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Not Quite a Memoir: Of Films, Books, the World
Judy Stone, 500 pages, 1-879505-91-6, $29.95, Paper 
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"Judy Stone has the wit, the independence and the journalistic guts to call the shots as she sees them. Her Interviews are smashing in their revelations."
  --Studs Terkel

Costuming for Film: The Art and the Craft
Holly Cole and Kristin Burke, 610 pages, Illustrated, 1-879505-80-0, $49.95/Paper
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Movie Money, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
Bill Daniels, David Leedy, and Steven D. Sills, 1-879505-86-X, $22.95 paper
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Breaking into Commercials: The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Won, and Getting the Job, 2nd Edition, Completely Revised and Updated
Terrry Berland and Deborah Ouellette, Foreward by Jason Alexander, 260 pages, 1-879505-83-5, $15.95 paper
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Created By...Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators
 
Steven Prigge, 214 pages, 1-879505-82-7, $14.95 paper
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"The stellar line-up of creative minds in this book represents the top talent in this business. Priggé brings out the best in them." 
                                     - Aaron Spelling
 


Produced By...: Balancing Art and Business in the Movie Industry
 
Paul N. Lazarus, 228 pages, 1-879505-79-7, $18.95, paper
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Produced By . . . is an invaluable too kit for anyone wanting to navigate their entertainment career to a successful landing."
                 -- Peter Guber, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment Group
 

Roger Corman: Metaphysics on a Shoestring   
 
Alain Silver and James Ursini, 332 pages, 8 x 10, 139 b&w photos, 1-879505-42-8, $24.95 paper
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Variety International Film Guide 2006
 
Daniel Rosenthal, editor, 432 Pages, Illustrated, 1-879505-90-2, $29.95/Paper
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Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script, 4th Edition, Expanded and Updated
 
David Trottier, 350 Pages, 1-879505-84-3, $22.95/Paper
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"Whether you are a rank beginner who needs instruction, or an old pro who needs reminding, you could not do better than Trottier's book. A brilliant effort by a first-class, dedicated teacher."
               -- Willaim Kelley, Academy Award-winning writer, Witness 








 
 
 
 
 
 



Variety International Film Guide 2005: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema
editied by Daniel Rosenthal, 432 Pages, Illustrated, 1-879505-81.9, $29.95/Paper

 
 











 
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Variety International Film Guide 2004: The Ultimate Annual Review of World Cinema
Edited by Daniel Rosenthal, 432 pages, 7x10, Illus.,1-879505-75-4 $26.95 paper
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The best-informed and most detailed survey of world cinema.
The Independent (London)

 




 


 
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Naked Playwriting: The Art, the Craft, and the Life Laid Bare
William Missouri Downs and Robin Russin, 240 pages, 1-879505-76-2, $21.95, paper


 
Naked Playwriting is a complete playwriting course - from developing a theme trhough plotting and structuring a play, developing characters, creating dialog, formatting the script, and applying methods that aid the actual writing and rewriting process.
TOTAL DIRECTING
Tom Kingdon. 350 pages, Illustrated, 1-879505-71.1, $25.95/Paper

TOTAL DIRECTING is the first book to fully integrate the technical aspects of screen directing with practical methods for directing actors, deeply and carefully exploring how these two primary aspects of the director s craft work together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
Jennifer Shahade, 320 pages, 1-890085-09-X, $24.00, Cloth
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"The fascinating true stories of the lives of champion chessplayers. All woman should take up the challenge and pick up a board! Chess anyyone?" --Yoko Ono
 


GM Pal Benko and IM Jeremy Silman,
668 pages, 1-890085-08-1,
$45.00, Cloth
 

Pal Benko s love of chess is an inspiration. A most impressive autobiography!
GM Lubomir Kavalek, three-time U.S. Champion, chess columnist for The Washington Post.
 
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