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AMSCO Music The Keyboardists Picture Chord Encyclopedia
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£17.09
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. Billy Rose Presents...Casa Manana
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£33.95
Executive Books Great Comedians Talk about Comedy
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£29.75
Johns Hopkins University Press All Joking Aside
Book SynopsisReaders will be delighted by the broad array of comic talent spotlighted in this book, and for those interested in comedy with substance, it will offer an alternative punchline.Trade ReviewThis is an incredibly valuable and worthwhile read, because it explores not only the remarkable influence comedy has, but it confronts the biases that can undermined great comics while allowing certain hacks to succeed... The value of charged humor cannot be overstated, especially these days, and neither can insightful tomes like this one. -- Glenn Dallas San Francisco Book Review Krefting (American Studies, Skidmore College) draws on experience working at stand-up, improv, and directing- plus, the jokes she includes are funny... This fresh, thoughtful investigation of the political dimensions in current American stand-up comedy is a must read for those interested in the comic. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. The Laughscape of American Humor1. Making Connections: Building Cultural Citizenship through Charged Humor2. Twentieth-Century Stand-Up: A History of Charged Humor3. Laughing into the New Millennium4. When Women Perform Charged Humor: The (Gendered) Politics of Consumption5. Robin Tyler: Still "Working the Crowd"6. Micia Mosely: Humor out of the Mouths of Babes7. Hari Kondabolu: Performing in the Age of Modern-Day MinstrelsyConclusion. How to Avoid the Last LaughNotesCharged Comic CompendiumIndex
£43.00
Pelican Publishing Company Texas Baby
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£21.21
Arcadia Publishing San Francisco Jazz Images of America
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£21.24
Hal Leonard Corporation Nothing Untoward Stories from the Pumpkin Pie
Book SynopsisNOTHING UNTOWARD: STORIES FROM THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
£15.99
Capstone Press Hocus Pocus! Tricks for Amateur Magicians: 4D a
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£25.49
Capstone Press Abracadabra! Tricks for Rookie Magicians: 4D a
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£25.49
Chicago Review Press Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film
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£22.46
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Uncle Vanya
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£15.19
Chicago Review Press Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the
Book SynopsisWhile the Three Stooges were the longest-active and most productive comedy team in Hollywood, their artistic height coincided with the years Curly was with them, from 1932 to 1946. To their fans, Curly stands out as the zaniest of the three. Famous for his high-pitched voice, his “n’yuk-n’yuk-n’yuk” and “why, soitenly,” and his astonishing athleticism, Curly was a true natural, an untrained actor with a knack for improvisation. Yet for decades, little was known about his personal life. Then, in 1985, Joan Howard Maurer, Curly’s niece, published this definitive biography. When she first set out to write the book, there was almost no biographical information available about Curly. So she spoke at length to his relatives, friends, and colleagues. She amassed a wealth of Curly memorabilia, a mixture of written material and rare photographs of Curly’s family, films, and personal life. In Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge, she put it all together to come up with the first and only in-depth look at this crazy comedic genius. She included plenty of intimate details about his astonishing relationship with his mother, his marriages, and his interactions with his daughters and friends. Despite its excellence as a well-rounded portrait of the most unpredictable—and most popular—Stooge, Curly has long been out of print. This new edition of a timeless classic, now updated with previously unpublished facts, is sure to be appreciated by Three Stooges fans new and old.
£17.95
University of Tennessee Press The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local
Book SynopsisApparently, slumber parties in the mid-South 1970s were plied with a strange ritual. At midnight attendees would gather before a mirror and chant “I don’t believe in the Bell Witch” three times to see if the legendary spook would appear alongside their own reflections—a practice that echoes the “Bloody Mary” pattern following the execution of Mary Queen of Scots centuries ago. But that small circuit of preteen gatherings was neither the beginning nor the end of the Bell Witch’s travels. Indeed, the legend of the haint who terrorized the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee, is one of the best-known pieces of folklore in American storytelling—featured around the globe in popular-culture references as varied as a 1930s radio skit and a 1980s song from a Danish heavy metal band. Legend has it that “Old Kate” was investigated even by the likes of future president Andrew Jackson, who was reported to have said, “I would rather fight the British ten times over than to ever face the Bell Witch again.” While dozens of books and articles have thoroughly analyzed this intriguing tale, this book breaks new ground by exploring the oral traditions associated with the poltergeist and demonstrating her regional, national, and even international sweep. Author Rick Gregory details the ways the narrative mirrors other legends with similar themes and examines the modern proliferation of the story via contemporary digital media. The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory ultimately explores what people believe and why they believe what they cannot explicitly prove—and, more particularly, why for two hundred years so many have sworn by the reality of the Bell Witch. In this highly engaging study, Rick Gregory not only sheds light on Tennessee’s vibrant oral history tradition but also provides insight into the enduring, worldwide phenomenon that is folklore.
£20.21
Triumph Books Dream Crazy Big: The JoJo Siwa Story
Book SynopsisJoJo Siwa is only 16 years old, but she’s already captured the hearts and imaginations of fans around the world — and she’s not slowing down!Dream Crazy Big traces every step of this young star’s rise to success, from making a splash on shows like Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and Dance Moms to creating hilarious YouTube videos and releasing hit songs like “Boomerang” and “#1U.” With dozens of full-color photographs plus coverage of 2019’s D.R.E.A.M. The Tour, this dazzling, inspirational book is a must-have for all Siwanatorz!
£8.95
BenBella Books Star Trek: Starfleet Is...: Celebrating the
Book SynopsisWhat is Starfleet?It is the universe’s most famous and inspirational coalitions of all time. It has boldly gone where no pop culture franchise has gone before. It is the foundation for a thriving community of passionate fans.Creator Gene Roddenberry said Star Trek “was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms . . . If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.” After more than 50 years, 11 television series, 13 movies, and countless fan conventions later, Star Trek fans of all ages continue to gather—in person or virtually-- and enjoy, share, and live up to Roddenberry’s optimistic vision of the future. Fully authorized and filled with full-color images spanning the entire canon, Star Trek: Starfleet is… celebrates of Roddenberry’s vision. This commemorative book highlights 50 of the key traits of the Star Trek universe and demonstrates, through memorable images and beautiful artwork, how these ideals are personified by everyone from Kirk and Spock, to Picard and Janeway, to Burnham and Mariner, and their voyages to everywhere from Earth to Vulcan, from Q’onoS to the Delta Quadrant, and even to the Mirror Universe and back in time—and how they are actively and sincerely lived by the Star Trek fans themselves. What is Starfleet? Starfleet is fun. Starfleet is not always logical. Starfleet is adventure. Starfleet is brave. Starfleet is compassion. Starfleet is diverse. Starfleet is evolving. And it is by sharing their passions, supporting one another through difficult times, celebrating one another’s successes, and boldly going into a bright and hopeful future that Star Trek fans show that, above all, Starfleet is family. Starfleet is forever. A portion of the proceeds from Starfleet Is . . . will benefit ALS research.
£12.34
Chicago Review Press The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre,
Book SynopsisThere has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. The Show Won't Go On covers almost every genre of entertainment, and is full of unearthed anecdotes, exclusive interviews, colorful characters, and ironic twists. With dozens of heart-stopping stories, it's the perfect book to dip into on any page.Trade Review"A wonderful read for those looking for a unique twist on true crime." -- Booklist"As someone who's died on stage more times than you'd like to remember, I really enjoyed this book." -- Gilbert Gottfried" The Show Won't Go On is A GIFT FROM HEAVEN . For my entire life, I've been obsessed with how certain comedians died on stage doing what they loved the most. Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns have not only written a fascinating, fun, and essential showbiz history book, they've also answered questions that have haunted me for years, and out to rest long-circulated urban myths." -- Drew Friedman, illustrator"From comedian Dick Shawn to country star Onie Wheeler, this morbid survey of performers who literally died onstage is A REMARKABLE READ . Abraham and Kearns have managed the impossible -- an obsessive book about death that is truly a celebration of life." -- Kliph Nesteroff, author of The Comedians"Sadly, I must say this is A GREAT READ , but I've done at least fifty thousand shows, many in front of sociopaths, so if you want to trust a dead man, be my guest." -- Richard Lewis"This is a COOL, CRAZY, AND VERY ENTERTAINING deep dive into a taboo topic from a pair of pop culture scholars with an appreciation for the overlooked, offbeat, and often dark lore of show business. If I dropped dead reading The Show Won't Go On, I'd have died doing what I loved." -- Legs McNeil, coauthor of Please Kill Me"Absorbing... Both Abraham and Kearns are show business and pop culture savants." -- Vanity Fair Online"There's never been any book like it, which makes it all the more compelling." -- Houston Press
£14.20
The Crowood Press Ltd Mime the Gap: Techniques in Mime and Movement
Book SynopsisMime the Gap: Techniques in Mime and Movement explores the physicality of movement in storytelling, offering new ideas about acting and performance, whilst encouraging a contemporary resurgence of this traditional performance art. With detailed, step-by-step instructions of basic to advanced mime illusions, the book addresses the key areas of physicality, including when to move and when not to move, making the invisible 'visible' and the fundamental principles of physical articulation. Additional topics include how to use the elements of Fire, Earth, Water and Air for physical characterization; techniques for performing classic mime routines, such as the Glass Box and the Moonwalk; how to mime with props and objects, both visible and invisible; using breath, posture and gesture to enhance performance and perceptions, and finally, creating and producing an authentic performance. Offering numerous exercises suitable for solo or group work, this new book will help you to explore and develop your physicality and build an awareness of how to apply it to a performance.
£18.00
Simon & Schuster Audio David Copperfield's History of Magic
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£18.99
Tate Publishing Performing for the Camera
Book SynopsisThe book examines three distinct strands of photographic practice: the documentation of performance works, by artists such as Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama and Merce Cunningham; how performers and photographers have worked collaboratively, such as Nadar and the mime artist Charles Deburau, or Eikoh Hosoe and the choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata; and the work of photographers who have a strong performative element to their practice, such as Charles Ray, Boris Mikhailov and Erwin Wurm. It further explores the construction of self-identity in the work of artists such as Samuel Fosso, Lee Friedlander, Tomoko Sawada, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol, as well as the playful, innovative approaches to portraiture adopted by Keith Arnatt and Masahisa Fukase. The result is a fascinating new insight into the ways in which we think about the role of photography in performance art, and of performance within photographic practice. In his introductory essay, Simon Baker provides an insightful overview of the inter-relationship between performance and photography, while a further text examines how performance photography has been used as a tool to explore subjectivity and identity. The work of photography duo Harry Shunk and Janos Kender, who documented a number of the most exciting and important performances of the 1960s and 1970s, is also discussed. With around 300 illustrations of more than ninety key bodies of work, this is the definitive publication on photography and performance, two of the most popular and intriguing art forms of our time.
£28.49
Auckland University Press Matamua ko te Kupu!: Te haka tena! Te wana, taku
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£23.96
Aple Corps Publishers Will Rogers Says . . .
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£12.82
Dalkey Archive Press No Harm Done
Book SynopsisA collection of fifteen stories, Jean McGarry’s No Harm Done, depicts family life at its worst, best, and funniest, as if the author had conjoined the lunacy of Cold Comfort Farm with the bitter grievances of Dubliners. As the author writes in “Strong Boy,” this might be “…because every family, rich or poor, is roughage.” The characters, gallant, goofy, gifted, and grim, include sickly mothers of a dozen children, boozy fathers with a gift of the gab, kids aspiring to be nuns and priests, or just to get out of town with a whole skin. A section is devoted to one marriage made in heaven: a Jewish psychoanalyst devoted to his ex-nun wife. Another set of stories reworks familiar fairy tales, setting them in the wild present. No Harm Done (whose title is Irish code for wishful thinking) concludes with a truce to the war between the sexes, and indeed a `solution’ to the tragicomedy that is marriage and family.Trade ReviewMcGarry's prose is fresh, her plots unpredictable, and her dialogue shimmeringly wry... Reading McGarry's stories is to be surprised and delighted * Kirkus Reviews *McGarry's thickly layered prose, with its stunning emotional accuracies, is always just on the verge of exploding into dream or fantasy * Women's Review of Books *
£12.99
Simon & Schuster Is This Anything?
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£29.75
Vintage Espanol Prohibido nacer: Memorias de racismo, rabia y
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£16.16
Les Belles Lettres Olympe Et Elysee: Ou La Vertu En Politique
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£19.69
Klincksieck La Formation Aux Metiers Du Spectacle En Europe
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£44.00
Harrassowitz Between Fame and Shame: Performing Women - Women
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£62.00
Verlag Herder Petri Heil: Christsein Ohne Kirche
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£30.46
Ma Non Troppo Guía Práctica de Ilusionismo: Juegos de Mano Que
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£17.75
Fundamentos Editorial Metodo del Actor's Studio
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£15.05
Swing Los Mejores Trucos de Magia
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£11.74
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Cole Porter
Book SynopsisIn his life and in his music, Cole Porter was the top—the pinnacle of wit and sophistication. From the 1910s through the ‘50s, from Yale pep rallies through the Broadway triumphs of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate, he delighted audiences with a glittering torrent of song: “I Get a Kick Out of You.” “Night and Day,” “Love for Sale,” and “Just One of Those Things.” The bright surface of these gems—their catchy melodies and ingenious lyrics—made them instant pop hits. Their more subtle qualities and their musical and emotional depth have made them lasting standards, among the greatest glories of the American songbook. In Cole Porter, William McBrien has thoroughly captured the creator of these songs, whose life was one not only of wealth and privilege but also of tragedy, secrecy, and courage. A prodigal young man, Porter found his aesthetic and emotional anchor in a long, loving, i
£15.26
Creative Media Partners, LLC A Magicians Tour
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£15.15
St Martin's Press Comedy Book
Book SynopsisOne of NPR's Best Books of 2023. A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions, and Lit Hub.Comedy Book changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever before. Seth Meyers Energetic and wise . . . Comedy Book is not the definitive history of the past three-plus decades. It's Fox's history, and better for it. The New York Times Book ReviewFrom a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy's boomand its magic.In Comedy Book, Jesse David Foxthe country's most definitive voice in comedy criticism and someone who, in his own words, enjoys comedy maybe more than anyone on this planettackles everything you need to know about comedy, an art form that has been under-considered through
£15.29
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. Every Count Matters Mindset Training for Dancers
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£28.49
BenBella Books Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally
Book SynopsisFor the first time ever, the two people who knew Andy Kaufman best open up about the most enigmatic artist of our generation. Comedian and Taxi star Andy Kaufman, known for his crazy antics on screen and off, was the ultimate prankster, delighting audiences with his Elvis and Mighty Mouse impressions while also antagonizing them with his wrestling and lounge-lizard alter ego, Tony Clifton. Some say he died in 1984, while others believe he performed the ultimate vanishing act. In Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, Bob Zmuda, Andy's writer and best friend, and Lynn Margulies, the love of Andy's life, reveal all--including surprising secrets that Andy made Lynne and Bob promise never to tell until both of his parents had died. Hilarious and poignant, this book separates fact from fiction, and includes a candid inside look at the Milos Forman film Man on the Moon, which Zmuda coexecutive produced and featured Jim Carrey as Andy, Paul Giamatti as Zmuda, Courtney Love as Margulies, and Danny DeVito as Andy's manager, George Shapiro. Finally, Bob Zmuda shares in detail the reasons he believes Andy Kaufman did, in fact, fake his own death, including exactly how he did it and why he will return.Trade Review"Bob Zmuda connects on so many levels with this gripping yet hilarious inside industry chronicle. A great story of unconditional friendship and love framed in a studied portrait of a fascinatingly complex, brilliant, unduplicable anti-performance artist who may well resurrect to blow our minds again." --Dan Aykroyd "Danger. What would've or WILL Andy do next???? We wondered every time we saw him on TV or live on stage. I still wonder. We still laugh. The definition of an enigma, LIKE NO OTHER." --Kathy Griffin "I never worked with Andy Kaufman and I never even watched Taxi. I do like the name Andy, if that's any help." --Paula Poundstone "Bob Zmuda was (is?) Andy Kaufman's partner in all of Andy's reality-bending adventures. Is Andy's death yet another elaborate hoax by the ultimate performance artist? An absolutely astonishing read, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally reveals all. Prepare to be amazed!" --John Landis "I was so fascinated by the melding of Andy's and Zmuda's mind that I spent two years of my life making a movie about it." --Milos Forman "Zmuda offers what he calls 'a blow-by-blow account of how Andy Kaufman faked his own death.'" --Chicago Tribune
£14.24
Ediciones Clownplanet Apayásate
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£17.50
