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  • Stone and Sky

    by Melissa McShane, Letia Michelle Ames, Caroline Furlong, J.T. Evans, Michael Craig, Roger Alix-Gaudreau, Carol Hightshoe, Medron Pryde, Jena Rey, Julia H. West, Jana S. Brown ...
    Series Book 3 - ExtraOrdinary Beasts
    They watch. They guard. They endure.From ancient cathedrals to far-flung planets, gargoyles stand sentinel between the world of stone and the endless sky.In Stone and Sky, discover tales where winged guardians wake, monsters find new shapes, and legends are reborn in the clash of magic and machinery. Inside these pages you’ll find fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction stories that prove ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Talons and Tails

    by Carol Hightshoe, J.T. Evans, Josanne Burke, Melissa McShane, H.T. Ashmead, Sam J. Goldben, C. J. Anaya, Roger Alix-Gaudreau, J. R. Handley, Jena Rey, Jana S. Brown, Letia Michelle Ames, Alexandra M Wilders, Jason Kristopher, D.L. Perry ...
    Series Book 2 - ExtraOrdinary Beasts
    Explore the untamed skies, where griffins guard secrets of the past, and discover the passion and peril that ignite between them and those they protect. From heartwarming romantasy to gritty urban fantasy, these stories blend myth with reality in ways that will leave you breathless.In Talons and Tails, griffins are more than just creatures of legend—they are symbols of power, freedom, and the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Small Screen, Big Feels

    Television and Cultural Anxiety in the Twenty-First Century

    by Melissa Ames ...
    While television has always played a role in recording and curating history, shaping cultural memory, and influencing public sentiment, the changing nature of the medium in the post-network era finds viewers experiencing and participating in this process in new ways. They skim through commercials, live tweet press conferences and award shows, and tune into reality shows to escape reality. This new ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Adventures in Shondaland

    Identity Politics and the Power of Representation

    by Rachel Alicia Griffin, Emily Vajjala, Jessica L Furgerson, Jennifer Billinson, Jade Petermon, Shadee Abdi, Bernadette Calafell, Stephanie Young, Vincent Pham, Myra Washington0, Tina Harris1, Mark P Orbe2, Mary Ingram-Waters3, Leslie Balderas4, Melissa Ames5, Sean Swenson6, Richard G Jones Jr7, Michaela D.E. Meyer Jr9, Joan Faber McAlister0 ...
    Innovator Award for Edited Collection from the Central States Communication Association (CSCA)Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work is attentive ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman's Life

    From Toddlers-in-Tiaras to Cougars-on-the-Prowl

    by Melissa Ames, Sarah Burcon ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Contemporary popular culture has created a slew of stereotypical roles for girls and women to (willingly or not) play throughout their lives: The Princess, the Nymphette, the Diva, the Single Girl, the Bridezilla, the Tiger Mother, the M.I.L.F, the Cougar, and more. In this book Ames and Burcon investigate the role of cultural texts in gender socialization at specific pre-scripted stages of a ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Hashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied

    Case Studies on Social Justice Movements

    Edited by Melissa Ames, Kristi McDuffie ...
    Hashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied analyzes the ways that hashtags repurpose and reclaim societal narratives, considering how these digital interactions carry over into external spaces and are embodied by both participants and spectators alike. A diverse set of contributors from a range of disciplines utilize a variety of methodologies to interrogate the lifespan and trajectories of ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Library Catalogues as Data

    Research, Practice and Usage

    Edited by Paul Gooding, Melissa Terras, Sarah Ames ...
    Through the web of library catalogues, library management systems and myriad digital resources, libraries have become repositories not only for physical and digital information resources but also for enormous amounts of data about the interactions between these resources and their users. Bringing together leading practitioners and academic voices, this book considers library catalogue data as a ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Time in Television Narrative

    Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming

    Edited by Melissa Ames ...
    This collection analyzes twenty-first-century American television programs that rely upon temporal and narrative experimentation. These shows play with time, slowing it down to unfold the narrative through time retardation and compression. They disrupt the chronological flow of time itself, using flashbacks and insisting that viewers be able to situate themselves in both the present and the past ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Time in Television Narrative

    Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First Century Programming

    Edited by Melissa Ames ...
    This collection analyzes twenty-first-century American television programs that employ temporal and narrative experimentation. These shows play with time, slowing it down to unfold narrative through time retardation and compression. They disrupt the chronological flow of time itself, using flashbacks and insisting that viewers be able to situate themselves in both the present and the past ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    by Michael Harris ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!How The Beatles Came To AmericaFamous television Master of Ceremonies, Ed Sullivan first learns I have written a book about him and his show when I hand him a finished manuscript. Naively, I imagine he'll be flattered, but when he reads it, he's furious. I am revealing more about him, more backstage gossip and more details about the inner workings of the show than he ... Read more

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  • The Lightning God's Wife

    by Grace Draven ...
    It hasn't rained for a quarter of a century, and a dying world gasps for water. Outcast and exiled, the rain priestess Revida rescues a man and his children as they flee from the wrath of a creator god known as the Bitter Dark. But Atagartis is more than a man, and Revida soon discovers the lover she's known only in dreams has a purpose for her and the tearless grief she's born for more than two ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Algorithms of Oppression

    How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

    by Safiya Umoja Noble ...
    A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithmsRun a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about “why ... Read more

    $22.79 USD