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Explains how to use critical theory to analyze the films of Tim Burton, and provides overviews of movies directed by him as well as critiques of each.

Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals personal stories of working class Americans, including coal miners, cowboys, and air traffic controllers.

The author recounts his seven months working for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in an isolated location that changed him from a college kid to a man.

Clara Claiborne Park recounts her daughter Jessy's struggles with autism, discussing how Jessy has overcome many social and emotional problems to lead a promising life.

Jennifer Boylan discusses how she spent the first forty years of life knowing she was a woman trapped in a man's body and explores how her physical, emotional, and spiritual life was changed after a sex-change operation.

A memoir in which the author recalls her childhood growing up in a reportedly haunted house in Pennsylvania, discusses how the situation reflected her own feelings of alienation, and tells about coming back to the house with a team of local ghostbusters as an adult, years after the surgery that changed her from male to female.

The author presents a humorous chronicle of her battle with breast cancer in comic-strip format.

A seeing eye dog describes how he helps his owner throughout the day. Includes information about the training of a seeing eye dog.

Highlights the career of one of baseball's most proficient base stealers.

This inspiring collection of paintings by Thomas Kinkade evokes peaceful reflections of Christmas. Accompanied by tender quotations from the most memorable scenes involving the Christmas season, these paintings will transport you to a place of quiet beauty and cherished love.