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Darkology

Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment

de Rhae Lynn Barnes ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book, I suspect, will detonate over certain corners in America.... Darkology is a major and thrilling work of American history." —Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review, cover storyAs Heard on NPR's Fresh Air: "Quite enlightening." —Terry Gross"Tremendous.... Barnes has corralled the chaos, contradiction, and surprise of American social reality; evaded mythology; and ... Leer más

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book, I suspect, will detonate over certain corners in America.... Darkology is a major and thrilling work of American history." —Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review, cover storyAs Heard on NPR's Fresh Air: "Quite enlightening." —Terry Gross"Tremendous.... Barnes has corralled the chaos, contradiction, and surprise of American social reality; evaded mythology; and
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira

Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

de Cassandra Peterson ...

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story filled with intimate bombshells—told by the bombshell herself.On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns ... Leer más

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The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story filled with intimate bombshells—told by the bombshell herself.On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

de Jonathan Blitzer ...

**A National Bestseller • A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks • Named a Notable Book by New York Times and Washington Post • Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Exce... ... Leer más

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**A National Bestseller • A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks • Named a Notable Book by New York Times and Washington Post • Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Exce...
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The Merchant of Venice

de William Shakespeare ...

Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all.Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. ... Leer más

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In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all.Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews.
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Man of La Mancha

de Dale Wasserman ...

Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966"To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater. That current is best identified by its catch-labels--Theater of the Absurd, Black Comedy, the Theater of Cruelty--which is to say the theater of alienation, of ... Leer más

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Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966"To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater. That current is best identified by its catch-labels--Theater of the Absurd, Black Comedy, the Theater of Cruelty--which is to say the theater of alienation, of
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Soldiers and Kings

Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

de Jason De León ...

**WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONA TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 • An NPR Book We Love 2024 • A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 • A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024“A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion...[it] will shock you, move you, and leave you changed.”—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Evicted and ... Leer más

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**WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONA TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 • An NPR Book We Love 2024 • A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 • A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024“A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion...[it] will shock you, move you, and leave you changed.”—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Evicted and
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Mnemonic

de C. Philip O’Carroll, Jack Sholl ...

The political climate is laden with discord but in this political thriller, the subject intensifies when the United States President falls into the fierce grip of an unprecedented illness. Revolving around a President's battle with Alzheimers, his talks with a drunkard and rash Russian president leaning towards war, and a corrupt U.S. Vice President eager to take charge, the plotline in this ... Leer más

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The political climate is laden with discord but in this political thriller, the subject intensifies when the United States President falls into the fierce grip of an unprecedented illness. Revolving around a President's battle with Alzheimers, his talks with a drunkard and rash Russian president leaning towards war, and a corrupt U.S. Vice President eager to take charge, the plotline in this
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As You Like It

de William Shakespeare ...

Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in ... Leer más

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The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in
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Most Favoured

de Mr David Ireland ...

Series series Modern Plays
But for me, it was love. It felt like love. Or the closest I've ever come to love. And I wanted to say thank you. For that.Mary's been sleeping with strangers across Scotland for eight months. Tonight's conquest: Mike, an American tourist who's never heard of KFC.After the best sex of her life, she tells him what she's been hiding. Then he tells her what he's been hiding.An explosive two-hander ... Leer más

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But for me, it was love. It felt like love. Or the closest I've ever come to love. And I wanted to say thank you. For that.Mary's been sleeping with strangers across Scotland for eight months. Tonight's conquest: Mike, an American tourist who's never heard of KFC.After the best sex of her life, she tells him what she's been hiding. Then he tells her what he's been hiding.An explosive two-hander
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Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus

Performing Shakespeare

de Brian Cox, Julian Curry ...

Series series Shakespeare on Stage
Brian Cox discusses playing Titus Andronicus, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with ... Leer más

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Brian Cox discusses playing Titus Andronicus, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with
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Culturally Intelligent Storytelling for Southeast Asian Creators

de Ned Legaspi ...

Culturally Intelligent Storytelling for Southeast Asian Creators introduces the CIS Bamboo Framework, a fresh, practical way for storytellers, educators, and media professionals to design narratives that travel across cultures without losing their soul.Drawing from Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Southeast Asian worldviews, this book guides readers through a four-stage process: StoryRoot, ... Leer más

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Culturally Intelligent Storytelling for Southeast Asian Creators introduces the CIS Bamboo Framework, a fresh, practical way for storytellers, educators, and media professionals to design narratives that travel across cultures without losing their soul.Drawing from Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Southeast Asian worldviews, this book guides readers through a four-stage process: StoryRoot,
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The Essential Bogosian

Talk Radio, Drinking in America, FunHouse and Men Inside

de Eric Bogosian ...

"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s--that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."--Frank Rich, The New York Times ... Leer más

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"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s--that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."--Frank Rich, The New York Times
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Woody Allen

A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham

de Patrick McGilligan ...

Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn’t know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen’s life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar’s television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed ... Leer más

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Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn’t know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen’s life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar’s television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed
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Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook of Critical Role

de Liz Marsham, Critical Role, Jesse Szewczyk, Susan Vu, Amanda Yee ...

Series series Critical Role
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Featuring sixty delicious recipes from across the world of Critical Role, every Critter will find something to whet their appetites in this official cookbook.Join a party of culinary adventurers in search of the fabulous flavors and delightful delicacies that make Exandria so exquisite. Here, they present their bounty: sixty dishes collected from each continent!Start in ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Featuring sixty delicious recipes from across the world of Critical Role, every Critter will find something to whet their appetites in this official cookbook.Join a party of culinary adventurers in search of the fabulous flavors and delightful delicacies that make Exandria so exquisite. Here, they present their bounty: sixty dishes collected from each continent!Start in
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

de 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 ... Leer más

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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
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures

de Various ...

Series series Avatar: The Last Airbender
For three years, millions of eager fans tuned in to watch new episodes of Nickelodeon's hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more—and now their wait is finally over!This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. That's ... Leer más

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For three years, millions of eager fans tuned in to watch new episodes of Nickelodeon's hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more—and now their wait is finally over!This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. That's
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A Book (Expanded Edition)

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

de 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 ... Leer más

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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
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Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record

de James Mielke ...

Series series Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record
One of the most celebrated and prolific composers in video game history, Nobuo Uematsu is the original composer of the phenomenally successful Final Fantasy games. His work is known by millions and has been performed by some of the most prestigious orchestras around the world.Although Uematsu had no formal training, his enduring scores advanced video game music beyond the early limitations of the ... Leer más

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One of the most celebrated and prolific composers in video game history, Nobuo Uematsu is the original composer of the phenomenally successful Final Fantasy games. His work is known by millions and has been performed by some of the most prestigious orchestras around the world.Although Uematsu had no formal training, his enduring scores advanced video game music beyond the early limitations of the
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Catching the Big Fish

Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition

de 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 ... Leer más

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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
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The Devil Behind the Badge

The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer

de Rick Jervis ...

“A thrilling ticktock on the borderland slayings and the effort to solve them.”—Texas MonthlyThe shocking investigative true-crime story of a U.S. Border Patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex workers whom he mercilessly killed, and the upended border town of Laredo where his heinous crimes occurred.Twelve days is all it took.Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Guiselda Hernandez, and ... Leer más

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“A thrilling ticktock on the borderland slayings and the effort to solve them.”—Texas MonthlyThe shocking investigative true-crime story of a U.S. Border Patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex workers whom he mercilessly killed, and the upended border town of Laredo where his heinous crimes occurred.Twelve days is all it took.Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Guiselda Hernandez, and
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Seinfeld: The Official Cookbook

de Insight Editions ...

Stash the takeout menus and cancel reservations at Mendy’s, it’s time to stay in for a taste of New York City as only Seinfeld: The Official Cookbook can deliver in this collection of more than 60 recipes inspired by the hit ‘90s sitcom.For a show about “nothing” one constant throughout Seinfeld’s nine seasons is food! Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, George, and the whole gang are always talking about food ... Leer más

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Stash the takeout menus and cancel reservations at Mendy’s, it’s time to stay in for a taste of New York City as only Seinfeld: The Official Cookbook can deliver in this collection of more than 60 recipes inspired by the hit ‘90s sitcom.For a show about “nothing” one constant throughout Seinfeld’s nine seasons is food! Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, George, and the whole gang are always talking about food
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Yellow Moon

de David Greig ...

Yellow Moon is a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale that follows the fortunes of two teenagers on the run. Silent Leila is an introverted girl who has a passion for celebrity magazines. Stag Lee Macalinden is the deadest of dead-end kids in a dead-end town. They never meant to get mixed up in a murder... but now they need a place to hide.Yellow Moon explores what it means to live in a celebrity-obsessed ... Leer más

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Yellow Moon is a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale that follows the fortunes of two teenagers on the run. Silent Leila is an introverted girl who has a passion for celebrity magazines. Stag Lee Macalinden is the deadest of dead-end kids in a dead-end town. They never meant to get mixed up in a murder... but now they need a place to hide.Yellow Moon explores what it means to live in a celebrity-obsessed
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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

de Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman ...

New York Times Bestseller"The ultimate behind-the-scenes account.” —Washington Post“The definitive history of the landmark TV show.” —USA TodayJoin the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here’s the hilarious and improbable inside story behind the beloved series.Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews, this definitive oral history with the cast and creators is ... Leer más

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New York Times Bestseller"The ultimate behind-the-scenes account.” —Washington Post“The definitive history of the landmark TV show.” —USA TodayJoin the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here’s the hilarious and improbable inside story behind the beloved series.Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews, this definitive oral history with the cast and creators is
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Dialogue

The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen

de Robert McKee ...

**The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling."Dialogue is a masterwork. There's nothing harder to teach. Now this book exists. McKee has written an essential book akin to The Elements of Style for all writers." —Margaret Nagle, winner of the Writer's Guild Award, Emmy, NAACP, Golden Globe, and Pen* ... Leer más

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**The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling."Dialogue is a masterwork. There's nothing harder to teach. Now this book exists. McKee has written an essential book akin to The Elements of Style for all writers." —Margaret Nagle, winner of the Writer's Guild Award, Emmy, NAACP, Golden Globe, and Pen*
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