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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Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

Written by Alan Alda

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $16.00

Picking up where his bestselling memoir Never Have Your Dog Stuffed left off–having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile–beloved actor and acclaimed author Alan Alda offers an insightful and funny look at some impossible questions he’s asked himself over the years: What do I... 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 >

24 Favorite One Act Plays

Edited by Bennett Cerf and Van H. Cartmell

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: April 3, 1963
Price: $16.99

Two dozen classic dramas by some of the finest and most famous playwrights of the last hundred years--Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, and A.A. Milne. Read more >

Stage Makeup
The Actor's Complete Guide to Today's Techniques and Materials
Written by Laura Thudium

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1999
Price: $35.00

This up-to-date, full-color makeup manual is designed to lie open on the makeup table right as a guide for student, amateur, or professional performers. Read more >

So You Want to Be a Producer

Written by Lawrence Turman

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2010
Price: $11.99

Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than... Read more >

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

Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2010
Price: $15.99

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.


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The Best Old Movies for Families
A Guide to Watching Together
Written by Ty Burr

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $20.00

If a child can watch Barney, can’t that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn’t they grow to like screwball comedies (His Girl Friday), women’s weepies (Imitation of Life), and westerns (The Searchers)? The answer is that they’ll follow because they’ll... Read more >

The Great Movies II

Written by Roger Ebert

Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2008
Price: $14.99

From America's most trusted and highly visible film critic, 100 more brilliant essays on the films that define cinematic greatness.

Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies, Roger Ebert's The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays, each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of... Read more >

Untied
A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering
Written by Meredith Baxter

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $11.99

“I remember Sarah asking me, when I’d just begun therapy with her, what I looked for in a man.  After a few moments of silent, tense deliberation I had it.  ‘Hair,’ I blurted. ‘He has to have hair.’”
 
Meredith Baxter is a beloved and iconic television actress, most well-known for her enormously... Read more >