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  • The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds

    The bestselling author of The Forensic Science of C.S.I. examines the real-life cases behind the hit television series Criminal MindsWeek after week, the hit TV show Criminal Minds gives viewers a look inside the psyches of the fictional serial killers tracked by the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit). This elite team of FBI agents travels the country assisting law enforcement officials by examining ... Read more

    RM 40.99

  • Story

    Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

    by Robert McKee ...
    Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series ... Read more

    RM 110.29

  • Northern Exposure

    A Cultural History

    Series series The Cultural History of Television
    When Northern Exposure first aired on television in 1990, viewers were introduced to the small fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, and its quirky yet endearing citizens. During its run, Northern Exposure received critical acclaim, winning two Peabody Awards, seven Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes. Though the show was cancelled after six seasons, it has had a profound impact on ... Read more

    RM 136.29

  • Reality TV: An Insider's Guide to TV's Hottest Market

    An Insider's Guide to TV's Hottest Market

    by Troy DeVolld ...
    Demystifying TV's most explosive genre, this handbook winds its informative way through all three stages of production and on into creating and pitching original shows in a thoughtprovoking and oftenhumorous read. ... Read more

    RM 71.49

  • Digital Culture Unplugged

    Probing the Native Cyborg’s Multiple Locations

    Edited by Nalini Rajan ...
    This edited volume is an exploration of the many different ways in which contemporary society negotiates digital technologies and media in South Asia. It especially focuses on cyber-religion, the notion of self-formation and digital technology, urban cybercultural phenomenon, digital era in cinema and photography that represent an eclectic mix o ... Read more

    RM 135.17

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    British Costume Drama Television from The Forsyte Saga to Downton Abbey

    The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also include grittier fare like Ripper Street. Though often criticized as a form of escapist, conservative nostalgia, these shows can also provide a lens to examine the class and gender politics of both the ... Read more

    RM 306.99

  • X-Files, je veux toujours croire

    Guide non-officiel de la série

    PrésentationX-Files, la série culte des années 90, revient sur le devant de la scène en ce début 2016. Une nouvelle saison de 6 épisodes permet de plonger à nouveau les téléspectateurs dans le monde des affaires non-classées.Avant de plonger avec passion dans cette mise à jour de la série, ce guide non officiel vous propose de revivre l'ensemble des 9 années qui furent autant de saisons ... Read more

    RM 13.85

  • Love, Peace and Soul

    Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments

    Love, Peace, and Soul tells the story of the television phenomenon known as Soul Train, a show created in the land of bell bottoms, afros, and soul power; a show that became the touchstone of the Baby Boomer generation. Don Cornelius, host and owner of the show, was one of the coolest cats on television. With his platform shoes, wide neckties, and mellifluous voice, he showed the world just how ... Read more

    RM 82.69

  • Ghost Signals

    The Shadowlands Of British Analogue Television 1968-1995

    Exploring the Haunted Airwaves Before the ubiquity of streaming, British television was a landscape with room for strange experiments, folk-horror nightmares, and "wyrd" transmissions. Today, many of these programmes have vanished from official channels, leaving behind only "ghost signals": a shadowland of terrestrial TV hidden in plain sight across the unmediated and unmarketed corners of the ... Read more

    RM 22.89

  • Behind the Laughter

    Join Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson on her rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life lived on and off the screen.Sherrie Hewson is one of Britain's best loved telly stars. From her dazzling performances in the Carry On films to Russ Abbott's Madhouse, to her favourite character Maureen Holdsworth in Coronation Street to the green hills of Emmerdale, Sherrie ... Read more

    RM 27.99

  • Court TV's You Be the Judge

    100 Incredible, Provocative, and Fascinating Real-Life Cases

    A collection of courtroom cases and their verdicts that explores the effectiveness—or not—of the American juridical system.A drug dealer gets shot in a hotel parking lot—is the hotel liable?Do workers have a right to organize when they're illegal aliens?Can the KKK march in New York City where there's a law against congregating in masks? YOU BE THE JUDGE!Here is Court TV's riveting compilation of ... Read more

    RM 45.99

  • Closed Captioning

    Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television

    Series series Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
    This engaging study traces the development of closed captioning—a field that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s from decades-long developments in cinematic subtitling, courtroom stenography, and education for the deaf. Gregory J. Downey discusses how digital computers, coupled with human mental and physical skills, made live television captioning possible. Downey's survey includess the hidden ... Read more

    RM 195.49

  • Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020

    In 1936, as television networks CBS, DuMont, and NBC experimented with new ways to provide entertainment, NBC deviated from the traditional method of single experimental programs to broadcast the first multi-part program, Love Nest, over a three-episode arc. This would come to be known as a miniseries. Although the term was not coined until 1954, several other such miniseries were broadcast, ... Read more

    RM 195.69

  • NITPICKER'S GUIDE FOR DEEP SPACE (NEXT)

    by Phil Farrand ...
    Series series Nitpicker's Guides
    Every episode of the first four seasons of equipment oddities, weird science, strange but true observations, and nutty technical difficulties for discriminating fans of Deep Space Nine.Commanders Log, DS9: Star Date 46379.1: Bajor below. The cosmos above. Bloopers Everywhere!How long is the wormhole?In "Emissary," it is 70,000 light years. Four episodes later Sisko says it is 90,000. Better check ... Read more

    RM 39.59

  • Seinfeld

    Seasons 1 -5. An Episode Guide

    by Stephen Lambe ...
    When the final episode of Seinfeld aired on 14 May 1998, an amazing 76.3 million Americans tuned in, making it the most popular situation comedy is US television history. Co-created by Larry David, this 'comedy about nothing' made celebrities of its four stars: stand up comedian Jerry Seinfeld; comedian and actor Michael Richards who played eccentric neighbour Kramer; Julia Louis-Dreyfus who ... Read more

    RM 3.94 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Television Was Young

    The Inside Story with Memories by Legends of the Small Screen

    When television was young . . .Legendary movie producer Darryl Zanuck declared, "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.Before 5:30, there were only test patterns. Howdy Doody was the first show of the day.CBS agreed to put I Love Lucy on film only if Desi and Lucy paid part of the production fee. In return, CBS gave them ownership of the shows, including the right to ... Read more

    RM 61.29

  • The Ultimate Doctor Who Quiz Book

    A Celebration of 50 Years of Doctor Who

    by Adam Pearson ...
    Are you a big fan of Doctor Who? Have you watched all of the series from years gone by through to the present day? Can you name the various actors who have played the Doctor from William Hartnell to Matt Smith? If you can tell a Hath from the Heavenly Host and a Sontaran from a Slitheen, you are certain to enjoy this fun new quiz book? What was the title of episode one of the first Doctor story, ... Read more

    RM 21.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Unauthorized Trekkers’ Guide to the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine

    Your complete guide to STAR TREK’s most popular progeny – both spectacular series guidebooks complete in one volume!Originally published in 1997, this edition covers all seven seasons of The Next Generation and seasons one and two of Deep Space Nine.Episodes detailed – plot setting, action, writers, directors, stars and special guestsBiographies of all major charactersExclusive profiles of actors ... Read more

    RM 22.59

  • Trash-TV. 100 Seiten

    by Anja Rützel ...
    Series series Reclam 100 Seiten
    »Es ist höchste Zeit, einmal ganz offiziell eine Lanze für das oft geschmähte Genre des Trash-TVs zu brechen. Darum, in alter, abgenudelter, unironisch und ganz ehrlich gemeinter It's-only-Rock'n'Roll-but-I-like-it-Pose: Es ist Mist, aber ich mag's.«Gewisse TV-Formate suchen Ihresgleichen. Zum Beispiel Live-Übertragungen aus dem australischen Dschungel oder aus Wohncontainern mit Z-Promi ... Read more

    RM 32.19

  • A History Of Early Television Vol 1

    Edited by Stephen Herbert ...
    In the 21st Century, broadcast television is an established part of the lives of many millions of people all over the world, bringing information and entertainment directly into our homes. The pieces in this volume date from 1879 to 1934 and consist of a selection of books, articles and news items relating to the first developmental period of television, before it became the ubiquitous medium that ... Read more

    RM 194.82

  • Gêneros e formatos na televisão brasileira

    Baseado numa pesquisa de mais de dez anos, José Carlos Aronchi de Souza, experiente profissional de televisão, professor de produção e diretor de programas educativos, identifica nesta obra as características técnicas e de produção dos diferentes gêneros de programas de TV. Em linguagem clara e acessível, oferece-nos um manual prático para a estruturação de programas. Trata-se de obra ... Read more

    RM 35.75

  • A Guide to Creating Your Own Internet Radio Station

    You Can Do It for Free Also

    by Kym Kostos ...
    So, you think you have what it takes to be a DJ and broadcaster? Awesome news for you! And guess what? This is very lucky news for you because in today's technology, it allows anyone who wants to do what was once a limited to a very small percentage of people. But, now you can become an online / internet DJ and / or broadcaster! You can actually be the DJ, the station manager and even the program ... Read more

    RM 11.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book [Deluxe Expanded Archive Edition]

    The Definitive History of Television's Most Enduring Comedy

    The most acclaimed comedy series of TV's golden age, The Dick Van Dyke Show comes to life in this deluxe, enhanced eBook that features hundreds of black and white and color photos, documents, and other rare images available only in this expanded eBook edition.This fun-filled and impeccably researched book takes readers backstage to witness the creation of this TV classic through the eyes of the ... Read more

    RM 75.36 or Free with Kobo Plus