Mickey Rourke: Wrestling With Demons (Updated & Revised Edition) by $4.49
The compelling story of Oscar-nominated and award-winning actor Mickey Rourke’s rollercoaster life and career, from the grimy depths to the dizzy heights of Hollywood. Updated and revised to include details from all of Rourke’s films right up to latest release 'Immortals' as well as the dramas of his personal life. This biography is an essential read for any Mickey fan, as it perfectly...
Virginia Mayo - The Best Years of My Life by BeachHouse Books $5.97
Virginia Clara Jones, born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920, never wanted to play the usual childhood games with her chums; she only wanted to "play show." And indeed as a child, she did appear in many shows in and around St. Louis.As Virginia grew into her teen years, she began to dream of dancing and singing at the "Muny Opera" in St. Louis, and eventually she achieved that. From there, the...
Idol Dreams by
Idol SirenAt 16 years old, Alicia has made one of the best decisions of her young life since her father and mother left her: She's dropped out of high school and is simply trying and apparently failing at making a life for herself--one on her own terms, that is--by attempting fit in the mold of everyone else. When it becomes clear that the mundane world is not for her, Alicia ventures in another...
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part by Bob Fosse $17.00
The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, the Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before, how to use humour; create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate the place, the relationships and the competition. In...
Respect for Acting by David Hyde Pierce $19.95
Respect for Acting"This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end." --Publishers Weekly "Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn...
The Reunion Game (Ladies of Legend) by Turquoise Morning Press $0.99
Pickings are slim in Legend, Tennessee, until a high school reunion gives thirty-something Jane Smith a second chance to exorcise the demon of Graham Winchester and get on with her life. Switching places with her famous and glamorous twin sister is just what small town girl Jane needs to get Mr. Most Likely to Succeed into bed and out of her heart.
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus by Drama Publishers $19.95
An Actor Prepares by Routledge $25.95
Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.
Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sydney Pollack $16.00
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight--always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and...
Against All Odds: My Story by B&H Books $14.99
A New York Times best seller. Millions of people worldwide know Chuck Norris as the star of more than twenty motion pictures, a martial arts expert, and the only man in the Western Hemisphere to hold an eighth degree Black Belt Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do. Countless others see him daily in syndicated reruns as the hero of the longest running CBS series to date, Walker, Texas Ranger.” What...