The success of "Star Trek" is due in part to the clever crafting of the show's stories, many of which come from medieval epics and romances. This is a literary and sociological criticism of "Star Trek". The first chapter shows how the specifically literary tradition of science fiction led to the creation of "Star Trek". The second chapter deals with the social history of the Federation and how it was developed to reflect actual world history, whilst the third chapter reviews how "Star Trek" treats the classical anthropological situation of first contact with other cultures. The fourth chapter reviews the structure of the stories from the series and the final chapter looks at how "Star Trek" appeals to the sense of religion by using specific literary forms for narrating tales of wonders, marvels and miracles.

Star Trek In Myth And Legend

RICHARDS, THOMAS

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Orion Media

A beutifully illustrated and produced edition of the screenplay edition of the screenplay with 60 stills from the movie and an extended introduction by Stephen Fry. This is the official tie-in to the major new movie of the life of Oscar Wilde, which stars Srephen Fry as Wilde, Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle.

Wilde

Julian Mitchell

Humor & Entertainment

ISBN: 0752810448    ISBN-13: 9780752810447Publisher: ORION - 1997Format: Hardcover

Travels in Dreamland: The Secret History of Area 51

Religion & Spirituality

Patton, Phil

Occult & Paranormal

UFO Sightings

Baker, Alan

Reference

In W&amp;N's large illustrated format, this is a fully illustrated, affectionate celebration of Rowon Atkinson's career. He first came to prominence in the late 1970's in the classic comedy serires Not The Nine O'Clock News. His ability to strange mannerisms with a natural acting abiltiy set him up to achieve great success as the darstadly Blackadder. In the 1980's he created Mr Bean, now an international success; in August 1997, a major movie "Bean" will be released. This book trces his career and celebrates the talents and life of a true comic original.

Bean There Done That: The Life and Times of Roan Atkinson

Dessau, Bruce

Biographies & Memoirs

This is Kenneth Williams’ collection of his favourite barbed stories and malicious bon mots in an A to Z of unsurpassed cruelty, including cartoons by Graeme Garden and introduced by Gyles Brandreth who knew Williams for many years and is an executor of Williams’ estate. Kenneth Williams is regarded as one of the great raconteurs and comedy actors of the century. His bestselling diaries, edited by Russell Davis, reveal a complex, deeply insecure character whose bitter, excoriating wit alienated just about everyone who crossed his path. The brilliantly crafted vitriol in his private diaries found life through his TV interviews and appearances on radio shows such as Just a Minute. These outbursts have made him synonymous with the wicked story and the caustic put down. Since his suicide in 1988, his popularity has grown. A two part Omnibus programme on his life appeared on ITV and a touring one man show of Williams’ life has been playing to full houses for the last two years. Terry Johnson’s play Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick, exploring Williams’ relationship with Barbara Windsor and Sid James, ran to rave reviews and ‘The Diaries’ continue to sell.

Kenneth Williams' Complete Acid Drops

Kenneth Williams

It’s a fair bet that neither Mick Jagger nor Keith Richards will ever get round to writing their autobiographies. Even if they had a mind to, the memory sure isn’t there. Over the years there have been many biographies of both some good, some bad and many biographies of ‘The Stones’ all pretty bad. And then there was Bill Wyman’s... Separately Mick and Keith are fascinating characters, but review their lives side-by-side and we have a biography that reaches critical mass. Chris Salewicz has the perfect background to write the definitive life of the definitive rock and rollers. Steeped in the music business, Chris is a professional journalist and broadcaster who has all the right contacts. Sometime ROLLING STONE &amp; NME journalist, founder member of MTV Europe and author of the best-selling official biography of Bob Marley, Chris has known Keith and Mick on and off since the early 70s.

Mick and Keith

CHRIS SALEWICZ

Eight and a half million viewers watched the Are You Being Served? on BBC 1 on Saturday nights when it was rescreened in Spring/Summer 1998, in the silver jubilee year of the series first transmission. Sky Gold is continually re-running episodes and in the US it is one of the most popular cable TV programmes on the West Coast. Are You Being Served? is not only a TV classic it is also a cult. To celebrate the show we are publishing this 'official' celebration book contributed to and endorsed by the writers David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd who have made available original scripts and behind the scenes photographs as well as personal anecdotes. The book reviews the history of programme including how the original idea was developed. There are character and main actor profiles, and first hand interviews with John Inman, Molly Sugden, Trevor Banister, Arthur Brough, Frank Thornton, and Wendy Richard (now a key actress in Eastenders). This is followed by an episode-by-episode guide including a cast-list and original transmission date, features on the secretaries of young Mr Grace who became famous - and who could forget Joanna Lumley?- and quotes and memories from special guests. Finally there will be a special section on the feature film.

I'm Free : The Complete Guide to 'Are You Being Served?

richard-webber

Dave Pelzer’s story is the story of a child brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games – games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. Dave had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy but an ‘it’. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dogs’ bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him, care for him, call him their son. It took many years of struggle, deprivation and despair to find his dream and then to make something of himself in the world. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting and inspirational look at the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive despite the odds.

A Child Called It

Parenting & Relationships

DAVE PELZER

Family Relationships

This is the screenplay for "Snatch", a heist story set against the backdrop of the Jewish diamond district in London, involving a diamond deal gone helter-skelter, the rough-and-tumble world of bare-knuckle boxing, a colourful Irish gypsy and a dog.

Snatch

Guy, Ritchie

Movies

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