television

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television

Ms. Beard is weird!

2013
The students at Ella Mentry School are in for a wacky time when a hot new reality show starts filming at the school.

Internship & volunteer opportunities for TV and movie buffs

2013
Teens are introduced to a variety of exciting work experiences available for young TV and movie enthusiasts. Readers learn how to find and land the right position and how to make the most of their experience.

The man who invented television

the genius of Philo T. Farnsworth
2014
How Philo T. Farnsworth thought up the television and how it revolutionized American culture.

We dine with cannibals

2013
All eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel want to do is watch television, but their explorer father takes them in search of El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold, and their long-lost mother.

How does a network work?

2014
Readers will appreciate the history behind communications networking while learning how today's networks connect people. Colorful photographs accompany accessible information about LANs, WiFi, and more, and interesting sidebars further explain the networks we rely on every day.

Star Trek

aliens & artifacts
2000
A color-illustrated peek at the make-up secrets behind famous episodes and characters of the "Star Trek" television series from the original pilot to the "Voyager" series, written by the make-up and prop supervisors who created them; also includes directions for making oneself into a Klingon, Romulan, Borg drone, or other "Star Trek" alien.

One foot on the floor

the curious evolution of sex on television from "I Love Lucy" to "South Park"
2000
Examines the history of censorship and sensationalism on American television since the 1950s, and looks at how network executives and others struggle to define the limits of sex and violence on the small screen.

Please stand by

a prehistory of television
1995
Chronicles the early years of television between 1920 and 1948.

Mala suerte

2004
Africa's first day at his new job in the subway seems full of promise--especially when he meets Buenaventura, a man who has just won a television contest.

TV and films

behind the scenes
1993
Describes the techniques used in producing motion pictures and television shows, the various people involved, and some historical background on these two media.

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