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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...
Paul Newman
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 14.57Paul Newman achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes and winsome anti-heroes. In this book Shawn Levy reveals the many faces of this talented actor, from charity fundraiser to sportscar racing driver. more...
Swimming to Cambodia
Theatre Communications Group 2005; US$ 12.95A reissue of Spalding Gray's masterpiece. more...
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Wonderful World of Odd
Portable Press 2011; US$ 14.95This volumeUncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wonderful World of Oddexposes the best of the weirdest news, facts, and fun from all over the world. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 11 million... more...
Barbara Stanwyck
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 35.00Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions. Stanwyck... more...
In Search of Donna Reed
University of Iowa Press 1998; US$ 25.95But who was Donna Reed? Perhaps no celebrity of her symbolic importance is so little known. Moving from the backroads of Iowa to the mansions of Bel Air, Jay Fultz goes in search of the woman behind the image. In Search of Donna Reed reveals a woman whose intelligence and force of character often put her at odds with the roles she portrayed... more...
Melodramatic Formations
University of Iowa Press 1992; US$ 42.95The middle years of the nineteenth century were a time of dynamic artistic and social changes in America. Now, Melodramatic Formations is the first study to trace these changes in popular stage melodrama's production, dramatic form, and audience reception. Bruce McConachie shows how the theatrical mutability that characterized the years 1820 to... more...
Theatre History Studies 2010
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 29.95To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Theatre History Studies journal, editor Rhona Justice-Malloy and the Mid-America Theatre Conference have collected a special-themed volume covering the past and present of African and African American theatre. Topics included range from modern theatrical trends and challenges in Zimbabwe and Kenya, and... more...
Audrey Hepburn
Oldcastle Books 2011; US$ 7.28The Pocket Essential Audrey Hepburn looks at Audrey’s early life growing up in Holland during the war. Her father was a nazi sympathiser and her mother of Dutch aristocracy and this brought about pressures and experiences that Audrey would carry with her throughout her life. Wartime starvation was responsible for her gamin’ appearance.... more...
Dramatists Sourcebook
Theatre Communications Group 2011; US$ 24.95The fully updated new edition of this indispensable guide. more...









