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Making Movies
Written by Sidney Lumet
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $15.95
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Day's Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the... Read more >
Written by Sidney Lumet
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $15.95
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Day's Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Skinny Rules
The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin
Written by Bob Harper and Greg Critser
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $13.99
The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin
Written by Bob Harper and Greg Critser
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $13.99
THE LAST DIET BOOK YOU’LL EVER NEED
With so much conflicting weight-loss advice out there to confuse your efforts, it’s no wonder you haven’t been successful losing weight and keeping it off. But with Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC’s hit show The Biggest Loser as your personal...
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Sanford Meisner on Acting
Written by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 1987
Price: $16.00
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight--always empathizing with his students and urging them... Read more >
Written by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 1987
Price: $16.00
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight--always empathizing with his students and urging them... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $13.95
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $13.95
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Written by Neal Gabler
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $22.00
The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White... Read more >
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Written by Neal Gabler
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $22.00
The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White... Read more >
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The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Written by Larry Moss
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $16.00
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a... Read more >
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Written by Larry Moss
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $16.00
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Lady Blue Eyes
My Life with Frank
Written by Barbara Sinatra
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $24.99
Thirty years after she first heard his voice singing on the jukebox at her local drive-in, Barbara Ann Blakely heard Frank Sinatra take the wedding vows that began his fourth, final, and most enduring marriage.
In Lady Blue Eyes, Barbara Sinatra’s first public love letter to the husband she adored... Read more >
My Life with Frank
Written by Barbara Sinatra
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $24.99
Thirty years after she first heard his voice singing on the jukebox at her local drive-in, Barbara Ann Blakely heard Frank Sinatra take the wedding vows that began his fourth, final, and most enduring marriage.
In Lady Blue Eyes, Barbara Sinatra’s first public love letter to the husband she adored... Read more >
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Attempting Normal
Written by Marc Maron
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
People make a mess.
Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job, surrounded by feral cats, and... Read more >
Written by Marc Maron
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
People make a mess.
Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job, surrounded by feral cats, and... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
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Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
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Also available as an
eBook.
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The Actor's Art and Craft
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Written by William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Preface by David Mamet
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.00
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.
Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is... Read more >
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Written by William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Preface by David Mamet
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.00
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.
Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
