Sally laird (55 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condizione: Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. paperback.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Very good. x, 263 p. 21 cm. (alk. paper) ; New York Review Books classics. Originally published: New York : Readers International Inc., 1988. With a new afterword by the author. Box number: GR0081 ; 1st printing.

Condizione: New. pp. x + 263.

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condizione: New. pp. x + 263.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 280 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 280 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. original cloth hardcover,231 pages,a fine clean copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks, save a previous owner's name at the endpaper. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.…

Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 8vo pp.198. Sally Laird (illustratore). book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Dust wrapper in plastic jacked, fixed to boards. Name scribbled on page edges.; 231 pages. Interviews with Fazil Iskander; Lyudmila Petrushevskaya; Vladimir Makanin; Andrei Bitov; Tatyana Tolstaya; Yevgeny Popov; Vladimir Sorokin; Viktor Pelevin; & Igor Pomerantsev. Includes a Bibliography on pages 213-225.; 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine condition. Near fine condition (DJ). First Edition. xxviii, 231 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in new condition; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by black & white photographs. Text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. Scarce paperback, 268 pages, NOT ex-library. A lightly used, clean and bright copy, with firm binding and unmarked text; free of inscriptions and stamps. Limited signs of gentle wear. Uncreased spine. -- This book is about the dramatic, psychological and storytelling craftsmanship, inherent to all good stories. The classical American scriptwriting used by Robert McKee, Syd Field and Linda Seger among others, provides this book with its starting point. It has been constructed around a series of case studies and a string of entertaining and thought provoking analysis of well known films and TV series such as Fight Club, The Full Monty, Shrek, Thelma & Louise, The Celebration, Ally McBeal, Friends, As Good As It Gets, Italian for Beginners, Pretty Woman and many more. It is a practical user guide aimed at the author, director and producer. It will be useful to anyone with an interest in film and TV drama, and those curious to know why film can be so seductive. -- Contents: I The Hidden Structure: 1. Strategy of seduction [Our own story; Need for security - and excitement; Fear of failure; Dramatic story; Good storyteller; Professional audience; Genre conventions] 2. Conflicts [Premise; Genuine conflicts; Personal lopsidedness; Outer goals & inner needs; Sub-conflicts & sub-plots; Relationship between the main & sub-conflicts; What's the conflict really about?; Problems with the conflict] 3. Characters' Dramatic Function [Same old story; Main character vs the leading character; Main character's outer goal & development; Supporters & opponents; Followers & contrasts; Confidant; Mentor; Normal character; Credibility; Orchestration] / II Dramatic and Narrative Structure: 4. First act [Three acts; Two different worlds; Set-up; Dramatic set-up; Mysterious set-up; Establishing set-up; Combined set-up; Point of attack; Presentation; Move from the ordinary world to the special world; First turning point] 5. Second act [Elaboration; Symbolic scene; Development; Midpoint and the point of no return; Symbolic death; Escalation of the conflict; Scene of regret; Resistance; Second turning point; Difference between the two turning points; Relationship between midpoint and second turning point] 6. Third act [Back to the ordinary world; Resolution; Climax: resolution of the main conflict; Fade-out; Further Adventures of the Ugly Duckling] / III Dramatic and Narrative Effects: 7. Familiarisation & identification [Credibility of the story; Identification; Sympathy for the bad guy; Recognition; So do something, then!; Stories with several leading characters] 8. Narrator [Concept; Implicit & Explicit narrator; Shift in POV; Four different narrative points of view; Subjective narrator; Personal narrator; Omniscient narrator; Recording narrator; Use of voice-over; Use of POV in Fight Club] 9. Suspense, surprise & credibility [Withholding knowledge; Hints and portents; Set-up - pay-off; Obstacles; Just when everything was going so well; Cooperating with the audience] / IV Filmic Tools and Visual Expression: 10. Moving pictures [Single frame; Camera movements; Point of view; Light & colour; Visual style] 11. Time [Film time; Reaction shots; Flashbacks] 12. Dialogue [Show it - don't say it; Um. what?; Mental dialects; Text and subtext; Direction of the dialogue; True-to-life dialogue; Monologues] / V Working on The Script: 13. Working out what you want [Personal vs the private story; Good yarns and psychodramas; Two universal conflicts; Outer story as metaphor; Meeting of opposites; Choice of theme and arena] 14. Finding and formulating your story [Structuring the idea; Worst that could happen; Using different types of heroes; Pitch; Developing the idea; Natural story; Sequences; Getting started; Synopsis; Character bibles; Actual story; Tell the story; Treatment] 15. Getting it to work [Script format; Division into scenes; Choice of location; Dual function of a scene; Dramatic structure of the scene; Kill your darlings].…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine small octavo in a Fine dust jacket. Bright, snug & unmarked; unread first printing.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to build bridges between the real-world and scholarship on breastfeeding.It asks the question: How can the latest social science research into breastfeeding be used to improve support at both policy and practice level, in order to help women breastfeed and to breastfeed for longer?The edited collection includes discussion about the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding and looks at how policy and practice can apply this to women's experiences.This will be essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners in public health, midwifery, child health, sociology, women's studies, psychology, human geography and anthropology, who want to make a real change for mothers. This edited collection brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to examine the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding and looks at how policy and practice can apply this to women's experiences. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.