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  1. The Ballerinas : A Novel

    Kapelke-Dale, Rachel
    St. Martin's Publishing Group 2021

    Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. "Enth...

  2. Chasing the Light : Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game

    Stone, Oliver
    HarperAudio 2020 Unabridged

    An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles...

  3. I Like to Watch : Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

    Nussbaum, Emily
    Random House Publishing Group 2019

    From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. “...

  4. Trust Exercise

    Choi, Susan
    Profile 2019

    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEARBoth inventive and shocking, Trust Exercise became a sensation on publication in the USA for its timely ins...

  5. Hamilton : the revolution

    Miranda, Lin-Manuel; McCarter, Jeremy
    Hachette Book Group 2016

    Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and help...

  6. Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

    Murphy, James B.
    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015

    They were almost The Pendletones—after the Pendleton wool shirts favored on chilly nights at the beach—then The Surfers, before being named The Beach Boys. But what separated them...

  7. Rock Band Name Origins : The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers

    Metzer, Greg
    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015

    This book details the origins of the names of 240 musical acts, focusing on the most popular groups (and a few individual performers) from the 1960s through today. Even casual musi...

  8. Candy Darling : Memoirs of an Andy Warhol Superstar

    Darling, Candy
    Open Road Media 2015

    A look into what moved Andy Warhol’s greatest muse Located at 33 Union Square West in the heart of New York City’s pulsing downtown scene, Andy Warhol’s Factory was an artistic an...

  9. Music in Biblical Life : The Roles of Song in Ancient Israel

    Friedmann, Jonathan L.
    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013

    Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, mus...

  10. Lady Gaga : A Biography

    Johanson, Paula
    Bloomsbury Publishing 2012

    This biography details Lady Gaga's life from all angles, documenting her family background; the events before and during her meteoric rise to success as a songwriter, singer, and p...

  11. Directing the Story

    Glebas, Francis
    Elsevier 2009 1. edition

    Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, shows how to reach the ultimate goal of animation and moviemaking by showing how to provide audiences with an emotionally satisfying...

  12. Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician

    Elsevier 2009 1. edition

    Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician and Technician will reinforce the fundamentals of electricity and explain the principles of power distribution, important safety issue...

  13. Grammar of the Edit

    Thompson, Roy; Bowen, Christopher J.
    Elsevier 2009 2. edition

    If you want to get to grips with film & video editing, this book sets down, in a simple, uncomplicated way, the fundamental knowledge you will need to make a good edit between two...

  14. Beyoncé Knowles : A Biography

    Arenofsky, Janice
    Bloomsbury Publishing 2009

    Although Beyoncé Knowles is not yet 30, the sensual superstar has already succeeded on many levels: as a dancer, singer, composer, model, music producer, video director and actress...

  15. Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen

    Debreceni, Todd
    Elsevier 2009 1. edition

    In the world of film and theatre, character transformation takes a lot of work, skill, and creativity...Dedicated solely to SFX, this book will show you tips and techniques from an...

  16. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Primary Phase Special

    Adams, Douglas

    Voted the nation's favourite audiobook in a recent Guardian poll, the original series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Ter...

  17. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Secondary Phase Special

    Adams, Douglas
    AudioGO Ltd 2008

    A dynamic remastering of the second BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial - 'Fit the Seventh' to 'Fit the Twelfth' - which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend. The second original serie...

  18. Catching the Big Fish : Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

    Lynch, David
    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2006

    In this "unexpected delight,"* filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from t...