Michael imprint: 765 books
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years.
Your Screenplay Sucks!
100 Ways to Make It Great
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.
Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd edition
100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
Master Shots gives filmmakers the techniques they need to execute complex, original shots on any budget.
Shoot Like Spielberg
The Visual Secrets of Action, Wonder and Emotional Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Spielberg makes his audience feel something, whether he’s shooting a kids’ adventure, a dramatic chase, or the darkest war scene. The auteur always employs a core set of techniques that make each shot crystal clear and evoke the most intense emotions from the audience. This book shows you how....
Writing the Comedy Blockbuster: The Inappropriate Goal
The Inappropriate Goal
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Dying is easy, comedy is hard. So keep your comedy blockbuster alive and well and buy this book. Comedy has always been the backbone of the film business. In an age of sequels and brand-name movies based on established properties, the original comedy screenplay still delivers high profits. "Writing the...
Kind Regards
The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
All the signs show that the worthy art of letter writing is in decline. One third of 16-year-olds have never written a letter, and in the next ten years it is predicted that first-class mail will drop by 37%. Emails and texts have overtaken the humble pen and paper as the most popular method of communication....
Stately Passions
The Scandals of Britain's Great Houses
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
The story of Britain's great stately homes and the scandals, predominately sexual, which the owners and their families have been involved in from the sixteenth century to the present day. It details some of the most notorious scandals to have engulfed the British royal family and aristocracy and captures...
I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation
The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. Indeed, so perfect were Wilde's verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them. His needle-sharp rejoinders were repeated...
by Richard Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This funny guide to shooting videos on your iPhone will inspire you to use your imagination and see the world in a different way. Dunn provides a firsthand account of what it’s like go from unknown to Internet Celebrity overnight. With 20 million hits and an ever-growing number of fans, Dunn traces...
A Fart In a Colander: The Autobiography
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. His career as an entertainer began as a Butlin's "Redcoat" with Cliff Richard, and since then he has worked with such greats as Tommy Cooper, Tony Hancock, Larry Grayson and Morecambe...
My Life
A Coach Trip Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Described by The Guardian as providing 'high-grade entertainment', Brendan Sheerin has acquired fans in their millions, young and old alike, through his enthusiastic, cordial and comical role as the tour guide on Channel 4's runaway hit reality show Coach Trip. Packed full of laugh-out-loud tales described...
The Northern Monkey Survival Guide
How to Hold on to Your Northern Cred in a World Filled with Southern Jessies
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
For too long northerners have faced derision at the hands of southerners, whether it be about the northern climate, their thriftiness, or gloomy outlook, but all this is about to change. Now is the time for northerners to rise up as one and growl, 'I'm from t'North and I'm proud!' The Northern Monkey...
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
The Inside Track
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
10 gold medals don't come easy... First comes the graft. Thousands of hours on the pedals, forever turning left, following that black line round, pushing your body harder than it is designed to go. Then comes the sacrifice. All familiar pleasures stripped away in search of perfection. Then the pain....
by Michelle Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Michelle Collins has played iconic roles in the two most watched soap operas on British television. In the 1990s she played the backstabbing blonde, Cindy Beale, in EastEnders, and in 2011 she joined the cast of Coronation Street and now plays much-loved Rovers Return landlady, Stella Price. But what...