Prestige Television explores how a growing array of 21st century US programming is produced and received in ways that elevate select series above the competition in a saturated market. Contributing authors demonstrate that these shows are positioned and understood as comprising an increasingly recognizable genre characterized by familiar markers of distinction. In contrast to most accounts of elite categorizations of contemporary US television programming that center on HBO and it...

This book provides readers with essential toolkit and real-world examples of predictive models developed for strategic planning purposes. This book explores all aspect of futurecasting, a field that generates actionable data for businesses and organizations to deploy in their internal strategizing. By extrapolating data on past and current large-scale trends in a given industry or operating sector, entities can effectively learn to prepare and weather or even thrive, through certain likely...

Designed for people who want to tap into their infinite healing potential, Qigong for Beginners: Your Path to Greater Health and Vitality is an experiential journey toward transformation and healing from the inside out. By breaking down the philosophy behind the ancient art of qigong and adding his in-depth knowledge of multiple forms of healing and energy cultivation, David takes readers on a motivational adventure that will empower them to take charge of their lives. Bridging the gap bet...

Join the journey into one of the most captivating and seminal events in all of American history. The United States in 1865 was a dramatically different country from the one that went to the polls in 1860. It and the world were transformed by the Civil War – a political struggle between sections of the country for a Union without slavery or slavery without a Union. “We Are All Americans” is the story of how the United States was transformed through the words of the three most central figure...

The wells have run dry in Aqua Fría, where the only creatures remaining sweat booze and blood, searching for treasure as their time runs out...Three days to die of dehydration.Three days to fight for revenge or redemption.Three days to right their wrongs.With a glossary of western terminology, real and imagined, this risible struggle between love and subversion of the western is Deadwood meets A Clockwork Orange, with a shot of "wry."