Seven Stories of Dark HorrorA maniac terrorizes a small town.A teenage girl plays an evil game with a stranger.A jilted lover returns from the dead to seek revenge.A series of deaths around the world are mysteriously linked.Two serial killers have a rivalry over the decades.Someone is tearing unborn children from their mothers.The American version of ISIS rises to power.From E Stuart Marlowe comes an explorati...

Splatter horror film director Jonathon Gale is desperate for a hit. But his production seems plagued by problems. Innocuous at first. Then one of his actresses is shot dead by her boyfriend, and Jonathon is forced to accept that he’s facing not only a series of unrelated mishaps, but in fact, a full-blown curse.The violence escalates: demonic possession, blood-thirsty zombies, creatures from another world. Someone wants this film to stop. When the skittish financial backers begin t...

Splatter horror film director Jonathon Gale is desperate for a hit. But his production seems plagued by problems, innocuous at first. Then one of his actresses is shot dead by her boyfriend, and Jonathon is forced to accept that he's facing not only a series of unrelated mishaps, but in fact, a full-blown curse.The violence escalates: demonic possession, blood-thirsty zombies, creatures from another world. Someone wants this film to stop.When the skittish financial backers ...

From Evan and Kerry Marlowe, the couple who produced the indie films, Blood Rush and Horror House, comes a tell-all diary on the shooting of these two productions. Evan describes the financing, preparation, production and distribution of the features, including their work with legendary Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman. Brimming with production stills and screen grabs, the book is a quick and informative read.Chapter One describes how the two developed Blood Rush from an idea for a sh...

A revolutionary work on public relations and marketing by the provocative thinker who was dubbed the father of public relationsFew books have been as quietly powerful as Edward L. Bernays's Crystallizing Public Opinion. First published in 1923, it is a groundbreaking and, as history has shown, influential guide to the most crucial principles of mass persuasion. Aimed at governments and corporations in the wake of World War I, this classic work combines crow...

Telecom Management for Call Centers offers a practical guide to addressing the most common issues faced by telecom management in large call-centers. This handbook was written primarily for the telecom manager; the techniques described here are practical and easily applicable, focusing on the issues the telecom manager faces in his or her daily operational work. The lessons learned by the professionals in this growing field are not often documented and shared. This guide provides d...

"Why does it always seem like it's the other guy who wins at the slots? Is it just me, or does anybody else feel this way too? I seem like I never have a winning streak at the slots!"Does that sound familiar? You are not alone. Every day there are millions of people across the country playing slot machines – all looking to hit the jackpot.If that sounds like you, then I've got some great news! Author Art Robertson is going to show you, step by step, how you can improve your...

American Stripper tells the story of Dion's personal and professional growth as a stripper and as a young man navigating a new world of debauched parties, drunk sorority girls, swingers, jealous boyfriends, and male revues. Come along as he acquires a highly prized cop uniform, has his first threesome, and falls in love--all while pursuing his original dream, to become an English teacher abroad. Vivid, thoughtful, and hilarious, American Stripper is a candid account of the transformation o...

The media are in crisis. Confronted by growing competition and sagging advertising revenue, news operations in print, on radio and TV, and even online are struggling to reinvent themselves. Many have gone under. For too many others, the answer has been to lay off reporters, join conglomerates, and lean more heavily on generic content. The result: in a world awash with information, news organizations provide citizens with less and less in-depth reporting and a narrowing range of viewpoints....

“AOL had found itself at the edge of disaster so frequently that one of its first executives, a brassy Vietnam veteran and restaurateur named Jim Kimsey, had taken the punch line of an old joke popularized by Ronald Reagan and made it into an unlikely mantra for the company. It concerned a very optimistic young boy who happened upon a huge pile of horse manure and began digging excitedly. When someone asked him what he was doing covered in muck, the foolish boy answered brightly, ‘There mu...

Media power is a crucial, although often taken for granted, concept. We assume, for example, that the media are 'powerful'; if they were not, why would there be so many controversies over the regulation, control and impact of communicative institutions and processes? Further, we assume that this 'power' is somehow problematic; audiences are often treated as highly susceptible to media influence and too much 'power' in the hands of one organization or individual is seen as risky and potenti...

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development. In this volume, contributors examine government policy for a range of media, including digital television, IPTV, mobile TV, and OTT TV. They also address marketing strategies that can harness the unique nature of digital media’s innovation, production design, and accessibility. They draw on case studies in Asia, North America, and Europe to offer best ...