Most Popular Books by Amy Wallace

Amy Wallace''s memoir of her complex relationship with Carlos Castaneda plunges readers deep into the reality of the Castaneda cult and the psychological terrors it perpetrated. With the skill of a master storyteller, Wallace recounts early meetings with Castaneda, shares previously unpublished material straight from the Nagual, and explores the aftermath of Castaneda''s death and the long term effects of his legacy. Insightful and unwaveringly honest,Sorcerer''s Apprenticeis simultaneously a love story, a cautionary tale about the dangers of giving one''s power to another, and a joyous account of healing and self-affirmation.

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve. “Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques that have made Pixar so widely admired—and so profitable. As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream as a Ph.D. student, and then forged a partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. The essential ingredient in that movie’s success—and in the twenty-five movies that followed—was the unique environment that Catmull and his colleagues built at Pixar, based on philosophies that protect the creative process and defy convention, such as: • Give a good idea to a mediocre team and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team and they will either fix it or come up with something better. • It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them. • The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them. • A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Creativity, Inc. has been significantly expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. It features a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and changes and updates throughout. Pursuing excellence isn’t a one-off assignment but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And Creativity, Inc. explores how it is done.

The Two is a biography of two remarkable lives, "They" were the famous, the first, the original Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, and their story is told in this fascinating and remarkable book in such detail, with such enormous insight and warmth, and with such a superb sense of drama that one understands, for the first time, just how bizarre, heroic, tragic and human their lives in fact were. Astonishing in its extraordinary descriptions of the brothers'' triumph over their handicap and fascinating in its exploration of just how the Siamese Twins lived, spent their childhood, adjusted to fame, fought against being exploited by showmen, promoters and well-wishers, loved (and made love) and searched in vain for the surgical miracle that could separate them. It is a startling, original, and moving book.

The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators – but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades the editors researched curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. The most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in this edition.

What happens when the promise to protect and serve forces a police officer to do the unthinkable...? Police Officer Ashley Walters is being stalked. Her wedding plans are interrupted by an attack on her fiancé, and a detective is shot protecting her. Ashley is forced to flee for her own safety and the lives of those she loves. Ashley finds refuge in a Mennonite community in Shipshewana, Indiana. But even in a peaceful town among gentle people she cherishes, danger stalks. All she has left is faith. But when faith fails, what survives? Readers who love suspense coupled with the simplicity of the Mennonite life will eagerly devour book two in the dramatic Place of Refuge series.

The original, benchmark compendium of facts weirder than fiction, intriguing information, and must-talk-about trivia that has sold over eight million copies worldwide and spawned many imitators. For nearly three decades David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace have been researching curious facts and unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a long-awaited, thoroughly up-to-date, and Americanized new edition, including brand-new lists and list makers. Contributors include: Oliver Stone; Jane Fonda; Sean Connery; Robert Duvall; Pedro Almodovar; Stephen King; John Waters; Wynton Marsalis; Quincy Jones; Arnold Palmer; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Isaac Stern; Ian Rankin; Alan Dershowitz; Margaret Atwood; Dave Eggers; Brian Eno; and Elmore Leonard.

In a quiet town with a thriving Mennonite community, police officer Ashley Walters finds her threadbare faith and way of life challenged by the Plain people whose simple dress and welcoming manner open her eyes to a God she left behind. Peace eludes Ashley until she realizes the answers she seeks aren''t found in starting over but in returning to the simple truth that it''s God who overcomes the world, not her. Written for women who desire action-packed suspense, romance, and an escape into the peaceful world of the Mennonites, Hiding in Plain Sight delves into the painful struggle to fit in and the search for peace that so often eludes our fast-paced lives.

In this classic text with a new introduction by Wallace and Henkin, the authors demystify such processes as grounding, basic psychic meditations, reading auras, understanding the astral body, and performing simple psychic readings and healings. The book is based on the idea that psychic abilities are not just the province of arcane people who study esoteric doctrines, but are the birthright of everyone. Emphasizing practical techniques for self-healing and healing others, Wallace and Henkin share their own experiences with psychic healing and provide clear and straightforward exercises, from beginning to advanced.

The author''s original Book of Lists is a worldwide phenomenon that has sold over 8 million copies. The Punk Book of Lists will feature approx 200 lists - culled from the historical archives and many generated by noteworthy musicians, lists have been put together by film directors, writers, actors, you name it. Punk Rock is cool and the impact has hit every hip person on the planet! Over 50 wicked caricatures of punk rock stars, by noted underground artist Cliff Mott, are peppered generously throughout the book. You don''t have to be punk to love the coolest rock ''n'' roll toilet-reading, time-wasting masterpiece ever! Absolutely a jewel in the canon of great music books!

William James Sidis (1898-1944) was born to a psychologist with some unorthodox ideas about child rearing, attended Harvard at an absurdly young age, burned out at 14, and spent most of the rest of his life working menial jobs and living in poverty. Dubbed a ``failed prodigy'''' by the popular press, he lived out his years as an eccentric and a recluse. The truth is a lot more complex than this, and the "failure" a matter of perspective, as shown in this remarkable biography. Wallace''s book, the only biography of this most enigmatic of prodigies, gives us a balanced look at Sidis'' up-bringing and a somewhat revisionist look at his later life. Sidis apparently was hard at work on manuscripts of various sorts even during his later years; this book is to my knowledge the only one that gives an account of that later work, which dealt with American Indians. New manuscripts by Sidis have surfaced since the writing of this book, including a book on traffic accident patterns.

The Wallace family goes back to their 1981 classic and brings it bang up to date with acerbic, sophisticated behind-the-curtains entries on Tupac Shakur, Princess Diana, Kurt Cobain, Malcolm X, Jim Morrison, and others who have impacted popular culture. 15 new entries enhance this revised classic illustrated historical romp.

The phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits about simply everything! Now the latest edition turns an evil eye toward the strange, the blood-curdling, and the macabre with spine-tingling fun facts from the dark side of entertainment. Chock-full of creepy information from the netherworlds of movies, TV, literature, video games, comic books, and graphic novels, The Book of Lists: Horror offers a blood-feast of forbidden knowledge that horror fans are hungry to devour, including: Stephen King''s Ten Favorite Horror Novels or Short Stories—learn what scares the master! Top Six Grossing Horror Movies of All Time in the United States— which big shocks translated into big bucks? Top Ten Horror-Themed Rock ''n'' Roll Songs—maybe it is ''devil''s music'' after all! And much, much more! Drawing on its authors'' extensive knowledge and contributions from the (living) legends and greatest names in the horror and dark fantasy genres, The Book of Lists: Horror is a scream—an irresistible compendium of all things mysterious, terrifying, and gory . . . and so entertaining, it''s scary!

Lily, the heiress to a San Francisco jewelry dynasty, finds her safe world exploded by an obsessive affair, repeating a family history she has just begun to learn.

A Pixar több mint 20 éve megkerülhetetlen az animációsfilm-készítésben. Könnyed történetmesélés, leleményes cselekményszövés és érzelmi hitelesség – a Pixar filmjei a kreativitás legjobb példái. Olyan közönségsikerek fűződnek a stúdió nevéhez, mint a Toy Story-trilógia, a Szörny Rt., a Némó nyomában, A hihetetlen család vagy a WALL-E, amelyek együttesen 30 Oscar-díjat is begyűjtöttek. Ed Catmull, a Pixar társalapítója és elnöke és a Disney Animation elnöke felfedi a cég hagyományokkal szembeforduló elveit és módszereit, amelyeknek alapelem a kreatív folyamat védelmezése. Elsőként nyújt betekintést a cég működésébe: megtudhatjuk, miként zajlanak a stúdió megbeszélései és a filmek bemutató utáni kiértékelései, valamint az Agytröszt ülései, ahol a filmtörténet számos sikeres alkotása formálódott. A Kreativitás Rt. azoknak a vezetőknek szól, akik beosztottaikkal együttműködve új csúcsokat akarnak meghódítani, ám haszonnal forgathatja bárki, aki eredetiségre törekszik.

Gathers interesting and little known facts about people, history, America, the law, war, language, inventions, transportation, sports, money and food

Qual a fórmula por trás de filmes adorados por multidões como Toy Story, Monstros S.A. ou Procurando Nemo? Em Criatividade S.A., Ed Catmull conta a trajetória de sucesso do mais importante e lucrativo estúdio de animação da atualidade, a Pixar, que ele ajudou a fundar, ao lado de Steve Jobs e John Lasseter, em 1986. Dos encontros da equipe às sessões de brainstorm, Catmull mostra como se constrói uma cultura da criatividade, num livro definitivo para quem busca inspiração para os próprios negócios. Para Catmull, a tecnologia jamais deve estar acima de uma boa história; cercar-se de gente mais inteligente do que você torna o ambiente mais propenso à inovação; e encontrar o lado positivo do fracasso é fundamental para garantir o próximo sucesso. Esses são alguns dos princípios apresentados por Catmull em Criatividade S.A. Quase 20 anos depois do lançamento do primeiro filme da trilogia Toy Story, Catmull, atual presidente da Pixar e da Walt Disney Animation Studios, narra a trajetória da empresa que revolucionou a indústria de animação cinematográfica. Entremeando conclusões sobre gestão de pessoal com entusiasmadas informações a respeito dos avanços em tecnologia digital, além da história da Pixar e do cinema de animação, Criatividade S.A. apresenta mais do que conselhos de negócios, com trechos descrevendo situações quase como um roteiro cinematográfico.