Robin Nelson

What's a good process for cleaning up your room? Watch this responsible kid change a bedroom from messy to neat.

How do you organize a big project? See how these kids plan to clean up a park.

What steps can you take to help the environment? Discover how this responsible kid makes green choices to help our planet.

How does a cocoa bean turn into tasty chocolate? Follow each step in the food production cycle--from planting cocoa trees to eating a sweet treat--in this fascinating book

How is honey made from a flower? Follow each step in nature's cycle--from pretty bloom to tasty treat--in this fascinating book

Over four decades, Stephen Poliakoff has proved himself to be a distinctive dramatist in the mediums of theatre, film and television. Moving from playwright to television and film director, he has been hailed as 'TV's foremost writer' (Independent) and as 'one of our most poetic and best TV dramatists' (Daily Telegraph). In the USA, his TV 'films' have received industry acclaim, The Lost Prince winning three Emmy Awards and Gideon's Daughter two Golden Globes. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of Poliakoff's work for stage and screen and a framework for its critical evaluation. It will prove invaluable to students of theatre, film, and television studies. Robin Nelson locates Poliakoff's distinctive vision and fierce independence as a writer and director in both personal and public histories and against industry contexts. He charts Poliakoff's 'meteoric rise' as a playwright, and his 'second starburst' in television drama since Shooting the Past (1999) which re-affirmed his reputation as a dramatist of distinction.While the chronology of Poliakoff's impressive output is clearly laid out, works are discussed in thematic clusters ranging across mediums to afford a fresh perspective. The book covers 'issue dramas', 'quirky strong women' and 'histories/memories' as well as Poliakoff's early developing dramaturgy, and it examines in detail the later feature films and television dramas which have secured his reputation as our most distinctive television dramatist.

Winter, spring, summer, and fall--the seasons are one of natures most familiar cycles. But why does the weather change? Learn why weather patterns change over the seasons.

Day follows night. Night comes after day. What makes this cycle of days and nights happen? Through beautiful photos and spare text, beginning readers will learn about the basic patterns of the Sun and Earth and what causes day and night.

A basic overview of the life cycle of a dragonfly.

Get a close-up view of the life of a strawberry.

A basic overview of the life cycle of a salamander.

Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a pig.

Get a close-up view of the life of a pumpkin.

Robin Nelson's State of play up-dates and develops the arguments of his influential TV Drama In Transition (1997). It is equally distinctive in setting analusis of the aesethetics and compositional principles of texts within a broad conceptual framework (technologies, institutions, economics, cultural trends). Tracing "the great value shift from conduit to content" (Todreas, 1999), Nelson is relatively optimistic about the future quality of TV Drama in a global market-place. But, characteristically taking up questions of worth where others have avoided them, Nelson recognizes that certain types of "quality" are privileged for viewers able to pay, possibly at the expense of viewer preference worldwide for "local" resonances in television. The mix of arts and cultural studies methodologies makes for an unusual and insightful approach.

Robin Nelson's State of play up-dates and develops the arguments of his influential TV Drama In Transition (1997). It is equally distinctive in setting analusis of the aesethetics and compositional principles of texts within a broad conceptual framework (technologies, institutions, economics, cultural trends). Tracing "the great value shift from conduit to content" (Todreas, 1999), Nelson is relatively optimistic about the future quality of TV Drama in a global market-place. But, characteristically taking up questions of worth where others have avoided them, Nelson recognizes that certain types of "quality" are privileged for viewers able to pay, possibly at the expense of viewer preference worldwide for "local" resonances in television. The mix of arts and cultural studies methodologies makes for an unusual and insightful approach.

A basic introduction to what you see on a snowy day

This book provides a basic introduction to different types of clothes.

This science-centred series explains fundamental laws of physics in a fun and easily comprehensible manner.

See how toys and games have changed over the years Toys and games are fun but toys and games have changed over time. Long ago, children played with marbles at recess, now children play in colorful playgrounds at recess.This book describes how toys and games have changed through the years and includes such topics as how playgrounds differ and how today's toys relate to those of the past.Historical and modern-day photographs interspersed throughout these books clearly illustrate how aspects of daily life change over time, while simple text shows readers how to compare and contrast ideas. Timelines in the back of each book give readers perspective by listing key inventions and developments that have modernized our lives.