Download or read book Gangster Chronicles written by Kareem and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about a kid growing up doing the turbulent times in the late fifties and the sixties. He had a good family and a chance to become whatever he wanted, but he chose to want to be a gangster. This is about how his choices cost him a life of prison and a near-death experience. He lived the life of a gangster his entire life until all the ones close to him began to die. Even his prized processions began to fade, and he was at his end. And just when he decided to change his ways, his whole world caved in.

Download or read book Interrogating The Shield written by Nicholas Ray and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Shield first appeared on US television in March 2002, it broke ratings records with the highest audience-rated original series premiere in cable history. In the course of its subsequent seven-season run, the show went on to win international acclaim for its abrasive depiction of an urban American dystopia and the systemic political and juridical corruption feeding it. The first book dedicated to the analysis of this immensely successful series, Interrogating "The Shield" brings together ten critical essays, written from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Topics range from an exploration of the series’ derivation, genre, and production, to expositions of the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of the show. As may be expected from a multiauthored collection, this volume does not seek to present a homogenized account of The Shield. The show is variously applauded and critiqued. In their critical variety, however, the essays in this book are a testament to the cultural significance and creative complexity of the series. As such, they are a reminder of the renewed power of quality television drama today.

Download or read book The Fallen City The Demon War Chronicles 4 written by Nina D'Aleo and published by Nina D'Aleo. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call her The Blackbird… Victory becomes despair as the Trackers return home to Scorpia City and face an unimaginable loss. Rifts threaten to destroy the team when doubts about themselves and each other twist their bonds to breaking point. Truths emerge and the past returns to haunt them. At the same time, in a place both familiar and strange, a sole survivor becomes a legend haunted by a horrifying past; and a notorious gangster hides a deadly double-life and an unrequited love - or so he believes. As Scorpia City descends into madness, the Trackers must do the unthinkable. They must cross into a forbidden place and pit themselves against an unrelenting evil to save a person with extraordinary strength. They call her the Blackbird and she holds the key to Scorpia’s survival. The Fallen City is the fourth book in The Demon War Chronicles. The first three books, The Last City, The Forgotten City and The King’s City are available now.

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Download or read book The Rochester Mob Wars written by Blair T. Kenny and published by . This book was released on 2017-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a clear picture of the Rochester mafia and all of their activities over a forty year time period. The Rochester mafia began to exert their influence and gambling and organized labor in the 1950s and 1960s. That influence lasted nearly four decades and came to an end only when the majority of the Organizations' members were imprisoned in the 1980s and the Teamsters Local #398 was dissoved by the government for lifetime affiliation with the Mafia in 1997.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television Series Pilots and Specials written by Vincent Terrace and published by VNR AG. This book was released on 1986 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On the Track written by Fred Karlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors cover everything from timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's vision with the needs of the film.

Download or read book The Berwick Chronicles written by Victor Simpson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a time travel experiment goes wrong, four graduate students find themselves in a world not completely unlike their own. They soon find the differences between this world and their own are much greater than they imagined. Their quest to return home is riddled with obstacles and magic. They find allies in this strange new world of noble birth and team up to fight common foes to solve the riddle of Berwick Chronicles.

Download or read book Riding the Video Range written by Gary A. Yoggy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-16 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1949, Hopalong Cassidy. Then Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, Zorro, Davy Crockett, the Cisco Kid, Matt Dillon, Bat Masterson, the Cartwrights, Hec Ramsey, Paladin ("Have Gun Will Travel")--no television genre has generated as many enduring characters as the Western. Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, Maverick, and Wagon Train are just a few of the small-screen oaters that became instant classics. Then shows such as Lonesome Dove and The Young Riders updated and redefined the genre. The shows tended to fall into categories, such as "juvenile" Westerns, marshals and sheriffs, wagon trains and cattle drives, ranchers, antiheroes (bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns), memorable pairs, Indians, single parent families (e.g., The Big Valley, The Rifleman and Bonanza), women, blacks, Asians and even spoofs. There are 85 television Westerns analyzed here--the characters, the stories and why the shows succeeded or failed. Many photographs, a bibliography and index complete the book.

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