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Some Sample Anecdotes: • Simon and Schuster once published a children's book titled Dr. Dan the Bandage Man. As a publicity gimmick, they decided to include a half-dozen band-aids in each book, so p……続きを見る

This book contain many anecdotes, most of them funny. (I hope.) A Sample: 1) In 1985, Judi Dench appeared in a BBC-TV production of Ghosts. The director decided that the credits would feature a scen……続きを見る

This is a short, quick, and easy read. Most of these anecdotes are probably just OK, but there should be at least one or two that you will want to tell your friends. Anecdotes are retold in my own w……続きを見る

This is a short, quick, and easy read. Some Sample Anecdotes: • Actors often know their own limitations. Early in his career, E.A. Southern tried to act the roles of tragic heroes but discovered tha……続きを見る

This is a short, quick, and easy read. Some samples: In the family of Quaker humorist Tom Mullen, as part of the Christmas tradition the youngest child opened her presents first. The youngest child ……続きを見る

This book is a short, quick, and easy read. It contains 250 music anecdotes, including these: Hardcore group Black Flag sometimes played shows for very few people. In 1982, Black Flag played a sho……続きを見る

One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. This edition--in……続きを見る

It is not the quality of your best moves that wins you games; it is the quality of your worst moves. The quickest way to improve your chess skills is to raise the bar. The Spanish grandmaster and co……続きを見る

This book contains 250 anecdotes about opera, including these anecdotes: 1) When Pierre Monteux started working at the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to buy a shiny Ford touring-car. He paid $300 fo……続きを見る

The Northeast is concerned over the expanding scope of minor electrical fluctuations that no one can explain. The problem started in a 300 bed chronic care facility, and the first investigator was K……続きを見る

We can't shoot good pictures without good lighting, no matter how good the newest cameras are. Shooting under available light gives exposure, but lacks depth, contrast, contour, atmosphere and often……続きを見る

Within the pages of "Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain," readers will encounter a rich tapestry of themes and styles representative of Spanish literary prowess during the 18th and 19th centuries. The……続きを見る

DreamWork: A Training for Directors provides a theoretical basis and a highly detailed, practical, step-by-step blueprint for developing a directorial concept for a play. Directing is a complex, mul……続きを見る

David Pryde's 'The Queer Folk of Fife: Tales from the Kingdom' is a collection of whimsical and poignant stories set in the enchanting landscape of Fife. Incorporating elements of magical realism, P……続きを見る

Praveen Crypty's Short Stories Collection. A Collection of three short stories from Praveen Crypty. The Stories includes Love and Hope, Mr.Millionaire and Proposal. Each story has its unique blend o……続きを見る

Presenting the full details of the rock legend's intimate recording sessionsfrom his first semi-professional recordings with Pink Floyd in 1965 up to his last abandoned solo recordings at Abbey Road……続きを見る

Richard Dyer is a foundational figure for the critical study of cinema and popular culture. Across a career spanning five decades, he has made path breaking contributions to our understanding of sta……続きを見る

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Palt……続きを見る

"A work for all time . . . (with) a tremendous amount of historical information which has never been published. . . . It will be the standard text and reference work in the ragtime field." ー Rag Ti……続きを見る

Es una cautivadora novela dramática y romántica que te transportará a un mundo de secretos, amor clandestino y la búsqueda de la verdad. Amelia, una joven llena de curiosidad y anhelos, se ve repent……続きを見る

'The descriptions are sublime . . . Goodwin's eye - sharp, unforgiving - allows nothing to escape . . . His literary promise is savage' THE AUSTRALIAN 'Goodwin is a natural-born storyteller, effortl……続きを見る

Imagine our Earth as a huge playground: Instead of climbing frames, there are skyscrapers. Instead of see-saws, there are mountains and valleys. Instead of swings, there are mazes of streets to expl……続きを見る

From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens……続きを見る

Few composers of the 20th century have wielded more influence in the musical world than the two "impressionist" masters represented in this volume. Such composers as Webern, Bartók, Varèse, Messiane……続きを見る

PHILOSOPHY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS “David Davies’s Philosophy of the Performing Arts is long-awaited. Not since Paul Thom’s For an Audience has a book in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition fo……続きを見る

Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from ……続きを見る

Jeb Grissom is a 65yr old Vietnam vet living on a ranch in Montana. He suffered many tragedies in his life including PTSD, the loss of his wife and later, the loss of his only son. He is an aging al……続きを見る

Multiple personalities have been well documented and studied. Protocols for re-unification have been published in many journals. Half a Mind is about a case where there can be no unification, and pl……続きを見る

If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illust……続きを見る

An honest and revealing memoir from musician David Crosby, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. A true rock-and-roll survivor, David Crosby was the quintessential American ……続きを見る