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An Actor Prepares
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 26.95Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well. more...
My Lucky Stars
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 7.99An Academy Award-winning actress and the internationally bestselling author of Out on a Limb delivers her touching, warm, and headline-making memoir. In My Lucky Stars Shirley MacLaine talks candidly and personally about her four decades in Hollywood, especially about the men and women--her "lucky stars"--who touched and challenged her life. ... more...
Ken Dodd
Michael O' Mara Books 2011; US$ 9.99How did the feather-duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest, though least-lauded, comic geniuses of his generation? This is a biography of the last of the great generation of British comedians - Ken Dodd. It contains information gathered from Dodd's friends, colleagues and fellow comedians. more...
Italian Cinema
Oldcastle Books 2010; US$ 5.82From the unbridled sensuality of the orgy scenes in silent Italian cinema, through a topless Sophia Loren in a 1950s historical epic and the image of Silvana Mangano, her skirt provocatively tucked into her underwear, in the neo-realist classic Bitter Rice, to the erotic obsessions of Fellini and the more cerebral but still passion-centred movies... more...
The Art of Acting
Oldcastle Books 2010; US$ 14.57The Art of Acting provides a basic introduction and general advice for people wishing to develop their skills as actors or actresses. It is aimed at both the amateur enthusiast and for those wishing to pursue their interest further and undertake professional training. Advice is given on the basic skills which every actor needs to develop, such as... more...
The Leper's Bell
Birlinn 2011; US$ 11.83The Billy Connolly of the Gàidhealtachd? ? Calum Macdonald, Runrig 'Utterly compelling? - BBC Radio Scotland ?It is a rewarding, if sometimes harrowing journey for the reader as Maclean wrestles with his demons and his identity amid ?cultural schizophrenia?. One is left feeling a deal of sympathy for this most talented, fascinating and charismatic... more...
Jessie Wallace
John Blake Publishing 2011; US$ 5.82She's back! After several years away from our screens, Eastenders favourite Kat Moon had finally returned to Albert Square -- with her much-loved husband Alfie in tow. The nation has long been fascinated with the on/off relationship between the pair and, in this fascinating biography, the actress who brings Kat to life is uncovered.Only days after... more...
Shut It!
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 8.74Shut It! The Inside Story of The Sweeney Pat Gilbert The Sweeney broke the mould for British cop shows. Until it was broadcast, they'd been rather stolid, sometimes quaint, dramas like Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars and Softly, Softly about policemen -- or even bobbies: not cops. Then, in 1975, The Sweeney burst onto commercial television. Based on... more...
Do You Think That's Wise?
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 27.69Best known for starring in Dad's Army , where his Sergeant Wilson was the languid, rakish, distracted foil to Arthur Lowe's pompous, chippy Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier is one of our most loved character actors. 'Do you think that's wise, sir?' and 'Would you mind awfully...?" are just two of Sergeant Wilson's expressions that sum up his... more...
Paul Newman
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 14.57Paul Newman achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes and winsome anti-heroes. In this book Shawn Levy reveals the many faces of this talented actor, from charity fundraiser to sportscar racing driver. more...









