Entertainment & Performing Arts

Here's what started the phenomenon: This book has been a best seller for over 15 years and has been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business....

A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story - and why doing so matters....

This book offers proven, practical, and simple ways to turn random minutes throughout your days into pockets of productivity, and dreams into accomplishments....

This is the story of the voice of a generation, the legend—Kishore Kumar. Beginning with his time spent in Khandwa, Bhagalpur and Indore and going on to Bombay where Kishore moved to try his luck in cinema, this new biography by Parthiv Dhar and Anirudha Bhattacharjee tells it all....

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach....

Steve Jobs electrified audiences with his incomparable style and showmanship. Now you can do it too, by learning the specific techniques that made Jobs the most captivating communicator on the world stage....

Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The ability to speak clearly and confidently can make or break a presentation, an important meeting....

BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work....

En esta galardonada producción de Audible Studios, Trevor Noah cuenta su salvaje historia sobre la mayoría de edad durante el ocaso del apartheid en Sudáfrica....

In Pure Evil, Balaji Vittal examines, in delicious detail, the misdeeds of the gangster, the sly relative, the corrupt policeman, the psychopathic killer... A roller-coaster ride looking at the changing face of the Hindi film villain. 

You can now experience the same training studied by some of out finest actors, including Robert Duvall, Joanne Woodward, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Gregory Peck, Jon Voight, Eli Wallach and many others....

This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher....

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel, with bonus length episodes and outtakes....

This extraordinary biography of the legendary screen star Marilyn Monroe....

A stunning collection of Just William stories, narrated by Martin Jarvis. These BBC radio readings of the adventures of William have come to be some of the most loved adaptations....

Coraline has been made into an animated feature film directed by Henry Selick, director of Tim Burton�s The Nightmare Before Christmas, with a cast including Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Dakota Fanning.

It sounds so simple: Tell stories from your life, and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it....

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater....

"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share....

Here are four episodes of classic comedy from the days when the Civil Service had a sense of humour....

In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a 20-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters....

How does an immortal deal with death? What kind of person makes the best companion? Why does the Doctor say he and Freud "got on very well"? How do the Daleks and Cybermen reflect concerns about losing our humanity? Find out....

In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....

A professional screenwriter's master class in writing the most critical and challenging script element - the individual scene....

The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century, told by its creators, writers, and actors....

Nel 1933 viene lanciato nei cinema USA "I tre porcellini" di Walt Disney. Questo piccolo avvenimento segna l'inizio della parabola della cultura mainstream promossa dai film delle majors hollywoodiane, raccolta e amplificata dalla radio e dalla tv. Questo tipo di cultura, basata su un'idea consolatoria dell'intrattenimento, fondata su una visione manichea del bene contro il male e sul must del lieto fine, prende forma allora e mette radici nell'immaginario collettivo dell'Occidente.

亀裂から湧き出してくる実体のない意志…ミリッ！空間が…軋む！裂ける！ずれる！突如現れた亀裂！異界からこちらを覗くモノは…！？

仮面の怪談師が封印された戦慄の扉を開く！記憶の底に染みついて離れない…境界を踏み越え〝向こう側〟から持ち帰った脳髄を侵蝕する禁猟区怪談！

Comedy has been Shaun Micallef’s guiding light, his refuge, his passport, his lifebuoy, his drug, his mask, his means, his end, his lingua franca, his Self. But it’s not everything. Join Shaun on a journey from his earliest days as a gangly, bespectacled comedy nerd growing up on the mean streets of Adelaide to his rightful place today as a glittering star in Australia’s TV firmament. Though his road to success has not been without its failures – in fact, many, MANY failures – only a few of them can be blamed on others.

With a foreword by Academy Award winner and theatre legend Horton Foote, this inspiring new book will strengthen in you the most essential and vital skills of great acting! It will lead you to a very personal way of working, as an actor who is absolutely authentic and tremendously simple—so rare in today's theatre.

Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century.

大木ミノルの腐怪話とは
映画監督を本職とし、これまで多くの心霊映像の鑑定依頼を受けてきた大木ミノルによる初の怪談集。 業界人による体験談を関係者からの秘話を交えて話す。

実話系怪談を語る怪談師や作家、タレントが増えている。語り手も聞き手も、怪異だの幽霊だのを本気で信じているのかどうかは解らないが、古来より日本人はこういった怪談を楽しむ遺伝子を持っているらしい。

Retrouvez les plus belles interprétations de Gérard Philipe : Fanfan la Tulipe, Don Quichotte, Lorenzaccio, et Les 25 des plus beaux poèmes français. Passez 3 heures en compagnie d'un des plus grands comédiens français, qui met tout son talent et toute sa verve au service des plus grands auteurs.

Almost 7,000 fans eagerly packed into the Ringling Brothers big top on July 6, 1944. With a single careless act, an afternoon at the "Greatest Show on Earth" quickly became one of terror and tragedy as the paraffin-coated circus tent caught fire. Panicked crowds rushed for the few exits, but in minutes, the tent collapsed on those still struggling to escape below. A total of 168 lives were lost, many of them children, with many more injured and forever scarred by the events. 

100 Quotes by Groucho Marx is a collection of quips, thoughts, and reflections by one of comedy’s greatest clowns. From the classic "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member" to lesser-known one-liners, it’s a superb read for anyone with even the faintest interest in comedic art. The perfect book for dipping in and out of, there are some wisecracks worth committing to memory, alongside some observations into the mind of the man behind the moustache.

Often surprising and always original, "100 Quotes by Stendhal" is a superb book for those who like to challenge the conventional. Stendhal was well known for his outspoken views on life, and this book cherry-picks some of his most entertaining and incisive thoughts. A superb read for those looking to challenge their own point of view, and those who want to get to know this outstanding author a little better. The pen-name of Marie-Henri Beyle, Stendhal (1783 – 1842) was born in Grenoble.

Packed with thoughts, reflections, witticisms, and lines from his extensive body of work, "100 Quotes by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais" is a superb read for fans of this accomplished writer. Ideal for dipping in and out of, readers of this collection will find themselves surprised as to how many of his sayings have found their way into modern parlance. A welcome addition to any coffee table.

「神道には教義がないって、本当なの?」「八百万の神々の中で一番偉いのは、誰?」「鳥はいないのに、なぜ鳥居というの?」 神道の起源から日本の神様、開運神社のご利益まで楽しくわかる!

Não há última deixa: mesmo com todos os preconceitos e mortes anunciadas, o teatro existe desde que existe o mundo. E, durante a pandemia CoVid-19, continuou a existir. O que se lê neste livro comprova isso mesmo e, mais ainda, que um espetáculo teatral é um ser vivo que nasce e morre todos os dias e cuja existência depende de uma grande equipa. Este é o álbum de família da peça Só Eu Escapei, levada à cena no Teatro Aberto, em Lisboa, entre o Outono de 2020 e a Primavera de 2021.