Adam Woog

Examines the history of Gospel music as a unique American art form. Describes the foundations of Gospel music beginning with the spirituals of African slaves and traces its development through the Christian church and popular music. Highlights the influences of other genres such as jazz and blues.

The Spanish Inquisition, which began in the late 1400s, is one of historys most potent examples of religious and cultural persecution. During the Inquisition trials, tens of thousands of non-Christians, notably Jews and Muslims, were tried for alleged crimes against the Catholic Church. These trials involved interrogation, imprisonment, and sometimes torture and execution, destroying families and communities across Spain that had once peacefully co-existed....

Examines the history, design and construction, use for spectacles, and present day condition of the Colosseum in Rome.

Examines popular food myths and facts and analyzes the truth behind them all.

This book explores the lore of vampire films, why they remain perennially popular with audiences, and themes that run through the history of these cinematic bloodsuckers.

"Allows readers to use critical thinking to create informed opinions on where they stand on the issue of military might and global intervention"--Provided by publisher.

This book describes the life and achievements of Carlos Santana, the Mexican-American guitarist whose album "Supernatural" was a great commercial success and Grammy award winner.

December 7, 1941 was, in the words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "a day which will live in infamy." On that date the Japanese Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was the first assault on American-held territory in a conflict that was already underway in Europe -- a conflict that would soon become World War II, the most terrible war in history. America's entry into the war in...

Presents the mysths, religious legends, folktales and history of giants.

This book describes the celebrity status of the Mummy, from 1932 to the 1990s. The discovery of King Tut's tomb and rumors of a deadly curse ignited the public imagination and its long-standing fears of the living dead. One result was the 1932 film The Mummy and Boris Karloff's eerie portrayal. The movie has often been imitated, but it remains a classic in film horror.