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  • HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

    Enriched edition.

    by Wallace D. Wattles, Grant McNeil ...
    In Wallace D. Wattles' book 'How to Get What You Want', the author provides a practical and philosophical guide to achieving success and fulfilling one's desires. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Wattles explores the power of positive thinking, visualization, and taking decisive action to manifest one's goals. This self-help book is a classic in the genre, emphasizing the ... Read more

    Was R39,00 Now R19,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Essentials of Screenwriting

    The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing

    by Richard Walter ...
    Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters.Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg ... Read more

    R96,93

  • Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent

    A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977

    by Thomas Weisser ...
    Spaghetti Westerns--mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe--were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. After a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns, another section provides filmographies of personnel--actors and actresses, directors, musical composers, scriptwriters, ... Read more

    R487,24

  • Our Films Their Films

    by Satyajit Ray ...
    This book brings together Satyajit Rays major writings and talks on film makers, and presents them in two sections. Our Films is devoted mainly to his own experiences and contains many interesting anecdotes, but also has observations to offer on trends in Indian films. Their Films deals with some films abroad that have become landmarks in the history of cinemafrom the silent era to the present day ... Read more

    R95,37

  • Writing The Romantic Comedy, 20th Anniversary Expanded and Updated Edition

    The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

    by Billy Mernit ...
    **“Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”**—Alexa Junge, writer and producer of FriendsRevised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.**Whether you ... Read more

    R231,71

  • How to Start Acting: A Quick Start Guide on How to Start an Acting Career

    by Jennifer Jackson-Allen ...
      UPDATED FOR 2014:   How to Start Acting: A Quick Start Guide on How to Start an Acting Career o Seven Steps to Starting an Acting Career o A Day in the Life of a Budding Actor o 3 Secrets on How to Develop an Acting Career o 10 Ways to Establish a Good Acting Career o Secrets to Jumpstarting Your Acting Career o Four Great Tips for Staying Motivated o How Much Can You Make As an Actor o How to ... Read more

    R114,48

  • Fugaci ritratti

    by Biagio Riccio, Vittorio Sgarbi ...
    Questo libro raccoglie diversi articoli pubblicati su riviste e quotidiani; trattano di mitologia, letteratura, filosofia, storia, costume, attualità, tematiche curate con passione dall’autore, lettore assiduo di molteplici quotidiani e di tantissimi volumi. Sono stati apprezzati da un notevole pubblico, attraverso i social, che ha reclamato un vero e proprio libro. ... Read more

    R162,14

  • Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema

    by Professor Daw-Ming Lee ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
    Taiwan was able to solidly build and sustain a film industry only after locally-produced Mandarin films secured markets in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. Though only a small island with a limited population, in its heyday, Taiwan was among the top-10 film producing countries/areas in the world, turning out hundreds of martial arts kung fu films and romantic melodramas ... Read more

    R2 631,53

  • The Secret Black Book of BreakBeats

    The Original BreakBeats that Made Hip Hop Famous

    by BIG DADDY OZONE ...
    This book is a reference guide for Breakbeat DJs and Record Collectors. In this book you will find, song after song with the greatest of breakbeats in them. Some famous, some forgotten, some unheard. These are the songs that the most successful producers in the music industry rely on and DJs dream of. The original songs that made Hip Hop Culture before the first rap was ever put on record. I have ... Read more

    R286,50 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. His pioneer work in developing a truly American musical sound inspired many of the great songwriters of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and his songs include dozens of beloved standards still heard today, such as “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and “The Way You Look Tonight.”The ... Read more

    R1 492,80

  • Le sexe des pierres

    by David Wahl ...
    " La vie, comme le petit poucet, sème des cailloux derrière elle. "Au XVIIe siècle, Pierre Borel, un médecin ordinaire, assure détenir dans son cabinet de curiosités la preuve irréfutable de la sexualité des pierres. Ce débat, virulent, oppose deux camps : ceux qui croient la Terre inerte et ceux qui la pensent comme un organisme vivant. La pierre et la chair seraient-elles plus proches qu'on ne ... Read more

    R97,39

  • Capucine

    Unsere vergessene Hollywood-Ikone

    by Blaise Hofmann ...
    Translated by Barbara Traber ...
    Wer erinnert sich noch an Capucine? In den Fünfzigerjahren stieg die junge Französin, eine klassische Schönheit, vom gefragten Pariser Mannequin rasch auf zum gefeierten Hollywood-Star. Sie drehte mit Regisseuren wie Blake Edwards und Federico Fellini an der Seite von John Wayne, Peter Sellers, Romy Schneider u.v.a. und genoss ihr glamouröses Leben.Ihre letzten drei Jahrzehnte verbrachte sie in ... Read more

    R520,00

  • Role Playing

    by Gary Bryant ...
    In the struggle for human liberation, no question is more important than the question of identity. The conventional identity, so important in protecting our vulnerability during childhood, is the chief obstacle to our real Identity, much as the dragon of myth and legend guards a hoard of gold. The secret to undermining the hegemony of this false identity is to understand it as an activity, not an ... Read more

    R57,95

  • More Modern Mythmakers

    by Michael McCarty ...
    More Modern Mythmakers features Horror, Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy's most influential writers and filmmakers interviewed about the art and craft of their genres.The 25 interviews include:Steve AltenReggie BannisterTerry BrooksCharles de LintDennis EtchisonJohn EversonAlan Dean FosterRay GartonSephera GironOwl GoingbackCharles GrantNancy HolderPaul KaneRonald KellyJoe Lansd... ... Read more

    R16,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Methuen Drama Handbook of Interculturalism and Performance

    Edited by Daphne Lei, Charlotte McIvor ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Handbooks
    The Methuen Drama Handbook of Interculturalism and Performance explores ground-breaking new directions and critical discourse in the field of intercultural theatre and performance while surveying key debates concerning interculturalism as an aesthetic and ethical series of encounters in theatre and performance from the 1960s onwards. The handbook's global coverage challenges understandings of ... Read more

    R714,83

  • Mon american dream

    by Christian Audigier, Gilles Lhote, Johnny Hallyday ...
    Gamin, il découpait des photos dans les journaux de mode, et faisait des collages pour changer les vêtements des mannequins. Déjà, son truc, c'était la couleur, le strass, les paillettes. À 15 ans, ayant quitté les cours, il ouvre une boutique de vêtements vintage dans un garage d'Avignon et devient en quelques mois le prince de la Cité des papes. Un an plus tard, recruté par les dirigeants de la ... Read more

    R162,38

  • Initiation à Photoshop

    Découvrez les bases de Photoshop en 1 heure !

    by Daniel Ichbiah ...
    INITIATION A PHOTOSHOP – Découvrez les bases de Photoshop en 1 heure !Daniel IchbiahLa photographie numérique est partout ! Le smartphone a rendu l’acte de capture de clichés à la portée de tous ! On n’a jamais pris autant de photographies et on n’en a jamais publié autant, que ce soit sur Facebook, sur Linkedin, sur Twitter ou Flickr.Pourtant, ce qui peut manquer, c’est la belle photo. Le visuel ... Read more

    R77,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Back Shelf Beauties

    Movies You Should Rent When the New Stuff Is Gone

    by Willie Waffle ...
    Back Shelf Beauties is the perfect guide to all the movies you want to rent on video and DVD. When you've seen all the new releases, Back Shelf Beauties brings you forgotten films, lost movies from your favorite stars and classic films that you have never seen. It includes films from modern day stars like John Travolta and Gwyneth Paltrow, but also films from classic movie legends like Humphrey ... Read more

    R57,95

  • Entrer dans la danse. L'envers du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

    by Joël Laillier, Charles Suaud ...
    Series series Art et technique
    La représentation du monde de la danse classique oscille entre fascination et condamnation. Fascination pour les danseurs et danseuses qui se consacrent " corps et âme " à la recherche de l'excellence artistique. Condamnation de la souffrance et des sacrifices d'une vie d'ascète dans un univers compétitif à l'extrême.La représentation du monde de la danse classique oscille entre fascination et ... Read more

    R292,35

  • L’arte della privacy

    Metafore sulla (non) conformità alle regole nell'era data-driven

    by Luca Bolognini ...
    Che cosa c’entrano Tiziano e Leonardo Da Vinci con la privacy e la (non) conformità alle regole nell’era degli algoritmi? E le vedute di Canaletto e Guardi con una due diligence o le stanze di Pietro Longhi con lo smart working? Che relazione intercorre fra un artista di corte del ’500 e un Data Protection Officer del XXI secolo? Può un pittore non essere umano ma solo artificiale, e una natura ... Read more

    R202,39

  • The Professional Actor's Handbook

    From Casting Call to Curtain Call

    by Julio Agustin ...
    While there are many books that attempt to teach people how to act, there are few that show aspiring actors what it takes to succeed as a working professional.The Professional Actor’s Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call provides struggling artists—stage and screen actors, dancers, singers—with strategies that will help them successfully negotiate every stage of their careers. This second ... Read more

    R379,49

  • The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

    by Robert W. Pohle Jr., Douglas C. Hart, Rita Pohle Baldwin ...
    In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared in many other films, including The Three Musketeers, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars.The ... Read more

    R1 492,80

  • Wheeler & Woolsey

    The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929-1937

    by Edward Watz ...
    During the Depression years, the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were second only to Laurel and Hardy at the box office. Each of their over 20 comedies are analyzed in detail here; full filmographic data, production notes, plot synopses, and critical commentary are provided. The research is supplemented by an interview with Bert Wheeler. ... Read more

    R422,27

  • Breaking into Commercials, 3rd Edition

    The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Win, And Getting the Job

    by Terry Berland, Deborah Ouellette ...
    Every year, over 60,000 commercial roles for all ages, physical types, and ethnic backgrounds are cast by ad agencies, producers, directors, and casting directors across the country. Breaking Into Commercials will show you what it takes to get one of those roles and give you an edge over the competition.This essential guide provides untapped opportunities in regional markets and abroad, and shares ... Read more

    R190,93