Are you tired of feeling like you're stuck in a cycle of addiction? Are you tired of losing money, damaging relationships, and feeling like there's no way out? Look no further than "Quit Playing Around: A Foolish Guide to Beating Your Gambling Addiction," written by the experienced and empathetic author, Ryan Scott.Ryan knows what it's like to struggle with gambling addiction. He spent over 10 years of his life in the grips of addiction, losing everything he had in the process. But...

Your new go-to collection of easy, family-friendly recipes, from popular chef and television personality Ryan ScottEmmy Award–winning celebrity chef (and dad) Ryan Scott knows well that family life is wonderful, but can be a very hectic business—stressing over mealtime shouldn't add to the madness! This heartfelt collection comes straight from his home kitchen's regular rotation into yours. Reflecting Ryan's colorful personality and practical approach, the recipes a...

Unable to publish in communist Czechoslovakia, Jiří Kolář saw Responses first appear in 1984 with the exile publishing house Index based in Cologne, Germany. The text discusses his influences and wide variety of collage techniques as well as art and literature in general. He pairs it with “Kafka’s Prague,” a series of color crumplages of Prague’s buildings, streets, squares, and gardens accompanied by short extracts from Franz Kafka’s work, which was also banned by the regime, as ...

Ever since Twin Peaks aired on television in 1990, fans and critics have been discussing who killed Laura Palmer, what the ceiling fan means, and wondering when that gum we like is going to come back in style. But in Twin Peaks: Through the Red Curtain, it is the cast and crew that get to do the talking about what it was like to work with David Lynch and Mark Frost on one of the most influential series of all time. On-screen stars Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Pi...

Written in the 1950s and ’60s, the “action poems” comprising a A User’s Manual were published in their complete form in 1969 when they were paired with the 52 collages of Weekly 1967, the first of Kolář’s celebrated series in which he commented visually on a major event for each week of the year. Taking the form of directives, largely absurd, the poems mock communist society’s officialese while offering readers an opportunity to create their own poetics by performing the given dir...

A critical analysis of the challenges facing Australian politics and institutions in the 21st century.Australia faces significant economic and social challenges. Longtime politician Scott Ryan argues that the way we determine issues, practice politics, and what we expect from politicians and government is in flux. The virtue of compromise has become the sin of sell-out, making it difficult for institutions to function effectively. This book explores how our expecta...

When it comes to a career in musical theatre, forget the myth of an “it factor”—your success is in your hands. The path to excellence requires daily determination and savvy strategy to help you stand out from the rest. Acclaimed master teachers Lindsay Mendez and Ryan Scott Oliver are here to show you the way.Many musical theatre actors confuse competence with excellence. We mistake arriving in NYC with a well-trained voice, a pricy headshot, and general s...

When it comes to a career in musical theatre, forget the myth of an “it factor”—your success is in your hands. The path to excellence requires daily determination and savvy strategy to help you stand out from the rest. Acclaimed master teachers Lindsay Mendez and Ryan Scott Oliver are here to show you the way.Many musical theatre actors confuse competence with excellence. We mistake arriving in NYC with a well-trained voice, a pricy headshot, and general s...

"Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song and there's always music in the air."When author Scott Ryan (Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared, The Last Days of Letterman) heard those words on the television series Twin Peaks in 1990, he wanted to live there as well. Problem was, most of the music that played in Twin Peaks was not released. Only one soundtrack came out from the series, and one from a film. It wasn't until 2011 until director David Lynch ...

When Judo Girl goes missing, Atlas goes to Isis for help, but what they will find suggests that their friend has already fallen at the hands of an international crime syndicate known as the Under-worlders. And if Isis and Atlas can't get their act together and work as a team, they too might fall victim to the evil syndicate.

In 1997, David Lynch released Lost Highway starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film came and went and critics famously panned the film. While it did span a top 10 soundtrack, the film has largely been forgotten until now. In 2022, the film was remastered and rereleased. Film lovers, Lynch fans and critics started to take notice.Author Scott Ryan, Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared, The Blue Rose magazine...

"I feel like Scott Ryan could have written this directly to me and others in our generation who have basically 'given up' on movies. It is at once tribute and eulogy, so bittersweet." - Screenwriter Helen Childress (Reality Bites)"The nineties are lucky to have Scott Ryan." - Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner (Two Girls and a Guy, Lost Highway)Ah, the nineties. Movies were something in those days. We're talking about a decade...