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Love and Monsters: The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present by Miles Booy 9781848854796
$31.80Scholar and Who fan Miles Booy has written the first historical account of the public interpretation of Doctor Who. Love and Monsters begins in 1979 with the publication of 'Doctor Who Weekly', the magazine that would start a chain of events that would... -
Life on Mars: From Manchester to New York by Stephen Lacey 9780708323595
RRP: $12.89$9.78Life on Mars (2006-07), is one of the most talked-about television drama events of the last decade. Centring on Sam Tyler, a DI in 2006 who is inexplicably catapulted back to 1973 after an accident, the series mixes science fiction with police drama... -
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who by L.M. Myles 9781935234128
RRP: $23.16$17.08The sister book to the 2011 Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords In Chicks Unravel Time, editors Deborah Stanish (Whedonistas) and L.M. Myles bring together a host of award-winning female writers, media professionals, scientists and more to examine... -
The New Female Antihero: The Disruptive Women of Twenty-First-Century Us Television by Sarah Hagelin
$28.55The last ten years have seen a shift in television storytelling toward increasingly complex storylines and characters. In this study, Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman zoom in on a key figure in this transformation: the archetype of the female antihero... -
Every Man out of His Humour: Ben Jonson by Dr. Helen Ostovich 9780719078392
RRP: $25.79$22.50Despite its popularity when it first appeared in print in 1600, Every Man out of His Humour has never appeared as a single modern critical edition until now. The volume's introduction and annotations convey early modern obsessions with wealth and... -
Reading the "L Word" by Kim Akass 9781845111793
$25.16"The L Word" captured international attention when it first appeared on American screens in January 2004. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges... -
Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV by Warren Littlefield 9780307739766
RRP: $24.51$18.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307739766Author Warren LittlefieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 326gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Cracking The Wire During Black Lives Matter by Ronda Racha Penrice
RRP: $23.16$17.08Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Wendell Pierce, Michael K. Williams -- first known as Stringer Bell, Wallace, Bunk, and Omar -- are just a few of the fruits of The Wire we enjoy today. Since its June 2, 2002, premiere, The Wire has been a slow burn,... -
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular Culture by Eva Illouz 9780231118132
RRP: $38.70$29.44Oprah Winfrey is the protagonist of the story to be told here, but this book has broader intentions, begins Eva Illouz in this original examination of how and why this talk show host has become a pervasive symbol in American culture. Unlike studies of... -
Unwatchable by Nicholas Baer 9780813599588
RRP: $41.28$33.63We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the... -
Apocalypse Television: How The Day After Helped End the Cold War by David Craig 9781493079179
RRP: $38.70$27.84On November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the events before, during, and after a Soviet nuclear attack with vivid scenes of the post-apocalyptic... -
Welcome to the Dreamhouse: Popular Media and Postwar Suburbs by Lynn Spigel 9780822326960
RRP: $36.11$31.04In Welcome to the Dreamhouse feminist media studies pioneer Lynn Spigel takes on Barbie collectors, African American media coverage of the early NASA space launches, and television's changing role in the family home and its links to the broader visual... -
Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community by Saul Austerlitz
RRP: $29.66$21.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613743843Author Saul AusterlitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)... -
Nid Sianel Gyffredin Mohoni!: Hanes Sefydlu S4C by Elain Price 9781783168880
RRP: $10.31$7.95Dyma'r astudiaeth gyntaf ar hanes blynyddoedd cynnar un o sefydliadau diwylliannol pwysicaf Cymru - Sianel Pedwar Cymru - sy'n cloriannu penderfyniadau a gweithgareddau'r sianel yn ystod blynyddoedd ei chyfnod prawf rhwng 1981 a 1985. Trwy gyfrwng... -
Wrapped In Plastic: Twin Peaks: Pop Classics #3 by Andy Burns 9781770412101
RRP: $16.76$11.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770412101Author Andy BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 125g -
Timeless Adventures: How Doctor Who Conquered TV by Brian J. Robb 9781843441564
RRP: $16.76$11.20New Expanded Edition This critical history of Doctor Who covers the series 45 years, from the creation of the show to its triumph as Britain's #1 TV drama. Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s,... -
Seeing by Electricity: The Emergence of Television, 1878-1939 by Doron Galili 9781478008224
RRP: $29.66$25.28Already in the late nineteenth century, electricians, physicists, and telegraph technicians dreamed of inventing televisual communication apparatuses that would "see" by electricity as a means of extending human perception. In Seeing by Electricity Doron... -
Upstairs and Downstairs: British Costume Drama Television from The Forsyte Saga to Downton Abbey by James Leggott 9781442244825
RRP: $98.04$94.58The 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... -
TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life by Lynn Spigel
RRP: $32.24$27.39In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today's selfies, TV snapshots were a popular photographic practice through which people visualized their lives... -
Radio, Television and Modern Life by Paddy Scannell 9780631198758
RRP: $57.99$50.65Written by one of the foremost and widely-respected writers in the field, this volume sheds new light on the forms and premises of the communicative experience. In doing so, it challenges the theoretical positions of marxist and "political economy of... -
Television Cities: Paris, London, Baltimore by Charlotte Brunsdon
RRP: $29.66$25.28In Television Cities Charlotte Brunsdon traces television's representations of metropolitan spaces to show how they reflect the medium's history and evolution, thereby challenging the prevalent assumptions about television as quintessentially suburban... -
Television Rewired: The Rise of the Auteur Series by Martha P. Nochimson
RRP: $38.69$33.53In 1990, American television experienced a seismic shift when Twin Peaks premiered, eschewing formulaic plots and clear lines between heroes and villains. This game-changing series inspired a generation of show creators to experiment artistically,... -
Analyzing Mad Men: Critical Essays on the Series by Scott F. Stoddart 9780786447381
RRP: $28.37$23.93AMC's episodic drama Mad Men has become a cultural phenomenon, detailing America's preoccupation with commercialism and image in the Camelot of 1960s Kennedy-era America, while self-consciously exploring current preoccupations. The 12 critical essays... -
TV Noir: Dark Drama on the Small Screen by Glover Morrill Allen 9781590201671
RRP: $38.70$36.18The 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 Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions by Jeff Thompson 9781476675022
RRP: $46.43$39.16Before award-winning director Dan Curtis became known for directing epic war movies, he darkened the small screen with the horror genre's most famous soap opera, Dark Shadows, and numerous subsequent made-for-TV horror movies. This second edition... -
British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide by John R. Cook
$36.79From "Doctor Who" to "Red Dwarf", "Thunderbirds" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", British science fiction shows have delighted audiences worldwide with their distinctive visions of the future. This pioneering book, written by leading writers in... -
The Television Will Be Revolutionized, Second Edition by Amanda D. Lotz 9781479865253
RRP: $36.11$30.52Go behind the TV screen to explore what is changing, why it is changing, and why the changes matters Many proclaimed the "end of television" in the early years of the twenty-first century, as capabilities and features of the boxes that occupied a... -
The Psychology of the Simpsons: D'oh! by Alan S. Brown
RRP: $16.76$15.36Psychologists turn their attention to The Simpsons, one of America's most popular and beloved shows, in these essays that explore the function and dysfunctions of the show's characters. Designed to appeal to both fans of the show and students of... -
Thirtysomething at Thirty: An Oral History by Scott Ryan
RRP: $45.09$40.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331027Author Scott RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong 9781451659221
RRP: $24.50$15.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451659221Author Jennifer Keishin ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon &... -
House M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series by Andrew Holtz 9780425238936
RRP: $30.96$21.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425238936Author Andrew HoltzFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
The CNN Effect: The Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention by Piers Robinson 9780415259057
RRP: $47.72$41.96The CNN Effect examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional... -
Spotted: Your One and Only Unofficial Guide to Gossip Girl by Crissy Calhoun 9781550228892
RRP: $19.34$12.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550228892Author Crissy CalhounFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 508g -
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum
RRP: $21.92$15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525508984Author Emily NussbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Investigating "Farscape": Uncharted Territories of Sex and Science Fiction by Jes Battis 9781845113421
$31.80"My name is John Crichton. 'I'm lost'. An astronaut. Shot through a wormhole. In some distant part of the universe. 'I'm trying to stay alive'. Aboard this ship. 'This living ship'. Of escaped prisoners." During its fourth and - for the present - final... -
A Very Special 90210 Book: 100 Absolutely Essential Episodes from TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code by Tara Ariano
RRP: $23.21$20.98The 90210 superfan's companion to the lives and loves of West Beverly's in-crowd From the creators of the hit podcast Again With This comes a hilarious and substantive 90210 book that is perfect for celebrating the 30th anniversary of the show's... -
Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night by Jason Zinoman 9780062377227
$14.20New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than... -
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era by Jonathan Gray
RRP: $33.53$28.43A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedy Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics... -
Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space by Anna McCarthy
RRP: $32.24$28.66Although we tend to think of television primarily as a household fixture, TV monitors outside the home are widespread: in bars, laundromats, and stores; conveying flight arrival and departure times in airports; uniting crowds at sports events and... -
Seinology: The Sociology of Seinfeld by Tim Delaney 9781591023951
RRP: $20.63$15.42Sociologist and avid Seinfeld fan, Tim Delaney explores what sociologists and all interested readers can learn about themselves and their society from this tremendously popular sitcom. His work represents a fascinating blend of popular and contemporary...