How to Be a Working Actor, 5th Edition
The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television
Written by Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers
Foreword by Joe Mantegna

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2007
Price: $19.95

The celebrated survival guide for the working actor - now completely updated and expanded with a foreword by Tony award-winning actor Joe Mantegna!

Renowned for more than two decades as the most comprehensive resource for actors, How to Be a Working Actor is a must-read for achieving success in The Business. Now... Read more >

The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $13.99

With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic... Read more >

Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $27.95

“Don’t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don’t want you to be stuck with your own life. It’s too little.”
 
“You must get beneath the words before you can say them. The text must be in you. It... Read more >

Michael Douglas
A Biography
Written by Marc Eliot

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $13.99

A groundbreaking portrait of one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, from critically acclaimed  and bestselling biographer Marc Eliot
 
Through determination, inventiveness, and charisma, Michael Douglas emerged from the long shadow cast by his movie-legend father, Kirk Douglas, to become his own man and one of the film industry’s most... Read more >

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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This Business of Artist Management

Written by Xavier M. Frascogna, Jr. and H. Lee Hetherington

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $24.95

This authoritative reference on artist management in the music industry is the standard for all phases of managing a musician's career from both the artist's and manager's point of view. This substantially updated edition covers the major changes that have transformed the business world and music industry over the past six... Read more >

Hollywood Babylon
The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets
Written by Kenneth Anger

Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 15, 1981
Price: $8.99

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The Conversations
Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
Written by Michael Ondaatje

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $21.00

The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through.

It was... Read more >

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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Ball of Fire
The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
Written by Stefan Kanfer

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99

As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the... Read more >