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The Theatre Industry in Nineteenth-Century France
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 60.00This book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century. more...
Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 48.00Examines the formation of cultural identity in Taiwan and mainland China through paradigmatic films. more...
The Essay Film
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 20.99Why have certain kinds of documentary and non-narrative films emerged as the most interesting, exciting, and provocative movies made in the last twenty years? Ranging from the films of Ross McElwee (Bright Leaves) and Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I) to those of Abbas Kiarostami (Close Up) and Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), such films have intrigued... more...
Toward a General Theory of Acting
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Using the cognitive sciences, Lutterbie employs dynamic systems theory as a foundation and integrates recent discoveries in neuroscience and cognitive psychology in his examination of acting theory. more...
Ethics and Politics of Translating
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 135.00What if meaning were the last thing that mattered in language? In this essay, Henri Meschonnic explains what it means to translate the sense of language and how to do it. In a radical stand against a hermeneutical approach based on the dualistic view of the linguistic sign and against its separation into a meaningful signified and a meaningless signifier,... more...
The Sting
Soft Skull Press 2011; US$ 12.95From Melville to Madoff, the Confidence Man is an essential American archetype. George Roy Hill?s 1973 film The Sting treats this theme with a characteristic dexterity. The movie was warmly received in its time, winning seven Academy Awards, but there were some who thought the movie was nothing more than a slight throwback. Pauline Kael, among... more...
The Rough Guide to Film
Rough Guides 2007; US$ 27.99The Rough Guide to Film is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director?s career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting... more...
Wife in the North
PublicAffairs 2009; US$ 14.95Based on the popular blog: One wife, mother, and writer extraordinaire?s uproariously funny and heartwarming account of the joys and terrors of leaving the city for the country with a young family in tow. more...
Regional Best 2012
Level 4 Press, Inc. 2011; US$ 9.95Second in the annual series of the best plays that have had a premier in a regional theater, but no NYC premier. more...
The Art of Faking It
Running Press 2008; US$ 12.95In today’s fast-paced society, who has time to keep up with both the current trends and the classics of what is good” and popular”? The Art of Faking It guides youwith tongue planted firmly in cheekthrough any awkward, intellectual, and/or über-sophisticated social situation, using both panache and... more...









