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Testimony of a Death: Thelma Todd: Mystery, Media and Myth in 1935 Los AngelesOn a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the...
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Love's Cure, or the Martial Maid: By John Fletcher and Philip MassingerJohn Fletcher and Philip Massinger's comedy Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid (1615) is an innovative and provocative play that explores the struggle of two transgender siblings, Lucio and Clara, who have been brought up as members of their opposite genders. After twenty years...
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The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the UnexpectedWHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILLThe Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy presents a profoundly original theory of drama that speaks to modern audiences living in an increasingly volatile world driven by artificial intelligence, gene editing, globalization, and mutual assured...
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Scenarios II: Signs of Life; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Fata Morgana; Heart of GlassThe second in a series: the master filmmaker's prose scenarios for four of his notable filmsOn the first day of editing Fata Morgana, Werner Herzog recalls, his editor said: "With this kind of material we have to pretend to invent cinema." And this, Herzog...
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Zoological Surrealism: The Nonhuman Cinema of Jean PainlevéAn archive-based, in-depth analysis of the surreal nature and science movies of the pioneering French filmmaker Jean Painlev Before Jacques-Yves Cousteau, there was Jean Painlev , a pioneering French scientific and nature filmmaker with a Surrealist's eye. Creator of more than two hundred films,...
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Why Tango: Essays on learning, dancing and living tango argentinoIf you are interested in Argentine tango you know that, as Veronica writes in one of her essays, "Tango, no matter your involvement in it, becomes a kind of a world separate from the rest, with its own particular joys, sorrows, difficulties, rules, goals...
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Dance Pastor: A Practical Manual for Equipping Dancers to Release the Kingdom of Heaven"Dance Pastor" is a practical manual for equipping dancers to release the Kingdom of Heaven. This book is designed to help begin dance ministries at churches and also to help existing dance ministries to grow in a healthy way. It builds on Saara Taina's...
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Dr. Chuck Tingle's Complete Guide To RomanceWhen it comes to dating, romance and all things sensual, few figures are quite as revered as Dr. Chuck Tingle; erotica author, cultural icon, and now self-help guru. As the generation's leading voice on the subject of sex, Dr. Tingle has blown the lid...
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Phone-Y FriendsLogan auditions for the school play and is chosen for the role of Chipmunk Number Three, but unfortunately, Java, Logan's robot cousin, doesn't get a part, which means he and Logan won't be hanging out together every day after school. Logan's excited to have...
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Building Ballet Technique: A Practical Teaching Guide for All LevelsA very comprehensive and practical teaching guide for the novice-to-very experienced ballet teacher or studio owner, or any qualified professional wishing to enter the career, this book has a wealth of age-appropriate class material for all levels in 180 pages of teaching goals, lesson...
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How They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing HistoryHow They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing History for young readers tells the story of twelve famous dancers - six women and six men - from different parts of the world. Spanning the seventeenth into the twenty-first centuries, each biographical sketch is placed within...
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Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book - Revised Edition: Featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Laurel And Hardy, Harold Lloyd, M"Great Silent Comedians Poster Art Book" is back with a revised, second edition and a new title Retitled "Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book" by Jake Lenburg, the book spans nearly a quarter of a century, containing nearly 75 movie posters and lobby cards...
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The Walking Dead: Behind The Show: 2000 Copy Limited EditionThe Walking Dead show has been keeping viewers glued to seats for the past six years and now Collection Editions bring you the most informative and up-to-date story of the show with just a limited run of only 2000 copies to be distributed Worldwide....
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Dancing Star: The Story of Anna PavlovaIn this biographical novel, Gladys Malvern shares the incredible story of Anna Pavlova, one of the most revered and celebrated ballerinas of all time. Malvern presents Pavlova's life in enchanting prose, allowing the reader to experience Pavlova's inspirational first exposure to a performance of...
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The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling StrategiesIn a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies. Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach,...
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Critical Race Theory and BamboozledThe Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual...
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The Major Eights 6: The Secret ValentineIn book 6 of the Major Eights series, someone is leaving notes for the band. Do the Major Eights have a secret admirer? Scarlet is flattered when she finds a sweet message in her locker. But she doesn't know who it's from. Is it...
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Riders to the SeaIt must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play. The scene of "Riders to the Sea" is laid in a cottage on Inishmaan,...
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The Lost World of DeMilleLonglisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation As only an accomplished author, consummate collector, and savvy insider can, John Kobal tells the story of the man who invented Hollywood, Cecil Blount DeMille (1881-1959). Kobal narrates the story of DeMille's...
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Steven Spielberg: Interviews, Revised and UpdatedMore than four decades after the premiere of his first film, Steven Spielberg (b. 1946) continues to be a household name whose influence on popular culture extends far beyond the movie screen. Now in his seventies, Spielberg shows no intention of retiring from directing...
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