Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker’s Creative Journey
By: Adam Nayman
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson.” ― Variety Magazine “Full of lavish pho…
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1. The Mystery Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #3)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.24
Format: 104 pages, ebook
The Mystery Knight is a novella published in 2010 as part of the Warriors anthology, edited by Geor… read more
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"One-and-twenty sorts of birds,"-George R.R. Martin, The Mystery Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #3)
"Wine makes all things possible."-George R.R. Martin, The Mystery Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #3)
"Kings rise and fall, Dunk thought, and cows and smallfolk go about their business."-George R.R. Martin, The Mystery Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #3)
2. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
3. Naked Lunch
By: William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz
3.46
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapte… read more
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"Exterminate all rational thought"-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"When he smiled the fear flew away in little pieces of light..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"And all that I was before is out there in the darkness looking for me."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
4. The Sworn Sword (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #2)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.11
Format: 81 pages, ebook
The Sworn Sword is a novella by George R. R. Martin that first appeared in the Legends II anthology… read more
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"A modest fellow, this one,"-George R.R. Martin, The Sworn Sword (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #2)
"Common boys fight with wooden swords too, only theirs are sticks and broken branches."-George R.R. Martin, The Sworn Sword (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #2)
5. Slow Learner
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.52
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achiev… read more
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"But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever."-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it."-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of t…"-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"What I mean is something like a closed circuit. Everybody on the same frequency. And after a while you forget about the rest of the spectrum and start believing that this is the only frequency that c…"-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
6. Inherent Vice
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon- private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally… read more
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7. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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8. The Stanley Kubrick Archives
By: None
3.87
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The first book to explore Stanley Kubrick's archives is also the most comprehensive study of the fi… read more
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9. Making Movies
By: Sidney Lumet
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more
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10. The Hedge Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.36
Format: 209 pages, ebook
A novella originally published August 25, 1998 in the Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverber… read more
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11. Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
By: Paul Schrader
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed director of Mishima, American Gigolo, Hard Core, Blue Collar, Cat People also the scr… read more
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12. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman
3.86
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more
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14. No Country for Old Men
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more
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15. Vineland
By: Thomas Pynchon
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their l… read more
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16. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
17. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
By: Quentin Tarantino
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more
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"What’s the secret?"-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
18. Room to Dream
By: David Lynch
4.33
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more
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"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."-David Lynch, Room to Dream
"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"-David Lynch, Room to Dream
19. Dr. No
By: Percival Everett
3.71
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more
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"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"-Percival Everett, Dr. No
20. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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21. Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker’s Creative Journey
By: Adam Nayman
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson.” ― Variety Magazine “Full of lavish pho… read more
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