A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story—from the “most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world” (The Hollywood Reporter)“[Field’s] illuminating, consistently entertaining memoir displays enough wit, intelligence, and empathy to inspire a host of great films.”—Publishers WeeklyWhat makes a great movie great? An actor legendary? A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary?Syd ...

‘A treat for anyone looking for an antidote to the usual saccharine Christmas fayre.’ NB magazineFrom the twice CWA Dagger shortlisted author of The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas come twelve thirteen stories to transport you to the macabre world of inexplicable phenomena.As dark winter nights draw in, prepare to lose yourself in the world of the peculiar. With a tale for each day of the festive period and an unlucky thi...

Hollywood's script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in "the 'bible' of screenwriting" (The New York Times)—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success!Syd Field's books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition of his premiere guide, the underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are reve...

The fourth instalment in Syd Moore's spooktacular witch detective seriesHalloween in Essex and the Mystery and Suspense creative writing course at old Ratchette Hall is off to a satisfyingly creepy start. But things take a turn for the worse when the course administrator is discovered dead, clutching a marble finger to his chest. For why would anyone, undead or alive, want to kill mild-mannered Graham?Luckily Rosie Strange and Sam Stone are on the case. Soo...

This book delivers motivation and tools to power up your life. Each energizing idea is easy to follow, inexpensive, and insightful.Open this book to:* Start moving - at first, just 5 minutes a day - and smiling as you feel more alive* Learn secrets for dining out you'll wish you knew years ago* Discover a plan to help you finally get some sleep* Eliminate metal habits making you less focused* Focus on single-tasking even when you are "crazy" b...

Seldom Approaches is a collection of poems, transcribed readings, and prose writings spanning nearly a decade, presented asynchronously, and interlaced with narrative passages, both abstract and autobiographical. It is a book both formed and unformed in a process of becoming. In Seldom Approaches, Syd Staiti breaks boundaries of genre, identity, and narrative to trace the mental breakdown and physical transformation of an anonymous activist at the height of the Occupy Oak...

Rogue storm chaser, Remy Tate learned the hard way, nature is a beast. She's dedicated her life to chasing storms and saving as many lives as possible in the process. Her fast—paced job doesn't leave much room for anything other than hopefully sleep and making it to the next storm in time.Sarah Phillips started out on the safe side as a meteorologist, but a chance encounter with Remy has her yearning for something far more exciting. She not only falls for Remy's same career, but fa...

Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination - eBook

No mission is without its element of danger. But nothing could have prepared Daphne Devine for this...Back in enemy territory, Daphne and one-time lover Jack have been sent to deliver The Grimoire, a centuries-old book filled with mysticism and spells. Posing as a rare book dealer, she will hand the book to a prominent SS officer and send the Nazis into a spiral where their very beliefs are turned against them.But this is war. Behind every corner a...

Stop Press: Two stories, 'Easily Made' and 'Death Becomes Her', were nominated for a Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger!Nothing says Christmas more than a good old fashioned ghost story on a dark winter's night, so sit back and enjoy a little pinch of Yuletide mayhem.These extraordinary tales, one for each day of Christmas, explore the odd, the peculiar and the downright chilling, from a Strange encounter with an Icelandic Shaman, to a psychic pol...

Is it the imagination of a little girl or just wishful thinking? Do vegetables really speak? Does a 4 year old dog named Molly know the answer? Find out when 3 sisters go for a walk and stop to have a snack.

Zolf’s powerful follow-up to the Trillium Award-winning Human Resources is a virtuoso polyvocal correspondence with the daily news, ancient scripture and contemporary theory that puts the ongoing conï¬?ict in Israel/Palestine firmly in the crosshairs. Plucked from a minefield of competing knowledges, media and public texts, Neighbour Procedure sees Zolf assemble an arsenal of poetic procedures and words borrowed froma cast of unlikely neighbours, including Mark Twain, Dad...