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1) Greenlights
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"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--
"I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those diaries. He found lessons he learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions,...
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Isaac Colten is in hell, literally. For Isaac, his death has provided one last opportunity to be there when Sam needs him the most. An unspeakable horror known as the Dullahan is determined to get its hands on Sam and it most assuredly will, if Isaac can't reach him in time. To get there, Isaac has to navigate the unforgiving land known as the Wastes and somehow survive the creatures that call it home. When he was alive, Isaac was a proud, hardworking,...
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Get the Summary of Matthew McConaughey's Greenlights in 20 minutes.
Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to...
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Give Me The Greenlight is not just a book; it's a mentor and companion, guiding creatives through the highs and lows of the independent filmmaking journey. This comprehensive guidebook is designed to empower aspiring filmmakers, screenwriters and producers with the knowledge and strategies needed to navigate the intricate processes of turning a script into a lucrative film deal. It offers a roadmap to success in the ever evolving and competitive world...
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Producer Jack Quick knows how to frame a story. So says Curtis Wade, the subject of Jack's new true crime docuseries, convicted of a young woman's murder four years prior. In the eyes of Jack's viewers, flimsy evidence and police bias influenced the final verdict...even though, off screen, Jack himself has his doubts. But when the series finale is wildly successful, a retrial sees Curtis walk free. And then another victim turns up dead. To set things...
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Toby Peters mysteries volume 2
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In this "marvelously entertaining" mystery, a hard-boiled Hollywood private eye investigates a murdered Munchkin on the set of The Wizard of Oz (Newsday).
A year after The Wizard of Oz's smash success, the yellow brick road is crumbling. The famous sets have been left standing on a soundstage in the depths of the MGM back lot in case the studio greenlights a sequel. But that doesn't explain what Judy Garland is doing there-or why she finds a...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was the new leader of an Internet startup called GreenLight. com. I had consumed enough wine to dull the sharp edge of the emotional pain and stress that were cutting into me. I didn't know where to turn, and for every raindrop that spattered against my window, I had a question running through my mind.
#2 I was determined to make the right choice, and the right...
8) Sandblast
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THE ULTIMATE PATRIOT MISSION
The plane carrying the Secretary of Defense is blown out of the sky. The Defense Intelligence Agency greenlights an unprecedented response-Operation: Sandblast.
Pentagon Covert Ops runner Bridget Davenport, must find someone to infiltrate the Taliban, get to the terrorist mastermind, and at all costs stop his plan for an attack more destructive than 9/11. Bridget finds young California-raised Afghan-American Lieutenant...
9) Hounded
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There's more blood…more guts…more glory! PART 3 OF AN ELECTRIFYING 3-PART SERIAL HORROR THRILLER! Part 3 picks up where Part 2 left off, continuing to follow Bellamy Foster and his group of survivors in their efforts to find his twin brother as well as a safe haven in a world gone insane. The determination of the Foster brothers will keep you on the edge of your seat. Always on the move, they encounter a far vaster evil than that of the zombie...
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The Complete Fan Guide to Dune
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Director Denis Villeneuve told Total Film that Timothee Chalamet was the first person he texted when Dune: Part Two was greenlighted. "I spent almost a year with Timothee where he was saying to me, 'Can I put a little bit of the Muad'Dib here?' I said, 'No, Timothee. You're not the Muad'Dib yet, '" he said. "so I just wrote him a text message saying, 'Muad'Dib time.'"
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Book Preview: #1 The Burning Man festival, which is a temporary community in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, is a social experiment in which money is forbidden and extreme creativity is celebrated.
#2 The world was thrown into a state of disruption in 2020, and leaders had to adapt. The practices Keith and Kian had been recommending to executive teams for years suddenly...
12) Measure, Execute, Win: Avoiding Strategic Initiative Debacles and Knowing What Your Business Can
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There's no lack of good ideas in today's business world, yet 50% of them are doomed to failure. Executives will often greenlight a strategic initiative based on a business case and financial analyses alone, with no idea whether their company has the ability to execute it successfully. But there's a better way to make corporate decisions.
Alex Castro has developed the ReM Score™, a data-driven measurement for determining a company's execution capability...
13) Army of Stone
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I'm Gabriel Stone. Angel Enforcer. Card shark maestro. Marked for death.An elfish, satanic cult wish to fulfil the prophecy of the Dark Bearer and bring Hell to Earth. That means sacrificing Aurora. As the higher echelons of Heaven have put her under my protection, it's my duty to stop them.But I've got my own problems. Both the cartel werewolves and the vampire triads have greenlighted me for execution. Looks like they've put a powerful gargoyle...
14) Highwire
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Zeb Carter and his team have targets painted on their backs even before they arrive in Australia and New Zealand.
Failure isn't an option for them.
For their enemies, killing Zeb is the only option.
Australia and New Zealand are under attack.
Mysterious organized criminal gangs are stealing from their mines. Their internet, government and large private institutions are continually being cyber-attacked. Their economies are tanking. The social media...
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