Terry Nation

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This is the first academic study of the science fiction television devised and written by Terry Nation, who wrote Dalek stories and other serials for "Doctor Who," and created the BBC's 1970s post-apocalyptic space adventure series "Blake's 7." This illustrated book by academic specialists in television science fiction places Nation's work in the context of its production and contains sustained analysis of key programs. It will be of interest to students of television and enthusiasts of these landmark drama series.

Abel's Outback: Explorations and Misadventures on Six Continents, 1990-2000 by Allen J. Abel, ISBN 077100706X

For many years, as news correspondent, television host, and journalist, Allen Abel has travelled to some of the world's most fascinating, remote, or newsworthy spots to bring back his stories -- often offbeat, moving, perceptive, or humorous, but always wonderfully written.

Now, in Abel's Outback, he has drawn on his writing of the last decade. Here is a sampling of ten years of adventure on all six continents. Whether he is hunting for the wild platypus with an Australian forest ranger, boating up the Amazon with a descendant of Charles Darwin, journeying to catch a glimpse of remote Timbuktu, cringing before the oil-well fires in Kuwait, taking tea with cousins of the Queen Mum, spending Christmas in Hong Kong, reporting on the plight of a Sudanese taxi driver in Inuvik (how do you have sundown prayers in a place where the sun doesn't go down?), or revisiting one of the strangest spots of all -- his native Brooklyn -- Allen Abel is inquisitive, original, observant, and often hilariously...

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Landscape with Smokestacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas by Howard J. Trienens, ISBN 0810118203

Against this background, the story of one work of art, Landscape with Smokestacks by Degas, has been featured in headlines and on television. As told by the media, the story is straightforward. The landscape, owned by a Jewish banker in the Netherlands, was sent to Paris in 1939. The Nazis occupied France and stole the landscape. The Jewish banker and his wife were killed in the Holocaust. Their heirs searched for the landscape but did not locate it until, a half century later, it was found in the possession of an art collector in Chicago. The heirs sued to recover the work.

But the real story is far more complicated -- and more compelling -- than that told by the media. Had the landscape been sent to Paris for safekeeping or to be sold? Was the work stolen by the Nazis or sold to an art dealer during the war?

During the litigation a mass of documents was produced that shed light on the fate of the landscape. But because the suit was settled before trial, the story under the surface...

Landscape with Smokestacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas by Howard J. Trienens, ISBN 0810118203

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Saving Childhood: Protecting Our Children from the National Assault on Innocence by Michael Medved, ISBN 0060932244

Saving Childhood offers parents and grandparents practical strategies to cope with a society that seems perversely determined to frighten and corrupt its young. Cultural critic and popular radio host Michael Medved and his wife, psychologist Diane Medved, argue that in a mistaken effort to curb problems plaguing its youth, our culture has changed from protecting childhood as a precious time of growth to hammering even the smallest youngsters with a grim, harsh, and menacing view of the world. The Medveds systematically present unassailable scientific evidence, moving anecdotes, and personal experiences of raising their three young children to explain the attack from four primary directions -- media, schools, peers, and even well-intentioned parents themselves.

In a unique analysis the Medveds define innocence not as ignorance but as the result of three components -- security, a sense of wonder, and optimism. They empower parents and all who care about childhood with concrete, easily accomplished...

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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours by Jeff Sengstack, ISBN 0672326078

Written by an author with solid teaching experience and extensive television production credentials--TV anchor, reporter, photographer, and editor, plus recipient of a regional Emmy award and other honors--this guide reminds readers of the big picture and what they're trying to accomplish. Includes tips on shooting high-quality video, creating professional voice-overs, and effective editing methods. Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours by Jeff Sengstack, ISBN 0672326078
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A Good Story and Other Stories by Donald E. Westlake, ISBN 1558820353

This collection of short fiction, selected by the author, spans a writing career of more than 40 years and illuminates the heart and soul of the antihero. A lone castaway on a desert island commits a murder for which he is the sole suspect. A genealogist learns just how far rotten apples fall from the family tree. A con man, impersonating a minister, finds religion. A tabloid journalist must solve a murder to complete his story on the death of a major television star, who happens to be a dog. A self-made widower discovers how hard it is to get rid of a wife, especially when she's dead. A Good Story and Other Stories by Donald E. Westlake, ISBN 1558820353
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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours by Jeff Sengstack, ISBN 0672326078

Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing

Best selling author Philip Pullman (Golden Compass) is one of the 13 children's book authors interviewed by James Carter in Talking Books. Each author explains their writing process and how they develop the characters in their books. Offering sage advice to would-be children's writers, the authors recall that creativity needs to be nurtured, and their craft needs much time and dedication. Collectively, these selected writers' work represents the panoply that is contemporary children's literature, including poetry, picture books, and television dramas. Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing
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