DAVID BEATTY
The Appetite of Giants
The Appetite of Giants is a collection of funny, heartfelt, and sharply observant personal essays that follow a life in progress. Beginning in Southern California, these stories trace Beatty’s journey from building backyard treehouses and discovering “superpowers” to finding his place on the stage and traveling the world, culminating in his greatest adventure: the day he met a Giant living in a cave in Kansas.
Moving through the nuances of everyday life, Beatty explores the profound intersections of friendship, love, and family. At the heart of the collection is a candid look at the unexpected years spent caring for his mother after the sudden death of his father. Beatty writes with honesty about the painfully funny and terribly complex side of caregiving, including the difficult emotions we rarely admit out loud.
With wit and a willingness to let memory drift into imagination, The Appetite of Giants captures the messy and beautiful business of living. It serves as a poignant reminder that the stories we tell ourselves are often the very things that help us survive.
An Actor's Process
Process is literally whatever you do to create your art. It’s action. It’s your physical and mental practice to manifest work. A good creative process brings the invisible world of your dreams into reality. It’s the way you turn your imagination into doable actions and concrete events.
An Actor’s Process is an ideal book for beginning actors, those in the middle of training and seasoned professionals. The tips and exercises are simple, direct and useful. They are easy to apply and designed to be used in acting class, rehearsals and in performance.
Grocery Store Romance
Have you ever gone out for a loaf of bread and come home with a bun in the oven?
Grocery Store Romance is a heartfelt comedy that follows a young couple and their bittersweet adventure of sex, love, pregnancy, and marriage.
"A hilarious, beautiful journey that brings us through all the emotions and keeps us hooked and rooting for these characters the whole way through."