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  • You Are My Happy Ending

    Schitt's Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television

    by Emily Garside ...
    From the show's modest beginnings to its massive Emmy sweep, You Are My Happy Ending tells the story of how Schitt’s Creek became the surprise hit that changed the way we think about LGBTQ relationships.Cultural analyst Emily Garside shows how this series fused classic romcom and sitcom tropes to create a world with a queer love story at its core, starting with Daniel Levy, the co-creator who ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Groucho And Me

    by Groucho Marx ...
    "An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality."--James ThurberWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Seinfeld

    A Cultural History

    by Paul Arras ...
    Series series The Cultural History of Television
    Since coming to an end at the pinnacle of its popularity, Seinfeld’s story continues. The show’s enduring appeal has helped earn its creators billions of dollars and counting. Many of the most popular and acclaimed comedy series of the twenty-first century are direct descendants of Seinfeld’s style, and the show’s ideas are now woven into the ways people think and behave. The greatest sitcom of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Makeup of RuPaul's Drag Race

    Essays on the Queen of Reality Shows

    Edited by Jim Daems ...
    Start your engines--for the fun, controversy and life lessons of RuPaul's Drag Race and its spinoff, RuPaul's DragU. This international collection of original essays critically examines the shows' representation of drag within the contexts of the reality TV genre and LGBTQ issues.Contributors focus on the structure of the two programs, the subversive nature of drag itself, the treatment of trans ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • L’oeuvre de John Carpenter

    Les masques du maître de l’horreur

    L'histoire et l'analyse de John Carpenter, ou la clef pour comprendre son univers devenu aujourd'hui culte.Longtemps sous-considéré, John Carpenter a peu à peu acquis un statut de cinéaste culte, au point de recevoir le Carrosse d’or en 2019, récompense spéciale décernée au festival de Cannes. Spécialiste du cinéma d’horreur, il a réalisé des films références, tels Halloween et The Thing. L’œuvre ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Physics of Star Trek

    How does the Star Trek universe stack up against the real universe?What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What is the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born? Anyone who has ever wondered "could this really happen?" will gain useful insights into the Star Trek universe (and, incidentally, the real world ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Arms

    The Culture and Credo of the Gun

    After a fifteen-year hiatus from the world of guns, journalist, sports shooter, and former soldier A.J. Somerset no longer fit in with other firearm enthusiasts. Theirs was a culture much different than the one he remembered: a culture more radical, less tolerant, and more immovable in its beliefs, as if [each] gun had come with a free, bonus ideological Family Pack [of political tenets], a ready ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • When Variety Was King

    Memoir of a TV Pioneer

    A television producer’s “fascinating” memoir of the golden age of the variety show (Kirkus Reviews).A humble Canadian boy who grew up to create iconic American TV shows featuring the Hollywood celebrities of the day, Frank Peppiatt made his breakthrough by developing the rock TV show Hullabuloo with his partner, John Aylesworth. That led to a writing gig for Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé—and then ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • TV Inside-Out - Flukes, Flakes, Feuds and Felonies

    by Randy West ...
    THE BOOK THAT INSIDERS ARE ENJOYING.TV INSIDE-OUTREAD EXCERPTS FROM THEIR INTRODUCTIONSHOSTS...Bob Eubanks: On The Newlywed Game I asked a woman, "What's the one thing your husband wouldn't want you to talk about?" She spilled the beans that her husband and cousin were going to kill their uncle for the insurance money! Then, the husband told the same story! They matched and got the points!! Randy ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

    A Visual History

    A visual celebration of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, America’s most beloved children’s television show, including a foreword by Tom Hanks and a peek at the making of the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, in theaters Thanksgiving weekend.Go behind the scenes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood with this unprecedented dive into its storied history. More than fifty years ago, Fred Rogers, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Clips From A Life

    by Denis Norden ...
    Classic stills from the life of one of Britain's most venerated entertainers.This is the extraordinary life story of comic legend Denis Norden, told in momentary snapshots by the master British comedian himself. Containing reminiscences of a career stretching back to the golden age of the radio, through the heyday of cinema and the early pioneering days of television comedy, Back Then showcases ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • 追看黃金時間

    把《山水有相逢》、《輪流傳》、《執到寶》前塵細認

    by 歷士 ...
    香港家傳戶曉的電視劇作者甘國亮,在 1980 年接連推出矚目劇作《山水有相逢》、《輪流傳》、《執到寶》;倏忽逾四十年,膾炙人口依然。且從當年港人喜於晚上黃金時間追劇說起,追憶這三齣本土懷舊經典的人文脈絡,並將劇作與時代對照,追懷香港回不去的黃金時間。不起眼的好年頭,不能湮沒的本土前事,不容竄改的歸屬根基。* 首部金牌編劇甘國亮劇作研究專書,香港影視流行文化必讀本!* 《山水有相逢》、《輪流傳》、《執到寶》迄今最詳細考證* 《輪流傳》「腰斬」事件全盤翻案* 重新確立香港懷舊潮前因,探討港人文化身份* 立體呈現劇作背景1980 年的香港目錄1、此中有沒有改變和樂昇平的香港 1980 年終於 1980 年的電視劇盛世... ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Science of Game of Thrones

    From the genetics of royal incest to the chemistry of death by molten gold - sifting fact from fantasy in the Seven Kingdoms

    by Helen Keen ...
    A myth-busting, jaw-dropping, fun-filled tour through the science of your favorite fantastical world.Award-winning comedian and popular-science writer Helen Keen uncovers the astounding science behind the mystical, blood-soaked world of Game of Thrones, answering questions like: Is it possible to crush a person's head with your bare hands? What really happens when royal families interbreed? Does ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • End of Ten

    The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide for 'Doctor Who' 2009

    End of Ten is the comprehensive guide to the Doctor Who specials transmitted at the end of 2008 and through 2009, culminating in the dramatic regeneration of the tenth Doctor (David Tennant) into the eleventh (Matt Smith) on 1 January 2010. All five specials are covered, along with the associated major news stories, press releases, casting announcements and critical response to the episodes. The ... Read more

    $5.42 USD

  • Satire TV

    Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era

    A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedySatirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into what is arguably the most popular source of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Groove Tube

    Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion

    Series series Console-ing Passions
    Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune—or even willfully blind—to the landmark upheavals rocking American society during the 1960s. Groove Tube is Aniko Bodroghkozy’s rebuttal of this claim. Filled with entertaining and enlightening discussions of popular shows of the time—such as *The Monkees, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Mod Squad—*this book challenges the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • You Might Remember Me

    The Life and Times of Phil Hartman

    by Mike Thomas ...
    Beloved TV comedic actor Phil Hartman is best known for his eight brilliant seasons on Saturday Night Live, where his versatility and comedic timing resulted in some of the funniest and most famous sketches in the television show's history. Besides his hilarious impersonations of Phil Donahue, Frank Sinatra and Bill Clinton, Hartman's other indelible characters included Cirroc the Unfrozen Caveman ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Pirate's History of Doctor Who

    by D.G. Valdron ...
    Series Book 1 - Doctor Who, the Pirate Histories
    Welcome to the first (but not the last) Pirate's History of Doctor Who. What's a Pirate's History, you ask? Well, there are the official, sanitized, orderly histories that are approved by and all about the powers that be.Then there are the Pirate's histories, the things that they don't want you to know about, or that they don't care about, things that are great and marvellous and intriguing... but ... Read more

    $4.01 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Is the Doctor

    The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who: The New Series

    Series series Who Is the Doctor
    “A joyful celebration of fan love. Unofficial episode guides don’t come much more engaging than this” (Benjamin Cook, co-author of Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale).Doctor Who was already the world’s longest-running science fiction series when it returned in 2005 to huge success. Enormously popular, the BBC show encompasses multiple other genres, from horror to comedy to action and historical ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wanna Cook?

    The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad

    An accessible and in-depth guide to all five seasons of Breaking Bad“I am not in danger . . . I am the danger.” With those words, Breaking Bad’s Walter White solidified himself as TV’s greatest antihero. Wanna Cook? explores the most critically lauded series on television with analyses of the individual episodes and ongoing storylines. From details like stark settings, intricate camerawork, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dragon Ball Culture: Volume 7

    Anime

    by Derek Padula ...
    Series Book 7 - Dragon Ball Culture
    Dragon Ball Culture Volume 7 is your cultural tour guide to the Dragon Ball anime!In Volume 7, Gokū travels the world in a series of anime adventures, and we will explore the culture of every episode and movie, and delve into the origin of their production.This book features exclusive interviews with the Japanese musicians behind Dragon Ball's opening and ending themes, including lyricist Yuriko ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Doctors Are In

    The Essential and Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who's Greatest Time Lord

    **Get to know the eccentric alien known as the Doctor in this “**out-of-this-world read for both Classic and New Who fans” (Library Journal).From his beginnings as a crotchety, anti-heroic scientist in 1963 to his current place in pop culture as the mad and dangerous monster-fighting savior of the universe, the character of Doctor Who has metamorphosed in his many years on television. And yet the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doctor Who

    A History

    by Alan Kistler ...
    Premiering the day after the JFK assassination, Doctor Who humbly launched one of the entertainment world’s first super-brands. We begin with a look at TV programming of the day and the original pitch documents before delving into the Daleks, which almost didn’t make the cut but inspired many monsters to follow. After three years, First Doctor William Hartnell left, prompting the BBC to recast ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • On the Frontlines of the Television War

    A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam

    **“**The eyewitness accounts of the many phases of the war in this memoir bring events to life as if they had happened yesterday” (Vietnam Veterans of America Book Reviews).On the Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki’s ten years in Vietnam—beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera, but without a job or the slightest grasp of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus