Performing Arts

Religion and cinema share a capacity for world making, ritualizing, mythologizing, and creating sacred time and space. Through cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing, and other production activities, film takes the world "out there" and refashions it. Religion achieves similar ends by setting apart particular objects and...

The comprehensive bible for low-budget, independent film producing for emerging and professional producers. Designed to use for production meetings with every aspect of the film producing process outlined in detail, including checklists to keep you on track, from pre-production to the first day of...

Chelsea Morris has always been responsible, dependable, and focused on her dreams of fashion design--a dream that will officially begin come fall, when she leaves for college in New York City. And as she settles into her role as the lead designer for the...

Lucy Gardiner felt like she was put on earth to dance. Amid the chaos of her Massachusetts upbringing--her loving, erratic brothers; her overburdened mother--twelve-year-old Lucy is discovered and cast on a new dance reality show. When its popstar judge, Bruise, takes an obsessive interest...

Jimmy Porter, frustrated and bitter in his drab flat, lives with his middle-class wife, Alison. Also sharing the flat is Cliff who keeps things tenuously together. Alison's friend Helen arrives and persuades her to leave Jimmy only to fall for him herself. When Alison...

Beware of red balloons and terrifying clowns in IT: The Official Coloring Book. Color more than 60 pages of detailed drawings and explore frightening illustrations that bring the thrills of Stephen King's iconic horror story to life in an official coloring book! Featuring all-new...

A finalist for the 2017 George Freedley Memorial Award "A compelling, absolutely unputdownable story . . . And, in case you're wondering, yes, the book is funny. In places, very funny. A remarkable story, magnificently told." -- Booklist In this richly reported, scene-driven narrative,...

The storyteller is the living memory of her time: at once an oracle, weaver, healer, warrior, witch, protectress, teacher and great mother. Her powers are to do with passing on - not only the stories but transmission itself: "what grandma began, granddaughter completes and...

From the first plié to the final curtain call, Goodnight Dance follows a young girl as she says goodnight to her favorite pastime. With rhyming text and colorful imagery, author Christianne Jones captures the excitement of the theater and the beauty of the ballerinas...

Conquer five cross-stitch designs from the world of Game of Thrones with this officially licensed, all-in-one mini craft kit! ​ Includes all materials: The kit contains 3 pieces of 4 x 4-inch 18-count cotton Aida cloth, a 3-inch embroidery hoop to stitch and display...

In this fresh, propulsive take on fame in the tabloid era of the '00s, a former child star struggles to figure out who she is beyond the characters she's played--on television and in relationships.Former child star Michaela Turner is ready for her next big...

When global superstar Taylor Swift and NFL tight end Travis Kelce's worlds collide, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways. From a flirty podcast mention to stadium-side support, this romantic, funny, and deeply human comic explores the whirlwind of their headline-making love story. Told...

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the "Valley Girl," gaining momentum as an accidental...

A 2022 South Asia Book Award WinnerOn Sundays, Varun has his karate lesson, and his sister Varsha heads to dance school with their grandfather. One weekend, Varun reluctantly accompanies his sister to her lesson. Bored of waiting, he peeks into the classroom, and almost...

Newly repackaged as a Penguin paperback, Conquest of the Useless, the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog's diary of the making of Fitzcarraldo, one of his most revered and classic films In 1982, the visionary directory Werner Herzog released Fitzcarraldo, a lavish film about a would-be...

"Smart and entertaining . . . Gefter shows why Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the '60s like a torpedo." -NPR, Fresh Air "Delicious." -New York Times Book Review The behind-the-scenes story of a provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two...

California Southern: writing from the road, 1992-2025 is the first collection of prose and poetry by longtime Los Angeles-based poet and journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez.Guzman-Lopez writes about the head-swirling images and sounds at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Tijuana, as well as growing up Mexican...

Hours of Fun-Filled Facts & Trivia Questions! - Special Launch PriceThis trivia book begins with the precursors to musical theatre throughout the world and narrows to the island we will come back to time and time again: Manhattan. We explore each thrilling decade and...

The phenomenon that is Ted Lasso is not going away any time soon. This super-funny show about an American coach who comes to England to run a Premier League football team has captured the hearts of television watchers around the world - as well...

Pirouette among the posies with Angelina Ballerina, Henry, and Alice as they visit a flower show in this sweet, chunky board book! Angelina Ballerina, Alice, and Henry go to a flower show in Chipping Cheddar with Miss Lilly. They learn how to make a...