History & Criticism

The Simpsons Merchandise Guide for all Simpsons Lovers#1 New Release in Antiques and CollectiblesThis quirky book unleashes the entire story of all Simpsons merchandise, spanning over decades. Warren Evans, the Bart of Darkness, details a massive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780413404404Author Neil PostmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Methuen Publishing LtdPublisher Methuen Publishing Ltd

Winner of the National Book Awards Autobiography of the YearThe long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors*As seen in David and Jay's Touring Toolshed on BBC Two*Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the...

By Louise Young and Loulia Sheppard, 2018 Academy Award nominee for her hair and make-up design on Victoria and Abdul.'If you haven't heard of Louise Young and are interested in period makeup, or any makeup in fact, then we highly recommend you check out...

Everything you need to know about Britain's longest-running and most popular soap is found here in this impressive book. Celebrating 60 years since the show's creation, this book is an exhaustive, compelling and entertaining history packed full of...

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranoslaunched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for...

This book delves into the official archives and recounts the history of the men who changed the face of comedy. The story is told through photographs, text, props and memorabilia, including hand-scribbled scripts, never-before-published cue sheets,...

This collection of essays translates visual language into on-screen politics. While the series ""The West Wing"" may be criticized as ""idealistic"", its clever techniques of camera work, lighting, editing, and mise en scene reflect America's best image...

From Fleet Street to the television, North Face of Soho is the fascinating and hilarious fourth volume of memoir from much-loved author, poet and broadcaster Clive James.'[James] delivers his gags with honed elegance' - Sunday TimesIt is 1968. Newly...

Clive James, a true polymath, became a generation-defining voice as a broadcaster, a critic, a poet and an author. Among his greatest achievements, his five hilarious, heartwarming books of autobiography are collected now in two volumes: his Complete...

In About Time, the whole of Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'These rollicking gabfests ... bring together nearly everyone ... who made the series a creative and cultural landmark' New York Times 'Essential for fans, with a...

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom The Sopranos to streaming: the scandalous behind-the-screens story of the TV revolution by the author of the cult film classic Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.The revolution has been televized. From The Sopranos to Stranger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596090316Author John AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Chamberlain BrosPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 192g

'A must-read for all Friends fans.' Grazia 'Funny, enlightening and incredibly well-researched' Emerald Street What is it about Friends that makes such comforting viewing? ...

This "one-of-a-kind" (Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardom-The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air-is perfect for fans of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789824711Author David Barry, OSBFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Acorn BooksPublisher Acorn BooksWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674398Author John WyverFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 446gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 159mm...

Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC's Mad Men. This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz's celebrated Mad Men recaps-as featured on New York magazine's Vulture blog-for the first time, including...

Everything you need to know about Britain's most iconic rural drama can be found in this beautifully designed and fact-filled book.Celebrating 50 years since the show's creation, this book is packed with history, engrossing features, long lost imagery,...

The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld-"A wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans but for anyone who wants a better understanding of how television series are made" (Booklist, starred...

Football and television have been intertwined in culture for more than half a century and Brian Barwick has played a massive role in the continuing liaison between them. Watching The Match tells the story of how football on television became a national...

How a Show, and the Support of Its Fandom, Changed-and Saved-Lives Supernatural, a three-time People's Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr's 2015 Most Reblogged "Live Action TV," has made a name for itself by supporting and...

A light-hearted introduction to philosophy through the antics of the Simpsons, television's animated family. These essays on the silly, absurd, hyper-ironic and strangely philosophical world that is Springfield - the town without a state - explore...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063342798Author Josh SchwartzFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 644g

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Talking with Jessica, I realized how easy it had been for me to kind of put all 12 years of my time on Big Bang Theory under one general umbrella, as it were. The questions she asked and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725513051Author Elizabeth SandiferFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history. The lasting...

In the thirty years since viewers first visited Nelson Mandela House, Only Fools and Horses has won countless awards and is still Britain's most-watched and best-loved sitcom. Del Boy's overwhelming popularity has even inspired the Oxford English...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch the show? What's the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? In Woke Up This Morning,...

AMC's Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of our time. Created by Vince Gilligan, the series charts the transformation of high school science teacher Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) into a cold,...

Quite simply, Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy programme in the world. It premiered 37 years ago, in 1973, and, after 31 series it finally came to an end last year - even though all its original protagonists - Compo, Foggy, even Nora...

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036531Author Neil PostmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 129mm *...

A new edition of Laura Mulvey's groundbreaking collection of essays, originally published in 1989. In an extensive introduction to this second edition, Mulvey looks back at the historical and personal contexts for her famous article Visual Pleasure and...

The tensions between utopian dreams and dystopian anxieties permeate science fiction as a genre, and nowhere is this tension more evident than in Star Trek. This book breaks new ground by exploring music and sound within the Star Trek franchise across...

Welcome to the ultimate Real Housewives reunion! Not All Diamonds and Rose is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524744984Author Andy GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

In the 1980s, Clive James found his way into full-time television. In The Blaze of Obscurity, his fifth book of memoir, he delivers the inside story. A hilarious, thoughtful, warts and all account of a life in the public eye.'Clive James is an...

Demons of the Hellmouth is a fully licensed guide to the vampires and other demons that flocked to the Sunnydale Hellmouth in Joss Whedon's cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This in-universe illustrated guide is written by Rupert Giles, and also...