Color illustration on front cover of four men in a saloon, one holding a rifle in his proper right hand standing in the doorway, one smoking a cigarette and one looking at a glass in his proper right hand.
This text is for all those film enthusiasts who can't get on a professional set or can't undertake studies at an expensive film school. Beginning with fundamental techniques and concepts of cinematography, the author shares his many years of experience with the reader.
Contractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Wrench in the Works and Eaves of Destruction... Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. Raphael's old business partner arrives in town with a grudge and a plan to steal him away from his important new passion project. Shannon knows her friend has no intention of giving up Marigold and is proud of Raphael for sticking to his guns. But when his former associate winds up dead, all signs point to Raphael. It's up to Shannon to hammer out the details of the murder before her friend gets pinned for the crime...
Disbelieving the locals who are certain a Blackfoot Indian spirit is responsible for the deaths of four Pinkerton agents, Raider searches Idaho for a more corporeal reason for their deaths.
Junction City's most affluent citizen has been shot dead, and no one is talking--except the woman who is about to hang for the crime. And if Junction City has its way, Beulah French won't have a chance to spill the story before she is swinging from a tree.
Featuring a new introduction by the author about his return to Vietnam, his reflections on the war, and his humanitarian work in Cambodia. “The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates.” Larry Chambers was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division became L Company, 75th (Rangers). But his unit’s mission stayed the same: act as the eyes and ears of the 101st deep in the dreaded A Shau Valley—where the NVA ruled. Relentless thick fog frequently made fighter bombers useless in the A Shau, and the enemy had furnished the nearby mountaintops with antiaircraft machine guns to protect the massive trail network that snaked through it. So, outgunned, outmanned, and unsupported, the teams of L Company executed hundreds of courageous missions. Now, in this powerful personal record, Larry Chambers recaptures the experience of the war’s most brutal on-the-job training, where the slightest noise or smallest error could bring sudden—and certain—death. . . .
There are stories of coincidence and chance and intersections and strange things told. There is the story of a Father, the Young Wife, his Lost Son, the Caretaker, the Boy Genius, his Father, the Game Show Host, the Daughter, the Mother, the Ex-Boy Genius, and the Police Officer in Love. This is a story set in the San Fernando Valley on a day full of rain with no clouds. This is a story about family relationships and bonds that have been broken and need to be mended in one day. The Father (Jason Robards) His Young Wife (Julianne Moore) His Lost Son (Tom Cruise) The Caretaker (Philip Seymour Hoffman) The Boy Genius (Jeremy Blackman) His Father (Michael Bowen) The Game Show Host (Philip Baker Hall) The Daughter (Melora Walters) The Mother (Melinda Dillon) The Ex-Boy Genius (William H. Macy) The Police Officer in Love (John C. Reilly)