Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

Syd Field

From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script.. Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presen...

The Art of Rhetoric

Aristotle

With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtu...

The Forever Man (W.A.R.P #3)

Eoin Colfer

Riley, an orphan boy living in Victorian London, has achieved his dream of becoming a renowned magician, the Great Savano. He owes much of his success to Chevie, a seventeen-year-old FBI agent who traveled from the future in a time pod and helped him defeat his murderous master, Albert Garrick. But it i...

Cricket! (Sporty Kids)

Felice Arena

"Pete dropped to his knees, knowing he wouldn't reach the ball in time. He was devastated. It was all over! Pete's family is crazy for cricket. But can his team take home the Jacaranda Cup? "...