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Reality TV for Snobs

Everything You Need to Know About the Shows You're Too Intellectual to Watch

by Ali Barthwell ...

Series series The Outsider's Guides
Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from The Real World to The Traitors.Much like reality itself, reality TV has one main problem: There’s just too much of it. Whether you’re a devoted fan who wants to share your passion, a specialist who doesn’t have time to watch every show, or a skeptic who still wants to understand ... Read more

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Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from The Real World to The Traitors.Much like reality itself, reality TV has one main problem: There’s just too much of it. Whether you’re a devoted fan who wants to share your passion, a specialist who doesn’t have time to watch every show, or a skeptic who still wants to understand
... Read more
Cunk on Everything

The Encyclopedia Philomena

by Philomena Cunk ...

**A VULTURE BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2023From the star of the “deeply funny, unexpectedly informative” (The Daily Beast) Netflix mockumentary Cunk on Earth, a helpful guide covering every single topic in the known universe, from Adam and Eve to Top Gun.**Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that changes the world. The Origin of Species. War and Peace. 1984. And now, Cunk on Everything: The ... Read more

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**A VULTURE BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2023From the star of the “deeply funny, unexpectedly informative” (The Daily Beast) Netflix mockumentary Cunk on Earth, a helpful guide covering every single topic in the known universe, from Adam and Eve to Top Gun.**Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that changes the world. The Origin of Species. War and Peace. 1984. And now, Cunk on Everything: The
... Read more
Doctor Who: 1,001 Nights in Time and Space

Folktales Rescued from Around the Whoniverse

by Steve Cole, Paul Magrs, Official Doctor Who Licensed ...

Experience Doctor Who's adventures across time and space like never before with this beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales from around the Whoniverse."Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts…"At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel ... Read more

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Experience Doctor Who's adventures across time and space like never before with this beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales from around the Whoniverse."Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts…"At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel
... Read more
Lorne

The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

by Susan Morrison ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week
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Anthony Bourdain and Philosophy

Edited by Scott Calef ...

Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in 2018 and is now more popular than ever. He is famous for being brave enough to eat things most Americans would not regard as food, including a whole cobra, raw seal’s eyeballs, and unwashed warthog rectum. His book Kitchen Confidential (2000) was his first best-seller but not his last. Though best known as an authority on food and international travel, ... Read more

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Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in 2018 and is now more popular than ever. He is famous for being brave enough to eat things most Americans would not regard as food, including a whole cobra, raw seal’s eyeballs, and unwashed warthog rectum. His book Kitchen Confidential (2000) was his first best-seller but not his last. Though best known as an authority on food and international travel,
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 4

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Four, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MONSTER (guttural, very deep): Don’t cry, Chrissy. It’s time . . . for your suffering . . . to end . . .Chrissy lets out a blood-curdling scream as —The Monster places its mutated left hand over her face and —INT ... Read more

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Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Four, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MONSTER (guttural, very deep): Don’t cry, Chrissy. It’s time . . . for your suffering . . . to end . . .Chrissy lets out a blood-curdling scream as —The Monster places its mutated left hand over her face and —INT
... Read more
The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

by Saket Soni ...

**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian ... Read more

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**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 2

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Two, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**EXT. DOWNTOWN HAWKINS - THE PALACE (THE UPSIDE DOWN)Will steps outside. Scared. Cautious.It’s a very familiar nightmare landscape. Fog. Spores. Nether growths. Only. . . it’s worse now. The spores are heavier; the ... Read more

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Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Two, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**EXT. DOWNTOWN HAWKINS - THE PALACE (THE UPSIDE DOWN)Will steps outside. Scared. Cautious.It’s a very familiar nightmare landscape. Fog. Spores. Nether growths. Only. . . it’s worse now. The spores are heavier; the
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 3

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Three, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MAX: I don’t understand. The Demodogs died when El closed the Gate. If the brain dies, the body dies —WILL: I know. Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I’m wrong —MIKE: But we can’t take any chances. We have to assume the ... Read more

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Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Three, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MAX: I don’t understand. The Demodogs died when El closed the Gate. If the brain dies, the body dies —WILL: I know. Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I’m wrong —MIKE: But we can’t take any chances. We have to assume the
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 1

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season One, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**A high-pitched shrieking sound suddenly fills the shed. We don’t see what happens to Will; we just watch that naked dangling light bulb. It glows brighter and brighter and brighter, filling the shed with ... Read more

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Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season One, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**A high-pitched shrieking sound suddenly fills the shed. We don’t see what happens to Will; we just watch that naked dangling light bulb. It glows brighter and brighter and brighter, filling the shed with
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 5

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Five, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**INT. WHEELER HOUSE - HOLLY’S BEDROOM - NIGHTThe Demogorgon's claw snaps around one of Holly'sboots and drags her backwards across the carpet.Holly cries out and desperately grabs at the carpet, but theDemogorgon ... Read more

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Go deeper into the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Five, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**INT. WHEELER HOUSE - HOLLY’S BEDROOM - NIGHTThe Demogorgon's claw snaps around one of Holly'sboots and drags her backwards across the carpet.Holly cries out and desperately grabs at the carpet, but theDemogorgon
... Read more
Now We Are Six Hundred

A Collection of Time Lord Verse

by James Goss ...

With illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection—a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older they get, the more Time Lords realize how little they understand the universe around them. This ... Read more

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With illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection—a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older they get, the more Time Lords realize how little they understand the universe around them. This
... Read more
Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

The Official Guide to All the Books

by Erika Berlin ...

Welcome to the ultimate TBR list! With meticulously researched book descriptions and hundreds of guided prompts and reading tips, The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is an officially licensed, one-of-a-kind fan's guide to the Gilmore Girls universe and all 339 books referenced in the series.For fans of Gilmore Girls, one of the most dedicated ways to tap into the psyche of Rory Gilmore is ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Welcome to the ultimate TBR list! With meticulously researched book descriptions and hundreds of guided prompts and reading tips, The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is an officially licensed, one-of-a-kind fan's guide to the Gilmore Girls universe and all 339 books referenced in the series.For fans of Gilmore Girls, one of the most dedicated ways to tap into the psyche of Rory Gilmore is
... Read more
Human Capital

A History of Putting Refugees to Work

by Laura Robson ...

HOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABORHistorian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attempts to remake refugees into disposable migrant labor, Robson elucidates global humanitarianism’s deep-seated commitment to refugee exploitation and containment.Surveying more than a hundred years of ... Read more

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HOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABORHistorian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attempts to remake refugees into disposable migrant labor, Robson elucidates global humanitarianism’s deep-seated commitment to refugee exploitation and containment.Surveying more than a hundred years of
... Read more
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

by Dave Marinaccio ...

How to win at poker. The power of a business's mission statement. If you can dial a telephone, you can do anything. These are the lessons to be learned from "Star Trek." First a hit television show, and then a pop culture phenomenon, "Star Trek" is now the basis for inspiration and guidance in our daily lives. ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM WATCHING STAR TREK is an anthology of valuable ... Read more

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How to win at poker. The power of a business's mission statement. If you can dial a telephone, you can do anything. These are the lessons to be learned from "Star Trek." First a hit television show, and then a pop culture phenomenon, "Star Trek" is now the basis for inspiration and guidance in our daily lives. ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM WATCHING STAR TREK is an anthology of valuable
... Read more
Inspired Enterprise

How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek

by Glen E. Swanson ...

Star Trek is a phenomenon, spinoffs and reruns have been a near constant presence on international television for more than 50 years. More than a dozen feature films have been produced, with many more on the way. ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Star Trek is a phenomenon, spinoffs and reruns have been a near constant presence on international television for more than 50 years. More than a dozen feature films have been produced, with many more on the way.
... Read more
Voices From Krypton

by Edward Gross, Mark Waid ...

Hailed as possibly the most comprehensive oral history of Superman to be committed to print, Voices From Krypton combines over 85 years of Superman's legacy into a sweeping tale of how the champion of the oppressed became one of the world's most recognizable pop culture icons.Not only does this epic collection include interviews with Superman favorites like Henry Cavill, Tom Welling, and Zack ... Read more

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Hailed as possibly the most comprehensive oral history of Superman to be committed to print, Voices From Krypton combines over 85 years of Superman's legacy into a sweeping tale of how the champion of the oppressed became one of the world's most recognizable pop culture icons.Not only does this epic collection include interviews with Superman favorites like Henry Cavill, Tom Welling, and Zack
... Read more
Once I Was You

A Memoir

by Maria Hinojosa ...

NPR’s Best Books of 2020BookPage**’s Best Books of 2020**Real Simple**’s Best Books of 2020**Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020“Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the RoadThe Emmy Award–winning jo... ... Read more

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NPR’s Best Books of 2020BookPage**’s Best Books of 2020**Real Simple**’s Best Books of 2020**Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020“Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the RoadThe Emmy Award–winning jo...
... Read more
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone

by Mark Dawidziak ...

Can you live your life by what The Twilight Zone has to teach you? Yes, and maybe you should. The proof is in this lighthearted collection of life lessons, ground rules, inspirational thoughts, and stirring reminders found in Rod Serling's timeless fantasy series. Written by veteran TV critic, Mark Dawidziak, this unauthorized tribute is a celebration of the classic anthology show, but also, on ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Can you live your life by what The Twilight Zone has to teach you? Yes, and maybe you should. The proof is in this lighthearted collection of life lessons, ground rules, inspirational thoughts, and stirring reminders found in Rod Serling's timeless fantasy series. Written by veteran TV critic, Mark Dawidziak, this unauthorized tribute is a celebration of the classic anthology show, but also, on
... Read more
Live From New York

The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests

by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales ...

James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People).When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a ... Read more

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James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People).When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a
... Read more
Defectors

The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

by Paola Ramos ...

**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 • An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics“A deeply reported, surprisingly personal exploration of a phenomenon that is little understood in our politics: the affiliation of Latino voters with causes and candidates that ... Read more

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**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 • An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics“A deeply reported, surprisingly personal exploration of a phenomenon that is little understood in our politics: the affiliation of Latino voters with causes and candidates that
... Read more
Humanizing Immigration

How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System

by Bill Ong Hing ...

**“Incisive and compelling, reflecting the painful wisdom and knowledge that Bill Ong Hing has accrued over the course of fifty years . . . ”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowFirst book to argue that immigrant and refugee rights are part of the fight for racial justice; offers a humanitarian approach to reform and abolition**Representing non-citizens caught up in what he calls the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

**“Incisive and compelling, reflecting the painful wisdom and knowledge that Bill Ong Hing has accrued over the course of fifty years . . . ”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowFirst book to argue that immigrant and refugee rights are part of the fight for racial justice; offers a humanitarian approach to reform and abolition**Representing non-citizens caught up in what he calls the
... Read more
Enter the Villa

The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island

by Anna Peele ...

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LOVE ISLANDA fascinating, unauthorized exploration of the smash reality show Love Island**, revealing the secrets, drama, and behind-the-scenes stories of TV’s most addictive show.**“If you want to get the dirty details of all things, the history of Love Island, interviews with cast members, production, Charli XCX, all of that and so much more is in... ... Read more

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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LOVE ISLANDA fascinating, unauthorized exploration of the smash reality show Love Island**, revealing the secrets, drama, and behind-the-scenes stories of TV’s most addictive show.**“If you want to get the dirty details of all things, the history of Love Island, interviews with cast members, production, Charli XCX, all of that and so much more is in...
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A Place Both Wonderful and Strange

The Extraordinary Untold History of Twin Peaks

by Scott Meslow ...

For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks—from the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making sequel—is told through fascinatingly detailed reporting and exclusive interviews with the show's cast and creators.From its start, when studio executives drafted a plan to recoup costs after what they ... Read more

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For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks—from the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making sequel—is told through fascinatingly detailed reporting and exclusive interviews with the show's cast and creators.From its start, when studio executives drafted a plan to recoup costs after what they
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