GUN CRAZY: THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN OUTLAW CINEMA examines the history of the extraordinary 1950 film, from its genesis as a Saturday Evening Post short story through its tumultuous production history to its eventual enshrinement as one of the most influential cult films of all time.

Joseph H. Lewis's 'Gun Crazy' is the story of two young lovers who embark on a crime spree. For this book, Kitses researched widely into the film production's history and explored its connection to the crime film tradition and to the dark underside of American society.

Jim Nash never learned to swim. That doesn’t prevent him from continuing to allow himself to be caught up in one misguided scheme after another. He proves incapable of saying no, time and again, no matter how much he wants to quit. This time, he's been dispatched south of the border on the Gulf of Mexico. Water, sailboats, yachts and women in bikinis continue to figure prominently in his endless quest for a semblance of normalcy in his life. And again, he won't say no, even when he can barely keep his head above water. When he finally learns that his team will consist of a woman and former associate with whom he has had a sordid past, he’s not happy. He still can't say no. Jim has convinced himself that he needs the money to help out with his business partner’s failing charter business on the Gulf coast. That's why he's has taken a final assignment. He's promised it will be his big payoff, but the deeper into the operation he gets, the less so it seems to be. With his head barely above water, a drug cartel, a female assassin, and Gulf weather all conspire to prevent Jim from finding a future with the woman he loves. Keywords pulp hard boiled dark gritty police automatic pistol gun detective noir fiction best selling thrillers novels secret fugitive ops murder mag clip action adventure intrigue mystery suspense books novel series vigilante justice revenge vengeful

The conclusion of this professor-historian (emeritus) is that our gun culture had its uses in establishing American civilization, as slavery did. But we came to recognize (after a bloody civil war) that slavery was a gigantic mistake, and now I think it’s time to realize that our gun culture was a similarly gigantic mistake, though of a different kind. And we need to do what we can to minimize its horrible impacts and move on to a more positive development of a humane civilization.

In this beautiful paperback edition featuring French flaps, hugely popular lifestyle blogger, YouTube star, and designer Mr. Kate (Kate Albrecht) offers a stunning collection of step-by-step personal style and home projects—woven in with quirkily hilarious stories and anecdotes. Do you dream of finding ways to infuse do-it-yourself projects into every aspect of your life and have fun doing it? From the quirky personality behind the Mr. Kate brand comes a not-so-average DIY lifestyle book that will make your dreams of creating unique how-to projects become reality. Filled with 50 unique and approachable projects, along with hysterical, unfiltered stories from Mr. Kate’s crazy life, A Hot Glue Gun Mess will show how life can inspire art. Growing up with a high-powered Hollywood father and an oddball, down-to-earth mother, Kate Albrecht had a childhood that was anything but normal. From how her first period influenced her to become an artist to how her friendship with a high-priced hooker encouraged DIY beauty products, Mr. Kate’s stories are weird, wonderful, personal, inspiring, and downright hilarious. Her love of self-expression inspired Mr. Kate to create her own DIY life and a social media platform to connect with young women everywhere. Her projects involve style, home design, and beauty, including DIY nail art techniques, upcycled projects for your old jeans , and watercolor curtains. You don’t have to be a seamstress, metalsmith, or expert at anything to enjoy these projects, all of which are doable in under two hours and require a minimal number of supplies. Now you, too, can become a DIY diva!

A southern black community's struggle to defend itself against racist groups.