Product Description: The story of Walter White’s transformation from chemistry teacher to drug lord has captured the imagination of television viewers around the world. This collection of essays sets the series in the context of American culture, analyzing its reinvention of classic themes in literature...read more

Product Description: Mysteries and detective stories are among the most popular of books but the writers of such genre fiction suffer from a perception that their work is to be taken less seriously than so-called literary fiction. The novels of James Lee Burke, one of the most distinguished writers of crime novels, challenge that notion, as do the twelve essays in this collection...read more

Text and illustrations describe the characteristics of the oceans and the vast food and energy resources they contain. Also discusses man's efforts to make use of these resources and the threat posed by pollution to both human and sea life.