Performing Arts in Entertainment & Nonfiction eBooks

Fictional Selves

A Memoir

by Kyle MacLachlan ...

In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon.Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but—not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on ... Read more

$13.99 USD

In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon.Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but—not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on
... Read more
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke ...

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.Another practicing magician ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.Another practicing magician
... Read more
Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

by Hayden Herrera ...

"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally,been made fully human." — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came ... Read more

$10.49 USD

"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally,been made fully human." — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came
... Read more
Catching the Big Fish

Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition

by David Lynch ...

In this “unexpected delight” (The Boston Globe), visionary filmmaker, musician, and actor David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.David Lynch’s Catching the Big Fish provides a rare window into the internationally acclaimed filmmaker’s methods as an artist, his personal ... Read more

$6.99 USD

In this “unexpected delight” (The Boston Globe), visionary filmmaker, musician, and actor David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.David Lynch’s Catching the Big Fish provides a rare window into the internationally acclaimed filmmaker’s methods as an artist, his personal
... Read more
Travesties

by Tom Stoppard ...

Series series Tom Stoppard
Travesties was born out of Stoppard's noting that in 1917 three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries -- James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin -- were all living in Zurich. Also living in Zurich at this time was a British consula official called Henry Carr, a man acquainted with Joyce through the theater and later through a lawsuit concerning a pair of ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Travesties was born out of Stoppard's noting that in 1917 three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries -- James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin -- were all living in Zurich. Also living in Zurich at this time was a British consula official called Henry Carr, a man acquainted with Joyce through the theater and later through a lawsuit concerning a pair of
... Read more
Danse Macabre

by Stephen King ...

Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer).From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer).From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three
... Read more
ATLAS OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS

AN UNOFFICIAL HISTORICAL AND CARTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE TO THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE

by Scott Swedorski ...

Series Book 1 - ATLAS OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS
ATLAS OF THE FOUR QUADRANTSAn Unofficial Historical and Cartographic Reference to the Star Trek UniverseFor nearly sixty years, Star Trek has invited us into one of fiction's greatest universes. Across star systems, empires, first contacts, wars, discoveries, and centuries of history, it has become far more than a collection of episodes-it has become a living galaxy.Atlas of the Four Quadrants is ... Read more

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ATLAS OF THE FOUR QUADRANTSAn Unofficial Historical and Cartographic Reference to the Star Trek UniverseFor nearly sixty years, Star Trek has invited us into one of fiction's greatest universes. Across star systems, empires, first contacts, wars, discoveries, and centuries of history, it has become far more than a collection of episodes-it has become a living galaxy.Atlas of the Four Quadrants is
... Read more
Broadcast Hysteria

Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News

by A. Brad Schwartz ...

A study of the 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of The War of the Worlds , the media's response, and the effect on popular culture."[ Broadcast Hysteria ] offers up many fresh details and, along the way, shows the many ways in which the whole [ War of the Worlds ] episode reverberates in our own time."― The Wall S... ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A study of the 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of The War of the Worlds , the media's response, and the effect on popular culture."[ Broadcast Hysteria ] offers up many fresh details and, along the way, shows the many ways in which the whole [ War of the Worlds ] episode reverberates in our own time."― The Wall S...
... Read more
America Dancing

From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk

by Megan Pugh ...

The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds learned, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American.Using the stories of tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille, choreographer Paul Taylor, and Michael ... Read more

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The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds learned, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American.Using the stories of tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille, choreographer Paul Taylor, and Michael
... Read more
The Magician's Card Trick Manual Amateur

Amateur level - card tricks

by Steve Bryers ...

Series series The Magician's Card Trick Manuals
Are you amazed by card disappearing acts, mind reading card tricks and other magic wonders you see with just a deck of playing cards? This is one of four books in a series that reveal card tricks according to experience, so you can learn easy amateur tricks through to advanced tricks.Always practice every day for at least an hour to master these tricks. If you are recording your act (even a cell ... Read more

$4.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you amazed by card disappearing acts, mind reading card tricks and other magic wonders you see with just a deck of playing cards? This is one of four books in a series that reveal card tricks according to experience, so you can learn easy amateur tricks through to advanced tricks.Always practice every day for at least an hour to master these tricks. If you are recording your act (even a cell
... Read more
Dance Nation

by Clare Barron ...

Series series Modern Classics
"Barron paints a wholly plausible picture of teenage insecurity and ambition ... a play that wittily shows how dance can be a source of liberation without ever quelling the tremulous terrors of adolescence." - The GuardianSomewhere in America, a revolution is coming.An army of competitive dancers is ready to take over the world, one routine at a time.With a pre-teen battle for power and perfection ... Read more

$13.99 USD

"Barron paints a wholly plausible picture of teenage insecurity and ambition ... a play that wittily shows how dance can be a source of liberation without ever quelling the tremulous terrors of adolescence." - The GuardianSomewhere in America, a revolution is coming.An army of competitive dancers is ready to take over the world, one routine at a time.With a pre-teen battle for power and perfection
... Read more
A Book (Expanded Edition)

The Outspoken Memoirs of the Man Who “Loved Lucy”—and Revolutionized Television (Exclusive New Material with Commentary by Lucie Arnaz)

by Desi Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz ...

Now featuring exclusive new material including excerpts from Desi Arnaz’s unpublished second memoir and commentary by daughter Lucie Arnaz, here is the expanded edition of the New York Times bestselling memoir of Cuban American entertainment legend, TV pioneer, and I Love Lucy star Desi Arnaz.This expanded edition of A Book features additions from Desi Arnaz’s uncompleted, never published second ... Read more

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Now featuring exclusive new material including excerpts from Desi Arnaz’s unpublished second memoir and commentary by daughter Lucie Arnaz, here is the expanded edition of the New York Times bestselling memoir of Cuban American entertainment legend, TV pioneer, and I Love Lucy star Desi Arnaz.This expanded edition of A Book features additions from Desi Arnaz’s uncompleted, never published second
... Read more
And On That Bombshell

Inside the Madness and Genius of TOP GEAR

by Richard Porter ...

For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in 2015.Along the way they destroyed cars, sparked diplomatic incidents, set fire to caravans, almost killed one of the presenters, and somehow transformed Top Gear from a shabby BBC ... Read more

$5.99 USD

For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in 2015.Along the way they destroyed cars, sparked diplomatic incidents, set fire to caravans, almost killed one of the presenters, and somehow transformed Top Gear from a shabby BBC
... Read more
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 10th Anniversary Edition

Insider Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers

by Karl Iglesias ...

You can struggle for years to get a foot in the door with Hollywood producers--or you can take a page from the book that offers proven advice from twenty-one of the industry's best and brightest!In this tenth anniversary edition, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 2nd Edition peers into the lives and workspaces of screenwriting greats--including Terry Rossio (the Pirates of the ... Read more

$0.99 USD

You can struggle for years to get a foot in the door with Hollywood producers--or you can take a page from the book that offers proven advice from twenty-one of the industry's best and brightest!In this tenth anniversary edition, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 2nd Edition peers into the lives and workspaces of screenwriting greats--including Terry Rossio (the Pirates of the
... Read more
Euripides' Medea

A New Translation

by Diane J. Rayor ...

Euripides' Medea comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production. Diane J. Rayor's accurate yet accessible translation reflects the play's inherent theatricality and vibrant poetry. The book includes an analytical introduction and comprehensive notes, and an essay on directing Medea by stage director Karen Libman. The play begins after Medea, a ... Read more

$28.69 USD

Euripides' Medea comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production. Diane J. Rayor's accurate yet accessible translation reflects the play's inherent theatricality and vibrant poetry. The book includes an analytical introduction and comprehensive notes, and an essay on directing Medea by stage director Karen Libman. The play begins after Medea, a
... Read more
The Lady in the Van

The Screenplay

by Alan Bennett ...

Discover the Incredible True Story Behind the Major Motion Picture, Starring Maggie SmithFrom acclaimed author and playwright Alan Bennett, whose smash hit The History Boys won a Tony Award for Best Play, comes the screenplay of The Lady in the Van. This major motion picture adaptation stars Dame Maggie Smith in an unforgettable performance.The Lady in the Van is the remarkable true story of ... Read more

$12.39 USD

Discover the Incredible True Story Behind the Major Motion Picture, Starring Maggie SmithFrom acclaimed author and playwright Alan Bennett, whose smash hit The History Boys won a Tony Award for Best Play, comes the screenplay of The Lady in the Van. This major motion picture adaptation stars Dame Maggie Smith in an unforgettable performance.The Lady in the Van is the remarkable true story of
... Read more
The Science of Storytelling

Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

by Will Storr ...

Based on the wildly popular creative writing class, this compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing is a must-have resource.Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling has become an invaluable tool for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.Award-winning writer and acclaimed ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Based on the wildly popular creative writing class, this compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing is a must-have resource.Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling has become an invaluable tool for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.Award-winning writer and acclaimed
... Read more
Curtain of Lies

The Battle over Truth in Stalinist Eastern Europe

by Melissa Feinberg ...

While the Cold War governments of Eastern Europe operated within the confines of the Soviet worldview, their peoples confronted the narratives of both East and West. From the Soviet Union and its satellites, they heard of a West dominated by imperialist warmongers and of the glorious future only Communism could bring. A competing discourse emanated from the West, claiming that Eastern Europe was a ... Read more

$32.39 USD

While the Cold War governments of Eastern Europe operated within the confines of the Soviet worldview, their peoples confronted the narratives of both East and West. From the Soviet Union and its satellites, they heard of a West dominated by imperialist warmongers and of the glorious future only Communism could bring. A competing discourse emanated from the West, claiming that Eastern Europe was a
... Read more
Postcolonial Plays

An Anthology

Edited by Helen Gilbert ...

This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre. This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa, ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre. This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa,
... Read more
Supervillains

by Peachy Keenan ...

Great Replacers, DEI Hards, Fat Cats, and the Rainbow Goon Squad: Meet the architects of America’s unraveling.While they might be easy to confuse for comic book villains, these are real people in positions of enormous power who wield insidious ideologies to sow chaos around the country.In Supervillains, Peachy Keenan unmasks America’s most awful archetypes—from the traitors behind the immigration ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Great Replacers, DEI Hards, Fat Cats, and the Rainbow Goon Squad: Meet the architects of America’s unraveling.While they might be easy to confuse for comic book villains, these are real people in positions of enormous power who wield insidious ideologies to sow chaos around the country.In Supervillains, Peachy Keenan unmasks America’s most awful archetypes—from the traitors behind the immigration
... Read more
Raised on Radio

by Gerald Nachman ...

For everybody "raised on radio"—and that's everybody brought up in the thirties, forties, and early fifties—this is the ultimate book, combining nostalgia, history, judgment, and fun, as it reminds us of just how wonderful (and sometimes just how silly) this vanished medium was. Of course, radio still exists—but not the radio of The Lone Ranger and One Man's Family, of Our Gal Sunday and Life Can ... Read more

$9.99 USD

For everybody "raised on radio"—and that's everybody brought up in the thirties, forties, and early fifties—this is the ultimate book, combining nostalgia, history, judgment, and fun, as it reminds us of just how wonderful (and sometimes just how silly) this vanished medium was. Of course, radio still exists—but not the radio of The Lone Ranger and One Man's Family, of Our Gal Sunday and Life Can
... Read more
The Moth Presents: Occasional Magic

True Stories About Defying the Impossible

Edited by Catherine Burns ...

Series Book 2 - The Moth Presents
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth—and featuring contributions from Meg Wolitzer, Adam Gopnik, Krista Tippett, Andrew Solomon, Rosanne Cash, Ophira Eisenberg, Wang Ping, and more—a new collection of unforgettable true stories about finding the strength to face the impossible, drawn from the very best ever told on its stagesCarefully selected by the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth—and featuring contributions from Meg Wolitzer, Adam Gopnik, Krista Tippett, Andrew Solomon, Rosanne Cash, Ophira Eisenberg, Wang Ping, and more—a new collection of unforgettable true stories about finding the strength to face the impossible, drawn from the very best ever told on its stagesCarefully selected by the
... Read more
The Return

by Reg Cribb ...

A thug and his junior partner in crime take a late night train from Perth to Fremantle, menacing passengers along the way. For an hour they own the train.Riding the uneasy line between comedy and terror, The Return is a tautly written study in peer pressure, anxiety and suppressed violence in a social class which is often silenced. ... Read more

$11.59 USD

A thug and his junior partner in crime take a late night train from Perth to Fremantle, menacing passengers along the way. For an hour they own the train.Riding the uneasy line between comedy and terror, The Return is a tautly written study in peer pressure, anxiety and suppressed violence in a social class which is often silenced.
... Read more
The Actor's Life

A Survival Guide

by Jenna Fischer ...

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she'd imagined. It would be eight long years before ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she'd imagined. It would be eight long years before
... Read more

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