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The History of Television, 1880 to 1941
ISBN: 9780786440863 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes interviews with the scientists whose imagination and enterprise combined to make television a reality. This book covers early inventions, the first devices, early camera tubes, the mechanical era, the kinescope, the iconoscope, and more. It also provides extensive references.
Includes interviews with the scientists whose imagination and enterprise combined to make television a reality. This book covers early inventions, the...
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275,77 |
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David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists: And Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes
ISBN: 9780553763577 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes
by David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman Writers It's like watching TV -- with the added danger of paper cuts Top Ten Apologies to People Buying This Book: 10. Cheap glue will only hold the thing together for about six days. 9. Some kids sneaked into the printing plant and added the word "ass" to a lot of the lists. 8. It costs about a dime to print one of these babies -- now take a look at the retail price, sucker 7. We're using the money we make to buy... David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes
by David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman W... |
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57,80 |
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Pimps, Wimps, Studs, Thugs and Gentlemen: Essays on Media Images of Masculinity
ISBN: 9780786443055 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays that examines the multi-faceted media images of contemporary masculinity from a variety of perspectives and academic disciplines. It focuses on the issue of racialized masculinity and its various manifestations. It also explores the issue of contemporary mediated performance and the cultural politics of masculinity.
A collection of essays that examines the multi-faceted media images of contemporary masculinity from a variety of perspectives and academic discipline...
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167,87 |
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Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars
ISBN: 9780786445738 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), the classics (e.g., Bob Barker), and the contemporaries (e.g., Regis Philbin). Organized by host, each chapter includes birth and family information and a complete career history. The most significant developments of each host's early life and career are highlighted--complete with successes, failures, and scandals. Many of the biographies are accompanied by interviews with the host or his family and friends.
This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), t...
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167,87 |
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The Ministry of Education Film Experiment: From Post-War Visual Education to 21st Century Literacy
ISBN: 9781137592293 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book uncovers a unique post-war film production programme and explores how this first British government intervention into visual education is relevant to film education today. In 1943 the Ministry of Education took the decision to sponsor production of an experimental programme of nonfiction films specifically for the classroom. Almost 70 years later, the British Film Institute launched a new strategic development plan, at the centre of which was the aim to prove the value of 21st century literacy to Government and embed film in the school curriculum. This aim had been the focus of film...
This book uncovers a unique post-war film production programme and explores how this first British government intervention into visual education is re...
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362,27 |
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Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective
ISBN: 9780812696745 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Neatly organized, Mr. Monk and Philosophy uses philosophy to uncover more about the brilliant obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk. With the guidance of history's greatest thinkers, readers learn who Monk really is, why he is the way he is, and what they can learn from him. Chapters address such topics as Mr. Monk's unique use of logic, how everyone uses their own phobias and idiosyncrasies to navigate a threatening world, and what Monk says about what it means to be a hero (albeit a flawed one). Monk's relationships receive special attention: his dedication to his late wife,...
Neatly organized, Mr. Monk and Philosophy uses philosophy to uncover more about the brilliant obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk. With ...
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115,42 |
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Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance: Mediums, Spiritualists and Mesmerists in Performance
ISBN: 9780786434794 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines some of the most fascinating actresses of the Victorian era, whose performances fairly mesmerized their audiences of amused skeptics and ardent believers.
This book examines some of the most fascinating actresses of the Victorian era, whose performances fairly mesmerized their audiences of amused skeptic...
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167,87 |
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Playing for Real: Actors on Playing Real People
ISBN: 9780230230415 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to explore how actors play real people. How do you capture Hitler, Mugabe, or a serial killer? How do you portray living monarchs or political leaders? Is it possible to embody a genius like Mozart, Woolf or Darwin? What are the pressures of performing an icon like Marlene Dietrich? Bringing together original conversations with award-winning actors, the line-up includes Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins, David Morrissey, Henry Goodman, and Sir Ian McKellen.
This is the first book to explore how actors play real people. How do you capture Hitler, Mugabe, or a serial killer? How do you portray living monarc...
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232,00 |
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Television and Presidential Power in Putin's Russia
ISBN: 9780415561822 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text analyses the relationship between Russian television and the presidency during the tenure of President Putin. It argues that the conflicts within Russia's political and economic elites, and President Putin's attempts to rebuild Russia after the Yeltsin years are the most significant causes of changes in Russian media.
This text analyses the relationship between Russian television and the presidency during the tenure of President Putin. It argues that the conflicts w...
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734,66 |
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American Women Theatre Critics: Biographies and Selected Writings of Twelve Reviewers, 1753-1919
ISBN: 9780786449798 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the role of the great female American critics, therebyexpanding their canonical status. The anthology provides a brief description of the women's lives, their working conditions, samples of their writing, and supporting analyses--Provided by publisher.
This book explores the role of the great female American critics, therebyexpanding their canonical status. The anthology provides a brief description ...
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221,82 |
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National Mythologies in Central European TV Series: How Jr Won the Cold War
ISBN: 9781845195960 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illustrating the enormous impact television can have on the public s beliefs and values, this is the first ever international comparative study of the mythologies that popular television series in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania disseminate in their societies. Comparing samples of popular television from the 1970s, 1980s, and 2000s, this study provides strategically significant material about how these societies think and rationalize and what their thinking is rooted in. The study proceeds from the premise that popular television series provide a fertile ground of...
Illustrating the enormous impact television can have on the public s beliefs and values, this is the first ever international comparative study of the...
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541,33 |
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Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter
ISBN: 9780743491723 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has careened through nearly 100 countries, investigating frightening myths, chilling cryptozoological legends, and terrifying paranormal phenomena. Now, he invites fans to get a behind-the-scenes look at these breathtaking expeditions. Follow Gates from the inception of the groundbreaking hit show (at the summit of Kilimanjaro) to his hair-raising encounters with dangerous creatures in the most treacherous locations on earth. Among his many...
Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and international monster hunter Josh Gates has caree...
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73,17 |
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Catholic Theatre and Drama: Critical Essays
ISBN: 9780786447411 / Angielski / Miękka / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demystify the ties--both practical and ideological--that have long bound Catholicism to theatrical production. This volume offers insights into medieval theatre, Jesuit drama, ballet and opera, modern stagings of medieval liturgical drama, Lorca and Lope de Vega as Catholic playwrights, Italian Catholic women's drama, catholic playwrighting and acting, and the unique challenges of teaching theatre in Catholic universities. This is a valuable...
The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demy...
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303,02 |
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A Lifetime with Shakespeare: Notes from an American Director of All 38 Plays
ISBN: 9780786449538 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring each play in its full theatrical complexity, with particular attention paid to directorial and acting challenges, character development, and Shakespearean language, this text represents an expert and practical guide to the Bard's oeuvre.
Exploring each play in its full theatrical complexity, with particular attention paid to directorial and acting challenges, character development, and...
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Fernsehen Und Demokratie: Eine Inhaltsanalyse Der Fernsehnachrichtensendungen Von Ard Und Zdf Vom Frühjahr 1977
ISBN: 9783531030067 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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206,88 |
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Pockets of Resistance: British News Media, War and Theory in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
ISBN: 9780719084454 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For scholars of media and war, the 2003 invasion of Iraq is a compelling case to study. As part of President Bush's 'war on terror', the invasion was the most controversial British foreign policy decision since Suez, and its ramifications and aftermath have rarely been far from the news. In the many political and public debates regarding this conflict, arguments over the role of the media have been omnipresent. For some, media coverage was biased against the war, for others it became a cheerleader for the invasion. Where does the truth lie? Drawing upon a uniquely-detailed and rich content...
For scholars of media and war, the 2003 invasion of Iraq is a compelling case to study. As part of President Bush's 'war on terror', the invasion was ...
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103,06 |
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Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship: Signal Lost?
ISBN: 9780415886031 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the political debates over the access to live telecasts of sport in the digital broadcasting era. It outlines the broad theoretical debates, political positions and policy calculations over the provision of live, free-to-air telecasts of sport as a right of cultural citizenship. In so doing, the book provides a number of comparative case studies that explore these debates and issues in various global spaces. This book examines the political debates over the access to live telecasts of sport in the digital broadcasting era. It outlines the broad theoreti... |
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734,66 |
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Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010
ISBN: 9780786433650 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre...
This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, telev...
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221,82 |
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The Plays of Yasmina Reza on the English and American Stage
ISBN: 9780786449880 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The seven plays of Yasmina Reza, one of France's most prominent female playwrights, are popular both in France and abroad. Despite her commercial success, her plays have often been ignored in academic circles, and few scholars have attempted to explore the mechanics of her playwriting. This text seeks to unpack the essentials of Reza's style and to explore each play as a component of Reza's theatrical oeuvre. The result is a fuller understanding of her theatrical poetics and her development as an artist.
The seven plays of Yasmina Reza, one of France's most prominent female playwrights, are popular both in France and abroad. Despite her commercial succ...
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275,77 |
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Broadcasting Propaganda: International Radio Broadcasting and the Construction of Political Reality
ISBN: 9780275938413 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today hundreds of millions of people throughout the world depend on international radio broadcasting for their understanding of national and international political affairs. Broadcasting Propaganda represents the first application of theory and research in sociology and communication to analyze the contents of this medium of international political communication. Wasburn illustrates how two theoretical perspectives, social construction of reality theory and media-system-dependency theory, can be applied to understand the ways in which nations use symbolic means to position themselves in... Today hundreds of millions of people throughout the world depend on international radio broadcasting for their understanding of national and intern... |
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360,89 |