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Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life
by 50 Cent Jeff O'ConnellGet fit like 50 Cent: The phenomenally fit superstar rapper reveals his strategic six-week workout plan for achieving a ripped body--and developing the mental toughness to stay in shape for a lifetime. Survival is a recurring theme of 50 Cent's lyrics, and his life. That's why, with obesity rates soaring and fitness levels declining, he wants to give everyone an all-access pass to his premium plan for lifelong fitness. In Formula 50, the mega-successful entertainer and entrepreneur unleashes the power of metabolic resistance training (MRT), the key ingredient that has helped him achieve the famously buff physique that makes his music videos sizzle. Through MRT, 50 Cent's fitness plan breaks down the barriers between traditional weight training and cardio workouts, accelerating fat loss while building muscle and improving overall fitness. Designed for a six-week rollout for total mind-body transformation, the Formula 50 regimen builds willpower while it builds physical power. This fitness book also focuses on nutrition-- readers will discover the unique dietary combinations that fuel 50 Cent's workouts. Coauthored with Jeff O'Connell, health journalist and editor-in-chief at Bodybuilding.com (the world's largest fitness website), the book delivers a payoff that goes beyond six-pack abs and flab-free pecs: This is a fitness plan that boosts energy, endurance, flexibility, and mobility. The result is a body you've always dreamed of--and the mindset to attain the rest of your dreams.
Forsooth
by Jimmy Matejek-MorrisThirteen-year-old Calvin knows he's destined to be a star. . . if he can just stop making embarrassing mistakes onstage, like getting stuck on a single line—"Forsooth!"—and then falling off the stage during the school play. The summer after seventh grade, he's hoping for a fresh start. All he has to do is prove himself as an actor and fix the awkwardness with his friends that started after the play. But nothing's going according to plan. His parents don't get his love of performing. His best friend is moving on without him. And he might have a crush that could change everything. Surrounded by drama on all sides, Calvin will have to go off script if he's going to be a real friend and be true to himself.
Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry
by Fort Lee Film CommissionA favorite locale of such film pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mary Pickford, the historic borough of Fort Lee was the first center of the American motion picture industry. Studios lined both sides of Main Street, and enormous film laboratories fed the nickelodeon market with thousands of reels of comedies and cliffhangers. Broadway stars and producers came here to make many of their first feature-length films; but by the 1920s, Theda Bara, Fatty Arbuckle, and Douglas Fairbanks were gone. Yet even after the studios closed down, the film industry was still the backbone of the local economy, with hundreds working behind the scenes in the printing, storage, and distribution of movies being made in Hollywood.
Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004)
by Richard KoszarskiDuring the 1910s, motion pictures came to dominate every aspect of life in the suburban New Jersey community of Fort Lee. During the nickelodeon era, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Mack Sennett would ferry entire acting companies across the Hudson to pose against the Palisades. Theda Bara, "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Douglas Fairbanks worked in the rows of great greenhouse studios that sprang up in Fort Lee and the neighboring communities. Tax revenues from studios and laboratories swelled municipal coffers.Then, suddenly, everything changed. Fort Lee, the film town once hailed as the birthplace of the American motion picture industry, was now the industry's official ghost town. Stages once filled to capacity by Paramount and Universal were leased by independent producers or used as paint shops by scenic artists from Broadway. Most of Fort Lee's film history eventually burned away, one studio at a time.Richard Koszarski re-creates the rise and fall of Fort Lee filmmaking in a remarkable collage of period news accounts, memoirs, municipal records, previously unpublished memos and correspondence, and dozens of rare posters and photographs—not just film history, but a unique account of what happened to one New Jersey town hopelessly enthralled by the movies.Distributed for John Libbey Publishing
Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers
by William MurrayH. L. Mencken declared that “the opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. ” It was not meant as a compliment, but to William Murray, former New Yorker staff writer and aspiring opera singer, a bawdy house is an apt metaphor for the opera: a place of confusion, high and low drama, fleshly pleasures and raucous song. InFortissimo, Murray follows twelve young singers in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s training program, the prestigious Opera Center for American Artists, through the 2003–2004 season. In the course of the year, these singers attend countless coaching sessions, inspiring master classes, nerve-racking auditions and grueling rehearsals—and finally perform with some of the most celebrated names (and spectacular egos) in opera, from Samuel Ramey to José Cura and Natalie Dessay. While chronicling their progress, Murray offers an insider’s look at the different aspects of the opera world that influence a young singer’s success, a world filled with temperamental maestros, ambitious directors, old-world tradition and sacred monsters. Weaving recollections of his own days training in New York, Rome and Milan in the 1950s with the personal and artistic struggles of the young singers in Chicago today, Murray lays bare the staggering ambition and relentless will required to achieve a career in the arts. As he writes, “Becoming a successful opera singer—stepping out on a huge stage to try to fill the house with your voice, to bring an audience of thirty-six hundred people to its feet—is as risky in its own peculiar way as embarking on a career as a matador. You can triumph, you can struggle to survive or you can perish from your wounds. ”Fortissimois a delicious tale of rising talents, angst and heartache and small triumphs, and the music that inspires it all. From the Hardcover edition.
Fortnite - O Guia Completo Para Iniciantes (1 #1)
by Samson Oloruntobi André Luiz Franco de Souza FilhoAprenda as melhores dicas secretas que nunca lhe contaram que vão ajudar você a ganhar todas às vezes no Fortnite Battle Royale. Fortnite está lentamente tomando o mundo, e o jogo se torna mais difícil de ganhar à medida que as temporadas passam. Dicas de alguns meses atrás não são mais úteis porque o Meta mudou para novas táticas. Você vai encontrar melhores inimigos, especialmente se você estiver jogando em uma área com bastantes jogadores. Esse guia, que é o mais completo, é recheado de segredos que você nunca escutou acerca do Fortnite. Você vai aprender todas as dicas e truques que farão de você um profissional no jogo. Essas dicas vão ajudar você a conseguir várias vitórias e ainda vai poder mostrar todas as suas novas habilidades para os seus amigos. Se você joga Fortnite há um tempo e acha que não é bom o suficiente para ganhar, então esse livro é para você. Ele vai fazer você melhorar em todos os sentidos e você vai facilmente conseguir sua primeira vitória, se você ainda não tem. Aqui, nós temos mais de 100 dicas que são perfeitas para iniciantes e jogadores intermediários, e esperamos, para os Profissionais do Fortnite Battle Royale também. E se você acha que sabe tudo de Fortnite, o que você provavelmente sabe mesmo, esse guia vai te dar algo que você não sabe.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Advanced Strategies for Winning Duos Matches (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks)
by Jason R. RichFortnite had than 10 million players 2 weeks after its release in September of 2017 and now has more than 40 million players worldwide. The game has 1.2 million likes on Facebook, 1.3 million followers on Instagram, and 1.74 million followers on Twitter.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unoffical Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks #1)
by Jason R. RichOver 270 screenshots with expert instructions! The ultimate Fortnite strategy guide with the tips and tricks you need!The best Fortnite book for kids eight and up, this full-color, unofficial strategy guide is a comprehensive guide to Fortnite: Battle Royale. This Fortnite guide book focuses heavily on what to expect throughout the island. Important locations on the Fortnite island are referred to as points of interest. Regardless of your experience or skill level playing the Fortnite: Battle Royale game, or which gaming platform you’re playing on, you’ll discover how the terrain dramatically varies based on where you are on the map. In addition to learning essential information about each point of interest, in this Fortnite Battle Royale book, you’ll learn:Proven tips and strategies for location-specific fightingHow and where to collect weapons, ammo, items, and lootHow and why you need to gather resources (wood, stone, and metal)How to build structures, ramps, bridges, and fortressesHow to safely explore and travel between points of interest on the islandHow to safely navigate around based on the location of the deadly storm - which makes an ever-growing portion of the island uninhabitable as each battle progresses Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Secrets of the Island is the complete Fortnite Battle Royale cheat book that showcases each point of interest using text and screenshots, so you can become intimately familiar with the important locations you’ll be visiting during the action-packed battles in the game. Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Secrets of the Island takes a geography-based approach to helping you become victorious, while also providing essential fighting, building, and exploring strategies that will prove extremely valuable during each battle. Because this Fortnite: Battle Royale tips book never offers the same play experience twice (since how the action unfolds depends heavily on the actions of the other 99 human players also on the island), this unofficial guide will teach you to adapt your offensive and defensive fighting strategies as needed to dramatically increase your chance of survival during each and every action-packed battle, regardless of where on the island a battle is taking place.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unoffical Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks #1)
by Jason R. RichThe Premier Fortnite Advanced Strategy Guide Book for the Most Popular Game in the World!The explosive, up-to-date Fortnite Battle Royale tips book for experienced players, this advanced Fortnite cheat book is the ultimate Fortnite book for kids and adults age 8 and up. Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Advanced Strategies focuses on more advanced game play strategies. This Fortnite strategy guide book for advanced Fortnite gamers will teach you: Advanced Fortnite strategies related to where to land on the Fortnite island to quickly find weapons and ammo! In-depth strategies for surviving the final circle, when the inhabitable map is very small and only a small handful of adversaries remain! The best uses for the individual Fortnite weapons in the Fortnite game! How to customize your Fortnite character’s appearance! How to customize your controls to achieve the best accuracy and speed in battles!If you manage to survive until the final circle, you need a new collection of Fortnite Battle Royale strategies. Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Advanced Strategies is the Fortnite strategy book that will help more experienced Fortnite game players like you prepare to reach the final circle, and then give you the expert Fortnite tips and tricks you need to become the last soldier standing at the end of each battle. For example, with this Fortnite Battle Royale book, you’ll learn how to quickly design and build an extremely tall and secure fortress.Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Advanced Strategies is the unauthorized guide book that will teach you how to advance on the final Fortnite enemies and defend against their attacks as they push toward your fortress for a final assault. This Fortnite guide book will also explain how to become a Fortnite pro and master the newest Fortnite gameplay modes that allow you to group with other players into pairs or teams of four in order to defeat all adversaries on the island.There is no second place in Fortnite!
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks #1)
by Jason R. RichThe Ultimate Fortnite Guide… There is no second place!Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks is the Fortnite strategy book you’ve been waiting for! This Fortnite Battle Royale book focuses on the seven core elements of gameplay, giving you the TOP SECRET know-how to turn you into a Fortnite pro. This Fortnite strategy guide includes: Character Section, Customization, and Improvement Parachuting from the Battle Bus and Choosing an Ideal Landing Location Safe Exploration of the Island and Avoiding the Storm Finding and Gathering the Best Weapons, Ammo, and Loot Acquiring Resources (Wood, Brick, and Metal) Building Fortresses and Structures Surviving Combat to Become the Last Person StandingFor Playstation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Mac, the Fortnite game transports gamers to an island that’s in the direct path of a strange and deadly storm. This free edition is a quest for survival?as one hundred players get trapped on the island, but only one will ultimately survive!Fortnite players must explore their surroundings to gather resources and then build protective shelters, plus locate weapons and loot (medical packs, potions, ammo, etc.)?all while attempting to defeat enemies in battle as the storm approaches, slowly making more and more of the island inhabitable. With so much at stake, you need the most up-to-date, comprehensive Fortnite book there is.This unofficial Fortnite Battle Royale strategy guide book for gamers ages 8 and up provides the tips and information needed to greatly improve your chances for survival. Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks is the ultimate unauthorized guide book that includes proven strategies for defeating opponents using weapons, tools, resources, and structures.Because the Fortnite Battle Royale game never offers the same play experience twice, this Fortnite Battle Royale tips book teaches you to adapt your offensive and defensive fighting strategies as needed to dramatically increase your chance of survival during each and every action-packed battle.This full-color, information-packed, 98-page Fortnite Battle Royale book for kids, teens, and adults is expertly designed to help first-time players greatly shorten the game’s learning curve and allows readers to abandon their “noob” status quickly, while dramatically improving their fighting, building, exploration, and survival skills. Experienced players will get an edge over their competitors with this legendary guide! With limited training activities and tutorials built into the game, Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks is the MUST READ game guide for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players… This is THE Fortnite cheat book for all the tips and tricks you won’t learn anywhere else.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks)
by Jason R. RichFortnite: Battle Royale Hacks: Mobileoffers a comprehensive introduction to playing this massively multiplayer, online-based game while on-the-go from a smartphone or tablet. For example, it focuses on customizing the game controls using the Customizable HUD (Head-Up Display) interface and discuss the pros and cons of using a Cellular Data Connection versus a Wi-Fi Internet connection when playing. Each section of this unofficial strategy guide covers a different aspect of the game play experience. The book contains hundreds of full-color screenshots taken using an iPhone and iPad, and potentially Android-based devices as well. Targeted to readers age 8 and up, Fortnite: Battle Royale Hacks for Mobile will be a full-color, unofficial strategy guide that will focus on: The intricacies of playing Fortnite: Battle Royale on a smartphone or tablet. How to download and install the game and set up an Epic Games account to start playing for free. How to customize the on-screen controls using the Customizable HUD that’s exclusive to the mobile version of the game. How to customize a character’s appearance. Getting acquainted with the game play modes. Tips and strategies for choosing the ideal landing location; exploration; building; gathering resources; finding and collecting loot; managing a character’s inventory; finding, choosing and using weapons; perfecting weapon aim; avoiding the storm; and winning matches. Because Fortnite: Battle Royale never offers the same play experience twice (since how the action unfolds depends heavily on the actions of the other 99 human players also on the island), this unofficial guide will teach players to adapt their offensive and defensive fighting strategies as needed to dramatically increase their chance of survival during each and every action-packed battle, regardless of where on the island a battle is taking place.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks)
by Jason R. RichFortnite Battle Royale Hacks: Building Strategies will demonstrate how to build a variety of customized structures, as well as offer fortress design ideas utilized by pro players. Step-by-step building instructions, along with full-color screenshots and strategies for choosing the right building materials and building locations, are provided within this invaluable resource. In addition to these building strategies, this full-color, unofficial strategy guide will also provide hundreds of tips and tricks for surviving and winning each match. To survive, a player must simultaneously handle several key tasks, including: Exploration of the Island Finding, Collecting, and Using Weapons Finding, Collecting, and Using Loot Items Gathering and Using Resources Engage in Combat Against Enemy Soldiers Avoid the Deadly Storm Building Structures and Fortresses Targeted to readers age 8 and up, this unofficial guide will provide a comprehensive overview of the Fortnite Battle Royale game, regardless of which gaming platform the reader is using. An emphasis, however, will be placed on teaching expert building strategies that can be used throughout each match. An entire section of the book will include End Game fortress building strategies that will appeal to beginner and expert players alike.
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: An Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You (Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks)
by Jason R. RichIn addition to the Solo game play mode (which pits each gamer up against up to 99 others in a real-time battle), the Duos mode allows gamers to team up with one friend in a quest to defeat all other gamers during a match. Meanwhile, the Squads mode allows teams of four players to enter into a match and work together as they battle against up to 96 other gamers. The Duos and Squads game play modes are permanent features built into the game, and they’ve proven to be extremely popular, since Fortnite: Battle Royale is, for the most part, cross-platform compatible. Thus, someone experiencing the game on a PS4 can team up with a PC user, for example, to play against a random section of other gamers, in real-time. An Encyclopedia of Strategies for Fortniters: Duos and Squads Strategies will be the first book in this unofficial strategy guide series to offer in-depth coverage of Fortnite: Battle Royale’s team-oriented game play modes. Thus, this unofficial strategy guide will be chock full of proven strategies and game play tips designed to help teams achieve victory in the Fortnite: Battle Royale matches they participate in. This expanded (approximately 176-page) guide will include a comprehensive overview of the Fortnite: Battle Royale game, with a special focus on the game’s team-oriented game play modes. The full-color book will appeal to readers age 8 and up, regardless of which gaming platform they’re using. Throughout each match, gamers must: Focus on survival Avoid the deadly storm Explore the island Gather resources Build structures and fortresses Find, collect, and utilize weapons and ammunition Acquire and use loot items Engage in combat against enemy soldiers with the goal of becoming the last person alive at the end of the match When experiencing any of the team-oriented game play modes, cooperative gameplay (teamwork) and communication with team members become vital. An Encyclopedia of Duos and Squads Strategies will soon be an indispensable resource for gamers experiencing the Duos or Squads game play modes (or any of the other team-oriented game play modes added to Fortnite: Battle Royale on a temporary basis).
Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
by John FogertyThe long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival.Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Born on the Bayou," and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years. FORTUNATE SON takes readers from Fogerty's Northern California roots, through Creedence's success and the retreat from music and public life, to his hard-won revival as a solo artist who finally found love.
Fortunate Son: The Life of Elvis Presley
by Charles L. Ponce de LeonElvis Presley was celebrity's perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunate Son. Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis proved his musical gifts right up to the end of his life. Beyond that, however, he was fortune's child. Fortunate Son succinctly traces out the larger shifts that repeatedly redefined the cultural landscape during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, using Elvis's life to present a brief history of American popular culture during these tumultuous decades.
Fortune and Glory Volume 1
by Brian Michael BendisBrian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS tells a comedic life lesson about the horrors of Hollywood.Before his acclaimed relaunches of Superman, Action Comics, and Young Justice...before his triumphant successes with Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man, Invincible Iron Man, and Jessica Jones...before his groundbreaking original series Powers, Scarlet, Cover, and Pearl......Brian Michael Bendis was a hungry young cartoonist about to take his first step into the shark-filled swimming pool that is the American motion picture industry. The harsh lessons that he learned along the way—and the unforgettable people that he met—are set down for the ages in Fortune and Glory, his hilarious autobiographical account of Hollywood development hell.Written and illustrated by Bendis and colored by Matthew Wilson, Fortune and Glory invites readers to gaze in wonder at the dizzying varieties of stupidity displayed by studio executives, and to share in the enthralling mood swings and ego nosedives of a small-time comic book creator as he rides the emotional roller coaster of freelance film production.This comprehensive trade paperback edition includes the complete story from the original three-issue miniseries and features an introduction from comics and animation legend Paul Dini as well as a wealth of promotional art and interviews straight from Bendis' archives. Collects Fortune and Glory #1–#3.
Fortune's Journey
by Bruce CovilleSixteen-year-old Fortune Plunkett faces many challenges on an overland journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited from her father.
Fortune's Journey
by Bruce CovilleOn the Oregon trail, a theater troupe strives to reach California After months in the cramped confines of a Conestoga wagon, Fortune Plunkett is dreaming of the life she left behind in Charleston. It was her father's dream to lead his band of actors to California, but he died on the trail. Fortune's only inheritance is a trunk of old costumes, a handful of plays, and a passionate drive to reach the Pacific Ocean, no matter what hardships she might endure along the way. At the time of her father's death, the actors were heading toward an engagement in the little town of Busted Heights--a place that held a fascination for Fortune's father that he never explained. There Fortune meets the greenhorn Jamie Halleck, a naive young man who convinces her to let him join the group. With Jamie onboard, they hit the trail again, ready to reach California and find their destiny. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Bruce Coville including rare images from the author's collection.
Forward: My Life With and Without Boney M.
by Marcia BarrettComing to London aged thirteen from desperate poverty in Jamaica; pregnant at fifteen; fifteen years later singing in Boney M, one of the biggest international groups of the late-1970s; a messy group split during the 1980s; a 1990s solo career interrupted by six bouts of cancer - ovarian, breast, lymph node (twice), spine and oesophagus - and having to learn to walk again. Yet throughout Marcia Barrett has remained totally cheerful, relentlessly optimistic and a shining inspiration, looking on every obstacle as a mere inconvenience rather than anything insurmountable. Now, she is ready to tell her fantastic story, which is much more than just a pop star autobiography. It is a charming, candid, laugh-out-loud story of survival, triumph, indomitable spirit and total upfullness, often driven by sheer force of will. It is a feelgood story which will resonate amongst all.
Forward: My Life With and Without Boney M.
by Marcia BarrettComing to London aged thirteen from desperate poverty in Jamaica; pregnant at fifteen; fifteen years later singing in Boney M, one of the biggest international groups of the late-1970s; a messy group split during the 1980s; a 1990s solo career interrupted by six bouts of cancer - ovarian, breast, lymph node (twice), spine and oesophagus - and having to learn to walk again. Yet throughout Marcia Barrett has remained totally cheerful, relentlessly optimistic and a shining inspiration, looking on every obstacle as a mere inconvenience rather than anything insurmountable. Now, she is ready to tell her fantastic story, which is much more than just a pop star autobiography. It is a charming, candid, laugh-out-loud story of survival, triumph, indomitable spirit and total upfullness, often driven by sheer force of will. It is a feelgood story which will resonate amongst all.
Fosse
by Sam WassonFrom “a smart and savvy reporter,” a biography of the award-winning performer and director that “abounds with colorful firsthand tales” (Janet Maslin, New York Times).Now the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda executive producing.The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionized nearly every facet of American entertainment. His signature style would influence generations of performing artists. Yet in spite of Fosse’s innumerable achievements—including Cabaret, Pippin, All That Jazz, and Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever—his offstage life was shadowed by deep wounds and insatiable appetites.To craft this richly detailed account, best-selling author Sam Wasson has drawn on a wealth of unpublished material and hundreds of sources: friends, enemies, lovers, and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. With propulsive energy and stylish prose, Fosse is the definitive biography of one of Broadway and Hollywood’s most complex and dynamic icons.An NPR Best Book of the Year“Fascinating.” —Wall Street Journal“Spellbinding.” —Entertainment Weekly“Impeccably researched.” —Vanity Fair‘‘Scintillating.’’ —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Powerfully told.’’ —Paul Hendrickson, author of Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost“Highly recommended for theater or movie aficionados, aspiring performers, and fans of engrossing biography.’’ —Library Journal, starred review‘‘Lushly researched . . . moving and memorable. . . . Graceful prose creates a richly detailed and poignant portrait.’’ —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A pure joy to read, cover to cover; you read it not merely for Fosse’s story, but also for Wasson’s inventive way of telling it.” —Booklist, starred review
Foucault at the Movies
by Patrice Maniglier Dork ZabunyanMichel Foucault’s work on film, although not extensive, compellingly illustrates the power of bringing his unique vision to bear on the subject and offers valuable insights into other aspects of his thought. Foucault at the Movies brings together all of Foucault’s commentary on film, some of it available for the first time in English, along with important contemporary analysis and further extensions of this work.Patrice Maniglier and Dork Zabunyan situate Foucault’s writings on film in the context of the rest of his work as well as within a broad historical and philosophical framework. They detail how Foucault’s work directly or indirectly inspired both film critics and directors in surprising ways and discuss his ideas in relation to significant movements within film theory and practice. The book includes film reviews and discussions by Foucault as well as his interviews with the prestigious film magazine Cahiers du cinéma and other journals. Also included are his dialogues with the noted French feminist writer Hélène Cixous and film directors Werner Schroeter and René Féret. Throughout, Foucault and those he is in conversation with reflect on the relationship of film to history, the body, power and politics, knowledge, sexuality, aesthetics, and institutions of internment. Foucault at the Movies makes all of Foucault’s writings on film available to an English-speaking audience in one volume and offers detailed, up-to-date commentary, inviting us to go to the movies with Foucault.
Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach (Routledge Advances in Film Studies)
by Peter TurnerThis book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book explores the effects that the diegetic camera technique used in such films can have on the cognition of viewers. It further examines the way in which mediated realism is constructed in the films in order to attempt to make audiences either (mis)read the footage as non-fiction, or more commonly to imagine that the footage is non-fiction. Films studied include The Blair Witch Project, Rec, Paranormal Activity, Exhibit A, Cloverfield, Man Bites Dog, The Last Horror Movie, Noroi: The Curse, Autohead and Zero Day This book will be of key interest to Film Studies scholars with research interests in horror and genre studies, cognitive studies of the moving image, and those with interests in narration, realism and mimesis. It is an essential read for students undertaking courses with a focus on film theory, particularly those interested specifically in horror films and cognitive film theory.
Found: A Daughter's Journey Home
by Tatum O'NealFrom the Academy award–winning actress who chronicled her abusive relationship with father Ryan O’Nealin Paper Life, a memoir of her emotional healing.Academy Award®–winning actress Tatum O’Neal returns with an extraordinary chronicle of family, forgiveness, redemption, and commitment—a remarkable story told with honesty, humility, determination, and, above all, loveIn A Paper Life, Tatum O’Neal shared her poignant, painful experiences of growing up in—and away from—a dysfunctional show-business family. Now, in Found, she digs even deeper and explores the tough issues that resonate in most women’s lives.Found is a story about learning to understand what forgiveness really means—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—and how to live it every day. With candor and grace, Tatum chronicles the challenges and joys of being a single mother, an ex-wife, a working actress who has lived her life in the public eye. She speaks frankly about the persistence it took to beat her addictions to drugs and alcohol, and the hard work of staying clean and sober. Found is also a father-daughter love story; a portrait of a fragile, tentative reconciliation between a parent and a child who try to heal the hurt and pain of a lifetime.Tatum O’Neal has done the hard work necessary to get her life on track. Her moving and inspirational saga reminds us all that no matter what, we must keep moving forward to the light and the future, step by step, day by day. Only then may we find the true path home.
Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer
by Cara HarkerFoundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical, emotional, theoretical, and practical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers. Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on subjects that students of acting and dance courses encounter throughout their training as performing artists. Topics include: Equity, diversity, and inclusion in performance Mind/body conditioning for training, rehearsal, and performance Developing stage presence and spatial awareness Cultivating motivation and intention in performance Expanding repertoire and broadening skillset for performance Auditioning for film and stage Developing theatrical productions This book also offers experiential exercises, journal writing prompts, and assignments to engage readers, enrich their learning experience, and deepen their exploration of the material described in each chapter. Readers will grow as performing artists as they analyze the principles of both acting and dance and discover how deeply the two art forms are intertwined. An excellent resource for students of acting, musical theatre, and dance courses, Foundations for Performance Training encourages a strong foundation in creative analysis, technique, artistic expression, and self-care to cultivate excellence in performance.