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"Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera, but beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit--and a murky past. Peter has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire, which Lily wears beneath her gown. In order to stay close to her...

How snakes, reanimated corpses, trolls, giants, and other beings-both friends and foes-jumped from the pages to the screen in the Wizarding World. The Harry Potter films are packed with creatures by turns fascinating and fearsome, from the goblins of Gringotts to the Dementors of Azkaban. With detailed profiles of each creature that include concept art and behind-the-scenes photography, this volume gives fans an in-depth look at Dark creatures, such...

The New England Horror Filmmakers is a collection of stories from various creators around the states that make up New England. Their trials tribulations hard ships and courage in completing their art. Its been done with a labour of love for the independent film market to show anyone can make a movie with effort and dedication.

Join Ian Eress in "Ian Talks World Building A-Z" for a journey into world-building. This guide is a goldmine for builders interested in immersive storytelling. "Ian Talks World Building A-Z" takes beginners through world creation and helps them create vivid, believable stories. Ian Eress explains concepts from A to Z, laying the groundwork for world-building. This invaluable resource will teach you to write plots and stories that captivate readers....

An engagingly contemporary approach to Buddhism-through the lens of an iconic film and its memorable characters Humorous yet spiritually rigorous in the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and The Tao of Pooh, drawing from pop culture and from personal experience, The Dharma of "The Princess Bride" teaches us how to understand and navigate our most important personal relationships from a twenty-first-century Buddhist perspective. Friendship....

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.

A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills ... and then falls for her. Fifteenth anniversary special edition packed with all-new, never-before-seen bonus features

London, September 3rd, 1939. The world is on the brink of war. In his final days, Sigmund Freud, a recent escapee with his daughter from the regime, receives a visit from the formidable Oxford Don C.S. Lewis. On this day, two of the greatest minds of thetwentieth century intimately engage in a monumental session over the belief in the future of mankind and the existence of God.

Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving...

Craig, a new kid in town, journeys into the nearby creek to find a lost treasure, and winds up being pursued by a band of pirates who want to destroy the creek itself.