Performing arts

More than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War.

Discipline and Desire examines how surveillance technologies, when placed within the frames of theater and performance, can be used to critique and reimagine the politics of surveillance in everyday life.

'A thrilling, chilling, uproarious and unputdownable account' - The TimesAn icon at twenty-seven and voted sexiest woman of all time forty years later, Diana Rigg was Emma Peel, the catsuited Avenger and 007's only wife.

Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the East witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners.

Social media phenomenon and mental health advocate Chris Olsen invites readers into his therapist's office - and into the story he's spent years trying to understand - in this raw, fearless, and darkly funny memoir.

China's profound influence on the avant-garde in the 20th century was nowhere more apparent than in the work of Ezra Pound, Bertolt Brecht, and the writers associated with the Parisian literary journal Tel quel.

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A compelling history of Portuguese cinema that reveals how politics, culture and technology shaped a national film tradition with international reach.

Dolly Parton (1946-2026).

Build and deploy enterprise-grade multimodal AI systems using generative models for text, image, audio, and video.

Murakami Haruki on Film offers a timely look at the cinematic adaptations of Japanese writer Murakami Haruki's fiction over the past forty years.

Murakami Haruki on Film offers a timely look at the cinematic adaptations of Japanese writer Murakami Haruki's fiction over the past forty years.

The essential, protective blueprint for teenagers navigating the highly competitive transition into professional modeling.

You don't need to be discovered.

Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema explores disaster as a powerful means for addressing environmental crises.

Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema explores disaster as a powerful means for addressing environmental crises.

Este libro documenta el primer acercamiento a un proyecto de largo aliento en el que una comunidad agricola, La Toba, en el municipio de Comondu, Baja California Sur, organiza un Festival Internacional de Cine que reune al pueblo en torno a la plaza de un antiguo cine que ya no esta y que ahora es un hotel.

Welcome to the cinematic gutter.

A compelling history of Portuguese cinema that reveals how politics, culture and technology shaped a national film tradition with international reach.

From Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame and beyond, cook up on-screen eats like shawarma and paprikash, and create other tasty meals inspired by MCU films.

Build and deploy enterprise-grade multimodal AI systems using generative models for text, image, audio, and video.

Discover the heart, history, and vibrant culture of Ghana through the voices of its young storytellers.

This book investigates a crucial transition in British television drama: the move from studio to location, and from videotape to film, a shift that occurred predominantly in the 1970s.

This book investigates a crucial transition in British television drama: the move from studio to location, and from videotape to film, a shift that occurred predominantly in the 1970s.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe unforgettable life and career of Tim Curry, the legendary star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, IT, Clue and Spamalot, told in his own words.

"e;The ultimate professional manual for adult women running their modeling careers like a profitable business.

Analyzes how Taiwan's #MeToo movement emerged from the Netflix series Wave Makers, showing how fictional storytelling mobilized real survivors and then tracing how the movement spread-and met its limits-through Taiwanese social media.

No American playwright is more revered on the international stage than Arthur Miller.

"e;An absolute masterclass in protecting your child while navigating the complex realities of the modeling industry.

Discover the storytelling magic behind the movies that shaped our imaginations.

"e;Through well-informed and nuanced readings of key documents from the fourth through fourteenth centuries, this book challenges historians' long-held beliefs about how concepts of Greco-Roman theater survived the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages, and contributed to the dramatic triumphs of the Renaissance.

The fifteen original essays in Staging Philosophy make useful connections between the discipline of philosophy and the fields of theater and performance and use these insights to develop new theories about theater.

Analyzes how Taiwan's #MeToo movement emerged from the Netflix series Wave Makers, showing how fictional storytelling mobilized real survivors and then tracing how the movement spread-and met its limits-through Taiwanese social media.

Love, Vito is a warm and heartfelt memoir from Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola, telling his life story through the food that has always sustained him - because, as Vito often says, food is life!

New Approaches to the Doppelganger in Literature and Culture addresses the pressing questions of our cultural moment about the very nature of reality.

"e;Through well-informed and nuanced readings of key documents from the fourth through fourteenth centuries, this book challenges historians' long-held beliefs about how concepts of Greco-Roman theater survived the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages, and contributed to the dramatic triumphs of the Renaissance.

No American playwright is more revered on the international stage than Arthur Miller.

This memoir by the legendary publicist offers "e;an intimate glimpse into the best and the worst of the golden age of Hollywood"e; (Stacy Keach, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor).

The German Patient takes an original look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the idea of a healthy "e;national body"e;---propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations---continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture.

The fifteen original essays in Staging Philosophy make useful connections between the discipline of philosophy and the fields of theater and performance and use these insights to develop new theories about theater.

The German Patient takes an original look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the idea of a healthy "e;national body"e;---propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations---continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture.

New Approaches to the Doppelganger in Literature and Culture addresses the pressing questions of our cultural moment about the very nature of reality.

-THE BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE HISTORY BUT DON'T CARE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED-'Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, half remembered.