Shares a behind-the-scenes look at how race car drivers and martial-arts experts make the real action happen in Hollywood and discusses what it takes to be a great stunt performer.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When stunt performers go to work, they make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe for a truly unique profession. Readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery and are encouraged to explore college majors and areas of study are recommended to become a stunt person. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text, a useful glossary, and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover!

When stunt performers go to work, they make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe for a truly unique profession. Readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery and are encouraged to explore college majors and areas of study are recommended to become a stunt person. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text, a useful glossary, and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level S title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

The Leveled Texts for Fifth Grade series comes with leveled reading materials covering the Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies subject areas. Each subject area comes with five texts, differentiated with three levels, providing books for low-, on-, above-level, and English learners, comprising of 60 books in total. Each book comes with comprehension questions leveled for different types of readers. This time-saving series provides teachers with materials already appropriately leveled for different types of readers. Students will enjoy the vivid images, illustrations, and diagrams, designed to keep them engaged and increase content understanding. Aligned with Common Core State Standards, this series also connects to McREL, and TESOL/WIDA standards.

An action-packed adventure story with an exciting film location setting. Fearless stunt double Finn is in Thailand working on the latest Rio Dinoni blockbuster. It's a dream job, but are the whispers around set true? Is the film really cursed? When stunt, after stunt goes wrong; filming starts to get really dangerous. So far, Finn's survived all sorts of smashes and crashes, even an elephant stampede, but it's the secrets on set that might finally break him.

The Definitive Biography Of One Of Indian Cinema S Most Unusual Iconic Figures In 1935, A Young Blonde Girl Made Her First Appearance On The Indian Screen. Riding Like The Devil, Swinging On Chandeliers, Sporting A Mask And Tight-Fitting Shorts And Brandishing A Whip, She Drove Audiences Into Raptures. The Film Was Hunterwali, The Girl Fearless Nadia. For More Than A Decade After That She Remained One Of The Top Indian Film Stars As She Wielded Revolvers, Ran Along The Roofs Of Rushing Trains, Beat Up Men And Played With Lions. The Fearless Nadia Films, A Shimmering Mixture Of Action, Eroticism And Progressive Ideas, Were Unlike Anything Indian Audiences Had Seen So Far. Coming At A Time When India Was Struggling For Independence, These Films Also Carried Subtle Nationalist Propaganda As Fearless Nadia, The Daughter Of A British Soldier, Became The Cult Cinematic Symbol Of The Indian Freedom Struggle. How Did A Blonde With European Features Become A Celebrated Stunt Queen In Popular Indian Cinema? How Could An Indian Actress Of The 1930S Become A Rage With Feminists In The West At The Turn Of The Millennium? Dorothee Wenner S Absorbing Biography Traces The Nadia Story From Her Birth In Australia, Her Stint As A Shop Assistant, A Secretary, A Chorus Girl And A Variety Performer In A Circus To Her Unprecedented Stardom And Its Aftermath. In The Process, She Also Vividly Brings To Life A Fascinating Era Of Indian Cinema In Which Passionate Film-Makers Overcame Tremendous Financial, Technical And Logistical Odds To Create Celluloid Magic.

Stunt performers make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe in a truly unique profession. Through Time For Kids© content, readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover! This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources such as a bibliography and a list of websites for learning more about this fascinating career.