wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Joss Whedon, a Creative Portrait: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Marvel's the Avengers
ISBN: 9781848850309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The release of both his horror flick The Cabin in the Woods and the box-office sensation, Marvel's The Avengers saw the return to creative and critical success of Joss Whedon.
After establishing himself as a premier cult creator, the man who gave us great television with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse and web series Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog, as well as comic books including Fray and Astonishing X-Men, finally became the filmmaker he'd long dreamed of being. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and... The release of both his horror flick The Cabin in the Woods and the box-office sensation, Marvel's The Avengers saw the return to creati...
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115,37 zł |
Reading the Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO
ISBN: 9781845111212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Sopranos has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes toward television itself. Topics explored include the extraordinary characterization of Tony Soprano; racism; dreams; Dr. Melfi as narratee; Carmela as a feminist; Italian-American womanhood; mafia theatrics; use and abuse of family values and feudal codes; the HBO brand; food's role on the show; and more. The book features Lavery's comprehensive guide to the show's intertextual moments and allusions, a timeline, and character and episode guides.
The Sopranos has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes toward television itself. Topics explored include the extraordin...
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99,63 zł |
The Essential Cult TV Reader
ISBN: 9780813125688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Essential Cult TV Reader is a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by employing an imaginative approach to programming. Once defined by limited viewership, cult TV has developed its own identity, with some shows gaining large, mainstream audiences. By exploring the defining characteristics of cult TV, The Essential Cult TV Reader traces the development of this once obscure form and explains how cult TV achieved its current status as legitimate television. The essays explore a wide range of cult programs,... The Essential Cult TV Reader is a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by emp... |
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198,83 zł |
Joss Whedon: Conversations
ISBN: 9781604739244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. No recent television creator has generated more critical, scholarly, and popular discussion or acquired as devoted a cult following as Joss Whedon (b. 1964). No fewer than thirty books concerned with his work have now been published (a forthcoming volume even offers a book-length bibliography), and ten international conferences on his work have convened in the U.K., the United States, Australia, and Turkey. Fitting then that this first volume in the University Press of Mississippi's "Television Conversations" series is devoted to the writer, director, and showrunner who has delivered... No recent television creator has generated more critical, scholarly, and popular discussion or acquired as devoted a cult following as Joss Whedon ... |
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184,91 zł |
Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks
ISBN: 9780814325063 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Full of Secrets contains virtually everything you need to know about Twin Peaks. This fascinating collection of essays considers David Lynch's politics, the enigmatic musical score, and the show's cult status, treatment of family violence, obsession with doubling, and silencing of women. Also included are a director and writer list, a cast list, a Twin Peaks calendar, a complete scene breakdown for the entire series, and a comprehensive bibliography.
Full of Secrets contains virtually everything you need to know about Twin Peaks. This fascinating collection of essays considers David Lynch's politic...
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178,89 zł |
Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear by
ISBN: 9781845112219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. With the debut of Deadwood on HBO, a vision of the Old West emerged that was unlike anything done before on TV. David Milch, also the creator of NYPD Blue, imbued the series with his signature use of harsh language, complex storylines, and shocking acts of violence. The characters he created redefined the hackneyed stereotypes of the Western genre, from the harassed but defiant *Chinaman, * Mr. Wu, to the murderous, ferociously funny Al Swearengen, to the whiskey-drinking Calamity Jane who's only too happy to help her friend run the new brothel in town. Reading Deadwood...
With the debut of Deadwood on HBO, a vision of the Old West emerged that was unlike anything done before on TV. David Milch, also the creator o...
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99,63 zł |
Seinfeld, Master of Its Domain: Revisiting Television's Greatest Sitcom
ISBN: 9780826418036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television. This fascinating book includes classic articles on the show by Geoffrey O'Brien and Bill Wyman (first published in the New York Review of Books and Salon.com respectively), and a selection of new and revised essays by some of the top television scholars in the US - looking at issues as wide-ranging as Seinfeld's Jewishness, alleged nihilism, food obsession, and long-running syndication. The book also includes a comprehensive episode guide, and...
After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television...
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152,10 zł |
Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls
ISBN: 9780815635284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bringing together essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other.
Bringing together essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Ador...
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184,61 zł |
Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files
ISBN: 9780815604075 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this groundbreaking work constitute a serious look at this controversial-and phenomenally popular -- television show. The authors tackle such questions as: Why is The X-Files so popular Now? How does the show portray women's roles? Is The X-Files a modern myth?
The essays in this groundbreaking work constitute a serious look at this controversial-and phenomenally popular -- television show. The authors tackle...
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84,84 zł |
Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot
ISBN: 9781580405706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The third edition of Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot has been fully revised and updated, and continues to be the essential handbook on foot care and the treatment of the diabetic foot.
The diabetic foot is typically the victim of nerve damage, micro- and macrovascular disease, and faulty healing, mechanisms that without proper care can lead to amputation. More than 80,000 diabetes-related amputations are performed in the United States each year, but non-specialist primary care providers, as well as residents, nurses, and diabetes educators, can help prevent this devastating,... The third edition of Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot has been fully revised and updated, and continues to be the essential handbook on foot ...
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139,98 zł |
Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9781580407779 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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212,42 zł |