World Television

The new novel from #1 international bestseller Liane Moriarty, and the sequel to the worldwide phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning TV series, Big Little Lies . . . Ten years ago, at the Pirriwee Primary school gates, the friendships of Celeste, Jane and Madeline were forged in the...

Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home—the basis for the TV miniseries of the same name—is a book to be savored, reread, and cherished forever. Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II...

Married . . . With Children writer-producer Richard Gurman takes us behind the scenes of this boundary-breaking show to reveal how its inner workings were at times as disruptive and contentious—yet at other times, as hysterical and raunchy—as the Bundy family themselves.

No medium in history can match the power of television. No product has spread so far and so fast. Nothing has had so much influence. Nothing has impacted how the world sees itself like television. Television: Volume 1 brings together seven decades of stories on how this happened into one epic narrative. With unparalleled insider insight, it shares critical, practical, behind the scenes lessons from the business of TV. The Television series is a must for media executives, students, entrepreneurs, and fans.

The New York Times bestseller “A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign Affairs An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone...

The beloved Julie Andrews has captured our hearts on screen for decades, but she has never told the story of her life before fame—until now. In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, Julie takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families From the author of The Romanovs A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian “Succession meets Game of Thrones.”...

Bloomsbury presents No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain, read by Nathan Osgood. A behind-the-scenes travel journal of the beloved chef's global adventures. More than just a companion to the hugely popular Travel Channel show, No Reservations is Bourdain's journal of his far-flung travels. The...

The rollicking saga of reality television, a “sweeping” (The Washington Post) cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer—“a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture”...

A perfect gift for anyone who loves animals, this fifth and final installment in James Herriot's heartwarming collection, the basis for the All Creatures Great and Small television series. Every Living Thing: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor brings back...

Read by Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle—the authors and stars of the show! The actors who played Topanga, Shawn, and Eric on Boy Meets World expand on their hit podcast, Pod Meets World, in a nostalgic behind-the-scenes history of the much-loved 90s sitcom, featuring untold...

A perfect gift for anyone who loves animals, this fifth and final installment in James Herriot's heartwarming collection, the basis for the All Creatures Great and Small television series. Every Living Thing: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor brings back...

Before YouTube, podcasts, and algorithms, there was the schedule. For a remarkable period of American charismatic history, discovering a faith preacher meant turning on the television at the appointed hour. A local pulpit could become a national classroom. Viewers became students, students became partners, and an entire broadcast empire grew behind the screen. The Forgotten World of Word of Faith Television reconstructs the media system that helped carry the movement into American and international homes: TBN, purchased airtime, satellite distribution, prayer lines, direct mail, books, ...

Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world, and what it was like to work with a legend. "The most complete picture yet of Bourdain's complex and conflicted...

Now a Netflix Series, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling story about mothers and daughters, secrets and betrayals, and a binding curse. The #1 International Bestseller Gabriela's mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm seem to be...

CNN correspondent Brian Stelter reveals the dark side of morning television with exclusive material about current and past morning stars, from Matt Lauer to Katie Couric. When America wakes up with personable and charming hosts like Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos, it's hard to imagine...

As the title suggests, Pluribus: All the Comments I’d be Making If I Were Sitting on the Couch Right Next to You Watching TV (and a bit of a summary) provides a summary of and comments on the first season of the insanely popular AppleTV show Pluribus. Yup. I’m one of those people who just does not shut up while watching stuff. The summary is basically a novelization. While thought and some research went into the commentary, it is meant to be enjoyable and occasionally funny. What this is not is an academic treatise. But hopefully it will provide some entertainment and further insights ...

Established after World War I by the Royal Australian Navy, the Coast Watchers were a loose organisation of several hundred European settlers, missionaries, patrol officers and planters living in British and Australian Pacific Island territories whose job it was to observe and report on the...

What happens when a Republican insider realizes the party he helped build no longer represents what he believes? Tim Miller: The Path of Politics, Punditry, and Podcasting traces the remarkable evolution of one of America’s most candid political commentators—from campaign operative and Republican communications strategist to outspoken Never Trumper, bestselling author, and prominent voice at The Bulwark. Miller built his early career inside Republican politics, working for John McCain, Jon Huntsman, the Republican National Committee, and Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign. He ...

YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF A STORY . . . It starts with a class in an old movie theatre. Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor. Most students believe the Professor's stories are just fiction, but Holland St. James has always been convinced that magic is...