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  • Danny Boyle - Lust for Life

    A Critical Analysis of All the Films from Shallow Grave to 127 Hours

    by Mark Browning ...
    Danny Boyle is one of contemporary filmmaking's most exciting talents. Since the early 1990s he has steadily created a body of work that crosses genres and defies easy categorisation, from black humour (Shallow Grave), gritty realism (Trainspotting), screwball comedy (A Life Less Ordinary), cult adaptations (The Beach), and horror (28 Days Later), to science fiction (Sunshine), children's drama ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • David Cronenberg

    Author or Filmmaker?

    by Mark Browning ...
    For more than thirty years, David Cronenberg has made independent films such as Scanners and A History of Violence which aim to disturb, surprise, and challenge audiences. He has also repeatedly drawn on literary fiction for inspiration, adapting themes from authors like William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and Patrick McGrath for the big screen; David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker? is the first ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • David Fincher

    Films That Scar

    by Mark Browning ...
    Film scholar Mark Browning offers the first detailed analysis of the work of David Fincher, director of the critically acclaimed films Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.David Fincher is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in Hollywood today. He has produced a string of groundbreaking films that have achieved both critical and commercial success, while constantly ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Stephen King on the Big Screen

    by Mark Browning ...
    From 1976 to the present day, there have been over 45 films adapted from the spine-tingling works of Stephen King. In Stephen King on the Big Screen, Mark Browning addresses the question of why some of the film adaptations of the world’s best-selling author are much more successful than others.By focussing on the theoretical aspect of genre, Browning brings an original approach to familiar films ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Wes Anderson

    Why His Movies Matter

    by Mark Browning ...
    Series series Modern Filmmakers
    This is the first full-length study devoted to the films of Wes Anderson, one of the most distinctive filmmakers working today.This first full-length consideration of this noted 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 Tenenbaums, and the 2009 release, The Fantastic Mr. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • George Clooney

    An Actor Looking for a Role

    by Mark Browning ...
    This book traces the evolution of George Clooney's successful career, from his humble start as a television heartthrob to his current position as one of the most powerful figures in film making today.It can be said that George Clooney has crafted his artistic brand through a mixture of smart career choices of roles, carefully nuanced performances, and key relationships with directors. He is not ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Haunted by Waters

    Fly Fishing in North American Literature

    by Mark Browning ...
    Four essential questions: Why does one fish? How should one properly fish? What relations are created in fishing? And what effects does fishing have on the future? Haunted by Waters is a self-examination by the author as he constructs his own narrative and tries to answer these questions for himself. But it is also a thorough examination of the answers he uncovers in the course of reading what's ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Stephen King on the Small Screen

    by Mark Browning ...
    This book is the first written by a film specialist to consider Stephen King’s television work in its own right, and rejects previous attempts to make the films and books fit rigid thematic categories. Browning examines what makes a written or visual text successful at evoking fear on a case-by-case basis, in a highly readable and engaging way. He also considers the relationship between the big ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • Hearts In Atlantis

    by Stephen King ...
    The classic collection of five deeply resonant and disturbing interconnected stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.Innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery are at the core of these five interconnected, sequential tales—each deeply rooted in the 1960s, and each scarred by the Vietnam War, which continues to cast its shadow over American lives, politics and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Legends

    by Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind ...
    Series series Legends
    " A dream team . . . Legends is the rarest of the rare—an entire collection of original short novels by top fantasy writers." — USA TodayAcclaimed writer and editor Robert Silverberg gathered eleven of the finest writers in fantasy to contribute to this collection of short novels. Each of the writers was asked to write a new story based on one of his or her most famous series: from Stephen King's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes

    by Stephen King ...
    The classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.A wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there’s no escaping the free nightly concert….A novelty toy becomes an unexpected and terrifying instrument of self-defense….An ex-con pieces together a map to unearth a stolen million dollars—but at what price?...A ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dark Screams: Volume One

    by Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini ...
    Series Book 1 - Dark Screams
    Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark, and Ramsey Campbell are the first contributors to a mind-bending new series of short-story collections that push the boundaries of horror and dark suspense to the bleeding edge. From Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of the acclaimed Cemetery Dance Publications, Dark Screams: Volume One reaches across genres to take readers beyond ... Read more

    $4.99 USD