642円 Step back and consider the possibilities: We are not alone. We have never been alone. There are billions of other earth like planets. There are millions of intelligent civilizations living on these planets. Thousands of these civilizations communicate with each other. Hundreds of these civilizati...

11,275円 This book offers an account of an unprecedented North American study of contemporary female and male strip shows. It particularly focuses on the contradictory sex roles, cultural positions, and performance practices of 'straight' strip shows during their second heyday in the early 1990s. Katherin...

4,144円 Joseph H. Lewis enjoyed a monumental career in many genres, including film noir and B-movies (with the East Side Kids) as well as an extensive and often overlooked TV career. In The Films of Joseph H. Lewis, editor Gary D. Rhodes, PhD. gathers notable scholars from around the globe to examine the...

3,798円 The cinema has been the pre-eminent popular art form of the 20th century. In Cinemas of the World, James Chapman examines the relationship between film and society in the modern world: film as entertainment medium, film as a reflection of national cultures and preoccupations, film as an instrumen...

12,103円 This book gives a new view on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), one of the central, and yet misunderstood, figures who shaped 20th-century theatre, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer. Salata posits Grotowski’s work as philosophi...

12,767円 By examining the development of modern dance in the USA in the inter-war period, Thomas develops a framework for analysing dance from a sociological perspective. She applies her approach to, among others, St Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.

1,459円 The ultimate guide for breaking into the music industry. You’ve heard the songs, you went to the gigs, you bought the t-shirts and you read the biographies, but now it’s your turn, right? The music industry is seen by many as a direct path to the ultimate party lifestyle of the rich and famous. B...

291円 Despite this abundance it is not easy for designers to create aesthetic novelties in new media /interactive media design, to break free from ordinariness. In this courseware, we explore answers to the problematic of how to begin to stimulate more designer creativity in new media/interactive media...

4,091円 After the modern Mexican state came into being following the Revolution of 1910, hyper-masculine machismo came to be a defining characteristic of "mexicanidad," or Mexican national identity. Virile men (pelados and charros), virtuous prostitutes as mother figures, and minstrel-like gay men were h...

0円 'The Pigeon!' is a short story based on my personal experience with the life of pigeons who came nestling at my kitchen window.I could observe them as an amateur biologist...

1,122円 Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

395円 Best Revenge is an inside look at contemporary theater and a playwright's shrewd, cutting, yet ultimately sympathetic portrayal of today's America. A quirky, funny, bittersweet chronicle of the struggle and success of an American playwright who realizes his dream: to work with legendary director ...