Acting for Young Actors
For Money Or Just for Fun
Written by Mary Lou Belli and Dinah Lenney

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $16.95

Do you know a teen that's been bitten by the acting bug? Here's just the book they need! Acting for Young Actors, aimed at teens and tweens, lets kids hone their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W's: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do... Read more >

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 >

The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $17.00

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >

The Ordinary Acrobat
A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present
Written by Duncan Wall

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $26.95

The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school.

When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as...

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My Life with Cleopatra
The Making of a Hollywood Classic
Written by Walter Wanger and Joe Hyams
Afterword by Kenneth Turan

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $9.99

Cleopatra faced countless problems during its filming and production: passionate casting disputes, broken contracts, a costly re-location from London to Rome, an emergency tracheotomy for its star, Elizabeth Taylor, scandal-ridden gossip surrounding relationships on set, and a budget of $2 million that ballooned to final costs of $44 million. Legendary producer Walter... Read more >

Steve McQueen
A Biography
Written by Marc Eliot

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $15.00

Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and The Towering Inferno as well as for his turbulent life off-screen and impeccable style. His unforgettable physical beauty... Read more >

The TV Writer's Workbook
A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Written by Ellen Sandler

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $16.00

Why is TV writing different from any other kind of writing? How will writing a spec script open doors? What do I have to do to get a job writing for TV? Writing for television is a business. And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success. In this unique... Read more >

The Making of Star Wars
The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
Written by J. W. Rinzler

Format: Trade Paperback, 324 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $35.00

More than thirty years ago, filmmaker George Lucas realized a longtime dream, creating a swashbuckling sf saga inspired by vintage Flash Gordon serials, classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history–and how it was made... Read more >

Jeannie Out of the Bottle

Written by Barbara Eden and Wendy Leigh

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $15.00


A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood’s most beloved icons
 
Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden. Part pristine Hollywood princess and... Read more >

The Tragedy of Mister Morn

Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Translated by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.00

For the first time in English, Vladimir Nabokov’s earliest major work, written when he was only twenty-four: his only full-length play, introduced by Thomas Karshan and beautifully translated by Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy.

The Tragedy of Mister Morn was written in the winter of 1923­­–1924, when Nabokov was completely unknown. The...

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