Performing Arts

This book examines how documentary film responded to the methods and controversies associated with radical psychiatry, especially during the long 1960s. Broad in scope and comparative in approach, it discusses a range of films in terms of how their production histories and visual styles...

Learn how to read with the man of steel! Join Superman and his allies in Metropolis as they help save their city from Lex Luthor. Will Superman emerge victorious? Packed with fun facts, exciting color images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz, this Level...

Learn how to read with the man of steel! Join Superman and his allies in Metropolis as they help save their city from Lex Luthor. Will Superman emerge victorious? Packed with fun facts, exciting color images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz, this Level...

Join the Fantastic Four on their adventures across the Multiverse "Discover some of the Fantastic Four's greatest adventures and most dangerous foes as they protect the planet from threats from all over the Multiverse. (c) 2024 MARVEL"Author: DKPublisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)Published: 07/01/2025Pages: 48Binding...

A fascinating and enlightening deep dive into the infamous Disney Adult community from the woman behind the popular website The Disney Food Blog. Disney Adults are grown-ups who derive singular, almost obsessive, joy from all things Disney. They devote countless hours and millions of...

In David Lynch: Beautiful Dark, author Greg Olson explores the surreal intricacies of the director's unique visual and visceral style not only in his full-length films but also his early forays into painting and short films, as well as his television landmark, Twin Peaks....

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the present. Concepts created to defeat capitalism have been...

Dancing for Their Lives explores the vibrant world of retired Chinese women known as "dancing grannies" who seek fulfillment and companionship amidst societal upheaval. These women, part of China's "lost generation," gather in parks and public squares to reclaim their lives through dance in...

One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin. A cursed film. A haunted past. A deadly secret. The Baroness, an infamous exploitation film long thought destroyed by...

From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright: an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from a filmmaker who's always played by his own rules. Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Why are there...

A tune-filled, light-footed people's history of ballroom dancing, from Vernon and Irene Castle and Arthur Murray to Dancing with the Stars. In the early twentieth century, American ragtime and the Parisian Tango fueled a dancing craze in Britain. Public ballrooms--which had never been seen...

A fun-filled day of dance with the Wiggles. It's time for a wiggly sing-along with your favourite pals! Read the lyrics to "Say the Dance, Do the Dance" and join the dancing fun! Key Learning: The joy of movement and dance.Author: The WigglesPublisher: Five...

"Political power," says Howard Zinn, "is controlled by the corporate elite, and the arts are the locale for a kind of guerilla warfare in the sense that guerillas look for apertures and opportunities where they can have an effect." In Artists in Times of...

A lyrical celebration of music, its many forms, and its importance to people across the globe. Music is everywhere--can you hear it around you? Music might comfort you, or it might make you cry. Even if someone doesn't know your language, they can still...

Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am presents a philosophical exploration of the world of Alien, the simultaneously horrifying and thought-provoking sci-fi horror masterpiece, and the film franchise it spawned. The first book dedicated to exploring the philosophy raised by one of the...

Siskel and Ebert meet Joan Didion in Auteur, a unique series that combines in-depth film criticism with personal autobiography. Each book in the series examines a single movie through a critical and historical lens, filtered through the author's creative and emotional connection to the...

The untold succession struggle at Walt Disney Productions following the death of its founder, and the generational transformation which led to the birth of the modern multibillion-dollar animation industry. Walt Disney left behind big dreams when he died in 1966. Perhaps none was greater...

"Exceedingly handy!" - Jill Bernard, International Improv Teacher and Performer Learn the secrets of improv teaching today! Whether you're just starting out or leveling up, this book unlocks your inner instructor and helps you to deliver memorable, effective, and fun classes. You'll learn to:...

This collectible, hardcover journal has an eye-catching, sculpted cover featuring intricate artwork from Universal Pictures' cinematic event, Wicked. The perfect place to note your thoughts in style, this 184-page collectible journal is a stylish gift for any Wicked fan. This reversible journal can be...

Amidst the late-night din of St. Patrick's Day in New York City Donna comes home to find a highly intoxicated man named Theo who is dressed like a leprechaun in her apartment. Mistaking Theo for her roommate Jamie's sublet Donna puts him into the...