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10 Things I Hate About Youby David LevithanISBN 0439087309 (0-439-08730-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: '10 Things I Hate About You'Book summary:A romantic comedy based on the classic Shakespeare play, "The Taming of the Shrew, " this book is a tie-in to the new teen movie starring Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and teen idol Andrew Keegan. [via]
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Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Textby Deborah Cartmell, Imelda WhelehanISBN 0415167388 (0-415-16738-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Timeby Beverly West, Nancy K. PeskeISBN 0440509157 (0-440-50915-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time'Book summary:MOVIES ARE MORE THAN ENTERTAINMENTTHEYRE A BUBBLE BATH FOR THE SOUL.
On the verge of yet another major life change? Recovering from a rough day at the office? Or trying to figure out what makes him tick? Take heartno matter what your issue, the help you need is no farther away than your VCR. From the dynamic duo who brought you the bestselling Cinematherapy comes Advanced Cinematherapy, a video guide that prescribes the perfect movie to cure whatever ails you.
Whether youre in the midst of a midlife crisis and need to join the parade and march to your own drummer (Hello, Dolly!), or vacillating between gullible and hyperparanoid and need to listen to your instincts (Sudden Fear), in Advanced Cinematherapy youll find movies that will help you laugh at your troubles or confront your issues, and inspire you to grow.
Struggling with growing pains? Watch a Coming of Age and Coming Out movie like But Im a Cheerleader and celebrate your true colors.
Ready to cry a river? Immerse yourself in a Cathartic Weeper like Penny Serenade and let it all out.
Face-to-face with a nuclear family meltdown? Pop in a Dysfunctional Family movie like Addams Family Values and laugh at your own kooky clan.
Here are dozens of new reviews of classic and contemporary movies that confront womens issues and nurture womens souls. Feed your wildest fantasies, claim your power, and overcome your losses, all by taking charge of your own remote control!
AND DONT MISS: Bevs Culinarytherapy: Foods for Every Mood, Nancys Momentous Minutiae, Diva Diamonds, Hoopskirt Dreams, the Handy Hunk Chart, and much, much more.... [via]More editions of Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time:
Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0439291496 (0-439-29149-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Welcome to Wonderland! Lewis Carroll's timeless masterpiece is brought to life as never before in this pop-up extravaganza by J.Otto Seibold, the renowned artist of OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER.[via]
You've never seen Alice like this before! Acclaimed artist J. Otto Seibold---the creator of OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER---brings readers a fantastical Wonderland filled with surprises.
Lewis Carroll's classic tale of magic and discovery comes to life in this pop-up extravaganza. Readers are invited to follow Alice on her journey, down the rabbit hole and through Wonderland, to meet all the colorful characters she encounters along the way. This exceptional interactive feast offers Alice fans of every age an unforgettable glimpse into the adventure and wild fun that is Wonderland.More editions of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland:
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0440803128 (0-440-80312-8)
Softcover, Dell Distributing - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 043941184X (0-439-41184-X)
Hardcover, Orchard Books - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0399222413 (0-399-22241-3)
Hardcover, Philomel Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0440000750 (0-440-00075-0)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press/ S. Lawrence - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0440003539 (0-440-00353-9)
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Aliens Threeby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0446362166 (0-446-36216-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Audrey Hepburnby Barry ParisISBN 0425182126 (0-425-18212-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Audrey Hepburn'Book summary:Barry Paris loves Audrey Hepburn, and who can blame him? His exuberant profile of the movie star traces Hepburn's life from her childhood in the Netherlands (where she aided the Dutch resistence) through her Hollywood career (from her Oscar-winning performance in Roman Holiday to Steven Spielberg's Always). Paris, a veteran of Hollywood biography books, wants to free his readers of any false impressions that might sully the late star's reputation. The impression that Hepburn was a snob, he persuades us, was the result of an introverted character formed by her experiences during the war. This wartime experience both fed Hepburn's love of the spotlight and inspired a concern for the poor and powerless that compelled her to campaign for UNICEF from 1988 until her death in 1993. Some of the most fascinating material in this delightfully readable volume concerns the impact the ever-elegant Audrey Hepburn had on women's style and self-conception. If you don't already love her, Paris's book will at the least evoke admiration of her, if not enlist you in a movement for her beatification. [via]
Back to the Futureby Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, George GipeISBN 0425104389 (0-425-10438-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Back to the Future: The Storyby Robert L. Fleming, George GipeISBN 0425089754 (0-425-08975-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Bazin at Work: Major Essays & Reviews from the Forties and Fiftiesby Andre Bazin, Bert CardulloISBN 0415900182 (0-415-90018-2)
Softcover, Routledge
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Bette & Joan: The Divine Feudby Shaun ConsidineISBN 0440207762 (0-440-20776-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Breakfast of Championsby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440131480 (0-440-13148-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast of Champions'Book summary:"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read.
Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count. [via]
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Charles Laughton, a Difficult Actorby Simon CallowISBN 0413587703 (0-413-58770-3)
Hardcover, Methuen
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The Children of Menby P. D. JamesISBN 0446364622 (0-446-36462-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Men'Book summary:Told with P. D. James' s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, "The Children of Men" is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race. [via]
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Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Lifeby Chuck JonesISBN 044651893X (0-446-51893-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Cinematography; a Guide for Film Makers and Film Teachersby Robert E. Rogers, J. Kris MalkiewiczISBN 0442250800 (0-442-25080-0)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
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The Creature Features Movie Guide: Or, an A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic Or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?by John StanleyISBN 0446380067 (0-446-38006-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Dr. Noby Ian FlemingISBN 0425086798 (0-425-08679-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. No'Book summary:M called this case a soft option. Bond can't quite agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing, but they are both part of the empire of Dr. No . . . The doctor is a worthy adversary, with a mind as hard and cold as his solid steel hands. Dr. No's obsession is power. His only gifts are strictly pain-shaped. [via]
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0439154111 (0-439-15411-1)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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Enjoy Your Symptom!: Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Outby Slavoj ZizekISBN 0415928125 (0-415-92812-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enjoy Your Symptom!: Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out'Book summary:In "Enjoy Your Symptom!" Slavoj Zizek argues for the accessibility and ultimate simplicity of Lacanian theory by linking it with popular Hollywood film. "Enjoy Your Symptom!" is divided into five chapters, each elucidating some fundamental Lacanian notion or theoretical complex - "letter, fantasy, woman, repetition, phallus, father" - through a reference to Hollywood and the popular culture which forms the background of our common experience. Each chapter is then divided into two parts. In the first part, Lacan is "in Hollywood," ie the notion or complex in question is explained by way of examples from Hollywood or popular culture in general. In the second division, we are "out of Hollywood", ie the same notion is elaborated as it is in its inherent context. The "Why ..." in the title of each chapter purposely evokes the naivete of a child's question. Pick up this book and learn why a "letter" always arrives at its destination with the help of "City Lights", "Now Voyager" and "Letter from an Unknown Woman"; learn why fantasy is the ultimate support of reality with the help of "Rancho", "Notorious", "She" and "Tarzan"; learn why woman is a symptom of man with the help of Roberto Ross. [via]
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The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Madeby Entertainment Weekly Inc. StaffISBN 0446670286 (0-446-67028-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Fabrications: Costume and the Female Bodyby Jane Gaines, Charlotte HerzogISBN 041590062X (0-415-90062-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fabrications: Costume and the Female Body'Book summary:Fabrications begins with a single germ in feminist film theory--the "to-be-looked-at" aesthetic described by Laura Mulvey--and pushes it further, considering the pleasures women derive from consumer culture against the social costs they have paid as wife, mother, and worker. Here, American feminist film theory converges with British cultural studies; critics survey the connections between the female consumer and the female viewer, the motion picture industry and the ready wear industry, the fashion in critical theory and the fashion in clothes. Contributors: Jeanne Allen, Sarafina K. Bathrick, Charles Eckert, Jane M. Gaines, Charlotte Herzog, Angela McRobbie, Betsy Holdsworth Nielson, Laurie Schulze, Gaye Studlar, Maureen Turim, Elizabeth Wilson. [via]
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Film As Social Practiceby Graeme TurnerISBN 0415215951 (0-415-21595-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canonby Alexander DotyISBN 041592345X (0-415-92345-X)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 044092717X (0-440-92717-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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From Russia with Loveby Ian FlemingISBN 0425086208 (0-425-08620-8)
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Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Filmby Syd FieldISBN 0440508495 (0-440-50849-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Handful of Dustby Evelyn WaughISBN 0412505703 (0-412-50570-3)
Hardcover, Chapman & Hall
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsISBN 0439425239 (0-439-42523-9)
Softcover, Scholastic
Find This BookBook summary:Published in conjuction with the second live action Harry Potter film, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, this beautiful poster book features high quality images from the upcoming movie.[via]
This HARRY POTTER POSTER BOOK includes 32 high-quality posters, each featuring a different character or scene from HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Movie stills from the movie that's destined to be another blockbuster hit from Warner Brothers bring this exciting poster collection bring this exciting poster collection to life.More editions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439785960 (0-439-78596-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'Book summary:The long-awaited, eagerly anticipated, arguably over-hyped Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has arrived, and the question on the minds of kids, adults, fans, and skeptics alike is, "Is it worth the hype?" The answer, luckily, is simple: yep. A magnificent spectacle more than worth the price of admission, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will blow you away. However, given that so much has gone into protecting the secrets of the book (including armored trucks and injunctions), don't expect any spoilers in this review. It's much more fun not knowing what's coming--and in the case of Rowling's delicious sixth book, you don't want to know. Just sit tight, despite the earth-shattering revelations that will have your head in your hands as you hope the words will rearrange themselves into a different story. But take one warning to heart: do not open Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince until you have first found a secluded spot, safe from curious eyes, where you can tuck in for a good long read. Because once you start, you won't stop until you reach the very last page.
A darker book than any in the series thus far with a level of sophistication belying its genre, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince moves the series into murkier waters and marks the arrival of Rowling onto the adult literary scene. While she has long been praised for her cleverness and wit, the strength of Book 6 lies in her subtle development of key characters, as well as her carefully nuanced depiction of a community at war. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, no one and nothing is safe, including preconceived notions of good and evil and of right and wrong. With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of chocolate. A series that began as a colorful lark full of magic and discovery has become a dark and deadly war zone. But this should not come as a shock to loyal readers. Rowling readied fans with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by killing off popular characters and engaging the young students in battle. Still, there is an unexpected bleakness from the start of Book 6 that casts a mean shadow over Quidditch games, silly flirtations, and mountains of homework. Ready or not, the tremendous ending of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will leave stunned fans wondering what great and terrible events await in Book 7 if this sinister darkness is meant to light the way. --Daphne Durham
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Begin at the Beginning
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Why We Love Harry
Favorite Moments from the Series
There are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
* Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him.
* When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists.
* Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards.
* Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius.
* Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother.
* The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children.
* The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it.
* Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge.
* Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
* Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming.
* Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone.
* Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager.
* Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape.
* Dumbledore's confession to Harry.Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: A Conversation with J.K. Rowling
"I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. Im sure that I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers." --J.K. Rowling Find out more about Harry's creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Did You Know?
The Little White Horse was J.K. Rowling's favorite book as a child. 
Jane Austen is Rowling's favorite author. 
Roddy Doyle is Rowling's favorite living writer. A Few Words from Mary GrandPré
"When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing--she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision." Check out more Harry Potter art from illustrator Mary GrandPré.
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Holesby Louis SacharISBN 044022859X (0-440-22859-X)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holes'Book summary:"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.
It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis [via]
The Horror Movie Survival Guideby Jim Kamm, Matteo MolinariISBN 0425178412 (0-425-17841-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Horror Readerby Ken GelderISBN 0415213568 (0-415-21356-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104052 (0-425-10405-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0413396304 (0-413-39630-4)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Key Concepts in Cinemaby Susan HaywardISBN 0415107199 (0-415-10719-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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A Knight at the Movies: Medieval History on Filmby John AberthISBN 0415938864 (0-415-93886-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Live and Let Dieby Ian FlemingISBN 042508759X (0-425-08759-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Live and Let Die'Book summary:Mr Big is brutal, brilliant and feared worldwide. Protected by Voodoo forces and the psychic powers of his prisoner Solitaire, he is an invincible SMERSH operative at the head of a ruthless smuggling ring. James Bond's new assignment will take him to the heart of the occult: to infiltrate this secret world and destroy Mr Big's global network. From Harlem's throbbing jazz joints to the shark-infested waters of Jamaica, enemy eyes watch Bond's every move. He must tread carefully to avoid a nightmarish fate. [via]
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The Lonely Lifeby Bette DavisISBN 0425123502 (0-425-12350-2)
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Male Subjectivity at the Marginsby Kaja SilvermanISBN 0415904196 (0-415-90419-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Marx Brothers Moviesby Paul D. ZimmermanISBN 042502928X (0-425-02928-X)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Monthy Python's Flying Circusby Chapman, John CleeseISBN 0413741109 (0-413-74110-9)
Hardcover, Methuen Publishing Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monthy Python's Flying Circus'Book summary:Special 30th anniversary edition of the complete unexpurgated scripts of the original television series (except for the animation bits). Contains 358 pages of text plus 16 pages of black & white photos, each of which is a still from various episodes. 5 in [via]
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Wordsby Graham Chapman, Monty Python (Comedy troupe)ISBN 0413625508 (0-413-62550-8)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Narrative Comprehension and Filmby Edward BraniganISBN 0415075122 (0-415-07512-2)
Softcover, Routledge
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Night Visionsby Geaorge R.R. MartinISBN 0425107078 (0-425-10707-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Once and Future Kingby Terence Hanbury WhiteISBN 0441003834 (0-441-00383-4)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Once and Future King'Book summary:T.H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations. [via]
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Lowell BairISBN 0440227747 (0-440-22774-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom of the Opera'Book summary:Phantom of the Opera is an enduring classic of the macabre. The masked monster known as the Phantom of the Opera lives beneath the Paris Opera House, in an opulent palace in the catacombs, where he dreams of the day that he will keep beautiful singer Christine Daae forever. Romantic and suspenseful, this thrilling tale is brought to life in a riveting performance by Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham. [via]
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Editionby Muriel SparkISBN 0440371155 (0-440-37115-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema, and Historyby Maria WykeISBN 0415906148 (0-415-90614-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Science Fiction Source Bookby David WingroveISBN 0442292554 (0-442-29255-4)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Science Fiction: Studies in Filmby Frederick PohlISBN 0441754341 (0-441-75434-1)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood From Edison To Stonewallby Richard BarriosISBN 041592328X (0-415-92328-X)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywoodby Peter Guber, Peter BartISBN 0399528881 (0-399-52888-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Shoot Out : Surviving the Fame and (Mis) Fortune of Hollywoodby Peter Bart, Peter GuberISBN 0399148086 (0-399-14808-6)
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Short Films 101: How to Make a Short Film and Launch Your Filmmaking Careerby Frederick LevyISBN 0399529497 (0-399-52949-7)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Short Films 101: How to Make a Short Film and Launch Your Filmmaking Career'Book summary:Where does a young filmmaker begin? With the right short-film concept and this book![via]
The right short can be a filmmaker's "business card" in Hollywood. Here's the authoritative handbook by one of Hollywood's most connected insiders that offers a step-by-step guide through the entire creative process of shooting a short film, as well as expert advice from established filmmakers, and a final game plan for promoting and selling the film once it's in the can. Topics covered include:
¬ Concept
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¬ Finding equipment
¬ Assembling a crew
¬ Casting
¬ Arranging for location
¬ Locating festivals and ancillary markets
¬ Working with the unions
¬ Film vs. digital video
Plus: ¬ A list of film schools
¬ Oscar-winning shorts and nominees
¬ A selection of short-film festivals
¬ Actual short-film budgets
¬ Sample scripts and shooting schedules
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Sirk on Sirk:Interviews with Jon Halliday: Interviews with Jon Hallidayby Jon Halliday, Douglas SirkISBN 0436099241 (0-436-09924-1)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg [for] the British Film Institute
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Star Wars Episode IIby Patricia C. Wrede, George Lucas, Jonathan HalesISBN 0439139287 (0-439-13928-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0441014100 (0-441-01410-0)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Starship Troopers'Book summary:Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Reserve on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes (as it always does for soldiers), he will learn why he is a soldier. Many consider this Hugo Award winner to be Robert Heinlein's finest work, and with good reason. Forget the battle scenes and high-tech weapons (though this novel has them)--this is Heinlein at the top of his game talking people and politics. [via]
Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 0404607314 (0-404-60731-4)
Hardcover, Ams Pr
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A Theory Of Adaptationby Linda HutcheonISBN 0415967953 (0-415-96795-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Theory Of Adaptation'Book summary:Renowned literary scholar Linda Hutcheon explores the ubiquity of adaptations in all their various media incarnations and challenges their constant critical denigration. Adaptation, Hutcheon argues, has always been a central mode of the story-telling imagination and deserves to be studied in all its breadth and range as both a process (of creation and reception) and a product unto its own.
Persuasive and illuminating, A Theory of Adaptation is a bold rethinking of how adaptation works across all media and genres that may put an end to the age-old question of whether the book was better than the movie, or the opera, or the theme park. [via]More editions of A Theory Of Adaptation:
Theory of Film Practiceby Noel BurchISBN 0436097044 (0-436-09704-4)
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This 'N Thatby Bette Davis, Michael HerskowitzISBN 0425106241 (0-425-10624-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Threepenny Operaby Bertolt BrechtISBN 0413390306 (0-413-39030-6)
Softcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Threepenny Opera: Methuen Student Editionby Bertolt Brecht, John WillettISBN 041377452X (0-413-77452-X)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Threepenny Opera: Methuen Student Edition'Book summary:This Student Edition of Brecht's satire on the capitalist society of the Weimar Republic features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature.[via]
Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father in law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and is intent on having Macheaf hanged. Despite the resistance by Macheaf's friend the Chief of Police, Macheaf is eventually condemned to hang, until in a comic reversal the queen pardons him and grants him a title and land. With Kurt Weill's unforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout the western world.
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Tuck Everlastingby Natalie BabbittISBN 0440840953 (0-440-84095-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Where the Heart Isby Billie LettsISBN 0446603651 (0-446-60365-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where the Heart Is'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, December 1998: A funny thing happens to Novalee Nation on her way to Bakersfield, California. Her ne'er-do-well boyfriend, Willie Jack Pickens, abandons her in an Oklahoma Wal-Mart and takes off on his own, leaving her with just 10 dollars and the clothes on her back. Not that hard luck is anything new to Novalee, who is "seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight--and superstitious about sevens.... For most people, sevens were lucky. But not for her," Billie Letts writes. "She'd had a bad history with them, starting with her seventh birthday, the day Momma Nell ran away with a baseball umpire named Fred..."
Still, finding herself alone and penniless in Sequoyah, Oklahoma is enough to make even someone as inured to ill fortune as Novalee want to give up and die. Fortunately, the Wal-Mart parking lot is the Sequoyah equivalent of a town square, and within hours Novalee has met three people who will change her life: Sister Thelma Husband, a kindly eccentric; Benny Goodluck, a young Native American boy; and Moses Whitecotton, an elderly African American photographer. For the next two months, Novalee surreptitiously makes her home in the Wal-Mart, sleeping there at night, exploring the town by day. When she goes into labor and delivers her baby there, however, Novalee learns that sometimes it's not so bad to depend on the kindness of strangers--especially if one of them happens to be Sam Walton, the superchain's founder.
Where the Heart Is oddly mixes heart-warming vignettes and surprising, brutal violence. Novalee's story is juxtaposed with occasional chapters chronicling Willy Jack's downward spiral into prison, disappointment, and degradation. And even in Sequoyah, sudden storms, domestic violence, kidnapping, and deadly fires punctuate Novalee's progress from homeless, unwed teen mom to successful, happy member of the community. This is not a subtle book; there's never any doubt that our heroine will make a home for herself and her baby or that Willy Jack will get what he deserves for abandoning them. Still, Billie Letts has created several memorable characters, and there's always room for another novel that celebrates the life-affirming qualities of reading, the importance of education, and the power of love to change lives. --Alix Wilber [via]
Will There Really Be a Morningby Frances FarmerISBN 0440192927 (0-440-19292-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Wizard of Ozby John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, William StillmanISBN 0446391867 (0-446-39186-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial Historyby John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, William StillmanISBN 0446514462 (0-446-51446-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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