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Crash! Boom! Bang! How to Write Action Movies, Michael Lucker (2017) Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 210 pp., IBSN 978-1-61593-263-4, p/bk, $26.95 Words in Action: Forms and Techniques of Film Dialogue, Paolo Braga (2015) Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 223 pp., ISBN 978-3-03431-662-0, p/bk, $7.11 ISBN 978-3-03510-829-3, e-book, $6.75 Off the Page: Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence, Daniel Bernardi and Julian Hoxter (2017) Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 310 pp., ISBN 978-0-52028-565-1, p/bk, $29.95 ISBN 978-0-52028-564-4, e-book, $16.17 FrameWork: A History of Screenwriting in the American Film, 3rd ed., Tom Stempel (2000) Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 313 pp., ISBN 978-0-81560-654-3, p/bk, $19.95 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960: The Economics of Colonialism," edited by P. Duignan and L. H. Gann.

Reviews the biography `Menuhin: A family portrait,' by Tony Palmer, which seeks roots, describes hazards, and celebrates triumphs, in a brief, considered, literate and ultimately compassionate manner.

Reviews the William Glock autobiography `Notes in Advance: An autobiography in music,' written by the BBC's Controller of Music. Recruitment and blood-letting at the BBC and a black list against composers who were tuneful, tonal or simply British; Permanent victory against parochialism and lax standards, unprecedented, far-reaching; A formidable survivor, justly proud.