History & Criticism

Dance in TV advertisements has long been familiar to Americans as a silhouette dancing against a colored screen, exhibiting moves from air guitar to breakdance tricks, all in service of selling the latest Apple product. But as author Colleen T. Dunagan...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The magic and mastery of anime springs to life in this gorgeous celebration of the genre that features more than one hundred and fifty full-color frames. A uniquely powerful form of artistic expression, anime has embraced complex and provocative ideas...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the YearIn this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan blows the lid off patterns of harassment...

New York Times Bestseller"The ultimate behind-the-scenes account." -Washington Post"The definitive history of the landmark TV show." -USA TodayJoin the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious and improbable inside...

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

The pioneering, incisive, lavishly illustrated survey of noir on television the first of its kind Noir as a style, movement, or sensibility has its roots in hardboiled detective fiction by writers like Chandler and Hammett, and films adapted...

The term 'national treasure' has seldom been more appropriate. Richard Briers was not only the nation's favourite next-door neighbour thanks to his work in the iconic BBC sitcom The Good Life, he was an actor you felt like you really knew, despite having...

Fifteen years. Two brothers. Angels and demons. A story like no other. And one of the most passionate fan bases of all time. That's Supernatural. There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural is an...

Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media and digital technologies?Since its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250898081Author Dave QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 227mm *...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250178190Author Bruce CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm)...

'You'll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't' Steven Soderbergh 'Insanely readable' Slavoj Zizek'Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable'...

Covering everything from Aristotle to ziti, this title explores such topics as: is Tony Soprano a good man?; is Carmella a feminist?; morally speaking who is the worst person on "The Sopranos"; is watching "The Sopranos" harmful to...

The hilarious true story of the making of the cult classic hit show 30 Rock It's hard to remember a time when Tina Fey wasn't a star, but back in the early 2000s, she was an SNL writer who was far from a household name. It's even harder to remember when...

The 100 best streaming shows reviewed and rated. You may have viewing time on your hands - this guide will give you ideas for what to watch next, with reviews of more than 100 of the best shows around, from the BBC, ITV, C4, HBO, Amazon Prime, Sky...

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...

In October 1969, the BBC broadcast the first programme in a new series entitled 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', written and conceived by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Over the years the six of them...

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

In 2006, the Al Jazeera Media Network sought to penetrate the United States media sphere, the world's most influential national market for English language news. These unyielding ambitions surprised those who knew the network as the Arab media service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758263674Author Mary McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 368g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615968834Author Brad DukesFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Short/Tall PressPublisher Short/Tall Press

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, and Glee) that shaped the course of modern television and our pop cultural landscape...

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...

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,...

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 definitive guide to the decade when swinging London was the film capital of the world After The Beatles stormed America, every Hollywood and European production company descended on London to be part of the new swinging scene... and they didn't leave...

'A great celebration of one of our most loved national treasures' Felicity KendalThe term 'national treasure' has seldom been more appropriate. Richard Briers was not only the nation's favourite next-door neighbour thanks to his work in the iconic BBC...

The captivating account of a young female television producer's adventures bringing Sesame Street to post-communist Russia. In the early 1990s, communism had collapsed and Russia was finally awakening, economically and culturally. The timing appeared...

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...

The definitive biography of Fred Rogers, children&;s television pioneer and American cultural icon, an instant New York Times bestseller Fred Rogers (1928&;2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television. As the creator and...

The Oxford of Inspector Morse and Lewis is a comprehensive description of the locations used as setting for the complete Inspector Morse series and the first two series of Lewis. Although the cameras roamed nationally and internationally, the emphasis of...

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

No longer just a cult classic, Gilmore Girls is a cultural staple for TV fans. Airing from 2000-2007, Gilmore Girls focused on the relationship between thirty-something single mom Lorelai and her teenage daughter, Rory. While exploring themes of...

The official TV tie-in to accompany the ITV drama scripted by Andrew DaviesThe World of Sanditon delves behind the scenes of Sanditon, giving you the inside scoop on Jane Austen's unfinished masterpiece, adapted for television by Andrew Davies.Produced...

The official TV tie-in to accompany the ITV drama scripted by Andrew DaviesThe World of Sanditon delves behind the scenes of Sanditon, giving you the inside scoop on Jane Austen's unfinished masterpiece, adapted for television by Andrew Davies.Produced...