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To Be Or Not To Be
And everything else you should know from Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The works of William Shakespeare have been a permanent feature on school curricula for years, and almost everbody can boast even a basic knowledge of his life and craft. But, with thirty-eight plays, over 150 sonnets and numerous other poems, there's such a wealth of material it's no wonder we sometimes...
Sound Design
The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.
Master Shots Vol 3: The Director's Vision
100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
A highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. This books reveals the secrets behind each shot’s success, so it can be adapted to the director’s individual scenes.
The Woman in the Story
Writing Memorable Female Characters
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Inspired by female psychology and gender issues, this howto book casts a refreshingly honest and empowering womencentric light on every stage of the screenwriting process.
Stealing Fire from the Gods
The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
A revised and expanded sequel to Stealing Fire from the Gods, this 2nd edition includes important new revelations concerning the ultimate source of unity, the structures of the whole story passage, the anti-hero's journey, the high-concept great idea, the
11 Explorations into Life on Earth
Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world – with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Following on from the success of 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, which took us...
The History of the World Quiz Book
1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Taking the history of the world as its basis might seem a mammoth task but this fascinating book does just that, breaking the whole lot down into ten enthralling chapters that cover the ages and the world, from the Bronze Age up until the end of the Second World War. With over 5,500 years to choose...
The Nature Book
What It Is and How It Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
There is so much to know about the ever changing natural world, but it's impossible to remember everything we have ever learnt about the range of subjects encompassed by the term 'nature'. The Nature Book is a great guide to the natural world, both for the beginner and those who want to relearn the most...
Opening Pandora's Box
Phrases We Borrowed From the Classics and the Stories Behind Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
It has been one of those days. You've worked like a Trojan, displaying titanic strength and stoic endurance to overcome the Herculean labours that have faced you in order to meet that deadline. We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding...
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
Words We Pinched From Other Languages
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign words every day without thinking of their origins, but what do they actually mean? And just how and why did...
by Hugo Charteris
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Selected by Evelyn Waugh in the Sunday Times as the best first novel of 1953, and phenomenally praised by critics on its first publication, Hugo Charteris' A Share of the World is one of the great lost novels. This is the first republication in a concerted programme of bringing all of Charteris' works...
by Bryony Evens
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Gathered from offices, hotels, shops and roadsides, this collection of seemingly ridiculous signs offers such examples as: "Elephants please stay in your car"; "If you cannot read this, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons"; and "Bargain basement upstairs", as well as - On a cruise ship: Please...
Wordsworth
'Daffodils' and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
William Wordsworth is chiefly remembered as one of the ‘Lake Poets’. Yet he was also one of the founders of English Romanticism, a writer whose early revolutionary fervor imbued his verse and his ideals. Much of Wordsworth’s work was inspired by nature, but to a style rich in lyrical imagery he...
Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure
Inside Tips from the Writer of ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Dan O’Bannon famously crafted his screenplays using a self-designed system which he called “dynamic structure.” This book outlines how O’Bannon’s method differs from those of other well-known screenwriting gurus, and illustrates with examples from classic (and not-so-classic) films how dynamic...