| 221. Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same : The Life and Times of Some Chickens | |
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by: Sloane Tanen, Stefan Hagen List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.47 You Save: $4.48 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I saw this book while shopping for Christmas gifts, and had to buy it for myself--in spite of my having gone over budget already with everyone else's gifts! This book is absolutely hysterical--the photos are delightful (as another editorialist put it: you'll spend hours going over the photos) and are full of visual asides and "bonus laughs" for those who look carefully. The chicks are too too adorable, you'll fall in love with their little personalities and true-to-life scenarios. I brought it with ... Read More  Read Reviews and Description
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| 222. Respect for Acting | |
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by: Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.97 You Save: $5.98 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description First of all, I would like to let you know in advance that I'm not really a book person. I'll clarify and respond the best of my abilities. When I first read Respect for Acting, I was amazed at the authority with which Ms. Hagen wrote her book. The more I read, though, the more I began to understand this authority. Incorporating basic acting concepts, individual "object exercises," and methods for working on a character in a play. I particularly enjoyed the specificity of the writing, and the means ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 223. Tales To Astonish : Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution | |
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by: Ronin Ro List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.97 You Save: $7.98 (32%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description "Tales to Astonish" by Ro provides an account of the creation of the modern comic book. Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Stan Lee, John Romita, Steve Ditko and other great comicbook writers/artists all contributed to this unique American artform. Ro's book provides a pretty comprehensive look at the forces that drove the industry and drove the men that changed the industry to shape the comicbook world we have today. Ro's book, though, lacks an important part of the story--illustrations of the art ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 224. The Comedy Bible: From Stand-Up to Sitcom : The Comedy Writer's Ultimate How-To-Guide | |
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by: Judy Carter List Price: $15.00 Amazon.com's Price: $10.50 You Save: $4.50 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description If you have a tendency to make people laugh, occasionally on purpose, you NEED this book. After years of "Hey, you're kinda funny!" and "Why don't you do an open mic or something?" I decided to 'research' my options. Judy Carter's book is a one-stop source for just such a task. Combining excellent advice from her experience as a comedy coach and peppered liberally with examples, quips, and ruminitions (I'm a big-word fan) from a veritable (see?) who's who in the comedy world, this book is informative ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 225. The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks | |
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by: Karl Mark, Dan Indante, Karl Marks List Price: $12.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I don't know how anybody could say this book is a disappointment. This is the funniest book I have ever read. And not only is it funny, it's actually surprisingly instructive as well. Rather than just try to tell you how to get lucky with women, the authors go way deeper. It's really more of a life book than a dating book. They talk about, not just the relationships you have with women when you're 25 and trying to get a date, but the ones you have when you're a kid, when you're in college, when ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 226. Vampire The Requiem Core Book (VAMPIRE THE REQUIEM) | |
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by: WORLD OF DARKNESS List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $23.79 You Save: $11.20 (32%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I don't know how anybody could say this book is a disappointment. This is the funniest book I have ever read. And not only is it funny, it's actually surprisingly instructive as well. Rather than just try to tell you how to get lucky with women, the authors go way deeper. It's really more of a life book than a dating book. They talk about, not just the relationships you have with women when you're 25 and trying to get a date, but the ones you have when you're a kid, when you're in college, when ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 227. The New York Times Ultimate Crossword Omnibus: 1,001 Puzzles from The New York Times | |
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by: Will Shortz, The New York Times List Price: $17.95 Amazon.com's Price: $12.57 You Save: $5.38 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description One of my defining personality traits is cheapness. When looking for a crossword book, I wanted the most crosswords for my money, which this definitely is. If you did 3 a day it would still take you most of a year to finish the book. I expect to own the book for 3 or 4 years at the rate I'm going. I would have given it five stars, because of the great array of puzzles included, but it may be too much of a good thing...Maybe I don't really need 1001 crosswords... Read Reviews and Description
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| 228. Succulent Wild Woman | |
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by: Sark List Price: $16.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.20 You Save: $4.80 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This book was my introduction to SARK, but it will certainly not be the last I book I read of hers. I feel blessed because I stumbled into this book at the bookstore, having never heard of SARK before. Reading her (hand-written!) words is like having a talk with your dearest friend, the one who will talk about anything and isn't embarassed by any topic. You not only can see SARK's love and appreciation for life in her writing, you can feel it being infused into your blood as you read. Her book came to me at a ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 229. How to Write a Selling Screenplay: A Step-By-Step Approach to Developing Your Story and Writing Your Screenplay by One of Today's Most Successful Screenwriters and Teachers | |
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by: Christopher Keane List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.47 You Save: $4.48 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Keane's book is a essential for any screenwriter's bookshelf. Not only does it break down the A-Z essential elements of popular screenwriting, but it tackles the difficult subject of how to break into the business. You'd have to buy two or three books by most of the other popular screenwriting gurus to get the gamut of information that Keane packs into this medium size volume. His choice of films to reference as examples of different screenwriting techiniques is excellent and his humour keeps the fledgling writer ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 230. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right | |
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by: Al Franken List Price: $14.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.20 You Save: $2.80 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description A hilarious dismemberment of the conservative right, Al Franken has done it again with his witty, satirical, but certainly factual angle on liberal politics. He funnels his rage with the present administration in a series of semi-fictional situations. Some of the chapters lean more on the entertainment side, while others are specific with support that back up Franken's apparent revulsion. The second part of Franken's title is clearly mocking the conservative Fox News channel who also describes themselves ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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