Author: Stacey Abbott
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Keywords: milestones, angel
Number of Pages: 121
Published: 2009-03-22
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0814333192
ISBN-13: 9780814333198

This title examines the innovative approach to genre, aesthetics, narrative, and the representation of masculinity in the television series "Angel". Following the phenomenal success of the first three seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on the WB Network, writers and producers Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt moved their character Angel to his own spin-off series in 1999. While Angel, which followed its namesake vampire with a soul who had become Buffy’s tragic love interest, never quite matched the popularity of Buffy, the spin-off was notable for being specifically aimed at adult audi

Author: Stacey (ed) Abbott
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Keywords: cult, investigating, book
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2010-02-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1848850263
ISBN-13: 9781848850262

Cult TV is a very exciting area of contemporary television. "The Cult TV Book" is the companion reference to this TV phenomenon, whose shows push the boundaries and offer biting commentaries on society today. Cult TV is also changing. Where being cult used to mean being marginal with a small, loyal fan base, cult TV is now key to the television industry, fandom is global and online, cult status for a show is fostered by the networks, and cult series are noted for their spectacular special effects and sumptuous visual style. So, what is cult TV today? Leading scholars, writers and journalists

Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: clearly, write
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2008-10-09
List price: $17.75
ISBN-10: 0559171730
ISBN-13: 9780559171734

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your u

Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: dimensions, romance, flatland
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2007-06-01
List price: $9.85
ISBN-10: 1602062897
ISBN-13: 9781602062894

Authors:Justin E. Abbott, Justin E. Abbott, Ganesh Vasudeo T
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass,India
Keywords: marathi, bhaktavijaya, amp, mahipati, translation, indian, saints, stories
Number of Pages: 1100
Published: 2007-02-04
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 8120804694
ISBN-13: 9788120804692

collection of stories, documents on early bhakti, devotional movements, and Indian saints, medieval period India

Authors:Gerry Abbott, Khin Thant Han, Gerry Abbott,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: studies, handbuch, der, orientalistik, oriental, handbook, tales, burma, introduction, folk
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2000-06-01
List price: $226.00
ISBN-10: 9004118128
ISBN-13: 9789004118126

This handbook offers an in-depth overview of the world of Burmese folk-tales. Part one provides a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary survey of folk-tale studies, together with a broad functrional classification of Burma’s tales. Part two presents the categorized actual tales. With commentaries on plots and cross-cultural motifs - past and present.

Author: Stacey Jay
Publisher: Flux
Keywords: death, called
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2010-03-08
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0738715433
ISBN-13: 9780738715438

Just because you don’t have a pulse doesn’t mean you can’t be perky. One second, freshman Karen Vera’s on top of the most fabulous cheer pyramid ever. The next, she’s lying on the pavement with seriously unflattering cranial damage. Freakishly alive without a pulse, Karen learns that she’s a genetically undead zombie. Suddenly, Karen’s non-life is an epic disaster. She’s forced to attend a boarding school for the "death-challenged," her roommate is a hateful wannabe-Goth weirdo, and she’s chowing down on animal brains every day to prevent