Performing Arts

"It's a book I can marvel at!"-Norman England, director of Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) and author of Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto Japan's Biggest Film Sets (2021) "This book is a literal treasure trove for tokusatsu enthusiasts who already think...

In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how "entertainment values" have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and...

Expand your knowledge of the aesthetics, forms and meaning of motion graphics as well as the long-running connections between the American avant-garde film, video art and TV commercials. In 1960 avant-garde animator and inventor John Whitney started a company called "Motion Graphics, Inc." to...

The official art book for the animated movie Luck. The Art and Making of Luck showcases, in beautifully illustrated detail, the concept art behind the story of the unluckiest girl in the world: Sam Greenfield. When Sam stumbles into the never-before-seen world of good...

A critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures Through a close analysis of more than seventy popular documentaries and feature movies from around the world, produced in the twenty-first century, this book explores the theme of...

The Dancing Light is the second in a series of books by dance educator Karen Diaz Ensanian, created to facilitate dance making with young children. The book exposes them to beautiful visual art, view photos of young dancers demonstrating science concepts through their movement,...

Play-acting but also the opera have only seemingly little to do with with our everyday life. Opera is a world of art in which reality is actually very much present, but condensed in such a way that it speaks to us in a particularly...

In November 1939, NBC's fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday...

This award-winning play explores the world of a young Stephen Hawking, before his life is forever changed by illness and an unexpected cutting insight into a new direction for cosmology. Three young people beginning their academic careers meet at a New Year's Eve party...

Enter the world of Professor Peter Smith. I have lived a full, exciting, and unique life. In my youth I lived a conundrum. My rebellious nature drew me my away from my academic studies into the world of punk rock; a very different world...

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Winner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards "Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood tradition is collapsing and new models are fueling the future....

In hopes of a better life for her husband, Charlie, and three children, Edna, Tina and Junebug, Ma is so determined to teach them to read that she risks their lives daily. The only book available to them is hidden underneath the floor of...

simple is the perfect way for children and parents to express their creative side. The unique sneaker colouring book includes 20 pages of colourful sneakers and patterns to inspire creativity. With its simple design, simple is easy for both adults and children to use.Author:...

This is the story of Salisbury Playhouse and its two theatres. In 1869 the Primitive Methodists built a new chapel in Fisherton Street which eventually became the Playhouse, and in 1976 a new Playhouse was built in Malthouse Lane. However, this story is not...

Author: Anthony McCartenPublisher: Methuen DramaPublished: 07/28/2022Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.17dISBN: 9781350350687

A specialty made Dungeons and Dragon Campaign Journal made by a bard named Godfrey the Great the Third. The book includes character sheets, inventory and spell lists, doodle pages, LOTS of room for notes, maps, and more!Author: Godfrey The Great the ThirdPublisher: BlurbPublished: 01/11/2023Pages:...

Author: Amy ShomshakPublisher: AlbertPublished: 01/09/2023Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39dISBN: 9781088084809Audience: Young Adult

Author: Matthew OgdahlPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 01/17/2023Pages: 116Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.24dISBN: 9798374077575This title is not returnable

Theatrical play script. Comedy. Four characters, (three females and one male), in their sixties.1970. Northern California, three aging siblings are thrown into a comic philosophical frenzyby an unexpected guest bearing disquieting mystical predictions.Author: Margaret DulaneyPublisher: Listen WellPublished: 06/01/2018Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.27h x...

After failing to learn a new language on five separate occasions, I taught myself to speak Spanish like a native in just six months by watching movies and TV shows, listening to music, and reading books and comics like Harry Potter and Garfield. This...