Although he has won plaudits and awards for work in film, television, and on stage, Tony Nardi's most recent headlines have been earned by his TWO LETTERS … And Counting!. Two Letters is based on two actual letters sent to “middle-men”...
Film, television and performing arts
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Author:Nardi, TonySummary: - Author:Murphy, BrendaSummary:
Understanding David Mamet analyzes the broad range of David Mamet's plays and places them in the context of his career as a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction prose as well as drama. Over the past three decades, Mamet has written...
- Author:Crank, James A.Summary:
Understanding Sam Shepard investigates the notoriously complex and confusing dramatic world of Sam Shepard, one of America’s most prolific, thoughtful, and challenging contemporary playwrights. During his nearly fifty-year career as a...
- Author:Larson, JenniferSummary:
Understanding Suzan-Lori Parks is a critical study of a playwright and screenwriter who was the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Suzan-Lori Parks is also the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award, a...
- Author:Graham, Tim, Bozell, L. BrentSummary:
Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, bestselling author, publisher, and activist L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative...
- Author:Porter, BillySummary:
"This is not a coming-out story. It's not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I'd wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie." From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award...
- Author:Guynn, WilliamSummary:
In Unspeakable Histories, William Guynn focuses on the sensation of encountering past events through film. Film is capable, he argues, of triggering moments of heightened awareness in which the barrier between the past and the present...
- Author:Toto, ChristianSummary:
Christian Toto describes Hollywood's descent into dreary, dull, leftist groupthink. This book shows the slow-motion disaster infiltrating the industry, and offers a glimmer of hope for a woke-free tomorrow.
- Author:Staley, RobertaSummary:
Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women's rights. This book charts her incredible journey - from arriving in Canada...
- Author:McLean, JesseSummary:
Re-live the entire hit series with this insightful companion. The record-breaking run of the CBS hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother has come to an end, but new fans of the epic romantic comedy are still appearing in droves,...
- Author:Lewis, JeniferSummary:
A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood.Walking in My Joy is a collection of electric stories by the one and only, super hilarious Jenifer Lewis. Her commentary on what's happening in the...
- Author:Guffey, Ensley F. , Koontz, K. DaleSummary:
An accessible and in-depth guide to all five seasons of Breaking Bad. 'I am not in danger . . . I am the danger.' With those words, Breaking Bad's Walter White solidified himself as TV's greatest antihero. Wanna...
- Author:Sacristán, Pedro Pablo, Henry, O., Butler, DawsSummary:
This collection of stories with music and sound effects features holiday tales for both young and old.
- Author:Casanove, SusanSummary:
Rob Sterling Davies is on the crest of a wave: a celebrated scriptwriter, actor, television personality, the new doyen of Just a Minute, and apparently, Stephen Fry's new best friend. But all isn't quite as it seems, and when Stephen...
- Author:Blinov, PaulSummary:
We Made It All Up is the story of Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton's longest-running improv company. Since 1981 it's sent countless audiences into fits of laughter, vaulted a few actors to Hollywood, survived embezzlement, and emerged as a...
- Author:Hanstock, BillSummary:
Sports journalist Bill Hanstock pulls back the curtain to give a smart fan's account of WWE and Vince McMahon's journey to the top. Untangling the truth behind the official WWE storyline, Hanstock does a deep dive into key...
- Author:Liu, SimuSummary:
An immigrant who battles everything from parental expectations to cultural stereotypes, Liu is determined to carve out a path for himself that leads him to not only succeed as an actor but also to opening the door to reconciling with...
- Author:Union, GabrielleSummary:
In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence...
- Author:Baumgartner, BrianSummary:
Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious inside story of how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe. Based on hundreds of...
- Author:Browning, MarkSummary:
A full-length consideration of this director's work, Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter is organized chronologically to encompass all of Anderson's films, from 1996's Bottle Rocket to Rushmore, The Royal Tenebaums, and the 2009 release...
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