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Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from The Exorcist to Seinfeld

Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from The Exorcist to Seinfeld

by Thomas S. Hibbs

The portrayal of evil in film and television, frequently denounced as an attack on "family values" and an incitement to real-life violence, is more complicated and more disturbing than we realize. In a pointed challenge to both Hollywood and its critics, Professor Thomas Hibbs argues that the demonic anti-heroes and seductive comic evil of popular culture are not weapons in a conscious cultural assault but... (more)

The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family

The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family

by Mark I. Pinsky

A companion to the best-selling The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World’s Most Animated Family , this 10-session study, for youth and adults, embarks on an exploration of the religious themes prevalent in the popular animated comedy series. Each session correlates to a chapter in the book and suggests an episode for viewing prior to the discussion. Topics include prayer, morality,... (more)

The Physics of Star Trek

by Lawrence M. Krauss

What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What's the difference between a holodeck and a hologram? What happens when you get beamed up? What's the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? What is antimatter, and why does the Enterprise need it? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born? Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions... (more)

The Other Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

The Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

Dawn of the Dumb

by Charlie Brooker

Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ...Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, "Dawn of the Dumb" is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal cord. And hands for turning the pages. Picking up where his hilarious "Screen Burn" left off, "Dawn of the Dumb" collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV writing, together with uproarious... (more)

Worlds of Star Trek Deep Space Nine

by Una McCormack, Heather Jarman

Within every federation and every empire, behind every hero and every villain, there are the worlds that define them. In the aftermath of Unity and in the daring tradition of Spock's World, The Final Reflection, and A Stitch in Time, the civilizations most closely tied to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine can now be experienced as never before...in tales both sweeping and intimate, reflective and prophetic, eerily... (more)

The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics

The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics

by Keith Devlin

The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as “the Math Guy” on NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon ) and Gary Lorden (the principal math advisor to Numb3rs ) explain real-life mathematical... (more)

The Evening News

by Arthur Hailey

Cold-blooded politics, naked power, and raw terror behind the scenes. Murder in New York, terror in South America, bloody riots in Eastern Europe. That's the evening news as calmly reported by top TV anchorman Crawford Sloane. . .until his own life is torn apart in one dramatic moment. For when terrorists snatch his family, no one knows better than Sloane how slim are the chances of getting them back... (more)

The 10th Kingdom (Hallmark Entertainment Books)

The 10th Kingdom (Hallmark Entertainment Books)

by Kathryn Wesley

Snake Eyes (CSI)

by Max Allan Collins

Luck is on the side of most during the incident at the Four Kings Casino and Hotel, when the simmering tension between two rival biker gangs suddenly boils over into all-out violence -- miraculously, there are only two fatalities despite the hundreds of rounds fired on the casino floor. Called to an out-of-control crime scene -- located outside Las Vegas in the legendary town of Boot Hill -- forensic investigators... (more)

Sin City (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Paperback))

Sin City (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Paperback))

by Max Allan Collins

Meet the little known and even less understood heroes of police work in Las Vegas -- the forensic investigators. Led by veteran Gil Grissom, the remarkable team assigned to the Criminalistics Bureau's graveyard shift -- including Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, and Sara Sidle -- must combine cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned savvy as they work to untangle the evidence behind the... (more)

Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan

Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan

by Lorna Jowett

During its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer attracted a wide range of viewers and almost unprecedented academic interest. Sex and the Slayer explores one of the most talked-about topics in relation to this pioneering TV series--gender. As fantasy, Buffy potentially opens up a space for alternative representations of gender. But how alternative can popular television be? Taking a feminist cultural studies... (more)

Fangland: A Novel

by John Marks

An acclaimed novelist and former 60 Minutes producer grandly reinvents the Dracula epic in the halls of a certain television newsmagazine In the annals of business trips gone horribly wrong, Evangeline Harker's journey to Romania on behalf of her employer, the popular television newsmagazine The Hour , deserves pride of place. Sent to Transylvania to scout out a possible story on a notorious Eastern... (more)

Blooded (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Book 5)

Blooded (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Book 5)

by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder

An ancient vampire has arrived in Sunnydale, bent on continuing his reign of terror. But the trail of blood leads straight to Buffy's best friend, Willow.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #3 : The Long Way Home Part Three (Variant Cover, Dark Horse Comics)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #3 : The Long Way Home Part Three (Variant Cover, Dark Horse Comics)

by Joss Whedon

With Buffy incapacitated, Amy the witch has taken the opportunity to-get this-lay siege with an army of the undead. Willow takes her on in a witches' battle royal as hundreds of Slayers defend their Scottish citadel, but without the kiss of true love, Buffy will be out of commission indefinitely-with an unwelcome familiar face, and an image you won't soon forget. Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to Dark... (more)

Keeping Up Appearances : Hyacinth Bucket's Book of Etiquette for the Socially Less Fortunate

Keeping Up Appearances : Hyacinth Bucket's Book of Etiquette for the Socially Less Fortunate

by Roy Clarke, Jonathan Rice

Hyacinth Bucket - pronounced "Bouquet" - star of the BBC1 comedy series, "Keeping Up Appearances", imparts her personal views on protecting one's social standing. There are sections on etiquette in the home, entertaining, social obligations, how to strike up an acquaintance with members of the aristocracy, and improving the mind. They all give an insight into Hyacinth's philosophy of life, developed through years... (more)

The Simpsons : an uncensored, unauthorized history

The Simpsons : an uncensored, unauthorized history

by John Ortved

The Simpsons is one of the most successful shows to ever run on television. From its first moment on air, the series's rich characters, subversive themes, and layered humor resounded deeply with audiences both young and old who wanted more from their entertainment than what was being meted out at the time by the likes of Full House , Growing Pains , and Family Matters . Spawned as an animated short on The... (more)

Prime Time

Las Mejores Series de TV Americanas de CSI a Los Soprano

by Concepción Cascajosa Virino

Un completo repaso a las series dramáticas norteamericanas.Desde sus éxitos históricos: Policias de Nueva York, Star Trek, Dimensión desconocida, Dallas, Twin Peaks, Urgencias, Buffy, cazavampiros, Doctor en Alaska, Expediente X... A los últimos pelotazos televisivos: Nip / Tuck, Mujeres desesperadas, C.S.I., Alias, Smallville, A dos metros bajo tierra, Los Soprano, El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca, Galáctica:... (more)

The reel world : scoring for pictures

by Jeffrey C. Rona

This how-to guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film and television, focusing on key concerns such as: ensuring musical aesthetics, using the most effective technology and techniques, and understanding the business side of things. Packed with case studies and insiderÕs tips, this book lets you learn by example. Also teaches how to nurture positive relationships with music editors, directors,... (more)

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by Harlan Ellison

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by Max Allan Collins

by Max Allan Collins

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by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder

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by Roy Clarke, Jonathan Rice

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Las Mejores Series de TV Americanas de CSI a Los Soprano

by Concepción Cascajosa Virino

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