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Das Leben eines der größten deutschen Entertainer der letzten Jahrzehnte: Als langjähriger Freund von Thomas Gottschalk hat der Autor Gert Heidenreich hier den Vorteil, den ansonsten sehr auf sein Privatleben bedachten Radio- und Fernsehmoderator und Entertainer von einer privaten Seite zeigen zu können, die vielen ansonsten verwehrt bliebe. Die steile Karriere Gottschalks lässt Heidenreich mit Hilfe von Interviews der engsten Familienmitglieder und Freunde Revue passieren.

William Thomas, the man known as "Buckwheat," one of the most beloved characters in the history of the Our Gang and Little Rascals films, rose from obscurity to become an American icon. Billy's heritage grew to be more than the 93 comedies in which he appeared as Buckwheat. He was a husband, father, and soldier. Several generations have come to know Buckwheat as if he was a real person, but few knew Billy, the man behind the myth.

Robert Shaw unforgettably commanded attention as the weathered seaman Captain Quint in the blockbuster sensation, Jaws. But what came before and after that landmark film is as dramatic as the hunt for the great white shark itself. Capturing the many facets of the vibrant, generous, and sometimes polarizing man is his nephew, Christopher, who explores the forces that shaped a dynamic personality—including Robert's indomitable mother, his deeply troubled father, and his activist sister, Joanna, with whom Robert shared an unbreakable bond.

Splatter Capital shows how a subgenre of cinematic horror has developed a unique perspective on the cycles of capitalism. It argues that the messy brand of horror mobilized in gore or "splatter" films is extremely responsive to the internal contradictions that threaten the future sustainability of capitalist accumulation. And, while responding to the prospect of that end, splatter promotes an extant truth: capitalist accumulation is and always has been a nightmare of systematized bloodshed.