1944-

Twentieth-century African-American author Alice Walker presents a memoir of her marriage to a white man in early civil rights-era Misissippi, and several short stories inspired by the marriage's initial magic and its eventual disintegration.

The author of the Newbery Honor Book, "The Dark Thirty, " describes her life, how she became a writer, how her family helps with her writing, and how she gets her ideas.

Traces the life of the man who became well-known for his Star Wars movies, from his childhood in California to his career in films.

Describes the life of the author and activist, from her childhood in Georgia to her emergence as a subject of both adulation and controversy.

Profiles the life and career of film maker George Lucas.

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

Investigation and report of the burglary at Watergate that climaxed with a President's resignation.

Contains critical essays on Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Presents a biography of Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, discussing her early life, the effects of a disfiguring accident on her thinking, her marriages and daughter, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and the development of her writing career.