The laconic private eye...the corrupt cop...the heist that goes wrong...the Femme Fatale with the rich husband and dim lover - all are trademark characters of the movement known as film noir, that el ... more

Answers the question, "What can I do with a major in...?" This series helps students explore career options within their field of study. From assessing individual talents and skills to taking the necessary s ... more

Wilfred Sheed is the author of six novels, two of which, Office Politics and People Will Always Be Kind, were nominated for National Book Awards. He has written three ... more

Sometime journalist Leif Ueland has hit rock bottom as a straight single male: not only does he not have a girlfriend, but he's also a really nice guy who's visibly uncomfortable in the presence of overt he-manishness. C ... more

The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but ... more

Audrey Hepburn: an enduring screen legend and one of the most beautiful women in the world. Her photograph graced the covers of magazines across the world for half a century, yet in a movie c ... more

How many layers of meaning lie in The Matrix? 'More than you will ever know.' - The Wachowski brothers (writers and directors of The Matrix) Taking the Red Pill is a th ... more

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Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as "the Math Guy" on NPR's Weekend edition with Scott Simon) and Gary Lor ... more

Written for a new generation of journalists, this handbook schools readers in the art and science of reporting as practiced at the world?s largest and oldest news service. Written by an ace reporte ... more

Packed with useful, creative, and do-able decorating ideas, with just as much sophistication as those heavy volumes, and a great price tag, this reader-friendly book -- written by a name familiar to design insiders ... more

Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ... more