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Kabuki's Nineteenth Century examines the theater culture of nineteenth-century Japan from the perspective of the history and materiality of the book, the nature of reception, and the making and making use of images. The aim of this book is to rediscover the kabuki theater...

With the advancement of cybernetics, avatars, animation, and virtual reality, a thorough understanding of how the puppet metaphor originates from specific theatrical practices and media is especially relevant today. This book identifies and interprets the aesthetic and cultural significance of the different traditions of...

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OVER 60 PAGES UNIQUE, RELAXING DESIGNS TO COLOR Largest Adult Coloring Book Ever From Coloring sexy art to Animals, plants and patterns.Get this for you and your friends to Kill boredom.Various Levels Of Intricacy Keeping You Excited And Engaged For Hours Garden Designs, Animals,...

Contained in this book are the lyrics to over 200 of the greatest songs of the 80's. Contents are an easy layout containing the Artist and their songs for easy searching. Grab a copy and I guarantee it will bring back the memories.Author: Kiwi...

This collection shifts the focus from collective memory to individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in modern...

Author: Wayne GoodmanISBN-10: 099282012XISBN-13: 9780992820121Publisher: Wayne Goodman EntertainmentsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2014Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

(Music Sales America). A collection of songs from Ireland's rich heritage arranged for voice and recorder or other C instruments. Features "Londonderry Air," "Cockles and Mussels" and "Begorrah." Complete contents: Begorrah * Believe Me If All Endearing Young Charms * Cockles and Mussels *...

Raymond Sarlot bought the Chateau Marmont in 1975, but what was originally a business purchase became a love affair as he delved into the hotel's incredible history. From its perch overlooking the Sunset Strip, the glamorous Marmont reigned for decades as the spot for...

This edited collection brings together the work of researchers and educators from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Costa Rica, Portugal, and Mexico on education, pedagogy, and research from a queer perspective. It offers a space for the dissemination and development of new lines of analysis...

The Adventures of Princess Atlantis, the Musical is a new, fresh, children's Jukebox musical filled with familiar pop songs that leads to a magical adventure for all ages. The story speaks about friendships, believing in yourself, affection, jealousy, treachery, life, death, and the importance...

Over the last few years' interest towards natural dyes has been increasing, the reason being manifold, including those of ecological movement, bio-degradability and higher compatibility of natural dyes with environment. Natural dyes are usually preferred on natural fibre fabrics composed of organically grown cotton,...

Glitch is one of the most varied and original genres in modern electronic music. Learn all about the history, technology, technique, and future of glitch music in this collection of articles by author/dj Jacob Anderson.Author: Jacob AndersonISBN-10: 1365464148ISBN-13: 9781365464140Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2016Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight:...

"Sam Wasson's supremely entertaining book tracks the ups and downs, ins and outs, of a remarkable career. . . . A marvel of unshowy reportage."--New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with the...

This book is the result of forty years working with many thousands of children in schools all over the world. It contains twenty-two illustrated instructions on how to make puppets that range from giraffes to mice, dolphins to dogs and humans to frogs. All...

Which comedians do other comedians laugh at? Inside this third volume of The Legendry Laughter Series, "In Their Faces: Comedy Beyond The Box, Up To Lenny Bruce," essayist Rob Foster offers up a few candidates for your consideration. It's about some of the classic...

Author: Jim CechISBN-10: 1441515003ISBN-13: 9781441515001Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2009Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Movies detailed in this book include both films that are well-known and those that are somewhat obscure, although nearly all are now available on DVD. Titles include The Bat Whispers, The Bishop Misbehaves, Black Midnight, Caesar and Cleopatra, Chisum, City Beneath the Sea, Comedy...

Research Methods in Performance Studies offers a unique approach for readers to engage with performance research and methods in practice. It examines ways of making performance, researching performance cultures, researching performers who themselves are engaged in research, and conducting research in the context of...

Thoughts, experiences, insights and advice on managing heckling in mentalism and magic performances. Advice that will open your eyes before you fall flat on your face. And even if you stumble we'll help you to get an idea of the possible reasons behind it...

Author: Paul BelardISBN-10: 8985235583ISBN-13: 9798985235586Publisher: Linden PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/17/2024Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.66d

It was 1980. Once adored by the public, disco had run its course and was gasping its final breath. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was beginning to gain momentum abroad. America was quick to follow with its own emerging metal scene and...

Dive into the vibrant world of 80's pop with "Vivid Vinyls"! This unique coloring book is your ticket back to the era of big hair, bold fashion, and unforgettable tunes. Each page is a homage to the decade's iconic pop stars, capturing their dynamic...

Erotic Resistance celebrates the erotic performance cultures that have shaped San Francisco. It preserves the memory of the city's bohemian past and its essential role in the development of American adult entertainment by highlighting the contributions of women of color, queer women, and trans...

Step into the vibrant world of Taylor Swift with Taylor's Rainbow Adventure: The Ultimate Taylor Coloring Book and Activity Collection. This exciting book is your all-access pass to the colorful life of one of the most iconic pop stars of our time. Exclusive Taylor...

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus was first published two hundred years ago on March 11, 1818. Shelley's novel warns of the possible sacrifices for knowledge and hints toward the costs to man and society, how new knowledge can redefine human existence...

FIFTH anniversary issue of HALLOWEEN MACHINE! Features on the music of the monster cereals, Kooky Spookys Halloween toys, and the music of Halloween Spotlight on artist STEVE JENCKS Interview with Felix Vasquez, Jr of Cinema-Crazed.com Chris Ringler's "How To Carve a Jack-O-Lantern" Kurtis Primm...

It's here Get ready for new tricks and treats from haunt and horror pros With Halloween how-to by Darlene Page, a Hocus Pocus retrospective, Kurtis Primm visits the Pumpkin Factory, Paul Counelis takes a look at Disney's Halloween Treat, Five Halloween movies to watch...

How we react or respond to people unkind to us reveals the very person we can become to them. We ought not to get caught up in that category. Therefore, think in the other persons shoe before we commit to a decision. Go out...

Piano Accompaniments for the Theo Charlier 36 Etudes. No. 1 through No. 18. Note to the performers: Some of the solos have an introduction which is clearly bracketed in the piano accompaniment.The pianist should point these out to the soloist for the original etudes...

EASY STREET is a guide for players in improvised interactive environmental performance, walkaround entertainment, and first-person historical reenacting. It's also about much, much more than that, because the principles of effective Street play apply to any situation involving connections between people: sellers and customers,...

This book will address and uncover the role of US Christian Right 'pro-family' groups in mobilizing counter-movements against LGBTIQ+ human rights, reproductive justice, and sexuality education in Africa, and will intervene in the tendency to exceptionalize Africa as a 'homophobic continent' following the surge...

In its own unique way, Tulsa, Oklahoma proudly stands shoulder to shoulder alongside some of America's largest cities when it comes to a broad influence on multiple genres of music. But exactly what is the Tulsa Sound? And how have numerous people from that...

A new collection of sheet music for old tunes. Traditional English music put together as sets as played in the only weekly session in London. Jigs, hornpipes, reels, polka-reels and morris tunes from the past few centuries, plus a few newly composed. A great...

Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling. Its matter-of-fact reportage makes the famous ordinary, illuminating previously well-lit profiles with the unfiltered light of the everyday. A death certificate may also reveal information that stars concealed,...

Who decides what movies we should see? In some of the nation's largest cities motion pictures are screened by review boards meeting in secret. Their files are seldom open to inspection, and they often wield a nearly absolute power over what the public is...

"Sandra de Bruin's memories of a cherished era in entertainment history are sure to keep you captivated from one page to the next. The author's unforgettable encounters with select celebrities are presented with such authority and clarity you feel as if you're almost reliving...

With Richard III, Shakespeare turned the last days of the Wars of the Roses into a riveting play that to this day, keeps us on the edge of our theatre seats. Though not always historically accurate, the play touches on the many rumors and...

Marilyn Monroe died at 36. Her death certificate lists "Acute Barbiturate Poisoning. Ingestion of Overdose" as the cause. Just below that line, you can see that the person who issued her death certificate typed "Probable Suicide." Many people question whether her death was a...

The Card Expert Entertains by Dariel Fitzkee Considered one of Fitzkee's ultimate contributions to card magic. In this incredible book, Fitzkee drills down to the core nuance, the real work of these legendary effects and sleights. Fitzkee simplifies the complexity of entertaining with cards...

Festival culture is an area which has attracted increasing interest in the field of Renaissance studies in recent years. Even though there are numerous books about European festivals, emphasizing their great importance for interdisciplinary study, the great tradition of court entertainment in the House...

What does it mean to be in a place and out of place at the same time? Gabrielle Civil explores this question by making black feminist performance art in Mexico. She asks unsuspecting Mexicans if they have good hair, visits legendary black expatriate artist...

This book is the first history of commercial television in regional Australia, where diverse communities are spread across vast distances and multiple time zones. The first station, GLV Latrobe Valley, began broadcasting in December 1961. By the late 1970s, there were 35 independent commercial...

This open access book explores the disciplinary, disciplined, and recent interdisciplinary sites and productions of ethnomusicology and queerness, arguing that both academic realms are founded upon a destructive masculinity--indissolubly linked to coloniality and epistemic hegemony--and marked by a monologic, ethnocentric silencing of embodied, same-sex...

"Dennis' book Beyond Drum Circle Grooves, is not only his second educational contribution to the development of our modern recreational hand drum movement, it is also an amazing gift to us all." Arthur Hull(From the Foreword). Includes thirty four downloadable audio tracks of selected...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Glenn Erickson, the DVD SAVANT, has been the topmost fountain of inside information with his regular DVDTalk.com column for years. His experience on the crews of blockbuster movies like CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and his restoration work on film classics like KISS...

The Czech President Vaclav Havel, a force on behalf of international human rights and his country's most celebrated dissident, first gained prominence as a playwright. During the period when Havel was blacklisted by the Czechoslovakian government for his political activism, productions of his work...

Classics on Stage is a collection of ten plays adapted from popular and cherished works of children's literature. This is a unique collection of scripts that will entertain and educate readers. The plays are written with a sense of fun, which will engage and...

A play set on a mythical hill, Ngoa and centred around Ngwa, the protagonist. Both mythic and contemporary, challenging and innovative full of accerbic social criticism, wisdom and political meaning, the culminating point in this play is when the protagonist is cast out of...