Television Studies

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Dean J. DeFino

"No advertisers to please, no censors to placate, no commercial interruptions every eleven minutes, demanding cliffhangers to draw viewers back after the commercial breaks: HBO has re-written the rules of television; and the result has been nothing short of a cultural ground shift. The HBO Effect details how the fingerprints of HBO are all over contemporary film and television. Their capability to focus on smaller markets made shows like Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire, and even the more recent True Blood, trigger shows on basic cable networks to follow suit. HBO pioneered the use of HDTV and the widescreen format, production and distribution deals leading to market presence, and the promotion of greater diversity on T.V.(discussing issues of class and race). The HBO Effect examines this rich and unique history for clues to its remarkable impact upon television and popular culture. It's time to take a wide-angle look at HBO as a producer of American culture"--

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Edward De Bono

Materials used for the direct teaching of thinking as a basic skill. It increases the interest in the teaching of thinking as a basic skill and the practical, hands-on nature of the lesson.

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Zbigniew J. Witczak, Karl A. Nieforth

This comprehensive resource emphasizes the highly diverse and crucial role of carbohydrates as antiinflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, anticonvulsant, antibiotic, and antiviral agents - covering chemical properties, biological functions, state-of-the-art methodologies for synthesizing model compounds, conformational and steric effects, synthetic and enzymatic approaches, and the discovery and development of new leads in emerging fields. Furnished with over 2350 references, tables, equations, and figures, this stimulating and readily accessible volume is essential for organic, medicinal, carbohydrate, and pharmaceutical chemists; biochemists; pharmacologists; glycobiologists; cancer researchers; and graduate-level students in these disciplines.

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Nancy Minugh-Purvis and Kenneth J. McNamara

This book reflects two major strands of research in the study of human heterochrony, the change in the timing and rate of development of individuals