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Who, What, When, Where, Why - in the World of Literature
by Ceil ClevelandTrivia questions about literature, with answers at the back.
iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual
by David PogueThe latest versions of iMovie HD and iDVD 5 are, by far, the most robust moviemaking applications available to consumers today. But whether you're a professional or an amateur moviemaker eager to take advantage of the full capabilities of these applications, don't count on Apple documentation to make the cut. You need iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual , the objective authority on iMovie HD and iDVD 5. Even if you own a previous version of iMovie, the new feature-rich iMovie HD may well be impossible to resist. This video editing program now enables users to capture and edit widescreen High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of HDV camcorders, along with standard DV and the MPEG-4 video format. iMovie HD also includes "Magic iMovie" for making finished movies automatically. The feature does everything in one step--imports video into separate clips and adds titles, transitions, and music. The finished video is then ready for iDVD 5, which now includes 15 new themes with animated drop zones that can display video clips across DVD menus, just like the latest Hollywood DVDs. This witty and entertaining guide from celebrated author David Pogue not only details every step of iMovie HD video production--from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs--but provides a firm grounding in basic film technique so that the quality of a video won't rely entirely on magic. iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual includes expert techniques and tricks for: *Capturing quality footage (including tips on composition, lighting, and even special-event filming) *Building your movie track, incorporating transitions and special effects, and adding narration, music, and sound *Working with picture files and QuickTime movies *Reaching your intended audience by exporting to tape, transferring iMovie to QuickTime, burning QuickTime-Movie CDs, and putting movies on the Web (and even on your cell phone!) *Using iDVD 5 to stylize and burn your DVD creation. iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual --it's your moviemaking-made-easy guide.
The Critical Eye: An Introduction to Looking at Movies (3rd revised edition)
by Margo Kasdan Christine Saxton Susan TavernettiAn excellent summary and profound analysis of the techniques and interpretation of movies.
Mountain: LIfe Lessons and Learned Truths
by Montel WilliamsBorn in Baltimore's black ghetto, Montel was the youngest of four children in a family that was hardworking but loving. At the suggestion of a family friend, he joined the Marine Corps. There he acquired an education, a sense of direction, and a respect for discipline--values he would never forget. Recognized as a natural leader, Montel was asked to conduct family support groups on base. An electrifying speaker, he was soon talking to auditoriums of teenagers across the nation, traveling at his own expense and learning, on the front lines of this country's toughest neighborhoods, how to spread the civilizing principles of Montel's own three Rs: restraint, responsibility, and respect. In his own inimitable, down-to-earth style, Montel now offers us the hard-hitting yet compassionate advice that has already touched the lives of so many. Based on his three R's, here is sound guidance on the difficult issues of violence, drugs, peer pressure, sex, poverty, and the lure of the streets, as well as their antidotes: education, commitment, self-esteem, and love.
Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir
by Garson KaninA biography of Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, and their lives.
The Lucille Ball Story
by James GregoryHer life in public, in private, her triumphs and her troubles, with a never-before-published interview with the famous actress.
Life with Lindsay and Crouse
by Cornelia Otis SkinnerFrom the Jacket: Whimsically funny, gentle, and generous to a fault, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse laid to rest forever the claim that nice guys finish last. They were the most successful team of playwrights in the history of the American stage. And in this double portrait their story is told by a gifted writer who is also one of the great ladies of the theatre. From their first collaboration on Anything Goes! in the mid 1930's, the names of Lindsay and Crouse were synonymous with great hits: Arsenic and Old Lace, State of the Union, Call Me Madam, The Sound of Music and, of course, Life with Father - the longest- running play in the annals of Broadway. Cornelia Otis Skinner's biography offers glimpses of such famous figures as Irving Berlin, Alexander Woollcott, Eugene O'Neill, Frank Sullivan, the Lunts, the Round Table Group, Ethel Merman, and Bob Hope. Around them bubble marvelous anecdotes of Broadway and the boondocks, by turns tart, endearing and hilarious. As Brooks Atkinson observes in his foreword, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse "loved the vitality and variety of theatre people and the excitement and insanity of the theatre's business methods. Miss Skinner also reminds us that in and out of the theatre they were thoroughbreds."
Sophia: Living and Loving
by A. E. HotchnerBiography of the famous actress Sophia Loren up to 1979.
Come Hither To Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass With Bill Monroe
by Bob BlackFrom the book: Bill Monroe was such a unique, complex, larger than life figure that the impact of his music and his person may still not have fully sunk in even almost 10 years after his death. There will surely be other books about Monroe in the future, but happily we can add this title to the 3 or 4 others already written about the man. Most recently, Butch Robins put out a provocative summation of his years as a banjo player, focusing heavily on his two stints as a Blue Grass Boy. Curiously, the writer of this new volume is also a banjo player, although of an entirely different background and temperament. This book concentrates on the 3-year period (1974-1976) when Black was Monroe's banjo player-and a good one. The book is an easy and very enjoyable read, filled with anecdotes and serious glimpses of life on the road with the legendary band leader. Any fan of Monroe will surely enjoy this well-written book. With Foreword written by Neil V. Rosenberg, author of "Bluegrass: A History." This volume also includes a complete listing of Bob Black's appearances with Monroe, his most memorable experiences while they worked together, brief descriptions of the more important musicians and bands mentioned, and suggestions for further reading and listening. Offering a rare perspective on the creative forces that drove one of America's greatest composers and musical innovators, Come Hither to Go Yonder will deeply reward any fans of Bill Monroe, of bluegrass, or of American vernacular music. FROM AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: "Being a bluegrass banjo player and Monroe fan for most of my life, I found it easy to project myself into the situations and encounters that Black describes. This is a stimulating and thoroughly enjoyable book that I would recommend to anyone interested in Monroe's music." -- Tom Adler, folklorist and bluegrass historian Come Hither to Go Yonder is told from the perspective of a musician who was actually there. Filled with observations made from the unique vantage point of a man who has traveled and performed extensively with the master, this book is Bob Black's personal memoir about the profound infiuence that Monroe exerted on the musicians who have carried on the bluegrass tradition in the wake of his 1996 death.
Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner
by Nina MunkA carefully explained business debacle.
Bang Bang, Shoot Shoot! Essays on Guns and Popular Culture (Second Edition)
by Murray Pomerance John SakerisThe essays in this book all relate to movies or television in which guns played a significant role. The director's use of guns is explored and the statement he is trying to make is often analyzed.
Men in Black: The Grazer Conspiracy
by Dean Wesley SmithThe truth may be out there--but sometimes it comes too close for comfort. That's when the men and women of a supersecret organization swing into action. Their job is to monitor the Earth for alien infestation--and send them back where they come from. Be warned: The less you know, the better. This is their story. The Grazer Conspiracy. The scum of the universe had been asked specially. Imagine being really, really mad. Imagine deciding to blow up the host of that party--in this case, Earth. Thousands of alien warships are massing above the planet right now for just that reason. Someone on Earth asked the Grazers--the most hated aliens in the galaxy--to dinner. As if the threat of annihilation wasn't enough for Agents Jay and Elle to deal with, the Grazers are big, dumb, and very hungry, and they're stripping the entire planet of grass and trees. But the worst is yet to come. For Jay and Elle are determined to find out who invited these alien parasites to Earth in the first place... and the trail leads straight to MiB. Who at MiB would want to betray the organization--and all of humankind? And even more troubling, why? This time the truth isn't out there someplace. It's so close that Jay and Elle may not see it until it's too late. And by then, Earth just might be one big, empty salad bar.
The Hollywood Musical
by Jane FeuerThis study traces the origins of the musical along with providing a comprehensive analysis of their affects on society
M-G-M's Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit
by Hugh FordinEach chapter is full of interesting facts and insightful comments about how each movie musical in the Arthur Freed unit was filmed.
Girl Walks into a Bar: A Memoir
by Strawberry SaroyanFrom the glittering skyscrapers of Manhattan’s media elite to the slacker haven of a fashionably low-rent L.A. bar, Strawberry Saroyan traces her journey from girl- to womanhood, as well as from fantasy to reality. A powerful and profoundly postmodern coming-of-age story, with a voice reminiscent of Liz Phair’s one moment and Mary McCarthy’s the next, Girl Walks into a Bar explores Saroyan’s struggle not only with who she is and who she wants to be but also with who she is in the context of what she’s supposed to embody: the iconic, media-promulgated “girl,” a twenty-first-century version of Audrey Hepburn standing outside Tiffany’s looking at diamonds.
Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
by Bruce FeilerCountry music has exploded across the U.S. and undergone a sweeping revolution, transforming the once ridiculed world of Nashville into an unlikely focal point of American pop culture. Bruce Feiler was granted unprecedented access to the private moments of the revolution. Here is the acclaimed report: a chronicle of the genre's biggest stars as they change the face of American music.
New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
by Bill MaherNo one is safe from Maher's scathing, acerbic humor in this hilarious collection of new rules of life.
Old Time Radio Days: An Album of Memories
by Benjamin T. Cullen Jr.Over 60 reflections by those listeners who grew up with radio.
Good Girl Bad Girl: An Insider's Biography of Whitney Houston
by Nancy Bacon Kevin AmmonsWritten by an acquaintance of Ms. Houston, this book recounts her life from birth to 1996.
Jack Benny: An Intimate Biography
by Irving A. FeinFein joined Benny in 1947 as publicity and advertising director of his company, which was sold to CBS. Fein then became executive producer of Benny's programs, winning an Emmy in 1961.
The History of the Cavalcade of America
by Martin GramsIn 1935, great events in American history were brought to an audience of millions. From biographies of famous inventors and little-known war heroes, this program lasted more than 20 years.
It's That Time Again! The New Stories of Old-Time Radio
by Ben OhmartNEW stories of old-time radio, written by today's most knowledgable OTR authors and fans.