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After collapsing at work, sous-chef Kelly Matlock retreats to her sister's home in Virgin River where she meets widower Lief Holbrook, and as romance blossoms between them, Lief's stepdaughter's antics threaten to tear them apart.

Tonechka - liubiashchaia i liubimaia zhena, doch i mat. Schastlivitsa, odnim slovom! A eshche ona izvestnyi stsenarist i mozhet byt riadom so svoim muzhem-rezhisserom vsegda i vezde - i na rabote, i na otdykhe. I zhivut oni dusha v dushu, i ponimaiut drug druga s poluslova... Ili Tonechke tolko kazhetsia, chto eto tak? Odnazhdy oni otpravliaiutsia v prekrasnyi starinnyi gorod. Ee muzh Aleksandr dolzhen vstretitsia s davnim drugom, kotorogo Tonechka...

When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.

Inspired by questions from workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake Snyder provides new tips and techniques to help screenwriters create stories that resonate.

"Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. Think you know the person you married? Think again ... Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole...

A screenwriter with a three-day deadline for a script asks a secretary to help concoct ideas.

"The untold story of Hollywood's most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940s, Joan Harrison, who grew from being the worst secretary Alfred Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "Master of Suspense.""--

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
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"A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty. In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American West, and as the Great Plains' keenest witness since Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner. Larry McMurtry: A Life traces his origins as one of the last American writers...

"With years of experience with every major film studio and network, and dozens of successful screenplays, Andy knows the business. He's here to debunk the big screen and teach you how to write a blockbuster screenplay and, equally important, how to sell it. Andy has worked with the best: Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg to name a few. He has filled this book with real-life examples to learn from, including contracts, screenplays,...