Michael: 5258 books

"Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know" makes the invisible art of editing visible by using nearly 600 colorful frames from popular, recent films. Written by an editor and the author of "Cut by Cut: How to Edit your Film or Vi

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most revered filmmakers of the 20th century. Not only was he the “Master of Suspense,” he was also an innovator of storyboarding, directing, framing, editing, and marketing. Hitchcock regularly engaged with his audiences and gave lectures at film institutes, universities,...

Under the Microscope is the life story of one of the nation's favourite funny men, Dave Spikey. In this book, fans will be given an insight into the man behind the comedy. Centred around his personal experiences growing up and living in Lancashire, this funny memoir is filled with touching and laugh-out-loud...

Ce livre vous donnera une bonne connaissance du comportement humain et comment nous réagissons à ce qui se passe dans notre société.

In 2004 I compiled a book entitled “I Remember It Well”, comprised of letters home, travel essays and extracts from my diaries covering a twenty month period, following the completion of my university studies, from 1965-1967, during which time I hitchhiked, youth-hosteled and worked my way throughout...

You're Funny! is the next best thing to being in a comedy writing class. It covers the different ways to earn a living as a comedy writer, including writing sitcoms, jokes for late night talk shows, parody, stand up, and screenwriting.

"RELISHED VICES" is an unorthodox self-portrait, a collection of essays describing a few transformative years in the life of a queer American artist. Struggling to come to terms with his alcoholism, loneliness, and depression, he attempts a period of total sobriety, only to discover a much deeper...

The trend of westerners retiring in South East Asia to take advantage of a lower cost of living and warmer weather is growing. Indonesia and Bali in particular is becoming a popular destination for retirees as a place to spend their retirement years. Unfortunately there is not a lot of ready information...

If you’ve ever dreamt of building your own log cabin or home, or wondered if and how it could be done, you’ll find the answers and inspiration here. Half personal narrative, half how-to, A Home From The Woods details the methods used for four different log cabin projects: Uncovering and Restoring...

Are We Live? is a book about all the things that can and have gone wrong in a broadcasting studio. And, boy, has a lot of stuff gone wrong! Whether it's BBC Radio 4's appropriately-named James Naughtie dropping the c-bomb on the usually prudent Today programme, or an Antiques Roadshow ceramic expert...

In 2004 I compiled a book entitled “I Remember It Well”, comprised of letters home, travel essays and extracts from my diaries covering a twenty month period, following the completion of my university studies, from 1965-1967, during which time I hitchhiked, youth-hosteled and worked my way throughout...

In 2004 I compiled a book entitled “I Remember It Well”, comprised of letters home, travel essays and extracts from my diaries covering a twenty month period, following the completion of my university studies, from 1965-1967, during which time I hitchhiked, youth-hosteled and worked my way throughout...

Capo tells the violent story of Frankie Scalise. Growing up in the Mafia entrenched streets of the Red hook section of New York with his two friends, Gianni Leone and Salvatore Tramonti, the three boys quickly become seduced by the lifestyle of the local "wiseguys". The three boys...

Gutenberg to Google explains the coming collapse of the traditional book publishing model and what it means for book lovers and society at large. It also explains the truth about publishers, bookstores, how books are chosen, why literary agents fail authors, what books will sell in the future and how they'll be sold, and the future of fiction writing.