Grammar of the Edit (Media Manuals)
By: Roy Thompson
3.77
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
If you want to get to grips with the editing, either in film or video, this book sets down, in a si…
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1. The Story of a Nobody
By: Anton Chekhov , Hugh Aplin , Louis de Bernières
3.76
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Chekhov’s little-known literary gem is a profound and moving work, combining the political tensions… read more
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"Kötü bir duygudan sıyrılamamış erdem ve namus, ahlaksızlığın az ötesindedir."-Anton Chekhov, The Story of a Nobody
"Kendini tanı!’ Mükemmel, yararlı bir öğüt; yazık ki eskiler, bu öğütten faydalanmanın yolunu göstermemişler."-Anton Chekhov, The Story of a Nobody
"Filozoflar gerçek âlimlerin her şeye kayıtsız olduğunu söylerler. Yalan; kayıtsızlık bir ruh felci, zamansız ölümdür."-Anton Chekhov, The Story of a Nobody
"Sus alumnos se someten de buena gana a la influencia de cualquier escritor contemporáneo, incluso de los mediocres, pero se muestran totalmente indiferentes a autores clásicos como Shakespeare, Marco…"-Anton Chekhov, The Story of a Nobody
2. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
3. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more
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"Would you walk away from Omelas?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
4. Men Without Women
By: Haruki Murakami , None
3.75
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
A dazzling new collection of short stories—the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, in… read more
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"Tobacco’s a killer,"-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women
"I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive."-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women
"Crying for someone else is nothing to apologize about,"-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women
"That's what we all do : endlessly take the long way around."-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women
5. Film Art: An Introduction
By: David Bordwell , Kristin Thompson
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Unknown Binding
Film Artis often assigned to college students taking their first film class. Authors David Bordwell… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- film
6. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
By: Joseph Campbell
3.79
Format: 32 pages,
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
By: Blain Brown
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Lavishly produced and illustrated, Cinematography covers the entire range of the profession. The bo… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- film
8. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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9. Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
By: Mark Fisher
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The God Delusion
By: Richard Dawkins
3.90
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of beli… read more
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"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"نؤمن بنظريةالتطور لان الادلة تدعمها وسنرفضها بين ليلة وضحاها عندما تظهر ادلة تنفيها"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"لا تلقن اطفالك بل علمهم طريقة التفكير المستقلة وكيفية التاكد من الادلة وكيف يمكنهم مخالفتك فى الرأي"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
11. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi
4.34
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of pers… read more
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"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
12. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
By: Mortimer J. Adler , Charles van Doren
3.98
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more
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"In short, we can only learn from our "betters"."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"A good rule always describes the ideal performance."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
13. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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14. Blue Nights
By: Joan Didion
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly… read more
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15. On Film Editing
By: None
4.22
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
On Film Editing explains, in simple terms, the principles of film editing, using examples and anecd… read more
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16. 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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17. Seven Samurai
By: Joan Mellen
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this book, Mellen contextualizes Seven Samurai, marking its place in Japanese cinema, and in dir… read more
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18. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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19. In Patagonia
By: Bruce Chatwin , Nicholas Shakespeare
3.67
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Br… read more
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"Albatrosses and penguins are the last birds I'd want to murder."-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names take…"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from t…"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
20. In the Blink of an Eye
By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
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21. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
By: Robert McKee
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more
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22. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
By: Mark Twain
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back… read more
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23. A Skull in Connemara - Acting Edition
By: Martin McDonagh
3.81
Format: 329 pages,
For one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in certain sections of his local… read more
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24. Letter to a Child Never Born
By: Oriana Fallaci
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twent… read more
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25. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
26. It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO
By: Felix Gillette
4.03
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of HBO, the start-up company that reinvented television--by two veteran media repo… read more
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- nonfiction
- film
27. Movies (And Other Things)
By: Shea Serrano
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things), combines the fury of a John Wick… read more
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- nonfiction
- film
"My favorite thing is to imagine Elle meeting up with some of her friends a few weeks after her fight with Beatrix and someone asking her what happened to her one good eye and Elle saying that it was …"-Shea Serrano, Movies (And Other Things)
28. Grammar of the Edit (Media Manuals)
By: Roy Thompson
3.77
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
If you want to get to grips with the editing, either in film or video, this book sets down, in a si… read more
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29. Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit
By: Karen Pearlman
4.15
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing: e.g., how to use software … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- film
30. David Fincher: Mind Games: A Critical Survey of the Filmmaker
By: Adam Nayman
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
David Mind Games is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award– and Golden Glo… read more
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- nonfiction
- film
31. Live Cinema and Its Techniques
By: Francis Ford Coppola
3.37
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From one of the masters of twentieth-century cinema, an indispensable and entertaining guide to a v… read more
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- nonfiction
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