🎬 Television Production

Books that pull back the curtain on how television gets made, from writers' rooms and set design to the grueling logistics of bringing a show to air.

Believe

by Jeremy Egner • 2024

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

3.93

2k+

🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity

Believe 90%

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

by Jeremy Egner 2024

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

by Matt Baume • 2023

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

4.30

2k+

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History

Hi Honey, I'm Homo! 89%

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

by Matt Baume 2023

4.30

2k+ ratings

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History

Elvis '68 Comeback

by Steve Binder • 2022

The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.

4.72

165

🎸 Rock And Roll History 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎤 Music Business

Elvis '68 Comeback 89%

The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.

by Steve Binder 2022

4.72

165 ratings

🎸 Rock And Roll History 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎤 Music Business

Springfield Confidential

by Mike Reiss • 2018

The one rule that made The Simpsons great: network executives were banned from the building.

3.91

5k+

📺 Tv Writing 🎭 Comedy Writing 🎬 Animation Industry

Springfield Confidential 89%

The one rule that made The Simpsons great: network executives were banned from the building.

by Mike Reiss 2018

3.91

5k+ ratings

📺 Tv Writing 🎭 Comedy Writing 🎬 Animation Industry

Save the Cat! Writes for TV

by Jamie Nash • 2021

Board it. Beat it. Weave it: the writers' room method for structuring a pilot that sells.

4.31

423

📺 Television Writing ✍️ Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure

Save the Cat! Writes for TV 89%

Board it. Beat it. Weave it: the writers' room method for structuring a pilot that sells.

by Jamie Nash 2021

4.31

423 ratings

📺 Television Writing ✍️ Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure

The Eight Characters of Comedy

by Scott Sedita • 2005

Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.

4.03

357

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft

The Eight Characters of Comedy 88%

Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.

by Scott Sedita 2005

4.03

357 ratings

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

by Emily Nussbaum • 2024

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

3.92

11k+

📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Summary

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV 88%

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

by Emily Nussbaum 2024

3.92

11k+ ratings

📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism

The Man in the High Castle

by Mike Avila • 2019

A decade-long battle to adapt a cult novel, and the designers who built its fascist America.

4.00

🎬 Behind The Scenes 📖 Adaptation Studies 🕰️ Alternate History

The Man in the High Castle 88%

A decade-long battle to adapt a cult novel, and the designers who built its fascist America.

by Mike Avila 2019

4.00

13 ratings

🎬 Behind The Scenes 📖 Adaptation Studies 🕰️ Alternate History

Twilight

by Mark Cotta Vaz • 2008

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

4.20

451k+

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction

Twilight 87%

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

by Mark Cotta Vaz 2008

4.20

451k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction

Why Not Me?

by Mindy Kaling • 2015

A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.

3.90

227k+

🎬 Film Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes 📖 Page-To-Screen

Why Not Me? 87%

A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.

by Mindy Kaling 2015

3.90

227k+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes 📖 Page-To-Screen

Documentary Storytelling

by Sheila Curran Bernard • 2010

From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.

4.00

148

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📐 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling

Documentary Storytelling 87%

From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.

by Sheila Curran Bernard 2010

4.00

148 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📐 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1

by Mark Cotta Vaz • 2011

Designs, stunts, prosthetic wolves: a backstage pass to the Twilight film's most impossible scenes.

4.29

267k+

📽️ Film Production 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎞️ Movie Tie-In

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 Summary

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 87%

Designs, stunts, prosthetic wolves: a backstage pass to the Twilight film's most impossible scenes.

by Mark Cotta Vaz 2011

4.29

267k+ ratings

📽️ Film Production 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎞️ Movie Tie-In

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

4k+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism

The Simpsons and Philosophy 87%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism

Diaries 1969-1979

by Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

4k+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

Diaries 1969-1979 87%

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

by Michael Palin 2006

4.04

4k+ ratings

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

Audience of One

by James Poniewozik • 2019

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

4.19

926

📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars

Audience of One 87%

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

by James Poniewozik 2019

4.19

926 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

by Bob Odenkirk • 2022

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

3.60

13k+

🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 87%

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

by Bob Odenkirk 2022

3.60

13k+ ratings

🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos

by Brett Juilly • 2017

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

3.71

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos Summary

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos 87%

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

by Brett Juilly 2017

3.71

14 ratings

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics

Producer to Producer

by Maureen Ryan • 2010

Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.

4.23

338

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 🎥 Film Producing 💰 Low-Budget Film

Producer to Producer 87%

Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.

by Maureen Ryan 2010

4.23

338 ratings

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 🎥 Film Producing 💰 Low-Budget Film

Most Talkative

by Andy Cohen • 2012

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

3.81

17k+

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture

Most Talkative 87%

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

by Andy Cohen 2012

3.81

17k+ ratings

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture

Johnny Carson

by Henry Bushkin • 2013

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

3.79

9k+

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation

Johnny Carson 87%

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

by Henry Bushkin 2013

3.79

9k+ ratings

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation

Making Movies

by Sidney Lumet • 1995

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

4.29

10k+

🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction

Making Movies 87%

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

by Sidney Lumet 1995

4.29

10k+ ratings

🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction

inside tagesschau

by Alexander Teske • 2025

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

3.63

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics

inside tagesschau 87%

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

by Alexander Teske 2025

3.63

97 ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

by William Esper • 2014

William Esper's Meisner: build a character through playable actions, not emotional guesswork.

4.59

200

🏫 Meisner Technique 🎓 Actor Training 🎭 Character Creation

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character Summary

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character 87%

William Esper's Meisner: build a character through playable actions, not emotional guesswork.

by William Esper 2014

4.59

200 ratings

🏫 Meisner Technique 🎓 Actor Training 🎭 Character Creation

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

by David R. Koepsell • 2012

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

3.30

274

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Breaking Bad and Philosophy 86%

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

by David R. Koepsell 2012

3.30

274 ratings

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback

by Michael Rabiger • 1987

From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.

4.21

336

🎬 Film Directing 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🖼️ Shot Composition

Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback Summary

Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback 86%

From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.

by Michael Rabiger 1987

4.21

336 ratings

🎬 Film Directing 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🖼️ Shot Composition

Stupid TV, Be More Funny

by Alan Siegel • 2025

How a cartoon from a hands-off writers' room outsmarted network TV and became an institution.

4.03

2k+

🎬 Adult Animation 📺 Primetime Animation 📼 1990s Television

Stupid TV, Be More Funny 86%

How a cartoon from a hands-off writers' room outsmarted network TV and became an institution.

by Alan Siegel 2025

4.03

2k+ ratings

🎬 Adult Animation 📺 Primetime Animation 📼 1990s Television

Audition

by Michael Shurtleff • 1978

The audition belongs to you, not a character: bring your contradictions and your fight.

4.22

3k+

🎭 Auditioning 🧱 Acting Fundamentals 🎬 Scene Work

Audition 86%

The audition belongs to you, not a character: bring your contradictions and your fight.

by Michael Shurtleff 1978

4.22

3k+ ratings

🎭 Auditioning 🧱 Acting Fundamentals 🎬 Scene Work

Directors Tell the Story

by Bethany Rooney • 2011

A working director's guide to running a set, shaping performances, and surviving the edit room.

4.47

🎬 Directing Craft 📜 Script Analysis 👁️ Visual Storytelling

Directors Tell the Story 86%

A working director's guide to running a set, shaping performances, and surviving the edit room.

by Bethany Rooney 2011

4.47

74 ratings

🎬 Directing Craft 📜 Script Analysis 👁️ Visual Storytelling

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck

by Steve Stockman • 2011

Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.

4.20

1k+

🎬 Video Production 🎥 Beginner Filmmaking 📖 Storytelling Basics

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck Summary

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck 86%

Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.

by Steve Stockman 2011

4.20

1k+ ratings

🎬 Video Production 🎥 Beginner Filmmaking 📖 Storytelling Basics

Funny on Purpose

by Joe Randazzo • 2015

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

3.99

244

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy

Funny on Purpose 86%

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

by Joe Randazzo 2015

3.99

244 ratings

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

by Chuck Klosterman • 2003

Your Saved by the Bell reruns taught you more about love than Jane Austen.

3.74

73k+

🎭 Pop Culture Criticism ✍️ Personal Essays 🎵 Music Criticism

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs 86%

Your Saved by the Bell reruns taught you more about love than Jane Austen.

by Chuck Klosterman 2003

3.74

73k+ ratings

🎭 Pop Culture Criticism ✍️ Personal Essays 🎵 Music Criticism

Screenplay

by Syd Field • 1979

The structural template that turned screenwriting into a learnable craft, from setup to final draft.

3.99

9k+

🧱 Story Structure 🎭 Dramatic Structure 👤 Character Development

Screenplay 86%

The structural template that turned screenwriting into a learnable craft, from setup to final draft.

by Syd Field 1979

3.99

9k+ ratings

🧱 Story Structure 🎭 Dramatic Structure 👤 Character Development

Mad Men and Philosophy

by Rod Carveth • 2010

The philosophy hidden inside Mad Men: identity, desire, and the dark side of the American dream.

3.58

612

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism 📢 Advertising Ethics

Mad Men and Philosophy 86%

The philosophy hidden inside Mad Men: identity, desire, and the dark side of the American dream.

by Rod Carveth 2010

3.58

612 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism 📢 Advertising Ethics

If Chins Could Kill

by Bruce Campbell • 2001

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

3.95

19k+

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films

If Chins Could Kill 86%

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

by Bruce Campbell 2001

3.95

19k+ ratings

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films

Introduction to Documentary

by Bill Nichols • 2001

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

3.77

484

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History

Introduction to Documentary 86%

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

by Bill Nichols 2001

3.77

484 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking

by Brian Dunnigan • 2020

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

3.33

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking 86%

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

by Brian Dunnigan 2020

3.33

3 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure

The Visual Story

by Bruce Block • 2021

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

4.67

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft

The Visual Story 86%

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

by Bruce Block 2021

4.67

3 ratings

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft

Making a Good Script Great

by Linda Seger • 1987

Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.

3.88

1k+

🎬 Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Arcs

Making a Good Script Great 86%

Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.

by Linda Seger 1987

3.88

1k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Arcs

Audio Engineering 101

by Tim Dittmar • 2011

Your first session, run right: the physics, gear, and people skills every beginner ignores.

4.06

139

🎛️ Music Production 🎚️ Mixing Basics 📊 Equalization

Audio Engineering 101 86%

Your first session, run right: the physics, gear, and people skills every beginner ignores.

by Tim Dittmar 2011

4.06

139 ratings

🎛️ Music Production 🎚️ Mixing Basics 📊 Equalization

Save the Cat! Strikes Back

by Blake Snyder • 2009

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

4.17

1k+

📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines

Save the Cat! Strikes Back 86%

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

by Blake Snyder 2009

4.17

1k+ ratings

📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Operation Hollywood 86%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Audition

by Barbara Walters • 2008

Her father lost fortunes. Her sister needed lifelong care. She fought her way to every headline.

3.79

7k+

📺 Broadcast Journalism 🎤 Women In Media 🎙️ Interviewing Craft

Audition 86%

Her father lost fortunes. Her sister needed lifelong care. She fought her way to every headline.

by Barbara Walters 2008

3.79

7k+ ratings

📺 Broadcast Journalism 🎤 Women In Media 🎙️ Interviewing Craft

Amusing Ourselves to Death

by Neil Postman • 1985

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

4.17

39k+

🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication

Amusing Ourselves to Death 86%

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

by Neil Postman 1985

4.17

39k+ ratings

🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

by Robert Ben Garant • 2011

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

3.95

2k+

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit Summary

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit 86%

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

by Robert Ben Garant 2011

3.95

2k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching

Film Directing Shot by Shot

by Steven D. Katz • 1991

Storyboards, staging patterns, and the cut: a director's visual grammar from script to screen.

4.00

2k+

🎬 Film Directing 🎥 Cinematography 📋 Storyboarding

Film Directing Shot by Shot 86%

Storyboards, staging patterns, and the cut: a director's visual grammar from script to screen.

by Steven D. Katz 1991

4.00

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Directing 🎥 Cinematography 📋 Storyboarding

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

by Karl Iglesias • 2001

101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.

3.87

479

🎬 Screenwriting 🎥 Hollywood Industry ✍️ Writing Habits

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters Summary

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters 86%

101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.

by Karl Iglesias 2001

3.87

479 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 🎥 Hollywood Industry ✍️ Writing Habits

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

by Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

3.67

403

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman 86%

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

by Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

403 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes

Directing Actors

by Judith Weston • 1996

Most directors give actors adjectives. The ones who get great performances give them verbs.

4.36

2k+

🎬 Film Directing 🎭 Acting Technique 📜 Script Analysis

Directing Actors 86%

Most directors give actors adjectives. The ones who get great performances give them verbs.

by Judith Weston 1996

4.36

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Directing 🎭 Acting Technique 📜 Script Analysis

Hitchcock/Truffaut

by François Truffaut • 1985

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

4.47

10k+

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics

Hitchcock/Truffaut 86%

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

by François Truffaut 1985

4.47

10k+ ratings

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics

How to Take Charge of Your Life

by Richard Bandler • 2014

From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.

3.92

604

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians

How to Take Charge of Your Life 86%

From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.

by Richard Bandler 2014

3.92

604 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians

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