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Givin' It Their All
The Backstreet Boys' Rise to the Top
Written by Sherri Rifkin
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $11.99
OUT OF THE BACKSTREETS
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
There's just no stopping these funky five from Florida. One of the hottest music groups around, the Backstreet Boys (BSB) launched themselves to superstardom in an amazingly short time, topping the charts and winning awards all over the world. Everyone's heard the smooth harmonies and jamming... Read more >
The Backstreet Boys' Rise to the Top
Written by Sherri Rifkin
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $11.99
OUT OF THE BACKSTREETS
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
There's just no stopping these funky five from Florida. One of the hottest music groups around, the Backstreet Boys (BSB) launched themselves to superstardom in an amazingly short time, topping the charts and winning awards all over the world. Everyone's heard the smooth harmonies and jamming... Read more >
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Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week
Written by Peter Bogdanovich
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2010
Price: $2.99
A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS
Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks... Read more >
Written by Peter Bogdanovich
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2010
Price: $2.99
A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS
Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks... Read more >
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Who the Hell's in It
Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors
Written by Peter Bogdanovich
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2010
Price: $12.99
Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian’s Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went to the theater every week from the... Read more >
Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors
Written by Peter Bogdanovich
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2010
Price: $12.99
Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian’s Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went to the theater every week from the... Read more >
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The Art of the Moving Picture
Written by Vachel Lindsay
Afterword by Kent Jones
Introduction by Stanley Kauffmann
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $11.99
"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing."
--Stanley Kauffmann
Written in 1915, The Art of the Moving Picture by poet Vachel Lindsay is the first book to treat movies as art. Lindsay writes a brilliant analysis of the... Read more >
Written by Vachel Lindsay
Afterword by Kent Jones
Introduction by Stanley Kauffmann
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $11.99
"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing."
--Stanley Kauffmann
Written in 1915, The Art of the Moving Picture by poet Vachel Lindsay is the first book to treat movies as art. Lindsay writes a brilliant analysis of the... Read more >
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The Art of Plotting
Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $16.99
The complete, clear guide to creating compelling plots for film
-Integrate plot, characterization, and exposition to make stories real
- Examples from new and classic movies examine great plots in action
Plot must be as much about the emotions of the characters as it is about the events of the story.
That’s the message... Read more >
Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $16.99
The complete, clear guide to creating compelling plots for film
-Integrate plot, characterization, and exposition to make stories real
- Examples from new and classic movies examine great plots in action
Plot must be as much about the emotions of the characters as it is about the events of the story.
That’s the message... Read more >
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"Have You Seen . . . ?"
A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
Written by David Thomson
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $29.95
More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian—a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge.
Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents... Read more >
A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
Written by David Thomson
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $29.95
More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian—a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge.
Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents... Read more >
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Robert Altman
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $18.00
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $18.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography. After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970...
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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: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $14.99
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 >
Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance
Written by Thomas A. Kelly
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $14.99
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 >
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Acting as a Business
Strategies for Success
Written by Brian O'Neil
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2010
Price: $12.99
An essential handbook for actors–a modern classic–in a newly updated edition.
Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge... Read more >
Strategies for Success
Written by Brian O'Neil
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2010
Price: $12.99
An essential handbook for actors–a modern classic–in a newly updated edition.
Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge... Read more >
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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.
From the... Read more >
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.
From the... Read more >
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Leo Fuchs
Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
Text by Leo Fuchs
Afterword by Bruce Weber
Introduction by Alexandre Fuchs
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $65.00
Leo Fuchs is a Hollywood veteran who spent over 40 years shooting some of the most moving and memorable images ever made of 50s and 60s film icons. Fuchs’ introduction to moviemaking came as one of the world’s leading “special photographers” on movie sets in Europe and North America. Starting as a freelance magazine photographer, he... Read more >
Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
Text by Leo Fuchs
Afterword by Bruce Weber
Introduction by Alexandre Fuchs
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $65.00
Leo Fuchs is a Hollywood veteran who spent over 40 years shooting some of the most moving and memorable images ever made of 50s and 60s film icons. Fuchs’ introduction to moviemaking came as one of the world’s leading “special photographers” on movie sets in Europe and North America. Starting as a freelance magazine photographer, he... Read more >
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Apollo's Angels
A History of Ballet
Written by Jennifer Homans
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $19.99
A History of Ballet
Written by Jennifer Homans
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $19.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance and...
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Free for All
Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Every Told
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $18.00
Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Every Told
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $18.00
Free for All is an irresistible behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most beloved and important cultural institutions.
Under the inspired leadership of founder Joseph Papp, the Public Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival brought revolutionary performances to the public for decades. This compulsively readable history of those years—much of it...
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Must You Go?
My Life with Harold Pinter
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $28.95
A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.
In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. In essence, it is... Read more >
My Life with Harold Pinter
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $28.95
A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.
In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. In essence, it is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Must You Go?
My Life with Harold Pinter
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $15.99
A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.
In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. In essence, it is... Read more >
My Life with Harold Pinter
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $15.99
A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.
In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. In essence, it is... Read more >
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hardcover.
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Completely Updated and Expanded
Written by David Thomson
Format: eBook, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $21.99
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
Completely Updated and Expanded
Written by David Thomson
Format: eBook, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $21.99
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Fifth Edition, Completely Updated and Expanded
Written by David Thomson
Format: Hardcover, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
David Thomson’s New Biographical Dictionary of Film topped Sight & Sound magazine’s 2010 poll of international critics and writers as the best film book of all time.
Now in its fifth edition, updated, and with more than 130 new entries—from Judd Apatow to Lena Horne—the classic, beloved film book is better than... Read more >
Fifth Edition, Completely Updated and Expanded
Written by David Thomson
Format: Hardcover, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
David Thomson’s New Biographical Dictionary of Film topped Sight & Sound magazine’s 2010 poll of international critics and writers as the best film book of all time.
Now in its fifth edition, updated, and with more than 130 new entries—from Judd Apatow to Lena Horne—the classic, beloved film book is better than... Read more >
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Dance While You Can
Written by Shirley Maclaine
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2010
Price: $5.99
In a candid memoir, the Academy Award-winning actress reminisces about her forty years in Hollywood, her acting craft, her recovery from personal and professional crises, and her feelings about herself. Read more >
Written by Shirley Maclaine
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2010
Price: $5.99
In a candid memoir, the Academy Award-winning actress reminisces about her forty years in Hollywood, her acting craft, her recovery from personal and professional crises, and her feelings about herself. Read more >
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Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: eBook, 275 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2010
Price: $18.99
This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays. Read more >
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: eBook, 275 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2010
Price: $18.99
This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays. Read more >
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The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Written by J. W. Rinzler
Foreword by Ridley Scott
Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $85.00
In this lavish thirtieth-anniversary tribute to the blockbuster film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, New York Times bestselling author J. W. Rinzler draws back the curtain to reveal the intense drama and magnificent wizardry behind the hit movie—arguably the fan favorite of the Star Wars Saga.
Following... Read more >
Written by J. W. Rinzler
Foreword by Ridley Scott
Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $85.00
In this lavish thirtieth-anniversary tribute to the blockbuster film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, New York Times bestselling author J. W. Rinzler draws back the curtain to reveal the intense drama and magnificent wizardry behind the hit movie—arguably the fan favorite of the Star Wars Saga.
Following... Read more >
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Three Blind Mice
How the TV Networks Lost Their Way
Written by Ken Auletta
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2010
Price: $17.99
What happened to network television in the 1980s? How did CBS, NBC, and ABC lose a third of their audience and more than half of their annual profits?
Ken Auletta, author of Greed and Glory on Wall Street, tells the gripping story of the decline of the networks in this epically scaled... Read more >
How the TV Networks Lost Their Way
Written by Ken Auletta
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2010
Price: $17.99
What happened to network television in the 1980s? How did CBS, NBC, and ABC lose a third of their audience and more than half of their annual profits?
Ken Auletta, author of Greed and Glory on Wall Street, tells the gripping story of the decline of the networks in this epically scaled... Read more >
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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $15.00
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 >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $15.00
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 >
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Gleeful!
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
Written by Amy Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.00
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
GET CHOIRED UP!
Calling all Gleeks! Go back to school and behind the music with the hot new stars of Glee, one of the most watched, beloved, and sung-about shows on television. The unofficial guide to all things McKinley High, Gleeful takes fans... Read more >
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
Written by Amy Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.00
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
GET CHOIRED UP!
Calling all Gleeks! Go back to school and behind the music with the hot new stars of Glee, one of the most watched, beloved, and sung-about shows on television. The unofficial guide to all things McKinley High, Gleeful takes fans... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Gleeful!
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
Written by Amy Rickman
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $13.99
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
GET CHOIRED UP!
Calling all Gleeks! Go back to school and behind the music with the hot new stars of Glee, one of the most watched, beloved, and sung-about shows on television. The unofficial guide to all things McKinley High, Gleeful takes fans... Read more >
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
Written by Amy Rickman
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $13.99
A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
GET CHOIRED UP!
Calling all Gleeks! Go back to school and behind the music with the hot new stars of Glee, one of the most watched, beloved, and sung-about shows on television. The unofficial guide to all things McKinley High, Gleeful takes fans... Read more >
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American Rebel
The Life of Clint Eastwood
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.99
As an actor, he seduces us with his tough-guy charm. As a director and producer, he amazes us with his artistry and technical savvy. As a Hollywood icon, Clint Eastwood, one of film's greatest living legends, represents some of the finest cinematic achievements in the history of American cinema.
In American... Read more >
The Life of Clint Eastwood
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.99
As an actor, he seduces us with his tough-guy charm. As a director and producer, he amazes us with his artistry and technical savvy. As a Hollywood icon, Clint Eastwood, one of film's greatest living legends, represents some of the finest cinematic achievements in the history of American cinema.
In American... Read more >
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