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Doctor Who Companions Doctor Who Companions Mark Stammers,David J. Howe Doctor Who has been around for over 30 years and is till one of the world's most fondly remembered TV series. Whatever the secret of its appeal, everyone agrees that the companions played a significa… OL11944413W
Dr Who Dr Who Mark Campbell,Mark Campbell The story of Doctor Who is the story of British television in the final third of this century. It is also the story of the hopes and fears of generations of children - and grown-ups too - from the co… OL15191727W
Picture Picture Lillian Ross,Lillian Ross,Anjelica Huston,Helen Ross "In the spring of 1950, when New Yorker staff writer Lillian Ross heard that John Huston was planning to make a film of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, she decided she would follow the movi… OL15213996W
Cool Rules Cool Rules Dick Pountain,David Robins An attempt to pin down the lasting legacy of the 1960s. Although everyone wrote off the "counterculture" as a failed experiment, in fact its values have stealthily taken over western societies and fo… OL15347924W
The anime encyclopedia The anime encyclopedia Jonathan Clements,Helen McCarthy "This guide to Japanese animation is required reading for every fan, collector, and movie-goer. Covering more than 80 years of anime history and over 2,000 titles with critical finesse and authority,… OL15964619W
The Tudors The Tudors Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst A king torn between two women could lead to a kingdom torn. Troubled by religious unrest in his kingdom and changing alliances with other countries, weighing most on King Henry VIII of England's mind… OL16066125W
Star Wars - Chronicles - The Prequels Star Wars - Chronicles - The Prequels Stephen J. Sansweet,Pablo Hidalgo Packed with breathtaking art and imagery culled from Lucasfilm's massive archives, Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels explains and deconstructs every vehicle, character, location, and weapon in the f… OL1736047W
Flashback Flashback Louis Giannetti,Scott Eyman,Louis D. Giannetti p. cm OL17889706W
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon Crouching tiger, hidden dragon David Bordwell,Linda Sunshine,Richard Corliss,Huiling Wang,David Bordwell,Dulu Wang Commentaries about the making of the film accompany the complete screenplay of the martial arts drama set in ancient China. OL18995585W
Doctor Who Doctor Who Mark Stammers,Stephen James Walker,David J. Howe Documenting the development of Doctor Who, one of Britain's favorite TV shows, over the pivotal 1970s, this treasure trove of research reveals hitherto unknown facts about the actors, the technical c… OL2452252W
Reel conversations Reel conversations Ann Wilder,Alan B. Teasley From its beginnings, cinema has forged a distinct medium, a literature in its own right, as worthy of study as print literature. A good film, like a good book or poem, can delight, provoke the imagin… OL3288291W
Cast away Cast away William Broyles ""Cast Away began in 1994 when Fox executive Elizabeth Gabler told me that Tom Hanks thought there might be a movie in the story of a modern man stranded on a desert island...which Tom jokingly calle… OL3288828W
The Melody Lingers on The Melody Lingers on Roy Hemming Lavishly illustrated with 162 photos, this book covers 16 songwriters: Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, McHugh, Porter, Rainger, Rodgers, Warren, Whiting, Brown, Carmichael, Loesser, Schwartz, Styne, a… OL3495966W
Go fish Go fish Rose Troche,Guinevere Turner With an Introduction by Lea Dalaria, this is the original screenplay to the lesbian film which was released in 1994 to extraordinary acclaim. In this girl-meets-girl romance, a young, single lesbian … OL3526816W
Radio production worktext Radio production worktext David E. Reese,Lynne S. Gross,David Reese xv, 241 p. : 28 cm. + OL477678W
Mime Mime Cindie Straub,Matthew Straub Basic instruction for those interested in learning mime. OL5361199W
Aussiewood Aussiewood Michaela Boland,Michael Bodey A generation of Australians have conquered Hollywood - Boland and Bodey interview the A-list to find out how they got there.Hollywood is in the throes of a white-hot love affair with Australian actor… OL5881883W
Heroes, antiheroes, and dolts Heroes, antiheroes, and dolts Ashton D. Trice,Samuel A. Holland "Through a discussion of 75 of the most popular American films 1921-1999, interesting changes in how masculinity is portrayed are revealed. Traditionally in popular films, men have met challenging ta… OL6213645W
Ladies of the western Ladies of the western Fitzgerald, Michael G.,Boyd Magers,Michael G. Fitzgerald "This work features interviews with 51 leading ladies who starred in B-westerns, A-westerns, and television westerns. They talk candidly about their careers and the many difficulties that went along … OL6213763W
The films of Sherlock Holmes The films of Sherlock Holmes Chris Steinbrunner,Norman Michaels >**The location is a room in Baker Street, somewhere on the edge of eternity.** >It is a room endlessly the same, yet it has changed shape and perspective a hundred different times in a hundred fi… OL6802866W
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