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Poker! by Zora Neale Hurston is a lively short play that captures the energy, wit, and social dynamics of African American community life. Centered around a poker game, the drama unfolds through sharp dialogue, humor, and conflict, revealing themes of competition, pride, gender roles,...

Three Plays by Zora Neale Hurston brings together three short theatrical works-Lawing and Jawing, Forty Yards, and Woofing-that showcase her sharp ear for dialogue, humor, and the rhythms of everyday African American speech. Rooted in Black folk culture and community life, these plays explore...

We live in an age where anyone can publish, pitch, post, or produce in seconds. The gates are open, the tools are available, and the world is watching. But the world is also drowning in content-endless noise competing for a moment of attention. In...

Trump is back ... and so is LizIn 411 BC, Greek playwright Aristophanes penned Lysistrata. Lysistrata tells the story of a group of courageous women who devise a unique strategy for ending the Peloponnesian War, which had been draining the Greek Treasury for 20...

Fireside Magic (FSM) is an exciting new approach to teaching the Bahá'í Faith. It brings together some of the Basic Principles of the Bahá'í Faith such as Equality of men & women, Universal Auxiliary Language, Independent Investigation of the Truth, Unity of Science &...

Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, is a peer reviewed journal dedicated to the art and craft of acting and its philosophies, exercises, and history. Methods explores acting for stage, film, and television, their similarities and differences, deconstructing old techniques and constructing new ones....

German Romantics: New translations of the German Romantics including Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Eochendorff and Kleist.Author: William SibreeISBN-10: 1917329199ISBN-13: 9781917329194Publisher: UK Book PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2024Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d

The Children's Media Yearbook is collection of essays on contemporary children's media matters - the issues, strategies, regulatory concerns and audience preferences of the year past. it's invaluable as the annual "book of record" for producers, policy makers, researchers and media historians.Author: Ashley WoodfallISBN-10:...

From Commoner to Coronet is based on the 18th century Berkeley Family, and the well-researchedbookMary Cole - Countess of Berkeley, written by Hope Costley-White in 1961. Her interest was piqued when perusing a document entitled: 'Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of privileges...

It was the unlikeliest of encounters in the unlikeliest of places, but when Chaplin and Gandhi met in Canning Town, the men had more in common than they realised. They both knew cockney rhyming slang, they had similar nicknames (Little Tramp and Little Leader),...

In this open access book, seventeen scholars discuss how contemporary Scandinavian art and media have become important arenas to articulate and stage various forms of vulnerability in the Scandinavian welfare states. How do discourses of privilege and vulnerability coexist and interact in Scandinavia? How...

When we read a novel or watch a film, we become Peeping Toms. Spying on fictional characters, we can enjoy observing their private lives and most intimate secrets while safe in the knowledge that they are totally unaware of us. The Reader as Peeping...

The entertainment industry's promotion of violence, nudity, and vulgarity has caused disruption in the minds of many people. This book will show how these negative influences are being glamorized through music, movies, and video games and how subliminal messages invade the subconscious mind! This...

Product information not available.Author: Sam RileyISBN-10: 0313243379ISBN-13: 9780313243370Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/1986Pages: 359Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.76h x 6.57w x 1.48d

Author: Joe Kenyon IV ISBN-10: 1367711398ISBN-13: 9781367711396Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2017Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

Notes on a Narcissist is a full-length hybrid collection interspersed with poetry, journal entries, scenes from a one-act play, and performance commentary chronicling the aftermath of relationship characterized by narcissistic manipulation. It explores the psychological terrain of emotional abuse, identity fragmentation, and personal reclamation.Much...

For fifty years, the big screen has mirrored the world - reflecting our dreams, fears, heroes, and obsessions. Top 10 1975 to 2025: Revisiting the Hits That Defined Every Year takes you on a year-by-year journey through five decades of cinematic history, celebrating the...

Jump Cuts, Tracking Shots, and Scherzos is a thrilling immersion in five decades of sharp, witty, and deeply informed writing by one of America's most adventurous film critics, David Sterritt. With bracing insight and unflagging curiosity, Sterritt moves effortlessly from Kurosawa to Malick, from...

Black-and-white cinema effectively died out almost overnight in the mid-1960s. But in the face of a decade of serious competition from colour and widescreen-not to mention visual fads like 3D-black-and- white cinematography remained innovative and even experimental as it reached what looked like its...

Black-and-white cinema effectively died out almost overnight in the mid-1960s. But in the face of a decade of serious competition from colour and widescreen-not to mention visual fads like 3D-black-and- white cinematography remained innovative and even experimental as it reached what looked like its...

A joyful, vibrant look at the evolution of R&B music - told through the stories of ten female stars.Featuring musical icons Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, R&B legends Mary J Blige, Aaliyah and Ashanti, and current icons SZA and H.E.R., Queens of R&B is an...

Step back in time and unleash your creativity with the "Groovy Coloring Book," a vibrant journey through funky and trippy psychedelic designs that capture the essence of the retro era. This coloring book features 25 pages filled with unique and captivating patterns that are...

This book is an invitation to awaken the 3Rs: Reveling in your Body, Revealing your Radiant Essence, and Receiving what you Desire. The 3Rs can be the foundation - and the fruit - of your burlesque solo creation and performance journey!This book is for...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Lee OwensISBN-10: 1406750352ISBN-13: 9781406750355Publisher: Owens...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

A man with a quiff and a hearing aid twirls around with a bunch of gladioli sprouting from his trouser pocket. Two sullen Scotsmen deafen you with descanting feedback. Jackson Pollock paint-splattered mods in flared trousers become the sound of Ecstasy.Five lads from Burnage...

The cast and crew are all settled into the routine of the long running murder-mystery play.Nightly the audience watches the stage mystery being solved One night, unseen by them, a real murder is taking place. There are backstage frictions between the actors and jealousy,...

In this open access book, seventeen scholars discuss how contemporary Scandinavian art and media have become important arenas to articulate and stage various forms of vulnerability in the Scandinavian welfare states. How do discourses of privilege and vulnerability coexist and interact in Scandinavia? How...

The Gospel According to Superheroes: Religion and Popular Culture offers an intriguing look at superheroes in light of the spiritual and mythological roles they play in our lives. B. J. Oropeza takes you through the adventuresome quest of three comic book eras as you...

This book explores how media stars in Hong Kong are formed, how they relate to popular culture and to media industries in Hong Kong and more widely, and how the phenomenon of stardom is evolving. It considers stardom across a range of media, discusses...

"The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian Friel The Wake recounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years...

Book is described the arrangement of the Immortality. This is the scientific prediction of the non-biological (electronic) civilization and immortality of human being. Such a prognosis is predicated upon a new law, discovered by the author, for the development of complex systems. According to...

The editors have put together a solid overview of ten areas of popular culture in Latin America. The contributors have skillfully overcome a variety of research obstacles as well as the imposing problem of dealing with many countries. Each contributor has expertly assembled scientific...

Second book in the series 'How to play the 5 string banjo'. This book consists of twenty one of some of the most famous popular bluegrass songs and tunes. Both for beginner and intermediate players.Author: Will LanksteadISBN-10: 1291454586ISBN-13: 9781291454581Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2013Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Over the past two decades, Abbas Kiarostami - the Iranian film director of Where is the Friend's House?, Life and Nothing More, Through the Olive Trees, Close Up, A Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, Ten, Shirin, Certified Copy and Like Someone...

Digging for Pixie DustA Disney theme park is always changing. Sometimes, those changes lead to the extinction of favorite shows and attractions. In "dig sites" around the world, Disney archaeologist Chris Ware has unearthed all of the lost magic. This is a Disney you...

I have been playing solitaire with traditional card decks for many years. Now that I work with tarot decks, I learned how to play several solitaire games with them. This book explains step-by-step how to play five games using either all 78 cards or...

Valentino Fugitive is Evelyn Zumaya Floris' deeply personal and meticulously documented account of a two-decade campaign of censorship, gaslighting and targeted harassment waged by a cult-like faction embedded in the world of Rudolph Valentino. Part memoir, part legal archive and part investigative chronicle, this...

Rehearse for Life offers a groundbreaking approach to healing through expressive arts therapy - combining clinical insight with drama, music, storytelling, and movement to dissolve emotional blocks and release human potential.Written by Bradford Bancroft, a classically trained actor turned psychotherapist with 25+ years of...

The Instant New York Times Bestseller - One of People Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year "The rare celebrity memoir that's also a literary read. As funny as it is reflective, it shares stories behind Pacino's hardscrabble upbringing, classic films and journey to...

Unlock the Secrets to Explosive Growth and Sustainable Income on the World's Hottest Social Media Platform.Are you tired of posting content without seeing real results? Do you dream of turning your creativity into a full-time career? The TikTok Domination System is your ultimate step-by-step...

21 beautiful waltzes by a variety of classical composers for flute and guitar (in standard notation and tablature). Includes: The Artist's Life (Strauss), The Blue Danube (Strauss), Emperor Waltz (Strauss), Fantaisie-valse (Satie), Roses from the South (Strauss), Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky), Tales from the...

23 beautiful sacred songs for flute and guitar (in standard notation and tablature). Includes: Agnus Dei from Coronation Mass (Mozart); Agnus Dei from Mass in B Minor (Bach); Ave Marie (Gounod); Ave Maria (Schubert); Ave verum corpus (Mozart); Benedictus from Mass in G Major...

23 classical gems by 20 great Italian composers, arranged for flute and guitar (in standard notation and tablature). Features music by Tomaso Albinoni, Luigi Boccherini, Giuseppe Brescianello, Domenico Cimarosa, Muzio Clementi, Arcangelo Corelli, Gaetano Donizetti, Mauro Guiliani, Pietro Mascagni, Claudio Monteverdi, Nicolò Paganini, Giovanni...

Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of...

Llanchie Stevenson was a trailblazer in the ballet community, and her story continues to draw the interest of many. Classically trained under George Balanchine, she was a founding member and principal dancer of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She pioneered the innovation of ballet...

The best formatting ever offered on Goethe's epic play, Faust: Parts 1 and 2, presented by multi-award-winning author, Walter Joseph Schenck, Jr. *SPECIAL NOTE* This publication has underwent review by Amazon Content Validation team was has passed its rigorous criteria policies. Walter Schenck's Official...

Based on the popular website, this exciting new volume examines the classic television programs, The Avengers and The New Avengers. Quite Quite Fantastic! provides insight into the behind-the-scenes production of both programs and their relevance to viewers today. Each episode is reviewed and analyzed,...

Louis Phillips has published some 50 books of poetry, short stories, essays, and plays. Among his publications are THE WOMAN WHO WROTE KING LEAR and other stories (Pleasure Boat Studio), MUST I WEEP FOR THE DANCING BEAR and other stories (Pleasure Boat Studio) THE...

Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly neighbor makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true-when her husband dies in a...