Pursuing an acting career is not easy It takes hard work dedication & the ability to shrug off rejection It also requires an ability to navigate the pitfalls of an often precarious profession While there are many books that attempt to teach people how to act there are few books that show individuals what it takes to succeed as a working professional The Professional Actor's Handbook From Casting Call to Curtain Call provides individuals with strategies that will help them successfully negotiate every stage of their careers From recent college graduates to seasoned professionals looking to transition their careers to the next level this book is a much needed guide Among the many topics covered in this book the authors demonstrate how to Create a Captivating Resume Take a " Perfect" Headshot Compile a Complete Rep Book Conquer Audition Nerves Establish an Online Presence Finance a Developing Career Other strategies address how to network how to survive while building a performing arts career & even how to organize your home office Featuring sample resumes & business cards insights from industry experts-including agents & casting directors-and a list of resources this book offers invaluable guidance-including advice on how to negotiate a contract Along with audition manuals & repertoire binders The Professional Actor's Handbook is a vital reference that belongs on every aspiring performer's bookshelf ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The complete third season of the classic 1970s crime series Bodie (Lewis Collins) & Doyle (Martin Shaw) are two elite officers in the secretive CI5 service a unit staffed by expert policemen soldiers & special forces to combat anarchy terrorism & high-profile crime In this series CI5 is targeted by a series of bombings & assassination attempts the team investigates the murder of a defector & Bodie & Doyle begin to suspect that their boss is selling weapons to the East Germans Episodes are & The Purging of CI5& & Backtrack& & Stopover& & Dead Reckoning& & The Madness of Mickey Hamilton& &A Hiding to Nothing& & Runner& & & Servant of Two Masters& ...

Tracklist My House The Pros Payday Give N Take Superhumans Buggin CDP Smackdown Timeless Treasure I Jus Wanna Away Too Long Make Due Tired Atlas Dishonored Valor ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This series chronicled the lives of Bodie & Doyle top agents for Britain&s CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5) & their controller George Cowley The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism & similar high-profile crimes Cowley a hard ex-MI5 operative h&-picked each of his men Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper & mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence while his partner Doyle came to CI5 from the regular police force & was more of an open minded liberal Their relationship was often contentious but they were the top men in their field & the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases Episodes are & The Purging of CI5& & Backtrack& & Stopover& & Dead Reckoning& & The Madness of Mickey Hamilton& &A Hiding to Nothing& & Runner& & & Servant of Two Masters& ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Four soldiers of fortune are hired by a wealthy Texan oil baron to rescue his kidnapped wife (Cardinale) who&s been spirited across the Mexican border by a band of mercenaries led by Jesus Raza (Palance) The four rugged professionals each regarded as a specialist in his selected field
- an expert marksman & tracker (Strode) the explosives master (Lancaster) horse handler (Ryan) & one skilled in tactics & weaponry (Marvin)
- make their way across the treacherous landscape to retrieve the beautiful kidappee but discover all is not what it seems

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This series chronicled the lives of Bodie & Doyle top agents for Britain&s CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5) & their controller George Cowley The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism & similar high-profile crimes Cowley a hard ex-MI5 operative h&-picked each of his men Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper & mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence while his partner Doyle came to CI5 from the regular police force & was more of an open minded liberal Their relationship was often contentious but they were the top men in their field & the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases Episodes are & Private Madness Public Danger& & The Female Factor& & Old Dog With New Tricks& & Killer With a Long Arm& & Heroes& & Where the Jungle Ends& & Close Quarters& & Everest Was Also Conquered& & When the Heat Cools Off& & Stakeout& & Long Shot& & Look After Annie& & Klansmen& & & Rogue& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Long-awaited long-overdue The Professionals as you have never seen them before Bodie & Doyle need little by way of introduction but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley head of CI5 couldn&t put it more succinctly than his opening gambit "anarchy acts of terror crimes against the public To combat it I&ve got special men experts from the army the police from every service These are The Professionals" Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) & the much-missed Lewis Collins the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes & made an immediate impact on British & then international audiences which has sustained more than 35 years But the series has never looked this good Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals this is a new experience like seeing it for the first time ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Sally Minogue The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel in which she audaciously inhabits the voice & consciousness of a man William Crimsworth Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels But as a man William has freedom of action & as a writer Bronte is correspondingly liberated exploring the relationship between power & sexual desire William's first person narration reveals his attraction to the dominating directress of the girls' school where he teaches played out in the school's 'secret garden' Balanced against this is his more temperate relationship with one of his pupils Frances Henri in which mastery & submission interplay The Professor was published only after Charlotte Brontes death; today it gives us a fascinating insight into the first stirrings of her supreme creative imagination ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ben Foster & Chris O& Dowd star in this sports drama about the Lance Armstrong doping scandal which was the subject of David Walsh&s book & Seven Deadly Sins& Irish sports journalist David Walsh (O& Dowd) grows suspicious of professional cyclist Lance Armstrong (Foster)&s success certain that he has been taking performance-enhancing drugs As Walsh investigates looking for evidence to prove his theory Armstrong continues to deny his consumption of banned substances The cast also

Includes:: Lee Pace Dustin Hoffman & Guillaume Canet

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature These dazzling & utterly satisfying stories explore varieties & degrees of love
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