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Although competitions in classical music have a long history, the number of contests has risen dramatically since the Second World War, all of them aiming to launch young artists' careers. This is n……続きを見る

Moonrise Kingdom is set in 1965 on an island off the coast of New England. It's the end of the summer and the seasonal hurricanes loom on the horizon. Set against this background is a romance betwee……続きを見る

This pioneering study is one of the major publications in the increasingly popular and largely undocumented area of circus studies. Through photographs and illustrations, Peta Tait presents an extra……続きを見る

The first book in the field to explore the links between theories of globalization and surveillance, bipower and biopolitics, performance and theatre, computer arts and politics, "The Politics of Ne……続きを見る

As the first examination of women's foremost contributions to Jerzy Grotowski's cross-cultural investigation of performance, this book complements and broadens existing literature by offering a more……続きを見る

This is the first bibliography in its field, based on first-hand collations of the actual articles. International in scope, it includes publications found in public theatre libraries and archives of……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Die Amazone (Künstleroman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Franz Dingelstedt (1814-1881) war ein deutsc……続きを見る

In his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro ( The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What make……続きを見る

Now we don't want to start Christmas like this, do we? Cheating at snakes and ladders, fighting over comic books, a bungled infidelity beneath the tree. Christmas has arrived in the Bunker household……続きを見る

The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of th……続きを見る

The story of a young boy's extarordinary summer on a beach holiday, The End of the Golden Weather is a touchstone of the New Zealand experience. 続きを見る

Learn from the men who changed animation forever Walt Disney’s team of core animators, who he affectionately called his "Nine Old Men," were known for creating Disney’s most famous works, as well as……続きを見る

Born to a mother who did not want him and a father who humiliated him during his upbringing, Ingmar Bergman somehow endured his dysfunctional family to become one of the great artists of the twentie……続きを見る

Who hasn't fantasized about rounding up criminals and abandoning them on a deserted island? A cyber crime victim deals vigilante justice to hackers around the globe. One by one they begin to vanish.……続きを見る

From a hotel in Marrakech in The Man Who Knew Too Much, to small-town Alabama in To Kill a Mockingbird, to Mission Control in Space Cowboys, creating a fictional, yet wholly believable world in whic……続きを見る

Taiwan's specific situation in Asia is the source of its thorn past. Situated in the South East of China, Taiwan was at the crossroads of many maritime routes and squeezed between its neighbors, Chi……続きを見る

What does it take to make the best possible start in cosplay? Two veteran cosplayers - Miyuu Takahara and Kenji Weston - have teamed up their experience and skills to give cosplay newcomers the guid……続きを見る

It ain't dinner theater. "TRIVIAL PURSUITS" is a 3-act, 4-character, 1-set play that asks: "How much can an audience learn about a bunch of guys who are sitting around a table playing a board game?"……続きを見る

Creative non-fiction piece about a family myth, ancestors, memory and the truth. 続きを見る

 Some of us are so moved when we see them that become our personal idols and we try to follow their path. Others remain as fans trying to support them via internet or going to conventions, tryi……続きを見る

'With unforgettable performances... Gangs has a certain rawness that we haven't seen in Hindi cinema in the recent past. This... should be an interesting read for anyone who enjoyed the films, as th……続きを見る

The novelized version of the cult film, Mera Naam JokerIt was by all accounts one of the biggest gambles in Hindi cinema of the time: five years in the making, with a running time of over four hours……続きを見る

A brilliant study of one of the greatest epics of Indian cinema Mughal-e-Azam (1960) embodies grandeur in Indian cinema like no other film. The imagination and hard work of the makers is evident in ……続きを見る

'Extraordinary ... details what makes women characters iconic in Hindi cinema and analyses them in relation to their directors and more importantly to the society at that point of time' -Rani Mukerj……続きを見る

Mrinal Sen is one of India's finest film makers and one of its most renowned in international circles. After an inauspicious feature debut, Sen found his feet with critically acclaimed films like "B……続きを見る

Even forty years after it was made, Amar Akbar Anthony remains the final word in film entertainment, which many film-makers aspire to, but seldom manage to replicate. Well-known journalist and autho……続きを見る

Meghnad Desai tracks the film's tortuous journey and reveals fascinating, little-known aspects of it. He foregrounds the craftsmanship, perseverance and perfectionism of its maker, Kamal Amrohi, who……続きを見る

In 1973, a film shattered box office records all over India. It introduced two young stars who became instant heart-throbs, and ushered in a new genre of Hindi films, the teeny-bopper romance. It al……続きを見る

In the 1980s, an unheralded Hindi movie, made on a budget of less than Rs 7 lakh, went from a quiet showing at the box office to developing a reputation as India's definitive black comedy. Some of t……続きを見る

This perceptive essay on Satyajit Ray, India's most well-know film-maker internationally, analysis the auteur's oeuvre, focusing on his early cinema which broke the rules of film-making prevalent in……続きを見る