Anyone who thinks working actors have a soft life should think harder, and read this book. In fact, being an unemployed actor in Hollywood is no bed of ... well, newspaper, though it can certainly end up as one Rob Foster's "Hollywoodn't - The Mad March To Stardumb" will leave you laughing and perhaps a bit enlightened about the strange, alternate universe that wanna-be actors and performers must navigate in the pursuit of their show business dream, if they are courageous enough to venture to Hollywood with no connections, no references, no day job, no uncle or cousin already in the...

In 1888, the most infamous serial killer of our age appeared, Jack the Ripper. He accumulated his list of unfortunate victims, and then vanished without a trace. He illuded capture, taunted authorities and was never identified - until twenty years later, by the man who had hunted him, London police detective Frederick Abbeline. Long after the Ripper disappeared, Abbeline found the answer to his identity, and revealed it only to one person; a young reporter, Thomas Palmer. "26 High Street" is a readers' theatre play of mystery and intrigue, culminating in the moment that Abbeline passes the...

Which comedians do other comedians laugh at? Inside this third volume of The Legendry Laughter Series, "In Their Faces: Comedy Beyond The Box, Up To Lenny Bruce," essayist Rob Foster offers up a few candidates for your consideration. It's about some of the classic comedy masters who spent their careers pushing the envelope of their profession - turning heads, raising eyebrows, and reinventing the craft of laughmaking - up to the era when one particuar comic turned it on its ear The Legendary Laughter Series highlights classic comedy and the stars who populated it, from the silents to the...

Lenny Bruce, the most important stand-up comedian of the 20th century, gets one more chance to defend his life on the witness stand. And you are the jury. Bruce's struggle for his right to speak his mind on stage brought about an evolution in stand-up comedy and transformed the way we interpret our freedoms under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Every American should know his story. "Mr. Bruce, Do You Swear?" is a play written and produced in 2004, by Rob Foster, that brings Bruce and the legal battle he waged back to life, recreating some of his legendary, status-quo threatening...

Ethan West just wants what everybody wants who struggles to succeed in Hollywood: a breakthrough, a hit - even a small one - that might change the trajectory of his years of frustration and heartbreak in the entertainment rat-race. To be in the loop Like most, one too many bad breaks has him on the verge of throwing in the towel for good. A chance encounter with a cult showbiz icon, however, turns his world upside-down. Suddenly Ethan and his tiny, loyal cadre of fellow hopefuls are shanghaied as crew on a movie-making "project" they'll never forget - if they can survive it Trapped in a...

CodeIgniter is a powerful open source PHP framework which allows you to build simple yet powerful full-feature web applications. This book gives you quick access to practical recipes and useful code snippets which you can add directly into your CodeIgniter application to get the job done. It contains over 80 ready-to-use recipes that you can quickly refer to within your CodeIgniter application or project.

A WORLD GONE MAD A World Imploding With War The future's only hope is a group of super-powered "heroes," all outlawed as a threat to security long ago by a paranoid government. When the new President calls them back to action, can they shake the dust off of their costumes and get their game back on in time to turn the tide? Especially with a new breed of superheroes emerging whose loyalties are in question... the enemy forces having possibly enlisted the aid of malevolent extraterrestrials... and the most powerful super-being on the planet turned rogue? Can the very notion of a free world...