Entertainment eBooks

Directors & Designers offers the reader insights into the working relationships of people in these significant and creative roles. It charts an understanding of the way in which these roles have developed over the last century with specific chapters on both the personalities and on the works created... More...

Created by filmmaker and actor Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan, Brothers McMullen, 27 Dresses). Diamond-tooth gangsters, deadly double crosses, stolen opium shipments, plenty of tommy guns, and of course the flirtatious and sexy girlfriend of the mob boss. This is the world of New York City in the... More...

Created by filmmaker and actor Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan, Brothers McMullen, 27 Dresses). John 'The Hand' Smith may have escaped the jeweled jaws of Diamond Jack, but his troubles only seem to multiply. Someone is hell bent on seeing Smith and his oversized northpaw dispatched to their maker... More...

Created by filmmaker and actor Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan, Brothers McMullen, 27 Dresses). The entire New York City underworld has gone topsy-turvy. Mob boss Mad Dog Madden is in hiding now that his original made-man, Gentleman Jim, is in the dog house. But when the Irish Mobster posts a rewa... More...

Brides are always all dressed in white.Cowboys were the first people to wear jeans.Wearing a hat indoors can make you go bald.You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about fashion... More...

Down Memory Lane is a riveting account of one man's love affair and its nostalgic approach is matched with behind the scenes knowledge. More...

World Film Locations: Dublin aims to present a selective snapshot of the city through the medium of the movies made or set in it and allow the reader to inhabit these spaces, passing through a stimulating choice of words and pictures that inform and precipitate an imagined exploration.It is a collec... More...

Designed for reluctant readers, this hi/lo biography series takes readers behind the headlines for a close-up look at some of the most popular superstars in the entertainment world. Each high-interest biography gives readers insights about their favorite star's early life experiences and achieveme... More...

What do you do with old toys, clothes, and other stuff? Instead of throwing them away, get creative and see what crafts you can make! This book shows you how to make crafts out of old playing cards, marker caps, toy cars, neckties, hairbrushes, and more. Color photos of the finished crafts and step-... More...

Since the 1970s, the works of film-makers from Eastern and East Central Europe - among them, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Béla Tarr, István Szabó, and Jirí Menzel - have experienced an international upsurge in popularity. Charting the trends of the national cinemas of Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, a... More...