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Behind the Bellby Dustin Diamond
Transit Publishing, Inc. 2009; US$ 0.99For the first-time, Diamond presents the inside story of the young cast from Saved by the Bell that the viewing public thought were so lucky . . .Learn the dark, behind-the-scenes story of the cast and crew's extreme lifestyle: sex, drugs, and wild partiesPost-Bell, discover how Diamond used his natural comedic talents to overcome being typecast as a child actor and how he reinvented himself through stand-up comedy and reality TVWorking in Hollywood might represent an American Dream, but for many youngsters it is a true nightmare. Dustin Diamond is best known for his character Samuel Screech Powers in the late '80s and '90s on the long-running American TV teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (SBTB). Diamond's new book gives readers... more...
Prime-Time Familiesby Ella Taylor
University of California Press 1989; US$ 12.95Prime-Time Families provides a wide-ranging new look at television entertainment in the past four decades. Working within the interdisciplinary framework of cultural studies, Ella Taylor analyzes television as a constellation of social practices. Part popular culture analysis, part sociology, and part American history, Prime-Time Families is a rich and insightful work the sheds light on the way television shapes our lives. more...
Dramaturgyby Mary Luckhurst; David Bradby
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 35.00Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre is the first substantial history of the origins of dramaturgs and literary managers. Mary Luckhurst examines the major theorists and practitioners, arguing that Brecht, Granville Barker and Tynan have central places in this history, and questions whether dramaturgs are mentors or censors. more...
Physical Theatresby Simon Murray; John Keefe
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 36.95This essential new textbook on physical theatre synthesises history, theory and practice of this field in a useful way for students new to the subject, providing a necessary and fascinating introduction to this broad field of theatre. more...
Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjectionsby Robert Appelbaum
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00We didn’t always eat the way we do today, or think and feel about eating as we now do. But we can trace the roots of our own eating culture back to the culinary world of early modern Europe, which invented cutlery, haute cuisine , the weight-loss diet, and much else besides. Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. Named after characters in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night , this lively study draws on sources ranging from cookbooks to comic novels, and examines both the highest ideals of culinary culture and its most grotesque, ridiculous and pathetic expressions. Robert Appelbaum paints a vivid picture... more...
Mr Playboyby Steven Watts
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 16.95The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon "Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."- Newark Star Ledger "Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography."- Chicago Sun Times "This is a fun book. How could it not be? Watts aims to give a full account of the man, his magazine and their place in social history. Playboy is no longer the cultural force it used to be, but it made a stamp on society."- Associated Press "In Steven Watts' exhaustive, illuminating biography Mr. Playboy , Hefner's ideal for living -- marked by his allegiances to Tarzan, Freud, Pepsi-Cola and jazz -- proves to be a kind of gloss on the Protestant... more...
Successful Methods of Public Speakingby Grenville Kleiser
The Floating Press 1919; US$ 5.99You can acquire valuable knowledge for use in your own public speaking by studying the successful methods of other men. This does not mean, however, that you are to imitate others, but simply to profit by their experience and suggestions in so far as they fit in naturally with your personality. All successful speakers do not speak alike. Each man has found certain things to be effective in his particular case, but which would not necessarily be suited to a different type of speaker... more...
The Subversive Copy Editorby Carol Fisher Saller
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 13.00Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online . Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling: "This author is giving me a fit." "I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times." "My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post -face." In The Subversive Copy Editor , Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies... more...
For Your Eyes Onlyby David Giammaarco; E. Howard Hunt
ECW Press 2002; US$ 10.95A rare behind-the-scenes tour of the highly successful film series, this book explores the exciting world of James Bond through unprecedented access to the 007 sets and exclusive interviews with Bond's leading playersfrom Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Sean Connery to the key directors and legendary producers. Retracing the cultural and political impact of the Bond series, this book also features interviews with such noted figures as Hugh Hefner and CIA agent E. Howard Hunt. From literary beginnings and the international film sensation to its faltering success in the mid-1980s and the spectacular resurgence of the character's popularity with Pierce Brosnan's portrayal, this book leaves no stone unturned from Dr. No... more...
Metaphorby Zoltan Kovecses
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 24.95Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures. more...