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Jokes Every Man Should Know
Quirk Books 2010; US$ 9.95The Only Joke Book You?ll Ever Need Featuring: ? Nine Jokes about Heaven and Hell ? Eight Jokes Just for Kids ? Nineteen Jokes Definitely Not for Kids ? Six Jokes about Lightbulbs ? Seven Jokes about Bars ? The World?s Only Funny Knock-Knock Joke Plus alternate versions, roasts and toasts, historical... more...
Impro
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.95Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory... more...
Ant Farm
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 12.95In Ant Farm , former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place?with endless comic potential. ?If your girlfriend gives you... more...
The Tricky Part
Souvenir Press 2011; US$ 18.94At the age of 12 Martin Moran was involved in a sexual relationship with an older man, a counsellor from a Catholic boy's camp. Thirty years later, he set out to find and confront his abuser. The Tricky Part is the story of the man Martin Moran became, and the ambiguous relationship with his abuser that would mark his life. Growing up in an ordinary... more...
Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 27.00Essays by Russian commentators of film and culture provide insight into Glasnost and the 1980s. more...
Mise-en-scene
Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 15.99Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive... more...
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
University of Queensland Press 2013; US$ 12.99This is an extraordinary story of courage and faith. It is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement, following along the rabbit-proof fence back to their homelands. Assimilationist policy deemed these girls were taken from their kin and their land in order to be made white. Never... more...
Adaptation and Appropriation
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 24.95From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Combining theoretical grounding with the aesthetic pleasure of reading and writing, this book explores: ... more...
Book in a Month
F+W Media 2008; US$ 22.99What Can You Accomplish in 30 Days? If you make time to write and put away all of your excuses, could you stay on track and finish your novel in only a month? With a structured plan and a focused goal, yes, you can! Using a combination of flexible weekly schedules, focused instruction, and detailed worksheets, author Victoria Schmidt leads... more...









