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Mabel Normand: The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap, 2D Ed.American silent film actress Mabel Normand (1892-1930) appeared in a string of popular movies opposite stars like Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle before dying of tuberculosis at 37. Her brief but remarkable career--which included directorial and writing credits and heading her own studio and...
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Best of EnemiesWinner of the 2022 Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play"A man should never turn down two things. Sex, and appearing on television." 1968 - a year of protest that divided America. As two...
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Friends: The One Where Everyone Is Hiding: A Seek-And-Find BookWhere are the friends? Are they hiding in Monica's apartment? Drinking coffee at Central Perk? Maybe at the beach house? Find all your favorite friends in fifteen unique settings--plus additional items and accessories--within this original and officially licensed search-and-find activity book. Search for the...
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Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's UFO. Series Guide, Volume One: The Beginning: Straker and FosterUFO was the first live-action series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, makers of Thunderbirds and later Space:1999.UFO. That weird sound echoing and whooshing and whispering ominously from the speakers of your television set!Those bizarre, hard to completely distinguish, whirling, spinning, relentlessly approaching saucers -...
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The Book of Rhyme & Reason: Hip-Hop 1994-1997: Photographs by Peter SpirerThe ultimate backstage pass: a photographic inside look at the making of the pioneering hip hop documentary Rhyme & ReasonIn the mid-1990s, documentary filmmaker Peter Spirer embarked on a three-year odyssey to create a realistic portrait of hip hop, interviewing over 80 artists. Spirer...
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Adventures Across Space and Time: A Doctor Who ReaderAdventures Across Space and Time brings together key academic, critic and fan writings about Doctor Who alongside newly-commissioned work addressing contemporary issues and debates to form a comprehensive guide to the wider Whoniverse. The perennially popular BBC series holds a unique place in the...
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Cinema of the 70s: 101 Iconic MoviesToday, over half a century later, great films are measured by those of the 70s. Has there been a more impactful 10-year period? For the first time, cinema reflected life and society, presenting both on the big screen with a compelling and penetrating truth....
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Paris BluesParis Blues was written by Harold Flender and originally published in 1957.The book tells the story of Eddie Cook, an African American jazz musician living and working in Paris in the 1950s. The author draws on the historical reality that throughout much of the...
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The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film ClassicThe story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture"They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother...
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The Stephen Sondheim EncyclopediaThe Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyricist. The encyclopedia's entries provide readers with detailed information about Sondheim's work and key figures in his career, including his apprenticeship, his early work with Leonard...
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Arya Khanna's Bollywood MomentSave the Date meets Never Have I Ever in this sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when her sister gets engaged.Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and...
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Celluloid Adventures 4 Science Fiction Thrills...Horror ChillsAn overdue look at movies, that with one exception, were box-office failures.These movies cover a span of 35 years, from 1943 to 1978, and representthe wide range of themes and ideas that science fiction and horror movies may encompass. As in his previous volumes,...
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Connery, Sean Connery - Before, During, and After His Most Famous RoleWith an in-depth perspective, CONNERY, SEAN CONNERY defines and distinguishes the iconic star's life and career BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER HIS MOST FAMOUS ROLE. With a Foreword by Barbara Carrera, the actor's co-star from Never Say Never Again (his final film as everyone's favorite...
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The Weak Link: Instrumental Book 1Some lessons in life are InstrumentalHow do you face the enemy within?It's hard to become a professional ballet dancer when you have a serious case of stage fright. An embarrassing performance has stripped sixteen-year-old Genevieve Larsen of her confidence and dulled her love for...
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Wish You Were Here - A People's History of Pink FloydPink Floyd have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide. This is their story in the words of their fans. Take a trip (without the aid of LSD) back to 1966, when Pink Floyd were at the heart of psychedelia and Swinging London. With...
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Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World: ArtsIntroduce your little ones to Dr. Ochoa's stellar world of the arts in English and Spanish - and how their creativity is the rooted path toward our world's innovation.Joining Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World series' is the artistic "A" in STEAM, Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World:...
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Movie-Made Los AngelesLos Angeles was a cinematic city long before the rise of Hollywood. By the dawn of the twentieth century, photography, painting, and tourist promotion in Southern California provided early filmmakers with a template for building a myth-making business and envisioning ideal moviegoers. These art...
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Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2D Ed.This revised and greatly expanded edition of a well-established reference book presents 5105 feature length (four reels or more) Western films, from the early silent era to the present. More than 900 new entries are in this edition. Each entry has film title, release...
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Five Mile LakeStuck in a town near Scranton, Pennsylvania are Jamie and Mary. Mary is working at a bakery while taking care of her veteran brother, and Jamie is taking care of his ill mother. When Jamie's brother, Rufus, comes to visit from New York with...
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Apocalypse Television: How the Day After Helped End the Cold WarOn November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the events before, during, and after a Soviet nuclear attack with vivid scenes of the post-apocalyptic hellscape that would follow....
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