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Action Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film examines all of the ways in which action is manifested in cinema, or what author Tico Romao calls the "action scenarios" of film. Loaded with detail, nuance, rare insight, and historical analysis, Action Scenarios explores how and why filmmakers use these action scenarios as a function of character development, story narrative, and much more.

The doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD) is a fitting analogy and guide for dating and sex and the types of bonds that we form from these interpersonal relationships. Why some couples stay together (or why some bonds last) and why others ultimately split up (and why some bonds crash), often speaks to self-preservation. People in relationships - serious or casual - stay in or leave those relationships based on what Said calls the "theory of mutual self-destruction" (TMSD). As an umbrella term, TMSD serves as an excellent pathway to exploring the nature of dating and sexual relationships. Dating & Sex: The Theory of Mutual Self-Destruction is an anthology of essays written by a number of different writers from all walks a life, from around the world. Edited by Amir Said, this profound and in-depth collection offers a great deal of insight into relationships, modern dating, and sex.

Samir Cinema is a film criticism journal with academic and pop culture appeal. It features everything from rigorous investigations of common film aesthetics to clever film retrospectives to extended film reviews to interviews with filmmakers, and more. As it is a journal, Samir Cinema is meant to represent standards of a traditional academic journal, but it''s geared towards be more accessible to the general public.  Unlike traditional academic journals, which tend to be written only by and for academics, Samir Cinema features a mix of writers and guest editors from around the world with various backgrounds, including cinephiles, journalists, professors, and other proven experts in the field.

Best Damn Hip Hop Writing: The Book of Dart encapsulates one of the defining voices in hip hop music criticism today. Each essay in this collection is written by Dart Adams, a writer whose work has been featured in various leading hip hop publications, including Okayplayer, DJBooth, Mass Appeal, and Hip Hop Wired.  Dart’s writing, which takes a laser sharp focus on history, is engaging and always highly informative.  Edited by Amir Ali Said and Best Damn Writing series creator and BeatTips founder, Amir Said (Said), this collection of essays speaks to the heart and evolution of hip hop, and it offers an intimate look at the world’s most powerful music culture. 

Benjy Melendez, founder of the Ghetto Brothers street gang, social activist, and lead singer of the Ghetto Brothers band, now tells his story: a memoir of life as a late 1960s/early 1970s street gang member, of a musician on the cusp of stardom, a fighter for peace, and a man on a quest to reclaim his Jewish roots. With chilling detail and candor, Benjy Melendez opens up as never before in ''Ghetto Brother'' (Benjy Melendez with Amir Said). Telling the story of his family, growing up first in the West Village in in the ''60s, his family''s forced move to the South Bronx, his life in a street gang, and his transformation to a peace ambassador, ''Ghetto Brother'' is a riveting memoir that explores the human condition.Melendez takes us back to the forgotten New York of the late 1960s and early 1970s that gave rise to New York''s infamous street gang era. But at its core, Ghetto Brother examines the route from boy to man in uncharted territory, and it renders a vivid portrait of what identity means and what happens when that identity dissolves and grows anew. Evocative and filled with the sights and sounds of a changing New York and a transformative life, ''Ghetto Brother'' is the fascinating chronicle of a remarkable journey and an extraordinary leader.