Performing Arts

During the '30s and '40s, Hollywood produced a genre of madcap comedies that emphasized reuniting the central couple after divorce or separation. Their female protagonists were strong, independent, and sophisticated. Here, Stanley Cavell names this new genre of American film--"the comedy of remarriage"--and examines...

Psycho is a cinematic masterpiece yet it is sometimes difficult to understand why. After all, it really is just a story about a lovestruck girl who steals $40,000 so that she can begin a new life with her lover. Hasn't this story been told...

Levanta las solapas y busca con Spidey a sus amigos en este divertido libro con rimas para beb?s. Ayuda a tu amigo y vecino Spiderman a mantener segura la ciudad de Nueva York y encuentra a sus amigos uno por uno: Miles, Ghost Spider,...

Elmo wants to share a special message with his friends. Help him find them one by one, including your little one's favorite characters: Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch. Little hands can lift big flaps and see five peekaboo surprises...

Are you a people pleaser? Can you even begin to measure how the approval of others has shaped your heart and mind? Your faith and relationships? Your habits and identity? In People Pleaser, New York Times bestselling author Jinger Vuolo shares her personal journey...

Bear is a rambling musician. An entertainer. A legend. One Bear Extraordinaire. Bear wakes up one morning with a song in his head, but something is missing. What's a one-bear band to do? He travels the forest in search of his song and meets...

Now with interactive lift-the-flap features to delight and surprise Beep Beep go the taxis. Voof go the velvet curtains. The Nutcracker ballet and New York City's David H. Koch Theater come to life in this onomatopoeic representation of a little girl's experience at the...

Beginning in the 1970s, writer and producer Norman Lear forever altered the television landscape with such groundbreaking situation comedies as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time. For over half a century his...

Men's fitness as a performance--from nineteenth-century theatrical exhibitions to health and wellness practices today This book recounts the story of fitness culture from its beginnings as spectacles of strongmen, weightlifters, acrobats, and wrestlers to its legitimization in the twentieth-century in the form of competitive...

The official art book for the movie Iron Man 3, the 6th title reissue of the 24-book Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga series published as a resized matching set. The 6th of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published as...

In 1997 David Lynch released Lost Highway starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film came and went and critics famously panned the film. While it did span a top 10 soundtrack, the film has largely been forgotten until...

In November 1936, publisher Henry R. Luce launched Life as a photo-led weekly news magazine with a clear purpose: "To see life; to see the world; to eyewitness great events." Before readers' attention was consumed by television, Life served as their window to the...

In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He...

This book will be very beneficial to you if you are looking to get into the art of acting. Regardless of whether you are new to the game, and just started acting last year, or have been acting for a very long time, this...

Esta entrada en la innovadora series de "Historia" de libros por cap?tulos biogr?ficos se enfoca en Anna May Wong, cuya carrera pionera en Hollywood cre? un nuevo camino para generaciones de actores as?atico-americanos. This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses...

How filmmaker-philosophers brought the dream of making documentaries and strengthening democracy to award-winning reality--with help from nuns, gang members, skateboarders, artists, disability activists, and more. The evolution of Kartemquin Films--Peabody, Emmy, and Sundance-awarded and Oscar-nominated makers of such hits as Hoop Dreams and Minding...

Beginning readers can delve into the life of their favorite spooky actress, Jenna Ortega. Readers will learn about Ortega's early years and career, as well as her amazing accomplishments, and what makes her a leader. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. Rather than using films and television programs as vehicles for philosophical arguments, the book instead celebrates...

From the The Story Orchestra series, a beautifully illustrated first piano sound book! Press the keys to learn 8 famous classical tunes from The Nutcracker as you follow the story. While other books in the series play famous pieces of classical music, in this...

Lila's dreams of becoming a ballerina all began with a not-so-perfect pair of ballet slippers, a tutu that might make Lila float away, and the petrifying ballet barre. Lila questions if her dreams can come true and if she can ever be as amazing...