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He arrived in California with $20 in his pocket; now he's governor of the state. But who is Arnold Schwarzenegger This work illuminates the myth-making power of Arnold's own ambitions and follows his strange career all the way up through the stage-managed but scandal-assailed campaign and dramatic recall election to his eventual triumph.

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For the last 150 years, advertising has created a consumer culture in the United States, shaping every facet of American life-from what we eat and drink to the clothes we wear and the cars we drive.

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JUST HOW TALL IS THE MASTER

WHO WAS KILLED BY PSYCHIC SPIDER ELECTRICITY

WHAT CANT A SONIC SCREWDRIVER DO

More colourful than Tom Bakers scarf, and more clever than Osgood, Whographica explores the rich and peculiar history of Doctor Who through infographics, charts, maps and more!

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Examines the experiences of some of the leading women screenwriters. The author looks at the words and lives of women screenwriters, allowing readers a look into the world of women in film. She provides film fans with an international perspective on the global film industry.

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Tells the history of women's engagement with filmmaking and film culture in twentieth-century Australia. In doing so, this book explores an array of often hidden ways women in Australia have creatively worked with film.

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Packed with photographs of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, Horror is the definitive guide tracing the story of horror, decade-by-decade. Whether you're a seasoned, horror expert or a tentative horror explorer, this is the ultimate guide through a century of fear.

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The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as 'surreal' or 'Kafkaesque.'Alex Cox watched all the episodes of The Prisoner on their first broadcast, at the ripe old age of thirteen. In I Am (Not) a Number, Cox believes he provides the answers...

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Ladies Who Punch shows why The View can be mimicked and mocked, but it can never be matched.

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A photo book that captures the history of the Tai Thean Kew Circus, a once-great Chinese Circus established in Singapore in 1929 by the author's own ancestors.

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The definitive publication on the most influential choreographer of our time.

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Probes the concept of 1950s masculinity, asking what it meant to be an Australian man at this time, offering a compelling exploration of the Australian fifties, and challenging the common belief that the fifties were a 'dead' era for Australian filmmaking.

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The first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise.

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A fully authorized, interactive book with free-to-download Augmented Reality app.

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The author, a stand-up comedian whose comedy is funny, revealing, unapologetic, and always a window to her experience as a person who stutters, tells the story of how she became America's first female stuttering stand-up comedian.

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Includes previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photographs and images of deleted scenes.

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The quintessential guide to Woody Allen's lifetime of work, this book examines each of Allen's movies, from when he vented his first neuroses in 1965 all the way to his latest works.

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The Sound of Pictures is an illuminating journey through the soundtracks of more than 400 movies. How do filmmakers play with sound And how does that affect the way we watch their films Whether pop or classical, sweeping or sparse, soundtracks play a crucial role in how we experience cinema.

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Unofficial guide to the creation and making of surprise superhit High School Musical.

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Adapted from his popular NPR series "Jay's Journal, Four Minute Yeggs" features one-page anecdotes of mind-bending performers (limbless jugglers, piano-playing parrots, unkempt Londoners) paired with engravings, mezzotints, and broadsheets from the author's remarkable collection.