Kevyn Aucoin (a Beautiful Life The Success, Struggles, And Beauty Secrets Of A Legendary Makeup Artist) (reprint) (paperback)

When snow first falls, it coats everything in a beautiful blanket of soft, quiet white. Laying there so sleepily, it's easy to forget its deadly power. The delicate perfection of the snowflake belies the chaotic force of an avalanche, here captured in its devastating glory on film. Also included are interviews with top scientists in the field and brand new footage captured by filmmakers taking enormous risks.

OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES: When a young student receives word of his father's death, he gathers up his strength and leaves the campus of his beautiful English university to travel back to his home in Africa. While sorting out his father's affairs, he discovers some secret diaries containing clues to a secret stash of Nazi gold hidden somewhere in the Sahara. He gathers a group of student friends to search for the treasure, only to discover that it is guarded by the rotting undead who died while protecting...

In the innovative film THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, Jacques Demy pays loving homage to the Hollywood musical as well as the French melodrama. The film is shot in Cherbourg, France, using inventive cinematography and blazing colors and textures. Local life is rendered in pink, orange, green, and blue. Wallpapers and umbrella patterns, sweaters and hats, cars and gas stations--each element of the film contributes to the exuberant color and exalted mood. The film is also unique in the sense that every...