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  • The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book

    The Script Book

    by Neil Gaiman ...
    Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett.First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman’s original scripts for the Good Omens television ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Joyful Recollections of Trauma

    by Paul Scheer ...
    From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and hilarious memoir-in-essays on coming to terms with childhood trauma and finding the joy in embracing your authentic self.Paul Scheer has entertained countless fans and podcast listeners with stories about the odd, wild, and absurd details of his life. Yet these tales have pointed to deeper, more difficult truths that the actor and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV

    The Art & Craft of Raising Your Voice on Screen

    Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV is a practical guide that provides you, the screenwriter, with a clear set of exercises, tools, and methods to raise your ability to hear and discern conversation at a more complex level, in turn allowing you to create better, more nuanced, complex and compelling dialogue.The process of understanding dialogue writing begins with increasing writers’ ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Last of the Summer Wine (The Best of British Comedy)

    Series series The Best of British Comedy
    The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.‘Do you reckon I’m in love with Mrs. Batty, or is it just sex?’ CompoCompo: I thought you'd be open.Sid: Well that's a natural assumption if you ignore the drawn blinds and the forty foot sign that says closed.Set and filmed in and around Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, Last of the Summer Wine follows the adventures of three quirky ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • A Tribute to The Golden Girls: From Sharing Cheesecake to Relaxing on the Lanai

    by M. A. Cassata ...
    Can't get enough of The Golden Girls? It's been 38 years since the show first aired and became an instant cult classic. Viewers quickly became enamored with the extraordinary cast of female characters.A Tribute to The Golden Girls: From Sharing Cheesecake to Relaxing on the Lanai is everything you need to know about Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche and Rose through trivia questions, fun facts, memorable ... Read more

    $7.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

    by Michael Palin ...
    Series series Michael Palin Diaries
    The amazingly insightful, funny and brilliant record of Michael Palin's prime years as a member of the famed comedic group, Monty Python.Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s. This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys---Jones and Gilliam---and Eric Idle came together and changed the face ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon

    Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series

    by James Hibberd ...
    The perfect read and perfect gift for Game of Thrones fansThe official, definitive oral history of the blockbuster show from Entertainment Weekly’s James Hibberd, endorsed by George R. R. Martin himself (who calls it “an amazing read”), reveals the one Game of Thrones tale that has yet to be told: the thirteen-year behind-the-scenes struggle to make the show.Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon shares the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife's brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806, and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Her Stories

    Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History

    by Elana Levine ...
    Series series Console-ing Passions
    Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Lie About the Truck

    Survivor, Reality TV, and the Endless Gaze

    The author of the acclaimed Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) brings “her singular sensibility, her genius for language, her love of our deeply imperfect world” (Karen Karbo, author of In Praise of Difficult Women) to this insightful exploration of reality TV and the shifting definitions of truth in America.What is the truth?In a world of fake news and rampant conspiracy theories ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Doctor Who: Whotopia

    Welcome to the Whoniverse. First stop: everywhere.Six decades may only be a handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord, but for Doctor Who it's the adventure of several lifetimes. Evolving over 60 years, the world's longest-running sci-fi TV show has gifted us a universe of menacing monsters and unforgettable heroes. You might even call it a 'Whotopia'.Now you can roam free through the Doctor's ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Phasers on Stun!

    How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World

    by Ryan Britt ...
    **An Esquire Best Book of 2022!Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.**For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Between The Laughs: Our Greatest Comedians Talk Seriously About Comedy and Each Other

    by Garry Berman ...
    Discover the gift behind the guffaws inside the minds of our greatest comedians. Through their words, as they discuss their profession, we learn how they feel about comedy, and about each other.The great comics of Vaudeville, silent movies, talkies and sound films, radio, TV, and stand-up deliver comments on various topics such as Comedy as Art, The Vaudevillians, The Silent Films Comedians, The ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Filmmaking for Beginners A Practical Guide to Video Production

    Discover how to create professional-quality digital videos--faster than you can say "lights, camera, action"Digital video cameras are everywhere--even on our phones! But cameras don't make great movies; filmmakers do. Written by a seasoned pro with 40 years of teaching experience, Digital Filmmaking for Beginners is your fully illustrated introduction to all technical aspects of digital filmmaking ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Primetime Blues

    African Americans on Network Television

    by Donald Bogle ...
    A landmark study by the leading critic of African American film and televisionPrimetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on network television. Donald Bogle examines the stereotypes, which too often continue to march across the screen today, but also shows the ways in which television has been invigorated by extraordinary black performers, whose presence on the screen ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Perpetual Outsider: An Unofficial, Unauthorised Fan Guide To Doctor Who: Vol 1 1963-1969

    Volume One of John Bensalhia's guide to the popular television series Doctor Who, charting the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras. Includes story reviews, brief overviews of books, video and DVD releases, plus recording and transmission dates. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • You Are What You Watch

    How Movies and TV Affect Everything

    by Walter Hickey ...
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power.Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Andy and Don

    The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American

    A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this “humorous, informative, and poignant book” celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America’s most iconic television programs and “shows how the magic was created” (Library Journal).Andy Griffith and Don Knotts first met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy moved to Hollywood to film a TV pilot for a comedy ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The New Comedy Writing Step by Step

    Revised and Updated with Words of Instruction, Encouragement, and Inspiration from Legends of the Comedy Profession

    by Gene Perret ...
    Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's ""Comedy Writing Step by Step"" has been the manual for humor writers for 25 years. In this new book, his first update, Perret offers readers a treasure trove of guidelines and suggestions covering a broad range of comedy writing situations, along with many all-important insights into the selling of one's work. Perret covers all aspects of comedy writing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Now Write! Screenwriting

    Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers

    An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, "Lost", "True Blood", "The Shield", and many other hit films and television shows.Now Write! Screenwriting-the latest addition to the Now Write! writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The New Female Antihero

    The Disruptive Women of Twenty-First-Century US Television

    The New Female Antihero examines the hard-edged spies, ruthless queens, and entitled slackers of twenty-first-century television.The last ten years have seen a shift in television storytelling toward increasingly complex storylines and characters. In this study, Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman zoom in on a key figure in this transformation: the archetype of the female antihero. Far from the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Amusing Ourselves to Death

    Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

    by Neil Postman ...
    What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever."It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNNOriginally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Kindness and Wonder

    Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever

    by Gavin Edwards ...
    New York Times–bestselling Author: “A crisply told biography” of Fred Rogers that “vibrantly captures [his] spirit and wisdom.” —Publishers WeeklyFor more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American homes. Warm and welcoming, he spoke directly to children—and their parents—about the marvels of the world, the things that worried them, and above all, the importance of being ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cinematography for Directors

    A Guide for Creative Collaboration

    Through interviews with current ASC cinematographers, and a balance between technical, aesthetic, and historical content, this book guides the director into a powerful collaboration with their closest on-set ally. Topics include selecting a cinematographer, collectively discussing the script, choosing an appropriate visual style for a film, color palette, film and digital formats, lenses, camera ... Read more

    $25.99 USD