# The Pocket Essentials

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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

**Film directors**

- [Woody Allen](/source/Woody_Allen)

- [Tim Burton](/source/Tim_Burton)

- [Jane Campion](/source/Jane_Campion)

- [John Carpenter](/source/John_Carpenter)

- [Jackie Chan](/source/Jackie_Chan)

- [Coen Brothers](/source/Coen_brothers)

- [David Cronenberg](/source/David_Cronenberg)

- [Clint Eastwood](/source/Clint_Eastwood)

- [Terry Gilliam](/source/Terry_Gilliam)

- [Hal Hartley](/source/Hal_Hartley)

- [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock)

- [Mike Hodges](/source/Mike_Hodges)

- [Krzysztof Kieslowski](/source/Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski)

- [Stanley Kubrick](/source/Stanley_Kubrick)

- [Spike Lee](/source/Spike_Lee)

- [Sergio Leone](/source/Sergio_Leone)

- [George Lucas](/source/George_Lucas)

- [David Lynch](/source/David_Lynch)

- [Michael Mann](/source/Michael_Mann)

- [Brian De Palma](/source/Brian_De_Palma)

- [Sam Peckinpah](/source/Sam_Peckinpah)

- [George A. Romero](/source/George_A._Romero)

- [Martin Scorsese](/source/Martin_Scorsese)

- [Steven Soderbergh](/source/Steven_Soderbergh)

- [Stephen Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg)

- [Oliver Stone](/source/Oliver_Stone)

- [Quentin Tarantino](/source/Quentin_Tarantino)

- [Orson Welles](/source/Orson_Welles)

- [Billy Wilder](/source/Billy_Wilder)

**Film genres**

- [Blaxploitation Cinema](/source/Blaxploitation)

- [Bollywood](/source/Hindi_cinema)

- [Carry On Films](/source/Carry_On_films)

- [German Expressionism](/source/Expressionism)

- [French New Wave](/source/French_New_Wave)

- [Hammer Films](/source/Hammer_Film_Productions)

- [Horror Films](/source/Horror_film)

- [Science Fiction Films](/source/Science_fiction_film)

- [Slasher Movies](/source/Slasher_film)

- [Spaghetti Westerns](/source/Spaghetti_Western)

- [Vampire Films](/source/Vampire_films)

- [Vietnam War Movies](/source/List_of_Vietnam_War_films)

**Film subjects**

- [Animation](/source/Animation)

- Great British Movies

- [Jackie Chan](/source/Jackie_Chan)

- Filming on a Microbudget

- [Film Music](/source/Film_score)

- Film Studios

- [Audrey Hepburn](/source/Audrey_Hepburn)

- [Laurel and Hardy](/source/Laurel_and_Hardy)

- [Bruce Lee](/source/Bruce_Lee)

- [Marx Brothers](/source/Marx_Brothers)

- [Steve McQueen](/source/Steve_McQueen)

- [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe)

- [The Oscars](/source/Academy_Awards)

- Writing a Screenplay

**History**

- [Alchemy](/source/Alchemy) & Alchemists

- [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)

- [Ancient Greece](/source/Ancient_Greece)

- [The Black Death](/source/The_Black_Death)

- [The Crusades](/source/The_Crusades)

- [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War)

- [Globalisation](/source/Globalisation)

- American [Indian Wars](/source/Indian_Wars)

- [Jack the Ripper](/source/Jack_the_Ripper)

- Who Shot [JFK](/source/John_F._Kennedy)?

- Nazi War Trials

- [Nelson](/source/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson)

- The Rise of [New Labour](/source/New_Labour)

- Occult London

- [Witchcraft](/source/Witchcraft)

**Miscellaneous**

- How to Succeed as a Sports Agent

- [Robert Crumb](/source/Robert_Crumb)

- [Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)

- [The Simpsons](/source/The_Simpsons)

- Stock Market Essentials

- [The Universe](/source/Universe)

- [Urban Legends](/source/Urban_legend)

- [Videogaming](/source/Video_game)

**Ideas**

- [Alchemy and Alchemists](/source/Alchemy)

- [Bisexuality](/source/Bisexuality)

- [Conspiracy theories](/source/Conspiracy_theories)

- [Feminism](/source/Feminism)

- [Freemasonry](/source/Freemasonry)

- [Freud](/source/Freud) and [Psychoanalysis](/source/Psychoanalysis)

- [The Gnostics](/source/The_Gnostics_in_the_Early_Christian_Era)

- [Holy Grail](/source/Holy_Grail)

- [Nietzsche](/source/Nietzsche)

- [Postmodernism](/source/Postmodernism)

- [Psychogeography](/source/Psychogeography)

- [Saints](/source/Saint)

- [UFOs](/source/UFO)

- [Utopia](/source/Utopia)

**Literature**

- [Agatha Christie](/source/Agatha_Christie)

- American Noir

- The [Beat Generation](/source/Beat_Generation)

- Creative Writing

- [Cyberpunk](/source/Cyberpunk)

- [Philip K. Dick](/source/Philip_K._Dick)

- Historical Noir

- [Hitchhiker's Guide](/source/Hitchhiker's_Guide)

- [Literary Theory](/source/Literary_theory)

- London Writing

- [Noir Fiction](/source/Noir_Fiction)

- [Nordic Noir](/source/Nordic_noir)

- [Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes)

- [Alan Moore](/source/Alan_Moore)

- [Terry Pratchett](/source/Terry_Pratchett)

- [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare)

- [Georges Simenon](/source/Georges_Simenon)

- [Tintin](/source/Tintin_(character))

**Music**

- [Beastie Boys](/source/Beastie_Boys)

- [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles)

- [Film Music](/source/Film_score)

- How to Succeed in the Music Business

- The Madchester Scene

- [Bruce Springsteen](/source/Bruce_Springsteen)

- [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band))

## External links

- [The Official Site](http://www.pocketessentials.com/)

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