Artes

So Therefore...: A Practical Guide For Actors

de Al Ruscio

'Every scene or action or speech has a so therefore. It is the goal, the ultimate statement of the character. You should know the so therefore as you begin your scene ... The climax and the payoff is the so...

Contemporary Black American Cinema: Race, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies

de Mia Mask

Contemporary Black American Cinema offers a fresh collection of essays on African American film, media, and visual culture in the era of global multiculturalism. Integrating theory, history, and criticism, the...

The Digital Musician

de Andrew Hugill

The Digital Musician is a textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. It provides an overview of sound properties, acoustics, digital music, and sound design as a basis for understanding...

Setting up a Successful Photography Business

de Lisa Pritchard

Setting Up a Successful Photography Business is a practical handbook which covers everything you need to know to start your own photography business. Packed full of helpful information and advice on all the...

Growing Up Country: What Makes Country Life Country

de Charlie Daniels

From Growing Up Country:

“I learned early in life that country is not a place on a map. Country is a place in your heart. In your soul. In the very depth of your being.” —Bill Anderson

“One of the things...

The Burning House

de Foster Huntington

Your house is burning. You have to get out fast. Suddenly you are forced to prioritize, editing down a lifetime of possessions to a mere handful. Now you must decide: Of all the things you own, what is most...

Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy

de Candace Havens

Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy is a biography of Joss Whedon, the wunderkind creator of television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly.

From Booklist: Writers, actors, and fans often call...

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion

de Susan Green, Randee Dawn & Dick Wolf

The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion is a comprehensive guide covering all 10 seasons (including the current 2008-2009 season) and will include a synopsis and an objective analysis for...

House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner

de Leah Wilson

In House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner, the entire cast of the show is on the exam table: Wilson, Cuddy, Foreman, Cameron, Chase and particularly the cantankerous, but brilliant...

The Psychology of the Simpsons: D'oh!

de Alan Brown & Chris Logan

Psychologists turn their attention to The Simpsons, one of America’s most popular and beloved shows, in these essays that explore the function and dysfunctions of the show’s characters. Designed to appeal...

The Ticket: Full Disclosure: The Completely True Story of the Marconi-winning Little Ticket, A.k.a., the Station

de Scott Boyter

Beyond the inside jokes, the fake bits and the banter, The Ticket: Full Disclosure gives you the complete low-down on how The Ticket got started. From the boys at the back of the bus to one of the most imitated...

Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars

de Rob Thomas

More than just a high school drama, “Veronica Mars” is a smart and savvy teen detective show that offers complex mysteries and rapier wit, engaging social commentary, and noir sensibilities—with the occasional...

Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest

de Jennifer Crusie & Leah Wilson

In the fall of 2000, “Gilmore Girls” premiered on the WB and viewers were introduced to the quirky world of Stars Hollow and the Gilmores who had made it their home, mother-daughter best friends Lorelai...

In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural

de tv tv

“Supernatural” is more than a show about fighting demons. It’s about more than a cool car, a kick-ass soundtrack and hot guys with guns. “Supernatural” is about family and sacrifice and heroism—about...

Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in a Globalized World

de Peter S. S. Grant & Chris Wood

Unprecedented worldwide distribution of books, television programs, and other cultural products would seem to augur well for the diversity of ideas. Yet a dwindling number of media conglomerates — significantly...

The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera

de Daniel Snowman

The Gilded Stage is a comprehensive tour of the world of opera. From its origins in the courts of northern Italy, to its internationally recognised position in modern culture, Snowman explores the social history...

Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression - An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

de Taigen Dan Dan Leighton & Joan Halifax

From Ali to Gandhi, Dylan to Thoreau - and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Theresa - Faces of Compassion introduces us to enlightened beings, the bodhisattvas of Buddhist lore. They're not otherworldly gods with...

Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

de Pat Choate

The problem of pirating and counterfeiting has grown from small-scale imitations of Levi’s jeans and Zippo lighters to a phenomenon that costs the United States an estimated $200 billion dollars per year....

Creative Bird Photography: Essential Tips and Techniques

de Bill Coster

This beautifully illustrated, inspirational guide to bird photography is packed with practical advice for how to photograph birds presented in an informative but accessible writing style. Creative Bird Photography...

The Noh Plays of Japan

de Arthur Waley

First published in 1921, The Noh Plays of Japan has been justly famous for more than three-quarters of a century and established the Noh play for the Western reader as beautiful literature. It contains translations...