by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Advice & How-To |
In “DETOUR: Hollywood,” Dickerson puts the making of his “Underground Hit,” Detour, on display for all to see. He will teach you what you really need to know about making a microbudget film, or a film of any budget, for that matter. From the nuts and bolts of directing, to getting your movie made and out into the world, this comprehensive filmmaking manual will lead you through every step of the process. Dive into such topics as: the Director as the sole defense for the story; the two main ingredients of filmmaking, Subtext and Point of View; avoiding the trap of “style over substance;” and the importance of Theme in your work. Also included are guidelines to beat out a script, a template for creating the perfect Director’s Binder, and a list of dramatic action verbs to help adjust performance.
This is an essential book for amateur and professional filmmakers alike. It not only includes a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the thrilling, and often harrowing, Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and Distribution of Detour, it also examines the filmmaking techniques behind numerous noteworthy films from the likes of Scorsese, Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, and other master filmmakers.
“DETOUR: Hollywood” is a crash course in filmmaking that is both deeply instructive and highly entertaining. Aspiring directors looking for answers, look no further than this indispensable guide.
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by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Health, Fitness & Self-Help |
Reclaim your confidence, your control, and your road through proven trauma-informed driving recovery approaches. Read on to discover how living in the aftermath of a traffic crash can leave you feeling isolated, anxious, and out of control.
However, there are well-established pathways to recovery that address not only the physical but also the profound emotional impacts of a traumatic traffic crash.
This guide offers just that…
It is a compassionate, step-by-step approach to recovery that understands and addresses your deepest fears.
Inside, you will discover:
The S.A.F.E. Road Recovery Framework — a trauma-informed guide to navigate the emotional turmoil of post-crash recovery
How to recognize and validate your trauma as a real and impactful experience
Strategies to manage immediate post-trauma reactions to help stabilize your emotions
Techniques for reconnecting with your body to alleviate the physical symptoms of trauma
Practical steps to rebuild your confidence in driving and gradually reduce the fear
How to harness the power of your support network, enhancing your recovery with the aid of those who matter
Advanced coping mechanisms that provide long-term solutions to prevent relapse
Ways to handle setbacks constructively without derailing your progress toward recovery
Lifestyle adjustments that promote mental health and well-being,
And much more.
This book is your guide to thriving — not just surviving — after a traffic crash.
With expert advice and empathic understanding, it equips you to take back the driver’s seat and be in control once again.
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by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | African-American & Black Interest |
Come and have some tea with me. Let’s have a chat.
Being a black woman over fifty sounds like a scary thing, especially since our society has told us our entire lives that we have to fight for everything that we hope to achieve in life. And girlfriend, I know you’re not afraid of a fight, but this whole aging thing is for the birds.
What you must understand is that black women over fifty are the trendsetters, the movers and shakers, and the ones to watch in movies, music, politics, and almost every arena in society. We are the new goddesses for this age and the world is starting to recognize it.
It’s about time that we get on board with it. Discover your own power and divine feminity within these pages. Being black and over fifty is the next chapter in our lives, so let’s live it with enthusiasm. This book will remind you that just because you’re a woman of a certain age, that doesn’t mean that you’re not hitting your stride.
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by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
“Jon Smith returns for a perilous rescue mission behind the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine in this gritty and witty action thriller that only a veteran like Bob Asher could write. Escape from Donetsk is required reading for fans of Rapp and Harvath.” – Ross Sidor, Author of the Covert Action Thriller Series
“In the realm of military thrillers, few novels resonate with the authenticity and pulse-pounding excitement that Bob Asher’s “Escape from Donetsk” delivers. Author Bob Asher masterfully intertwines personal sacrifice with a high-stakes rescue mission, creating a story that is both thrilling and deeply human.” – Steve Lepper, Creator of the Facebook Military Thriller Book Group
ESCAPE FROM DONETSK is a story of love, loyalty, sacrifice, deception, betrayal, vengeance, and tons of action. CIA Paramilitary Officer Jon Smith is at his core a good and honorable man. He is also a highly trained warrior with an overly zealous desire to protect those he cares about. If that means leaving a trail of death and destruction in his wake, so be it. On this occasion, he is flying back to Poland from Dnipro, Ukraine in an Agency Black Hawk helicopter after abducting a Russian SVR officer with his CIA team when he receives a satellite phone call. His best friend’s widow informs him that her daughter, Jon’s goddaughter, Sister Joan is trapped behind the lines in Russian-occupied Donetsk. She has just witnessed Chechen soldiers beat her priest to death in front of their church. Jon immediately agrees to retrieve her from the hellish war zone with the help of his loyal teammate, Angie Hawkins. How does the relatively simple rescue mission of a young nun in Russian-occupied Donetsk, Ukraine escalate in less than two days to a point where Russia is on the verge of launching a tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine’s capital? Jon’s mission is simple. The execution is not.
ESCAPE FROM DONETSK is the second standalone book in the Jon Smith series of action-packed military/espionage thrillers. It’s perfect for fans of Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, and Jack Carr. If you like their books, you’ll love ESCAPE FROM DONETSK. It combines all their best traits in a captivating, thrill ride pulled from today’s headlines.
Buy ESCAPE FROM DONETSK today and get a front row!
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by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Historical Fiction |
Raped and reduced to working in a brothel to keep her baby, unwed, teenage mother, Lizzie, forges a new life for herself and her child in the Kimberley region of Australia. But can she evade her persecutors and ultimately bring to them to justice?
This is a story of a girl from inner Sydney. Her family is poor, her father dies when she is nine, life is hard. But her courage rises above adversity. It is story of her struggle to survive and make a life of her own, first as a prostitute, then with her child in a remote outback town.
This is the second book in the series, “Old Balmain House” and begins in the same house as the first book and continues part of the story of Sophie, the girl who vanished half a century ago. Lizzie, aged eight, meets Sophie, the girl who lived in the same bedroom as a child. Sophie becomes her friend.
When Lizzie turns fifteen Sophie tries to warn her not to go in a car with three older boys. Lizzie ignores her warning and is brutally raped by these three men.
Lizzie becomes pregnant and is determined to keep her child. She leaves Sydney and goes to Melbourne, to have and keep her baby. Here, penniless and desperate, she become a prostitute the only way she can support herself. She is discovered and the authorities try to take her child.
She flees to Broome, a small town in the furthest corner of Australia. Here she assumes the role of widow with a small child and settles into this friendly town. Her life is good until a man from her former life finds her and threatens to expose her or harm her child.
She runs again. On a remote desert road her car breaks down. Without water, with her six year old daughter beside her, they face death from thirst. Help comes in an unexpected way. She takes refuge in a local aboriginal community.
er school friend from Balmain, now a journalist, seeks retribution from the men who raped Lizzie many years ago and have continued their ways with others. Now, as successful business men, they seek to use the law to deny justice.
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