Kathleen Olmstead

The Untold History of Television provides a captivating glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have both defined and changed the pop culture landscape. David Simon's The Wire, hands down, has been described by critics and fans alike as simply the best television show, ever. More than just your typical cop drama where the heroes and the villains are easy to define, The Wire took television storytelling to a whole new level when...

Unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths with this quick and easy guide to tarot. For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their friendships, their careers, their love lives, and themselves. Tarot can help you forge deeper relationships with those who are important to you, understand why patterns repeat in your life, and discover how you can take hold of your future. With definitions of each of the major and minor arcana as...

The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture. Based on Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series, True Blood brings to life a rich fantasy world in which vampires, telepathic barmaids, and old-world Southern charm all manage to co-exist. Dark, edgy and sensual, the series takes the vampire trend to a new level of sex and violence. In...

Caring for your tarot deck is a key part of using Tarot to unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths. A Beginner's Guide to Tarot: Your Guide to Caring for Your Tarot Deck contains everything you need to know about picking your deck, storing your deck, and clearing your deck. And, for those ready to take the next step, this guide also includes instructions to design your own deck. For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their...

Take the next step to unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths with this quick and easy guide to personalizing tarot. A Beginner's Guide to Tarot: Tarot DIY contains easy to follow instructions for designing your own spreads, your own cards, and your own tarot journal. For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their friendships, their careers, their love lives, and themselves. Tarot can help you forge deeper relationships with...

Unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths with this quick and easy guide to the major and minor arcana. With definitions for each of the major and minor arcana, A Beginner's Guide to Tarot: Your Guide to the Cards has everything you need to understand and interpret the meaning of each of the cards. For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their friendships, their careers, their love lives, and themselves. Tarot can help you...

The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture. Based on the wildly popular comic by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead is a riveting drama about experiencing a zombie apocalypse-and living to tell the tale. It explores the survivors' fate and questions who poses the greater threat: the mindless zombies or the desperate living. In this text,...

The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of two groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture. Bolstered by the successes of shows like The Flintstones, The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-head and South Park, animated television shows aimed at audiences outside of the Saturday morning cartoon crowd are growing in popularity. Fox Television's Bob's Burgers and...

The Untold History of Television provides a captivating glimpse behind the scenes of those groundbreaking shows that have both defined and changed the pop culture landscape. A short-lived cult classic, Freaks and Geeks proved that a television show about teenagers could reach beyond the superficial by confronting-and redefining-high school stereotypes. In this text, Kathleen Olmstead investigates the ups and downs of the show "that pushed the beautiful...

This high interest/low vocabulary retelling of The Iliad introduces young readers to Homer's thrilling epic tale. Set during the siege of Troy, and complete with duels, battles, larger-than-life characters like Achilles, and the famed Greek gods, The Iliad is truly the ultimate adventure story. This high interest/low vocabulary retelling of The Iliad introduces young readers to Homer's thrilling epic tale. Set during the siege of Troy, and complete...