New Book Release: The Sci-Fi Movie Guide

The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz by Chris Barsanti

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future.It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality.

Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of science-fiction movies. From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic and TV science fiction. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and under-appreciated gems and genres, such as ...
-Zombies! 28 Days Later…, The Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead
-Monsters! Pacific Rim, Godzilla, The Thing, Creature from the Black Lagoon
-Aliens! The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs
-Mad scientists! Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Abominable Dr. Phibes
-Dystopias: THX 1138, 1984, The Hunger Games
-Superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-man, Superman
-Avant-garde masterpieces: Solaris, 2001, Brazil, The Man Who Fell to Earth
-Time travel: 12 Monkeys, The Time Machine, Time Bandits, Back to the Future
-Shoot-em-ups: Aliens, Universal Soldier, Starship Troopers
-Post-apocalyptic action: The Road Warrior, I Am Legend, Terminator Salvation
-Comedy: Dark Star, Mars Attacks!, Dr. Strangelove, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Mystery Science Theater 3000-What the...?: Battlefield Earth, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Repo: The Genetic Opera, Tank Girl, The 10th Victim
-Animation: WALL-E, Akira, Ghost in the Shell
-The most important TV series: Dr. Who, Blake’s 7, Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files, Firefly
-Small budgets, big ideas: Donnie Darko, Primer, Sound of My Voice, Computer Chess
-Neglected greats: Things to Come, Children of Men
-Epics: Metropolis, Blade Runner, Cloud Atlas

In addition to the nearly one thousand science fiction film reviews, this guide includes fascinating and fun Top-10 lists and sidebars that are designed to lead fans to similar titles they might not have known about. The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz will help ensure that you will never again have to worry about what to watch next. Useful both as a handy resource or a fun romp through the film world of science fiction.

New Book Release: The Zombie Book

The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead by Nick Redfern and Brad Steiger

Rampaging, driven, killing machines.

Soulless and dead. Infected and infectious. Zombies. The epidemic of the living dead is stronger than ever in today’s pop culture, but long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the biographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteria and viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a comprehensive resource to understanding zombies. More than 230 entries cover everything from hit television shows, books, and movies to zombies’ ignominious role in folklore and mythology. Learn about mad cow disease, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the Centers for Disease Control preparing for the end of the world, and much, much more. This is the definitive guide to zombies from two experts on the unexplained and paranormal.

New Book Release: The Handy Biology Answer Book

The Handy Biology Answer Book by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney

Completely revised and updated, The Handy Biology Answer Book examines and explains the workings of cell structures, bacteria, viruses, fungi, plant and animal characteristics and diversity, endangered plants and animals, evolution, adaption and the environment, DNA and chromosomes, genetics and genetic engineering, laboratory techniques, and much more. From the newsworthy to the practical and from the medical to the historical, it brings well-researched answers to more than 1,250 common biology questions, such as What is social Darwinism? Is IQ genetically controlled? Do animals commit murder? How did DNA help “discover” King Richard III? and Is obesity inherited?

New Book Release: The Union League Club of New York

The Union League Club of New York 1863-2013 by John Rousmaniere

Made exclusively for the Union League Club and its members, this book reveals the fascinating story of the Union League Club's first 150 years and the people who played vital roles in it.

Contributions by members and staff combined with striking images of the Club's collections bring the account to life, and thus the distinguished Clubhouse has been immortalized.

New Book Release: Trimmings from The Mainsheet of the Bay Head Yacht Club

Trimmings from The Mainsheet of the Bay Head Yacht Club

Gathered from the pages of its newsletters, this is the Bay Head Yacht Club's delightful 125 year history as told in the words of its own members. This compendium of short stories collectively tells the story of the venerable club that has stood proudly at the head of Barnegat Bay since 1888.

The Bay Head Yacht Club was established in Bay Head, New Jersey on September 8, 1888. Bay Head was then emerging as a popular seaside resort that attracted prominent families from Philadelphia and New York.

BHYC members were active participants in early sneakbox and catboat racing on the shallow waters of Barnegat Bay. In 1914, the club was a founding member of the Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association. Commodore John V.A. Cattus of Bay Head was elected the BBYRA's first commodore. That summer, O.G. Dale of BHYC won the first BBYRA championship in his 20' Sneakbox Arran. Since then, BHYC sailors have won 190 championships in classes ranging from E Scows to Barnegat Bay's splendid wooden A Cats.

BHYC has had many accomplished sailors in history, including Slade Dale, winner of the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal for 1929 for a voyage to Cuba and back in Postscript, a 23' cutter designed by Dale himself. Also included is champion E Scow sailor Sam Merrick, who managed the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team to its best showing ever: an extraordinary three gold and two silver medals in 1984. Merrick was honored later that year with US Sailing's most prestigious award, The National Herreschoff Trophy.

Today, the Bay Head Yacht Club has a vibrant membership of 775 families that enjoy active sailing and tennis programs. The Club is proud to continue its leadership in the sport of sailing and to provide a welcome location for generations of families to relax in the friendly town of Bay Head.

Recently challenged by the flooding of their clubhouse during Hurricane Sandy and the need to replace the building's wooden piling foundation, BHYC's members have rallied to the cause and demonstrated their love of this great club.

The Bay Head Yacht Club's rich history and traditions are alive and well as the Club sets sail for its next 125 years.