493:(2013), where Elder was asked by Augie Aleksy, owner of Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore in Forest Park, to contribute to this collection about those buried in nearby communities. His chapters include Hollywood mogul Michael Todd (third husband of Elizabeth Taylor) and Smiley, a clown who died in 1918’s Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train wreck — along with 85 of his fellow performers. This project was inspired by Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology. The book won the Illinois State Historical Society's Superior Achievement Award in 2014.
577:(2019), edited by Elder, celebrates Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with a full-color edition of Moby-Dick, illustrated by the rediscovered art of Gilbert Wilson. Moby-Dick became Wilson’s lifetime obsession, producing more than 200 paintings and drawings based on the novel. This large book showcases never-before-published artwork, notes, and meditations on the novel—drawing from unprecedented access to Wilson’s estate.
593:(2021), a book designed like a Christmas party Elvis himself would have liked. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic music and songs Elvis sang and recorded for his bestselling holiday albums, alongside favorite stories, trivia, and Yuletide cocktails and munchies—all wrapped up with a merry Christmas twist fit for the King of Rock ’n’ Roll. Fully illustrated with color photographs and illustrations throughout.
340:(2003), essays by a diverse group of writers that captures the joys, regrets, friendships, philosophies, and adventures experienced through neighborhood poker. This collection of 52 original pieces features a section of practical and impractical tips for home poker games and a cornucopia of fascinating facts about poker paintings, poker movies, poker books, and other poker-themed masterpieces of popular culture.
617:. (2022), which Elder co-edited alongside the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The Doomsday Clock is many things all at once: It’s a metaphor, it’s a logo, it’s a brand, and it’s one of the most recognizable symbols of the past 100 years. Throughout the Doomsday Clock’s 75 years, the Bulletin has worked to preserve its integrity and its scientific mission to educate and inform the public.
410:(2011), is dedicated to cataloging the exact moment when you realize a relationship isn’t going to work. This could be years into a romance, on the first date or even before the first date. These stories can be funny, poignant, abysmally sad and universal. The aim: To provide a bit of comfort, humor and, hopefully, healing identification. Based on Elder's website of the same name.
501:(2014), interviews trace his arc through success, fame, prison, farming, and tragedy―the death of his son in a car accident profoundly altered his life. These conversations make clear Kesey’s central place in American culture and offer his enduring lesson that the freedom exists to create lives as wildly as can be imagined.
382:(2010), after several years of research, captures the history of capital punishment in America, told from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. Though not a political book, it asks: If these are the most reviled, outcast members of society—why does it remain a cultural value to record what they say? The book includes a
346:(2003), where Elder was asked by Brian Azzarello to write the introduction for the fifth volume of his hardboiled epic. In this installment, a man named Milo receives an untraceable gun and matching bullets from a man named Agent Graves, who tells him the car accident that shattered his face was deliberate.
565:(2019), the lost biography of Gilbert Wilson edited by Elder, written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated biographer Edward K. Spann. Originally slated for publication in the 2000s, the project slipped into limbo when Spann died while editing the book. Once the Great Lost Book of Indiana, Spann’s Unfinished and
418:(2011), which captures the film-going experience that made future directors want to make movies. It explores 30 directors' love of a film they saw at a particularly formative moment, how it influenced their own works, and how it made them think differently. The book includes interviews with
609:(2022), which Elder served as project manager on. The book was edited by John Mecklin and designed by Thomas Gaulkin. This 365-page book gathers some of the best writing published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since its founding in 1945 by Manhattan Project scientists.
585:(2020), a research into author Ernest Hemingway's appearance in comic books alongside figures like Superman, Mickey Mouse, Captain Marvel, and Cerebus. He has even battled fascists alongside Wolverine in Spain and teamed up with Shade to battle adversaries in the Area of Madness.
601:(2022), which Elder worked with Steve Korte and TASCHEN on this inaugural volume of Spider-Man. Elder's contributions include some photos taken at the Library of Congress, where he examined Steve Ditko's original art for Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man.
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366:(2006), Darrell Schweitzer’s critical look at author Neil Gaiman’s legacy includes two lengthy interviews, including a never-before-published conversation Neil and Elder had in 1995, as he was finishing
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557:(2019), a journal of questions that aims to help promote open communication and bonding—all while getting to know your partner better. It’s a playful, light-hearted approach to some serious business.
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468:(2013), an attempt to rewrite film history. In this book, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically-savaged gems. The book received praise by critics such as Adam Kempenaar,
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509:(2016), a hardcover coffee table book that told the author's life story through rare images, objects, and letters. Included in the book: A little-seen poem that revealed Hemingway's
539:(2018), a guided journal that offers prompts and questions to unlock memories through the soundtrack of your life. The book received praise from authors such as Mark Caro and
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402:(2011), is a freeze frame of that moment when you realize that you're truly, completely in love. Stories collected from Elder's website of the same name.
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