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I purchased this expecting some advice on legal issues, but this book is so much more. It talks you through the whole process of producing a film from start to finish, including valuable information on finding investors, attaching stars, behind the scene terminology, production advice, sample legal forms and what do with your film once you've made a cut. All of the advice is indispensable. This is a must have for any independent film producer, especially those new to the industry. It should be taught as a textbook in film schools. The most helpful book on producing I've stumbled upon yet.

I highly recommend this book. As a first time amateur independent film producer, with about 30 film books resting on my shelf, I believe I was constantly thumbing through this one the most during preproduction. This book contains so much useful information and helpful insights, it's almost like having an industry consultant right there with you. Unlike other books, there weren't a lot of sections where they seemed to rush on to the next chapter without exploring the present topic in some depth.

If it's not already, this book will soon become the industry standard for substantive knowledge of the film business for independent filmmakers. Deal points, standard contract provisions, the often technical and confusing jargon, and the historical context for many industry practices are all covered here in comprehensive yet concise fashion. Topics of interest that are covered in depth include standard talent and producer agreements, developing a screen play, financing, and digital distribution. The book was a tremendous asset to me when I had to help an independent filmmaker comply with complicated federal securities laws in order to raise $200,000. Highly recommended.

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It was a book with that gave you a good background on how film production works from a legal perspective. So you should read it if that is your concern. The authors are lawyers, not producers.

This book is a serious but very readable approach to educating filmmakers on the maze of legal hoops that must be jumped through in order to create a film. Indispensable resource to have.

I thought about writing a long and detailed review of this book. But the following will suffice: I have bought three copies of Moondog, as previous purchases have been loaned to freinds who adamantly refuse to return them! One of the funniest books I have ever read. Don't read it on a train, you'll have everyone staring at you as you burst into fits of laughter. Can the stories be true? Who cares...

Great book. Couldn't put it down. A must read !!!
Funny if you are a pilot. It might not be for young children, though, due to a few words used however, it is a great book and I highly recommend it.

Most books that are self published or turned over to a POD service have a deserved stigma attached to them. Mr. Fusco's engaging account of the first part of his aviation carear from flight instructor to charter and cargo pilot defies any such preconception.

This book is about pilots and flying, not in the technical sense of _Stick and Rudder_, or in a philosophical way like _Fate is the Hunter_. It's a reminder of a time when engineering safety margins were there to be used and confindence counted alongside experience. Although the book is humorous, it pulls a little at the heartstings to read about planes being broken for salvage-- made slightly better when you realize that these planes are being flown right up to the end.

This book is also a good picture of an industry that isn't the same and never will be. Current charter and cargo operations operate under FAR part 135, which effectively requires a pilot to have 1200hrs of flight time. Most pilots get this by being a flight instructor, but the days of a $50 solo in 4 hours are long gone (and that's a good thing!). Still, it doesn't hurt to remember our roots.

Probably the funniest flying book I ever read. Found myself laughing out loud over and over. Especially for people who learned to fly in a Piper Cub. I've given many copies to my old flying buddies.

If you enjoy good humor, you should read this book. If you are a pilot, you should definitely read this book. If you are a pilot who enjoys good humor, you MUST read this book. I laughed aloud so much that my wife bought a copy for our friend, a retired airline captain. He laughs aloud continually as he reads it. The vignettes are over the top, but within each chapter are aphorisms that you will recall with a grin long after you have finished the book. The plot line is aviation, but the humor is universal. Those who are not pilots will enjoy it; those with any aviation experience will love it.

Although my 20 month old is too young to understand the story he definately relaxes from the calm that this book brings to me as we read it together. Beautiful illustrations too.

I checked this out of the library and read it when I was 4 and have loved it ever since. It's one of those "must-have" books. It's a children's book but adults can enjoy it as well. The idea of the book is very sophistocated but can be easily understood by kids due to the simple language and color artwork.

I asked friends who practices Buddhism about any books that they could recommend that I could gift to a young friend who lost a companion very unexpectedly. Although they said that the content does not strictly follow Buddhist principles they suggested it with rave reviews. I was intrigued by the delicate simple manner of the story and noticed an interesting element in the illustrations ( read it to discover for yourself!)The story seems to soften the sadness of losing a loved one, reminds the reader of how dying is a part of living and raises hope that there is life after. It also beautifully narrates how fulfilling and rich a simple life can be. The illustrations are soft and enchanting like the story and the ending is all embracing....

I LOVE this book. My 10 year old LOVES it as well. We both had big smiles in our hearts after reading it. This book is about reincarnation and the connection we have with ourselves.

~Shauna Schoenborn

Gorgeous illustrations and a truly beautiful story make this book a rare treasure in Children's literature. A valuable addition to the book collection of Buddhist parented children. Explains the process of death and rebirth/reincarnation in a gentle and interesting way. Not weird at all and so suitable for children of non-Buddhist background as well as it provides an valuable insight as to how Buddhism/other belief systems explain death and the afterlife.

What a clever and easy way to entertain. We used the ideas in this book for a large gathering and offered multiple tastings. Everyone had a great time and learned a lot about extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, dark chocolate and cheese. I highly recommend the book to anyone looking for a new and fun entertaining idea.

I am always looking for a new party idea and this one was great. This book tells you everything you need to know background wise for each tasting party theme. The best part is you can assign different items for each guest to bring. It's win-win.

We used to have a couples dinner club but it just got so complicated to organize. Someone gave me this book along with some beautiful small appetizer plates. What a great gift! Since then, we've had a few tastings, and it really has made for some variations to the usual "come over for wine" get togethers. It's quite a revelation and ultimately, helps you as a consumer to taste a variety of similar things. We've tasted olive oils, coffee (at a brunch), wines, cheese and tonight we have people coming over to taste olives and tomatoes. Really a worthwhile book if you entertain often.

Okay, it's my fault that I feel ripped off - I'd purused the olive oil and balsamic vinegar sections and said to myself "This is great" - the advice on what accompaniments to serve, the vocabulary of the product, the grid to evaluate each item being tested with its emphasis on one's own palate... the material is well done. The book is beautifully laid out.

The problem: The only tasting items discussed are wine, cheese, beer and tea which all need a book of their own; chocolate, honey, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and apples which are the highlights of the book and cured meat which, to my mind, is too broad a topic. There are many other items which would work well in the book's format - salts, chiles, mustards, olives, potatoes, greens, breads, butters ... Some of these could easily replace the weaker portions of the text. But what is really missing is the resources to discover how to plan one's own testings of products not include in the book. Either skeleton chapters for other products or references in the resources section could fill this gap. But I can't consider $22 for 5 probable "tasting club" menus a good buy.

I purchased this book because I love to entertain. However, it's just such a tiring process. I also needed new supper club ideas. This book solves both problems!

This book covers the basic wine tasting, but also provides foodie treat tastings such as:
chocolate
cheese
honey
tea
olive oil
cured meats
balsamic vinegar
apples
beer

The author provides worksheets to help conduct the tasting, recipes and menues. Each tasting section is organized as follows:

Know your food
Find your food
Choose your accompaniments
Oranize your tasting
Learn your palate

If you want a head start for your tasting, try Crate & Barrel. In store and online they have tasting honeys, salts, chocolates and olive oil.

This book is a must-have for any foodie!

Well, I thought it was a good book, but I didn't think it was THAT serious. I mean, I have scoliosis too and had to wear a brace, but it never made me turn away from people. I could understand if she had an illness. Scoliosis is not a fun thing, but it's not like it can't be fixed...

This book is about a group og young Teens Baby Sitting and they was having alot of problems, it was there first time and they did't know what to do. This book tells you to never offer to baby sit if you don't know that is onr thing that i would never do. I liked this book alot it toughyt me alot about baby sitting it tought me to nevre offer to baby sit if you don't offer.(the first time i offerd to baby sit my said what do you think that you are doing and i said i am just tryign to make some money and she said that is a good job but you still don't know what you are doing and boy did i lurne my lessen). I think that every young Teen should read this if you could like to be a baby sitter one day i think that you couuld read this my mom recmmended me to read this book because it tells me alot about baby sittin.And it also give you alot of tips on baby sitting the best thing about this book it tells you in the back of the book what should you do when a baby cry and also hw to hang a diper this is what i think about this book.

As a teen with scolois I can totally relate to this book. I know what's like to have to wear a backbrace, horrible and uncomfortable. This book helped me at my lowest times, especially when I just wanted talk my back brace off and like throw at the wall.

In this book, Abby finds out she and Anna have scoliosis. Abby only has a little bit of it, so she dosen't have to wear a brace. But Anna has to because of the way her spine is. Scoliosis is a thing where your spine is not completely straight. As a result, if it's bad you might have to wear a brace. Anna's brace, she will wear underneath her clothing. Since if she wears bulky clothes so nobody will notice her brace, Abby gets an idea to buy her some clothes. That's one of the many things Abby does to try to make Anna feel better. But the clothes she chooses are things only Abby would like, meaning she bought clothes Anna hates! Abby also cuts her hair to look just like Anna. Abby even wanted to try on Anna's brace! Also, the BSC is planning a Winter Carnival, but the snow is dissapearing! How will things get back to normal if they are already this bad? Find out in BSC#4, Abby's Twin!

Abby has a twin sister named Anna. Anna has scoloisis. Abby tries to be protective. nstead, this gets on with a fight!

In this book, the saddle club girls have to tell a story about before they rode. Stevie and Lisa can do it, but Carole has to pretend that a pony is a dog! This book is just so funny! Of course it is good, because why would I be reading the saddle club still if they were boring?!

This is an awesome book.Possibly my favorite.I'm so glad I read it (three times)!If you like the Saddle Club,you have to read it. (p.s.I'm not in one of those poor excuses for a Saddle Club such as the 'Stable Club'.I just like to read them,and acctually appreciate them.)

This book is great! I love The Saddle Club, but this is one of the best. When the 3 members of the saddle club try to tell Deborah, Max's wife, about a time before they rode horses, it turns out that all of their stories turned out to be related to horses. I highly recomend this book!

This book was very good. It is my most favorite of all the Super Editions. I had always wondered what the 3 girls lives had been like. I really enjoyed the book!

This book is TOTALLY AWESOME! DEFINATLY one of Bonnie's best. You see, Debora,(Max's wife) is getting ready to have a baby. And Debora asks The Saddle Club to tell her a story, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HORSES! LISA tells about how her mother sent her to "Charm School." STEVIE tells about some of the "Pranks" she played when she was young. And CAROLE tells about how she found a "Puppy Dog",NOT! A LIE TO BE SURE! (A fun lie, I might add.) The, "Puppy Dog" was really a horse, OF CORSE!

This is an interesting book I'd found at the library, and ordered it on Amazon as soon as I could. It tells four different stories per page, and you have to figure out which story goes where, and when each one starts and ends, and how they're all connected somehow. I really like this one more than the children do. It's too illogical for most of them.

I find that I can follow the connection between the stories better with each reading. It is one of my 10 favorite children's books of all time.

Black and White is a children's picture book, but I have shared it not only with little ones but also with groups of high school juniors and a group of adults who also enjoyed the fun in this book. The "warning" on the title page tells you thatthis could be one story or four stories. Each page offers four quadrants with a story in each, and it is up to the readers to put the pieces together. It is a great book to read with others and have a ball as you play with the author through a lot of fun!

Simply geniusly told, it's amazing how someone can come up with such a story-riddle. Is it four stories or is it one story? Certain to spark discussions as one hint after the other reveals a little more. A book unlike any other. Smart and fun entertainment. Beautifully illustrated. David Macaulay at his best.

I bought this book because of the author's reputation and was not disappointed. Several story lines appear to occur simultaneously and enjoyably. I plan to use this book with small groups of students and ask each student to narrate a different story line. This is a fairly complex picture book that I'm sure all will enjoy.

David Macaulay is known for his architectural books: Pyramid, Castle, and City: a Story of Roman Planning and Construction and their accompanying videos. However, this Caldecott winner is a demonstration of that soaring Macaulay imagination!

Macaulay posts this warning right on the title page: "This book appears to contain a number of stories that do not necessarily occur at the same time. Then again, it may contain only one story. In any event, careful inspection of both words and pictures is recommended."

I'll say this at the beginning: As a children's librarian, I would never read or show this to a class. There is no way to explain this complicated, interconnected book of four stories that run into and out of each other.

Here is how they look. There are four stories on the two adjoining pages with two stories per page. Each story has predominant colors of blue, green, brown, and black and white. Colors and patterns spill and slip from one story to the next, but the thrust of the story is done in black and white. It must be noted that Macaulay is NOT saying that everything is black and white. Oh no! If anything he is saying that everything is NOT black and white, but he uses black and white, both words and pictures, to say it.

What I just wrote in that last sentence gives a sense of the story. It is brilliantly creative! I had a special story time with some gifted students last year, second graders. They had so much fun with this book. I had to get them started on "reading" the pictures (this is a picture book with narrative on each story block), but once they caught on, they rip-roared with the story!!

Remember the admonition to stay in the lines and not think outside the box. David Macaulay failed that class because he both colors outside the lines--literally--and his characters get outside their cartoon boxes and into each other's boxes. The story is one big paean to imagination, creativity, whimsy, flight of fancy, freedom to explore, and freedom to see the Big Picture.

Wow, this is one great book. Every child should own it! I certainly do!

The book shows you step by step how to draw cars.

This is a helpful book whether you are drawing for the first time or have been doing it for years!

It goes from simple shapes and line structure all the way through shading and adding detail.

Definitely a must for anyone who wants to add cars to their visual story telling or even an automotive design student.

Just remember to be patient with this book.

It takes a while to get the hang of it.

Once you do, you'll be fine!

This was a 9th Birthday present for my nephew. It kept him entertained for hours! He loved the book and still uses it almost daily after 8 months.

This book has many examples of step-by-step drawings. The only drawback might be that there is very little explanation. You learn mainly by copying the examples. It has a great selection of different cool cars and vehicles to draw. Equally good for young teens or adults.

I have the 1993 publication of this book, and it's amazing. It teaches you how to draw cars in general, not just the ones shown in the book.

Hi!!The book is wonderful for beginers.It helps you get the basic right.Almost all aspect are covered so that you can start sketching cars on your own like side view,3d view.Gives detail information for drawing tyres.This book has helped me a lot and I would recommend this book to everyone without any hesitation.

Spectacular Photos and what an athlete. His death was a loss, but he lives on in these images

this book was amazing, the pictures are stunning, and the stories about him are almost unbelievable. I highly recommend this book for fans of photography or anyone who loves the outdoors.

This is more a short biography with too few of the beautuful photos this talented outdoor photographer made. I would have like to have seen more full page photos and more of them.

If you are familiar with with the work of Galen Rowell I don't need to elaborate on the beauty and quality of his work, if you aren't familiar with this man and his work it will be a valuable addition to your knowledge and enjoyment of photography. Galen Rowell had an unfortunate and untimely death
after a very active life of globe trotting for photography that transcends
the material plane. The book presents many of his best works in a lovely format. A coffee table book that will get noticed.

If you have every looked at Galen's photos and wanted to see more, this is it. With his life cut short, at least we still have archived material that can be released in a book this nice to bring us more glimpses of his world. The color is amazing, the subjects grand, and Galens storys bring it all alive in my livingroom.

I remember these books from when I was a kid, and when I read them now I still conjure up the same not-quite-right images. The fun illustrations and simple text remind us all what it's like to be a kid in a grown-up world. My toddler loves these books because they're silly, and I love them because they give me a chance to be silly, too.

This is a very fun book for children of all ages. It is fun for teens! Enjoy reading it together, over and over and enjoy the laughs.

I knew about Fred Gwynnes'writing and artwork in children's books. This was the first one I bought, what a delight!.. I'll be back for more!

Yet another fine book of play-on-words from Fred Gwynne. Kids love the pictures that literally illustrate the text, and these books usually have us a giggling hysterically. I'm on the lookout for "A Little Pigeon-Toad" and "The Sixteen Hand Horse".

Excellent book for young students who are exploring language and homonyms. Colorful illustrations grab attention and nearly every page gets a reaction.