The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen (ISBN 0-87910-327-2) by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini, published by Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions is a non-fiction book documenting the evolution of the female action hero in cinema, television and pop-culture. From Barbarella to Barb Wire, the book surveys the public's interest with the warrior-woman and amazon archetype in media. From the same authors who wrote Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love Gone Wrong in the Movies, this book also contains hundreds of illustrations, and a complete bibliography, an extensive 30-page filmography, as well as sidebars about trends, style, and trivia. The warrior-woman image throughout the past five decades is explored, from the iconic Raquel Welch in the prehistoric adventure fantasy One Millio