Offers a chronologically arranged look at the thirty animated Disney films, as well as the development and growth of the Disney industry and theme parks

Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks

Koenig, David

Business & Money

Bonaventure Pr

The first in-depth, unauthorized look at the creation and operation of the world's most popular vacation destination. The author of the best-selling Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland reveals how Walt Disney's City of Tomorrow evolved into a sprawling resort where--despite extraordinary efforts to control every aspect of "the show"--everything doesn't always go according to script.

Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World

Biography & History

Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World takes the first-ever in-depth, unauthorized look at the creation and operation of the world's most popular vacation destination. Step backstage and witness: Walt's original plans for Disney World and how his dreams completely changed in the hands of his successors... His undercover agents who secretly bought 44 square miles of swamps... The chaotic construction and frantic first years of the Magic Kingdom... The underground caverns that wind beneath the theme park... Disney's unconventional, initially disastrous foray into operating its own hotels... The behind-the-scenes machinations that led to EPCOT Center... How safety and security are maintained on property at all costs... The tumultuous change of leadership that turned the cherished Ways of Walt upside down. Join David Koenig, author of the best-selling Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, on Mr. Disney s wildest ride ever.

An unauthorized look backstage at the world's first and most famous theme park, fully updated and greatly expanded to commemorate Disneyland's fiftieth anniversary, also includes a 60-minute audio CD, "A Walk in the Park: A Guided Tour of Disneyland in 1955."

Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland: Golden Anniversary Special Edition (Hardcover Book with Audio CD)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

A revealing glimpse backstage at Disneyland, its development, and its operations

Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland

Humor & Entertainment

Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneyland

Industries

A revealing glimpse backstage at Disneyland examines its development operations while revealing stories of mischievious employees and devious guests

More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland

History

Americas

You remember the red-haired zany from the holiday favorite White Christmas ... the lovable storyteller Hans Christian Andersen ... the daydreamer Walter Mitty ... the tongue-tied Court Jester ... Now step behind the camera during the making of these classic movies. Packed with never-before-published anecdotes and photos, Danny Kaye: King of Jesters takes the first-ever behind-the-scenes look at the creation of his film, TV, radio and stage work, and at the secret life of the incredible performer behind them. As the first performer ever to be personally requested by His Highness to headline a Command Performance, Danny Kaye was literally both King of Jesters and Jester of Kings. But his was a life built on much more than buffoonery, for he could conceivably master any discipline he committed himself to singing straight or scat, dancing, comedy, even the culinary arts and humanitarian efforts, indeed anything he put his mind to. Ironically, it took years for him to be discovered in show business because he could do too much and proved impossible to classify. So, too, his particular genius required absolute concentration so absolute that everything and everyone around him usually vanished. Consequently, he ceded management of his career to others first a kindly Catskills mentor, then revue impressario Max Liebman, and finally hyper-aggressive songstress Sylvia Fine, who would catapult Kaye to stardom and become his lifelong coach, content provider, and wife. Although he reached princely heights as an entertainer, his six-decade career in show business never resulted in an accurate, even-handed biography or analysis of his work. Danny Kaye: King of Jesters provides both. Based on decades of research and interviews, the book clears up previous misconceptions about Kaye, right down to his birthday. Even more, it is a fun, backstage look at the making of his greatest roles, recounting the production of all of his films, his weekly TV series, radio series, Broadway roles, and the best of his work off-Broadway, in audio recordings, and TV specials.

Danny Kaye: King of Jesters

Arts & Literature

On July 17, 1955, Walt Disney opened his first venture directly serving the general public: Disneyland. Three days later, a small girl smashed her miniature Autopia car into a curb, slamming her face against the bare metal steering wheel. Her family filed suit. Disney quickly went to work making the ride safer, while at the same time it began vigorously fighting the family s charges. And, the park started gearing up for more lawsuits thousands more. The People v. Disneyland: How Lawsuits &amp; Lawyers Transformed the Magic, the latest book from Mouse Tales author David Koenig, chronicles 60 years of tumbles, attraction mishaps, ticket scams, attacks by security guards and costumed characters, disability disputes, and employees who turned on their employer. Sometimes the allegations convinced Disney to change its operations, usually secretly. Other times, they stuck by their guns, convinced the claims were bogus. Based on exclusive interviews and nearly 1,300 lawsuits filed against the Mouse, The People v. Disneyland reveals how Walt's wonderland has been remade into a very different place.

The People v. Disneyland: How Lawsuits & Lawyers Transformed the Magic

Randy Skretvedt's seminal LAUREL &amp; HARDY: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES is generally acknowledged as the gold standard in writing about the work of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Since the book's original release in 1987, it has been updated several times through the early 1990s. But over the last 15 years, author Skretvedt has been compiling an Ultimate Edition of his master work, with nearly 50% more text and quadruple the number of photos of previous editions. And to mark its release, Bonaventure Press is producing a single limited print run of 2,000 copies of this special edition, as an oversized 8.5 by 11 hardcover, with heavy glossy paper and all the trimmings of a top-quality art book, to help show off its 1,000 rare photographs and greatly expanded text. In addition: Close to 800 of the images are new to this edition, and include many never-before-published, one-of-a-kind pictures from Babe Hardy s personal collection. Exclusive quotes and fascinating anecdotes from interviews with more than 60 of the team's co-workers, including producer Hal Roach, editors Richard Currier and Bert Jordan, musical director Marvin Hatley, actresses Anita Garvin and Dorothy Granger, and actor Henry Brandon. Detailed accounts of hilarious unused scenes, culled from the original scripts. Details about the locations where the team filmed many of their most famous scenes. Full cast and credit information for each film, providing the names of all the players and their roles as well as previously unknown members of the technical crews. And full information about the musical scores, including the titles of all cues and names of composers. Full information on the many films which are still missing, as well as a section about the new short subjects created for TV.

Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies

Randy Skretvedt

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Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks

Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World

Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World

Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland: Golden Anniversary Special Edition (Hardcover Book with Audio CD)

Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland

Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneyland

More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland

Danny Kaye: King of Jesters

The People v. Disneyland: How Lawsuits & Lawyers Transformed the Magic

Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies