{{italic title}} thumb|200px|A typical book cover from the series '''''The Pocket Essentials''''' is a series of small, A6 sized books on various subjects. The publisher is also known as '''Pocket Essentials'''. Each book is written by a different author. The books have been credited with being full of rare information, though there are no pictures.
==Books in the series== {{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
'''Film directors''' * Woody Allen * Tim Burton * Jane Campion * John Carpenter * Jackie Chan * Coen Brothers * David Cronenberg * Clint Eastwood * Terry Gilliam * Hal Hartley * Alfred Hitchcock * Mike Hodges * Krzysztof Kieslowski * Stanley Kubrick * Spike Lee * Sergio Leone * George Lucas * David Lynch * Michael Mann * Brian De Palma * Sam Peckinpah * George A. Romero * Martin Scorsese * Steven Soderbergh * Stephen Spielberg * Oliver Stone * Quentin Tarantino * Orson Welles * Billy Wilder
'''Film genres''' * Blaxploitation Cinema * Bollywood * Carry On Films * German Expressionism * French New Wave * Hammer Films * Horror Films * Science Fiction Films * Slasher Movies * Spaghetti Westerns * Vampire Films * Vietnam War Movies
'''Film subjects''' * Animation * Great British Movies * Jackie Chan * Filming on a Microbudget * Film Music * Film Studios * Audrey Hepburn * Laurel and Hardy * Bruce Lee * Marx Brothers * Steve McQueen * Marilyn Monroe * The Oscars * Writing a Screenplay
'''History''' * Alchemy & Alchemists * American Civil War * Ancient Greece * The Black Death * The Crusades * English Civil War * Globalisation * American Indian Wars * Jack the Ripper * Who Shot JFK? * Nazi War Trials * Nelson * The Rise of New Labour * Occult London * Witchcraft
'''Miscellaneous''' * How to Succeed as a Sports Agent * Robert Crumb * Doctor Who * The Simpsons * Stock Market Essentials * The Universe * Urban Legends * Videogaming <br> <br> '''Ideas''' * Alchemy and Alchemists * Bisexuality * Conspiracy theories * Feminism * Freemasonry * Freud and Psychoanalysis * The Gnostics * Holy Grail * Nietzsche * Postmodernism * Psychogeography * Saints * UFOs * Utopia
'''Literature''' * Agatha Christie * American Noir * The Beat Generation * Creative Writing * Cyberpunk * Philip K. Dick * Historical Noir * Hitchhiker's Guide * Literary Theory * London Writing * Noir Fiction * Nordic Noir * Sherlock Holmes * Alan Moore * Terry Pratchett * William Shakespeare * Georges Simenon * Tintin
'''Music''' * Beastie Boys * The Beatles * Film Music * How to Succeed in the Music Business * The Madchester Scene * Bruce Springsteen * Jethro Tull
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==External links== *[http://www.pocketessentials.com/ The Official Site]
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