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Once More with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Once More with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

by Joss Whedon

A demon who takes sadistic delight in forcing his victims to express themselves in song visits Sunnydale. In the process, Buffy and her friends are made to reveal some inner secrets which would otherwise have remained unspoken.

Shakespeare in Love. A Screenplay. (Lernmaterialien)

Shakespeare in Love. A Screenplay. (Lernmaterialien)

by Marc Norman

The screenplay to the critically acclaimed film which New York Newsday called one of the funniest, most enchanting, most romantic, and best written tales ever spun from the vast legend of Shakespeare. Marc Norman and renowned dramatist, Tom Stoppard have created the best screenplay of the year according to the Golden Globes and the New York Film Critics Circle.

From Approximately Coast to Coast...It's the Bob and Ray ShowBob Elliott, Ray Goulding

From Approximately Coast to Coast...It's the Bob and Ray Show

by Bob Elliott

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya

by Simon Martin

For a thousand years the dense rain forests of Central America concealed the ruins of one of the world's great civilizations, that of the ancient Maya. Early explorers found themselves in cities dominated by steep temple pyramids and fallen idols covered in unfathomable hieroglyphs. Since the mid-nineteenth century, scholars have tried to understand the mysterious people who produced one of the greatest flowerings... (more)

The Last Half Hour of the Day: Stories and Essays That Have Inspired Physicians

The Last Half Hour of the Day: Stories and Essays That Have Inspired Physicians

by Christine Laine, Michael A. Lacombe

Written by well-known and emerging writers, this collection of literary prose was carefully chosen for its insight on the many topics physicians encounter daily, from celebrating a miraculous recovery, facing a tough ethical dilemma, to accepting the death of a colleague, and coming to grips with one's own illness. Many of the pieces included in this moving collection were nominated by the physician readers of... (more)

Writing (New Horizons)

by Georges Jean

The history of the written word, from the cuneiform characters invented in 4000 BC, through the evolution of the alphabet around 2000 BC, to modern typographical techniques. A title from the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-sized information books, with foldouts and double-page spreads.

On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton (Writing Art)

On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton (Writing Art)

by Hollis Frampton

As Hollis Frampton's photographs and celebrated experimental films were testing the boundaries of the camera arts in the 1960s and 1970s, his provocative and highly literate writings were attempting to establish an intellectually resonant form of discourse for these critically underexplored fields. It was a time when artists working in diverse disciplines were beginning to pick up cameras and produce films and... (more)

The Seinfeld Scripts: The First and Second Seasons

The Seinfeld Scripts: The First and Second Seasons

by Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David

Jerry. George. Elaine. Kramer. We've followed their misadventures for nearly ten years on Thursday nights. Here, finally, are the scripts of the first two seasons that will take you back to the beginning of Seinfeld. Featuring the first 17 episodes ever aired, The Seinfeld Scripts contains all the great lines that have kept us laughing for years: the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles," where it all... (more)

Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts (Doctor-Who)

Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts (Doctor-Who)

by Russell T. Davies

This book collects together the entire shooting scripts for the first series. Seven of the scripts are by Russell T. Davies, with the remainder by Steven Moffat, Robert Shearman, Paul Cornell and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. Each story contains the essential ingredients of time travel, adventure, and the mixing of the ordinary with the fantastical that have always characterized the series, while at the... (more)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Season Two, Volume 1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Season Two, Volume 1

by G Pocket

Angel: "This isn't some fairy tale. When I kiss you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after." Buffy: "No. When you kiss me, I want to die." -"Reptile Boy" You've seen each episode and you've got them all on tape. You can practically recite each line by heart. But if you're any kind of fan, you'll want to get your hands on the actual scripts. Here, collected in one volume, are the... (more)

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1

by Various Authors

"It's my first day <of school>. I was afraid that I'd be behind in all my classes, that I wouldn't have any friends, that I'd have last month's hair. I didn't think there would be vampires on campus." -- Buffy, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" A true fan knows that one of the very best aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is its hip, irreverent, witty writing. Slayer-speak packs one of the show's strongest... (more)

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting

by Robert McKee

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni.Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a... (more)

Sesame Street Unpaved: Scripts, Stories, Secrets, and Songs

Sesame Street Unpaved: Scripts, Stories, Secrets, and Songs

by David Borgenicht

The show that has taught over 70 million of us to count is turning 30! To help celebrate this milestone, Hyperion presents the ultimate insider's tribute to "Sesame Street"--a one-of-a-kind volume that lets readers relive all the classic memories, games shows, animation, and parodies through actual scripts, rare photos, celebrity flashbacks, and hilarious anecdotes. 400 color photos. NPR sponsorship.

AppleScript 1-2-3

by Sal Soghoian, Bill Cheeseman

You could be saving yourself time and money right now using tools you probably didn't even know you had. AppleScript, a powerful and free scripting tool included on every Macintosh, enables individuals, professionals, and businesses to save time and money by automating time-consuming, repetitive tasks. Hallmark, for example, used AppleScript to reduce the number of color proofs needed to create a greeting card... (more)

"Extras"

by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

The complete scripts of the award-winning series, with exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs by Rich Hardcastle. Meet Andy Millman, actor. Never forgets his lines because he never gets any. And meet Maggie Jacobs, actor. Would love to throw herself into a good part, but she's more likely just to put her foot in it. With an agent who works part-time at Carphone Warehouse, sometimes you have to take a small role... (more)

Saturday Night LiveAnne P. Beatts, Edie Baskin, John Head

Saturday Night Live

by Anne P. Beatts, Edie Baskin, John Head

Day of the Dead: A Babylon 5¿ ScriptbookNeil Gaiman

Day of the Dead: A Babylon 5¿ Scriptbook

by Neil Gaiman

Original script for the Babylon 5 episode. Contains scenes not actually filmed and some which were filmed but cut. Introduction by J. Michael Straczynski. Trade paperback with John Berkey color cover.

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

by Michael Palin

Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for The Two Ronnies, David Frost, etc). Monty Python was just around the corner. This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys---Jones and Gilliam---and Eric Idle came together and changed... (more)

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