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Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture

Used - Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Over the past thirty years, serial killers have become iconic figures in America, the subject of made-for-TV movies and mass-market paperbacks alike. But why do we find such luridly transgressive and horrific individuals so fascinating? What compels us to look more closely at these figures when we really want to look away? "Natural Born Celebrities considers how serial killers have become lionized in American culture and explores the consequence

Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract

Used - Now in its fourth edition, "Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract" is a classic resource for students and professionals in screen writing and television writing. This book will teach you how to become a creative and marketable writer in every professional arena - including major studios, production companies, networks, cable and pay TV, animation, and interactive programs. Specific techniques and script samples for writing high-quality and producible 'spec' scripts for t

Basic TV Technology: Digital and Analog

Used - Basic TV Technology is the essential basic guide to the fundamentals underlying all television and video systems, written for students and nontechnical professionals. You don't need to have a math or science background in order to understand this explanation of how the principal pieces of equipment work, what their functions are, and how they are integrated to form a complex video system. An understanding of this material will be necessary for you to succeed in the real world, where one p

The Gordian Knot: Political Gridlock on the Information Highway

Used - Winner of the 1997 McGannon Center Research Award Veterans of the high-definition TV wars of the 1980s, the authors, social scientists as well as technologists, came to see themselves as "chroniclers and students of an intriguing and serious techno-economic conflict." Why, they asked, did so few understand the rules of the game? In a broad account accessible to generalist and specialist alike, they address the current national debate about the development of a national information infra

Sexuality Across the Life Course

Used - When do youths begin to have sex? What is the relationship between sexuality and marriage? How does sexual behaviour change in later years? With the rise of the AIDS epidemic and the proliferation of sex in movies, TV and magazines, how have sexual attitudes changed in America since the 1960s? Alice S. Rossi brings together 14 essays on sexual behaviour, from adolescence to old age, and covering such groups as singles, married couples, homosexuals and African-American men and women. This

Samsung UN46C8000 46 Class 3D LED HDTV Bundle

Samsung UN46C8000 46 Class 3D LED HDTV Bundle

Batman Animated

Used - From the award-winning writer/producer Paul Dini and acclaimed designer Chip Kidd comes the book featuring the behind-the-scenes story of the hit show that revolutionized TV animation and brought a stunning new look to the legendary Caped Crusader. Full color.