every region of the country boast the "one true recipe," and Robb Walsh recreates them all-60 mouth-watering chilis from easy slow-cooker suppers to stunning braised meat creations. There are beef, venison, pork, lamb, turkey, chicken, and shrimp chilis to choose from-there is even an entire chapter on vegetarian chili. The Chili Cookbook is sure to satisfy all your chili cravings.

The Mulhouse Book is a collection of recent scholarship on Maxine Hong Kingston gathered on the occasion of the very first conference ever devoted exclusively to herself and to celebrate her opera omnia. Featuring the work of researchers from four continents, it stands for the cosmopolitan reception of the most important Asian American author. In addition to many new angles on her two canonical postmodern autobiographies, The Woman Warrior and China Men, this collection also tackles Kingston's less frequently discussed writings and her most recent publications. Parallel readings and comparisons further test her legacy in the sense of her enduring influence on younger Asian American writers. Though it is a conference book, this peer-reviewed volume includes additional articles by selected scholars. It also contains original presentations by Maxine and her husband Earll Kingston. The LIT book series Contributions to Asian American Literary Studies is an international forum for the interdisciplinary discussion of Asian American literary studies. The interactive processes of the creation of Asian American studies impose new strategies of reading characterized by a continual call to reorientation and a new conditioning of the determinants of meaning. Moreover, contextualizing the Asian American experience in literature demands a wide theoretical framework from within which to analyze particular texts. Hence, the series editors, Rocío G. Davis and Sämi Ludwig, encourage specific readings that show the richness, complexity and diversity of Asian American cultural production through critical and theoretical lenses that focus on a great variety of writers and genres. Includes a DVD-best to be watched on your TV!

Die Literatur des Hohen Mittelalters erlebt in Europa eine Blütezeit der Bibelprosa. Im Osten findet sie ihren bedeutendsten Ausdruck in der so genannten »Paleja«, einer Anthologie biblischer Erzähltexte von der Weltschöpfung bis zu König Salomo. Diese Sammlung, die in unterschiedlichen Typen und Redaktionen vorliegt, wird später fortgeschrieben und wächst in das chronographische Genre hinüber. Ganz ähnlich verläuft die Entwicklung im Westen, wo der Typus der »Volks-« oder »Historienbibel« entsteht, der eine große Affinität zu den gereimten und illustrierten Weltchroniken aufweist. Diesem Phänomen ist der vorliegende Sammelband gewidmet, der auf eine Greifswalder Fachtagung im September 2017 zurückgeht. In 17 Beiträgen beleuchtet er einzelne Aspekte und Beispiele aus dem Bereich der Paleja-Literatur, die zugleich in den großen Zusammenhang europäischen Historienbibeln eingeordnet werden. Mit Beiträgen von William Adler, Christfried Böttrich, Jan Dochhorn, Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, Dieter Fahl, Sabine Fahl, Emmanouela Grypeou, Caroline Macé, Martin Meiser, Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis, Alen Novalija, Paolo Odorico, Julian Petkov, Martin Rösel, Tat'jana Rudi, Tetjana Vilkul, Tat’jana Vladimirovna Anisimova, Evgenij E. Vodolazki. [From History Bible to World Chronicle. Studies in the Paleya Literature] Medieval times were a golden age for biblical fiction in Europe. In the East, it took the form of the so-called »Paleya«, an anthology of biblical narrations from creation up to King Solomon. This collection, which exists in different forms and redactions, was later expanded and shifted into the chronographic genre. The development in the West was very similar, producing »Peoples’ Bibles« or »History Bibles« which, for their part, evidenced a great affinity to illustrated or rhyming chronicles. The present volume ist devoted to this phenomen of »History Bibles«, referring back to an international symposium in Greifswald in September 2017. Its 17 contributions examine different aspects of the Paleya literature in order to situate them in the wider context of European »History Bibles«.

Karl Heim (1874-1958) prägte als Theologe an den Universitäten Halle, Münster und seit 1920 Tübingen sowie von 1920 bis 1948 als Frühprediger an der Tübinger Stiftskirche Generationen von Pfarrern. Unter seinen Zuhörern und Lesern befanden sich auch viele Nichttheologen, da sich sein Denken nicht in einem frommen Ghetto vollzog, sondern er bewußt den Dialog mit den Naturwissenschaften und Geistesströmungen seiner Zeit suchte. Das Karl-Heim-Jahrbuch will das Erbe Heims bewahren und weiterführen, indem es eine biblisch-christliche Orientierung in einer von Wissenschaft und Technik geprägten Welt anzubieten versucht. Namhafte Wissenschaftler und Theologen aus dem In- und Ausland greifen darin in der ihnen jeweils eigenen Weise auf verständliche Art dieses Anliegen Karl Heims auf und führen es weiter. Die Beiträge von Wolfgang Schoberth, Jürgen Schneider, Niels Hendrik Gregersen und Ulrich Beuttler widmen sich der Zuordnung von Schöpfung und Selbstorganisation der Welt sowie des Lebens in ihr. Dabei werden echte Konflikte aufgezeigt, und es wird vor falschen und vorschnellen Alternativen gewarnt. Die Beiträge von Wolfgang Gebhardt, Jürgen Hübner, Willem B. Drees und Jürgen Moltmann greifen ein «zeitloses» und dabei hochaktuelles Thema auf, nämlich was es mit dem Phänomen der Zeit auf sich hat. Auch zu diesem Thema werden die verschiedenen Zugänge aufgezeigt und auf ihre Relevanz und Tragfähigkeit hin beleuchtet. Im nächsten Beitrag gibt uns Ulrich Kropac einen historischen Aufriß des Verhältnisses von Naturwissenschaft und Theologie - angefangen von Galilei bis Capra und Tipler - und weist auf, wie dieser Dialog heute geführt werden sollte. Craig L. Nessan argumentiert von der Evolutionstheorie her, wie man vom Sündenfall sachgerecht sprechen kann. Schließlich weist der Koreaner Deuk-Chil Kwon auf die Bedeutung Carl Friedrich von Weizsäckers für den Dialog zwischen Theologie und Naturwissenschaften hin. Volume 12 of the Yearbook of the German Karl Heim Society presents contributions by prominent scholars from Europe, the USA, and Korea who raise significant questions concerning the relationship between theology and science and try to outline a Christian orientation in the dialogue between these two disciplines. Four essays are devoted to the relationship between creation and autopoiesis and another four to the phenomen of time as seen from different perspectives. All the essays, though written with one exception in German, have extensive summaries in English.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 100 flavor-forward recipes—including signature bakes—from the Palestinian American creator of the beloved social media account mxriyum Mariam Daud has built a devoted following by sharing beautifully prepared, comforting meals that feel both timeless and entirely her own. In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life—dishes that carry the flavors of her heritage and the ease and creativity of a home cook who simply loves to feed others, from cherished classics like her mother’s irresistible Cheese Fatayer , a savory cheese-stuffed pastry, to her takes on everyday favorites like Triple Stack Smash Burgers or tender, pull-apart Cinnamon Rolls . At the heart of I Sleep in My Kitchen are the flavors Mariam Daud grew up with in her Palestinian American home, including celebratory dishes like Msakhan , the national dish of Palestine, of soft flatbread, caramelized onions, tender stewed chicken, and toasted pine nuts, alongside playful recipes infused with Middle Eastern flavor, like her Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Sumac-Vinaigrette , and Tahini Browned Butter Banana Bread . Spanning breakfasts, small plates, salads, soups, mains, and her signature sweet and savory baked goods, this collection includes many of her most-loved recipes as well as brand-new creations, including Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos with Cabbage Slaw , Fluffy Browned Butter Rolls , and a Loaded Chickpea Salad with Bulgur . I Sleep in My Kitchen is an invitation to cook with generosity and curiosity, to explore the food that connects us to memory, place, and one another.

Karl Heim (1874-1958) prägte als Theologe an den Universitäten Halle, Münster und seit 1920 Tübingen sowie von 1920 bis 1948 als Frühprediger an der Tübinger Stiftskirche Generationen von Pfarrern. Unter seinen Zuhörern und Lesern befanden sich auch viele Nichttheologen, da sich sein Denken nicht in einem frommen Ghetto vollzog, sondern er bewußt den Dialog mit den Naturwissenschaften und Geistesströmungen seiner Zeit suchte. Das Karl-Heim-Jahrbuch will das Erbe Heims bewahren und weiterführen, indem es eine biblisch-christliche Orientierung in einer von Wissenschaft und Technik geprägten Welt anzubieten versucht. Namhafte Wissenschaftler und Theologen aus dem In- und Ausland greifen darin in der ihnen jeweils eigenen Weise auf verständliche Art dieses Anliegen Karl Heims auf und führen es weiter. Die Beiträge von Wolfgang Schoberth, Jürgen Schneider, Niels Hendrik Gregersen und Ulrich Beuttler widmen sich der Zuordnung von Schöpfung und Selbstorganisation der Welt sowie des Lebens in ihr. Dabei werden echte Konflikte aufgezeigt, und es wird vor falschen und vorschnellen Alternativen gewarnt. Die Beiträge von Wolfgang Gebhardt, Jürgen Hübner, Willem B. Drees und Jürgen Moltmann greifen ein «zeitloses» und dabei hochaktuelles Thema auf, nämlich was es mit dem Phänomen der Zeit auf sich hat. Auch zu diesem Thema werden die verschiedenen Zugänge aufgezeigt und auf ihre Relevanz und Tragfähigkeit hin beleuchtet. Im nächsten Beitrag gibt uns Ulrich Kropac einen historischen Aufriß des Verhältnisses von Naturwissenschaft und Theologie - angefangen von Galilei bis Capra und Tipler - und weist auf, wie dieser Dialog heute geführt werden sollte. Craig L. Nessan argumentiert von der Evolutionstheorie her, wie man vom Sündenfall sachgerecht sprechen kann. Schließlich weist der Koreaner Deuk-Chil Kwon auf die Bedeutung Carl Friedrich von Weizsäckers für den Dialog zwischen Theologie und Naturwissenschaften hin. Volume 12 of the Yearbook of the German Karl Heim Society presents contributions by prominent scholars from Europe, the USA, and Korea who raise significant questions concerning the relationship between theology and science and try to outline a Christian orientation in the dialogue between these two disciplines. Four essays are devoted to the relationship between creation and autopoiesis and another four to the phenomen of time as seen from different perspectives. All the essays, though written with one exception in German, have extensive summaries in English.

The Mulhouse Book is a collection of recent scholarship on Maxine Hong Kingston gathered on the occasion of the very first conference ever devoted exclusively to herself and to celebrate her opera omnia. Featuring the work of researchers from four continents, it stands for the cosmopolitan reception of the most important Asian American author. In addition to many new angles on her two canonical postmodern autobiographies, The Woman Warrior and China Men, this collection also tackles Kingston's less frequently discussed writings and her most recent publications. Parallel readings and comparisons further test her legacy in the sense of her enduring influence on younger Asian American writers. Though it is a conference book, this peer-reviewed volume includes additional articles by selected scholars. It also contains original presentations by Maxine and her husband Earll Kingston. The LIT book series Contributions to Asian American Literary Studies is an international forum for the interdisciplinary discussion of Asian American literary studies. The interactive processes of the creation of Asian American studies impose new strategies of reading characterized by a continual call to reorientation and a new conditioning of the determinants of meaning. Moreover, contextualizing the Asian American experience in literature demands a wide theoretical framework from within which to analyze particular texts. Hence, the series editors, Rocío G. Davis and Sämi Ludwig, encourage specific readings that show the richness, complexity and diversity of Asian American cultural production through critical and theoretical lenses that focus on a great variety of writers and genres. Includes a DVD-best to be watched on your TV!

What Arieh Warshel and fellow 2013 Nobel laureates Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus achieved -- beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s when computers were still very primitive -- was the creation of methods and programs that describe the action of biological molecules by multiscale models. In this book, Warshel describes this fascinating, half-century journey to the apex of science. From Kibbutz Fish Ponds to Nobel Prize is as much an autobiography as an advocacy for the emerging field of computational science. We follow Warshel through pivotal moments of his life, from his formative years in war-torn Israel in an idealistic kibbutz that did not encourage academic education; to his time in the army and his move to the Technion where he started in his obsession of understanding the catalytic power of enzymes; to his eventual scientific career which took him to the Weizmann Institute, Harvard University, Medical Research Council, and finally University of Southern California. We read about his unique contributions to the elucidation of the molecular basis of biological functions, which are combined with instructive stories about his persistence in advancing ideas that contradict the current dogma, and the nature of his scientific struggle for recognition, both personal and for the field to which he devoted his life. This is, in so many ways, more than just a memoir: it is a profoundly inspirational tale of one man's odyssey from a kibbutz that did not allow him to go to a university to the pinnacle of the scientific world, highlighting that the correct mixture of persistence, talent and luck can lead to a Nobel Prize.

What Arieh Warshel and fellow 2013 Nobel laureates Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus achieved -- beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s when computers were still very primitive -- was the creation of methods and programs that describe the action of biological molecules by multiscale models. In this book, Warshel describes this fascinating, half-century journey to the apex of science. From Kibbutz Fish Ponds to Nobel Prize is as much an autobiography as an advocacy for the emerging field of computational science. We follow Warshel through pivotal moments of his life, from his formative years in war-torn Israel in an idealistic kibbutz that did not encourage academic education; to his time in the army and his move to the Technion where he started in his obsession of understanding the catalytic power of enzymes; to his eventual scientific career which took him to the Weizmann Institute, Harvard University, Medical Research Council, and finally University of Southern California. We read about his unique contributions to the elucidation of the molecular basis of biological functions, which are combined with instructive stories about his persistence in advancing ideas that contradict the current dogma, and the nature of his scientific struggle for recognition, both personal and for the field to which he devoted his life. This is, in so many ways, more than just a memoir: it is a profoundly inspirational tale of one man's odyssey from a kibbutz that did not allow him to go to a university to the pinnacle of the scientific world, highlighting that the correct mixture of persistence, talent and luck can lead to a Nobel Prize.

Die Literatur des Hohen Mittelalters erlebt in Europa eine Blütezeit der Bibelprosa. Im Osten findet sie ihren bedeutendsten Ausdruck in der so genannten »Paleja«, einer Anthologie biblischer Erzähltexte von der Weltschöpfung bis zu König Salomo. Diese Sammlung, die in unterschiedlichen Typen und Redaktionen vorliegt, wird später fortgeschrieben und wächst in das chronographische Genre hinüber. Ganz ähnlich verläuft die Entwicklung im Westen, wo der Typus der »Volks-« oder »Historienbibel« entsteht, der eine große Affinität zu den gereimten und illustrierten Weltchroniken aufweist. Diesem Phänomen ist der vorliegende Sammelband gewidmet, der auf eine Greifswalder Fachtagung im September 2017 zurückgeht. In 17 Beiträgen beleuchtet er einzelne Aspekte und Beispiele aus dem Bereich der Paleja-Literatur, die zugleich in den großen Zusammenhang europäischen Historienbibeln eingeordnet werden. Mit Beiträgen von William Adler, Christfried Böttrich, Jan Dochhorn, Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, Dieter Fahl, Sabine Fahl, Emmanouela Grypeou, Caroline Macé, Martin Meiser, Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis, Alen Novalija, Paolo Odorico, Julian Petkov, Martin Rösel, Tat'jana Rudi, Tetjana Vilkul, Tat’jana Vladimirovna Anisimova, Evgenij E. Vodolazki. [From History Bible to World Chronicle. Studies in the Paleya Literature] Medieval times were a golden age for biblical fiction in Europe. In the East, it took the form of the so-called »Paleya«, an anthology of biblical narrations from creation up to King Solomon. This collection, which exists in different forms and redactions, was later expanded and shifted into the chronographic genre. The development in the West was very similar, producing »Peoples’ Bibles« or »History Bibles« which, for their part, evidenced a great affinity to illustrated or rhyming chronicles. The present volume ist devoted to this phenomen of »History Bibles«, referring back to an international symposium in Greifswald in September 2017. Its 17 contributions examine different aspects of the Paleya literature in order to situate them in the wider context of European »History Bibles«.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 100 flavor-forward recipes—including signature bakes—from the Palestinian American creator of the beloved social media account mxriyum Mariam Daud has built a devoted following by sharing beautifully prepared, comforting meals that feel both timeless and entirely her own. In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life—dishes that carry the flavors of her heritage and the ease and creativity of a home cook who simply loves to feed others, from cherished classics like her mother’s irresistible Cheese Fatayer , a savory cheese-stuffed pastry, to her takes on everyday favorites like Triple Stack Smash Burgers or tender, pull-apart Cinnamon Rolls . At the heart of I Sleep in My Kitchen are the flavors Mariam Daud grew up with in her Palestinian American home, including celebratory dishes like Msakhan , the national dish of Palestine, of soft flatbread, caramelized onions, tender stewed chicken, and toasted pine nuts, alongside playful recipes infused with Middle Eastern flavor, like her Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Sumac-Vinaigrette , and Tahini Browned Butter Banana Bread . Spanning breakfasts, small plates, salads, soups, mains, and her signature sweet and savory baked goods, this collection includes many of her most-loved recipes as well as brand-new creations, including Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos with Cabbage Slaw , Fluffy Browned Butter Rolls , and a Loaded Chickpea Salad with Bulgur . I Sleep in My Kitchen is an invitation to cook with generosity and curiosity, to explore the food that connects us to memory, place, and one another.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 100 flavor-forward recipes—including signature bakes—from the Palestinian American creator of the beloved social media account mxriyum Mariam Daud has built a devoted following by sharing beautifully prepared, comforting meals that feel both timeless and entirely her own. In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life—dishes that carry the flavors of her heritage and the ease and creativity of a home cook who simply loves to feed others, from cherished classics like her mother’s irresistible Cheese Fatayer , a savory cheese-stuffed pastry, to her takes on everyday favorites like Triple Stack Smash Burgers or tender, pull-apart Cinnamon Rolls . At the heart of I Sleep in My Kitchen are the flavors Mariam Daud grew up with in her Palestinian American home, including celebratory dishes like Msakhan , the national dish of Palestine, of soft flatbread, caramelized onions, tender stewed chicken, and toasted pine nuts, alongside playful recipes infused with Middle Eastern flavor, like her Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Sumac-Vinaigrette , and Tahini Browned Butter Banana Bread . Spanning breakfasts, small plates, salads, soups, mains, and her signature sweet and savory baked goods, this collection includes many of her most-loved recipes as well as brand-new creations, including Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos with Cabbage Slaw , Fluffy Browned Butter Rolls , and a Loaded Chickpea Salad with Bulgur . I Sleep in My Kitchen is an invitation to cook with generosity and curiosity, to explore the food that connects us to memory, place, and one another.

You may laugh out loud, be moved to tears or pulled into deep contemplation by what you encounter in Kali's Bazaar. Readers will return often to this accessible collection to draw from its wellspring of devotion, revelation and celebration of the Divine present in every moment, every being, and all of creation. Bring inspiration, clarity, and practical instruction to your spiritual path or meditative practice through insightful and often ecstatic poetry from a devoted master meditation teacher who has more than 40 years of experience. Dr. Edwards trained in Buddhist, yogic, Kundalini and other mystical traditions, in addition to his professional training in depth psychology, biofeedback and neurofeedback. "This collection of devotional poems, a rarity in today's world, will awaken the heart of love within any reader whatever their spiritual tradition... These poems are in the tradition of the great ecstatic poets such as Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz and others. They transport the reader beyond this world of duality into unconditioned Oneness, a rare gift indeed!"...Olivia Hoblitzelle, 2009 Best Buddhist Writer, author: Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's...Dr. Edwards earned his PhD as a University Scholar Fellow at Temple University. He has an extensive background in meditation, mindfulness, Kundalini and yoga. He has run meditation centers and an ashram in the US and taught at a variety of institutions in India, Canada and the United States. Dr. Edwards is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Soul's Journey: Guidance From the Divine Within. He is the founder and director of The Anam Cara Foundation.

In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect. It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has long been the fulcrum in development of machine intelligence; the hoax automaton 'The Turk' in the 18th century and Alan Turing's first chess program in 1952 were two early examples of the quest for machines to think like humans - a talent we measured by their ability to beat their creators at chess. As the pre-eminent chessmaster of the 80s and 90s, it was Kasparov's blessing and his curse to play against each generation's strongest computer champions, contributing to their development and advancing the field. Like all passionate competitors, Kasparov has taken his defeat and learned from it. He has devoted much energy to devising ways in which humans can partner with machines in order to produce results better than either can achieve alone. During the twenty years since playing Deep Blue, he's played both with and against machines, learning a great deal about our vital relationship with our most remarkable creations. Ultimately, he's become convinced that by embracing the competition between human and machine intelligence, we can spend less time worrying about being replaced and more thinking of new challenges to conquer. In this breakthrough book, Kasparov tells his side of the story of Deep Blue for the first time - what it was like to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent - the mistakes he made and the reasons the odds were against him. But more than that, he tells his story of AI more generally, and how he's evolved to embrace it, taking part in an urgent debate with philosophers worried about human values, programmers creating self-learning neural networks, and engineers of cutting edge robotics. He surveys the serious questions facing a world that is becoming increasingly reliant on AI, creating an essential guide for the business readers and educators he speaks to by the thousands every year.

In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect. It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has long been the fulcrum in development of machine intelligence; the hoax automaton 'The Turk' in the 18th century and Alan Turing's first chess program in 1952 were two early examples of the quest for machines to think like humans - a talent we measured by their ability to beat their creators at chess. As the pre-eminent chessmaster of the 80s and 90s, it was Kasparov's blessing and his curse to play against each generation's strongest computer champions, contributing to their development and advancing the field. Like all passionate competitors, Kasparov has taken his defeat and learned from it. He has devoted much energy to devising ways in which humans can partner with machines in order to produce results better than either can achieve alone. During the twenty years since playing Deep Blue, he's played both with and against machines, learning a great deal about our vital relationship with our most remarkable creations. Ultimately, he's become convinced that by embracing the competition between human and machine intelligence, we can spend less time worrying about being replaced and more thinking of new challenges to conquer. In this breakthrough book, Kasparov tells his side of the story of Deep Blue for the first time - what it was like to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent - the mistakes he made and the reasons the odds were against him. But more than that, he tells his story of AI more generally, and how he's evolved to embrace it, taking part in an urgent debate with philosophers worried about human values, programmers creating self-learning neural networks, and engineers of cutting edge robotics. He surveys the serious questions facing a world that is becoming increasingly reliant on AI, creating an essential guide for the business readers and educators he speaks to by the thousands every year.

The 1933 KING KONG was not just a terrifying monster movie. It was also an epic fairy tale, a tragic love story, and a landmark piece of cinema that introduced one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history-a universally recognizable cultural icon whose legacy encompasses a vast multimedia universe consisting of more than ten feature films as well as numerous television shows, books, comics, toys, collectibles, and even a Broadway musical. In this extensively revised and updated edition of a classic book first published two decades ago, King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon is the definitive account of the most famous simian in pop-culture history. It spans the whole of the Eighth Wonder's filmography, chronicling in detail the making of every Kong movie beginning with the 1933 original and continuing through the giant gorilla's Japanese adventures and the epic Dino De Laurentiis and Peter Jackson remakes before concluding with the most recent films that place the great ape within an ever-expanding "Monsterverse." Author and Kongophile Ray Morton also offers entertaining looks at the character's appearances in other media, along with plenty of trivia and reflections on the franchise's enduring appeal. Packed with photographs and based on extensive new research and exclusive interviews, this is by far the most complete and comprehensive guide to all things Kong. Included here are: The creation of the Kong character by Merian C. Cooper The development, production, and release of the original 1933 film and its many successors The Cartoon Kong: the giant gorilla's animated incarnations. Kong on the Stage: theatrical productions featuring the Eighth Wonder. Kong on the Page: the many publications devoted to the great ape. The Sons of Kong: Kong variants, spoofs, and rip-offs such as Mighty Joe Young, Queen Kong, and A*P*E*. The Kongs that Never Were: Kong projects that never made it to the screen The innumerable Kong-related products generated over the past century

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles' beloved friend, confidant, and roadie. Malcolm Evans, the Beatles' long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the band's inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles' story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved “boys.” He was there for the whole of the group's remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the creation of the timeless cover art for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the famous Let It Be rooftop concert. Leaving a stable job as telecommunications engineer to serve as road manager for this fledgling band, Mal was the odd man out from the start—older, married with children, and without any music business experience. And yet he threw himself headlong into their world, traveling across the globe and making himself indispensable. In the years after the Beatles' disbandment, Big Mal continued in their employ as each embarked upon solo careers. By 1974, he was determined to make his name as a songwriter and record producer, setting off for a new life in Los Angeles, where he penned his memoirs. But in January 1976, on the verge of sharing his book with the world, Evans's story came to a tragic end during a domestic standoff with the LAPD. For Beatles devotes, Mal's life and untimely death have always been shrouded in mystery. For decades, his diaries, manuscripts, and vast collection of memorabilia was missing, seemingly lost forever...until now. Working with full access to Mal's unpublished archives and having conducted hundreds of new interviews, Beatles' scholar and author Kenneth Womack affords readers with a full telling of Mal's unknown story at the heart of the Beatles' legend. Lavishly illustrated with unseen photos and ephemera from Mal's archives, Living the Beatles' Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans is the missing puzzle piece in the Fab Four's incredible story.

The 1933 KING KONG was not just a terrifying monster movie. It was also an epic fairy tale, a tragic love story, and a landmark piece of cinema that introduced one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history-a universally recognizable cultural icon whose legacy encompasses a vast multimedia universe consisting of more than ten feature films as well as numerous television shows, books, comics, toys, collectibles, and even a Broadway musical. In this extensively revised and updated edition of a classic book first published two decades ago, King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon is the definitive account of the most famous simian in pop-culture history. It spans the whole of the Eighth Wonder's filmography, chronicling in detail the making of every Kong movie beginning with the 1933 original and continuing through the giant gorilla's Japanese adventures and the epic Dino De Laurentiis and Peter Jackson remakes before concluding with the most recent films that place the great ape within an ever-expanding "Monsterverse." Author and Kongophile Ray Morton also offers entertaining looks at the character's appearances in other media, along with plenty of trivia and reflections on the franchise's enduring appeal. Packed with photographs and based on extensive new research and exclusive interviews, this is by far the most complete and comprehensive guide to all things Kong. Included here are: The creation of the Kong character by Merian C. Cooper The development, production, and release of the original 1933 film and its many successors The Cartoon Kong: the giant gorilla's animated incarnations. Kong on the Stage: theatrical productions featuring the Eighth Wonder. Kong on the Page: the many publications devoted to the great ape. The Sons of Kong: Kong variants, spoofs, and rip-offs such as Mighty Joe Young, Queen Kong, and A*P*E*. The Kongs that Never Were: Kong projects that never made it to the screen The innumerable Kong-related products generated over the past century