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Mann on Film: It's a Mad World and other essays    by S. E. Mann
Price: Free! 29170 words. Published on December 2, 2009. .

S.E. Mann celebrates American cinema and culture in this first in a series of books on entertainment. From his Tokyo hideaway, S.E. Mann offers up a blue plate special of juicy insight garnished with humor and gushing with delicious admiration for America's most beloved institution, Hollywood.
Making the Tin Man    by John Thomas
Price: $4.99 USD. 55480 words. Published on December 10, 2009. .

Details the problems experienced in order to make a first feature film, "Tin Man." Not some Hollywood publicist's account, but the no-holds-barred description of everything that happened - the triumphs and the disasters. Takes you through every step from raising the money through distribution. A major emphasis on directing actors, editing and dealing with unions or guilds.
Melange and Other I.T. Stories    by Peter Hassebroek
Price: $2.99 USD. 50730 words. Published on July 22, 2010. .

Classic and modern influences blend in this diverse collection centred around the corporate world. It examines the conflicts, foibles, and occasional heroics of modern office life. Essential reading for those working in or with I.T. departments.
Maestro and Me    by Beau to Beau Books
Price: $1.99 USD. 18700 words. Published on November 18, 2010. .

The trip of a lifetime is the much deserved reward for the men and women who have worked tirelessly to become the best for Maestro, but no one is more deserving of this reward than the young man who is adored by his maestro, and who Maestro has fine tuned to become the leader of his band. This adoration by Maestro is yet unknown to Stan, who is somewhat intimidated by the masterful maestro.
Gandalf    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2380 words. Published on December 12, 2010. .

This short story has nothing at all to do with the Lord of the Rings... Sorry but there are no Orcs, Elves or Hobbits. Instead it features a despotic film director, an academy award nominated actor and a beautiful young girl on the troubled set of a horror movie. What happens when you throw a touch of voodoo into this volatile mix? Let's just say "lights, Camera...zombies!"
Hollywood is an All-Volunteer Army    by Steven Paul Leiva
Price: $3.99 USD. 113770 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 20, 2011. .

Here's a story that moves from Hollywood to Manhattan to London to the Greek Island of Corfu to a castle by the sea steeped in Hollywood history and, finally, to the skies over California where World War II Spitfires and Messerschmitts dogfight to the death, and wherein the Fixxer, and his band of cohorts and confidants do battle against the amorality of the universe.
Movie Mystery & Suspense    by John Howard Reid
Price: $4.99 USD. 92110 words. Published on April 4, 2011. .

This detailed book covers many legendary movies, including The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Big Carnival, Angel Face, The High Wall, Johnny Allegro, House of Strangers, Union Station, O.S.S., Real Glory, Phantom Creeps, His Kind of Woman, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death and My Name Is Julia Ross. Surprises include bonus monographs on director Robert Siodmak and producer/director Otto Preminger!
Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Supporting Program: Over 175 Classic Hollywood Movies Examined    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 90730 words. Published on April 5, 2011. .

Many colossal main features are reviewed in this book. But until recently, such movies were not enough to satisfy patrons. They also wanted a supporting film, shorts and cartoons. So here are detailed not only main attractions like High Noon, Jezebel, Merry Widow, Zorro, A Star Is Born, Rio Rita, Great Waltz, but lesser movies that audiences also demanded. Many of these are now available on DVD.
Memorable Films of the Forties    by John Howard Reid
Price: $4.99 USD. 72090 words. Published on April 10, 2011. .

This book not only captures headliners like Laura, Casablanca, Easter Parade, Meet Me in St Louis, Yankee Doodle Dandy, All About Eve, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 3 Musketeers, Picture of Dorian Gray and The Paleface, but also focuses on popular pix like Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Egg and I, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves, Cobra Woman, Cat and the Canary, Ghost Breakers, Caught, Glass Key, Dallas.
Dirty Poole: A Sensual Memoir    by Wakefield Poole
Price: $7.99 USD. 103320 words. Published by Lethe Press  on April 23, 2011. .

Poole created Boys in the Sand, the film that would revolutionize pornography and gay film, start the "porno chic" trend of the 1970s, and serve as the ruler by which adult entertainment is measured. The new edition of Poole’s memoir is an honest and entertaining look at life in the worlds of theater and gay porn.