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Gods and Monsters
Arsenal Pulp Press 2009; US$ 14.95A Queer Film Classic: the 1998 film based on the troubled life of director James Whale. more...
Television Style
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 38.95Style matters. Television relies on style?setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on?to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In this book, Jeremy G. Butler examines the meanings behind television?s stylstic... more...
Molly Ivins
PublicAffairs 2009; US$ 15.95A revelatory biography of the irreverent political commentator and bestselling author whose public persona masked a complicated and compelling personal history more...
Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 63.95The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wide range of disciplinary fields and research contexts. As accounts of what happened to particular people in particular circumstances and with specific consequences, stories have come to be viewed as a... more...
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95The new edition of the bestselling favorite that you have been waiting for! This is the same nuts-and-bolds look at the construction and implementation of theatrical lighting design that you need, but with a unique focus on design with a combination of theory and application that can't be found anywhere else. A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting has... more...
Mapping Landscapes for Performance as Research
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 95.00Although the sciences have long understood the value of practice-based research, the arts and humanities have tended to structure a gap between practice and analysis. This book examines differences and similarities between Performance as Research practices in various community and national contexts, mapping out the landscape of this new field. more...
Tiny Acts of Rebellion
Michael O'Mara 2010; US$ 9.99Let?s face it, who has the time or inclination to topple a government these days? With daily obligations like video games and heavy drinking, it?s hard to find the time to even get a parking ticket overturned. Never fear, there are hundreds of ways to revolt against the tedium of everyday life. Whether it?s making rude gestures to a hotel clerk under... more...
Disputatio 1200?1800
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00A disputation is an academic debate with fixed rules. Both in oral and written form it was a characteristic feature of university life of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. As genre and interaction model, it had an impact even outside the universities. The articles in this book illuminate different aspects of the disputation in the period between... more...
From Homer to Harry Potter
Baker Publishing Group 2006; US$ 24.00Drawing from a Christian viewpoint informed by C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, Dickerson and O'Hara assess modern fantasy writers such as Philip Pullman, Walter Wangerin, and J. K. Rowling. more...
Max the Movie Director
ReadHowYouWant 2010; US$ 9.99Lights ... Camera ... Action! One night, Max is watching his favorite movie for the trillionth time when a spotlight goes on in his head: he could make a brilliant movie and all his dreams of fame and fortune would be solved! After borrowing his father's video equipment, he convinces Sid to be his leading lady, and his dreams of a box office hit... more...









