Writers of Modern Family

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Wit and Wisdom from America's Favorite Family

The very first companion to Emmy Award-winning sitcom Modern Family, collecting the humour, wisdom, favourite moments and memories from the world's best-loved mockumentary. A must-have for fans, this compendium of fun trivia and quotes is organised by subject, for example mothers, fathers, children, spouses, marriage, siblings, home, love and many others. Each chapter has an introduction written by a Modern Family character. Full of the Modern Family's trademark humour and insight, readers will learn and laugh at the book in eqaul measures!

Modern Family

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Arthur Knight

A very interesting book on the history of film with a cool set of pictures. The cover is designed to look like a film reel so you can hold it to the light and pretend you’re an editor. 

Book is a bit worn but clean, unmarked and readable. 

Maryland

A Panoramic History of the Movies

The Liveliest Art

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.

Songs of America

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Ann Hornaday

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

How to Watch Movies

A veteran film critic offers a lively, opinionated guide to thinking and talking about movies--from Casablanca to Clueless Whether we are trying to impress a date after an art house film screening or discussing Oscar nominations among friends, we all need ways to look at and talk about movies. But with so much variety between an Alfred Hitchcock thriller and a Nora Ephron romantic comedy, how can everyday viewers determine what makes a good movie? In Talking Pictures, veteran film critic Ann Hornaday walks us through the production of a typical movie--from script and casting to final sound edit--and explains how to evaluate each piece of the process. How do we know if a film has been well-written, above and beyond snappy dialogue? What constitutes a great screen performance? What goes into praiseworthy cinematography, editing, and sound design? And what does a director really do? In a new epilogue, Hornaday addresses important questions of representation in film and the industry and how this can, and should, effect a movie-watching experience. Full of engaging anecdotes and interviews with actors and filmmakers, Talking Pictures will help us see movies in a whole new light-not just as fans, but as film critics in our own right.

Talking Pictures

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#hardcover #smithsonian #rockstars #moviestars #bios 

New York

This fresh, fun, and innovative new series of illustrated books showcases the most famous holdings of all the Smithsonian museums. Arranged by theme, rather than by museum, readers can rummage through the rich and diverse holdings of "America's Attic" like never before in these playful, full-color family books. Each image is accompanied by descriptions of the object's historic, scientific, or artistic significance.

Smithsonian Star Power (Spotlight Smithsonian)

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Texas

September 2014

You are about to embark on a strange and wondrous journey into the weird world cinema where supernatural creatures, ancient blobs, shape-changing critters, and hoary monsters haunt the pages of MONSTER! Over 70 pages jam-packed with articles and reviews by Stephen Bissette, Troy Howarth, Steve Fenton, Brian Harris, and other luminaries of film fandom. Reviews include CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER, TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN, VOODOO BLACK EXORCIST, and others! Articles include Were-Cat films part 1 and more Bollywood monster movies!

Monster! #9

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Paula Parisi

Kentucky

The Inside Story of the Three-Year Adventure That Rewrote Motion Picture History

"A lively, true-life adventure saga...The incredible story of how James Cameron willed Titanic into existence."

--Newark Sunday Star Ledger

"Like the movie, this book's a winner [and] the final word on the Hollywood come-from-behind story of the decade."

--Parade

14 Academy Award nominations, 11 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, a $1 billion dollar worldwide box office, James Cameron's Titanic was, and remains, a monumental achievement in film. Titanic and the Making of James Cameron by former Hollywood Reporter journalist Paula Parisi recounts the making of this modern classic motion picture from conception to completion, offering a fascinating, detailed, behind-the-scenes look at its stars, including Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, its crew, and its genius director. Republished in time to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the catastrophic sinking of the gargantuan ocean liner, Titanic and the Making of James Cameron is a must-read for Titanic fans and for true movie buffs everywhere.



Titanic and the Making of James Cameron

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Garson Kanin

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Hilarious, audacious, poignant, scandalous, breathtaking, this book is everything--and more than--its name implies. From his own adventures there, Garson Kanin has drawn the material for a witty, wise, and dazzling panorama of this magical place. Kanin arrived in Hollywood at the age of 24, brought from New York at the bidding of the great producer Samuel Goldwyn "to learn the business." As the man who would become one of our most celebrated writer-directors now describes it, "I checked into the Goldwyn Studios on Monday morning and Alice in Wonderland was a piker." It was 1937, one of Hollywood's golden years, when it seemed that just about anything could happen. Looking back now over a career as full of drama, excitement, and glamour as any fabled movie extravaganza, Kanin tells us what actually did take place. With him we explore the inside workings of the industry--the tempestuous and often comical story conferences, the contract negotiations, the front-office conflicts. But artistry is not forgotten, as revealed by tantalizing glimpses of such stars as Carole Lombard, John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, and Marilyn Monroe. There are off-screen appearances by Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx; backlot tales of success and failure for Charles Laughton, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Holliday, and Ginger Rogers; fond remembrances of movie pioneer Carl Laemmle; thoughtful appreciations of fellow filmmakers Billy Wilder and René Clair; surprise introductions to Hollywood's secret people, especially the enticing Mae and her Pleasure Palace; and fascinating, seldom-captured views of powerful men who shaped the industry--Harry Cohn, Darryl F. Zanuck, and the extraordinary Sam Goldwyn, whose career encompassed the full span of American filmmaking from its virtual beginnings to the 1960s. This is an incomparable display of talent, ambition, and skill, sketched in all its absorbing detail with Kanin's inimitable style and charm.--Adapted from dust jacket.

Hollywood

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Tim Donohue

Jim Patterson

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

A Realistic Guide

Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson offer well-researched information on various professions, salary ranges, educational and experience requirements, and other facets certain to enlighten students contemplating a theater career, as well as inform counselors, teachers, and parents of available opportunities and the demands of each path. Theater Careers offers valuable details not readily available elsewhere, including - Dozens of informative job descriptions surveying the impressive variety of theater careers, both on and off the stage - Statistics on the working and earning prospects of various careers as drawn from the best sources in the business - Thoughtful assessments of the value of education and training choices, including the most meaningful way to look at the costs of college--estimating net costs, which is seldom described elsewhere--and how to choose a school Straightforward and objective, Theater Careers is an ideal reference for those seeking careers in the theater. Armed with this information, readers will be better equipped to pursue choices that best lead to satisfying and secure employment in the rewarding field of the dramatic arts.

Theater Careers

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Tom Powers

Michigan

Describes the characteristics and appeal of horror movies and discusses the plot and the making of some of the more famous of the genre.

Horror Movies

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Travels in Media and Politics

Anna Deveare Smith's award-winning one-woman shows were borne of her uniquely brilliant ability to listen. In Talk to Me she applies her rare talent to the language of political power in America.

Believing that character and language are inextricably bound, Smith sets out to discern the essence of America by listening to its people and trying to capture its politics. To that end she travels to some of America's most conspicuous places, like the presidential conventions of 1996, and some of its darkest corners, like a women's prison in Maryland. And along the way she interviews everyone from janitors to murderers to Bill Clinton himself. Memoir, social commentary, meditation on language, this book is as vastly ambitious as it is compellingly unique.

Talk to Me

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Arizona

The unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra 

His way

My Life

Debbie

The Lady, The Legend, The Truth, Lana

A daughter's candid portrait of her famous mother

My Mother's Keeper

Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us.

Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the 'creative types'. But two of the foremost experts in innovation, design and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative.



In an entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, and with many of the world's top companies and design firms, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, allow us to think outside the box in terms of how we approach and solve problems.



'Creative Confidence' is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.

Creative Confidence

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Tennessee

Introduces readers to the life and accomplishments of the successful young pop group the Jonas Brothers, with additional information about what musicians do, and advice on how to write a biographical sketch.

The Jonas Brothers

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Peter Shaffer

Colorado

A Play by Peter Shaffer

0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, Amadeus was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award. In the United States, the play won the coveted Tony Award and went on to become a critically acclaimed major motion picture winning eight Oscars, including Best Picture.

Now, this extraordinary work about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is available with a new preface by Peter Shaffer and a new introduction by the director of the 1998 Broadway revival, Sir Peter Hall. Amadeus is a must-have for classical music buffs, theatre lovers, and aficionados of historical fiction.

Amadeus

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Roger Ellis

Louisiana

95 Contemporary Characterizations for Young Actors

Gerald Lee Ratliff has done it again! This, his latest book of monologues is a fresh collection of the new voices of the twenty-first century. This anthology of 95 monologues from contemporary writers is broken up into four sections: Hope and Longing; Spirit and Soul; Fun and Fantasy and Doubt and Despair. Also includes chapters on scene study and audition techniques. An excellent theatre sourcebook for teachers, students and professionals.

Millennium Monologs

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An album of color and black-and-white photographs captures the twentieth century's most famous faces from politics, the arts, sports, and more, accompanied by the observations of their peers

Life Legends - The Century's Most Unforgettable Faces

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Georgia

The Oral History of Clueless As Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew

Will we ever get tired of Clueless? Ugh, as if!

Acclaimed pop culture journalist Jen Chaney celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the classic film's release in the first book of its kind, weaving together original interviews with writer and director Amy Heckerling; key cast members, including Alicia Silverstone (Cher), Paul Rudd (Josh), Stacey Dash (Dionne), Donald Faison (Murray), Elisa Donovan (Amber), Wallace Shawn (Mr. Hall), Twink Caplan (Ms. Geist and associate producer); and other crucial Clueless players like costume designer Mona May, casting director Marcia Ross, director of photography Bill Pope, former Paramount chairwoman Sherry Lansing, and many more. Cast and crew also pay heartfelt tribute to the late Brittany Murphy, who lit up the screen as Cher's protégée, Tai.

Chaney explores the influence of Jane Austen's Emma as the unlikely framework for Heckerling's script, the rigorous casting process (including the future stars who didn't make the cut), the functional yet fashion-forward wardrobe, the unique slang that drew from the past and coined new phrases for the future, the sun-drenched soundtrack that set the tone, and--above all--the massive amount of work, creativity, and craft that went into making Clueless look so effortlessly bright and glossy.

As If! illuminates why plaid skirts and knee socks will never go out of style, and why Clueless remains one of the most beloved comedies of all time.

As If!

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