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Conan the Barbarian: The Official Story of the Film

by John Walsh ...

Official retrospective hardback book telling the story of the making of Conan The Barbarian, including interviews with cast and crew and featuring behind-the-scenes photography from the shoot.“What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to read John Walsh’s magnum opus on the making of my film Conan The Barbarian! Crom himself would sing praises for Walsh’s great ... Read more

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Official retrospective hardback book telling the story of the making of Conan The Barbarian, including interviews with cast and crew and featuring behind-the-scenes photography from the shoot.“What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to read John Walsh’s magnum opus on the making of my film Conan The Barbarian! Crom himself would sing praises for Walsh’s great
... Read more
Pen & Ink

Tattoos & the Stories Behind Them

by Isaac Fitzgerald, Wendy MacNaughton ...

"Together, [these pictures and stories] do the work of great literature—gathering a force so true they ultimately tell a story that includes us all." —Cheryl Strayed, from the IntroductionFrom New York Times bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald--the stories behind the question, Why did you get that tattoo?Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is ... Read more

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"Together, [these pictures and stories] do the work of great literature—gathering a force so true they ultimately tell a story that includes us all." —Cheryl Strayed, from the IntroductionFrom New York Times bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald--the stories behind the question, Why did you get that tattoo?Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is
... Read more
The Cinema of the Coen Brothers

Hard-Boiled Entertainments

by Jeffrey Adams ...

Series series Directors' Cuts
The films of the Coen brothers have become a contemporary cultural phenomenon. Highly acclaimed and commercially successful, over the years their movies have attracted increasingly larger audiences and spawned a subculture of dedicated fans. Shunning fame and celebrity, Ethan and Joel Coen remain maverick filmmakers, producing and directing independent films outside the Hollywood mainstream in a ... Read more

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The films of the Coen brothers have become a contemporary cultural phenomenon. Highly acclaimed and commercially successful, over the years their movies have attracted increasingly larger audiences and spawned a subculture of dedicated fans. Shunning fame and celebrity, Ethan and Joel Coen remain maverick filmmakers, producing and directing independent films outside the Hollywood mainstream in a
... Read more
Birds, Strangers and Psychos

This year's perfect gift for the Hitchcock lover in your life

Edited by Maxim Jakubowski ...

The Sunday Times Thriller of the MonthBirds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcock's ... Read more

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The Sunday Times Thriller of the MonthBirds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcock's
... Read more
Television Development

How Hollywood Creates New TV Series

by Bob Levy ...

Development is a large and central part of the American TV industry, and yet the details of how it works – who makes development decisions and why, where ideas for new shows come from, even basics like the differences between what TV studios and TV networks do – remain elusive to many.In this book, lecturer and acclaimed television producer Bob Levy offers a detailed introduction to television ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Development is a large and central part of the American TV industry, and yet the details of how it works – who makes development decisions and why, where ideas for new shows come from, even basics like the differences between what TV studios and TV networks do – remain elusive to many.In this book, lecturer and acclaimed television producer Bob Levy offers a detailed introduction to television
... Read more
On The Figure In General And The Body In Particular

Figurative Invention In Cinema

Translated by Ted Fendt ...

by Nicole Brenez ...

Films fill our imagination with figures, figurines, and talismans. They ceaselessly rework the same archetypes and invent troubling prototypes – especially when they establish a deeper relationship to reality. How do we understand these presences that are both so characteristic and so diverse in cinema? How does film deal with bodies, movements, and gestures? Why are we so drawn to these shadows, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Films fill our imagination with figures, figurines, and talismans. They ceaselessly rework the same archetypes and invent troubling prototypes – especially when they establish a deeper relationship to reality. How do we understand these presences that are both so characteristic and so diverse in cinema? How does film deal with bodies, movements, and gestures? Why are we so drawn to these shadows,
... Read more
With Bloom Upon Them and Also with Blood

A Horror Miscellany

by Justin Phillip Reed ...

The “f**k” count is just over sixty. The images are screenshots. The metal is mostly nu. And the grant money’s gone. From the author of The Malevolent Volume and National Book Award–winning Indecency comes a gory new mutation in the shape of nonfiction and criticism.In 2019, Justin Phillip Reed’s romantic maiden voyage through the waters of American poetry and its communities ran aground in the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The “f**k” count is just over sixty. The images are screenshots. The metal is mostly nu. And the grant money’s gone. From the author of The Malevolent Volume and National Book Award–winning Indecency comes a gory new mutation in the shape of nonfiction and criticism.In 2019, Justin Phillip Reed’s romantic maiden voyage through the waters of American poetry and its communities ran aground in the
... Read more
Project Kid: Crafts That Go!

60 Imaginative Projects That Fly, Sail, Race, and Dive

by Amanda Kingloff ...

Thomas the Tank Engine*.* Hot Wheels. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Kids’ fascination with vehicles is insatiable. In Project Kid: Crafts That Go!, that excitement is translated into more than 60 inventive craft projects for parents to make with and for their children.The book is organized into seven chapters: City, Rails, Sky, Space, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Thomas the Tank Engine*.* Hot Wheels. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Kids’ fascination with vehicles is insatiable. In Project Kid: Crafts That Go!, that excitement is translated into more than 60 inventive craft projects for parents to make with and for their children.The book is organized into seven chapters: City, Rails, Sky, Space,
... Read more
The Techniques of Tablet Weaving

by Peter Collingwood ...

The classic instruction manual to learning the techniques and skills of this creative art.When The Techniques of Tablet Weaving was first published in 1982 it sold out almost immediately. Weavers, fiber artists, and collectors, hungry for the vast and carefully organized repository of information it contained, have spent years excitedly sharing dog-eared paperback editions and roughly photocopied ... Read more

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The classic instruction manual to learning the techniques and skills of this creative art.When The Techniques of Tablet Weaving was first published in 1982 it sold out almost immediately. Weavers, fiber artists, and collectors, hungry for the vast and carefully organized repository of information it contained, have spent years excitedly sharing dog-eared paperback editions and roughly photocopied
... Read more
Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures

by Wally Koval, Amanda Koval ...

Series series Accidentally Wes Anderson
Adventure awaits in this new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, taking readers on stunning trips to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way.For lovers of travel, design, and exploration, AWA presents a brand-new collection of real-world places that seem plucked from the films of Wes Anderson, and the stories that bring each location to life.You’ll venture to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Adventure awaits in this new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, taking readers on stunning trips to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way.For lovers of travel, design, and exploration, AWA presents a brand-new collection of real-world places that seem plucked from the films of Wes Anderson, and the stories that bring each location to life.You’ll venture to
... Read more
George Cukor

A Double Life

by Patrick McGilligan ...

One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the “women’s director” for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, and—in ten films, among them The Philadelphia Story and Adam’s Rib—his ... Read more

$17.99 USD

One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the “women’s director” for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, and—in ten films, among them The Philadelphia Story and Adam’s Rib—his
... Read more
Portfolio: Beginning Composition

Tips and techniques for creating well-composed works of art in acrylic, watercolor, and oil

by Kimberly Adams ...

Series series Portfolio
Learn to create eye-catching, well-composed works of art using acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints with Beginning Composition.From the concept- and technique-driven Portfolio series comes Beginning Composition, which details how to compose a work of art so that it draws in—and then holds—the viewer’s attention. This book features quick exercises for getting started in art, primers on the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Learn to create eye-catching, well-composed works of art using acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints with Beginning Composition.From the concept- and technique-driven Portfolio series comes Beginning Composition, which details how to compose a work of art so that it draws in—and then holds—the viewer’s attention. This book features quick exercises for getting started in art, primers on the
... Read more
Getting Started with 3D Carving

Five Step-by-Step Projects to Launch You on Your Maker Journey

by Zach Kaplan ...

3D printing has been the hot topic in the maker world for years now, but there's another type of desktop manufacturing that's become the go-to choice for anyone who needs durable results fast. Instead of slowly depositing layers of plastic, a 3D carver starts with a solid block of material and carves it away using a rotating metal bit. It's faster than 3D printing, offers a wider choice of ... Read more

$13.99 USD

3D printing has been the hot topic in the maker world for years now, but there's another type of desktop manufacturing that's become the go-to choice for anyone who needs durable results fast. Instead of slowly depositing layers of plastic, a 3D carver starts with a solid block of material and carves it away using a rotating metal bit. It's faster than 3D printing, offers a wider choice of
... Read more
Duchamp Is My Lawyer

The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb

by Kenneth Goldsmith ...

In 1996, during the relatively early days of the web, Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb to post hard-to-find works of concrete poetry. What started out as a site to share works from a relatively obscure literary movement grew into an essential archive of twentieth- and twenty-first-century avant-garde and experimental literature, film, and music. Visitors around the world now have access to both ... Read more

$20.99 USD

In 1996, during the relatively early days of the web, Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb to post hard-to-find works of concrete poetry. What started out as a site to share works from a relatively obscure literary movement grew into an essential archive of twentieth- and twenty-first-century avant-garde and experimental literature, film, and music. Visitors around the world now have access to both
... Read more
Signs and Meaning in the Cinema

by Peter Wollen ...

Series series BFI Silver
First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema transformed the emerging discipline of film studies. Remarkably eclectic and informed, Peter Wollen's highly influential and groundbreaking work remains a brilliant and accessible theorisation of film as an art form and as a sign system.The book is divided into three main sections. The first explores the work of Sergei Eisenstein as film ... Read more

$28.99 USD

First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema transformed the emerging discipline of film studies. Remarkably eclectic and informed, Peter Wollen's highly influential and groundbreaking work remains a brilliant and accessible theorisation of film as an art form and as a sign system.The book is divided into three main sections. The first explores the work of Sergei Eisenstein as film
... Read more
Science Ink

Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

by Carl Zimmer ...

Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, and reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, and reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in
... Read more
The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Novels

by Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë ...

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) This book contains the complete novels of the Brontë Sisters: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Shirley by Charlotte Brontë Villette by Charlotte Brontë The Professor by Charlotte Brontë ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) This book contains the complete novels of the Brontë Sisters: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Shirley by Charlotte Brontë Villette by Charlotte Brontë The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
... Read more
Philippe Grandrieux

Sonic Cinema

by Associate Professor Greg Hainge ...

Series series Ex:Centrics
Philippe Grandrieux is one of cinema's only living true radicals and feted as one of the most innovative and important film makers of his generation. His consistently controversial work remains, however, relatively unknown outside of the international art film festival circuit. In this volume, the first book-length study of the work of Grandrieux in any language, Greg Hainge provides an overview ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Philippe Grandrieux is one of cinema's only living true radicals and feted as one of the most innovative and important film makers of his generation. His consistently controversial work remains, however, relatively unknown outside of the international art film festival circuit. In this volume, the first book-length study of the work of Grandrieux in any language, Greg Hainge provides an overview
... Read more
The World Is Yours

The Story of Scarface

by Glenn Kenny ...

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film Scarface, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew.An unflinching confrontation of humanity’s dark side, Brian De Palma’s crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino’s ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film Scarface, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew.An unflinching confrontation of humanity’s dark side, Brian De Palma’s crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino’s
... Read more
The Big Book of Footwear Uppers

From Pattern Making to the Complete Process of Upper Construction

by Marcell Mrsan, Yaya Lee ...

In this groundbreaking book, Marcell Mrsán explores the art and craft of upper construction, starting from the pattern creation. There hasn't been such a detailed and practical textbook in the English language in recent memory.Building on both his experience as a bespoke maker, pattern consultant and educator, certified master shoemaker Marcell Mrsán demystifies the geometry of pattern ... Read more

$89.99 USD

In this groundbreaking book, Marcell Mrsán explores the art and craft of upper construction, starting from the pattern creation. There hasn't been such a detailed and practical textbook in the English language in recent memory.Building on both his experience as a bespoke maker, pattern consultant and educator, certified master shoemaker Marcell Mrsán demystifies the geometry of pattern
... Read more
Stik

by Stik ...

The first collected volume of work from feted street artist Stik, fully illustrated and beautifully presented“Social change is what art does. I don’t know what else there is, to be honest. Social change seems to me the primary function of art. I feel that’s my duty. That’s why I’m here. That’s what art is supposed to do.” —StikStik first came to notoriety as an underground street artist who ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The first collected volume of work from feted street artist Stik, fully illustrated and beautifully presented“Social change is what art does. I don’t know what else there is, to be honest. Social change seems to me the primary function of art. I feel that’s my duty. That’s why I’m here. That’s what art is supposed to do.” —StikStik first came to notoriety as an underground street artist who
... Read more
Our Gang

A Racial History of The Little Rascals

by Julia Lee ...

It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it.The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply ... Read more

$17.99 USD

It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it.The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply
... Read more
Fright Favorites

31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond

by David J. Skal, Turner Classic Movies ...

Series series Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies presents a collection of monster greats, modern and classic horror, and family-friendly cinematic treats that capture the spirit of Halloween, complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and iconic images.Fright Favorites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Turner Classic Movies presents a collection of monster greats, modern and classic horror, and family-friendly cinematic treats that capture the spirit of Halloween, complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and iconic images.Fright Favorites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on
... Read more
A Journey Through Perversion: The Films of John Waters

by Scott E. Colbert ...

From Pink Flamingos to A Dirty Shame, John Waters has something to offend everyone, and have you laughing while doing so. In this collection of essays, Scott Colbert takes a conversational tone in talking about Waters' movies and why he's one of the most important film directors of the past 40 years. Collected from his popular columns on the now defunct talkbacker site, Colbert offers an ... Read more

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From Pink Flamingos to A Dirty Shame, John Waters has something to offend everyone, and have you laughing while doing so. In this collection of essays, Scott Colbert takes a conversational tone in talking about Waters' movies and why he's one of the most important film directors of the past 40 years. Collected from his popular columns on the now defunct talkbacker site, Colbert offers an
... Read more

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