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Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog Staff Pick Much like the man himself, Werner Herzog's journal from the filming of Fitzcarraldo is hallucinatory and horrific, lovely and poetic all at once. This is a book about madness and obsession, about depth and illusion, about a place where nothing is as it... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler and Friends Staff Pick Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me is a milk-snorting comic roast of the late-night talk-show mischief. The spectrum of stories (warm, antagonistic, admiring, taunting, sweet, self-protective) are written by those who know her best, "Chelsea's Family... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart Staff Pick You already know from the title whether you want this book. If you love The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and their first book, America (the Book), then prepare yourself for a hilarious, tear-stained laugh-fest that will send neighbors running with alarm... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Thinking in Pictures : Making of Matewan (87 Edition) by John Sayles Staff Pick Before you even begin to write your screenplay you need to know how to visualize it. Thinking in Pictures is more than just John Sayles's account of what it took to make his intellectually satisfying film Matewan — it is also a primer for the would-be... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres Staff Pick It's hard to imagine there are people in the world who don't have a tiny, secret crush on Ellen DeGeneres. And for those who are still in denial, $20 says that will change by the time they finish this book. Dripping with her particular brand of endearing,... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ethan Coen and Joel Coen: Collected Screenplays 1: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen Staff Pick Arguably the most talented filmmaking siblings around, the Coens have blessed the cinema with their unique blend of dark humor, kinetic insanity, and mid-western values. To open one of their screenplays is to behold some of the finest screenwriting... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wild Things by Dave Eggers Staff Pick Not content to reinforce the foundation of Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, Eggers instead architects entirely new additions. Young Max's psyche is fully formed, and the Wild Things themselves are given wonderfully eclectic personalities, ensuring... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need to Know about Making an Independent Film by Reed Martin Staff Pick What's great about The Reel Truth isn't simply its usefulness, but its thoroughness. Martin doesn't gloss over the difficulties of the medium (filmmaking is a constant, uphill struggle, no matter how successful you are). Nor does he make any attempt to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman Staff Pick "Nobody knows anything." William Goldman has given us these three simple words to sum up the backroom chatter and deal making that goes on between studio executives trying to figure out why one movie becomes a hit and another tanks. Of course there is no... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Star Trek: The Original Series 365 by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann Staff Pick Whether you enjoy Star Trek as a guilty pleasure or you genuinely embrace it as the pinnacle of sci-fi radness, you'll love this book! Beam it up and you'll spend an entire year boldly making bad puns.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) by Sapphire Staff Pick Sapphire pulls no punches with her story of Precious Jones, an illiterate, inner-city 16-year-old who is yet again pregnant with her father's child. Through her eyes, life is indeed precious — even riven as hers is. Raw, angry, bleak, and... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Staff Pick Chelsea Handler may not be everyone's cup of vodka. But for those who love her E! talk show, and fans of juicy gossip splashed with liberal doses of alcohol and laughter, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea will shake and stir you.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Pythons: Autobiography by Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle and Michael Palin and Bob McCabe Staff Pick So much fun. A comprehensive, first-person history of the wildly inventive, side-splitting troupe that changed comedy forever. From the first BBC series to The Meaning of Life, the whole outrageous affair has been documented in detail — by the silly... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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James Bond Movie Posters: The Official 007 Collection by Tony Nourmand Staff Pick Who wouldn't want to receive this as a present? A collection of 007's movie posters from around the world, this book is not only a wonderful retrospective of Bond's changes through the years, but it's also a fascinating look at the progression of how... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Adaptation: The Shooting Script by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman Staff Pick I don't even know how to begin writing anything in relation to the work of Charlie Kaufman. Is he really the most original voice working in Hollywood — or, just an escaped mental patient who has gone undetected amidst the denizens of LA? In either... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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This Is NPR: The First Forty Years by Cokie Roberts et al. Staff Pick Hard to imagine NPR is only 40 years old! (What did people listen to before then? Static?) This fascinating chronicle of NPR's history features its most famous personalities and a CD full of the very best "driveway moments."... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin Staff Pick At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Staff Pick An utter delight. This enchanting tale has long been a favorite of mine. It has just been reissued to coincide with the soon to be released movie version. Set in 1930s England, this story of young love beguiles with moated castles, moonlight swims, high... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Profoundly Disturbing: The Shocking Movies That Changed History by Joe Bob Briggs Staff Pick Joe Bob is as irreverent as ever as he explores the films that, as the title implies, were received by critics and public alike as "profoundly disturbing." No matter which film he's talking about, Briggs successfully conveys to the reader the cultural... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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