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  • Peter Mark Richman
    Peter Mark Richman
    Peter Mark Richman is a true Renaissance man:  actor, writer, director, prod-ucer, and painter. A star of film (William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion), theatre (A Hatful of Rain, Albee's The Zoo Story) and more than 500 guest star roles on TV including The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Love Boat, Mission: Impossible, Three's Company, Dynasty, and many others. He is inst...
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    39,01 €

  • Dead Reckonings No. 23 (Spring 2018)
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    7,38 €

  • I Played the White Guy
    Michael Cole
    In his raw and unflinching memoir, Michael Cole, co-star of ABC’s iconic show, THE MOD SQUAD writes about his role as Pete Cochran in the groundbreaking program that dealt with issues never before seen on television - racism, drug abuse, child abuse, the Vietnam War. Michael gives an often humorous and always brutally honest account of his life, his career, his meteoric highs a...
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    29,19 €

  • I Played the White Guy (hardback)
    Michael Cole
    In his raw and unflinching memoir, Michael Cole, co-star of ABC’s iconic show, THE MOD SQUAD writes about his role as Pete Cochran in the groundbreaking program that dealt with issues never before seen on television - racism, drug abuse, child abuse, the Vietnam War. Michael gives an often humorous and always brutally honest account of his life, his career, his meteoric highs a...
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    32,45 €

  • The First Beverly Hillbilly
    Ruth Henning
    A warm and funny memoir written from a Midwestern perspective, Ruth Henning shares the story of her husband Paul’s rise from a scriptwriter on some of Kansas City’s earliest radio shows to the genius behind America’s beloved rural TV sitcoms and their lives together as part of Hollywood’s golden inner circle.A talented country boy who was once given career advice by his neighbo...
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    16,40 €

  • The Women of Orphan Black
    Valerie Estelle Frankel
    Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show’s main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment. The mighty heroines save one another and destroy the patriarchy while subverting gender expectations. The feminist clones are Sarah, who clashes with her radical feminist foster-mother; Alison, the quintessential post-feminist housewife; Cosima, a second-wave fem...
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    57,44 €

  • Hollywood Heyday
    David Fantle / Tom Johnson
    'What audacity!' exclaimed actor Robert Wagner when he heard about the authors’ adolescent exploits in nabbing interviews with Hollywood celebrities. In 1978, Fantle and Johnson, St. Paul teenagers, boarded a plane to meet with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. They had written the stars requesting interviews--and to their amazement, both agreed. Over the years, more than 250 o...
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    58,81 €

  • Uncovering Stranger Things
    Kevin J Wetmore
    The Duffer Brothers’ award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016. The Netflix original series revels in a nostalgic view of 1980s America while darkly portraying the cynical aspects of the period. This collection of 23 new essays explores how the show reduces, reuses and recycles ’80s pop culture--from the films of Spielberg, Carpenter and Hug...
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    40,42 €

  • Women in STEM on Television
    Ashley Lynn Carlson
    Women remain woefully underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Negative stereotypes about women in these fields are pervasive, rooted in the debunked claim that women have less aptitude than men in science and math. While some TV series present portrayals that challenge this generalization, others reinforce troubling biases--sometimes even as wri...
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    57,48 €

  • The Complete Scribes of Speculative Fiction (hardback)
    Cristopher DeRose
    The Complete Scribes of Speculative Fiction:A Collection of InterviewsIn this combined and updated omnibus edition of Scribes of Speculative Fiction I and II, Cristopher DeRose sits down with over seventy of the best known names in the world of Speculative Fiction writing and gets the real story. Within these pages, you'll find advice, hints, history, and more than a few su...
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    42,45 €

  • The Complete Scribes of Speculative Fiction
    Cristopher DeRose
    The Complete Scribes of Speculative Fiction:A Collection of InterviewsIn this combined and updated omnibus edition of Scribes of Speculative Fiction I and II, Cristopher DeRose sits down with over seventy of the best known names in the world of Speculative Fiction writing and gets the real story. Within these pages, you'll find advice, hints, history, and more than a few su...
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    32,28 €

  • Disability in the Media
    Tracy R. Worrell / Tracy R Worrell / Tracy R. Worrell / Tracy RWorrell
    This book takes a unique look at not only the presentation of disability in the media but also how image echoes impact individuals with disabilities and their identities and possible stigmatization. It provides an empirical analysis in the form of two case studies including primary research. ...
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    115,69 €

  • Sherlock and Digital Fandom
    Jennifer Wojton / Lynnette Porter
    When the BBC’s Sherlock debuted in summer 2010--and appeared in the U.S. on PBS a few months later--no one knew it would become an international phenomenon. The series has since gathered a diverse and enthusiastic fandom. Like their hero, Sherlock fans scrutinize clues about the show’s deeper meaning, as well as happenings off screen. They postulate theories and readings o...
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    57,55 €

  • Jack Lord
    Sylvia D. Lynch
    Before his rise to superstardom portraying Detective Steve McGarrett on the long-running police drama Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lord was already a dedicated and versatile actor on Broadway, in film and on television. His range of roles included a Virginia gentleman planter in Colonial Williamsburg (The Story of a Patriot), CIA agent Felix Leiter in the first James Bond movie (Dr...
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    58,56 €

  • Hollywood Secrets and Scandals (hardback)
    Sue Cameron
    Some of the most amazing secrets from Hollywood you never knew, including stories on Sonny and Cher, Ozzie and Harriet,Carole King, Suzanne Somers, Lucie Arnaz, Carrie Fisher and more.“Jimmy Stewart really was in love with me.”- Kim Novak“The police accused me of killing Sharon Tate.”- Cass Elliot“I want a vibrator for my birthday.”- Debbie Reynolds“I’m going to throw up. Keep ...
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    37,26 €

  • Sesame Street, Palestine
    Daoud Kuttah
    Big Birds are rare in Palestine. Daoud Kuttab knows. The ups and downs of producing a world-famous children’s program quickly escalated into more than just teaching Elmo to speak Arabic like the new Palestinian characters, Kareem and Hanin. The executive producer of the Palestinian version of Sesame Street endured working under Israeli occupation, navigating through checkpoints...
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    32,72 €

  • Women in Doctor Who
    Valerie Estelle Frankel
    Over the past half-century Doctor Who has defined science fiction television. The women in the series--from orphans and heroic mothers to seductresses and clever teachers--flourish in their roles yet rarely surmount them. Some companions rescue the Doctor and charm viewers with their technical brilliance, while others only scream for rescue. The villainesses dazzle with thei...
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    42,75 €

  • Sesame Street, Palestine
    Daoud Kuttah
    Big Birds are rare in Palestine. Daoud Kuttab knows. The ups and downs of producing a world-famous children’s program quickly escalated into more than just teaching Elmo to speak Arabic like the new Palestinian characters, Kareem and Hanin. The executive producer of the Palestinian version of Sesame Street endured working under Israeli occupation, navigating through checkpoints...
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    22,54 €

  • ABC Family to Freeform TV
    Launched in 1977 by the Christian Broadcasting Service (originally associated with Pat Robertson), the ABC Family/Freeform network has gone through a number of changes in name and ownership. Over the past decade, the network--now owned by Disney--has redefined 'family programming' for its targeted 14- to 34-year-old demographic, addressing topics like lesbian and gay parenti...
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    57,27 €

  • Looking-Glass Wars
    Alan Burton
    Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960 is a detailed historical and critical overview of espionage in British film and television in the important period since 1960. From that date, the British spy screen was transformed under the influence of the tremendous success of James Bond in the cinema (the spy thriller), and of the new-style spy writing of John le Carr...
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    94,89 €

  • Orbit
    Michael Frizell / Paul J. Salamoff / Paul JSalamoff
    Known only to science fiction fans as the Doctor, a being who explores the timeline in order to save the world from dangers both mysterious and impossible, the BBC’s Dr. Who is the longest running sci-fi TV series of all time, and the secret to its longevity is the ability to recast the lead actor as the same character. The Cast of Dr. Who takes you back in time to explore the ...
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    14,10 €

  • Saturday Night Live and the 1976 Presidential Election
    M. Heather Carver / William T. Horner
    The debut of Saturday Night Live and the 1976 presidential election between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter had enduring effects on American culture. With its mix of sketch comedy and music, SNL grabbed huge ratings and several Emmys in its first season. President Ford’s press secretary, Ron Nessen, was the first politician to host SNL. Ford also appeared on the show, via video...
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    42,93 €

  • The Early Shows
    Richard Irvin
    The history of American television is finally written. The shows your grandparents chose as their favorites during the dawn of network television inspired the series of today. The genesis of genres began with The Laytons; Barney Blake, Police Reporter; Off the Record; The Dennis James Carnival; Meet the Press; The Original Amateur Hour; Texaco Star Theater; Toast of the Town ; ...
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    32,17 €

  • The Early Shows
    Richard Irvin
    The history of American television is finally written. The shows your grandparents chose as their favorites during the dawn of network television inspired the series of today. The genesis of genres began with The Laytons; Barney Blake, Police Reporter; Off the Record; The Dennis James Carnival; Meet the Press; The Original Amateur Hour; Texaco Star Theater; Toast of the Town ; ...
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    23,52 €

  • Fame
    CW Cooke
    No matter what anyone else says, this man is the king of Late Night. He's a human trick and a pet trick rolled into one. He's been a comic book character before and he's even gotten pretty close to making a long-time enemy out of one creator in particular. But seriously, he's David Letterman. And you should love him just as much as we do. See why in the pages he...
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    8,65 €

  • Mad About Mystery
    Donna Marie Nowak
    Mad About Mystery: 100 Wonderful Television Mysteries from the Seventies looks at one hundred fabulous and often funky television mysteries from one of the most exciting and turbulent decades in history, the 1970’s. Along with fondly-remembered made-for-TV movies and iconic detective shows such as The Rockford Files, Columbo and Charlie’s Angels, there are interviews with some ...
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    26,36 €

  • Mad About Mystery
    Donna Marie Nowak
    Mad About Mystery: 100 Wonderful Television Mysteries from the Seventies looks at one hundred fabulous and often funky television mysteries from one of the most exciting and turbulent decades in history, the 1970’s. Along with fondly-remembered made-for-TV movies and iconic detective shows such as The Rockford Files, Columbo and Charlie’s Angels, there are interviews with some ...
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    31,31 €

  • Marvin Kaplan
    Ken Rotcop
    ISN’T THAT WHAT’S-HIS-NAME?! Maybe you remember him as a regular on two of the longest running sitcoms ontelevision. On ALICE he played Henry Beesmeyer, the telephone repairman whohung out at Mel’s Diner. And before that as Alfred Prinzmetal, an aspiring poet, on the sitcom MEET MILLIE. Or more recently as Mr. Gordon, the long-suffering patient, on the sitcom BECKER starring Te...
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    20,16 €

  • The Are You Afraid of the Dark Campfire Companion
    Jose Prendes
    Horror fantasy anthology television series reached bonfire proportions with this original series created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel aired from August 15, 1992 to April 20, 1996 on Nickelodeon's SNICK. A revival series followed from 1999 to 2000. If you always wanted to join the Midnight Society, remember Zeebo the clown, recall the Ghastly Grinner, and listened to the ...
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    27,26 €

  • Jan-Michael Vincent
    David Grove
    With hischiseled features, effortless screen presence, otherworldly vitality, strikingblue eyes, Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom.  However, the real Jan-Michael Vincent was areluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence, a perpetualmisfit doomed to alcoholism.Jan-MichaelVincent: Edge of Greatness covers Vincent’s entire life, beginning in hi...
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    21,99 €