A short life of Kierkegaard

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Tommy Dick

"Nineteen-year-old Tommy Dick is killed, only to resurface. Born into a Hungarian family who had converted to Judaism, Tommy soon finds out that in the eyes of the Nazis, he's still a Jew, still a target for murder. On the run and in disguise, Tommy is chased by death as much as he is by luck. 'Getting Out Alive' is a vivid and gripping account of how the courageous acts of others, unshakeable friendships and Tommy's own extraordinary quick-wit conspired to save the life of an adventurous and determined young man in the cruelist of times."--Publ. website.

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Meikle Paschal

In this transformative work, Meikle Paschal presents an energizing, unadulterated depiction of his growth and development as an African-American man seeking to achieve and define his existence. Through the teachings of Buddha, Paschal discovers pathways leading to answers about the complexities of life, and an inner peace that allows him to more effectively interact with his world.

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James Hardin and Siegfried Mews

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of forty-two German writers active between 1841 and 1900; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography. Includes a cumulative index.

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[by] John Pierson

Variety called John Pierson the "guru of independent film." Why? Perhaps because he wrote Spike Lee a $10,000 check to finish She's Gotta Have It; helped make "slacker" a household word; sold the documentary Roger & Me for $3 million; made Clerks famous; and has seen over 1,000 debut features, and (unlike most independent film companies) managed not to lose his shirt while backing those films he liked most. In short, he's been at the epicenter of the tumultuous last decade that changed independent film forever, and launched a new generation of hilarious, ambitious, talented, and sometimes wacked filmmakers. Here, for the first time, he tells it like it is - the unvarnished truth about film financing; the importance of timing and lighting; creating a sensation on the film festival circuit; the dark side of overnight success; the anatomy of the deals that get films to a theater somewhere near you; and what definitely not to do if you want to make a film (illustrated with dozens of embarrassing examples - like having Elvis come back as a golfing vampire who's shooting a feature). As punctuation throughout the book, Pierson and Clerks creator Kevin Smith dish about everything from Batman, sex, and Quentin Tarantino to American Psycho, Matty Rich, and of course, Rob "Vanilla" Weiss, who "typifies everything you don't want to be as a first-time filmmaker." Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes is a first of its kind: an inside look at the art, the heart, and the enterprise of the spiteful, fractious, and finally, entertaining place that is the world of independent film.