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The Soap Opera Evolution: America's Enduring Romance with Daytime Drama
ISBN: 9780786472819 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first daytime dramas began as early as 1930, with Painted Dreams. Programmers soon discovered that housewives often controlled the purse strings, and soaps become an advertiser's gold mine. They now generate more than $900 million in network revenues annually.
The first daytime dramas began as early as 1930, with Painted Dreams. Programmers soon discovered that housewives often controlled the purse strings, ...
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188,57 zł |
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Stasis Leaked Complete: The Unofficial Behind the Scenes Guide to Red Dwarf
ISBN: 9781908340061 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on interviews with the cast and crew, this book goes behind the scenes of the successful space comedy, Red Dwarf. With chapters on every episode, it reveals how the series was made, and tells the stories of what happened on and off set. Why did Holly leave? How did Cat lose his teeth? What happened when the writers split up? All these questions are answered, and more. With: Episode synopses Behind the scenes details on every episode Overviews of every series Quotes from cast and crew Stasis Leaked Complete reveals how the show was made, examines the ideas behind the episodes, and...
Based on interviews with the cast and crew, this book goes behind the scenes of the successful space comedy, Red Dwarf. With chapters on every episode...
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75,11 zł |
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LOST Humanity University Edition: The Mythology and Themes of LOST
ISBN: 9781480057623 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Containing 25 thought-provoking essays by the most heavily-cited authority on LOST, Pearson Moore's LOST Humanity, University Edition serves as a solid basis for discussion and analysis of the 21st century's most intellectually challenging television series. With six new chapters, two of them never before published, this volume represents the most complete distillation of Moore's ideas regarding this fascinating cinematic adventure. Vibrant prose and provocative concepts will keep you engaged through all 418 pages of Moore's masterwork. Moore believes the structure of LOST is... Containing 25 thought-provoking essays by the most heavily-cited authority on LOST, Pearson Moore's LOST Humanity, University Edition serves as a ... |
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113,88 zł |
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Above & Below: A 25th Anniversary Beauty and the Beast Companion
ISBN: 9781593932800 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beauty and the Beast may be a tale as old as time, but never has it been more imaginatively told than in the 1987-1990 live action television series created by Ron Koslow. The concept has a noble lion-man, Vincent (Ron Perlman), a member of a vast wondrous community located beneath the streets of Manhattan, who saves the life of New York socialite turned assistant district attorney Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton). As he nurses her back to health, a connection is formed between them that drives the rest of the series as their worlds intertwine, exploring their love and the darker...
Beauty and the Beast may be a tale as old as time, but never has it been more imaginatively told than in the 1987-1990 live action television series c...
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145,81 zł |
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Men Into Space
ISBN: 9781593932312 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MORE SCIENCE THAN FICTION
Before Lost In Space, before Star Trek, and before Space 1999, American audiences were regaled by the weekly thrills, perils, and otherworldly exploits of Men Into Space, the first-ever "hard science" sci-fi program. Popular actor William Lundigan appeared as the redoubtable Colonel Edward McCauley, who grappled with many of the same problems that real astronauts encountered in their quest to reach the Moon a decade later. It was a somber departure from previous televised science fiction fare, aimed at juveniles, and served up the drama and excitement of space... MORE SCIENCE THAN FICTION
Before Lost In Space, before Star Trek, and before Space 1999, American audiences were regaled by the weekly th... |
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146,06 zł |
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Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw
ISBN: 9781593932251 / Angielski / Miękka / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever wonder what the unaired episodes of situation comedies that disappeared quickly from the air were about? Curious about those comedy series such as Rewind, The Grubbs, and The Ortegas that the Fox network announced for its fall schedule but that never premiered? Did you know that stars like Bradley Cooper, Michelle Williams, and Brad Pitt made some of their earliest appearances on short-lived sitcoms? Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw contains answers to these questions as well as others about quickly-canceled, never-aired, and short-run situation...
Ever wonder what the unaired episodes of situation comedies that disappeared quickly from the air were about? Curious about those comedy series such a...
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204,49 zł |
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Doctor Who: The Complete Guide
ISBN: 9780762452408 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From humble beginnings in November 1963, Doctor Who has become a quintessential element of popular culture. With a comprehensive guide to every episode, Mark Campbell puts the show under the microscope with facts, figures, and options that will entertain long-term fans as well as Time Lord fanatics. He explores the adventures of all eleven Doctors, their faithful companions, a universe of aliens and villains from Daleks to Weeping Angels. Including sections on TV, radio, cinema, stage, and internet spin-offs, the guide delves into the world of Doctor Who.
From humble beginnings in November 1963, Doctor Who has become a quintessential element of popular culture. With a comprehensive guide to every...
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95,59 zł |
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Superchicks: A guide to TV's Wonder Woman and Isis
ISBN: 9781480250468 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They remain television icons to this day ... Lynda Carter's stunning primetime Wonder Woman and Joanna Cameron's Saturday-morning Isis, inspiring a generation of females growing up in the 1970s by their strength, beauty, smarts and grace. Debuting within two months of each other in 1975, they were the first two female superheroes to have their own live-action American TV shows, captivating millions of viewers with a magical spin and an "Oh, mighty Isis " Longtime classic-television analyst BRBTV presents your fun reference guide to both the "Wonder Woman" and "Isis" series in one jam-packed...
They remain television icons to this day ... Lynda Carter's stunning primetime Wonder Woman and Joanna Cameron's Saturday-morning Isis, inspiring a ge...
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70,75 zł |
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Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2D Ed.
ISBN: 9780786474448 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but adds numerous programs not previously covered, including beauty pageants, parades, awards programs, Broadway and opera adaptations, musicals produced especially for television, holiday specials (e.g., Christmas and New Year's Eve), the early 1936-1947 experimental specials, honors specials. In short, this is a reference work to 5,336 programs--the most complete source for television specials ever published.
This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but a...
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584,45 zł |
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The Columbo Case Files: Season One
ISBN: 9781938039096 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's not "just one more thing" ... it's the first in a series of new books on "Columbo" starring Peter Falk - perhaps the best known, and certainly one of the best, police procedurals TV has produced. This first book includes all nine episodes of Season One, with comment, analysis, praise, critique, and the great quotations, plus short reflections on Lt. Columbo, and on his place in our culture. All for your further enjoyment of this excellent show. A Kindle version is also available. Please note: This is a slim book - just 80 pages. I priced it as close as I could to what CreateSpace is...
It's not "just one more thing" ... it's the first in a series of new books on "Columbo" starring Peter Falk - perhaps the best known, and certainly on...
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27,30 zł |
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Paranormal State: My Journey Into the Unknown
ISBN: 9780061767944 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the hit A&E series Paranormal State, Ryan Buell and his team of investigators delve deep into the mysterious world of ghosts, demonic disturbances, and sixth-sense sightings that shadows our everyday reality. Now, in this official companion book to the series, Buell takes you one step further, revealing the secrets of the show's most intense cases and the shocking, never-before-told story of his own brush with the supernatural--the otherworldly experience that first inspired him to found the Paranormal Research Society.
On the hit A&E series Paranormal State, Ryan Buell and his team of investigators delve deep into the mysterious world of ghosts, demonic dist...
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73,86 zł |
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House: The Wounded Healer on Television: Jungian and Post-Jungian Reflections
ISBN: 9780415479134 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. House MD is a globally successful and long-running medical drama. House: The Wounded Healer on Television employs a Jungian perspective to examine the psychological construction of the series and its namesake, Dr Gregory House. The book also investigates the extent to which the continued popularity of House MD has to do with its representation of deeply embedded cultural concerns. It is divided into three parts - Diagnosing House, Consulting House and Dissecting House, - and topics of discussion include:
House MD is a globally successful and long-running medical drama. House: The Wounded Healer on Television employs a Jungian persp... |
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182,54 zł |
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Television in Post-Reform China: Serial Dramas, Confucian Leadership and the Global Television Market
ISBN: 9780415492201 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China's economic and political modernization during the post-Deng Xiaoping era. It intertwines the evolution of Chinese television drama particularly with the ascendance of the Chinese New Left that favors a recentralization of state authority and an alternative path towards China's... This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime televisio... |
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156,46 zł |
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Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook
ISBN: 9780563493877 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping? Who is infuriated if kept on hold for more than a minute? Who is positively apoplectic if someone answers their phone during dinner? If so, you've probably encountered the phenomenon of the grumpy old man. Following the television series, thiscompanion tome is packedwith funny and informative chapters such as "Who are we," "What are we grumpy about," and "How can you spot the signs of grumpiness coming on,"leaving even the grumpiest of men with a grin on his face."
Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping? Who is infuriated if kept on hold for more than a minute? Who is positively apoplectic if s...
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87,81 zł |
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Grumpy Old Men: The Secret Diary
ISBN: 9780563539230 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die, and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of "Grumpy Old Men," this workgives us a more in-depth look at what it's really like to be a pissed-off man of a certain age. In painstaking detail, he takes us through a year in the constantly irritated life of a Grumpy Old Man, recounting the manifold vexations and absurdities he has to put up with in the perpetual torment that we call modern living. Drinks parties, holidays, hospital visits, his children's misdemeanours, buying presents for the wife, watching...
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die, and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of "Grumpy Old Me...
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87,81 zł |
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Big Bang Theory A-Z
ISBN: 9781843585411 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The show hasreceived the People's Choice Award for favorite comedy and, forJim Parsons, an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Here's the full story on the sciencey sitcom.A is for awards "The Big Bang Theory" has been showered with awards for being the smartest and funniest TV sitcom around. B is for Barenaked Ladies read all about the band that performed the show's famous theme song, "The History of Everything." C is for Caltech find out more about the world-famous university where our favorite four "Big Bang" characters work. From special guests like Katee Sackhoff and River Glau, to predecessorshows...
The show hasreceived the People's Choice Award for favorite comedy and, forJim Parsons, an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Here's the full story on the scien...
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68,11 zł |
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Doctor Who: Who-ology
ISBN: 9781849906197 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who are the members of the Doctor's family? What are the 20 best ways to defeat a Dalek? What are the galactic coordinates of Gallifrey? Packed with amazing facts, figures and stories, Who-ology is an unforgettable journey through fifty years of Doctor Who. Test your knowledge of the last Time Lord and the worlds he's visited, from Totters Lane to Trenzalore. Get lost in guides to UNIT call signs, the inner workings of sonic screwdrivers and a complete list of Doctor Who monsters and their creators. Who-ology is an utterly unique tour of space and time.
Who are the members of the Doctor's family? What are the 20 best ways to defeat a Dalek? What are the galactic coordinates of Gallifrey? Packed with a...
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82,32 zł |
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Reading Six Feet Under: TV to Die for
ISBN: 9781850438090 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praised for its unabashed portrait of the ""death care"" industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of living well. Created by the Oscar winner Alan Ball (American Beauty), this innovative, controversial show charts difficult territory--from death, dying and bereavement, to female and gay sexualities, to family obligation and relationships--laying bare in the process an American cultural consciousness. This book examines such predominant themes as the dead body, magic realism and the grotesque, American cultural politics, family...
Praised for its unabashed portrait of the ""death care"" industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of liv...
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99,07 zł |
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Game of Thrones A-Z : An Unofficial Guide to Accompany the Hit TV Series
ISBN: 9781857829969 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Afan guide toone oftelevision'smost exciting shows, exploring its combination ofpolitical intrigue and family dysfunction against an epic fantasy backdrop Hailed by critics and dubbed "The Sopranos" meets "The Lord of the Rings," HBO's lavish adaptation of George R.R. Martin's series of fantasy novelshas cast its spell over audiences thanks to its memorable characters, surprise deaths, and violent action, and this exhaustive guide will document the background dramas that have helped make it such a huge success. Readers willfind biographies of the main actors, episode guides, an overview... Afan guide toone oftelevision'smost exciting shows, exploring its combination ofpolitical intrigue and family dysfunction against an epic fantasy b... |
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68,11 zł |
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Downton Abbey on Location: An Unofficial Review & Guide to the Locations Used for All 6 Series
ISBN: 9781901091618 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No one does period television drama like the British In the proud tradition of The Forsyte Saga, The Duchess of Duke Street, The Jewel in the Crown and Upstairs, Downstairs, the latest series to entrance viewers around the world is Downton Abbey, created by Oscar(r) winning author and actor Julian Fellowes. The story of Lord Grantham and his family centres upon Downton Abbey, their mansion in Yorkshire - but it's no secret that the magnificent house we see on screen is Highclere Castle in Hampshire, more than 200 miles away This fully researched and richly illustrated guide will enable the...
No one does period television drama like the British In the proud tradition of The Forsyte Saga, The Duchess of Duke Street, The Jewel in the Crown a...
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65,73 zł |
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