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  • The Golden Girls

    Tales from the Lanai

    The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. The Golden Girls ... Read more

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  • Staging a Comeback

    Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance

    In the early 1980s, Walt Disney Productions was struggling, largely bolstered by the success of its theme parks. Within fifteen years, however, it had become one of the most powerful entertainment conglomerates in the world. Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance argues that far from an executive feat, this impressive turnaround was accomplished in no small part by the ... Read more

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  • The Elements of Taste

    "A different kind of cookbook . . . original, thought-provoking, and savory." —Award-winning restaurant critic Bryan Miller, from his ForewordChef Gray Kunz has teamed up with food writer Peter Kaminsky to put together a cookbook that looks precisely at what taste is. They have identified fourteen basic tastes in the chef's palate and offer recipes showing how to use these fundamental building ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Producing Children

    Critical Studies in Childhood Creativity

    Series series Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
    Producing Children imagines the possibility, indeed the inevitability, of a creative relation between children as producers and consumers by revising the long-established, hierarchical relation between adults and children. The chapters in this collection reveal that studying child-produced culture complicates our received understandings of children’s culture as culture by adults, for children, ... Read more

    $42.39 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy offers a rich sampling of the most current research and evolving trends in a vast and growing field-the study of humor and comedy in movies, television, streaming content, social media, and other forms of mediated comedy. The thirty new essays in this volume, written by leading scholars and emerging researchers, are guideposts to where the field is now and ... Read more

    $211.99 CAD

  • Conversations with Maurice Sendak

    Edited by Peter C. Kunze ...
    Series series Literary Conversations Series
    Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) stands out as one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century. Though primarily known as a children’s book writer and illustrator, he did not limit himself to these areas. He saw himself first and foremost as an artist. In this collection of interviews, Sendak presents himself as a writer, illustrator, set designer, and librettist. From his early ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Taking a Stand

    Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals

    Contributions by Jared N. Champion, Miriam M. Chirico, Thomas Clark, David R. Dewberry, Christopher J. Gilbert, David Gillota, Kathryn Kein, Rob King, Rebecca Krefting, Peter C. Kunze, Linda Mizejewski, Aviva Orenstein, Raúl Pérez, Philip Scepanski, Susan Seizer, Monique Taylor, Ila Tyagi, and Timothy J. ViatorStand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • American–Australian Cinema

    Transnational Connections

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This edited collection assesses the complex historical and contemporary relationships between US and Australian cinema by tapping directly into discussions of national cinema, transnationalism and global Hollywood. While most equivalent studies aim to define national cinema as independent from or in competition with Hollywood, this collection explores a more porous set of relationships through the ... Read more

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  • The magic of jewels and charms

    Enriched edition.

    In "The Magic of Jewels and Charms," George Frederick Kunz explores the rich tapestry of gemstones and their cultural significance throughout history. This scholarly work combines detailed mineralogy with folklore, unveiling the mystical properties attributed to various stones and charms across civilizations. Kunz's writing is characterized by a meticulous approach, blending scientific analysis ... Read more

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  • Shakespeare and Precious Stones

    Enriched edition.

    In "Shakespeare and Precious Stones," George Frederick Kunz intricately weaves a rich exploration of the symbolic and thematic significance of gemstones in the works of William Shakespeare. Through a meticulous examination of the Bard's plays and sonnets, Kunz identifies over thirty occurrences of precious stones, linking them to themes of love, status, and human emotion, while also delving into ... Read more

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    Series series The Science of Food
    “This deserves a slot on the kitchen shelf of every passionate cook” DAVID ZILBER**“A vital resource for the ferment-curious” JAMES READ“This book will inspire a whole new generation of fermenters” KENJI MORIMOTO“A rich resource that enlightens and inspires” MARK DIACONOEnter a marvelous microbial world and explore the fascinating science of fermented foods.**Every culture has a long history of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Best Recipes in the World

    More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

    by Mark Bittman ...
    "I know of only one person who could put together such a treasury of the best recipes in the world: Mark Bittman." —Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central KitchenJoin iconic, six-time James Beard Award–winning food writer Mark Bittman on a journey across the globe—not to the fanciest, most-acclaimed restaurants in the world, but to the good bars, little joints, mom-and-pop operations, and home ... Read more

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