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Stardust by the Bushel: Hollywood on the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern ShoreHollywood on the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore. One-hundred years of moviemaking on Delmarva, from Easton to Ocean City and Wilmington to Chincoteague. This is the first comprehensive history of the stars of stage and screen who called the Eastern Shore home during (or after)...
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Toxic Cultures; A CompanionWe live in an age defined by toxicity. Bacon and the contributors have produced a timely, astute collection that intelligently and creatively engages and analyzes the wide panoply of trauma and poisoned discourse. Entertaining, fascinating and, honestly, terrifying, this book is paradoxically a delight...
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Mimosa: Memories of Marilyn & the Making of The MisfitsRalph Roberts, actor, masseur, and former Pentagon liaison, could frequently be found in the kitchen of Lee Strasberg's NYC apartment on Central Park West. One pleasant spring morning he by chance met Marilyn. Not the turned-on public persona of Marilyn Monroe he had crossed...
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Israeli Bourekas Films: Their Origins and LegacyA genre of comic melodramas produced in the 1960s and '70s, Bourekas films are among the most popular films ever made in Israel. In Israeli Bourekas Films, author and filmmaker Rami Kimchi sets out a history of Bourekas films and discusses their origin.Kimchi considers...
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Mary's Last Dance: The Untold Story of the Wife of Mao's Last DancerMillions fell in love with Mao's Last Dancer. Finally here is Mary's story... The highly anticipated memoir of Australian ballerina Mary Li - and the long-awaited sequel to her husband Li Cunxin's bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer. Mary's Last Dance is a powerful and...
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What We Do Working in the Theatre"What We Do... is my new Bible! This is the new essential book for everyone who is interested in show business, would like to be in show business, or who, like me, has been in show business all their lives. Seasoned professional or not,...
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Monologues and Duologues for Young PerformersDo you struggle to find appropriate scenes and monologues for young performers? Whilst there are so many plays to choose from, the selection of material for auditions, exams and competitions can often be overwhelming. Monologues and Duologues For Young Performers offers a new collection...
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Smart Pop Explains Harry Potter Books and MoviesWho is Snape? What's a horcrux? When did Sirius Black escape from Azkaban? Why was Hermione sorted into Gryffindor? It's easy for new fans to get overwhelmed by the sprawling mythology and complexity of the Harry Potter movies and books. Unlike encyclopedias and guides...
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Black Theater, City Life: African American Art Institutions and Urban Cultural EcologiesMacelle Mahala's rich study of contemporary African American theater institutions reveals how they reflect and shape the histories and cultural realities of their cities. Arguing that the community in which a play is staged is as important to the work's meaning as the script...
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The Big Book of Improv Games: A compendium of performance-based short-form gamesWhat would you do with over 500 improv games?Would you like to own the most comprehensive collection ever published?Who do you know that loves improv? The product of years of research, The Big Book of Improv Games will amaze you as you flip through...
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American Television During a Television PresidencyIn American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television became transfixed by the Trump presidency and the broader political, social, and cultural climate. This book is the first to fully address the relationship between...
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The Dark Shadows DaybookRondo Award-winning website, The Collinsport Historical Society, presents this wide-ranging collection of essays, insights, and observations from its long-running column, The Dark Shadows Daybook. From the earliest episodes to speculation on the future of the franchise, author Patrick McCray celebrates the grand themes and...
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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the HulaUnwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula (1909) is a collection of hulas and essays by Nathaniel B. Emerson. Translating previously unwritten songs, interviewing native Hawaiians, and consulting the works of indigenous historians, Emerson provides an entertaining and authoritative look at...
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, LegacyThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937) occupies a central place within the history of global animation. Based on the German fairy...
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Can You Become a Pop Star?: An Interactive AdventureDo you dream of belting out a chart-topping single on stage in front of thousands of people? Even with talent and determination, it's a long, winding journey to the top. Chart your path to stardom, facing real-life choices as you go. Some choices may...
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Cephalonegativity: On the Theater of Decapitation"Fully exploiting the Gogolesque conceit of a cephalophore whose body and head go their own separate ways, Cephalonegativity reads like Beckett's Play (with M reprised as an even more slippery version of himself) or Not I as if performed by the secret society of...
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On This Unworthy ScaffoldJetta is in the center of a war. With her magical power, she could save everyone, save her country . . . or she could destroy it all.Heidi Heilig blends traditional storytelling with ephemera for a lush, page-turning commercial fantasy for fans of Tomi...
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India Since the 90s, the Vanishing Point: Moving Images After VideoThe fading out of celluloid cinema, and the arrival of video and the digital image, mark a tectonic shift in our understanding of representation as an aesthetic and political act. As the cinematic image, defined by its indexical relationship to external reality, yields to...
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Star Trek: Starfleet Is...: Celebrating the Federation's IdealsWhat is Starfleet?It is the universe's most famous and inspirational coalitions of all time. It has boldly gone where no pop culture franchise has gone before. It is the foundation for a thriving community of passionate fans. Creator Gene Roddenberry said Star Trek "was...
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Los Archivos de Pedro AlmodóvarOne of the most prolific and influential auteurs at work over the past 40 years, cult Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has beguiled audiences worldwide with his thrilling dissertations on desire, passion, and identity. Cast an eye over his long list of productions and you're...
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