Performing Arts

Make your animation say what you want it to say. Animation's potential as a powerful tool for communication is just beginning to be understood. This book reveals key principles, useful for both professionals and beginners, which will help you harness the full power of...

Compiled from over one hundred interviews and years of in-depth research, KEEP MUSIC EVIL tells the full, unexpurgated tale of the infamous psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre.'They didn't know what to do with us. Anton was drinking, like, a gallon of vodka a day,...

The presbytery has lost none of its charm, nor the garden its colours. Fiancee of Dracula Disguise those corpses, destroy their clothes, and make sure that they remain dead forever. Don't forget, they are vampires. The Rape of the Vampire May 1968. Parisian streets...

Beginning in the 1960s through its heyday in the 1970s and beyond, the telefilm stands as an important cultural artefact masquerading as disposable entertainment. Made specifically for the small screen, within the tight constraints of broadcasting standards, what these humble movies lacked in budget...

Designed for anyone who wants to build a stand-up comedy career, this book includes advice and information on all aspects of stand-up and also features a large section of interviews with a number of top comedians, including: Louie Anderson, Roseanne, George Wallace and Paul...

Licence to Thrill follows Bond from the 1962 'Dr No', through all the subsequent Bond films, exploring them within the culture and politics of the times, as well as within film culture itself. When James Chapman's rip-roaring journey through the annals of celluloid Bond...

Film emerged in pre-Revolutionary Russia to become the 'most important of all arts' for the new Bolshevik regime and its propaganda machine. The 1920s saw a flowering of film experimentation, notably with the work of Eisenstein, and a huge growth in the audience for...

A FULLY ILLUSTRATED, HUMOROUS GIFT BOOK FOR FANS OF THE ALIEN FRANCHISE Aboard the USCSS Nostromo, Jonesy leads a simple life enjoying The Company cat food and chasing space rodents. Until one day, his cryostasis catnap is rudely interrupted. The humans have a new...

Looking can be an act of empathy or aggression. It can provoke desire or express it. And from the blurry, edgeless world we inhabit as infants to the landscape of screens we grow into, looking can define us.In The Story of Looking, filmmaker and...

Screenwriting made simple. The Guide for Every Screenwriter is one of the most efficient instruction manuals on the craft. This book cuts past the verbose exposition, and gets straight to work, delivering sample-driven outlines and templates that anyone can follow. It is quick to...

Explore the creation of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Netflix's highly-anticipated new prequel series from The Jim Henson Company, with this all-access look at the show's journey to the screen. Delving into the incredible creative process behind the series, this deluxe volume reveals...

Celebrate the beloved animated Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra with this hardcover journal featuring Avatar Korra's adventures through Republic City and beyond. Nickelodeon's groundbreaking animated series The Legend of Korra follows Avatar Korra as she seeks to keep the balance between the mortal...

A stunning collection of behind-the-scenes hair, makeup, and wardrobe continuity photographs from the Twentieth Century Fox archive, Styling the Stars features images of more than 150 actors--such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Paul Newman--from more than 100...

This book is a reference work about the television series Wanted Dead or Alive, which ran from 1958-1961 for three seasons, and starred the great Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. The book features a synopsis of each story, beginning with the first...

This title focuses on pro-wrestler turned mega-star Dwayne Johnson. This book explores his early life, his time in the spotlight, from wrestling as The Rock to mega movie star, and the legacy he will leave behind. This hi-lo title is complete with dazzling photographs,...

The whirlwind life of one of old Hollywood's biggest stars. From the depths of a small mining village in Wales to a star of Hollywood's silver screen, Richard Burton broke every rule in his quest for the American Dream. Burton made sure that he...

Tense, true, dramatic stories about the mysterious, baffling, unexplainable events in our lives. In 1958, Frank P. Bibas blazed a ghostly trail when he created the anthology TV series The Veil, hosted by "The King of Monsters" himself, Boris Karloff. Its weird tales were...

In his acclaimed book Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong, author Joseph Lanza explored the forbidden beauty and social importance of an otherwise shunned musical category. Now, in Easy-Listening Acid Trip, he pushes the boundaries further by taking his...

Through firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors and a gripping collection of vintage photographs, author Michael Skidgell attempts to make sense of one of Hartford's worst tragedies.Almost 7,000 fans eagerly packed into the Ringling Brothers big top on July 6, 1944. With a single careless...

A corrupt politician. A local business in trouble. A neighbor with a heroic story. An opportunity to work together for positive change.Whatever the stories are in your community that most need to be told, the best person to tell them is you. Whether you're...