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Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph). Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin,"...

Teresa Palmer has traveled a long way just to reach for a dream. In Australia, the young lady's quest for stardom started when she landed a leading role in the independent film 2:37, which was then followed by Australian films like Restraint and December Boys. From Land Down Under, Palmer flew all the...

The long awaited biography of the English dwarf actor and entertainer who is best known as the man inside R2D2 in Star Wars. Kenny Baker had been successful in show business for many years before George Lucas selected him for the role and the book recounts his life from a baby up to present day. Having...

Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination by Robert Skotak Ib Melchior, novelist, short story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, is best-known for The Angry Red Planet (1959), The Time Travelers (1964) and the critically acclaimed Robinson...

"A Long Time Ago is a wonderful look back on growing up with Star Wars...Van Ert [has] written a great little memoir about life as a boy with Star Wars and his trials as an adult with his boyhood fascination." – Wired.com "A Long Time Ago is a thoughtful, funny, and beautifully...

Thalian Hall is one of the oldest and most beautiful theaters in America. Forming the east wing of Wilmington�s iconic city hall, this dual-purpose building has been at the center of the community�s cultural and political life since it first opened in 1858. Thalian Hall is the only surviving theater...

The theatre's greatest contemporary director tells the story of his life Peter Brook is the modern stage's greatest inventor. For over fifty years he has held audiences spellbound with his critically acclaimed productions. Now he has finally written an account of his life. Born in 1925 in London,...

Peter Brook is the most consistently innovative director in Western theatre. In these three essays he returns to the concept of his first book The Empty Space and examines what that means for the life of a production. How can a company establish its own "empty space" - a rehearsal and performance...

Les lettres que Pierre Falardeau adresse au peintre hollandais Léon Spierenburg parlent en toute franchise de ses films, de ses combats, de ses passions et de ses idées. Ses amours et ses amitiés y occupent aussi une belle place, à l’image de celle que le cinéaste leur accordait dans la vie....

Non seulement je ne suis pas né dans une famille aisée, mais je suis arrivé à deux : il y avait avec moi un besson ! Puis, d’autres frères et sœurs qui suivirent rapidement. Je commençai donc à travailler très tôt. Si tôt que, pendant la première partie de ma vie, j’étais toujours...

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale is definitely one of Hollywood's most accomplished actors today. After becoming a child superstar in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, Bale then soon found himself sifting various projects that came along his way. He established himself a potent...

You Oughta Be Me: How to Be a Lounge Singer and Live Like One is the hilarious guide to becoming a lounge singer, by none other than Bud E. Luv—lounge singer extraordinaire. Learn how to properly croon into a microphone and how to deal with adoring fans ("don't ever let them touch your hair"). The New York Times raves, "The humor is on target."

Drip into Drama is a collection of historcal fiction plays that were written to educate students and adults about the struggles and perserverances of historical figures. The plays are also designed to teach students conflict resoulution skills.

Questo libro raccoglie, tradotti per la prima volta fuori dalla Francia, gli articoli scritti da Martin Scorsese per una delle più autorevoli riviste di cinema del mondo (e in particolare quelli realizzati per il numero 500, di cui Scorsese è stato curatore), nonché interviste e conversazioni finora...