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A woman tries to feed her husband a fried drumstick. Dragons roam a flat earth. The last Black man in the whole entire world dies again. And again. Careening through memory and language, Parks explores and explodes archetypes of Black America with piercing insight...

For over two centuries, America has celebrated the same African-American culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the blackface minstrel show appropriated...

Alternative Revolution Magazine features alternative models and photographers from around the world. We cover Tattooed to Fetish and all inbetween. Horror, Gore, Gothic, Halloween, Art, Movies and much more.Author: Michael EnochesISBN-10: 1006362215ISBN-13: 9781006362217Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2024Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.09d

This small 5 x 8 inch softcover book of shadows has 40 of some of the most popular pages from the original TV series Charmed. This is a fun, affordable compact version of our best selling full size and mid size replicas of the...

Meet Diane a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She's got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity--the Greek god Dionysus--and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than...

John Schneider, is called now days as a TRIPLE THREAT, an actor, singer, & dancer, let alone writer & director and lets not forget to add magician, philantripist, who co founded the largest children's charity in the world CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS.Starting from his...

This book examines queer visibility in reality television, which is arguably the most prolific space of gay, lesbian, transgender and otherwise queer media representation. It explores almost two decades of reality programming, from Big Brother to I Am Cait, American Idol to RuPaul's Drag...

Two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil. The play was first performed at the Theatre Royal, in February 1892. It broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London...

IF YOU OWN A STRAT, THEN YOU NEED THIS BOOK Learn step by step how to completely wire a Stratocaster and all of the potentiometers, capacitors, switches, ground wires, hot wires, pickups, output jack, and bridge ground. Even if you dont own a Fender,...

Grays Sports Almanac: Complete Sports Statistics 1950-2000, this is a larger size 8" x 10" fully printed magazine with 110 actual printed pages of sports stats similar to the prop used in the movie, Even the score for UCLA vs Washington that old Biff...

As we celebrate Erroll Garner's centennial (June 15, 2021) this new edition will inspire a new generation of Garner enthusiasts. Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano, Centennial Edition, is divided into three sections, as was the original 1985 edition. The first section, "His Story,"...

Pablo, a high-powered lawyer, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, are realizing the American dream when they purchase a house next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank. But a disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out war...

The first industry handbook for character performers and costumed party entertainers Featuring in-depth overviews on auditions, contracts, event routines, costume maintenance, quick emergency fixes and customer relations...all in one book M. Alice LeGrow is a party performer with years of experience in character entertaining...

Redoing Gender demonstrates how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender nonbinary people--who identify as other genders besides simply "man" or "woman"--have begun to disrupt this binary system,...

Long after returning from Neverland, Wendy decides that she must find Peter in order to reclaim her kiss and move on with her life. Along the way, she meets other girls who went to Neverland and learns she is not alone. A coming-of-age exploration...

A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and...

Daring and brilliant, Neil De La Flor's latest book, The Ars Magna for the Manifold Dimensions of z, is a big kick in the rear to absurdist theater. It stars a very tough Meta, a member of the Danish underground. "If my head had...

Solve chess problems and improve your chess tactical skills. This book of chess problems will certainly be of great benefit to beginners and children. By practicing day after day, they will progress, in a certain way, using the best tactical schemes. In chess, tactical...

A collection of 150 stories about music from all over Latin America, including Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, as well as Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The stories were originally broadcast on public radio programs on NPR, PRX's The World, BCC, KPCC and Latino...

They were like Gods. Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Phantom of the Opera, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and Invisible Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon formed a modern-pay pantheon that ruled the mythical kingdom of Hollywood. They...

Indulge in over 50 illustrations designed to fuel your nightmares along with your creativity. Whether you choose to bring life into a three-headed-man-bunny, a field of jumbo strawberries, or even a cat with with fabulous eyebrows, "A Curiously Curious Coloring Book of Curiosities," will...

Solve chess problems and improve your chess tactical skills. This book of chess problems will certainly be of great benefit to players of higher level. By practicing day after day, they will progress, in a certain way, using the best tactical schemes. In chess,...

Tired of seeing mean-spirited, snarky performance material for kids? Looking for material with a positive spin? Full voting member of the National Television Academy and Tonight Show sketch comedy performer Mike Kimmel has been writing, acting, and producing for decades. Now he shares a...

The celebrated underground smash that is Cinema Sewer the magazine has been transformed and mutated into CINEMA SEWER: THE BOOK - and following the outstanding popularity of the first five books, VOLUME SIX has been unleashed onto a now slightly-less-unsuspecting world! A mind-melting compilation...

Are you searching for something to do during your weekend? Look no further! Enjoy hours of crossword puzzle fun with Will Smith's Large Print Easy Crossword Puzzles For Adults! Science shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and brainteasers have a...

What is it like to play in a professional symphony orchestra? For many years Ron Hasselmann has regaled listeners with stories about tours, triumphs, gaffes, and guest artists. His recollections are now gathered into a collection of behind-the-scenes glimpses of an orchestral life. From...

Oberon Play House's director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director's wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare's Henriad, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theatre experience....

Following on from the enormous popularity of the first edition, this exciting new edition provides yet more practically relevant information for everyone working with children's voices.Completely new content includes much more up-to-date material on how to deliver information and exercises to the student. Learning...

The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt."You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."--D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of...

Ivan's training comes from the heart, for the dog. He has certainly enhanced my view of training and has taught me many valuable, yet simple techniques to achieve the most from my dogs and myself. --Mary A. Allen, World Championship Competitor, USA Apprentice Judge,...

With The Who, Pink Floyd and Ginger Baker announced as headliners, the Yorkshire Folk, Blues and Jazz Festival at Krumlin in Calderdale should have been one of the major events of 1970. But a freak storm on the Saturday night, plus an almost farcical...

'I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth...

Elizabeth's book is clear validation of our profession's health and vitality. It fills a void that needed to be filled, and I am proud to have this opportunity to say, "brava" ' From the Foreword by Elizabeth Louise Blades'A welcome and wonderful resource for...

Solve chess problems and improve your chess tactical skills. This book of chess problems will certainly be of great benefit to amateur players. By practicing day after day, they will progress, in a certain way, using the best tactical schemes. In chess, tactical play...

The Transferable Skills of Theatre 50 Monologues Each Monologue is a working person talking about how they use skills learned in theatre in their occupation or profession. A lawyer insists that a courtroom is a theatre. A cosmetologist/hairdresser recalls skills learned doing makeup for...

Eccentric millionaire Albert Doornale has summoned his inner circle to his grand estate, including his ex-wife Abigail, his current fiancé Candy Bombay, and his childhood friend Salvatore Carbone from the Lower East Side. Upon arrival, they are greeted by a grumpy butler and a...

Through the writings of noted Chinese philosophers, scholars, artists, and critics from the time of Confucius to the present, this rich compendium provides a fascinating guided tour of China's evolving conceptions of theater and performance. The book's more than sixty selections are arranged chronologically...

This book through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and others: Where have we been? What have we done? Where will it lead to? These questions are answered in this entertaining book inspired out of a crisis that has shaken the whole planet. Based on facts,...

IN THIS LATEST EDITION OF HIS BEST-SELLING BIOGRAPHY, PREVIOUSLY ENTITLED REMARKS/REMARKS REMADE, TONY FLETCHER BRINGS THE R.E.M. STORY UP TO DATE FOR THE FINAL TIME, AND EXPLAINS WHAT LED THIS UNIQUE GROUP TO DRAW A CURTAIN ON THEIR CAREER. PERFECT CIRCLE IS THE DEFINITIVE...

Writing & Staging A New Musical is a brand new instructional manual for anyone eager to create and premiere their own original piece of musical theatre. It is a practical guide filled with useful tricks, tips and templates designed to reduce the workload for...

You're about to discover the crucial information regarding Mentalism. Millions of people have already experienced the amazing effects that Mentalism can offer. Mentalism is a complex topic and it can be overwhelming to understand if you are a passive observer. This book goes into...

Jonathan Frid was thought to be something of a mysterious figure: He disliked the celebrity spotlight, he never aspired to stardom and seldom spoke about his private life. What made him tick? What kind of a man was he? From his early days on...

Learn to play the fiddle? Easy. Tackling a new instrument can be intimidating, but with this easy-to-use guide, you'll have no trouble at all From selecting, tuning, and caring for your fiddle to mastering various music styles, Fiddle For Dummies walks you step-by-step through...

In this large format book In this volume, we adopt the classification proposed in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Endgames. This one is an "exhaustive" study of chess endgames published by the Chess Informant, the editor of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening. All categories are...

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography in Western opera production. The book begins by exploring digital scenography's dramaturgical possibilities and establishes a critical framework for identifying and comparing the use of...

Now softcover binding, the second edition of The Voice Clinic Handbook has been completely updated and expanded, largely rewritten, and features contributions by world-leading voice practitioners from laryngology, voice therapy, osteopathy, singing, psychotherapy, and voice science. Following the principles set by its acclaimed predecessor,...

Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved... 18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. Caught between a yearning for the unknown and feeling bound by expectation, she telescopes back to a time before...

Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school's headmaster, they've largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets...

Learn How to Play the Piano/KeyboardThis piano book is a great beginner's guide and it provides an easy introduction to playing music. If you have no experience or you might just be new to the piano/keyboard, this guide will have you playing the piano/keyboard...

Listen to This stands out as the first book exclusively dedicated to Davis's watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. Victor Svorinich traces its incarnations and inspirations for ten-plus years before its release. The album arrived as the jazz scene waned beneath the rise of rock-and-roll...