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  • Death Valley Superstars Death Valley Superstars
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    Death Valley Superstars

    “If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle,” Marilyn Monroe once said of fame, an overriding theme in this collection of essays, profiles, and memoir by showbiz survivor Duke Haney. Fame proved faithful, of course, to Monroe, the...
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  • A Band from The Rock A Band from The Rock
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    A Band from The Rock

    The story of a band formed by five young musically inexperienced mates from The Rock, a small NSW regional town in Australia, during the second half of the 1960s pop music revolution. The book charts the band's progression from its first non-paid gig...
    $38.00

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  • Tikki & John Tikki & John
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    Tikki & John

    John Newman's memoir about his entertaining life with theatrical star Tikki Taylor, and the establishment of the first theatre restaurant in Australia. Their careers paralleled the development of Australian theatre and the golden age of musical...
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  • Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz
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    Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz

    Much music was written for the two most important dances of the 18th and 19th centuries, the minuet and the waltz. In Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz, Eric McKee argues that to better understand the musical structures and expressive meanings...
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  • Empty Figure on an Empty Stage Empty Figure on an Empty Stage
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    Empty Figure on an Empty Stage

    Empty Figure on an Empty StageThe Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His GenerationLes EssifAn original and exciting approach to the theatre of the absurd.This study considers the ways playwrights draw meaning from emptiness. With reference to actual...
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  • Straight Lick Straight Lick
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    Straight Lick

    A critical examination of the films of Oscar Micheaux.One of the most original and successful filmmakers of all time, Oscar Micheaux was born into a rural, working-class, African-American family in mid-America in 1884, yet he created an impressive legacy...
    $75.00

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  • The Picture of Abjection The Picture of Abjection
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    The Picture of Abjection

    Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of...
    $71.00

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  • The Moscow State Yiddish Theater The Moscow State Yiddish Theater
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    The Moscow State Yiddish Theater

    Drawing from newly available archives, Jeffrey Veidlinger uses the dramatic story of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, the premiere secular Jewish cultural institution of the Soviet era, to demonstrate how Jewish writers and artists were able to promote...
    $61.00

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  • With a Crooked Stick--The Films of Oscar Micheaux With a Crooked Stick--The Films of Oscar Micheaux
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    With a Crooked Stick--The Films of Oscar Micheaux

    With a "crooked stick," filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) sought to hit a "straight lick" by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or "uplift," for African Americans. A theme in all of his more than 40 feature-length, black-produced,...
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  • The Melodramatic Thread The Melodramatic Thread
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    The Melodramatic Thread

    In France, both political culture and theatrical performances have drawn upon melodrama. This "melodramatic thread" helped weave the country's political life as it moved from monarchy to democracy. By examining the relationship between public ceremonies...
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  • Reading Bataille Now Reading Bataille Now
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    Reading Bataille Now

    Reviled and fetishized, the work of Georges Bataille (1897-1962) has been most often reduced to his outrageous, erotic, and libertine fiction and essays. But increasingly, readers are finding his insights into politics, economics, sexuality, and...
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  • Unsettling Scores Unsettling Scores
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    Unsettling Scores

    Hillman's groundbreaking study enables both serious and casual film students to approach these works with sharpened vision and improved hearing." -Klaus Phillips, Hollins UniversityUnsettling Scores: German Film, Music, and Ideology examines the use of...
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  • Latin American Women Dramatists Latin American Women Dramatists
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    Latin American Women Dramatists

    The book highlights the many possibilities of the innovative work of these dramatists, and this will, it is to be hoped, help the editors to achieve one of their other key goals: productions of the plays in English." -Times Literary SupplementThis...
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  • The Domain-Matrix The Domain-Matrix
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    The Domain-Matrix

    This book demonstrates Case's continued dominance of the field of lesbian performance studies.... Case's dense, rich, and complex work very likely will be a central text for anyone interested in debating the changing theoretical landscape for performance...
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  • West African Popular Theatre West African Popular Theatre
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    West African Popular Theatre

    ... a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature... " -Research in African LiteraturesAnyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." -Leeds African...
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  • Cultures of Vision Cultures of Vision
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    Cultures of Vision

    This is a very strong, thought-provoking [volume]... "-George MarcusAs home photographs shift from the print format to digital technology and as video moves from the television screen to multimedia, it is crucial to develop new strategies of interpreting...
    $71.00

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  • The Waterboys The Waterboys
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    The Waterboys

    Big music, raggle taggle, sonic rock, spiritual visionaries: the music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys has meant many things to different people over the last forty yeatrs. They can rock with the best of them, play folk tunes that bring admiration from...
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  • Union Square Union Square
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    Union Square

    Una grande avvocata, Gloria, incontra per caso un barbone, Gerry, che la salva da una aggressione. Gli offre un té e lo usa come testa di egno per salvare il suo amante che sta per essere eletto Governatore della California ma ha commesso una frode. Ne...
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  • Rainbows and Suicide Rainbows and Suicide
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    Rainbows and Suicide

    All people are burdened with the most important questions of life: regarding their purpose, value, morality or destiny. However, our modern day culture has grown accustomed avoiding these confronting but vital questions, resulting in a regressing...
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  • General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 2015 General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 2015
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    General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 2015

    Covers the present laws, explanation of provisions and effective dates. Attorneys, especially tax attorneys, certified public accountants (CPAs), and students enrolling in law school and MBA programs, plus special libraries and law school libraries may...
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  • Music Street Journal 2009 Music Street Journal 2009
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    Music Street Journal 2009

    This is the book version of the February 2009 (74) issue of Music Street Journal. It includes coverage of the following artists and more:ABC AC/DC Aerosmith Jeff Beck Black Sabbath BostonBread The Cars Disturbed Duran Duran Electric Light Orchestra...
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  • THE INCOMPATIBILITY THEORY THE INCOMPATIBILITY THEORY
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    THE INCOMPATIBILITY THEORY

    Will the system collapse on the date that Alexandros reveals, or is it a big deception that everyone will fall into ? As a reader will you dare to read both books or will you be afraid of being hypnotised by the encrypted text and be subconsciously...
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  • Music Street Journal 2008 Music Street Journal 2008
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    Music Street Journal 2008

    This is the book version of the February 2008 (68) issue of Music Street Journal. It includes coverage of the following artists and more: Annihilator The Beatles Blackmore's Night BucketheadCactus Cocteau Twins Alan DaveyElectric Prunes Electric...
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  • Music Street Journal 2007 Music Street Journal 2007
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    Music Street Journal 2007

    This is the book version of Music Street Journal's February 2007 (Issue 62) Issue. It includes coverage of the following artists:Age of Nemesis Aisles Amon AmarthJon Anderson Antiquus Al Atkins Jodi Beach TrioBlack Sabbath Circle II Circle Deluge...
    $34.00

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  • Messin' With The Blues Harmonica Crossword Puzzles Messin' With The Blues Harmonica Crossword Puzzles
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    Messin' With The Blues Harmonica Crossword Puzzles

    Writer, podcaster and bassist Aaron Joy presents his series of blues music crossword puzzle books, spinning off from his rock crossword book series. Each book looks at the bands, albums and general history, including famous and indie musicians. Great for...
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  • My Kind of Country My Kind of Country
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    My Kind of Country

    Southern music historian Michael Buffalo Smith presents a series of interviews with some of country music's biggest stars, assembled from his archive of over 15 years of conversations. From Cowboy Jack Clement to Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed to Shooter...
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  • Le Théâtre Français Sous Louis XIV Le Théâtre Français Sous Louis XIV
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    Le Théâtre Français Sous Louis XIV

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...
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  • NEXT TOO HELL NEXT TOO HELL
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    NEXT TOO HELL

    It's a long way from hell to the gold mines in Montana. Especially taking a horse on rail
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  • Mendocino Mendocino
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    Mendocino

    In Mendocino, California, a hippie man in a hippie van spends his years in the company of trees and passersby. MENDOCINO explores the cyclical nature of companionship and the misconception that love thrives without sacrifice.
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  • Christopher Columbus & His Agent Harry Christopher Columbus & His Agent Harry
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    Christopher Columbus & His Agent Harry

    COLUMBUS AND HARRY is modern at the core as well as the surface. How does it do this? By focusing on the part of the story we never hear about - - how C.C. raised money for the trip. Thus, the script becomes a sly take on the age-old Hollywood shuffle -...
    $37.00

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    And ANOTHER Thing...

    And ANOTHER Thing, as the subtitle states, is an eclectic collection of musings, afterthoughts and paternal rantings. It is simply a collection of the authors private thoughts, thoughts that you may have had yourself but never verbalized. And ANOTHER...
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  • De Cantus In Aeschyleis Tragoediis Distributione (1891) De Cantus In Aeschyleis Tragoediis Distributione (1891)
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    De Cantus In Aeschyleis Tragoediis Distributione (1891)

    De Cantus In Aeschyleis Tragoediis Distributione (1891) est opus Fernandi Maury, qui tractat de distributione cantuum in tragoediis Aeschyleis. Auctor agit de ratione et usu cantuum in fabulis Aeschyleis, quae exponuntur et examinantur in hoc opere...
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  • Das Wiener Theaterleben (1890) Das Wiener Theaterleben (1890)
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    Das Wiener Theaterleben (1890)

    Das Buch ""Das Wiener Theaterleben"" von Adam M�����ller-Guttenbrunn aus dem Jahr 1890 bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in das Theaterleben Wiens im sp�����ten 19. Jahrhundert. Der Autor, selbst ein bekannter Schriftsteller und Theaterkritiker,...
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  • Das Wiener Burgtheater (1899) Das Wiener Burgtheater (1899)
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    Das Wiener Burgtheater (1899)

    Das Wiener Burgtheater (1899) ist ein Buch von Rudolph Lothar, das sich mit dem ber�����hmten Theater in Wien auseinandersetzt. Das Buch bietet eine umfassende Beschreibung der Geschichte des Theaters, seiner Architektur und seiner Bedeutung f�����r die...
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  • Das Wesen Der Senta In Richard Wagner's Dichtung Das Wesen Der Senta In Richard Wagner's Dichtung
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    Das Wesen Der Senta In Richard Wagner's Dichtung

    Das Buch ""Das Wesen der Senta in Richard Wagners Dichtung: Der Fliegende Holl�����nder"" von Edmund von Hagen aus dem Jahr 1880 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Figur der Senta in Wagners ber�����hmter Oper. Der Autor analysiert die psychologischen und...
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  • Das Volksschauspiel Vom Doctor Faust (1895) Das Volksschauspiel Vom Doctor Faust (1895)
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    Das Volksschauspiel Vom Doctor Faust (1895)

    Das Volksschauspiel Vom Doctor Faust (1895) von Kralik, Richard ist ein Theaterst�����ck, das auf der ber�����hmten Legende von Faust basiert. Die Geschichte handelt von einem Gelehrten namens Faust, der mit dem Teufel einen Pakt eingeht und im Gegenzug...
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  • Das Theater Des Westens Das Theater Des Westens
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    Das Theater Des Westens

    Das Buch ""Das Theater des Westens: Festschrift und Epilog (1896)"" von Paul Blumenreich ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber das Theater des Westens in Berlin. Es enth�����lt eine Festschrift, die anl�����sslich des 25-j�����hrigen Jubil�����ums des...
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  • Das Stadttheater In Hamburg, 1827-1877 Das Stadttheater In Hamburg, 1827-1877
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    Das Stadttheater In Hamburg, 1827-1877

    Das Buch ""Das Stadttheater in Hamburg, 1827-1877: Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Kulturgeschichte"" von Hermann Uhde aus dem Jahr 1879 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte des Hamburger Stadttheaters in der Zeit von 1827 bis 1877. Der Autor beschreibt die...
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  • Das Theater In Deutschland Das Theater In Deutschland
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    Das Theater In Deutschland

    Das Buch ""Das Theater in Deutschland: Seine geschichtliche Entwicklung und kulturelle Bedeutung bis zur Gegenwart (1894)"" von Carl Heine besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte und Bedeutung des Theaters in Deutschland. Der Autor beschreibt die...
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  • Das Schauspiel Der Deutschen Wanderbuhne Vor Gottsched (1889) Das Schauspiel Der Deutschen Wanderbuhne Vor Gottsched (1889)
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    Das Schauspiel Der Deutschen Wanderbuhne Vor Gottsched (1889)

    Das Buch ""Das Schauspiel Der Deutschen Wanderbuhne Vor Gottsched (1889)"" von Carl Heine ist eine historische Untersuchung �����ber das Theater in Deutschland w�����hrend des 18. Jahrhunderts. Der Autor konzentriert sich auf die Wanderb�����hnen, die zu...
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  • Das Reflexivpronomen Das Reflexivpronomen
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    Das Reflexivpronomen

    Das Buch ""Das Reflexivpronomen: Bei Aischylos, Sophokles Und Euripides"" von Jakob Rappold wurde im Jahr 1873 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Studie �����ber die Verwendung des Reflexivpronomens in den Werken der antiken griechischen...
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