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  • But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition
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    But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition

    Kristen Lopez

    For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 40 cinema classics and the enduring love stories that served as their heart-tugging inspiration. What...
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  • White Male Stand-Up
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    White Male Stand-Up

    Alan Davies

    On the Waterstones Best Books of 2025 List'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest. I...
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  • James Cameron
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    James Cameron

    Dan Jolin

    Ground breaker. Game changer. The King of the World. Director James Cameron went from cult sci-fi rising star to box-office dominator at faster than light speed.As much a technical innovator as he is...
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  • Sofia Coppola
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    Sofia Coppola

    Christina Newland

    With just eight feature films to date, Sofia Coppola has crafted a distinctive hyper-feminine aesthetic, establishing herself as one of the world's finest directors. From her acclaimed first short...
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  • A Sea of Unspoken Things
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    A Sea of Unspoken Things

    Adrienne Young

    'A hauntingly beautiful read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader reviewJames and Johnny Golden have only ever had each other. For as long as she can remember, James's connection with her...
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  • Lynchian
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    Lynchian

    John Higgs

    'Terrifically lucid and compact . . . an unassumingly intuitive and insightful brief history . . . will tell you more about [Lynch's] life and filmmaking than a thousand academic studies'PETER...
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  • Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous
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    Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous

    Christine Stringer

    Bridget Jones fans will fall hard for this based-on-a-true-story, behind-the-scenes tale of a young woman’s calamitous adventures trying to break into the movie industry in 1990s Hollywood.Hollywood,...
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  • Beautiful doom
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    Beautiful doom

    Jacqueline Bolton

    Dennis Kelly's award-winning plays have been translated into over thirty languages and produced on six continents. His endlessly inventive vision has produced a diverse body of work for a variety of...
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  • The theatrical orchestra
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    The theatrical orchestra

    Adrian Curtin

    The Theatrical Orchestra analyses experimental performances by British music ensembles in the twenty-first century. Orchestras are reconceiving how concerts are programmed and presented, how...
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  • Beyond the BBFC
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    Beyond the BBFC

    Sian Barber

    This work scrutinises British film censorship from a local perspective. Examining different regions and areas, the work of individual councils and their relations with one another and with the BBFC,...
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  • Volatile Whiteness
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    Volatile Whiteness

    Martin Repinecz

    The decades spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s in Spain were marked by a series of significant changes: a flourishing economy fuelled by tourism, widespread migration from rural areas to cities,...
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  • Screening Sherlock
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    Screening Sherlock

    James Chapman

    Screening Sherlock is the first book-length academic study of the film and television career of the most famous detective in fiction. Chapman explores the contexts, adaptation strategies and critical...
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  • We all die at the end
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    We all die at the end

    Sam Haddow

    We all die at the end offers a survey of contemporary end-of-the-world fiction, spanning literature, children's fiction, video games, theatre and film. It draws on eco-critical philosophy and...
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  • Scenes Seen Scenes Seen
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    Scenes Seen

    Jim Daly

    A stage animal, Jim Daly has been throwing on the greasepaint and wiping it off over seven decades in the dog-eat-dog world of Australian performance. With significant credits across both theatre and...
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  • Studio Ghibli Origami
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    Studio Ghibli Origami

    Insight Editions

    Bring your favorite Studio Ghibli characters to life like never before with this all-inclusive origami instruction book, complete with all the paper needed for the projects!Inspired by Studio Ghibli...
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  • My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel
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    My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel

    Tsugiko Kubo

    One of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved classics, Totoro celebrates its 25th anniversary!The beloved animation classic by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro, is now a...
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  • My Name is Barbra
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    My Name is Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and THE TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and startlingly honest...
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    Doctor Who: Jubilee
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    Doctor Who: Jubilee

    Shearman, Robert

    One of Big Finish's most acclaimed and atmospheric Doctor Who audio dramas now reimagined in prose by its original author - Robert Shearman. \"The Doctor and the Daleks. Have you never thought they...
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  • Star Wars
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    Star Wars

    Will Brooker

    The release of Star Wars in 1977 marked the start of what would become a colossal global franchise. Star Wars remains the second highest-grossing film in the United States, and George Lucas's...
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  • Le Samourai
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    Le Samourai

    Miyao, Daisuke

    In this compelling study, Daisuke Miyao explores Jean-Pierre Melville's cult 1967 thriller Le Samoura , a film that unfolds in a coolly stylised Paris where the paths of a contract killer, Jef...
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  • Trainspotting
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    Trainspotting

    Smith, Murray

    In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin...
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  • Do the Right Thing
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    Do the Right Thing

    Ed Guerrero

    Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) is one of the most popular and celebrated examples of the African-American new black film wave. Set during the hottest day of a hot summer in New York City, the...
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  • Then Things Went Dark
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    Then Things Went Dark

    Fitzgerald, Bea

    Taylor Jenkins Reid meets The Hunting Party in the hottest thriller of the summer! Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. But three weeks and eighteen episodes...
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  • Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 3
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    Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 3

    Netflix

    Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Three, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers. Go deeper...
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  • Elisabeth
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    Elisabeth

    Eric Rohmer

    Witty banter, lust, ennui, and an undercurrent of violence percolate beneath a seemingly paradisiacal summer on the eve of World War II, in this landmark translation of the first and only novel by...
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  • Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
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    Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

    J. W. Rinzler

    "The Shining may be the first movie that ever made its audience jump with a title that simply says, 'Tuesday,'" proclaimed The New York Times. Never has a film evoked so much dread in its audience...
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  • Vodou Rich
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    Vodou Rich

    LaMothe, Mario

    Contemporary dance in Haiti challenges global stereotypes of its people, their country, and their worldmaking. Mario LaMothe profiles four celebrated Haitian choreographers to examine the influences...
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  • Vodou Rich
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    Vodou Rich

    LaMothe, Mario

    Contemporary dance in Haiti challenges global stereotypes of its people, their country, and their worldmaking. Mario LaMothe profiles four celebrated Haitian choreographers to examine the influences...
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  • Double Indemnity
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    Double Indemnity

    Schickel, Richard

    Richard Schickel's study of Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity traces in fascinating detail the genesis and realisation of the film: its literary origins in James M. Cain's hard-boiled...
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  • Image coming soon
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    Official Race Across the World Puzzle Book

    Hall, Roland

    Bustle through Panama City, trek up and down Delphi and dart across Quebec. Would you win in a frenetic race across the world? This is an action-packed puzzle book that challenges you to travel the...
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  • Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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    Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Phil Szostak

    The official behind-the-scenes book of concept, production, and post-production art forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Go inside the creative process behind the most anticipated film of the century...
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  • Asteroid City
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    Asteroid City

    Anderson, Wes

    Asteroid City (adapted from a "hypothetical" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. Synopsis: the itinerary of the annual Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to...
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  • Big Goodbye
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    Big Goodbye

    Wasson, Sam

    Sight & Sound's #1 Film Book of 2020 'A multifaceted dissection of the infamous noir film ... good reading for any American cinema buff' - Kirkus Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its...
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  • Wild Grace
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    Wild Grace

    Veale, Sara

    'Refreshing.' NEW STATESMAN 'Compelling.' HARPER'S BAZAAR 'Passionate.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH The untold history of the extraordinary women who drove the modern dance movement and changed cultural...
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  • Movement Training for the Modern Actor
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    Movement Training for the Modern Actor

    Mark Evans

    This book is the first critical analysis of the key principles and practices informing the movement training of actors in the modern era. Focusing on the cultural history of modern movement training...
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  • Writing and Reporting News You Can Use
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    Writing and Reporting News You Can Use

    Tammy Trujillo

    Writing and Reporting News You Can Use instructs students on how to produce news that is informative, interesting, educational, and most importantly, compelling. It addresses roadblocks to student...
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  • Twelfth Night
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    Twelfth Night

    James Schiffer

    This volume in the Shakespeare Criticism series offers a range of approaches to Twelfth Night, including its critical reception, performance history, and relation to early modern culture.James...
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  • Group Creativity
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    Group Creativity

    R. Keith Sawyer

    Group Creativity explores the unique form of creativity that emerges from collaborating groups. Dr. Sawyer draws on his studies of jazz ensembles and improvisational theater groups to develop a model...
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  • Stanislavsky in Focus
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    Stanislavsky in Focus

    Sharon Marie Carnicke

    Stanislavsky in Focus brilliantly examines the history and actual premises of Stanislavsky’s 'System', separating myth from fact with forensic skill.The first edition of this now classic study showed...
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  • Group Creativity
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    Group Creativity

    R. Keith Sawyer

    Group Creativity explores the unique form of creativity that emerges from collaborating groups. Dr. Sawyer draws on his studies of jazz ensembles and improvisational theater groups to develop a model...
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