Everything from Amos n' Andy to zeppelins is included in this expansive two volume encyclopedia of popular culture during the Great Depression era. Two hundred entries explore the entertainments, amusements, and people of the United States during the difficult years of the 1930s. In spite of, or perhaps because of, such dire financial conditions, the worlds of art, fashion, film, literature, radio, music, sports, and theater pushed forward. 

Adolescents, Families, and Social Development: How Teens Construct Their Worlds

This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents’ social development in the context of the family.

Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author’s research over the past 25 years

Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than 700 families

Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majority and minority youth in the United States, as well as research with adolescents in Hong Kong and China

Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy during adolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development

 

Herbert Wells - The War Of The Worlds

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by a heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon, the whole of human civilisation is under threat.

 

Kindly reuploaded by deception

 

100 of the Worlds Tallest Buildings

100 of the Worlds Tallest Buildings presents a spectacular selection of the tallest and most fascinating skyscrapers that have been constructed around the globe.

Captured The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience The True Story of the Worlds First Docum

"The famous 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction by non-humans is taken apart, meticulously re-examined by Betty's niece and nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman, and reinforced by the pressure of facts."