Delta imprint: 179 books
The Screenwriter's Workbook
Exercises and Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating a Successful Screenplay, Newly Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
At last! The classic screenwriting workbook—now completely revised and updated—from the celebrated lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author, Syd Field: “the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world”* No one knows more about screenwriting than Syd Field—and now the ultimate Hollywood...
The TV Writer's Workbook
A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Why is TV writing different from any other kind of writing? How will writing a spec script open doors? What do I have to do to get a job writing for TV? Writing for television is a business. And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success. In this unique hands-on guide, television...
When Elephants Weep
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall.
The popularity of When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson appeared on Dateline...
by Joseph Wambaugh
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”—Truman Capote
This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in...
Kiwis Might Fly
A New Zealand Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Polly Evans was a woman with a mission. Before the traditional New Zealand male hung up his sheep shears for good, Polly wanted to see this vanishing species with her own eyes. Venturing into the land of giant kauri trees and smaller kiwi birds, she explores the country...
It's Not About the Tapas
A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Single, stressed, and living amid the hustle and hurry of modern Hong Kong, Polly Evans had a vision: of mountains and orange groves, matadors and promenades–and of a glorious, hassle-free journey across Spain by bicycle. But like any decent dream, Polly’s came with its own reality: of thighs...
Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman
Travels with Sled Dogs in Canada's Frozen North
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Polly Evans had a mission: to learn everything possible about the howling, tail-wagging world of sled dogs. Fool’s errand? Or the adventure of a lifetime? The intrepid world traveler was about to find out.
In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventured to Canada’s far northwest, where temperatures...
Desperately Seeking Madonna
In Search of the Meaning of the World's Most Famous Woman
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
An original collection of writings almost as diverse as the Material Girl herself, attempting to uncover as many interpretations of Madonna’s appeal as is possible
With voices as diverse as Russell Baker, Sandra Bernhard, Art Buchwald, Al Hirschfeld, Camille Paglia, and Andrew Greeley, Desperately...
Dead to the Core
An Almanack of the Grateful Dead
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
The Grateful Dead have left us a musical bounty of thirty years and thousands of shows. Now Dead to the Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead takes Deadheads through the seasons and years of the Dead's dazzling array of music, with lavish treatment of those "bumper crop" eras from which...
Turn of the Century
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
As big and exciting as the next century, this is a novel of real life at our giddy, feverish, topsy-turvy edge of the millennium. Turn of the Century is a good old-fashioned novel about the day after tomorrow--an uproarious, exquisitely observed panorama of our world as the twentieth century morphs...
Books to Build On
A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
The invaluable grade-by-grade guide (kindergarten—sixth) is designed to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children.
Books to Build On recommends:
• for kindergartners, lively collections of poetry and stories, such as The Children’s Aesop, and imaginative...
Selling a Screenplay
The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting
- Explains What the Buyer Looks For
- Shows You What to Do to Get in the Door
- Tackles the Pitching Process
- Provides Personal Insights from Famous Screenwriters
Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody wants to write the great American screenplay....
by Max Frankel
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Since 1949, when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Max Frankel began to write for The New York Times, readers have looked to his work as a lens through which they could witness America's role in a rapidly changing world. In this vivid and unforgettable memoir, Frankel chronicles the times of his extraordinary...
by Richard Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
More real-life inspirational stories more everyday wonders--more answered prayers--from the TV show that has inspired millions!
Astounding rescues ... divine intervention ... romantic providence. Miracles are all around us--we have only to open our minds...and our hearts. In this extraordinary...