Performing Arts

"Mike has distilled the art of storytelling into a powerful guide-essential for anyone ready to elevate their voice and presence." Joe Russo Emmy Award Winning Director: Arrested Development Director: Avengers: End Game; Avengers: Infinity War; Captain America: Civil War; Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was...

A scrappy TV director lands her big break only to go head-to-head with the surly yet sexy director of photography, in this page-turning romance perfect for fans of Ava Wilder and Tessa Bailey. Up-and-coming TV director Cali Daniels knows sex. Well, okay, she knows...

Legendary stills photographer Keith Hamshere reveals the stories from his remarkable career alongside his iconic photography, featuring some of Hollywood's biggest movies - from Indiana Jones to Star Wars to James Bond Keith Hamshere started his entertainment career as a child actor after winning...

The movement known as neorealism lasted seven years, generated only twenty-one films, failed at the box office, and fell short of its didactic and aesthetic aspirations. Yet it exerted such a profound influence on Italian cinema that all the best postwar directors had to...

Introduces the history and basic concepts of Irish dance. Easy-to-read text, vibrant photos, and dance tips will make readers want to get up and dance.Author: Wendy Hinote LanierPublisher: Focus ReadersPublished: 08/01/2017Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.70w x 0.20dISBN: 9781635173406Audience: 08 - 11Review...

"He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball," wrote The New York Times of William S. Paley--the man who built CBS, the "Tiffany Network." Sally Bedell Smith's In All His Glory takes...

A history of the serial "Congratulations on publishing Ron Backer's excellent and insightful book Gripping Chapters which is probably the very best book on serials I have read in many years. The research and observations were a treat and I've already spent TOO much...

An epic celebration of Godzilla's 70th anniversary, exploring every aspect of the creation, design, and evolution of King of the Monsters in Toho Studios' films and TV series from 1954 to the present Godzilla: The First 70 Years is a narrative and visual history...

Francophone Oceania Today: Literature, Visual Arts, Music and Cinema is a compilation of essays that breaks new ground in the exploration of recent and contemporary cultural expressions emerging from Francophone Oceania. This books explores Francophone Oceania today: a region rich in literary, artistic, and...

"Some playwrights have a gift to amuse; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has a darker gift. Anyone with romantic notions of Chinese culture will be unsettled by the jagged, unsentimental portrait of modern urban China."(Chicago Reader) Poetic and devastating, sensuous and politically acute, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's...

Follow the inspiring rise of Sabrina Carpenter in this exciting comic book biography! From her early days on the Disney Channel to becoming a global pop sensation, this 22-page comic explores her journey to stardom. Dive into Sabrina's childhood passion for music and acting,...

Immigrant film festivals are multifaceted events where complex networks of identities and symbolic values are constructed, circulated, and debated through various channels, including program screenings, ancillary events, press releases, financial backing, and audience engagement. As such, immigrant film festivals can be seen as discourse-producing...

This stylish, full-color bande dessin?e is a beautiful coming-of-age story focusing on themes of family, friendship, self-confidence and personal growth through the lens of music and dance. Emma and Violette are sisters who share the same dream of attending Paris's most prestigious dance school....

Drafting Fundamentals for the Entertainment Classroom: A Process-Based Introduction to Hand Drafting, Vectorworks, and SketchUp guides students through a syllabus-formatted semester of integrated drafting concepts and skills.Author: Eric AppletonPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 11/23/2021Pages: 386Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.30w x 1.00dISBN: 9780367724702About the AuthorEric Appleton...

Desmond and Andres are on the edge of their seats in this twenty-fifth installment of Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! Grab some popcorn and soda--there's a double feature playing at the Kersville movie theater! But when the monster from the movie literally jumps out...

Table of ContentsA Return to Horrific Form ........... Greg GburLaird Barron, Not a Speck of Light.A Dark Magician Meets a Victorian Sleuth ........... Leigh BlackmoreRandall Collins, The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Dr John H. Watson: A Novel.Some Notes on a Necroentity: Reflections...

Dancer. Warrior. Executioner. An epic story about truth, loyalty and betrayal. Deep in the desert a storm is brewing. The first in a slow burning YA fantasy. 'Enchanting.' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers...

This second of two volumes explores broader cultural, economic, and socio-political dynamics exchanged between Asian popular media and the world. The authors analyze how the said media navigate complex global markets and technological advancements. They discuss how dissemination and consumption of Asian popular culture,...

The anthology consists of essays authored by scholars of different nationalities from diverse cultures, nations and primary languages. They cover Conrad's presence across multiple media (fiction, films, comics, and graphic novels). The collection is unique because the contributors focused on Conrad's presence in contemporary...