Bill Condon

Facing important life decisions after graduation, Tiffany confronts eye-opening realities in her ambition to become a reporter after taking a job at the local newspaper, then finds her views further altered by a friend's big news and a whirlwind relationship. By the author of Confessional of a Liar. Original.

A Straight Line to My Heart

A slice of life story for younger readers told with affection and humour about Stephen, a boy who doesn't quite fit in, and his elderly aunt Lola. From the award-winning author of A Straight Line to My Heart... Ages 8+.

The Simple Things

When life is kicking you down, you need to kick back, but when your old man lives in the shed in the backyard, and your mum has problems of her own, that's not always easy. Sometimes, though, you just gotta hang in there, and you never know what might happen . . . Both humorous and confronting, Bill Condon has created a gripping urban tale of life, death, love, joy, and family, which reminds us all to hold on to the important things, however difficult that might be.

No Worries

'I don't want to live longer – I want to live bigger.'Thorns may have only a short time to live, but he's determined to make every second count. And that's where Jack comes in. Safe and quiet, he's going to help the high-spirited Thorns fulfill his wish list.Challenging, touching and funny, Daredevils is a story about friendship, courage, the pursuit of dreams and the joy of living.

Daredevils

Jest the Funny Bits is a collection of Bill’s comic poems, plays and short stories. He had a lot of fun writing them and he really hopes you have fun reading them. However, spoiler alert, they’re not for everyone. If you’re a humourless sour grumpy-pants, whose face would split in two if you attempted to smile or laugh, then, whatever you do, don’t read this book! Also, since it is sure to induce giggles, it is best not to read it out loud. After all, humour is contagious, so if you start laughing, you could cause of a charge of chuckles, even a gush of guffaws. We’re sure you wouldn’t want that on your conscience. By the end of the book, you may think the author is a very silly person. You’d be right, too, but at least he’s not a humourless grumpy-pants. Warning: Open this book at your peril! You are about to enter the untamed wilds of Bill Condon’s imagination. Jokes, gags, twisted rhymes, outrageous puns, riotous characters and all the things you least expect lie in wait around every corner. Be prepared to smile, giggle, laugh, groan and guffaw. You might just need a new funny bone when you’re done. – Michael Gerard Bauer, author, The Things That Will Not Stand

Jest the Funny Bits: poems, stories and plays for children aged 9 to 12

100 Things You Really Need to Know

Tom Eyen

Henry Krieger

Screenplay

Dreamgirls

The souvenir guide to theDreamgirlsmotion picture experience.Includes cast portraits, illustrated musical numbers, and cast and crew credits.

Dreamgirls Collector's Program

Follow TV show host Bradley D. Mented through six adventurous chapters as he teaches us how to live in the jungle. Mr. Mented teaches important lessons for survival such as hippos don't like to be kissed, it's okay to eat poisonous plants, and never, ever forget to wear your anti-lion shorts. Young readers will love the giggle-worthy illustrations and the preposterous suggestions from the lovely TV show host as they learn how to be brave and stay alive in the jungle. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.

REI Fluent

How to Survive in the Jungle by the Person Who Knows 6-Pack

Follow TV show host Bradley D. Mented through six adventurous chapters as he teaches us how to live in the jungle. Mr. Mented teaches important lessons for survival such as hippos don't like to be kissed, it's okay to eat poisonous plants, and never, ever forget to wear your anti-lion shorts. Young readers will love the giggle-worthy illustrations and the preposterous suggestions from the lovely TV show host as they learn how to be brave and stay alive in the jungle.

How to Survive in the Jungle by the Person Who Knows

This novel looks at the life a Brian Talbot, who is seventeen and feels that his life is going nowhere - A story that is both thought-provoking and humorous.

David James

Martin Gottfried

Cheo Hodari Coker

A look at the motion picture "Dreamgirls" introduces its transformation from Broadway musical to the big screen, featuring more than two hundred stills, costume and storyboard illustrations, and a behind-the-scenes look at how it was produced.

The Movie Musical

Auntie Spells Trouble

Pack of 4

The Joker

Starting at a new school is scary. It's lucky then that Jack knows how to make people laugh. But not everyone finds him funny, so he has to think of another way...

One More Friend

The Editors of Entertainment Weekly

With interviews, behind the scenes details, and the history of the original Disney animated movie, Entertainment Weekly presents an in-depth guide to the live-action remake of Beauty and The Beast.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Beauty and the Beast

Thorns may have only a short time to live, but he's determined to make every second count. And that's where Jack comes in. Safe and quiet, he's going to help the high-spirited Thorns fulfil his wish list. Challenging, touching and funny, this is a story about friendship, courage, the pursuit of dreams and the joy of living.

Gods and Monsters

Clive Barker

Ian McKellen

In 1957, a handsome gardener named Clayton Boone is hired by James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man. Boone is fascinated by his retired employer's tales of Old Hollywood, but also wary of his overt homosexuality. Whale slowly exposes Boone to a world he's never before seen, while staging a plot with the young man at its center—not a plot of seduction, but something darker. Gods and Monsters, the Academy Award®-winning screenplay by Bill Condon, is adapted from the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram. The film, directed by Condon, stars Ian McKellen as Whale, Brendan Fraser as Boone, and Lynn Redgrave as Hanna, Whale's protective housekeeper. Gods and Monsters, produced by Regent Entertainment, was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review, was chosen by more than 100 newspapers and magazines as one of the Ten Best Films of 1998, and was nominated for three Academy® Awards. "Gods and Monsters is a picture that seems so very simple in its outline, yet it elicits from its audiences immensely complex feelings. That's a rare balance and extraordinarily difficult to achieve," writes Clive Barker in his foreword. And Ian McKellen writes in his introduction, "This is one of those rare screenplays that the actors felt no need to tamper with. The dialogue is full of invention but never straining for effect." This volume in the acclaimed Newmarket Shooting Script® series features Condon's screenplay, McKellen's introduction, Barker's foreword, a portfolio of stills by Anne Fishbein, and complete credits for the film.

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