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Abrams The Art of DreamWorks The Bad Guys 2
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Running Press Harry Potter TimeTurner Kit Revised AllMetal
Book SynopsisTurn back time with this new and improved, all-metal replica of Hermione’s time-turner—perfect for fans of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Specifications: This deluxe, life-size all-metal replica of the time-turner features rotating inner rings, a functional hourglass, and engraving; measures approximately 2 inches in diameter, and is complete with a chain, perfect for wearing or displaying Authentic replica: This sleek time turner is based on the time turner Hermione Granger uses in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film Book included: A 48-page 2-1/2 x 3 inch book features information about the time turner and its uses along with quotes and images from the movies Perfect present: A unique gift for fans of the Wizarding World Officially licensed: Authentic collectible
£10.96
Headline Publishing Group The Book of Sea Shanties
Book SynopsisAn epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seasFrom the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties.The world sang in harmony with Nathan Evans, the Glaswegian postie turned singer of sea shanties. Join him as he takes you through time and seafaring history to discover the true meaning of Wellerman, and who and what exactly was the Drunken Sailor?Featuring over 35 best loved shanties, Nathan will share the meaning behind each of his favourite shanties and show how they have shaped and inspired him. Beautifully illustrated throughout, it will also include original shanties and bonus content written exclusively for this book.Whether you're young or old, gather around and discover the riotous world of sea shanties.Praise for Nathan Evans:A 'Sea Shanty sensation' Rolling Stone'An artist who really lifts the mood when he performs' Daily Telegraph'Too good to miss' Brian May, Daily Express
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Hodder & Stoughton Inside No. 9: The Scripts Series 1-3
Book Synopsis'The joy of these scripts is in being able to appreciate the craft and ambition involved in the sharpness of the dialogue, the cunning of the plotting, and the desire never to repeat themselves, as Pemberton and Shearsmith build each episode into a miniaturist treasure. A must for anyone who wants to write for television, or who just wants to see how the magic is done.'- NEIL GAIMANTake a further peek behind the door marked 'number 9' as the scripts from series 1-3 are collected here for the first time. An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, read how each 30-minute self-contained story with new characters and new settings, sprang to life from the page.Each series is prefaced by a foreword from the show creators, giving readers and fans behind-the-scenes insight to this creative phenomenon. It is a beautifully written series, some stories comic, some tragic, all highly original and inventive. As well as Steve and Reece, it has featured guest appearances from a plethora well-known actors including Jack Whitehall, Peter Kay, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Arterton, Keeley Hawes, Alison Steadman, Conleth Hill, and David Morrissey. Relive the show's every enjoyable moment down to the stage directions with Inside No. 9: The Scripts: Series 1-3.Trade ReviewThe joy of these scripts is in being able to appreciate the craft and ambition Involved in the sharpness of the dialogue, the cunning of the plotting, and the desire never to repeat themselves, as Pemberton and Shearsmith build each episode into a miniaturist treasure. A must for anyone who wants to write for television, or who just wants to see how the magic is done. -- Neil Gaiman
£14.24
Chronicle Books DisneyPixar The Art of Elio
Book Synopsis This stunning book showcases the art, behind-the-scenes details, and making of the Disney and Pixar animated film Elio . The next in the fan-favorite, collectible Art of series, The Art of Elio presents the story behind the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios. It highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation-including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more-and features exclusive interviews with the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details. This book is the perfect gift for aspiring artists, animators, film buffs, and fans. © 2024 Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved. EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT ANIMATION FILMMAKING: Fans will want to delve into and explore this Pixar Animation film through production art, stories, and making-of details exclusive to this book. PART OF THE FAN-FAVORITE SERIES: The collectible Art of series is perfect for animation enthusiasts, filmmakers, students, and fans of Disney and Pixar. Add The Art of Inside Out 2 to the shelf with other bestselling books like The Art of Elemental, The Art of Turning Red, and The Art of Soul . Perfect for:- Animators and animation students - Disney fans of all ages - Cinephiles and movie buffs - Pop culture enthusiasts and historians - Families that love watching Disney and Pixar films together
£28.00
HarperCollins Publishers The House of Hidden Meanings
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing to datea brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance and self-acceptance.
£10.44
Oxford University Press John Williams
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Rush
Book SynopsisRush: Album by Album, from rock journalist and Rush authority Martin Popoff, pays tribute to the band's discography by moderating frank, entertaining conversations about all 20 of Rush's studio albums.Trade ReviewAnother strength is that these conversations really make the reader want to go back and revisit the lesser-loved albums, with a closer eye to detail than maybe was afforded before. Wrap it all up in a nice hardcover package with lots of fun eye candy, and this is an extremely enjoyable package, one of Popoff’s best books as of late (and he's been on a roll) * Bravewords.com *No stone is left unturned with what we learn here, from instrumentation the band used, to what was happening ‘behind-the-scenes’ with Rush and its record companies, to what songs were played on subsequent tours and how the fans felt about those set lists. * ShortAndSweetNYC.com *It is not just the words that make this such a winner. The book layout is killer with loads of rare pics of the band, as well as photographs of cool ass memorabilia and album art. Rating: A * Classic Rock Revisited *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Tricks Of The Mind
Book SynopsisDerren Brown's television and stage performances have entranced and dumbfounded millions. His baffling illusions and stunning set pieces - such as The Seance, Russian Roulette and The Heist - have set new standards of what's possible, as well as causing more than their fair share of controversy. Now, for the first time, he reveals the secrets behind his craft, what makes him tick and just why he grew that beard. Tricks of the Mind takes you on a journey into the structure and pyschology of magic. Derren teaches you how to read clues in people's behaviour and spot liars. He discusses the whys and wherefores of hypnosis and shows how to do it. And he investigates the power of suggestion and how you can massively improve your memory. He also takes a long hard look at the paranormal industry and why some of us feel the need to believe in it in the first place. Alternately hilarious, controversial and challenging, Tricks of the Mind is essential reading for Derren's legions of fans, and pretty bloody irresistible even if you don't like him that much...HIS NEW BOOK, A LITTLE HAPPIER: NOTES FOR REASSURANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW.Trade ReviewTricks of the Mind exposes Derren Brown as a master manipulator, with not a cauldron or genie in sight * New Statesman *Clearly the best dinner party guest in history - he's either a balls-out con artist or the scariest man in Britain -- Charlie Brooker * Guardian *If you see anybody with this book, go the other way -- Hilary Mantel * Guardian *Lifting the lid on some of the darkests secrets from the world of magic, Derren reveals with brutal honesty how some tricks work, how to perfect particular techniques and how to spot lies through people's behaviour. You'll be reading minds in no time! **** * OK! *Will delight anyone with an interest in the weirder things people think and they they think them * Independent on Sunday *
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Hodder & Stoughton I Am Brian Wilson
Book Synopsis''My life has been written about over and over again, and that''s mostly okay with me. Other people can talk about my life. Sometimes they''ll get it right and sometimes they''ll get it wrong. For me, when I think back across my own life, there are so many things that are painful. Sometimes I don''t like discussing them. Sometimes I don''t even like remembering them. But as I get older, the shape of that pain has changed. Sometimes memories come back to me when I least expect them. Maybe that''s the only way it works when you''ve lived the life I''ve lived: starting a band with my brothers that was managed by my father, watching my father become difficult and then impossible, watching myself become difficult and then impossible, watching women I loved come and go, watching children come into the world, watching my brothers get older, watching them pass out of the world. Some of those things shaped me. Others scarred me. Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference. When I watched myTrade ReviewAll of it in Wilson's idiosyncratic voice...what a story! * Esquire *Surprisingly revealing and insightful memoir from the Beach Boys mastermind...Nearly every page opens up new windows into the mind of Brian Wilson. 4* * Mojo *Wilson and The Beach Boys' story has been told many times before and is one we may think we know, but it has never before been voiced with the clarity, honesty and insight on offer here. Surf's up. * Loud and Quiet Magazine *Beach Boy Brian Wilson's unflinching new autobiography ... it's quite a ride. * Daily Record *An accurate insight into the way his mind works * London Evening Standard *I Am Brian Wilson is a strange kind of surfing through the Beach Boy's interior life. Wilson dwells on the damage his violent dad did to his childhood without revealing the psychological consequence, except in the voice of a book that, though ghosted, sounds like his own. His genius, like all genius, he suggests is accidental. He was hit around the head by a lead pipe as a kid in a playground fight, and lost his hearing in one ear. After that, he always felt he had to tune in to experience as if trying to find a radio frequency. The Beach Boys' otherworldly sound, and the faltering attempts to locate its source in the deceptively simple sentences of this memoir, appear to be results of that distancing. * The Observer *An unflinchingly honest account * Choice Magazine *
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Faber & Faber Why Mahler How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed
Book SynopsisA century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box-office draw, heard in Hollywood films and on state occasions, his music inspires particular devotion. Some believe it helps heal emotional wounds, others find intellectual fascination in its contradictory meanings, and many feel that the music captures the yearnings and anxieties of our post-industrial society. In this highly original account of the composer''s life and work, Norman Lebrecht explores the Mahler Effect, asking why Mahler''s music has become the soundtrack to our twenty-first-century lives.
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Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Super Mario Series for Easy Piano
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£17.58
Abrams The Art of Walt Disney From Mickey Mouse to the
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£52.50
Backstage Books Padlocks: Living with Sid & Nancy: 2023
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£13.50
Profile Books Ltd Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance
Book SynopsisElectronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture to the global mainstream. Does it still have the same power to inspire? From the pleasure palaces of Ibiza and Las Vegas to 'new frontiers' like Shanghai and Dubai, raving is now a multi-million-dollar business. But there are still hardcore believers upholding its DIY ethos - the techno idealists of Berlin and Detroit and the queer subcults of New York, the post-apartheid party people of South Africa and the outlaw techno travellers of France. In Rave On, Matthew Collin travels the world to experience these unique scenes first-hand, talk to the key players and hear the story of how dance culture went global - and find out if its maverick spirit can survive its own success.Trade ReviewPart history lesson, part vibrant dance-floor travelogue, Collin's smart geographical survey shows how club culture mutates and adapts, its meaning changing between Detroit, Durban and the conspicuously consuming Dubai ... Between those repetitive beats, there's still a world of possibility. -- Victoria Segal * Sunday Times *Ten x-rays of dance culture in ten global hotspots that lovingly trace the history of each locale's sound through its DJs, promoters and proponents ... Both scholarly and intimate ... Collin's quest is never short of illuminating ... fascinating -- Kitty Empire * Observer *Praise for Altered State: 'At last somebody has written the real history of the last ten years, and written it with such wit, verve, empathy and profound intelligence. I can't recommend this marvellous piece of work enough. -- Irvine WelshAltered State remains the definitive story of the last decade's love affair with MDMA and mucking about in fields just off the M25 * Q *The first book to forensically document the acid house explosion ... written with the authority of the first-hander * Mixmag *Altered State is not just timely; it was crying out to be written * Independent *Matthew Collin has a reporter's eye, a critic's erudition and a fan's passion -- Dorian Lynskey, author of 33 Revolutions Per MinuteA timely deconstruction of the interests and influences shaping international dance music - but with all the fun left in ... both an intoxicating field trip and a well-argued word to the wise on (not) selling out. -- Robert Bound * Monocle *Rave On describes in fascinating detail how electronic music scenes bubble up in places that are in the depths of poverty, despair or unrest. The Detroit and Berlin chapters are particularly powerful... Collin's descriptions of Berlin's superclub Berghain today are particularly wonderful -- Jude Rogers * New Statesman *
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Bonnier Books UK Songbird
Book SynopsisFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann JonesScandalous affairs and public divorce. Addiction and fiery passion. And of course, the iconic song writing...Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac.Straddling the bands incarnations to achieve global fame alongside Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie, the classic line-up, she wrote and performed many of their greatest hits.As famous for their occasionally life-threateningly decadent lifestyles as for their musical brilliance, they were held together by this strong, constant figure whom they dubbed the mother of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, focused and blended their talents and always got them back on track.And yet, as the engine of the band during their Rumours era - an album that unwittingly charted the complete romantic disintegration within the band - Christines personal life was every bit as tempestuous as those of her bandmates, weathering affairs, divorce, addiction and fiery passion, all of which bled into her now iconic song-writing.Told by an author who herself was friends with Christine, and with new contributions from those who knew her best, Songbird offers a true insiders view, and deep psychological insight into Christine as a both a woman and a musician - the first, the only, the ultimate picture of a rock legend and a national treasure.
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Faber & Faber Porcelain
Book SynopsisIn the late eighties and early nineties, Moby, then an underground DJ and musician, was scraping out a living in New York City. In a scene popular chiefly among working-class African-Americans and Latinos, Moby - a poor, skinny, white Christian, vegan and teetotaller - looked like he would never make it. By the late nineties, contemplating the end of his music career, he released what he assumed would be his swansong, Play, which went on to become a multi-million-selling album, opening up an astonishing new phase in his life. Porcelain is an unfailingly honest, funny and brilliantly written memoir about making it, losing it, loving it, hating it and everything in between.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Good the Bad the Rugby Unleashed
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Penguin Books Ltd Watch You Bleed
Book SynopsisWith 90 million of the band''s records sold worldwide since 1987, Guns N'' Roses prolonged rock music past its sell-by date with controversial albums and immense, often riotous, world tours. But the band''s complete story has never been fully told - until now.In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen Davis - author of the legendary Hammer of the Gods - details the riveting story of a band that originated in the gutters of Sunset Strip and went on to become the biggest, baddest band on the planet.Davis brilliantly captures the birth of Guns'' raw power, which - despite rape charges, drug-induced rampages and a general appetite for destruction - launched the band into the pantheon of rock gods such as Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. With a wealth of detail, Davis looks at Axl''s unrelenting quest to release the long-awaited, mystery-shrouded Chinese Democracy album, as well as the further adventures of some of the Gunners under the banner of the har
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Penguin Books Ltd Levs Violin An Italian Adventure
Book Synopsis*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*''Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making'' Deborah MoggachFrom the moment she hears Lev''s violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager to discover all she can about its ancestry and the stories contained within its delicate wooden body, she sets out for Cremona, birthplace of the Italian violin. This is the beginning of a beguiling journey whose end she could never have anticipated.Making its way from dusty workshops, through Alpine forests, cool Venetian churches, glittering Florentine courts, and far-flung Russian flea markets, Lev''s Violin takes us from the heart of Italian culture to its very furthest reaches. Its story of luthiers and scientists, princes and orphans, musicians, composers, travellers and raconteurs swells to a poignTrade ReviewUtterly enthralling - a beautifully written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making. -- Deborah Moggach * author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel *A beguiling quest that draws its author from the Italian heartland of the violin to the edge of Asiatic Russia, told with a passion that is at once gentle and compelling. -- Colin Thubron * author of To a Mountain in Tibet *Elegant and ambitious ... Attlee pursues her story with honesty, diligence and open-mindedness ... An original and refreshingly unorthodox approach to history * Guardian *Attlee's love and unbounded enthusiasm for Italy shine through the pages ... She writes with zest about her sleuthing odyssey, her investigations into the art of lutherie and the dynasties dedicated to the crafting of these delightful objects. Whether it be a distant family history, the timber forests of the Dolomites or a momentary encounter, Attlee captures it in firm, fresh prose. -- Graham Elliot * Spectator *Attlee writes with rare beauty and sensitivity about music, and her love of Italian culture positively sings from the pages ... Deeply absorbing -- Kate Wakeling * BBC Music Magazine *In limpid, searching prose, Helena Attlee shows us how music can cast spells but also bridge the distance of centuries. -- Marina Benjamin * author of The Middlepause *Charming and original ... Attlee has the natural storyteller's gift. -- Stephen Walsh * author of Debussy *Charming ... Attlee tells the story in easy, luminous prose, infused with a deep understanding for the way human value accrues mysteriously in things, and in the act of making them * Telegraph *Reading Lev's Violin is like listening to a fine instrument: thoroughly relaxing but also exciting, fun yet deeply serious ... with constant surprises and charms -- Tobias Jones * author of The Dark Heart of Italy *Illuminating, engrossing ... a wide-ranging exploration of the history and cultural significance of the Italian violin * TLS *Beguiling and truly original ... An amazing journey ... one of the joys is the glimpses it affords of forgotten historical byways and of a colourful, sometimes roguish cast of characters ... Attlee has such a wonderful way with words that as a reader you almost imagine you can see, as well as hear, Lev's violin * Daily Mail *Seductive, captivating ... A book that pleases the more for so neatly resisting characterisation * Literary Review *
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Oxford University Press The New Church Anthem Book
Book SynopsisThe definitive collection of 100 anthems, mostly for SATB voices, from Tudor times to the present day, including favourites from each period, and lesser-known pieces. Keyboard reductions are included for unaccompanied music, and organ accompaniments are always practical.Trade ReviewThe New Church Anthem Book is one of the finest collections of sacred music ever collected in one volume, and its use throughout the universal church will offer great hope for the future of church music well into the next century. Oxford University Press deserves the highest praise for this project. Every person involved in church music should own at least one volume for reference. * Creator *The print is OUP clarity itself throughout . . . Dr Dakers has performed an epoch-making task and the book is wholeheartedly to be commended . . . It represents a musical milestone . . . a thing of beauty as well as a fairly precise record of current taste. * Organists' Review *Table of ContentsHaec dies ; O Lord, my God, to thee ; So they gave their bodies ; Come, Holy Ghost ; Turn thy face from my sins ; Awake, thou wintry earth ; Jesu, joy of man's desiring ; Jesu, lead my footsteps ever ; King of glory, King of peace ; Subdue us by Thy goodness ; The day draws on with golden light ; Jesu, the very thought of thee ; Though I speak with the tongues of men ; O gladsome light, O grace ; Locus iste ; Ave verum corpus ; Sacerdotes Domini ; Mary's Magnificat ; O Lord, open thou our lips ; Comfort, O Lord, the soul of thy servant ; Round me falls the night ; When to the temple Mary went ; Ave verum corpus ; Call to remembrance ; Hide not thou thy face ; Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake ; Almighty God, which has me brought ; Evening Hymn ; Almighty and everlasting God ; Drop, drop, slow tears ; This is the record of John ; If we believe ; God so loved the world ; O Saviour of the world ; Thou visitest the earth ; Lord, I trust thee ; Zadok the Priest ; Come down, O Love divine ; Holy is the true light ; Turn back O Man ; Praise, O praise ; My eyes for beauty pine ; Crux fidelis ; O Lorde, the maker of al thing ; Super flumina Babylonis ; Solus ad victimam ; Lo, round the throne a glorious band ; The strife is o'er ; O Lord, increase our faith ; The souls of the righteous ; Salve regina ; Above all praise ; When Jesus, our Lord ; Antiphon ; A Palm Sunday Antiphon ; Nolo mortem peccatoris ; Ave verum corpus ; Let thy merciful ears, O Lord ; O Lord, the maker of all things ; My shepherd is Lord ; Adoramus te, Christe ; Salvator mundi ; My soul, there is a country ; Surgens Jesus ; O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; Cantate Domino ; Rejoice in the Lord alway ; Thou knowest, Lord ; A Gaelic Blessing ; God be in my head ; Panis angelicus ; Where Thou reignest ; Praise to thee, Lord Jesus ; The secret of Christ ; O Saviour of the world ; Pray that Jerusalem ; God is a spirit ; O that I knew where I might find him! ; If ye love me ; Holy, Holy, Holy ; Come, ye faithful ; O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace ; Let us now praise famous men ; O how amiable ; Jesu dulcis memoria ; O quam gloriosum ; Blest are the pure in heart ; God be in my head ; Blessed be the God and Father ; Lead me, Lord ; O Lord my God ; Thou judge of quick and dead ; Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace ; Wash me throughly ; Blessed is he that considereth ; Never weather-beaten sail ; O thou, the central orb ; Oculi omnium
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Penguin Books Ltd The Actor
Book SynopsisTO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING . . .Discover 2024''s most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession . . .''GRABS YOU FROM THE OPENING LINE AND WON'T LET YOU GO' ALEX MICHAELIDES, AUTHOR OF THE SILENT PATIENT ''MASTERFULLY PLOTTED'' ERIN KELLY''A FIRST-CLASS THRILLER'' DAILY MAIL''A BARNSTORMING PERFORMANCE'' THE TIMES*****At long last, Adam Sealey has an Oscar within reach. Working with his controversial former mentor, Jonathan, he''s given the performance of a lifetime, and he almost believes it might be worth the cost.Because Adam subscribes to the method. It''s the secret that the world''s greatest actors swear by - digging into their darkest, most personal traumas to bring a role to life. And Adam''s greatest trauma is worse than most. Losing his mother when he was just a boy. A forced choice betweenTrade ReviewBrilliantly evoked, totally compelling. A first-class thriller * Daily Mail *This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won’t let you go. Fascinating. -- Alex MichaelidesA barnstorming performance * The Times *Twisty, compulsive fun * i *The Actor is both a compulsive thriller and a fascinating insight into the world of method acting. Chris MacDonald's writing captures it all, and beautifully: from the glamour of Hollywood to the grunge of 90s Camden. It's also very, very moving, packed with characters both lovable and entirely detestable. I adored it. -- Abigail DeanEgo and ambition, guilt and redemption collide in this masterfully plotted and beautifully written psychological thriller. I couldn’t tear my eyes from the page. -- Erin KellyA darkly dazzling and glamorously wicked thriller. Take a bow, Chris MacDonald. -- Chris WhitakerWhat an incredibly tense, immersive debut. I was completely absorbed by this window into the world of method acting and the dark, twisted consequences of such intense commitment. A bravura performance from MacDonald - I didn’t want it to end. -- Amy McCullochAn intense, absorbing read about the danger of sacrificing everything for your art, with echoes - in its fascinating depiction of the relationship between student and mentor - of The Secret History and Black Swan. -- Mark EdwardsBrilliantly twisting (and twisted) tale of method acting, madness and Hollywood glamour. I loved it. -- Mat OsmanIf you are interested in the world of acting, this is one for you. If you like to be kept at the edge of your seat, this one is for you. If you like classy, unique thrillers with richly-drawn characters at their heart, then, you've guessed it - this one is for you. I loved it! -- Emily Koch, bestselling author of If I Die Before I WakeA blistering story of obsession and where it can lead; a crackling whiplash of a book -- Lou MorganAn unsettling, all-encompassing read that explores obsession and ambition. So sharp, so visceral, I just couldn't look away. -- Jo JakemanI was obsessed. Laughing one moment, absolutely speechless the next, I was completely swept away in Adam’s story. This book lives up to expectations – and then exceeds them -- Sam HollandBrilliant, dark, immersive, and ultimately hugely satisfying -- Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious ThingsEnthralling and unsettling, The Actor will get you wondering how far one would go for recognition and acceptance -- Laure Van RensbergA masterful thriller that keeps you guessing until the final twist. Exploring a group of drama students in thrall to a toxic tutor and methodology, it has echoes of The Secret History. MacDonald skilfully treads the line between taut, suspenseful thriller and a layered exploration of method acting, with a very moving ending -- Alice McIlroy, author of The Glass Woman
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Little, Brown Book Group Wonderland Avenue
Book SynopsisAt the age of thirteen, Danny Sugerman- the already wayward product of Beverley Hills wealth and privilege- went to his first Doors concert. He never looked back. He became Jim Morrison''s protégé and- still in his teens- manager of the Doors and then Iggy Pop. He also plunged gleefully into the glamorous underworld of the rock ''n'' roll scene, diving headfirst into booze, sex and drugs: every conceivable kind of drug, ever day, in every possible permutation. By the age of twenty-one he had an idyllic home, a beautiful girlfriend, the best car in the world, two kinds of hepatitis, a diseased heart, a $500 a day heroin habit and only a week to live. He lived.This is his tale. Excessive, scandalous, comic, cautionary and horrifying, it chronicles the 60s dream gone to rot and the early life of a Hollywood Wild Child who was just brilliant at being bad.
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Faber & Faber The Silent Musician Why Conducting Matters
Book Synopsis* A Financial Times Book of the Year *What does a conductor do? It may be a favourite joke among the musicians in an orchestra, but Wigglesworth wants to find a more thoughtful answer. Avoiding jargon, he analyses what he has discovered during 30 years in the job.' Financial Times, Books of the Year A conductor is one of classical music's most recognisable but misunderstood figures, attracting so many questions:Surely orchestras can play perfectly well without you? Do you really make any difference to the performance?'Are the musicians even watching you?'The Silent Musician is not a manual for conductors, nor a history of conducting. It is for all who wonder what conductors actually do, and why they matter.
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Faber & Faber Neu Klang
Book SynopsisWest Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western world, the young generation is pushing for radical change, still suffering the after-effects of the Second World War. Many stream out of the lecture halls and onto the streets. Some into the underground. And some into the practice basements, in search of the soundtrack of the movement.The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu!, Amon Düül, Popul Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Cluster or Kraftwerk produced back then, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music. And the stream of their creative admirers and continuators has been constantly widening since the first fans like David Bowie and Iggy Pop: whether Blur, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Radiohead or the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.In Neu Klang, Christoph Dallach interviewed its pioneers, including Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay of CAN; Neu!''s Michael Rother; Dieter Moebius of Cluster; Klaus Sch
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Faber & Faber The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain
Book SynopsisA unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics written to date by Kazuo Ishiguro for the renowned American jazz singer, Stacey Kent, and which have been set to music by composer/bandleader Jim Tomlinson. As the Nobel Prize-winning author explains in his introduction, he has been steadfastly following his remit, that ''however sad, however bleak the song became, there had to remain an element of hope''. The resulting lyrics are infused with yearning and the bittersweet romance of travel.This volume has been gorgeously illustrated by acclaimed Italian comics artist Bianca Bagnarelli, who captures perfectly the varying moods, as well as the ''stories'', contained in these songs.
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Faber & Faber The Banshees of Inisherin
Book SynopsisThe screenplay of the latest macabre and haunting comedy from the writer of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.Winner: Best Screenplay, BAFTAs 2023Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023.Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2022.What is he, twelve? Why doesn''t he want to be friends with you no more?1923. As shots ring out from the warring mainland, on the island of Inisherin it''s the rift between old drinking pals Pádraic and Colm that leads both men to ever more alarming action.''Simply perfect . . . a bleakly funny yet often unutterably poignant drama that consistently recalls the best of Beckett. . . . It is proper art.'' The Times''Quietly magnificent.'' Variety
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Faber & Faber How To Be Invisible
Book Synopsis**FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE BUSH**Selected and arranged by the author, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush in a beautiful new paperback edition featuring a new cover by illustrator Jim Kay. The greatest singer-songwriter of the past 40 years, whose work is complex, ethereal and filled with so many secrets that one can listen to the albums for decades and still discover new delights every time [. . .] There's not a spare word anywhere in Bush's work. Everything means something.' Irish Times
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Faber Music Ltd The Ultimate Easy Piano Songlist
Book SynopsisThe Ultimate Easy Piano Songlist is a bumper collection of over 40 of the best-selling songs from the 50s to the present day, all specially arranged for easy piano.Table of Contents7 Years (Lukas Graham); All I Ask (Adele); All I Want (Kodaline); Another Love (Tom Odell); Anyone Who Had A Heart (Cilla Black); As Time Goes By (Bing Crosby); Bewitched (Ella Fitzgerald); The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole); Creep (Radiohead); Cry Me a River (Julie London); Dangerous (David Guetta); Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid); Driving Home For Christmas (Chris Rea); Earned It (The Weekend); Every Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter); Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra); Ghost (Ella Henderson); Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis); The Hanging Tree (Jennifer Lawrence); Hold On (Michael Buble); Hotel California (Eagles); If I Could Fly (One Direction); If I Ruled The World (Jamie Cullum); Last Christmas (Wham); Lego House (Ed Sheeran); Let It Go (from Frozen); Let There Be Love (George Shearing); Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Meghan Trainor & John Legend); Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding); Ne Mais Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) (Nina Simone); Not About Angels (Birdy); One Call Away (Charlie Puth); One Day Like This (Elbow); The Power Of Love (Gabrielle Aplin); Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash); See You Again (Wiz Khalifa); Sorry (Justin Bieber); Space Oddity (David Bowie); Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N Roses); Uprising (Muse); Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars); Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks); When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole); White Cliffs Of Dover (Vera Lynn) Zombie (Cranberries)
£17.09
Faber Music Ltd The Work
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Greys; Music Now; Yawns; Be Less Rude; Go-Go Girls; Behave!; Square 9; Snake; It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop; The Modern Leper; I Feel Better; Good Arms vs Bad Arms; Fast Blood; Old, Old Fashioned; The Twist; Head Rolls Off; My Backwards Walk; Keep Yourself Warm; Poke; Floating In the Forth; Who’d You Kill Now?; Don’t; Soon Go; Things; Swim Until You Can’t See Land; The Loneliness and The Scream; The Wrestle; Skip The Youth; Nothing Like You; Footshooter; Not Miserable; Living In Colour; Yes, I Would; Fun Stuff; Learned Your Name; Scottish Winds; Fuck This Place; The Work; State Hospital; Boxing Night; Home From War; Off; Wedding Gloves; Acts of Man; Backyard Skulls; Holy; The Woodpile; Late March, Death March; December’s Traditions; Housing (In); Dead Now; Nitrous Gas; Housing (Out); The Oil Slick; If You Were Me; Snow Still Melting; Escape Route; Today’s Cross; Architect; Default Blues; Radio Silence; Candlelit; Death Dream; Get Out; I Wish I Was Sober; Woke Up Hurting; Little Drum; Still Want to Be Here; An Otherwise Disappointing Life; Break; Blood Under the Bridge; 400 Bones; Lump Street; Die Like a Rich Boy; The Wreck; Wait ‘Til the Morning; A Lick of Paint; Roadless; How It Gets In; Rained On
£14.24
Faber And Faber Ltd. Radiohead The Piano Songbook
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Hal Leonard Corporation Jazzology
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited Queens Of The Stone Age Songs For The Deaf Sheet
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£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Julie Andrews An intimate biography Tom Thorne
Book SynopsisJulie Andrews is, quite simply, a phenomenon. She has probably brought more joy to more people than any other star of her generation'' - Richard Attenborough. Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans more than forty years. Her first film, Mary Poppins, was Disney''s most successful film, and in 1965 The Sound of Music rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, Star! almost put the studio back under, and the leading lady of both films fell as spectacularly as she had risen.But Julie Andrews is nothing if not a survivor; and despite many setbacks - including the tragedy of losing her singing voice in 1997 after a botched operation - she''s still a performer, recently starring in Shrek and The Princess Diaries. Richard Stirling''s deeply researched biography - based on many years of contact with Julie - is a frank but affectionate portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen.Trade Review"'Julie Andrews is, quite simply, a phenomenon. She has probably brought more joy to more people than any other star of her generation' - Richard Attenborough 'Impressively thorough Stirling compiles an absorbingly extensive study, with glossy photographs and lively quotes bringing the pages alive with the sound of a much-loved musical star' London Lite"
£11.69
Ebury Publishing Fool The World
Book SynopsisPixies'' career spanned just seven years before the pressures of the road and personality clashes tore the band apart. But in that time they became one of the pioneers of alternative rock and left a musical legacy that would inspire generations of musicians, from Kurt Cobain and David Bowie to U2, Radiohead and Blur. This is the story of a band called Pixies and how they turned their distinctive, warped breed of dynamic surf-punk into music legend. Told in the words of the band themselves, the studio owners, producers and engineers who worked with them, and admirers of their music, including Bono, Courtney Love and Beck, Fool The World is a complete journey through the life, death and rebirth of one of the most influential bands of all time.Trade ReviewAnecdote-filled and definitive, Fool the World is an eyewitness account of the Pixies' tumultuous career and their subsequent reinvention of underground rock. * Q Magazine *
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Running Press,U.S. Britney Spears Oracle
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£16.00
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Electronic Keyboard Exam
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£9.54
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Suzuki Cello School 1
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£14.20
Pen & Sword Books Ltd A History of Women in Music From Antiquity to Present Day
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£19.80
Taylor & Francis Ltd Theatre Studios
Book SynopsisTheatre Studios explores the history of the studio model in England, first established by Konstantin Stanislavsky, Jacques Copeau and others in the early twentieth century, and later developed in the UK primarily by Michel Saint-Denis, George Devine, Michael Chekhov and Joan Littlewood, whose studios are the focus of this study. Cornford offers in-depth accounts of the radical, collective work of these leading theatre companies of the mid-twentieth century, considering the models of ensemble theatre-making that they developed and their remnants in the newly publicly-funded UK theatre establishment of the 1960s. In the process, this book develops an approach to understanding the politics of artistic practices rooted in the work of John Dewey, Antonio Gramsci and the standpoint feminists. It concludes by considering the legacy of the studio movement for twenty-first-century theatre, partly by tracking its echoes in the work of Secret Theatre at the Lyric, Hammersmith (Trade Review‘This is a rigorously compelling examination of a long-neglected area of British theatrical history. With confidence and acuity Tom Cornford lays out the tangled strands of influence and achievement that constitute the Theatre Studio tradition in this country. His examination of the benefits and pitfalls of ensemble theatre-making is sharp, provocative and always surprising.’ – Sean Holmes, Associate Artistic Director, Shakespeare’s Globe and formerly Artistic Director of the Lyric, Hammersmith'This book recontextualises and critiques three fundamental strands of British theatre history through the lens of the theatre studios of Michel Saint-Denis, Michael Chekhov and Joan Littlewood. It is comprehensively researched, elegantly written, robustly argued and emphatically current.' – Jonathan Pitches, Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of LeedsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ensemble Theatre-Making and the Theatre Studio Tradition; Section 1 The London Theatre Studio (1936-1939) and the Old Vic Theatre Centre (1947-1952); Chapter 1 Remnants of the London Theatre Studio and the Old Vic Theatre Centre Chapter 2 Practices of the London Theatre Studio and Old Vic Theatre Centre; Chapter 3 Models of Practice in the London Theatre Studio and Old Vic Theatre Centre; Section 2 The Chekhov Theatre Studio (1936-1942); Chapter 4 Remnants of the Chekhov Theatre Studio; Chapter 5 Practices of the Chekhov Theatre Studio; Chapter 6 Models of Practice in the Chekhov Theatre Studio; Section 3 Theatre Workshop (1945-63); Chapter 7 Remnants of Theatre Workshop; Chapter 8 Practices of Theatre Workshop, 1945-55; Chapter 9 Models of Practice in Theatre Workshop; Conclusion Why Do Theatre Studios Matter?
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Speaking Shakespeare
Book SynopsisFrom A Midsummer Night''s Dream''s Puck to Othello''s Desdemona, this new edition of Speaking Shakespeare gives you all the necessary tools to bring any of Shakespeare''s eclectic characters to life. Patsy Rodenburg uses practical exercises and textual analysis to hone in on your dramatic resonance, breathing and placement in order to unlock your potential for playing these iconic characters. Speeches and scenes such as Mark Antony''s ''O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth'' and the bloody scene in which Macbeth admits to Lady Macbeth that he has ''done the deed'' are placed in context and discussed in depth.Combining clear practical, textual and imaginative work with a brilliant analysis of scenes and speeches from the whole range of Shakespeare's plays, this is an essential and inspiring guide for anyone working on his plays today. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power, so frequently spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors, whTrade ReviewWhat leaves actors tongue-tied for years, Patsy releases in minutes ... through simple, practical actions that can empower anyone. * Simon McBurney *Her knowledge of the plays as living theatrical artifacts is profound... Speaking Shakespeare stands up as a work of art in itself - admirably written and cliche-free, especially in the gripping final section, when she takes speeches and scenes from various plays, analyses and illuminates them... It cannot be too highly recommended. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One: Foundation Craft Foundation Craft The Body The State of Readiness Breath Support Freeing the Voice Consolidation Deepening the Work Range and Resonance Clear Speech Listening Hamlet's Advice Part Two: Structure The Givens The Word Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia Rhythm Pauses and Irregularities of Rhythm The Line The Thought and Structuring of Thoughts The Structure of Scenes Antithesis Rhyme Prose Irony Puns Language Games Repetition The Story Location Stage Directions, Props, Entrances and Exits Soliloquy Part 3: The Imaginative The Imaginative Exploration of the Text Anchoring the Text Owning the Text from Character's Experience Focus and Energy Summary Part Four: The Speeches Richard III Julius Caesar Measure for Measure King Lear As You Like It Much Ado About Nothing The Merchant of Venice Othello Henry V The Winter's Tale Macbeth Twelfth Night A Midsummer Night's Dream Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Cymbeline King John Part Five: Checklists Preparing the Body, Breath, Voice and Speech The Givens The Imaginative
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Simon & Schuster Ltd You Lose Yourself You Reappear
Book SynopsisAn insightful biography of one of the world’s greatest musicians, Bob Dylan, by bestselling author Paul Morley. As one of the world’s greatest musicians, Bob Dylan has enriched the American song tradition for over 50 years. With a talent that has been proven in the worlds of music, radio, art and poetry, Dylan is a man of many personas. From defying pop music conventions with protest songs such as “The Times They Are a-Changin’” to releasing three of the most influential rock albums of the 60s, he has not only extended the parameters of music genres but has also showed us the fluidity his craft. To mark Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday and 60 illustrious years in the arts, this insightful biography by bestselling author Paul Morley will explore the many voices of the folk icon.
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Headline Publishing Group The Road Beneath My Feet
Book Synopsis*The Sunday Times Bestseller**Featuring an exclusive new chapter*On 23 September, 2005, at the Joiners Arms in Southampton, Frank Turner played his last gig with his hardcore band, Million Dead. On the laminates that listed the tour dates, the entry for 24 September simply read: ''Get a job.''Deflated, jaded and hungover, Frank returned to his hometown of Winchester without a plan for the future. All he knew was that he wanted to keep playing music.Cut to 13 April 2012, over a thousand shows later (show 1,216 to be precise), and he was headlining a sold-out gig at Wembley Arena with his band The Sleeping Souls. Told through his tour reminiscences, this is the blisteringly honest story of Frank''s career from drug-fuelled house parties and the grimy club scene to filling out arenas, fans roaring every word back at him. But more than that, it is an intimate account of what it''s like to spend your life constantly on the road, sleepingTrade ReviewAn essential read for Frank Turner and Million Dead fans, and anyone even half-interested in the magic of live music. * Shortlist *
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Headline Publishing Group The Magic
Book SynopsisDan Rhodes is one of the most successful and beloved YouTubers in the world. Here, in his debut book, Dan brings together the love and joy he has continually derived from magic - from the very first moment he received a magic kit from his parents when he was six years old, to trying out his own early illusions, through to his journey from amateur magician to global TikTok star - and shows you how you can become a social media inspiration too.With striking illustrations throughout and clear 'trick guides' to help young magicians get started - along with some really impressive sleights of hand for the more experienced illusionist - Dan's book also contains a fascinating history of the craft of the magician, highlighting the skill and dedication it takes to become a true master of magic.Part memoir, part how-to, this is the perfect gift for any budding social media star.
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Hal Leonard Corporation 100 of the Most Beautiful Piano Solos Ever
Book Synopsis(Piano Solo Songbook). 100 pop and classical standards that every piano player should master, including: Air on the G String * Bridge over Troubled Water * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Fields of Gold * Fur Elise * I Dreamed a Dream * I Will Always Love You * Imagine * Lullaby of Birdland * Memory * Misty * Moon River * On My Own * Over the Rainbow * The Shadow of Your Smile * Smile * Stardust * Summertime * Sunrise, Sunset * Time After Time * Unexpected Song * The Way You Look Tonight * We''ve Only Just Begun * What a Wonderful World * Yesterday * You Raise Me Up * Your Song * and more!
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Pan Macmillan Madonna: An Intimate Biography of an Icon at
Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, Madonna has been generating headlines and topping charts. Now J. Randy Taraborrelli has written the definitive biography of one of the richest and most successful pop stars in the world, whose music has constantly evolved and who has remained relevant even as she hits her sixtieth year.From the driven, ambitious young woman struggling to get a break in New York to the outrageous pop diva and more spiritual mother, the changing faces of Madonna are revealed. We see her relationships with men like Basquiat, Tupac, Prince and Warren Beatty, and what happened in her marriages to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie. We see her embracing motherhood. And we see her today with five children, still recording and touring, finding happiness with much younger boyfriends, defiantly living life on her own terms. Madonna is based on decades of research and exclusive interviews with people speaking of her publicly for the first time – including friends, business associates and even family members. J. Randy Taraborrelli has also interviewed the star herself on numerous occasions and he draws on first-hand experiences to bring Madonna to life as not merely a sensational tabloid delight, but as a flesh-and-blood woman with human foibles and weaknesses, as well as great strengths and ambitions.Trade ReviewA thoroughly professional job . . . makes her more, not less, fascinating. -- Lynn Barber * Daily Telegraph *A fascinating document of – ka-boom! – blonde ambition. * Heat *A great read that's as spirited as Madge herself . . . This is the Madonna biography. * Mirror *A book you will find yourself "just dipping into" for hours at a stretch. * Evening Standard *When there's so much misinformation about celebrities, which they often plant themselves, the restless perfectionism of Taraborrelli is the only reassurance we can have that we have any chance of understanding these people. -- Tom Payne * Daily Telegraph *
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Manchester University Press As You Like it
Book SynopsisThis book examines the modern performance history of one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most enduring comedies, and one that has given opportunities for generations of theatre-makers and theatre-goers to explore the pleasures of pastoral, gender masquerade and sexual ambiguity. Powered by Shakespeare's greatest female comic role, the play invites us into a deeply English woodland that has also been richly imagined as a space of dreams. The study retrieves the untold stories of stage productions in Britain, France and Germany, which include Royal Shakespeare Company productions starring Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Juliet Stevenson, the ground-breaking all-male productions at the National Theatre in 1967 and by Cheek by Jowl in 1992, and the versions directed by Jacques Copeau in Paris in 1934, and by Peter Stein in Berlin in 1977. It also addresses the four major screen versions of the play, ranging from Paul Czinner's 1936 film to Kenneth Branagh's seventy years later.Table of ContentsIntroduction: this strange, eventful history 1 Play, parts and players 2 Hunting for Arden in Warwickshire 3 Materials of performance: denim and silk 4 Between France and Germany 5 At all points like a man 6 Woeful pageants 7 As we like it Appendix: Major actors and staff for productions discussed in this volume Index
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Quercus Publishing Living My Best Life, Hun
'A hilarious must read.' -Jameela Jamil'I loved the chutzpah and the honesty.' - Graham Norton'Funny, frank and inspiring.' - Lenny Henry All her life, London longed to be a badass, an awesome bulletproof star nobody could mess with - someone who takes no shit - and in Living My Best Life, Hun, she lifts the lid on how she went from secretly writing Frasier fan fiction alone in her bedroom to taking Hollywood by storm.It hasn't been an easy journey; from birthday parties gone wrong and dealing with bullies every step of the way, to getting blocked by Foxtons (long story) and being mistaken for the cleaner at a comedy competition (true story), London leaves no stone unturned. It took London some time to find her voice and her people, but now that she has, she's mentally high-fiving her fourteen-year-old self every day.Frank, fearless and funny, Living My Best Life, Hun will inspire you to ditch the self-loathing, start the self-loving and engage with your inner winner.
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