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"From Amateur to Applause: A Beginner's Guide to Stand-Up Comedy" is an inspiring and practical guide for anyone who has ever dreamt of standing on stage and making an audience laugh. It is the first in the "Life, Hobbies, and Careers" series. This book demystifies the journey from being a comedy enthusiast to becoming a performer, offering over 1,300 valuable insights and tips for beginners. It focuses on universal principles of comedy, personal...
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Learn how Julie and the Phantoms bring their rock-and-roll dreams to life in this novel based on season one of the new Netflix show from Descendants’ director Kenny Ortega!
After the passing of her mom, Julie has lost her passion for music and is on the verge of being kicked out of her performing arts high school. That is, until she makes the ultimate comeback with her new band, Julie and the Phantoms. There's only one catch: All of her bandmates...
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From the author and illustrator of the twisted New York Times bestselling Christmas classic, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies, comes a heart-devouring collection of Zombie love songs, Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime. Michael P. Spradlin and Jeff Weigel put their warped minds-and talents-together once again to come up with a hilarious compendium for the ever-hungry aficionados of World War Z, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and the movies...
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This is a comprehensive glossary of terms, definitions, and story development constructs used across the entire Storygeeks ecosystem of books: Anatomy of a Premise Line, Rapid Story Development, and the Rapid Story Development ebook series. This is an invaluable resource for anyone learning the various story development processes and methodologies used by Storygeeks in all its classes, workshops, and webinars.
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From the moment they met Alana Thompson, Americans from coast to coast fell under the spell of the pint-size pageant queen and her loud and proud family. Now, in this authorized guide infused with their down-to-earth redneck style, disarming humor, and homespun values, Mama, Sugar Bear, Honey Boo Boo, Pumpkin, Chickadee, and Chubbs show how you, too, can be a "redneckognized" Southern belle and an honorary member of the Shannon/Thompson clan. How...
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The myth of the 27 Club "curse" started in 1969 with the untimely death of Rolling Stones founder, Brian Jones, which was soon followed by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison. They were all only 27 years old.
But they weren't the only ones. It seems each new generation loses another beloved celebrity to the 27 Club.
This book searches for patterns to these deaths by investigating the incredible true stories behind 20 tragic celebrities...
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An Azorean in Canada: A Memoir is a non-fiction book that traces the adventures and misadventures of Roberto from the moment he was born in 1952, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, to the moment that he emigrates from his native island, in December of 1969, and sets foot in Toronto, to the present day. The book deals with a variety of universal themes such as infancy, adolescence, adulthood, immigration, discrimination, resilience, adaptation...
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In the summer of 1960, Carolyn Pfeiffer leaves her hometown of Madison, North Carolina, for New York City, to begin a career as a model and receptionist for L'Oreal cosmetics. New York is a bustling city filled with opportunity for young women looking to exercise their newly found independence and leave behind the traditional expectation of settling down to become wives and mothers. Carolyn is quickly swept up in the glamour of the city, where she...
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Folklorist, recording artist, actor, songwriter, broadcaster, storyteller, author, archivist, artisan, and designer: over a career spanning more than fifty years, Clary Croft has woven the threads of his vast array of talents into a tapestry that has enveloped the life of an artist, and in the process, he's become a household name in Nova Scotia and beyond.
With charming humility and cheeky humor, Clary shares memories and anecdotes of an eclectic...
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Elizabeth Streb has been testing the potential of the human body since childhood. Can she fly? Can she run up walls? Can she break through glass? How fast can she go? With clarity and humor and with a world-class dance troupe called STREB she continues to investigate what real movement is and has come to these conclusions: It's off the ground! It creates impact! It hurts trying to stop it! In this path breaking book, Streb combines memoir and analysis...
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New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. "Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination" (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). Index.
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This is the screenplay to the fourth Lee Neville Entertainment short film "Sing Me to Sleep" that was originally released in 2010. Also included is a reflective introduction written by Lee Neville in 2024 with comprehensive behind-the-scenes and story information, as well as extensive behind-the-scenes and promotional photos, the complete end credits and list of video and promotional content. Become encapsulated in the cyclical relationship of "Jake"...
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Every winter, 8,000 feet above sea level in the Utah snow, the hopes and dreams of young moviemakers are put on display at the Sundance Film Festival--the haven for independent films where you can show up a kid and go home a star. In barely twenty years of existence, the festival--now overseen by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute--has assumed tremendous importance for today's film culture: during the annual ten-day event, tiny Park City is so overrun...
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For more than thirty years, Jerry Garcia was the musical and spiritual center of the Grateful Dead, one of the most popular rock bands of all time. In Dark Star, the first biography of Garcia published after his death, Garcia is remembered by those who knew him best. Together the voices in this oral biography explore his remarkable life: his childhood in San Francisco; the formation of his musical identity; the Dead's road to rock stardom; and his...
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Rolling Stone magazine called Butch Walker one of "America's best singer-songwriters" and voted him a "Producer of the Year." An American music industry giant, Walker has worked with some of today's hottest talent, including Weezer, Katy Perry, Dashboard Confessional, Pink, Tommy Lee, Fall Out Boy, and The Donnas to name but a few. In his riveting memoir, Drinking with Strangers, Walker tells the fascinating story of his life and remarkable career,...
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"The Actor's Journey: Navigating the Path to Excellence" is an illuminating guide for aspiring actors and seasoned professionals authored by Vandi Lynnae Enzor. Delving into the multifaceted acting world, this book is a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the challenges, triumphs, and transformations inherent in pursuing excellence on stage and screen.Drawing upon her years of experience as an actor, director, and educator, Enzor offers invaluable...
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It's only been four weeks since Chanel's ballet accident put her on crutches, but for a Cheetah Girl, a month without dancing feels like an eternity. When she finally ditches the cast, she has trouble getting up to speed. The Cheetahs are further than ever from landing a record deal, but Chanel's friends don't seem to care about anything besides their new puppies. Worst of all, Chanel gained some weight while she was off her feet, and she feels like...
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In the New York Times bestselling Crash trilogy, the world is introduced to this generation's Romeo and Juliet: Jude Ryder and Lucy Larson-Explosive. Sizzling. Tragic.
Crash: A steamy summer encounter with bad boy Jude means trouble for Lucy. Her sights are set on becoming a ballerina, and she won't let anything get in her way . . . except Jude. He's got a rap sheet, dangerous mood swings, and a name that's been sighed, shouted, and cursed by who...
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When Stewart Copeland gets dressed, he has an identity crisis. Should he put on "leather pants, hostile shirts, and pointy shoes"? Or wear something more appropriate to the "tax-paying, property-owning, investment-holding lotus eater" his success has allowed him to become? This dilemma is at the heart of Copeland's vastly entertaining memoir-in-stories, Strange Things Happen. The world knows Copeland as the drummer for The Police, one of the most...
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This is the ultimate show-biz how-to guide for aspiring kids and their parents, written by Hollywood's number-one kid-talent expert and executive producer for Disney, ABC, and the WB, Irene Dreayer ("the Dray"). As a thirty-year veteran of discovering kid stars and producing hit TV shows such as the Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, as well as several TV movies, Dreayer has seen hundreds of kids try to make...
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