Author: Wesley Gurion
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741420619
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Wesley Gurion has rearranged the geography of Los Angeles to create Champion Valley, a unique setting for a unique story. A humorous novel built upon a sturdy foundation of drama, with mystery added as flavor.
Make Believe Town
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 9780316550352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Make-Believe Town brings together David Mamet's acute insights into everyday life, the arts, and politics. These pieces evidence Mamet's love of language, particularly the introductory essay, "Eight Kings", which celebrates the private languages of carpenters, carnival workers, and all crafts and trades, and "The Northern Novel", which propounds Mamet's affection for the line of American fiction exemplified by Willa Cather and Theodore Dreiser. Some of the essays are prose portraits from Mamet's life: "Deer Hunting" and "The Diner" delineate worlds far from the public eye. Make-Believe Town also contains beautifully written recollections of Mamet's early days as a writer ("Girl Copy"), his start in the theater ("Memories of Off Broadway"), his education as a gambler ("Gems From a Gambler's Bookshelf"), and bygone days on Broadway ("Delsomma's"). Mamet's incisive thoughts about public issues - support for the arts, nudity in films, the roles given Jewish characters, even the posthumous rehabilitation of Richard Nixon - round out a far-reaching collection.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 9780316550352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Make-Believe Town brings together David Mamet's acute insights into everyday life, the arts, and politics. These pieces evidence Mamet's love of language, particularly the introductory essay, "Eight Kings", which celebrates the private languages of carpenters, carnival workers, and all crafts and trades, and "The Northern Novel", which propounds Mamet's affection for the line of American fiction exemplified by Willa Cather and Theodore Dreiser. Some of the essays are prose portraits from Mamet's life: "Deer Hunting" and "The Diner" delineate worlds far from the public eye. Make-Believe Town also contains beautifully written recollections of Mamet's early days as a writer ("Girl Copy"), his start in the theater ("Memories of Off Broadway"), his education as a gambler ("Gems From a Gambler's Bookshelf"), and bygone days on Broadway ("Delsomma's"). Mamet's incisive thoughts about public issues - support for the arts, nudity in films, the roles given Jewish characters, even the posthumous rehabilitation of Richard Nixon - round out a far-reaching collection.
The Unicorns Are Coming to Town
Author: Make Believe Ideas Ltd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781800580152
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Festive picture book, with color-changing sequins on the cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781800580152
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Festive picture book, with color-changing sequins on the cover.
Peekaboo!
Author: Hayley Down
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
EARLY LEARNING: FIRST EXPERIENCES. Peekaboo! is an adorable book for young children. Use the fold-out mirror to copy the range of funny faces in the book and see if you can find your own little ears or chubby cheeks! Adorable characters and simple, repetitive text will delight young children and adults alike. Ages 0+
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
EARLY LEARNING: FIRST EXPERIENCES. Peekaboo! is an adorable book for young children. Use the fold-out mirror to copy the range of funny faces in the book and see if you can find your own little ears or chubby cheeks! Adorable characters and simple, repetitive text will delight young children and adults alike. Ages 0+
Champtown
Author: Wesley Gurion
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741420619
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Wesley Gurion has rearranged the geography of Los Angeles to create Champion Valley, a unique setting for a unique story. A humorous novel built upon a sturdy foundation of drama, with mystery added as flavor.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741420619
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Wesley Gurion has rearranged the geography of Los Angeles to create Champion Valley, a unique setting for a unique story. A humorous novel built upon a sturdy foundation of drama, with mystery added as flavor.
Peter, Paul & Mary - Deluxe Anthology
Author: Peter, Paul & Mary
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457497239
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Includes: * All My Trails * Blowin' in the Wind * Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? * Hush-A-Bye * It's Raining * Rolling Home (A Far Cry from Heaven) * Rocky Road * When the Ship Comes In * Leaving on a Jet Plane and more!
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457497239
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Includes: * All My Trails * Blowin' in the Wind * Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? * Hush-A-Bye * It's Raining * Rolling Home (A Far Cry from Heaven) * Rocky Road * When the Ship Comes In * Leaving on a Jet Plane and more!
Universal Women
Author: Mark Garrett Cooper
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209087X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011. Between 1912 and 1919, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company credited eleven women with directing at least 170 films, but by the mid-1920s all of these directors had left Universal and only one still worked in the film industry at all. Two generations of cinema historians have either overlooked or been stymied by the mystery of why Universal first systematically supported and promoted women directors and then abruptly reversed that policy. In this trailblazing study, Mark Garrett Cooper approaches the phenomenon as a case study in how corporate movie studios interpret and act on institutional culture in deciding what it means to work as a man or woman. In focusing on issues of institutional change, Cooper challenges interpretations that explain women's exile from the film industry as the inevitable result of a transhistorical sexism or as an effect of a broadly cultural revision of gendered work roles. Drawing on a range of historical and sociological approaches to studying corporate institutions, Cooper examines the relationship between institutional organization and aesthetic conventions during the formative years when women filmmakers such as Ruth Ann Baldwin, Cleo Madison, Ruth Stonehouse, Elise Jane Wilson, and Ida May Park directed films for Universal.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209087X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011. Between 1912 and 1919, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company credited eleven women with directing at least 170 films, but by the mid-1920s all of these directors had left Universal and only one still worked in the film industry at all. Two generations of cinema historians have either overlooked or been stymied by the mystery of why Universal first systematically supported and promoted women directors and then abruptly reversed that policy. In this trailblazing study, Mark Garrett Cooper approaches the phenomenon as a case study in how corporate movie studios interpret and act on institutional culture in deciding what it means to work as a man or woman. In focusing on issues of institutional change, Cooper challenges interpretations that explain women's exile from the film industry as the inevitable result of a transhistorical sexism or as an effect of a broadly cultural revision of gendered work roles. Drawing on a range of historical and sociological approaches to studying corporate institutions, Cooper examines the relationship between institutional organization and aesthetic conventions during the formative years when women filmmakers such as Ruth Ann Baldwin, Cleo Madison, Ruth Stonehouse, Elise Jane Wilson, and Ida May Park directed films for Universal.
David Mamet
Author: Janice A. Sauer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313052727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The most complete record of a contemporary American dramatist available, David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook is the result of ten years' research by a widely published drama and theatre scholar and a university bibliographic specialist. Presenting a complete overview of all reviews and scholarshp on Mamet, the authors challenge assumptions about the playwright, such as the charge that he is an antifeminist writer. This comprehensive sourcebook is an essential purchase for Mamet scholars and students of American drama alike. David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook reflects the revolution underway in the study of drama, in which not only previous scholarship but performance reviews are a necessary part of research. It gives a complete listing and overview of over 250 scholarly articles and chapters of books on Mamet's plays. It also presents the complete production history of each play, including review excerpts. The authors have produced an invaluable guide to research into this key contemporary dramatist.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313052727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The most complete record of a contemporary American dramatist available, David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook is the result of ten years' research by a widely published drama and theatre scholar and a university bibliographic specialist. Presenting a complete overview of all reviews and scholarshp on Mamet, the authors challenge assumptions about the playwright, such as the charge that he is an antifeminist writer. This comprehensive sourcebook is an essential purchase for Mamet scholars and students of American drama alike. David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook reflects the revolution underway in the study of drama, in which not only previous scholarship but performance reviews are a necessary part of research. It gives a complete listing and overview of over 250 scholarly articles and chapters of books on Mamet's plays. It also presents the complete production history of each play, including review excerpts. The authors have produced an invaluable guide to research into this key contemporary dramatist.
Small-Town America
Author: Robert Wuthnow
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
A revealing examination of small-town life More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differently. In Small-Town America, we meet factory workers, shop owners, retirees, teachers, clergy, and mayors—residents who show neighborliness in small ways, but who also worry about everything from school closings and their children's futures to the ups and downs of the local economy. Drawing on more than seven hundred in-depth interviews in hundreds of towns across America and three decades of census data, Robert Wuthnow shows the fragility of community in small towns. He covers a host of topics, including the symbols and rituals of small-town life, the roles of formal and informal leaders, the social role of religious congregations, the perception of moral and economic decline, and the myriad ways residents in small towns make sense of their own lives. Wuthnow also tackles difficult issues such as class and race, abortion, homosexuality, and substance abuse. Small-Town America paints a rich panorama of individuals who reside in small communities, finding that, for many people, living in a small town is an important part of self-identity.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
A revealing examination of small-town life More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differently. In Small-Town America, we meet factory workers, shop owners, retirees, teachers, clergy, and mayors—residents who show neighborliness in small ways, but who also worry about everything from school closings and their children's futures to the ups and downs of the local economy. Drawing on more than seven hundred in-depth interviews in hundreds of towns across America and three decades of census data, Robert Wuthnow shows the fragility of community in small towns. He covers a host of topics, including the symbols and rituals of small-town life, the roles of formal and informal leaders, the social role of religious congregations, the perception of moral and economic decline, and the myriad ways residents in small towns make sense of their own lives. Wuthnow also tackles difficult issues such as class and race, abortion, homosexuality, and substance abuse. Small-Town America paints a rich panorama of individuals who reside in small communities, finding that, for many people, living in a small town is an important part of self-identity.
Karyl
Author: Karyl Maier M.Ed.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546268286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Karyl tells the tale of an indomitable girl named Karyl, who was born into a family that struggles to appreciate the true value of a female. From childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Karyl fights to find happiness where she can, but her dreams of happiness elude her at every turn. In pursuit of a better life, she chases the fantasy of adventure and romance in the skies, but the wished-for glamour of the life as an airline stewardess is not exactly all she hopes it will be—and the same can be said of her marriage. What’s a girl to do? Challenged at every turn, Karyl struggles for her happiness and success. A doting ambassador may yet be the answer to her wistful dreams. However, she’s too scared to trust him fully. Determined to truly live the life she craves, Karyl fights on. Karyl explores and illustrates one woman’s ability to overcome incredible obstacles and turn them into overwhelming achievements, all in one lifetime. Inspired by her love of the great ladies of the Hollywood silver screen, author Karyl Maier composed a work that truly, audaciously, and loudly defies description. Part romance novel, part educational, and part inspirational, it tells a tale of a courageous girl named Karyl.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546268286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Karyl tells the tale of an indomitable girl named Karyl, who was born into a family that struggles to appreciate the true value of a female. From childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Karyl fights to find happiness where she can, but her dreams of happiness elude her at every turn. In pursuit of a better life, she chases the fantasy of adventure and romance in the skies, but the wished-for glamour of the life as an airline stewardess is not exactly all she hopes it will be—and the same can be said of her marriage. What’s a girl to do? Challenged at every turn, Karyl struggles for her happiness and success. A doting ambassador may yet be the answer to her wistful dreams. However, she’s too scared to trust him fully. Determined to truly live the life she craves, Karyl fights on. Karyl explores and illustrates one woman’s ability to overcome incredible obstacles and turn them into overwhelming achievements, all in one lifetime. Inspired by her love of the great ladies of the Hollywood silver screen, author Karyl Maier composed a work that truly, audaciously, and loudly defies description. Part romance novel, part educational, and part inspirational, it tells a tale of a courageous girl named Karyl.
City of the Century
Author: Donald L. Miller
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795339852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795339852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City