Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $18.95

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The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Edition
Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance
Written by Thomas A. Kelly

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $19.95

The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and Expanded


The next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most... Read more >

This Business of Television

Written by Howard Blumenthal and Oliver Goodenough

Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $35.00

Broad in scope and rich in detail, This Business of Television has been the essential sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives, and other television professionals since the first edition was published in 1991. And as the television business continues to evolve, This Business of Television evolves along with it. This... Read more >

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

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $13.99

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 Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business
A Memoir
Written by Dick Van Dyke

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $25.00

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his physical dexterity, his impeccable comic timing, his ridiculous stunts, and his unforgettable screen roles.
           
His trailblazing television program, The Dick Van... Read more >

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

Written by Melissa Bruder

Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2012
Price: $9.99

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.


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How to Survive a Horror Movie

Written by Seth Grahame-Smith

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $14.95

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
 
From ghosts, vampires, and zombies to serial killers, cannibalistic hillbillies, and haunted Japanese videocassettes, How to Survive a Horror Movie shows how to defeat every obstacle found in scary films. Readers will discover:
 
     •  How to Perform an Exorcism
     •  What to Do If... Read more >

An Empire of Their Own
How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Written by Neal Gabler

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: August 8, 1989
Price: $17.95

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for history, this "wonderful history of the golden age of the movie moguls" (Chicago Tribune ) is a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry. Read more >

The Pixar Touch

Written by David A. Price

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $16.00

The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot... Read more >

Auditioning
An Actor-Friendly Guide
Written by Joanna Merlin
Foreword by Harold Prince

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $16.00

Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci... Read more >