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Edgar Allan Poe exerted a profound influence on many aspects of 20th-century culture, and continues to inspire composers, filmmakers, writers and artists. Popularly thought of as a ""horror"" writer, Poe was also a philosophical aesthete, a satirist, a hoaxer, a psychologist and a prophet of the anxieties and preoccupations of the modern world. Alphabetically arranged, this book explores Poe's major works both in their own right and in terms of their impact on others, including Baudelaire, who t...

Dream Homes Within Your Reach showcases twenty of the most beautiful places abroad you can find to live, all near where the budget airlines fly to, and all within your budget. The book is themed to highlight the best property in regions famed for their beaches, countryside, mountains and islands. We will detail case studies from the show, talking to people who took the plunge in seeking their own piece of paradise. We will also be getting top tips from ex-pats, finding out about community life...

Television scholarship has substantially ignored programming aimed at Black audiences despite a few sweeping histories and critiques. In this volume, the first of its kind, contributors examine the televisual diversity, complexity, and cultural imperatives manifest in programming directed at a Black and marginalized audience. Watching While Black considers its subject from an entirely new angle in an attempt to understand the lives, motivations, distinctions, kindred lines, and indi...

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic. 'Cheer up, could be worse. State the country's in, we could be free.' 'Doctor: I want you to fill one of those containers for me.Fletcher (other side of the room): What, from 'ere?' You can count the number of truly classic British sitcoms on one hand - well, perhaps two. But however many hands you use, Porridge will be one of the first programmes to register for inclusion. Undoubtedly one of the re...

Even if you've never watched TV show "Mad Men", chances are you've heard a colleague chatting about it at the water cooler. AMC's sleeper hit set in the 1960s world of Madison Avenue advertising executives has taken the world by storm - and for good reason. "The New York Times" called the show groundbreaking for luxuriating in the not-so-distant past. Why are people so obsessed with this show? Beyond the sumptuous set design and trance-inducing actors that have defined the critically acclaimed s...

TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era takes a deep dive into writing for today's audiences, against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving TV ecosystem. Amazon, Hulu and Netflix were just the beginning. The proliferation of everything digital has led to an ever-expanding array of the most authentic and engaging programming that we've ever seen. No longer is there a distinction between broadcast, cable and streaming. It's all content. Regardless of what new platforms and cha...

Based on the television series, these six episodes of the situation comedy, "To the Manor Born", were commissioned for broadcast on Radio 2. The episodes are "The Rhythms of the Earth", "The Grapevine", "Vive La Sport", "A Wife's Prerogative", "The Spare Room" and "The Honours List".