Being An Actor
By: Simon Callow
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Sim…
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1. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
By: Charles Dickens , Michael Slater
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. 'Merry Christmas!...every idiot who goes abo… read more
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"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when the Great Creator was a child himself."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"... Any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness!"-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"The air was filled with phantoms... and... the misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Edward Albee
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more
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"Honey: I know these people ..."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
4. The Artist's Way
By: Julia Cameron
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
5. The Three Sisters
By: Anton Chekhov
3.06
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sistersprobes the lives and dreams of … read more
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- theatre
- drama
6. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
By: Michael A. Singer
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provokin… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
7. Other People's Shoes: Thoughts on Acting
By: Harriet Walter
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
Harriet Walter is well known for her performances at the Royal Court (Cloud Nine, Hamlet with Jonat… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
8. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more
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- nonfiction
9. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By: Eckhart Tolle
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, "The Power o… read more
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- nonfiction
10. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
By: Gabor Maté
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more
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11. An Actor Prepares
By: Constantin Stanislavski , Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own … read more
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12. Adventures in the Screen Trade
By: William Goldman
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more
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13. A Life in Parts
By: Bryan Cranston
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more
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14. The Seagull
By: Anton Chekhov , Michael Frayn
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation. When … read more
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15. Enduring Love
By: Ian McEwan
3.64
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Joe planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return… read more
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"... her conviction that love that did not find its expression in a letter was not perfect."-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
"I've never outgrown that feeling of mild pride, of acceptance, when children take your hand."-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
"When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it."-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
"I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible."-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
16. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
By: Deepak Chopra
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
This is a book you will cherish for a lifetime, for within is pages are the secrets of making all y… read more
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17. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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- art
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
18. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
19. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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- nonfiction
"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
20. Being An Actor
By: Simon Callow
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Sim… read more
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- biography
- memoir
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- autobiography
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- drama
21. The Working Actor
By: Paul Clayton
3.57
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"Every day do at least one thing that might lead to work, and then get on with living your life." W… read more
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