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Film Nation

20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hollywood Looks at U.S. History

By Robert Burgoyne

£14.00 20 Mar 2010 Paperback University of Minnesota Press

Film Nation

20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hollywood Looks at U.S. History

By Robert Burgoyne

£42.00 20 Mar 2010 Hardback University of Minnesota Press

Single-Camera Video Production

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert B. Musburger

£15.99 19 Mar 2010 Paperback Elsevier Science & Technology

Presents an overview of the single-camera video production process. This title focuses on the digital video production techniques and workflow, including non-linear digital editing, digital audio, and lighting for digital productions. It covers topics like preproduction planning and designing your production. It is intended for the media students.

Women, Desire, and Power in Italian Cinema

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Marga Cottino-Jones

£55.00 19 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

This book is the first comprehensive study of the representation of woman in Italian films of the twentieth century.

Teaching Theatre Today

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education

By Anne L. Fliotsos, Gail S. Medford

£19.99 19 Mar 2010 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

Through thirteen essays, Teaching Theatre Today addresses the changing nature of educational theory, curricula, and teaching methods in theatre programs of colleges and universities of the United States and Great Britain.

The Art of Clowning

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Eli Simon

£17.99 19 Mar 2010 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their 'inner clown.' This fun and accessible guide expands on theories and exercises to help students and beginners develop solo and group performances.

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Spectral Genealogies and Absent Faces

By Evan Darwin Winet

£55.00 19 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism.

Pole Dancing, Empowerment and Embodiment

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Samantha Holland

£55.00 19 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

This book provides an international, multi-disciplinary empirical account of pole classes and how they fit into wider discourses about bodies and gender, and age and fitness. In particular, the book explores how women initiate agency and espouse liberation and empowerment through something as seemingly problematic as pole classes.

Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Chris Johnston

£8.99 18 Mar 2010 Paperback Nick Hern Books

Suitable for teachers and workshop leaders working with difficult students, youth groups, young offenders, and all those who take pleasure in saying 'no' to whatever is offered them, this title aims to encourage challenging groups to engage, collaborate, negotiate and develop not just drama but also life skills.

Drama Games for Devising

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jessica Swale

£8.99 18 Mar 2010 Paperback Nick Hern Books

Offers insight and experience in a series of exercises and games that are designed to free up creativity and release the imagination.

Popcorn

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Fifty Years of Rock 'n' Roll Movies

By Garry Mulholland

£16.99 18 Mar 2010 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

Hugely acclaimed author of THIS IS UNCOOL and FEAR OF MUSIC turns his attention to rock 'n' roll movies.

Theatre Craft

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Director's Practical Companion from A to Z

By John Caird

£22.50 18 Mar 2010 Paperback Faber and Faber

A practical guide for those working in the theatre, from the enthusiastic amateur to the committed professional. With entries arranged alphabetically, it offers advice on different areas of directing, from Acting, Adaptation, and Accent to Sound Effects, Superstition, Trap Doors and Wardrobe.

Looking at Movies

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An Introduction to Film

By Richard Meran Barsam, David Monahan

£27.99 18 Mar 2010 Paperback WW Norton & Co

Always Looking Up

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael J. Fox

£7.99 18 Mar 2010 Paperback Ebury Press

Struck with Parkinson's - a debilitating, degenerative disease - at the height of his fame, the author has taken what some might consider cause for depression and turned it into a beacon of hope for millions. This memoir describes the journey the author has undertaken since he came to terms with his condition.

Philosophy Through Film

17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary M. Litch

£24.99 17 Mar 2010 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offers guidance on how to watch films with an eye for their philosophical content, helping students become familiar with key topics in ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind, and helping them master the techniques of philosophical argument.

Worlds Apart

16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the BBC's Remake of "Survivors"

By Rich Cross

£14.99 16 Mar 2010 Paperback Classic TV press

Reefer Movie Madness

16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide

By Shirley Halperin

£10.99 16 Mar 2010 Paperback Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

A guide that features movies with specific stoner appeal and containing pot scenes and drug themes. It contains entries on more than 420 films, and includes contributions from well-known actors, movie directors, musicians and celebrities like Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Method Man and Doug Benson and Margaret Cho. It is intended for movie buffs.

The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Malek Khouri

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The American University in Cairo Press

Appropriation of Colonial Broadcasting

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History of Early Radio in the Philippines, 1922-1946

By Elizabeth L. Enriquez

£28.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University of the Philippines Press

Through the examination of archival records, extant publications, and private memorabilia as well as interviews with radio broadcasters, this title constructs the history of early radio in the Philippines.

Policies for the Sustainable Development of the Hong Kong Film Industry

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Joseph M. Chan, Anthony Y. H. Fung, Chun Hung Ng

£7.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific

The Hong Kong film industry - the Hollywood of the Orient - has been losing its glamour since the mid-1990s. The prolonged recession has given rise to serious doubts about its survival. This title presents a study that intends to account for the decline of the Hong Kong film industry and to make recommendations to revitalize it.

Frames of Anime

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Culture and Image-building

By Tze-yue G. Hu

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Hong Kong University Press

Frames of Anime

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Culture and Image-building

By Tze-yue G. Hu

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

About the Theater

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stanley Kauffmann

£14.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Sheep Meadow Press,U.S.

Nightwood Theatre

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Woman's Work is Always Done

By Shelley Scott

£29.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback AU Press

Nightwood Theatre is by far the longest-running and most influential feminist theatre company in Canada. This work shows how Nightwood has defined itself as a feminist company: its artistic leadership is based on collaborative models and the plays performed have been chosen for their relevance to the diverse communities of women.

Out of the Valley

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Autobiography of a Media Man

By Richard Lewis

£8.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Y Lolfa

Autobiography of Welsh television producer-director Richard Lewis.

Playbuilding as Qualitative Research

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Collective Creation of Dramatic Representation

By Joe Norris

£26.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Left Coast Press Inc

Suitable for both art-based researchers and research-informed artists, this book explores the theatrical genre known as Collective Creation, or Playbuilding.

Playbuilding as Qualitative Research

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Collective Creation of Dramatic Representation

By Joe Norris

£66.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Left Coast Press Inc

Suitable for both art-based researchers and research-informed artists, this book explores the theatrical genre known as Collective Creation, or Playbuilding.

Ballet De La Nuit

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Burden, Jennifer Thorp

£62.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Pendragon Press

A study that brings together visual images and scholarly discussion of "Le Ballet de la Nuit", a major ballet de cour organised by Louis de Hesselin and first performed in the Louvre's Salle du Petit Bourbon in 1653. It is also accompanied by essays which interpret and discuss cultural patronage at the Court of Louis XIV, and the musical context.

Maria Callas

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Musical Biography

By Robert Levine

£18.95 15 Mar 2010 Multimedia Item Hal Leonard Corporation

Maria Callas was almost as well-known for her personal life - her jet-setting, her staggering weight loss, her tigress-like temperament, her affair with Aristotle Onassis (he threw her over for Jacqueline Kennedy) - as she was for her singing. This musical biography covers Callas' life and career.

Bach's Keyboard Music

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Listener's Guide

By Victor Lederer

£17.50 15 Mar 2010 Multimedia Item Hal Leonard Corporation

Along with Beethoven's sonatas and the purely idiomatic works for piano of Chopin and Debussy, the solo keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach represents the heart of the pianist's repertory; in the specialized field of music for the organ, Bach's primacy seems beyond challenge. This guide looks at these two crucial parts of the master's oeuvre.

The Colored Cartoon

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Black Representation in American Animated Short Films

By Christopher P. Lehman

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback University of Massachusetts Press

From the introduction of animated film in the early 1900s to the 1950s, ethnic humor was a staple of American-made cartoons. This work reveals how the depiction of African Americans in particular became so inextricably linked to the cartoon medium as to influence its evolution through those five decades.

Reading the Plays of Wendy Wasserstein

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jan Balakian

£15.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Applause Theatre Book Publishers,U.S.

Places Wendy Wasserstein's seven major plays, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Heidi Chronicles", in a historical context, showing a connection between the evolution of the women's movement in America and the conflicts within her plays.

The Sound of Music

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£12.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Applause Theatre Book Publishers,U.S.

When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry.

Oklahoma!

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

£12.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Applause Theatre Book Publishers,U.S.

Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, this title explores the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys that provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story.

Steps in Time

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The History of Irish Dance in Chicago

By Kathleen M. Flanagan

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Macater Press

The Terminology of Irish Dance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Orfhlaith Nf Bhriain

£15.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Macater Press

The Scene Study Book

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Roadmap to Success

By Bruce Miller

£12.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Limelight Editions

A practical, step-by-step guide that runs from the analysis of basic story structure - including conflict and story arc - to making choices - including physical and psychological action. It includes chapters on selecting scenes, partnering, and scoring a script, along with a first-rate list of contemporary scenes to use.

Monologue Mastery

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Actor's Guide to Selecting and Performing Monologues

By Prudence Wright Holmes

£12.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Limelight Editions

Suitable for the beginning actors as well as the seasoned professionals, this title covers the three most important phases of monologue selection and performance: how to find great little-known monologues, how to find monologues that fit you perfectly, and how to act the monologue brilliantly and capture the auditors' attention.

Voice for Performance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Training the Actor's Voice

By Linda Gates

£15.50 15 Mar 2010 Multimedia Item Hal Leonard Corporation

A guide for those who want to make more effective use of their voice. It addresses key elements of voice and speech - Respiration, Vibration, Resonation, and Articulation.

Play by Play

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Phoenix and Building the Herberger Theater

By Elizabeth B. Murfee, Jack L. August

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Texas Christian University Press,U.S.

In their unrelenting drive to create a thriving desert metropolis, leaders of the most populous city in the arid Southwest, Phoenix, Arizona, seemed oblivious to two essential elements that form a vibrant urban environment. This title illustrates the central role the arts hold when a city consciously reaches for distinction.

Painting on Stage

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Visual Art in Twentieth-century Spanish Theater

By Elizabeth Anne Drumm

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Associated University Presses

A study of image-text relations in the twentieth-century Spanish theater. It examines a series of dramas that express the theatrical tension between images and verbal language through their interrogation of the visual arts.

Nickelodeon City

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pittsburgh at the Movies, 1905-1929

By Michael Aronson

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University of Pittsburgh Press

The South Korean Film Renaissance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs

By Jinhee Choi

£23.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University Press of New England

Over the years, Korean cinema has proven to be commercially viable in the domestic and regional markets while also appealing to cinephiles on the international festival circuit. This title examines how the Korean film industry turned an economic crisis into a cinematic renaissance in the face of globalization.

The South Korean Film Renaissance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs

By Jinhee Choi

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback University Press of New England

Movable Pillars

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Organizing Dance, 1956-1978

By Katja Kolico

£22.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University Press of New England

Traces the development of dance as scholarly inquiry, and describes the social-political factors that facilitated a surge of interest in dance research in the period following World War II.

Stance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ideas About Emotion, Style, and Meaning for the Study of Expressive Culture

By Harris M. Berger

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University Press of New England

How we find and make meaning through music and performance? Why does music move us? How do the immediate situation and larger social contexts influence the meanings that people find in stories, rituals, or films? This title presents a study that challenges conventional thinking about cultural experience.

Stance

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ideas About Emotion, Style, and Meaning for the Study of Expressive Culture

By Harris M. Berger

£57.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback University Press of New England

Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento

By Maitland McDonagh

£14.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University of Minnesota Press

Cinema at the Periphery

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Dina Iordanova, David Martin-Jones, Belen Vidal

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Wayne State University Press

Highlights the industries, markets, identities, and histories that distinguish cinema beyond the traditional hubs of mainstream Western cinema. This title not only includes geographic case studies of small national cinemas located at the global margins, like New Zealand and Scotland, but also of filmmaking that comes from peripheral cultures.

Virgin Territory

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Representing Sexual Inexperience in Film

By Tamar Jeffers McDonald

£23.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Wayne State University Press

A critical investigation of how virginity is represented in film. It considers virginity as it is produced and marketed in film. With chapters that span a range of periods, genres, and performances, it intends to prove that although it seems like an obvious quality at first glance, virginity in film is anything but simple.

Hollywood on the Hudson

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff

By Richard Koszarski

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Rutgers University Press

Whose Lives are They Anyway?

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre

By Dennis Bingham

£26.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Rutgers University Press

The biopic presents a profound paradox - its own conventions and historical stages of development, disintegration, investigation, parody, and revival have not gained respect in the world of film studies. This title proves a critical point: the biopic is a genuine, dynamic genre and an important one.

Whose Lives are They Anyway?

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre

By Dennis Bingham

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Rutgers University Press

Claude Rains

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An Actor's Voice

By David J. Skal

£16.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback The University Press of Kentucky

Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains 'was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself'. This biography includes more than thirty hours of Rains interviews.

Ballet Pedagogy

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Art of Teaching

By Rory Foster

£22.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback University Press of Florida

There are many different methods for teaching classical ballet - Bournonville, Vaganova, Cecchetti, and Royal Academy of Dancing being the most widely known. This title argues that it is not enough for a ballet teacher to be well trained in technique, but that he or she must also know how to utilize pedagogical skills.

On Technique

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Dean Speer

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback University Press of Florida

Provides a look into the careers and teaching philosophies of eighteen of the world's most respected ballet masters, principals, and artistic directors. This title features such artists as Peter Boal (artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet) and Bene Arnold (first ballet mistress of the San Francisco Ballet).

Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Verite in America

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By P.J. O'Connell

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Unsettling Sights

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Fourth World on Film

By Corinn Columpar

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Examines the politics of representing aboriginality. This title discusses the cinematic construction and transnational circulation of aboriginality. It analyzes how indigeneity is represented in cinema. It also explores contextual issues in filmmaking such as funding, personnel, modes of production, and means of distribution.

Ghost Light

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy

By Michael Mark Chemers

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

What, exactly, is dramaturgy, and what does a dramaturg do? This title answers these questions. It describes what dramaturgs do, presents the history of dramaturgy, and summarizes the critical theories needed to analyze and understand dramatic texts. It is suitable for theater practitioners.

Joseph Holloway's Abbey Theatre

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Selection from His Unpublished Journal "Impressions of a Dublin Playgoer"

By Joseph Holloway

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Reality Radio

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Telling True Stories in Sound

By John Biewen, Alexa Dilworth

£18.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback The University of North Carolina Press

Over the years, the radio documentary has developed into a strikingly vibrant form of creative expression. This title includes nineteen essays in which documentary makers tell - and demonstrate, through stories and transcripts - how they make radio the way they do, and why.

Reality Radio

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Telling True Stories in Sound

By John Biewen, Alexa Dilworth

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of North Carolina Press

American Zombie Gothic

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

By Kyle William Bishop

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in "The New World" and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. This book provides an analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the 21st century.

Serials and Series

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A World Filmography, 1912-1956

By Buck Rainey

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Includes 471 serials and 100 series from the United States and 136 serials and 37 series from other countries. This book includes title, country of origin, year, studio, number of episodes, running time or number of reels, episode titles, cast, production credits, and a plot synopsis.

The Films of the Nineties

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-length English

By Robert A. Nowlan, Gwendolyn L. Nowlan

£78.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

The 1990s saw numerous actors break onto the scene in the movie industry and achieve great fame, while others received only little, if any, recognition. From "Abilene" to "Zooman", this title presents over 3,000 feature-length English language films released between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999.

Vitaphone Films

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts

By Roy Liebman

£45.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Vitaphone, a subsidiary of Warner Bros formed in association with Western Electric, was one of the major producers of talkies, even though its sound-on-disc technology barely lasted four years. This book presents a catalogue of Vitaphone features and shorts.

Anna May Wong

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work

By Philip Leibfried, Chei Mi Lane

£28.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles in 1905 to a traditional family that did not support her ambition, is the only Asian-American actress to have achieved stardom during Hollywood's Golden Age. This book covers Anna May Wong's career through detailed filmographic entries.

A Critical History of Television's "The Red Skelton Show", 1951-1971

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Wesley Hyatt

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Examines and interprets the historical evidence about fugitive slaves and the Underground Railroad in Kentucky, the southernmost sections of the free states bordering Kentucky along the Ohio River, and, to a lesser extent, the slave states to the immediate south.

The Films of George Roy Hill

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrew Horton

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

As late as 1976, George Roy Hill was the first and only director to have two films on the all-time top ten box office hits: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting". This book begins with a discussion of the way Hill's films often make their most important statements on the subtextual level.

Cinema Arthuriana

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Twenty Essays

By Kevin J. Harty

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes of the legends. This title presents 20 essays on the topic of the recurring presence of the legend of King Arthur in film and television from 1904 to 2001.

The Tango in the United States

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History

By Carlos G. Groppa

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Chronicles the history of the tango in the United States, from its antecedents in Argentina, Paris and London to the present day. This work covers the dancers, musicians, and composers who were promoting it, and the tango's influence on American music.

The Japanese Filmography

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in

By Stuart Galbraith

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Treats a near-century's worth of Japanese films released in the United States in theaters or on video and the important actors, directors, producers and technical personnel involved in them.

The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Annette M. D'Agostino

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Harold Lloyd, born in 1893, became one of the greatest comic actors in America. This title includes entries on noteworthy persons, recurring themes, crucial elements of Lloyd's life, his prime co-stars and co-workers, the films that made him a legend, and other topics covering different facets of the man and the actor.

Zasu Pitts

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Career

By Charles Stumpf

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Most often remembered for her graceful hand gestures, expressive eyes, and body language on the silent screen, ZaSu Pitts was much more than a run-of-the-mill actress. This study of both her private life off-screen and her public persona details how the multi-talented actress become one of filmdom's favorite comediennes and character players.

Features from the Black Lagoon

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Film, Its Sequels, the Spinoffs and the Memorabilia

By D. DeAngelo

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback McFarland & Co Inc

A guide to the Creature (aka the Gill Man), covering his inception, his movies, and his legacy. It includes chapters that cover sea creatures in mythology and history, the making of "Creature from the Black Lagoon", the film's debut, sequels "Revenge of the Creature" and "The Creature Walks Among Us", and spin-offs and rip-offs.

Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Critical Analyses of 29 Plays

By Rick Roemer

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Presents an overview of Charles Ludlam's (1943-1987) life, explores the theatrical underpinnings of his work and goes on to cover the entire Ludlam canon. This book includes examinations of such plays as "Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde", "Bluebeard", "Galas and Stage Blood".

Westerns and the Trail of Tradition

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Year-by-year History, 1929-1962

By Barrie Hanfling

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Beginning with 1929 and the advent of talkies ("In Old Arizona") this book discusses the cultural and industry trends, the directors, producers, studios and especially the stars, and looks at the ways in which their personalities (and financial ups and downs) affected the way westerns were shot.

Sound Films, 1927-1939

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A United States Filmography

By Alan G. Fetrow

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Contains 5,418 listings of feature-length films produced in the US from the beginning of the 'talkies' era in 1927 through 1939. This title supplies production credits, year of production and release, genre, plot synopsis, cast and technical crew, running time, debuts and career finales, and varying critical reactions to the films and their stars.

King Baggot

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Biography and Filmography of the First King of the Movies

By Sally A. Dumaux

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

King Baggot began making films for Carl Laemmle in 1909 and was a major star from 1910 to 1916. Baggot then gained renown as a director in the 1920s and as a character actor in the 1930s and 1940s, but perhaps most notably, he was the first publicized leading man in America. This work is a biography and filmography of the early film pioneer.

Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio's Most Durable Detective

By Jim Cox

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

That 'kindly old investigator', "Mr Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons", sought missing and murdered individuals longer than any other fictional detective ever heard or seen on the air. With 1690 nationwide broadcasts, Mr Keen was the most resilient private detective in a namesake role. This book presents a portrait of the beloved character.

A/V A - Z

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard W. Kroon

£160.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback McFarland & Co Inc

Defining more than 10,000 words and phrases from everyday slang to technical terms and concepts, this dictionary of the audiovisual language embraces more than 50 subject areas within film, television, and home entertainment. It features usage notes that provide further guidance where terms might be confused or are commonly misused.

The Italian Puppet Theater

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History

By John McCormick, Alfonso Cipolla, Alessandro Napoli

£41.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Traces the history of Italian puppetry from its evolution in the 16th century. This work covers: the golden ages of marionettes, glove puppets, fantoccini, pupi, and other forms; descriptions of episodic, dramatic performances known as rappresentanti figurati; and, studies of two marionette companies, Turin's Lupi and Catania's Fratelli Napoli.

The Movieland Directory

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Nearly 30,000 Addresses of Celebrity Homes, Film Locations and Historical

£78.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

The Los Angeles area feels almost alive with movie history. It is impossible to walk down any neighborhood block that didn't play host to movie history on some level. Based on historical documents, census records, movie studio and institutional archives, and personal writings, this title compiles the Hollywood address listing.

Radio Crime Fighters

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

By Jim Cox

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter that was tinged with almost any form of wrongdoing. This work covers over 300 syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century.

Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Filmography and History

By Michael S. Shull

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Investigates how the American motion picture industry portrayed the interrelationships between labor radicals, exploitative capitalists, socialist idealists and Bolsheviks during 1909 and 1929. This book presents a comprehensive filmography of the 436 silent films that are organized into the three eras: 1909-1917, 1918-1920, and 1921-1929.

Epic Television Miniseries

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Critical History

By John De Vito, Frank Tropea

£37.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Traces the historical development, evolution, decline, and surprising rebirth of the epic miniseries. This title covers such topics as the role of HBO and other cable networks in reviving the miniseries genre and, the powerful influence of foreign miniseries on American productions, among others.

The Great Radio Soap Operas

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jim Cox

£33.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Contains histories of 31 of network radio's durable soap operas on the air between 1930 and 1960. This work includes for each series the drama's theme and story line, a focus on the major characters, and a listing of producers, directors, writers, announcers, casts, sponsors, ratings, and broadcast dates, times and networks for the various series.

The Off Broadway Musical, 1910-2007

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Cast, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of 1,800 Shows

By Dan Dietz

£243.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback McFarland & Co Inc

Despite an often unfair reputation as being less popular, less successful, or less refined than their bona-fide Broadway counterparts, Off Broadway musicals deserve their share of critical acclaim and study. This book discusses over 1,800 Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, showcase, and workshop musical productions.

Black Entertainers in African American Newspaper Articles (v. 2)

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An Annotated Bibliography of the Pittsburgh Courier and the California

By Charlene B. Regester

£160.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

For the first half of the 20th century, the best coverage of blacks in entertainment was in the newspapers published and circulated by the African American community. This bibliography offers access to entertainment coverage in two more of the most influential black newspapers during that time: the "Pittsburgh Courier" and the "California Eagle".

Cutting Performances

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Collage Events, Feminist Artists, and the American Avant-Garde

By James M. Harding

£49.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Focuses on the critical role that women artists have played in the evolution of the American avant-garde. Drawing upon broadly conceptualized notions of collage aesthetics and performance art, this work may appeal to those interested in the cultural history of the avant-garde and the role that feminist experimental artists have played in it.

Illusive Utopia

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Theater, Film, and Everyday Performance in North Korea

By Suk Young Kim

£53.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Explores how North Korean state-sponsored propaganda performances - including public spectacles, theater, film, and other visual media including posters - shape everyday practice in a country where the performing arts are not only a means of entertainment but also a forceful institution used to regulate, educate, and mobilize people.

Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Rituals and Remembrances

By Mamadou Diouf, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo

£57.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Along with linked modes of religiosity, music and dance have long occupied a central position in the ways in which Atlantic peoples have enacted, made sense of, and responded to their encounters with each other. This collection includes essays that explore the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture.

I Want to be Ready

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom

By Danielle Goldman

£49.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the development of improvised dance in late 20th-century America. This book also offers an understanding of the 'freedom' of improvisational dance. It is suitable for those interested in dance history and criticism, and for interdisciplinary audiences in the fields of American and cultural studies.

I Want to be Ready

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom

By Danielle Goldman

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback The University of Michigan Press

The Theater Will Rock

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig

By Elizabeth L. Wollman

£18.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback The University of Michigan Press

The tumultuous decade of the 1960s in America gave birth to many new ideas and forms of expression, among them the rock musical. This book explores the history of the rock musical, which has since evolved to become one of the most important cultural influences on American musical theater and a major cultural export.

Dance and the Nation

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri Lanka

By Susan A. Reed

£24.95 15 Mar 2010 Multimedia Item University of Wisconsin Press

Focuses on the complexities of aesthetic politics in an exploration of Kandyan dance in Sri Lanka. This book traces the history and consequences of this transition from ritual to stage, situating the dance in relation to postcolonial nationalism and ethnic politics and emphasizing the voices of the hereditary dancers and of women performers.

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

By Helen Solterer

£66.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Pennsylvania State University Press

Ranging from France and Russia to America in the throes of world war and revolution, this book investigates how critics and creative artists made medieval culture a part of their modern world through theatrical role playing. It focuses on two key figures of the Theophilien troupe: founder Gustave Cohen and actor Moussa Abadi.

Theatre Games

14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A New Approach to Drama Training

By Clive Barker

£17.99 14 Mar 2010 Multimedia Item A & C Black Publishers Ltd

Theatre games are a method of training actors that was developed in the 20th century by leading practitioners including the author, who trained actors at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in its heyday. This book combines the author's philosophy and approach to games, describes how to play them and the acting skills which can develop out of them.

Genius of the System

12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era

By Thomas Schatz

£15.50 12 Mar 2010 Paperback University of Minnesota Press

Engaging Cinema

12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Bill Nichols

£24.99 12 Mar 2010 Paperback WW Norton & Co

In what ways do films influence and interact with society? What social forces determine the kinds of movies that get made? How do movies reinforce-and sometimes overturn-social norms? As societies evolve, do the films that were once considered 'great' slip into obscurity? Which ones? Why? This title answers these questions.

Weyward Macbeth

12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Intersections of Race and Performance

By Scott L. Newstok, Ayanna Thompson

£60.00 12 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

The accomplished contributors add significant understanding to the staging and teaching of Macbeth and reflect on the rich history of African Americans struggling to find a voice on the American stage.

So You Want to Go to Drama School?

11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Freeman

£9.99 11 Mar 2010 Paperback Nick Hern Books

A guide that helps students prepare for and improve their chances of getting a place in one of the UK's many drama schools. It sets out the steps that can be taken to ensure that potential acting students present the best possible audition they can when applying to drama school.

The Children of Paul's

11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Story of a Theatre Company, 1553-1608

By Reavley Gair

£14.99 11 Mar 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Professor Gair examines St Paul Cathedral 1553-1608, a commercially successful theatre and the players and playwrights who worked there.

Party Animals

11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Hofler

£9.99 11 Mar 2010 Paperback The Perseus Books Group

Movies and Mental Illness

10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Using Films to Understand Psychopathology

By Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd, Ryan M. Niemiec

£27.90 10 Mar 2010 Paperback Hogrefe & Huber

Features a teaching tool for abnormal psychology classes. Written by experienced clinicians and teachers, who are themselves movie aficionados, this book is suitable for psychology or media studies classes, but also for those interested in the portrayal of mental health issues in movies.

Jerzy Skolimowski

08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Cinema of a Nonconformist

By Ewa Mazierska

£50.00 08 Mar 2010 Hardback Berghahn Books

Jerzy Skolimowski is one of the most original Polish directors and one of only a handful who has gained genuine recognition abroad. This is the first monograph, written in English, to be devoted to his cinema. It covers Skolimowski's career from his early successes in Poland through his emigre films, to his return to Poland.

BTEC Level 2 First Performing Arts Student Book

08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sally Jewers

£19.99 08 Mar 2010 Paperback Pearson Education Limited

*Knowledge section will motivate learners in the units where they traditionally struggle through with inspiring delivery of content. *Skills section provides a practical focus which motivates students who struggle with theory-based work. *Projects sections contains inspiring ideas for group work.

Illustrated Theatre Production Guide

08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By John Holloway

£22.99 08 Mar 2010 Paperback Elsevier Science & Technology

Includes the common and popular theatre production practices, covering issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used on the stage. This book examines theatres and their equipment, tools and materials, and scenery construction, and the principles of electricity and implementation of a lighting design.

Upward Mobility and the Common Good

07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State

By Bruce Robbins

£19.95 07 Mar 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

We think we know what upward mobility stories are about - virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. This book overturns these assumptions and exposes a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon.

Ballet and Opera in the Age of "Giselle"

07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Marian Smith

£19.95 07 Mar 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Focusing on the age of Giselle at the Paris Opera (from the 1830s through the 1840s), this book looks at the structural and thematic relationship between ballet and opera. It argues that an understanding of both the genres - and of nineteenth-century theater-going culture in general - may be gained by examining them within the same framework.

Designing Film

05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Szenenbilder/Production Designs

By Toni Ludi

£26.50 05 Mar 2010 Hardback Bertz + Fischer

The Culture of Kitharoidia

05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Timothy Power

£14.95 05 Mar 2010 Paperback Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies

Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination.

Visions of Struggle in Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean

05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ancient Evenings Through Castle in the Forest

By Flavia Laviosa

£55.00 05 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

In this survey, contributors examine issues of women's rights violations in Mediterranean countries as represented in politically engaged films of the region.

Politics and Violence in Cuban and Argentine Theater

05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Katherine Ford

£55.00 05 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

This book looks at Cuban and Argentine theater of the late 1960s and early 1970s to see how the idea of spectacle as violence was used to comment on and question the social and political violence that was unfolding offstage.

Doing the Right Thing

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Spike Lee Phenomenon

By Jim Pines

£6.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Arcadia Books

Spike Lee is probably the most successful African-American film director in the history of American cinema. He has played a major role in highlighting African-American themes and images in mainstream popular films since the 1980s, successfully merging sensitive and sometimes controversial themes with the demands of Hollywood popular cinema.

Radio Head

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Up and Down the Dial of British Radio

By John Osborne

£7.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Simon & Schuster Ltd

The hilarious and revealing account of the author's month as a Radio Head: listening to a different radio station each day, all day, for thirty days.

Phil Daniels - Class Actor

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Phil Daniels

£12.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Simon & Schuster Ltd

First autobiography by British actor Phil Daniels, known for his role as Jimmy in the cult film Quadrophenia and the voice of Blur's Parklife.

Paul and Me

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with Paul Newman

By A.E. Hotchner

£18.99 04 Mar 2010 Hardback Simon & Schuster Ltd

An intimate account by the bestselling author A.E. Hotchner of his 52-year friendship with Hollywood legend Paul Newman

Phil Daniels - Class Actor

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Phil Daniels

£17.99 04 Mar 2010 Hardback Simon & Schuster Ltd

First autobiography by British actor Phil Daniels, known for his role as Jimmy in the cult film Quadrophenia and the voice of Blur's Parklife.

Standing Out

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Katie Price

£12.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Arrow Books Ltd

Nobody stands out from the crowd quite like Katie Price. Ever since her early modelling shoots, the camera lens has never been off her and even in those early days, it was clear that a star was born. This title talks about how Katie's image has changed as her career in the spotlight has evolved and how what she wears affects her relationships.

Katie and Alex

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Inside Story

By Alison Maloney

£7.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Married on 2nd February 2010, the rollercoaster romance of Katie Price and Alex Reid has been a media sensation from the start. With Alex on top of the world as the winner of "Celebrity Big Brother" - and Katie standing firmly by his side - what does the future hold for the pair when the honeymoon is over? The author discusses the inside story.

Theatrical Nation

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain

By Michael Ragussis

£36.00 04 Mar 2010 Hardback University of Pennsylvania Press

Focusing on such popular figures as the stage Jew, Scot, and Irishman, Michael Ragussis reveals the crucial role the theater played in developing, maintaining, and questioning the ethnic stereotypes through which the identity of the English nation was defined.

Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

My Life in Cult Movies

By Michael Deeley

£9.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Faber and Faber

Offers a look at the true stories behind some of the greatest cult movies such as "The Deer Hunter", "Blade Runner", "The Italian Job", "Don't Look Now", "The Wicker Man" and "The Man Who Fell To Earth".

The Half

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage

By Simon Annand

£20.00 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Faber and Faber

Offering a gallery of actors such as Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Irons, Glenda Jackson, Jude Law, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Martin Sheen, and Ralph Fiennes, this book explores the mystery of the final stage of an actor's journey.

Buster Fleabags

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Rolf Harris

£1.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Transworld Publishers Ltd

Of all the animals who have played such an important part of Rolf Harris' life, he loved Buster Fleabags most. The happiest times of Rolf's boyhood in Western Australia were spent with this bouncy little mongrel with the stuck-up ears and the curly tail. This title presents the story of this very special dog.

'Have You Seen...?'

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films Including Masterpieces, Oddities,

By David Thomson

£17.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

Presents a veteran film writer David Thomson's personal and irreverent take on the 1,000 films he has most loved - and hated - from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities, guilty pleasures to noir treats, horror gems to kitsch disasters.

Contemporary European Theatre Directors

03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Dan Rebellato, Maria M. Delgado

£20.99 03 Mar 2010 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

A guide to a period of theatre forged in the changing Europe of the 1980s and 90s. It discusses key European directors.

Contemporary European Theatre Directors

03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Rebellato Dan

£65.00 03 Mar 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

A guide to a period of theatre forged in the changing Europe of the 1980s and 90s. It discusses key European directors.

Global Chinese Cinema

03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, Julian Stringer

£85.00 03 Mar 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Director Zhang Yimou's film "Hero", released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster, touching on key questions of Chinese culture, nation and politics. This book explores the reasons for the film's popularity with its audiences.

The Big Picture

02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tom Reilly

£12.99 02 Mar 2010 Paperback Old Street Publishing

Strindberg and the Quest for Sacred Theatre

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Theo Malekin

£37.05 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Editions Rodopi B.V.

Kudiyattam Theatre and the Actor's Consciousness.

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Arya Madhavan

£40.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Editions Rodopi B.V.

Dagur Kari's Noi the Albino / Noi Albinoi

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Bjorn Norethfjoreth

£31.50 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Museum Tusculanum Press

Dagur Kari's "Noi the Albino (Noi Albinoi, 2003)" succeeded on the international festival circuit as a film that was both distinctively Icelandic and appealingly universal. Its place within the history of Icelandic cinema highlights the specific problems faced by this small nation. This title examines the film.

Ingmar Bergman's "The Silence"

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screen

By Maaret Koskinen

£24.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Museum Tusculanum Press

Offers an entryway into the cinematic, cultural, and socio-political issues of its time, but remains a classic. This volume addresses issues of censorship and the cinema of small nations, while focusing on the shifting views of Bergman and auteurist film, high art, and popular culture.

Talk the Talk

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Dialogue Workshop for Scriptwriters

By Penny Penniston

£16.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Michael Wiese Productions

Studying British Cinema: 1999-2009

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By John Fitzgerald

£50.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Auteur Publishing

Studying British Cinema: 1999-2009

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By John Fitzgerald

£18.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Auteur Publishing

Postwar

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Films of Daniel Eisenberg

By Raymond Bellour, Nora M. Alter, Tom Gunning, Jeffrey Skoller

£24.95 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Black Dog Publishing Ltd

Romy Schneider Story

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Carolyn McGivern

£8.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Reel Publishing

Determined to tread her own path, Austrian film sensation, Romy Schneider was talented, honest, prickly, loving and ultimately tragic. The star of over 60 movies including the cult, "What's New Pussycat? "Bloodline", "The Assassination of Trotsky", "The Cardinal" and "The Victors", at the height of her fame she ranked alongside Bardot and Loren.

The Knowledge

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Guide to the UK's Film, TV, Commercials and Video Production

£99.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback WLR Media & Entertainment

A New Poetics of Chekhov's Major Plays

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Presence Through Absence

By Harai Golomb

£65.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Sussex Academic Press

This text attempts to map the unique structure and meaning that comprise Chekhov's immensely rich artistic universe. The prime components of his theatrical technique and fictional world are explored to uncover the basic principles governing the Chekhov's universe.

J.R.R. Tolkien

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Books, the Films, the Whole Cultural Phenomenon

By JEREMY MARK ROBINSON

£30.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Crescent Moon Publishing

J.R.R. Tolkien

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pocket Guide

By JEREMY MARK ROBINSON

£15.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Crescent Moon Publishing

The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry (v. 1)

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Katharine Cockin

£100.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children.

Hero (v. 2)

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Amitabh Bachchan to the Khans and Beyond

By Raj Ashok

£12.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Hay House UK Ltd

Focuses on the life and times of the 'star of the millennium', Amitabh Bachchan, and describes his contemporaries such as Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna and also the next generation of heroes, including the Khans, Govinda, Hrithik Roshan and others who have followed.

Hero (v. 1)

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Silent Era to Dilip Kumar

By Raj Ashok

£12.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Hay House UK Ltd

Traces the growth of the indigenous Hindi film hero from the silent era up to Dilip Kumar. This title states that the development of Hindi cinema as a powerful expression of popular culture has been largely centred round the frontal figure of the hero.

Out of the Valley

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Autobiography of a Media Man

By Richard Lewis

£9.95 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Y Lolfa

Autobiography of Welsh television producer-director Richard Lewis.

Men and Masculinities in African Film and Fiction

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Lahoucine Ouzgane, Onookome Okome

£40.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback James Currey

Features essays which provide space for rethinking theory on gender and masculinity focusing on: how only some of the popular theories in masculinity studies in the West hold true in African contexts; how Western and indigenous masculinities react on the continent; and how generation rather than gender often functions as the more potent metaphor.

Men and Masculinities in African Film and Fiction

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Lahoucine Ouzgane, Onookome Okome

£16.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback James Currey

Suspending Disbelief

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Theatre as Context for Sharing

By Roger Grainger

£11.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Sussex Academic Press

Drama and the uses to which we put it represent part of the process of living our lives. It is an aspect of being human which is almost always undervalued. This book sets out to explain what it is that makes drama in all its manifestations - including literature - 'work', and how the engagement with imagination leads to psychological wholeness.

Directory of World Cinema - Japan

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By John Berra

£16.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Intellect Books

From the revered classics of Akira Kurosawa to the modern marvels of Takeshi Kitano, the films that have emerged from Japan represent a national cinema that has gained worldwide admiration and appreciation. This book provides an insight into the cinema of Japan through reviews of significant titles and case studies of leading directors.

Cinema and Landscape

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Film, Nation and Cultural Geography

By Graeme Harper, Jonathan Rayner

£14.95 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Intellect Books

The notion of landscape is a complex one, but it has been central to the art and artistry of the cinema. This book frames up contemporary film landscapes across the world, in an examination and interrogation of screen aesthetics and national ideology, film form and cultural geography, cinematic representation and the human environment.

On Theatre

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Arnold Wesker

£9.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Oberon Books Ltd

Hammer!

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Making Movies Out of Sex and Life

By Barbara Hammer

£28.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Includes texts from the wild days of non-monogamy in the 1970s, the development of a queer aesthetic in the 1980s, and the fight for visibility during the culture wars of the 1990s.

Hammer!

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Making Movies Out of Sex and Life

By Barbara Hammer

£13.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Includes texts from the wild days of non-monogamy in the 1970s, the development of a queer aesthetic in the 1980s, and the fight for visibility during the culture wars of the 1990s.

How to Start Your Own Theater Company

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Reginald Nelson, David Schwimmer

£14.50 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Chicago Review Press

With hands-on advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theatre director, this guide to starting a theatre company imparts essential backstage know-how for would-be playhouse practitioners on different things from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and successfully navigating tricky legal issues.

Writing for the Media: A Total Introduction to Cross-Platform Journalism

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Holmes, Timothy

£43.96 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

How to Structure Your Screenplay Fast

By Marilyn Horowitz

£24.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Horowitz Creative Media, Incorporated

Offers a technique that helps writers structure, write, and rewrite scripts with ease.

The Fall and Rise of the Empire

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History of the Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn 1910 - 2010

By Melanie Warren

£12.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Open Mic History Books

Presents the history of the Thwaites Empire Theatre.

Akira Kurosawa

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Master of Cinema

By Peter Cowie

£40.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Rizzoli International Publications

Federico Fellini

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Films

By Tullio Kezich

£40.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Rizzoli International Publications

Musical Theatre

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A History

By John Kenrick

£16.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Offers a comprehensive history of stage musicals from the earliest accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans, for whom songs were common elements in staging, to Jacques Offenbach in Paris during the 1840s, to Gilbert and Sullivan in the UK, to the rise of music halls and vaudeville traditions in America, and eventually to 'Broadway's Golden Age'.

Points on the Dial

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Golden Age Radio Beyond the Networks

By Alexander Russo

£15.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Duke University Press

An historical examination of the various forces that transformed radio into the locally-based, musically-oriented medium that has dominated the airwaves since the introduction of the television.

Points on the Dial

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Golden Age Radio Beyond the Networks

By Alexander Russo

£62.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Duke University Press

An historical examination of the various forces that transformed radio into the locally-based, musically-oriented medium that has dominated the airwaves since the introduction of the television.

The Cinematic Life of the Gene

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jackie Stacey

£15.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Duke University Press

What might the cinema tell us about how and why the prospect of cloning disturbs our most profound ideas about gender, sexuality, difference, and the body? This book argues that as a cultural technology of imitation, cinema can help us theorize 'the genetic imaginary', the constellation of fantasies that genetic engineering provokes.

The Cinematic Life of the Gene

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jackie Stacey

£62.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Duke University Press

Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Philippe Rege

£190.00 01 Mar 2010 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item Scarecrow Press

300.00

Warren Beatty

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Biskind

£18.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Images for a Generation Doomed

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Films and Career of Gregg Araki

By Kylo-Patrick R. Hart

£34.95 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Lexington Books,U.S.

55.00

Edgar G. Ulmer

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Detour on Poverty Row

By Gary Rhodes

£21.95 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Lexington Books,U.S.

Edgar G. UlmerDetouron Poverty Row examines the full scope of the career of this often overlooked film auteur, with essays exploring individual films, groups of films (such as his important work in film noir), repetitive themes appearing across the spectrum of his work, and a case study of three essays analyzing The Black Cat (1934).

Writing About Dance

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Wendy Oliver

£25.95 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Human Kinetics Publishers

A guide that provides students with instructions for writing about dance in many different contexts. It brings together the many different kinds of writing that can be effectively used in a variety of dance classes from technique to appreciation. It focuses on informal writing such as freewriting, with sample exercises and prompts.

Taking the Long View

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A study of longitudinal documentary

By Richard Kilborn

£14.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Manchester University Press

Making Contemporary Theatre

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

International Rehearsal Processes

By Jen Harvie, Andy Lavender

£50.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Manchester University Press

Reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made. This book offers insights into the innovative methods used by some of the most influential theatre companies, including the UK's Complicite and Forced Entertainment and New York's The Builders Association.

A Philosophy of Cinematic Art

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Berys Gaut

£60.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

A wide-ranging and accessible study of cinema as an art form, discussing traditional photographic films, digital cinema, and videogames.

Understanding Animation

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Wells

£18.99 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

An introduction guide to animation that uses examples such as "The Incredibles", "Belleville Rendez-vous" and "Spirited Away". It is suitable for students or fans of animation.

Understanding Animation

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Wells

£65.00 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Presents an introduction to animation uses examples such as "The Incredibles", "Belleville Rendez-vous" and "Spirited Away". This title is suitable for students or fans of animation.

Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Aronson-Lehavi, Sharon

£41.18 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Perspectives on Theatre

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Luckhurst, Mary

£9.31 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

"Star Wars"

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Frames

By George Lucas

£4000.00 28 Feb 2010 Leather / Fine Binding Insight Editions, Div of Palace Publishing Group, LP

From the first view of the Death Star to a dizzying asteroid field, the six films in George Lucas' "Star Wars" saga are filled with unforgettable images. This exquisite collection of defining moments from the series pays tribute to the extraordinary visions seen in this epic adventure. Each copy of "Star Wars: Frames" contains 1,416 images selected by Lucas from more than a million frames. Displayed in six hardcover 11" x 22" volumes, the images are printed from the original film stock in an exceptionally large format that preserves its full resolution and glorious widescreen aspect ratio. Combining cinematography with bookmaking's highest production values, this remarkable and deeply personal collection is the closest thing to owning the original film stock. It offers matchless insight into Lucas' creative process and boldly illustrates his 30-year vision and passion for the "Star Wars" saga.

Trick 'r Treat

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tales of Mayhem, Mystery and Mischief

By Michael Dougherty

£30.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Insight Editions, Div of Palace Publishing Group, LP

Lewis Gilbert

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Autobiography

By Gilbert Lewis

£19.99 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Reynolds & Hearn Ltd

"Dexter"

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Investigating Cutting Edge Television

By Douglas L. Howard

£12.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback I B Tauris & Co Ltd

Based upon the successful Jeff Lindsay novel "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", Showtime's and FX's "Dexter" show chronicles the grisly exploits of a police blood spatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer (or vice versa). This title offers an investigation of this show's many issues, contexts, and complexities.

Withnail and Us

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Cult Films and Film Cults in British Cinema

By Justin Smith

£16.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback I B Tauris & Co Ltd

Cult has entered the cultural psyche in a profound and pervasive way. There is no corner of popular culture beyond the potential for cult transformation. Indeed, in entering common parlance the term has lost its clandestine mystique. This book charts the journey of cult in culture through an exploration of British cult films and their fans.

The Cult TV Book

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stacey Abbott

£14.95 28 Feb 2010 Paperback I B Tauris & Co Ltd

Cult TV is a very exciting area of contemporary television. This book redefines our understanding of cult TV, with fresh approaches to and case studies on: Cult TV aesthetics, History of cult TV, Cult TV & new media, The 'sub-cultural celebrity', how to write cult TV, Cult TV & the broadcast industry, Music, Innovation, Cult channels, and more.

The Cult TV Book

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Stacey Abbott

£45.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback I B Tauris & Co Ltd

With the phenomenal success of such programmes as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Lost", "Doctor Who" and "Battlestar Galactica", Cult TV is a hugely exciting and discussed area of contemporary television. This title redefines our understanding of cult television within the contemporary TV landscape.

Destination: Moonbase Alpha (space:1999)

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Space: 1999

By Robert E. Wood

£12.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Telos Publishing Ltd

Nikita

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

French Film Guide

By Susan Hayward

£12.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback I B Tauris & Co Ltd

"Nikita" (1990) is the story of a nineteen-year old junkie, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) who is given a second chance in life through being trained to be - and becoming - a skilled assassin for the State. This work examines its reception as a popular film by audiences and critics, and looks at "The Assassin", the Hollywood remake of "Nikita".

Digital Radio in Europe

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Technologies, Industries and Cultures

By Brian O'Neill, Marko Ala-Fossi, Per Jauert, Stephen Lax, Lars Nyre, Helen Shaw

£24.95 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Intellect Books

Presents a review of digital radio research in Europe. This title provides an introduction for the student, researcher and practitioner to the technologies, policies and strategies for digital radio broadcasting in both a European and global context. It describes radio, the oldest form of electronic broadcasting, as the last medium to go digital.

Framing the Nation

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Documentary Film in Interwar France

By Alison J.Murray Levine

£70.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Scholars of French film state that the French made no significant contribution to documentary film prior to the Vichy period. This title refutes this misconception and shows that the French were early and active believers in the uses of documentary film for social change.

How to Set Up the Best Sounding Banjo

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Roger H Siminoff

£9.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Hal Leonard Corporation

This renowned author walks banjo players through masterful techniques to maximize the performance of their instrument. Step-by-step instructions cover: tone chamber fit, tailpiece angle, bridge selection, neck angle and heel fit, head adjustments, air chamber tap-tuning and resonator adjustments, string gauge selection, head selection, and much more. Each chapter provides a detailed background and analysis of the parts to be adjusted and explores the differences between archtop, flattop, tube-and-plate, and one-piece flange banjos. More than 100 photos, illustrations and charts make this technical guide easy to follow. To round out this already unique text, amplifications tips are provided by legendary banjo player extraordinaire Earl Scruggs, considered the father of bluegrass music. 80 pages, 9 inch. x 12 inch.

Antonin Artaud

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tony Gardner

£15.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Antonin Artaud has risen from relative marginality to enjoy an elevated position in the narrative of contemporary theatre. His seminal work as director, playwright and theorist continues to be a reforming force for theatre practitioners.

Antonin Artaud

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tony Gardner

£60.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

MyCommunicationLab with Pearson EText Student Access Code Card for

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Cheryl Hamilton, Bonnie Creel

£28.99 28 Feb 2010 Network Resource Pearson Education (US)

A Short History of the Movies

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Gerald Mast, Bruce F. Kawin

£54.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

Understanding Movies

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Louis D. Giannetti

£48.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

The Enjoyment of Theatre

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jim Patterson, Patti P. Gillespie, Jim Hunter, Kenneth M. Cameron

£34.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

Movie Guide for Legal Studies

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Kent Kauffman

£13.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

History and Film

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Moving Pictures and the Study of the Past

By Maarten Pereboom

£21.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

Sherlock Holmes on Screen

27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Complete Film and TV History

By Alan Barnes

£17.99 27 Feb 2010 Hardback Reynolds & Hearn Ltd

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon

26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tracey Miller-Zarneke

£24.99 26 Feb 2010 Hardback Titan Books Ltd

Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, this title features a story that centres around a Viking teenager, who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life.