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Movies matter—that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences, and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class. Here bell hooks—one of America's most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics—talks back to films that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction to the work of Spike Lee.

Even as actresses become increasingly marginalized by Hollywood, French cinema is witnessing an explosion of female talent - a Golden Age unlike anything the world has seen since the days of Stanwyck, Hepburn, Davis, and Garbo. In France, the joy of acting is alive and well. Scores of French actresses are doing the best work of their lives in movies tailored to their star images and unique personalities. Yet virtually no one this side of the Atlantic even knows about them. Viewers who feel shortchanged by Hollywood will be thrilled to discover The Beauty of the Real.

Theme park designer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life. How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? In this book, the first of its kind written specifically for writers, Kerrison lays out the craft of immersive storytelling, using case studies to show what works and highlighting the essential role of the writer on a creative team. Ready to take the kernel of an idea and turn it into a full-fledged experience? This book gives you the blueprint.

In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best - actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists - shared stories of their first-person experiences....

In the spring of 2006, a new kind of show premiered on Bravo: The Real Housewives of Orange County. Its stars were tanned, taut, and bedazzled; their homes were echoey California villas; and their drama was gossip-fueled, wine-drenched, and absolutely exquisite. Fifteen seasons on, RHOC is an institution, along with The Real Housewives of New York, Atlanta, New Jersey, Miami, Potomac, and more.

Built in a bygone era, Highclere Castle and its surrounding five-thousand-acre estate is a place where history breathes through its walls and verdant landscapes. From the grandeur of Victorian architecture to the whispers of Anglo-Saxon roots, every stone and tree has a story to tell throughout its sweeping grounds. Lady Carnarvon shares tales of past residents, from Lady Almina's legendary 1920s parties to the enigmatic ghosts that roam the halls of the castle. With the passing months and seasons, Lady Carnarvon reveals what it truly means to live and work in this extraordinary home.

Listen up chumps, basically the Vicar asked us to edit the parish newsletter this month, we weren't gonna do it at first cos the vicar said 'I want you to channel your energy into doing something creative', which he knows brings back Kurtan's PTSD cos our old woodwork teacher Mr Perkins used to say it to him all the time, and when Kurtan actually DID channel his energy into something creative he managed to sand down some MDF to make a back scratcher and Darren Lacey pointed at it and laughed and called it an 'abomination to woodwork'....

From psychologist, researcher, and horror film enthusiast Brian A. Sharpless comes Monsters on the Couch, an exploration into the real-life psychological disorders behind famous horror movies. Accounts of clinical syndromes every bit as dramatic as those on the silver screen are juxtaposed with fascinating forays into the science and folklore behind our favorite movie monsters.

What is it really like to be a housewife? We all want to know, but only the women we love to watch and the people who make the show have the whole story. Well, listen in close, because they’re about to tell all.

Truly Paranormal brings you real paranormal stories by experiencers all across Haunted California, a state notorious for some of the most bone chilling and haunted areas on Earth. From Shadow People to invisible Poltergeists, hear vivid eyewitness harrowing encounters retold by very real candid people.

More and more people are realizing that UFOs and Aliens were indeed real all along and that we've all been deceived and manipulated by the forces that control the world. Explore astonishing Alien encounters and harrowing experiences of very real candid people.

The VHS era was like none other in the history of cinema. This new format rose quickly in the early 70s when there was a blockbuster on every street corner, only to die off with the advent of the DVD in the early 2000s. But VHS is rising from the ashes like a phoenix, being relived and retooled by the most dedicated and rabid fanbase of its kind. VHS Lives! goes deep into the psyche of VHS collectors, showing just why VHS is coming back into the public eye and why VHS is the hottest cult collector craze since the full beard and the boom in vinyl record sales.

There are two names etched into 1800’s history whose unspeakable crimes forged a darkness that will never be forgotten. Amelia Dyer, once seen as a nurturing, baby farming motherly figure, harbored a chilling secret that left a trail of innocent young lives lost, while establishing a reign of terror. In Chicago was the twisted mind of H.H. Holmes who lured his female victims into his infamous murder castle, a labyrinth of death and bloodshed, whose thirst for blood knew no bounds.

In the shadows lies a nefarious otherworldly force waging war upon humanity, a dark menace that governs not just our thoughts and actions, but our very souls. They are a secret cabal that built and created rules and systems of thought, created kingdoms and spawned religions to rule the masses from afar, by controlling the ebb and flow of space and time on an epic level. Under the guise of free will and individualism, the systems in place around us ensure that we have no choice but to comply and obey an underlying agenda that at its core is pure evil.

Lock downs and masks had no significant impact on the spread of COVID-19, and the vaccine didn't stop transmission. The authorities and the media pushed the false "everyone's at risk" narrative, and instead of focusing protection on the elderly and immuno-compromised people who were at genuine risk, they shut down the world. Trillions of dollars were wasted, economies crashed, kids' education was stunted, and civil liberties were set back a generation. This is the incredible story of how it happened.

Advances in science and technology are now enabling us to see dozens of highly advanced civilizations that defy the historical timeline as we know it.

Creatures, cryptids, alien encounters, Bigfoot and the return of Planet X, all suggest that our world is full of fantastical phantoms living among us.

Explore sacred sites, mythical creatures that roamed enchanted landscapes, secret societies whose lineage dates back to the wondrous Atlantis (a kingdom that was not just a myth, but a beacon of ancient wisdom), the pyramids of Giza, and the Book of Enoch, to which ancient texts hint at a profound understanding of the universe's hidden mechanisms. Join the quest for truth to unravel the mysteries of the past and forge a new understanding of the world we inhabit.

For decades the mysteries and riddles of ancient pyramids and temples have perplexed historians who have longed to unlock the origins and secret meanings of these structural wonders. Utilizing modern technologies and advanced research methods, new discoveries have emerged, bringing a new understanding behind age-old enigmas including Tutankhamun, Noah’s Ark, Dead Sea Scroll revelations, newly found Mummies, predictions of Armageddon and more that are monumentally reshaping ancient history as we know it.

Reveals mind-blowing wonders from the past, from secret underground tombs containing bombshell evidence of an advanced race of beings to legends of mystical caves and the supernatural powers they hold; the exploration of mysterious labyrinths that hold the truth behind extraordinary events in history, ancient structures that resonate frequencies to this day, the myths and reality of gateways to Hell, subterranean worlds, the startling meaning of the 33rd line of Latitude and much more that unveil a spellbinding past in Mankind’s history.