Acting
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, Michael Shurtleff , Bob Fosse
Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen Haskel Frankel
How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals (2nd Edition), Gordon Hunt
Audition, Michael Shurtleff
Sanford Meisner on Acting, Sanford Meisner

Art
The 5 Essentials in Every Powerful Painting, Ramon Kelley
Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go, Shaun McNiff
No More Secondhand Art: Awakening the Artist Within, Peter London
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (And Rewards of Artmaking), David Bayles, Ted Orland
The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art, Robert Henri, Margery A. Ryerson
Problem Solving for Oil Painters, Gregg Kreutz [top]

Creative Thinking
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative, Roger Von Oech
Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), Michael Michalko
Expect the Unexpected or You Won't Find It: A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus, Roger Von Oech
Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius, Michael Michalko Aha!: 10 Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas, Jordan E. Ayan [top]

Dance
Dance Composition, Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard
Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation, Sandra C. Minton
Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, Eric N. Franklin
Dance Kinesiology, Sally Sevey Fitt
Luigi's Jazz Warm Up: An Introduction to Jazz Style & Technique, Luigi, Lorraine Person Kriegel, Francis Roach [top]

Design
The Psychology of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman
Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine. Donald A. Norman
Usability Engineering, Jakob Nielsen

Filmmaking
Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos, Alan Rosenthal
Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries of Real Events, Barry Hampe
Directing the Documentary, Michael Rabiger
Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low Budget Movies, Dale Newton, John Gaspard
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen, Steven D. Katz [top]

General
Making Work Work for Highly Sensitive People, Barrie X. Jaeger, Elaine Aron, Barrie Jaeger
Are You Really Too Sensitive?: How to Understand and Develop Your Sensitivity As the Strength It Is, Marcy Calhoun
The Courage to Create, Rollo May
Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery, Jeanette Winterson
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, MICHAEL J. GELB
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Inventing
They Made America: Two Centuries of Innovators from the Steam Engine to the Search Engine, Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, David Lefer
Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors, by Evan I. Schwartz
Stand Alone, Inventor!: And Make Money With Your New Product Ideas!, Robert G. Merrick
And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: Triz, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, Genrich Altshuller
101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business, James M. Higgins
The Thinker's Toolkit : 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving, Morgan D. Jones

Leadership
Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work, John C. Maxwell
Developing The Leader Within You, John C. Maxwell
Creativity Inc.: Building an Inventive Organization, Jeff Mauzy, Richard A. Harriman
How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate
by Andrew Hargadon

Music
Making Music for the Joy of It: Enhancing Creativity Skills and Musical Confidence, Stephanie Judy
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Kenny Werner
The Inner Game of Music, Barry Green, W. Timothy Gallwey
A Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances, Eloise Ristad [top]

Photography
Edge of Darkness: The Art, Craft, and Power of the High-Definition Monochrome Photograph, Barry Thornton
Photographer's Master Printing Course, Tim Rudman,
Photo-Imaging: A Complete Guide to Alternative Processes, Jill Enfield
Polaroid Transfers: A Complete Visual Guide to Creating Image and Emulsion Transfers, Kathleen Thormod Carr
Coming into Focus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Alternative Photographic Printing Processes, John Barnier (Editor) [top]

Writing
The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success, Linda Formichelli, Diana Burrell
Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide, Rise B. Axelrod, Charles Raymond Cooper
Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing), Orson Scott Card
Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing), Nancy Kress
Art of Creative Writing, Lajos Egri
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile, Noah Lukeman [top]
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Renni Browne, Dave King
Scene and Structure (Elements of Fiction Writing), Jack M. Bickham
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, Noah Lukeman
Fiction Writer's Worshop, Josip Novakovich
Writing Fiction Step by Step, Josip Novakovich
The Art of Fiction, John Gardner
On Becoming a Novelist, John Gardner and Raymond Carver
Letters to a Young Novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa
Aspects of the Novel, Edward Morgan Forster
The Situation and the Story: The Art of the Personal Narrative, Vivian Gornick

Poetry
The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems, Frances Mayes [top]
The Practice of Poetry : Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach, Robin Behn

Screenwriting
Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made, Alex Epstein
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers, Karl Iglesias, Lew Hunter
Making a Good Script Great, Linda Seger
Creating Unforgettable Characters, Linda Seger
Advanced Screenwriting, Linda Seger
Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development, Michael Chase Walker
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting, Robert McKee
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, Syd Field
Art Of Dramatic Writing, Lajos Egri [top]