SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology used by screenwriters, directors, and studio execs across Hollywood. Now, for the first time ever, bestselling author and writing teacher, Jessica Brody, takes the beloved Save the Cat! plotting principals and applies them to the craft of novel writing in this exciting new “worksh...(展开全部)

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Nine years in the making, Morrow's richly detailed, cerebral tale of rationality versus superstitious bigotry is set in late-17th-century London and colonial New England, a time when everyday actions were judged according to the rigid Parliamentary Witchcraft Act and suspect women were persecuted for alleged acts of sorcery. Inquisitive, "...(展开全部)

Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexandra Oliva’s fast-paced novel of suspense. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that will test the limits of their endurance. While they are out there, someth...(展开全部)

An early masterpiece from the winner of the Nobel Prize hailed as the laureate of life under totalitarianism Romania--the last months of the Ceausescu regime. Adina is a young schoolteacher. Paul is a musician. Clara works in a wire factory. Pavel is Clara's lover. But one of them works for the secret police and is reporting on all of the group. One day Adina returns home to di...(展开全部)

In The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie revisits some of the same ground he covered in his greatest novel, Midnight's Children. This book is narrated by Moraes Zogoiby, aka Moor, who speaks to us from a gravestone in Spain. Like Moor, Rushdie knows about a life spent in banishment from normal society--Rushdie because of the death sentence that followed The Satanic Verses, Moor b...(展开全部)

In The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie revisits some of the same ground he covered in his greatest novel, Midnight's Children. This book is narrated by Moraes Zogoiby, aka Moor, who speaks to us from a gravestone in Spain. Like Moor, Rushdie knows about a life spent in banishment from normal society--Rushdie because of the death sentence that followed The Satanic Verses, Moor b...(展开全部)

保罗·奥斯特，1947年出生于新泽西的纽瓦克市，集小说家、诗人、剧作家、译者、电影导演等多重身份于一身，被视为是美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。他1947年出生于新泽西州的纽渥克市，从哥伦比亚大学毕业后曾在法国生活数年。年轻时过着漂泊无定的生活，不断尝试各种工作，甚至曾参加舞团的排练，只因为“观看男男女女在空间中移动让他充满了陶醉感”。 主要作品有小说《纽约三部曲》、《幻影书》、《在地图结束的地方》、《命运之音》、《海怪》以及回忆录《孤独及其所创造的》等，曾获获法国美第奇文学奖，美国约翰·克林顿文学杰出贡献奖，西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖，作品被翻译成30种文字，他也是每年冲击诺贝尔文学奖的有力人选之一。 他编剧并导演的电影作品有《烟》、《面有忧色》和《桥上的露露》，其中《烟》在1996年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖，并受邀成为1997年戛纳影展...(展开全部)

吉姆•谢泼德（Jim Shepard），美国当代短篇小说大师，威廉姆斯学院创意写作课教授，已创作七部长篇小说及五部短篇小说集，作品常见于《格兰塔》《大西洋月刊》《纽约客》《巴黎评论》等重要文学期刊。小说集《正如你了解的那样》获得美国短篇小说奖（Story Prize），并入围美国国家图书奖。作品主题常围绕“道德被动的代价”，通过细查大量历史档案及非虚构材料，对历史人物事件进行生动还原。 《恶童安伦》是他最新也是最著名的长篇作品，其中的关键人物医生科扎克和特雷布林卡集中营均有历史原型。在波兰国宝级导演安杰依·瓦伊达的同名纪录片中，科扎克被塑造成无惧生死的基督式形象，为争取儿童的生存与权利奉献了毕生的心力。