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Carpenter. Suspense, Schock, Terror    by Frank Schnelle
Price: $3.85 USD. 52730 words. Language: German. Published on May 17, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

John Carpenter schuf Klassiker wie “Halloween”, “Die Klapperschlange” und “Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt”. Danach folgte eine Achterbahnkarriere zwischen Independent-Horror und Big-Budget-Flops. Frank Schnelle erweitert hier seine Print-Monografie über Hollywoods “Prince of Darkness” um ein ausführliches Karriere-Interview und diverse neue Texte, die Carpenters gesamtes Schaffen würdigen.
Cabaret Secrets - How to Create Your Own Show, Travel the World and Get Paid to Do What You Love    by Gary Williams
Price: $9.99 USD. 58340 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

A practical guide book for singers who want to create their own cabaret show, or improve the one they already have. Cabaret Secrets covers everything from finding a theme, scripting a show, using comedy and running a rehearsal. There's lots of practical advice on how to find an agent, working on cruise ships, promoting your show and ordering musical arrangements.
TARDIS Eruditorum An Unofficial Critical History of Doctor Who Volume 3: Jon Pertwee    by Philip Sandifer
Price: $4.99 USD. 134260 words. Language: English. Published on April 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

A critical history of the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who, starting with Spearhead From Space in 1970 and ending with Planet of Spiders in 1974.
Beyond Casablanca: 100 Classic Movies Worth Watching    by Jennifer C. Garlen
Price: $9.99 USD. 87900 words. Language: English. Published by Published by Westview, Inc.  on January 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

In an age of streaming video and booming DVD production, viewers have access to more old movies than ever before, but the number of choices can be staggering. Beyond Casablanca offers thoughtful reviews of 100 classic films worth watching, including silent and foreign pictures, musicals, dramas, comedies, Westerns, and even science fiction and horror, from cult classics to Oscar winners.
Animal Movies Guide    by Staci Layne Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 156090 words. Language: English. Published on December 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Designed especially for animal-loving movie buffs, this all-inclusive film reference contains 90 complete reviews of movies in which a primary character is an animal (genres include animated, western, horror, comedy, drama, and more). There are flash reviews and synopses of nearly 1,000 animal movies spanning from the 1920s to the present.
Line? The Creative Way for Actors to Quickly Memorize Monologues and Dialogues    by Jared Kelner
Price: $8.99 USD. 54440 words. Language: English. Published on October 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

ATTENTION ACTORS!!!!! If you've ever struggled to remember your lines, the creative memorization techniques taught in LINE? will help you break through your mental blocks. Jared Kelner has combined his experience as an actor and acting teacher with his expertise as a memory improvement trainer and created LINE? an imagination and sensory based process for actors to use when memorizing lines.
Stasis Leaked Complete: The Unofficial Behind the Scenes Guide to Red Dwarf    by Jane Killick
Price: $6.99 USD. 98680 words. Language: English. Published by Elly Books  on August 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Based on interviews with the cast and crew, this book goes behind the scenes of the successful space comedy, Red Dwarf. With chapters on every episode, it reveals how the series was made, and tells the stories of what happened on and off set. Why did Holly leave? How did Cat lose his teeth? What happened when the writers split up? All these questions are answered, and more.
Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada    by Lori Henry
Price: $6.99 USD. 62120 words. Language: English. Published by Dancing Traveller Publishing  on August 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Some people travel to discover a country's cuisine, others for the wildlife. Lori Henry travels to learn about a culture through its traditional dances.
Locked Into Cinema    by Phil Mershon
Price: $4.99 USD. 81270 words. Language: English. Published on June 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

The author goes beyond reviewing hundreds of films and instead analyzes the political framework in which these movies have appeared.
Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Greatest Job    by Christopher Null
Price: $9.99 USD. 97720 words. Language: English. Published on February 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

*** SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED - PUBLISHED MARCH 2013 *** So you want to be a film critic and review movies for a living? Veteran film critic Christopher Null teaches you, step by step, how to break into the business with the lessons he's learned from more than a decade in the industry. Five Stars! will teach you all you need to know!