Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You’re 80 and Beyond
Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You’re 80 and Beyond
by Chris Crowley (Author), M.D., Henry S. Lodge (Author)
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Believing they have a unique approach for improving men’s lives, Crowley, a former litigator, and Lodge, a board-certified internist, collaborated to write this “evolutionary” health program. The authors base their plan on the idea that instead of looking forward to decades of pain as the body slowly deteriorates, it’s possible to live as if you were 50, maybe even younger, for the rest of your life. Yet with the exception of “Harry’s First Rule”—exercise at least six days a week—there isn’t much that’s new or groundbreaking in their agenda. Most recommendations fall under the “common sense” umbrella, though these suggestions may be news to many men, who aren’t as steeped in the world of health and fitness as most women are (they may find the chapters dealing with nutrition and biology particularly informative). The authors’ method of proffering their philosophy is rather trite, however, and their cavalier demeanor belies the significance of what they have to say. More than one-third of the book is devoted to how and why they came up with this program based on their own lives, with special attention to 70-year-old Crowley’s impressive abilities (he says he can ski better now than he could 20 years ago). All told, this manual for healthy living offers sound, if unoriginal, advice with some hackneyed padding.
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Leonard Maltin’s 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide (Signet))
Leonard Maltin’s 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide (Signet))
by Leonard Maltin (Author)
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The most authoritative book of its kind, now with more entries than ever before, updated and revised for 2009. There’s just no competition for a book that has “essentially cornered the market” (New York Times Book Review).
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary - The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary - The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga
by David West Reynolds (Author), James Luceno (Author), Ryder Windham (Contributor)
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“For SW fanboys, The Complete Visual Dictionary is a little slice of heaven. Highly recommended.” — Library Journal
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Provides a complete, comprehensive overview of the Prequel movies (Episodes I-III) and the Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI), this is the definitive photographic guide to the entire Star Wars saga.
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
by Steve Martin (Author)
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At age 10, Steve Martin got a job selling guidebooks at the newly opened Disneyland. In the decade that followed, he worked in Disney’s magic shop, print shop, and theater, and developed his own magic/comedy act. By age 20, studying poetry and philosophy on the side, he was performing a dozen times a week, most often at the Disney rival, Knott’s Berry Farm. Obsession is a substitute for talent, he has said, and Steve Martin’s focus and daring–his sheer tenacity–are truly stunning. He writes about making the very tough decision to sacrifice everything not original in his act, and about lucking into a job writing for The Smothers Brothers Show. He writes about mentors, girlfriends, his complex relationship with his parents and sister, and about some of his great peers in comedy–Dan Ackroyd, Lorne Michaels, Carl Reiner, Johnny Carson. He writes about fear, anxiety and loneliness. And he writes about how he figured out what worked on stage.
This book is a memoir, but it is also an illuminating guidebook to stand-up from one of our two or three greatest comedians. Though Martin is reticent about his personal life, he is also stunningly deft, and manages to give readers a feeling of intimacy and candor. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs collected by Martin, this book is instantly compelling visually and a spectacularly good read.
Sex and the City
Sex and the City
by Amy Sohn (Author)
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From the team who brought you Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell comes this must-have companion to the movie millions have been waiting for. This sleek hardcover volume gives reader exclusive entrée into the world of Sex and the City: The Movie.
In addition to a storybook-style telling of the film, the book includes mouth-watering bonus features not available anywhere else: behind-the-scenes stories from Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, star and producer Sarah Jessica Parker, writer and director Michael Patrick King, as well as producers and other key cast and crew members; a guide to the movie’s multi-million—dollar fashion closet, including insight from costume designer Patricia Field; and an insider’s tour of the movie’s many locations, some of which have never before appeared on film.
All of this behind-the-scenes information is accompanied by more than three hundred stunning, luscious, full-color images. This beautiful keepsake is sure to bring some big-screen glitz and glamour to every reader’s bookshelf.
Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need
Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder (Author)
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This ultimate insider’s guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz Veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
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Admittedly, when I walk into a book store I am somewhat overwhelmed by the screenwriting section. There are so many choices; it is difficult to know were to start. I was first attracted to the book because of the interesting (and appropriate) title. Not only is the book easy to read, but it is enjoyable to read as well. An instructional book that’s fun to read: what a concept. Unlike Syd Field’s books, and no disrespect to the man - you at least have to recognize what he’s done for the craft, Save the Cat feels conversational, like you’re being talked to on your level, not down to from on high.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
By David Sedaris
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“David Sedaris’s ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,” (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book.
Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris’s sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from “a writer worth treasuring” (Seattle Times). [...]
