A celebration of 25 years of the "Meet the Writers" Book Fair, the affair that kicks of the Hamptons summer social season each May, and features local writers from the East End of Long Island. 
Contributors include E. L. Doctorow, Lanford Wilson, Peter Matthiessen, Kurt Vonnegut, Terrence McNally, Betty Friedan, David Ignatow, Wilfrid Sheed, Edward Albee, James Salter, Susan Isaacs, Dava Sobel, Kenneth Koch, Gregory Rabassa, John Steinbeck, Joe Pintauro, Elaine Benson, Elaine Steinbeck, Dan Rattiner, Steven Gaines, Sheridan Sansegundo, Lee Davis, Mary Cummings, and many others. 
Meet The Writers supports the Steinbeck Project at Long Island University's Southampton College campus.

Meet The Writers: The Steinbeck Project: 1978-2002

Literature & Fiction

Ken Wheaton

United States

Harbor Electronic Pub

First published in YR 190 (1982 AD), this reproduction of the unusual calendar introduced by the French Revolution won awards for the graphics by David Lindroth. 
We found a bunch in the basement and--since the French Revolutionary Calendar is the same every year, we decided to offer these first editions for sale again. We gaurantee it is the most unusual calendar you've ever seen. 
In 1792 the French revolutionaries had a better idea: an entirely new calendar, free of unreason, superstition, and tyranny! This is an authentic reproduction of that calendar, designed during the revolution and in use for 13 years thereafter. 
There are 12 equal months of thirty days, each divided into three "weeks" of ten days each. (At last you'll be able to get something done by the end of the week. . . before your regular four-day weekend!) The FRC is perpetual, so you won't have to buy a new one every year. And, best of all, each year has an extra "intercalary" period of five days at the end of the year to bring the total number of days to 365. These are holidays from time. They have no day names, so you don't have to account for them. 
There's an introduction to explain the novel story of the FRC and the history of calendars in general. And, yes, you'll find a correlation to the Gregorian calendar--so you can keep track of the rest of the world!

French Revolutionary Calendar

History

Europe

The Dictionary of New Media: The New Digital World of Video, Audio, and Print

Your complete guide to the digital revolution now sweeping film and media into the new millenium, The Dictionary of New Media covers thousands of terms that you need to know in digital media, film, television, and print. 
If you've just bought your first digital camera, or a DVD-Video deck, or you're curious what the future holds for HDTV (High-Definition Television), or you're thinking of investing in some Home Theatre Equipment, or your new computer came with a DVD-ROM drive, or you need to know what the difference is among all those new audio formats--MP3, DAM, DVD-Audio and SACD--or you wonder why you should you care whether the movie is in SDDS, DTS, or Dolby Digital (and what the hell is THX anyway?!), or you're wondering whether a DSS dish is for you or you should stick to cable, and if you do stick to cable, should you invest in the new cable modem or tell the phone company you want DSL (and if they don't have DSL will your techy friends laugh at you if you install an ISDN line?), or you swear you can't tell the difference between Foley and ADR (let me put that another way: do you get your Honeywagons confused with your Abby Singers?), or you want to know how JPG is different from TIFF or MPEG, or you were embarrassed at work the other day because you ftp'ed a file when you should have http'ed it, well... The Dictionary of New Media is what you need. 
A comprehensive introductory essay provides an understandable guide to today's digital revolution. More than 2,400 entries cover the many new terms that have entered the language in the last few years, and also survey the basic technical, critical, and professional language of film, television, and print. Comprehensive cross-references link related essays to provide a clear path to understanding.

Humor & Entertainment

MONACO, James

Movies

DVD-ROM. 4.6 GB. Mac/PC compatible. 
Imagine! — an entire film course — the history of film, the secrets of film technology, discussion of films, filmmakers, traditions, and genres — available all on one disc. 
That’s what you get with the multimedia edition of How To Read a Film. 
James Monaco’s book How To Read a Film has been a best-selling favorite since 1977, and has become a standard introduction to film for a generation of readers, viewers, filmmakers, and filmgoers. 
The DVD-ROM brings the book to life: you can read it, but it also talks to you, plays movie clips, shows you pictures and slide shows, guides you to other references, and lets you play filmmaker by making your own movie. 
The disc is fully loaded with: 
<ul>
<li>Four complete books: the completely revised third edition of How To Read a Film, The Dictionary of New Media, Reading about Film, and Reading about New Media. </li>
<li>More than 130 film clips — Hollywood classics, cult landmarks, rare finds, famous sequences — over four hours of film! </li>
<li>Audio author’s notes to give a new dimension to the text — it’s like having the author by your side as you use the disc </li>
<li>Audio interviews with Hollywood movers and shakers </li>
<li>Animated interactive diagrams to make the technology understandable </li>
<li>Film labs with a short movie shot especially for the disc — and users can choose their own shots, edit the movie, and mix the soundtrack </li>
<li>Virtual Reality tours of Hollywood studios, to take you where the action is </li>
<li>A library of more than 140 reference texts, diagrams, charts, and databases </li>
<li>Completely indexed — find references to any subject, person, theme, or film instantly </li>
<li>Linked to the ReadFilm.com website — a forum for discussion, help, and updates </li>
<li>Guided tours and multiple linking — easy for beginners, challenging for advanced users </li>
<li>And much, much more! </li>
</ul>
This is a truly innovative interactive experience, combining books, disc, and website with the most advanced technology available. We predict it will be the “book” of the future.

How To Read a Film: multimedia edition

Drjuchin, Nick

The world's first in-depth guide to the exciting new medium of DVD-Video, listing more than 2,400 DVDs on the market, Doug Pratts book is likely to remain the best guide to films on DVD for a long time. Why? Because Doug is the most experienced journalist dealing with movies on disc. As the editor for seventeen years of The Laser Disc Newsletter-now The DVD-Laser Disc Newsletter-and the author of Laser Video Disc Companion, Doug has seen it all. The DVD-Video medium has exploded in the home entertainment market. It has had the quickest introduction of any consumer electronics product so far. Thousands of movies are now available on DVD-Video, and Doug Pratt has watched-and reviewed-nearly all of them. Doug's witty and engaging commentary lets you know right away whether a DVD is worth investing in. He knows the technology cold and he tells you straight out how well the publisher has transferred the movie to the new medium. He also provides useful insights on all aspects of the program content. If you've just bought a DVD-Video player, or if your new computer came equipped with a DVD drive, you must have Doug Pratts Guide to DVD-Video.

Doug Pratt's DVD-Video Guide

Arts & Photography

James Monaco

Douglas F. Pratt

Performing Arts

Pratt, Douglas

Fred Wilson's Chess Class Vol 1: Attack on the e File

WILSON, FRED

DVD-ROM. 4.6 GB. Mac/PC compatible. Imagine! — an entire film course — the history of film, the secrets of film technology, discussion of films, filmmakers, traditions, and genres — available all on one disc. That’s what you get with the multimedia edition of How To Read a Film. James Monaco’s book How To Read a Film has been a best-selling favorite since 1977, and has become a standard introduction to film for a generation of readers, viewers, filmmakers, and filmgoers. The DVD-ROM brings the book to life: you can read it, but it also talks to you, plays movie clips, shows you pictures and slide shows, guides you to other references, and lets you play filmmaker by making your own movie. The disc is fully loaded with:  Four complete books: the completely revised third edition of How To Read a Film, The Dictionary of New Media, Reading about Film, and Reading about New Media. More than 130 film clips — Hollywood classics, cult landmarks, rare finds, famous sequences — over four hours of film! Audio author’s notes to give a new dimension to the text — it’s like having the author by your side as you use the disc Audio interviews with Hollywood movers and shakers Animated interactive diagrams to make the technology understandable Film labs with a short movie shot especially for the disc — and users can choose their own shots, edit the movie, and mix the soundtrack Virtual Reality tours of Hollywood studios, to take you where the action is A library of more than 140 reference texts, diagrams, charts, and databases Completely indexed — find references to any subject, person, theme, or film instantly Linked to the ReadFilm.com website — a forum for discussion, help, and updates Guided tours and multiple linking — easy for beginners, challenging for advanced users And much, much more!  This is a truly innovative interactive experience, combining books, disc, and website with the most advanced technology available. We predict it will be the “book” of the future.

How To Read a Film: Book and DVD-ROM

David Lindroth

Nick Drjuchin

Photography & Video

Born just before World War I, Sonia Wachstein's earliest memories of her childhood in Vienna revolve around her family's house looking out over the peaceful Vienna Woods. She also recalls a post-war time of rampant inflation and unemployment. Long an intellectual and cultural capital, the city was also a place where the well-established Jewish community prospered. But as the European political situation changed during the 1920s and 1930s, life for the assimilated Jews in Vienna began to change. Propelled by the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, and later by the Nuremberg laws, Sonia's family and friends face increasing discrimination. Her travels to England, Italy, and Palestine-where there is little mention of the "Jewish problem"-underscore the dangers of ingrained anti-Semitism. When Austria is occupied by the German army in 1938, Sonia faces the tough choice of deciding whether to stay or leave-before it is too late to do so. This riveting first-person account includes the stories of Bernhard Wachstein, Sonia's father, a prominent Jewish scholar; her brother Max, a doctor who is sent to Dachau; and many other friends and family members. And woven throughout are the themes of roots and identity, and the stark question: "what is to be done when homeland is no longer home?" 69 illustrations.

Too Deep Were Our Roots: A Viennese Jewish memoir of the years between the two world wars

Biographies & Memoirs

Wachstein, Sonia

Historical

Salt Of The Earth

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