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Stylized Moments--Turning Film Style Into Meaning    by William McBride
Price: $32.00 USD. 79660 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Concretely discover meaning in film by decoding the simple, often invisible, stylistic choices (significant camera placement/movement, lighting, spatial relationships, editing, soundtrack, etc.) made by directors and their creative collaborators. Readers are instructed in the language of film and interpretive strategies so that all films begin to speak in more meaningful ways.
Winning the Game of Thrones: The Host of Characters and their Agendas    by Valerie Estelle Frankel
Price: $2.95 USD. 50030 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Television.

This book explores characters’ agendas, from Sansa’s secret schemes to Arya’s ultimate goal. What is Cersei’s true fear? What do trout or golden roses symbolize? Is the show a feminist success or a male playground? This book answers all these and more, revealing the enigmas and surprises hidden deep within the series.
Sunflower Diaries: Cryptology Applied to Con-Air, Post-It Notes, Karen the Cougar, YMCA, and Electric Slide, Volume 26    by Rod Island
Price: Free! 33490 words. Language: English. Published on March 14, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Inspirational.

Volume 26 is a continuation of Volume 25. It covers the last portion of the “Moulin Rouge” theme. It talks about the movie “Con-Air” and cites news articles between 3/12 to 3/13 of 2013 that surfaced in the Associated Press Feed that align with scenes in the “Moulin Rouge.” However, despite the themes, the most important lessons are taken from the “Moulin Rouge” about Love.
Sunflower Diaries: Cryptology Applied to Moulin Rouge, Magneto, Scientology, and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Volume 25    by Rod Island
Price: Free! 25160 words. Language: English. Published on March 12, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Education.

Volume 25 was meant to be the latter half of Volume 24. However, the content split into 2. It focuses on the theme of the "Moulin Rouge." It's really more filler, and trying to show that there are news articles that align, but the most important lessons are just the titles themselves taken from "Moulin Rouge" lyrics. That's all you really need to know.
Writing Down the Dragon    by Tom Simon
Price: $2.99 USD. 54380 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on March 11, 2013. Essay » Literature.

Eleven essays on the Tolkien method and the craft of fantasy writing.
Motorcycle Commuter Diaries    by Frank Paine
Price: $9.95 USD. 25680 words. Language: English. Published on March 9, 2013. Essay » Literature.

Hop on board and take a ride through the life and times of a New England motorcycle geek. Frank Paine’s tour de force takes the reader through philosophy, politics, motorcycles, fiction and non-fiction in quick bytes.
The West Old & New    by Susan Roberts
Price: $0.99 USD. 19350 words. Language: English. Published on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Contemporary essays on life in western Montana as well historical stories based on true events.Articles about museums, people and events past and contemporary.
Capitalism: the Myths & the Maxims    by R. Vincent Riccio
Price: $4.50 USD. 63910 words. Language: English. Published on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Economics.

A light and enjoyable, if occasionally tongue-in-cheek look at the various economic philosophies in the world, with a focus on the capitalism we currently employ: its benefits, its flaws, problems, failures, its hopes and dreams, along with the many reasons it is currently not working very well for most of us, even while it works exceedingly well for a few of us. By acclaimed author R V Riccio.
Stories of Vietnam    by Truong Buu Lam
Price: $1.99 USD. 15360 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

This book narrates 14 fairy tales,legends of Vietnam.Although it is illustrated,it is not a children book for such books usually narrate an edited version of their stories.This book submits an unexpurgated text. It thus addresses parents and grandparents who yearn to reacquaint with things heard or read long ago. Children may look only at the images and start fantasizing their own legends, tales.
Eyes Wide Open 2012: The Year's 25 Greatest Movies (and 5 Worst)    by Chris Barsanti
Price: $0.99 USD. 31310 words. Language: English. Published on January 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

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Who has time to waste on a bad movie? In this quick and informative guide, film critic Chris Barsanti (Filmology) runs down the best 25 movies from 2012 you should seek out—and the 5 worst you should avoid at all costs! This guide also includes Best-Of lists, Honorable Mentions, DVD reviews, and short essays.