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  Writing Screenplays That Sell -...

  Michael Hague

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  For more than twenty years, Writing Screenplays That Sell has been hailed as the most complete guide available on the art, craft, and business of writing for movies and television. Now fully revised and updated to reflect the latest trends and scripts, Hollywood story expert and script consultant Michael Hauge walks readers through every step of writing and selling successful screenplays. If you read only one book on the screenwriter's craft, this must be the one.

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  Stars of the Silent Film Era

  Charles River Editors

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  Only a select few actors become international stars in their time, but none had as unique a career as Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was the first true film star, and he managed to do so even when films were still silent. He has been honored with too many awards to count, and the fact that his name remains instantly recognizable nearly a century after his first film is a testament to his influence.  
  In the 1920s, the burgeoning movie industry was starting to come into its own, and alongside actor and director Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton was at the peak of Hollywood. It’s no surprise that Keaton was so effective in silent films, because he had been practicing comedy in his family’s vaudeville acts as “The Little Boy Who Can’t Be Damaged”, becoming a popular performer by the age of 5. Indeed, his physical form of comedy, which initially involved having his father throwing him around the stage, translated well onto the screen, and some of his slapstick and other comic gags remain legendary even today. 
  Everything about Rudolph Valentino, from his body to the characters he played, was exotic. His career may have been abbreviated by his premature death at the age of 31, but Valentino popularized the (somewhat racist) stereotype of the “Latin lover” in Hollywood, and even his name was markedly more out of the ordinary than those of other actors.  
  Of all the great movie stars, there may be none more enigmatic than Greta Garbo, who remains internationally famous despite the fact her life and career raise more questions than answers. How did a Swedish actress with very little film acting experience in her native land arrive in the United States and achieve instant stardom? Most actresses had to wait years before they were offered starring roles in major films, yet Garbo was ushered to the front of the line and perched atop the MGM pantheon at a time in which it was the studio par excellence. 

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  How this artist fantasyland...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Can an immersive, mystery funhouse help revive a state like New Mexico? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe hippie artist collective turned business that convinced the Game of Thrones author to buy and lease them a defunct bowling alley so that they could turn it into a techno-netherworld, crafted by more than 150 artists, who are now making good salaries.

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  Americana - The Kinks the Riff...

  Ray Davies

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  The Kinks singer recounts and reflects on his travels in America: “This is no tired rock story but something far more profound, funny, and disturbing.” —The Irish Times 
   
  As a boy in postwar England, legendary Kinks singer/songwriter Ray Davies fell in love with America—its movies and music, and its culture of freedom, fed his imagination. Then, as part of the British Invasion, he toured the US with the Kinks during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent history—until the Kinks were banned from performing there from 1965-69.  
   
  Many tours and trips later, while living in New Orleans, he experienced a transformative event: the shooting (a result of a botched robbery) that nearly took his life. In Americana, Davies tries to make sense of his long love-hate relationship with the country that both inspired and frustrated him. From his quintessentially English perspective as a Kink, Davies—with candor and humor—takes us on a very personal road trip through his life and storied career as a rock star, and reveals what music, fame, and America really mean to him. Some of the most fascinating characters in recent pop culture make appearances, from the famous to the perhaps even-more-interesting behind-the-scenes players. The book also includes photos from Davies’s own collection and the band’s archive. 
   
  “The chapters on the New Orleans shooting [are] astonishing, really riveting.” —The New York Post 
   
  “Davies is candid and honest about his personal and creative struggles.” —The New York Times

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  Two Types Of Fans - Secret...

  Ayaz Aftab Hussain

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  What if you could steal the bulletproof system viral musicians use to grow 1,000 superfans across Instagram and TikTok... on autopilot while you sleep? 
  It doesn't matter how many followers you have! You can use the EXACT blueprint that viral musicians applyto gain a HUGE audience and get your music heard starting as soon as TONIGHT… all without spending a penny on paid ads! 
  Inside this new book, you’ll find a decade of game-changing strategies that I’ve built for hundreds of independent musicians, record labels, artist managers and music brands with tried and tested methods that generate thousands of Spotify streams and millions of YouTube Views. 
  Be warned though, this book includes several tasks for you to complete with step-by-step worksheets and real world examples to follow. 
  To get the maximum value out of this book, make sure you put in the work and not just read about it! 
  Lastly, it really doesn’t matter what number of followers you start with when applying The Two Types Of Fans method. By following this process you will rapidly discover an endless crowd of music lovers waiting for someone special to change their lives. 
  Why shouldn’t that someone be you?

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  David Cross: Oh Come On

  David Cross

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  Share the laughter, the tears, the gasps, and the salty language that you’ve come to know and love. Stare into the abyss one more time until the next time and see what makes David Cross one of the top 400 comics in America today.

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