BOOKS by Mamet,David

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1	Glengarry Glen Ross more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist First staged in Britain in 1983, Glengarry Glen Ross is the tale of four real-estate salesmen in a cut-throat sales competition. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and was made into a film, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin, in 1992. see all copies from $3.72! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	On directing film more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist Based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, "On Directing Film" employs his unique perspective as a playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own films--"House of Games" and "Things Change"--to illuminate how a film comes to be. Mamet examines each step--from script to cutting room--through the lens of a ... see all copies from $6.22! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bambi Vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist In BAMBI VS. GODZILLA, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a film-maker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Oleanna: A Play more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist This play, first produced in 1992 at the height of America's national debate about sexual harassment, investigates the relationship between power and language as it develops between a male professor on the verge of winning tenure and closing a deal on a house, and his female student, who comes to see him for help with her work. A series of ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist A guide to the acting profession by a leading American playwright. He advises aspiring actors on topics such as judging a role, approaching the part, working with the playwright, undertaking auditions, and the relationship with agents and the business in general. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist What makes good drama? How does drama matter in our lives? In Three Uses of the Knife, one of America's most respected writers reminds us of the secret powers of the play. Pulitzer Prize--winning playwright, screenwriter, poet, essayist, and director, David Mamet celebrates the absolute necessity of drama -- and the experience of great plays -- ... see all copies from $7.32! new only from $7.32! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Oleanna more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist "An ear for reproducing everyday language has long been David Mamet's hallmark and he has now employed it to skewer the dogmatic, puritannical streak which has become commonplace on and off the campus. With Oleanna he continues an exploration of male-female conflicts begun with Sexual Perversity in Chicago in 1974. Oleanna cogently demonstrates ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.66! \| first editions
8	Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov add to wishlist The final play written by the famous Russian author, first published in 1904. It portrays the decline of the charming and doomed Ranevskaya family, and opens with Madame Ranevskaya returning debt-ridden to Russia after a five-year exile in Paris following the death of her son. The unscrupulous merchant Lopakhin convinces her that she can only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Duck Variations: Two Plays more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" traces the rise and fall of a man's efforts at a love that transcends the crude fantasies he shares with a raucous friend. The man who looks for real love thinks he finds it, and even moves in with a woman, only to have the relationship crumble and to find himself once again swapping jokes with his friend in bars, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, filmmaker, essayist, and novelist comes a scathing look at one of the most destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	American Buffalo more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist "The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) A junk shop. Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business."This play is a parable about the US - not in the journalistic way but ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $9.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Speed-the-plow more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist "The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) Speed-the-Plow sees two old-time movie collaborators manipulate the aspirations of a young woman who will do anything to attain her dream of success in "a brilliant black comedy, a dazzling dissection of Hollywood cupidity." (Newsweek) see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique more books like this by William Esper, Damon DiMarco, David Mamet (Foreword by) add to wishlist A master teacher gives actors everywhere the benefit of his vast experience, helping them to build up a solid foundation of skills they can use to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives. see all copies from $9.06! new only from $9.06! \| SVS
14 view cover	Writing in Restaurants more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy more books like this by Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi, David Mamet add to wishlist Learning partners Mamet (the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright) and Kushner (a rabbi) give their own unique perspectives on weekly readings from the books of the Torah. The author's thought-provoking commentaries, presented in alternating voices, examine the paradoxes, personalities, and ambiguities within the texts, leading to new levels of ... see all copies from $3.58! new only from $11.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16	Speed-The-Plow: A Play more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist Two friends in the film business test the limits of friendship and loyalty in this play, in which one man brings his newly promoted friend a film proposal, hoping to make a sale, only to discover that his friend's new power has skewed their working relationship. This play was first produced by the Royale Theater in New York City, with Joe Mantegna ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist David Mamet's novel is a futurist fantasy about a world without literature--or even pop culture--and about the attempts to get it back. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	House of Games: A Screenplay more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients who entraps her in a series of criminal escapades. Ties in with movie to be released in September. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Woods, Lakeboat, Edmond more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist see all copies from $5.49! new only from $9.73! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia more books like this by Lutz Kleveman add to wishlist A journalist visits Central Asia to assess the real reasons behind American adventurism in that region, and determines that oil is indeed a major factor. Kleveman portrays the major players and rivalries as well as the risks and strategies, which include a probable oil pipeline whose route would run from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Henrietta more books like this by David Mamet, Elizabeth Dahlie (Illustrator) add to wishlist David Mamet writes a fable about a brilliant pig whose dream is to attend Harvard Law School. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Chicago's Nelson Algren more books like this by Art Shay (Text by), David Mamet (Foreword by) add to wishlist They met in 1949 when Art Shay was a reporter for Life. Shay followed Nelson Algren around with a camera, gathering pictures for a photo-essay piece he was pitching to the magazine. Life didn't pick up the article, but Shay and Algren became fast friends. Algren gave Shay's camera entrance into the back-alley world of Division Street, and Shay ... see all copies from $9.65! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Cherry Orchard Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, David Mamet add to wishlist The final play written by the famous Russian author, first published in 1904. It portrays the decline of the charming and doomed Ranevskaya family, and opens with Madame Ranevskaya returning debt-ridden to Russia after a five-year exile in Paris following the death of her son. The unscrupulous merchant Lopakhin convinces her that she can only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Plays--One more books like this by David Mamet add to wishlist Duck Variations: "A brilliant little play about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks" (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet's home town "sweet sad understanding and utterly believable" (Chicago Daily News); Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older ... see all copies from $22.19! new only from $25.11!
25 view cover	The Unit: Seek and Destroy more books like this by Patrick Andrews, David Mamet (Creator) add to wishlist Based on the hit CBS television show created by David Mamet, about an elite squadron dedicated to covert counter-terrorist missions. In the jungles of the Congo, a barbaric new world order is under way. Only one thing can stop it: the Unit. Original. see all copies from $2.92! new only from $3.16! \| SVS

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