The filmmakers who defy convention and validate the legitimacy of the auteur theory are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From foreign masters of direction and style Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini to champions of independent film Spike Lee and The Coen Brothers to the godfathers of the gangster movie Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, the visionaries to constantly push the boundaries of their medium and portray hu...

A beyond-the-screen graphic novel adventure set before the events of James Cameron's award-winning film Avatar: The Way of Water!After defending their home of Pandora and sending the Resources Development Administration packing back to Earth nearly fifteen years ago, the Na’vi returned to their peaceful lives. Former US Marine Jake Sully, now accepted as Na’vi himself in an avatar body, has started a family with Neytiri. Despite more than a decade of peace...

The graphic novel prequel to Avatar: The Way of Water—adapted from an original screenplay by James Cameron—is collected in this softcover edition along with a sketchbook and introduction.Experience a part of the epic Avatar saga that you won’t see in the films! Originally planned as the sequel to the 2009 Academy Award–winning film Avatar, James Cameron’s screenplay for Avatar: The High Ground was scripted and illustrated as thre...

"A complete operational history of the Bismarck . . . with period photos [and] underwater photography of the wreck, allowing a forensic analysis of the damage." — SeapowerThis new book offers a forensic analysis of the design, operation, and loss of Germany's greatest battleship, drawing on survivors' accounts and the authors' combined decades of experience in naval architecture and command at sea. Their investigation into every aspect of this bat...

Liminal Spaces of Writing in Adolescent and Adult Education addresses the persistent gap in writing reform at the middle, secondary, and post-secondary level. Through an examination of “useful” and “liminal” writing, the book explores the intellectual and creative space where structured expectations verge with individual imagination in writing. The premise of the book is built around a multiplicity of ways to invite adolescent and adult students to enter into states of liminality ...

Discover the vision, the incredible artistry, and cutting-edge special effects that bring the planet of Pandora unforgettably to life.The Avatar franchise is renowned for its astounding feats of technical innovation and breakthroughs in 3D filming, digital animation, and performance capture.Produced in collaboration with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, The Making of Avatar: Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash is packed with exc...

An uplifting and entertaining behind-the-scenes memoir about a life in film and the joy in solving problems with grace, kindness, and generosity, by the late film producer Jon Landau ( Avatar, Titanic), written as he battled cancer and came to terms with his terminal diagnosis.Jon Landau, the Academy Award–winning film producer behind Titanic, Avatar, Alita: Battle Angel, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and Dick T...

Wizards aren't supposed to mix with humans, or at least that's what Mama said. Sander heeded her words, well, apart from occasionally sneaking out with his brother to drink and off on his own to meet with a mythical hook up. But when an order is sent out requiring him to attend college with humans, a vampire and a boy who just so happens to be Death his world is turned upside down and he begins to question if his life before was even real, or whether it was all in his head...CW: Ab...

This companion to the AMC's mini-series features the full interviews plus essays by sci-fi insiders and rare concept art from Cameron's archives.For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the...

The world has changed a lot since Joseph started teaching 27 years ago but now, the biggest change is on his doorstep.When his 13 year old comes out as trans, Joseph faces his biggest challenge as not only a parent but a teacher too.CW: Dysphoria, bullying, transphobia, sex.

Casey has always had everything planned.Get TestosteroneGet Top SurgeryGet Bottom Surgery,but the one thing he didn’t have planned was falling in love with Mickey.Now with Mickey at his side and surgery eight weeks away, the countdown is on.

Brooklyn and Cole are the couple at university. They have it all figured out but when the unthinkable happens and Cole gets into an accident and Death turns up to take him to Teen Heaven, Death being a seemingly teenage boy dressed in all black, it turns out life isn't quite what it seems.CW: Blood, car accident, death, depression, drugs, loss of a loved one, self-harm, sex, suicide, terminal illness,