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The T. V. Kid
by Betsy ByarsFor Lennie too much Television is not enough. Lennie loves television. He's addicted to it. Even reruns are more exciting than real life And Lennie likes to pretend he's the one winning money on game shows, meeting fascinating people and having adventures. But Lennie's daydreams lead him into a real situation that could cost him his life. And suddenly he's in trouble, more terrifying and dangerous than he's ever seen on T V
Diana Ross: Star Supreme (Women of Our Time)
by James HaskinsFrom the Book jacket: From the Author: I started writing books for young people when I was an elementary-school teacher. I wanted my students to read more, and I began to write books about things that they were interested in. They liked to read about people who were famous and how they got to be famous. Most of my students were black, and I wanted them to have books about black people who had overcome poverty and discrimination. These kinds of books were not available when I was growing up in the South. In fact, I could not even use the public library, because I was black. Although Diana Ross grew up in Detroit, not the South, she had to overcome a lot of barriers because she was poor and black. I have followed her career ever since she began singing with the Supremes. When she played Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, I became even more interested. She was "stretching" her talents. She wasn't content just to be a singer. I feel that she has a lot of courage and has taken many risks in her career. Many newspaper and magazine articles have been written about Diana Ross. Many of these articles are on microfilm or in large, bound magazine volumes in the library. It was interesting to go through these articles and read what she said years ago. It was fun to look at pictures from twenty years back. Styles in hair and clothing have changed so much. People change, too. The important thing is whether or not they feel good about the changes, whether or not they are able to grow in spirit. Diana Ross has. J.H.
Death And The Maiden
by Ariel DorfmanAriel Dorfman's explosively provocative, award-winning drama is set in a country that has only recently returned to democracy. Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this good Samaritan, Gerardo's wife, Paulina Salas, thinks she recognizes another man--the one who raped and tortured her as she lay blindfolded in a military detention center years before.
The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography
by Ingmar BergmanThe Magic Lantern: An Autobiography by Ingmar Bergman. Bearing all the narrative trademarks of a Bergman film, his autobiography unfolds not in strict chronology, but as a series of flashbacks to his childhood of bitter unhappiness: "our family", he writes "were men and women with a catastrophic heritage of excessive demands, bad conscience, and guilt". Translated by Joan Tate.
A Guide to Western Civilization, or My Story
by Joe Bob BriggsThis book will change your life. It's got chapters in here about how Joe Bob invented the American topless bar, how he solved the Kennedy assassination, how he learned to sin with fat girls, and of course how he became the monstrous country-western star he is today. This book also contains a complete history of the world.
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film
by David WheelerCollection of 18 short stories that were made into movies, with information about each movie.
Bride of Dark And Stormy: Yet More of the Best (?) from the Bulwer-lytton Contest
by Scott RiceIt's not easy to write bad fiction. On purpose. Scott Rice, organizer of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, asks people to do just that. Here are the best opening sentences of the worst hypothetical novels never written. <P><P> Just try to understand the 1987 winner: <P><P>"The notes Matted skyward as the sun rose over the Canada geese, feathered rumps mooning the day, webbed appendages frantically pedaling unseen bicycles in their search for sustenance, driven by cruel Nature's maxim, 'ya wanna eat, ya gotta work,' and at last I knew Pittsburgh." <P><P> But Bride of Dark and Stormy is not just a compilation. Now Scott Rice has added his own advice on how to write "successful" fiction in the Bulwer-Lytton mode, making this a perverse how-to book, full of rotten advice and worse examples.
The Camera Age: Essays on Television
by Michael J. ArlenEssays and articles by Arlen, about television broadcasting during the mid twentieth century.
Understanding Movies (4th Edition)
by Louis GiannettiThis book helps readers understand how the many languages of film work together to create meaning. Louis Giannetti organizes Understanding Movies around the key elements of filmmaking, including cinematography, movement, editing, sound, acting, drama, casting, story, screenwriting, ideology, and theory. The book is meant for everyone who wants to understand the artistry and meaning of the movies.
Tune In Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-time Radio, 1925-1976
by John DunningReadable short accounts of every old radio show you could possibly be interested in.
Rockin’ in Time
by David SzatmaryBrief, authoritative, and up-to-date, David Szatmary's Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll, 9th Edition, weaves the major icons of rock-and-roll into a larger sociohistorical fabric. <p><p>Placing rock-and-roll in the context of the social issues that surrounded and shaped it, this book explores topics like the influence of rock music on the Civil Rights Movement, demographic change and the baby boom, the development of the music business, and technological advances. <p><p>The 9th Edition contains new photos and images, as well as new material on Delta blues, fusion jazz, and electronic dance music.
Introduction to Hospitality (6th edition)
by John R. WalkerThe Sixth Edition of Introduction to Hospitality focuses on hospitality operations while offering a broad, comprehensive foundation of current knowledge about the world's largest industry. The text is organized into five sections: the hospitality industry and tourism; lodging; restaurants, managed services, and beverages; recreation, theme parks, clubs, and gaming entertainment; and assemblies and event management.
Profitable Menu Planning, Fourth Edition
by John A. Drysdale Jennifer Adams Galipeau<P>This volume offers single-volume coverage of all aspects of menu planning.<P> Hands-on and real-world in approach, it features accompanying interactive software with specific examples of costing, mark-ups and menu engineering.
Calliope's Sisters: A Comparative Study of Philosophies of Art (2nd Edition)
by Richard L. AndersonThis book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world's societies, examining such issues as the origin of art, the ultimate nature of art, and the theoretical basis of art's role in human affairs. Anderson focuses on ten diverse societies, noting the similarities and differences found in these and other traditional aesthetic systems. The author examines San Aesthetics: The Enhancement of Life in a Foraging Society, Inuit Aesthetics: Art as Transformer of Realities, Aboriginal Australian Aesthetics: Sacramental Union with the Eternal Dreamtime, Aesthetics of the Sepik: Powerful Spirits and Phallic Aggression in New Guinea, Navajo Aesthetics: A Unity of Art and Life, Yoruba Aesthetics: Goodness and Beauty in West Africa, Aztec Aesthetics: Flower and Song, Aesthetics in Early India: "Rasa" and the Theory of Transcendental Enjoyment, Japanese Aesthetics: An Exultation of Beauty and Bliss, Western Aesthetics: A Quartet of Traditions, Comparative Aesthetics: The Many Faces of the Muse, Art as Culturally Significant Meaning, Style, Feeling, and Skill and Western Aesthetics in Cross-cultural perspective. For individuals interested in a comparative study of philosophies of art.
Feel: Robbie Williams
by Chris HeathChris Heath shares his experience of shadowing Robbie for eighteen months. Follow him on the journey with this upclose and personal account and get to know Robbie as you've never known him before!
Exploring Theatre
by Nancy Olive Prince Jeanie JacksonGetting Started in Theatre, Building Your Acting Skills, Producing and Appreciating Plays, Special Topics in Theatre.
Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives
by George Degraffenreid Charles Fowler Timothy Gerber Vincent LawrenceMusic! Its Role and Importance In Our Lives is focused upon the use and value of music in people's lives. It encourages students to view music in a social context rather than as abstract information to be learned for its own sake. It presents music as a natural and essential ingredient of one's own life and of human life in all cultures. This book was written for all students, not just those who sing in the chorus or play in the band or orchestra.
Music: An Appreciation (10th edition)
by Roger KamienWhat does it take to make a great performance? It takes great music, a great performer and a great instrument. Music: An appreciation examines some of the greatest music ever created. Roger Kamien's excellence as an interpreter of that music has made his program number one in the market used by over half a million students since its conception. Now, connect Kamien provides the world-class instrument that allows Music: An Appreciation to bring great music to his audience in an extraordinary new way. Music: An Appreciation is the right music, the right interpreter, and the right instrument.
Violet's Music
by Angela Johnson Laura Huliska-BeithThere's nothing Violet loves more than music, and she plays or sings every chance she gets. But where are the other kids like her-kids who think and dream music all day long? As a baby, in kindergarten, at the beach and the zoo, she never gives up looking for companions. And then one summer day. . . Bright, lively, and lyrical, this is a book for kids who march to a different drummer. "Violet's Music" sings to us that the right friend is always out there-as long as we keep looking and hoping, and above all, staying true to ourselves. "
Film Art: An Introduction (10th Edition)
by David Bordwell Kristin ThompsonFilm is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. In-depth examples deepen students' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond.
The Art Of Watching Films (Seventh Edition)
by Dennis W. PetrieNot only is there an art to making films, there is also an art to watching films. We wrote this book to challenge students in introduction to film courses to sharpen their powers of observation, develop the skills and habits of perceptive watching, and discover complex aspects of film art that they might otherwise overlook. We designed the text to complement any film studied; its analytical framework can be applied to films as distincly different as The Grapes of Wrath, Caché, Dreamgirls, Batman Begins, Little Miss Sunshine, and Flags of our Fathers.
America's Musical Landscape
by Jean FerrisThis textbook for music appreciation undergraduates surveys American music, relating it to the other arts and social and cultural contexts. Ferris (music history and appreciation, Arizona State U.) first explains the elements of music, then takes the reader on a chronological tour of American music, from North American Indian and folk music to contemporary mainstream concert music. Along the way, religious and secular music are discussed, as well as nineteenth century popular and concert music; country, folk, jazz, Latin music, and rock and roll; and musical theater, film music, and American opera. Listening charts are incorporated. This edition has been updated and reorganized, the amount of vernacular music has been expanded, and the recordings have been updated to match. Timelines are also new. No bibliography is provided. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)