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I Wish You Weren't Going, But If You Must... is a book for parents, guardians, or grandparents to give a teenager or young adult leaving for college after graduation. Whether your young adult or your teenager is leaving the house for college after high school graduation, graduating from college, starting a career, joining the military, or leaving to travel, this small book of quotes and encouraging comments are meant to support and encourage young adult readers each day. This small book offers teens and young adults messages of insight and hope as they begin a new chapter in life. Author...

Too often remembered solely as the psychiatrist and cultural critic whose testimony in Senate subcommittees sparked the creation of the Comics Code, Fredric Wertham was a far more complex man. Author Bart Beaty traces the evolution of Wertham's attitudes toward popular culture and reassesses his place in the debate about pop culture's effects on youth and society.

When The Seduction of the Innocent was published in 1954, Wertham (1895-1981) became instantly known as an authority on child psychology. Although he had published several books before Seduction, its sharp...

Arguably the most famous and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, David Cronenberg is celebrated equally for his early genre films, like Scanners (1981) and The Fly (1986), and his dark artistic vision in films such as Dead Ringers (1988) and Crash (1996). The 2005 film A History of Violence was a mainstream success that marked Cronenberg's return to the commercial fold of Hollywood after years of independent art house filmmaking. His international reputation grew and the film was honoured with numerous awards and two Oscar nominations (for...

Updated Edition

As a middle school teacher, author Bart King listened carefully to the wisdom of his girl students. Along with his five sisters ( ), their knowledge made The Big Book of Girl Stuff a classic that Parenting magazine has called -a must-have for girls.-

This updated and redesigned edition of The Big Book of Girl Stuff is still loaded with fascinating facts, activities, quotes, games, and insightful information and advice on important topics. This humorous and informative resource is filled with everything a girl needs to know and celebrates all the things that...