Most Popular Books by Spike Lee

The best interviews and profiles of America''s most prominent African American filmmaker

The phenomenon of Spike Lee continues with this revealing and engaging look at his outstanding career, his creative process, and the screenplay for his dynamic movie Do The Right Thing. Spike Lee burst full formed into the screen world with his award-winning, commercially successful independent film She''s Gotta Have It. In the few short years following this stellar debut he has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the film industry and in American popular culture. This book reveals Spike Lee as a Hollywood iconoclast and gifted visionary and takes us though the dramatic sequence of events that brought the movie Do The Right Thing to fruition. It is a testimonial to his developing genius, written in the stingingly funny and informed language of Spike Lee.

Filmmaker Spike Lee and wife Tonya Lee Lewis join the ranks of other celebrity kids'' book writers with their sweet, rhythmic read-along about the endless energy of a toddler blasting through a busy day. From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby.

Including Spike Lee''s advice on independent filmmaking, excerpts from the production journal Lee kept throughout the making of She''s Gotta Have It, and much more, Spike Lee''s Gotta Have It is a unique document in film literature. 30 black-and-white photographs.

Best Seat in the House, Spike Lee''s evocative and compelling basketball memoir, interweaves several journeys over a course of thirty years. The first is professional basketball''s metamorphosis from a fringe sport to the big-money spectacle it is today, filled with outrageously inflated salaries and egos. The other journey is that of Shelton Jackson Lee himself, who has gone from a skinny kid playing ball on the streets of Brooklyn, sneaking into Madison Square Garden to watch his beloved Knicks, to a student at Morehouse College and NYU film school, to a world-renowned film director and hoops fan. Along the way Spike takes readers on entertaining and provocative detours, including a one-on-one with that other Brooklyn-born, film-directing, Garden-inhabiting hoops fan, Woody Allen; reviews of sports movies (Spike has seen them all, and the results aren''t pretty); an unusually candid interview with Michael Jordan; and a stark assessment of the role of African-American athletes--both in the big business of sports and in the broader culture. But overall, Best Seat in the House is a love letter, from a passionate and unswervingly devoted fan, to the game and the team that took possession of Spike''s adolescent heart--the New York Knickerbockers--and held it without a turnover through thirty years. of bang-ups and fouls, bad calls and air balls. Best Seat in the House is a slam dunk.

“On some days your dreams may seem too far away to realize… Listen to the whispers of those that came before...” People throughout history have taken giant steps toward improving the world—but even the smallest step makes a difference. A wonderful and inspiring gift, Giant Steps to Change the World encourages readers to follow in the footsteps of those who came before, to reject fears of inadequacy, and to ponder what they can contribute to society.

Following the success of Please, Baby, Please, Academy Award-winner Spike Lee and his wife share the excitement of two toddlers who meet their match and go through the adventures of trying to take care of a very naughty puppy. The Lee duo give readers an unleashed, close-up look at a baby''s first pet and with illustrations by Kadir Nelson, Please, Puppy, Please will delight families and children.

Spike Lee rises again. This time, he and Lisa Jones document his transition from struggling independent to mainstream filmmaker with the making of the Columbia Pictures film, School Daze. No longer working with a small cast and a painfully tight budget, Spike Lee and his crew find themselves working in a swirl of university politics, a cast of thousands, big musical production numbers and the not-insignificant pressures of coming up with a hit in the majors. He "uplifts the race" by demystifying the process of producing an entertaining commercial film that, at the same time, delivers a stinging - yet funny - critique on American culture.

Film director Lee tells of the obstacles he faced in making Malcolm X and also investigates the controversies in Malcolm''s life.

Documents the making of the movie Mo'' Better Blues, a film that captures the lives and traditions of the great jazz musicians, in a volume that includes the film''s script and production notes.

A national bestseller, "Fight the Power" is an autobiography/treatise from Chuck D, the creative force behind Public Enemy, a founding father of Rap, and one of the music scene''s most political and controversial figures. Photos.

An unprecedented insider''s look at one of cinema''s landmark works and the lasting effect it still has on our culture, this oral and visual history of "Do the Right Thing"--celebrating the movie''s 20th anniversary--is told entirely by those who starred in and worked on the film.

Based on the novel by James McBride, ''Miracle at Saint Anna'' is a film about a group of Buffalo soldiers who find themselves behind enemy lines in Italy during World War II.