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Voice Acting For Dummies

by David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli ...

Make a career out of your voice? Easy.Voice acting is like acting, but just using your voice! It's a unique career where the actor's voice can be heard worldwide-in commercials, on audiobooks, in animated movies, documentaries, online videos, telephone systems and much, much more. The point is to bring the written word to life with the human voice.With step-by-step explanations and an abundance of ... Read more

$16.00 USD

Make a career out of your voice? Easy.Voice acting is like acting, but just using your voice! It's a unique career where the actor's voice can be heard worldwide-in commercials, on audiobooks, in animated movies, documentaries, online videos, telephone systems and much, much more. The point is to bring the written word to life with the human voice.With step-by-step explanations and an abundance of
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The Intent to Live

Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

by Larry Moss ...

“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”–Larry Moss, from the IntroductionWhen Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone ... Read more

$11.99 USD

“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”–Larry Moss, from the IntroductionWhen Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone
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Story

Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

by Robert McKee ...

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series
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The Stanislavski System

The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition

by Sonia Moore, John Gielgud ...

Practical tips, techniques, and exercises to help you become a better actorThis essential guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among acting students and teachers. This updated edition includes a revised section on the subtext of a role, along with detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for decades, including:• Emotional memory ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Practical tips, techniques, and exercises to help you become a better actorThis essential guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among acting students and teachers. This updated edition includes a revised section on the subtext of a role, along with detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for decades, including:• Emotional memory
... Read more
Sanford Meisner on Acting

by Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell ...

Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike.
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Glitter and Concrete

A Cultural History of Drag in New York City

by Elyssa Maxx Goodman ...

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER**A STONEWALL AWARD HONOR BOOK**The Millions Most Anticipated List of 2023**A Vogue Best LGBTQ+ Book of 2023*From journalist and drag historian Elyssa Maxx Goodman, an intimate, evocative history of drag in New York City exploring its dynamic role, from the Jazz Age to Drag Race, in queer liberation and urban lifeFrom the lush feather boas that adorned earl... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER**A STONEWALL AWARD HONOR BOOK**The Millions Most Anticipated List of 2023**A Vogue Best LGBTQ+ Book of 2023*From journalist and drag historian Elyssa Maxx Goodman, an intimate, evocative history of drag in New York City exploring its dynamic role, from the Jazz Age to Drag Race, in queer liberation and urban lifeFrom the lush feather boas that adorned earl...
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Welcome to Pawnee

Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation

by Jim O'Heir ...

“Filled with hilarious stories and sweet observations, Welcome to Pawnee is a book for any Parks and Rec fan. It’s funny and straight from the heart. Jim did a great job of not Jerry-ing this book.” — Amy Poehler"There is no one more qualified to write the definitive Parks & Rec book than the unbelievably hilarious, one-of-a-kind talent we all know & love: Tim—I mean Jim—O’Heir." — Adam ScottJim O ... Read more

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“Filled with hilarious stories and sweet observations, Welcome to Pawnee is a book for any Parks and Rec fan. It’s funny and straight from the heart. Jim did a great job of not Jerry-ing this book.” — Amy Poehler"There is no one more qualified to write the definitive Parks & Rec book than the unbelievably hilarious, one-of-a-kind talent we all know & love: Tim—I mean Jim—O’Heir." — Adam ScottJim O
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Essentials of Screenwriting

The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing

by Richard Walter ...

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters.Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg ... Read more

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Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters.Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg
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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

by Thomas A. Kelly ...

The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and ExpandedThe 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 comprehensive, educational book on stage management available. From preproduction planning and ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and ExpandedThe 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 comprehensive, educational book on stage management available. From preproduction planning and
... Read more
Four Screenplays

Studies in the American Screenplay: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves

by Syd Field ...

Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.“I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.”—Laura EsquivelTechnology is transforming the art and craft of screenwriting. How does the writer find new ways to tell a story with pictures, to ... Read more

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Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.“I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.”—Laura EsquivelTechnology is transforming the art and craft of screenwriting. How does the writer find new ways to tell a story with pictures, to
... Read more
How to Be a Working Actor, 5th Edition

The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television

by Mari Lyn Henry, Lynne Rogers ...

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 this "Bible of the Biz" has been completely revised and greatly expanded to address new ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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 this "Bible of the Biz" has been completely revised and greatly expanded to address new
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100 Great Operas And Their Stories

Act-By-Act Synopses

by Henry W. Simon ...

An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written.From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive ... Read more

$4.99 USD

An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written.From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive
... Read more
Writing The Romantic Comedy, 20th Anniversary Expanded and Updated Edition

The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

by Billy Mernit ...

**“Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”**—Alexa Junge, writer and producer of FriendsRevised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.**Whether you ... Read more

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**“Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”**—Alexa Junge, writer and producer of FriendsRevised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.**Whether you
... Read more
Auditioning

An Actor-Friendly Guide

by Joanna Merlin ...

Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself.In this highly ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself.In this highly
... Read more
The Actor's Life

A Survival Guide

by Jenna Fischer ...

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she'd imagined. It would be eight long years before ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she'd imagined. It would be eight long years before
... Read more
Act Now!

A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Working Actor

by Peter Jazwinski ...

So, you want to be an actor . . . but you have no idea how to get started. In the pages of Act Now!, you’ll find a step-by-step process to show you not only how to get started, but also how to become a working actor. It will take time and commitment, but if you follow these steps you will find success. Author and acting teacher Peter Jazwinski explains every aspect of becoming an actor from start ... Read more

$4.99 USD

So, you want to be an actor . . . but you have no idea how to get started. In the pages of Act Now!, you’ll find a step-by-step process to show you not only how to get started, but also how to become a working actor. It will take time and commitment, but if you follow these steps you will find success. Author and acting teacher Peter Jazwinski explains every aspect of becoming an actor from start
... Read more
The Actor Takes a Meeting

How's to Interview Successfully with Agents, Managers, Producers, and Casting Directors

by Stephen Book ...

The Actor Takes A Meeting is the first book to address the actor’s self-presentation at an interview or meeting. It shows the actor how to be the host of a meeting and the initiator of an exciting experience that may lead to offers of representation, auditions, and project participation.In The Actor Takes a Meeting, actors will learn startling, myth-busting truths: They'll learn that they will ... Read more

$8.99 USD

The Actor Takes A Meeting is the first book to address the actor’s self-presentation at an interview or meeting. It shows the actor how to be the host of a meeting and the initiator of an exciting experience that may lead to offers of representation, auditions, and project participation.In The Actor Takes a Meeting, actors will learn startling, myth-busting truths: They'll learn that they will
... Read more
Givin' It Their All

The Backstreet Boys' Rise to the Top

by Sherri Rifkin ...

OUT OF THE BACKSTREETSINTO THE SPOTLIGHTThere'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 beats of these all-American heartthrobs, but do you really know ... Read more

$9.99 USD

OUT OF THE BACKSTREETSINTO THE SPOTLIGHTThere'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 beats of these all-American heartthrobs, but do you really know
... Read more
The Decorative Arts and The Philosophy of Dress

by Oscar Wilde ...

Series Book 11 - Nonfiction and Essays Collection
Two essays from one of the many lectures Wilde gave on the decorative arts in 1882.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. ... Read more

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Two essays from one of the many lectures Wilde gave on the decorative arts in 1882.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day.
... Read more
Doctor Who: The Time Lord Letters

by Justin Richards ...

A unique collection of more than 100 never-before-seen letters, notes, and jottings both by and to the Doctor—correspondence by turns entertaining and inspiring, funny and flippant, brilliant and incredible drawn from all fifty-two years of the show.No one could travel through history—past present and future—as much as the Doctor does without leaving an impression. Much of what we know about this ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A unique collection of more than 100 never-before-seen letters, notes, and jottings both by and to the Doctor—correspondence by turns entertaining and inspiring, funny and flippant, brilliant and incredible drawn from all fifty-two years of the show.No one could travel through history—past present and future—as much as the Doctor does without leaving an impression. Much of what we know about this
... Read more
Euripide : Oeuvres complètes

by Euripide ...

Translated by Nicolas Artaud ...

Nouvelle publication 2020 des éditions Arvensa : les Œuvres complètes d’Euripide.Une édition numérique originale en langue française contenant les 19 tragédies qui nous restent de ce grand dramaturge ainsi que des présentations et des analyses.Plus de 1600 notes enrichissent l’édition.Adaptation numérique et mise en français moderne sous la direction de : Magalie SchwartzergLes traductions de... ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Nouvelle publication 2020 des éditions Arvensa : les Œuvres complètes d’Euripide.Une édition numérique originale en langue française contenant les 19 tragédies qui nous restent de ce grand dramaturge ainsi que des présentations et des analyses.Plus de 1600 notes enrichissent l’édition.Adaptation numérique et mise en français moderne sous la direction de : Magalie SchwartzergLes traductions de...
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Wes Anderson

by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies ...

Series Book 1 - Close-Ups
The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the films of Wes Anderson, from Bottle Rocket to Isle of Dogs.ALSO AVAILABLE:Close-Ups: Vampire MoviesClose-Ups: New York MoviesWes Anderson is a distinctive auteur of modern American cinema, known for having created a personal universe out of pastel colour palettes, meticulous set design, nostalgic soundtracks and a troupe of f... ... Read more

$3.49 USD

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the films of Wes Anderson, from Bottle Rocket to Isle of Dogs.ALSO AVAILABLE:Close-Ups: Vampire MoviesClose-Ups: New York MoviesWes Anderson is a distinctive auteur of modern American cinema, known for having created a personal universe out of pastel colour palettes, meticulous set design, nostalgic soundtracks and a troupe of f...
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The Off-Hollywood Film Guide

The Definitive Guide to Independent and Foreign Films on Video and DVD

by Tom Wiener ...

The Off-Hollywood Film Guide cuts through the clutter of the thousands of films currently available on video and DVD by specifically catering to independent- and foreign-film enthusiasts. In addition to a list of essential must-see films, this guide includes hundreds of entries, each with brief commentary and a list of pertinent details, such as release date, cast, director, awards garnered, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The Off-Hollywood Film Guide cuts through the clutter of the thousands of films currently available on video and DVD by specifically catering to independent- and foreign-film enthusiasts. In addition to a list of essential must-see films, this guide includes hundreds of entries, each with brief commentary and a list of pertinent details, such as release date, cast, director, awards garnered,
... Read more
HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

Enriched edition.

by Wallace D. Wattles, Grant McNeil ...

In Wallace D. Wattles' book 'How to Get What You Want', the author provides a practical and philosophical guide to achieving success and fulfilling one's desires. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Wattles explores the power of positive thinking, visualization, and taking decisive action to manifest one's goals. This self-help book is a classic in the genre, emphasizing the ... Read more

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In Wallace D. Wattles' book 'How to Get What You Want', the author provides a practical and philosophical guide to achieving success and fulfilling one's desires. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Wattles explores the power of positive thinking, visualization, and taking decisive action to manifest one's goals. This self-help book is a classic in the genre, emphasizing the
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