Suitable for students and their teachers, this text can be used as an aid to class study and for independent student learning. With a strong emphasis on context and concepts, it offers an introduction to contemporary media studies.

At once a pop culture icon, cult figure and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act on our own hidden desires and fears, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. For over 45 years, Lynch's works have enthralled, mystified, and provoked viewers. What is arguably most remarkable about his career...

A definitive visual guide to the characters and objects of upcoming series conclusion }Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker{. Features cross-sections of the new vehicles.

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way. Frank, funny and open-hearted, 'You Never Know' is an intimate memoir from one of the most beloved actors of our time, the highly personal story of a remarkable life and thoroughly...