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Watching TV with a LinguistIn Watching TV with a Linguist, F gersten challenges the conventional view of television as lowbrow entertainment devoid of intellectual activity. Rather, she champions the use of fictional television to learn about linguistics and at the same time promotes enriched television viewing experiences by...
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Walt's Imagination: The Life of Walt DisneyAn inspiring picture book biography of legendary leader in entertainment, Walt Disney, by the critically-acclaimed author of the Big Words series. Walt Disney's name is synonymous with family entertainment. Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Disneyland, and numerous other creations have...
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Try Not to Hold It Against MeVeteran motion picture, television, and Broadway producer Julian Schlossberg grew up in New York City with an early love of entertainment. As a child, he was an avid fan of radio, film, and the new art of television, and harbored ambitions of meeting his...
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True Detective and Philosophy: A Deeper Kind of DarknessInvestigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO's chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust's anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the 'flat circle'. The first book dedicated to exploring the far-reaching philosophical questions behind...
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The Writer's Journey - 3rd Edition: Mythic Structure for WritersSee why this book has become an international best seller and a true classic. The Writer's Journey explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling in a clear, concise style that's made it required reading for movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, scholars, and fans of...
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The ViolinA beautifully illustrated story bringing to life all that is wonderful about the violin. Created in partnership with, and featuring music downloads by, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). Follow violinist, Lilu, as she prepares for her concert performances and uncovers more about the violin....
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The Triumph of Babylon 5: The Science Fiction Classic and Its Long Twilight StrugglesBabylon 5 revolutionized genre television. First aired in 1993, the space opera series is highly respected for everything it was trying to achieve on television at a time when Star Trek was king. Its use of story arcs and long-form storytelling in science fiction...
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The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain / El teatro de España del siglo XXI: Identities, Anxieties, and Social Immediacies / Identidades, ansiedadesIdentifying, naming, and belonging lend a sense of rational order, a feeling of rootedness within specific societies and eras, yet that order may collapse and threaten to undermine the predictability that ensures stability. As Spain enters only its fifth decade as a fully democratic...
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The Persistence of Dance: Choreography as Concept and Material in Contemporary ArtThere is a category of choreographic practice with a lineage stretching back to mid-20th century North America that has re-emerged since the early 1990s: dance as a contemporary art medium. Such work belongs as much to the gallery as does video art or sculpture...
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The Persistence of Dance: Choreography as Concept and Material in Contemporary ArtThere is a category of choreographic practice with a lineage stretching back to mid-20th century North America that has re-emerged since the early 1990s: dance as a contemporary art medium. Such work belongs as much to the gallery as does video art or sculpture...
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The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the WorldA little over 100 years ago, the first production of An-sky's The Dybbuk, a play about the possession of a young woman by a dislocated spirit, opened in Warsaw. In the century that followed, The Dybbuk became a theatrical conduit for a wide range...
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The Business of Fashion ModelingAuthor: Tondaleya ShamleyPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 09/01/2010Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12dISBN: 9780557673322This title is not returnable
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Theatre and DeathThis new title in the Theatre And series confronts the complex relationship between theatre and death. Taking the position that all humans need to 'live' with the reality of death, Mark Robson draws on a range of examples, from Greek theatre to contemporary practitioners,...
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The Adventures of MaruMaru is a young, husky, dog. Often confused for a wolf, Maru spends a lot of time alone. He learns to be content with his own company, but also appreciate his family and friends for what they add to his life. "The Adventures of...
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Star Trek: The Wisdom of PicardDiscover all of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's sage advice, insight, and wisdom from the deck of the USS Enterprise and beyond in this ultimate collection of wise words from the esteemed Starfleet captain. Any Star Trek fan knows that Captain Jean-Luc Picard is renowned for...
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Staging Existence: Chekhov's TetralogyAnton Chekhov is justly famous as an author and a playwright, with his work continuing to appear on stages around the world more than a century after his death. However, he is rarely studied for his intellectual and philosophical theories. His disinterest in developing...
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Sing It Like CeliaPerfect for fans of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise and Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Sing It Like Celia is a revelatory story about a Mexican American girl who finds her voice and herself with the help of her role model and icon, Celia...
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Serenade: A Balanchine StoryToni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells the story of Serenade, his iconic masterpiece, and what it was like to dance--and live--in his world at New York City Ballet during its legendary era. At age...
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Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and PerformanceA curated collection of new Latinx and Latin American plays, monologues, interviews, and critical essays that asks the question: what is the common ground between Latinx and Latin American artists?Featuring a mix of plays and scholarly essays, this work originally emerged from the Latino...
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Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching '80s MoviesFor all fans of John Hughes and his hit films such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Sixteen Candles, and Home Alone, comes Jason Diamond's hilarious memoir of growing up obsessed with the iconic filmmaker's movies--a preoccupation that eventually convinces Diamond he should write Hughes' biography...
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