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Leading independent publisher of academic books, covering popular topics in a serious fashion, and manufacturing books to high library standards.

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our Fall 2025 New Books catalog is available now. Click to see our authors' new and forthcoming titles!

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 1d

New on our bookshelf:

Mel Brooks—Seriously!: Essays on the Films, Television Shows and Standup
Edited by Sue Matheson

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 2d

New on our bookshelf

Black Women Freedom Fighters: Profiles in the Struggle Against Slavery
By Gordon S. Barker and Sophie A. Brady

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 3d

New on our bookshelf:

Women at Work from Ancient Egypt Through the Middle Ages
By Lora Ann Sigler

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 5d

Surviving Stephen King is on sale! Use the code HORROR40 before the end of the month.

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 5d

This year, we're offering a terrifyingly deep discount of 40% off ALL horror titles with coupon code HORROR40. But hurry—these slashed prices will become ghostlore on Samhain, November 1!

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Robert M. Sarwark @robsarwark.bsky.social · 5d

My book’s LOC call number. Having this made the whole publication process feel truly final last year.

Incidentally, “GR” seems appropriate for a book about dragons 🐉

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 8d

New on our bookshelf

The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism
Eric Lee

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kroseman.bsky.social @kroseman.bsky.social · 10d

Two new ones for the to-be-read stack courtesy of @mcfarland.bsky.social

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 9d

Now available in softcover:

The Werewolf Filmography: 300+ Movies
By Bryan Senn

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 10d

New on our bookshelf:

The Music of Baseball: A History and Catalog of Selected Works
By George Boziwick

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 12d

New on our bookshelf:

America and the Mexican War of Independence: Insurgents, Patriots, and Brethren in Arms, 1810–1821
By Benjamin J. Swenson

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 15d

New on our bookshelf:

The Undead in World Mythology and Folklore: An Encyclopedia
By Theresa Bane

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 17d

Now available in softcover:

Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia
By Bud Hannings

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 18d

New on our bookshelf:

The Screen Chills Companion, 1940–1946: Films of the Golden Age of Hollywood Horror
By Chris Fellner

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 19d

New on our bookshelf:

Dempsey and Tunney in the Roaring Twenties
By Lew Freedman

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Baz Greenland @bazgreenland.bsky.social · 20d

Love #Babylon5?

My book, The Triumph of Babylon 5 from @mcfarland.bsky.social charts the 30-year history of the show. It's now reduced in price on Amazon, just in time for Christmas! Check out the links below 👇

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Triumph-Baby...
US: www.amazon.com/Triumph-Baby...

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Robert M. Sarwark @robsarwark.bsky.social · 22d

25% off my book (and all mythology titles) via @mcfarland.bsky.social until Oct 15 🐉

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Mythology & Folklore - McFarland

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 22d

You're not paranoid if they really ARE out to get you. @librarianchef.bsky.social & friends peek at cultural phenoms, TV like THE X-FILES and films like SOFT & QUIET in their new book of essays on pop conspiracies. @mcfarland.bsky.social @memorieschild.bsky.social
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The cover of the book "The Lizard People Don't Want You to Read This: Essays on Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture" featuring an illustration of a close-up eye of a green-skinned humanoid. The iris of the eye has circuitry within it.

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 22d

New on our bookshelf:

Russell Hoban: Faithful to the Strange
By Graeme Wend-Walker

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 23d

New on our bookshelf:

Conquest 1066: A History of the Norman Invasion of England
By David Klinker Dahl Hansen

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 24d

New on our bookshelf:

The Dog as Guide, Guard and Healer: A Journey with People Since Ancient Times
By Cinde L. Bauer

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 25d

New on our bookshelf:

But Will It Fly?: The History and Science of Unconventional Aerial Power and Propulsion
By Iver P. Cooper

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kleinzeit.bsky.social @kleinzeit.bsky.social · 29d

Today my book on Russell Hoban is published. Thank you to the friends, family, and colleagues who helped get me here, and thank you especially to my wonderful wife! @russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social @txst.edu

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McFarland @mcfarland.bsky.social · 26d

New on our bookshelf:

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration on Film and Television, Volume 1
By Ernest Shackleton

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · Sep 23

"I am dead to all the world. Hear me!" @old-dr-walden.bsky.social's new book poses the Count as a "cultural barometer" through wartime, the sexual revolution, Freudian panics, and the rise of the superhero. @mcfarland.bsky.social
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The cover of the book "Dracula's Cinematic Psychohistory" featuring a vivid red and magenta fanged vampire's mouth, opened to bite.

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