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  • An Azorean in Canada An Azorean in Canada
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    An Azorean in Canada

    An Azorean in Canada: A Memoir traces my adventures and misadventures from the moment I was born in 1952, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, to the moment that I emigrate, in December of 1969, and set foot in Toronto, to the present day. It deals with...
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  • The Snyderverse Saga The Snyderverse Saga
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    The Snyderverse Saga

    In the midst of a superhero takeover with groundbreaking films bringing comic books to the big screen on an unprecedented scale, one cinematic saga would forever alter the landscape of superhero movies and Hollywood ...Batman. Superman. Wonder Woman. As...
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  • Observations of an Orchestrated Catastrophe Observations of an Orchestrated Catastrophe
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    Observations of an Orchestrated Catastrophe

    This is the invitation -- a kind of dare, really -- that Jenny Magnus proffers...In these plays, Magnus asks us to meet her intelligence, her wit, the naked soul of her unknowables with our own because, in her work, the question is the quest. Like...
    $39.00

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  • Hidden You Hidden You
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    Hidden You

    2018 Reprint of 1953 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  Mabel Elsworth Todd is considered the founder of what came to be known as 'Ideokinesis', a form of somatic...
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  • Watching Cosmic Time Watching Cosmic Time
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    Watching Cosmic Time

    How do the suspense films of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Carol Reed allow us special insight into the popular mentality of their contemporaries--contemporaries who went to war against the forces of Adolf Hitler? How did midcentury films that...
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  • Edward Viii Edward Viii
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    Edward Viii

    When he is born the eldest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary, Edward, the Prince of Wales, is treated appallingly by his parents. His father ensures Edward is frightened of him, just as he was of his own father, and his mother is cool...
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  • The One Story The One Story
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    The One Story

    We all have favorite films that make us cry, inspire us, and touch our souls in wonderful but inexplicable ways. The majority of these films share a common theme: a single story of hope and love that has been told and retold in a thousand different ways,...
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  • The Best Advice for Actors The Best Advice for Actors
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    The Best Advice for Actors

    The Best Advice For Actors is a compilation of inspiringquotes and power thoughts to help actors learn theircraft and progress on their journey to success.
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  • Great British Films of the 1930s Great British Films of the 1930s
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    Great British Films of the 1930s

    Great British Films of the 1930s, the first in a series of books based on films made by decade, includes complete cast listings, story synopses, directorial credits, running times, and photographs.  A and B pictures alike are included, as well as...
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  • The Shark is Roaring (hardback) - The Story of Jaws The Shark is Roaring (hardback) - The Story of Jaws
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    The Shark is Roaring (hardback) - The Story of Jaws

    THE SHARK IS ROARING:THE STORY OF JAWS: THE REVENGE  Jaws the Revenge is known as the film that killed off the Jaws franchise. But after 35 years, what is the legacy of this much-maligned aquatic horror?  The Shark Is Roaring: The Story of...
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  • Stars In Our Eyes (hardback) Stars In Our Eyes (hardback)
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    Stars In Our Eyes (hardback)

    Acting on InstinctThis is Serena's tribute to a comedic Actress, a woman with a sad childhood who parlayed her sorrow into making the world laugh. A beautiful woman, The Actress was much misunderstood and couldn't escape her Sex Symbol label...
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  • Stars In Our Eyes Stars In Our Eyes
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    Stars In Our Eyes

    Acting on InstinctThis is Serena's tribute to a comedic Actress, a woman with a sad childhood who parlayed her sorrow into making the world laugh. A beautiful woman, The Actress was much misunderstood and couldn't escape her Sex Symbol label...
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  • Touring with Legends (hardback) Touring with Legends (hardback)
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    Touring with Legends (hardback)

    When he was in his mid-twenties, singer/songwriter/guitar player Dennis Blair parlayed a dreary, dead-end rut performing for inattentive bar patrons into a standup comedy career. He took his newly-developed song parodies and comic banter to a late-night...
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  • Touring with Legends Touring with Legends
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    Touring with Legends

    When he was in his mid-twenties, singer/songwriter/guitar player Dennis Blair parlayed a dreary, dead-end rut performing for inattentive bar patrons into a standup comedy career. He took his newly-developed song parodies and comic banter to a late-night...
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  • The Two Great Gildersleeves The Two Great Gildersleeves
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    The Two Great Gildersleeves

    In 1939, when Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve first came to the attention of radio audiences, he was but a neighbor and one of the frequent visitors to the folks at 79 Wistful Vista on the popular Fibber McGee and Molly program.  His verbal sparring...
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  • The Animated Peter Lorre (hardback) The Animated Peter Lorre (hardback)
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    The Animated Peter Lorre (hardback)

    “All that anyone needs to imitate me is two soft-boiled eggs and a bedroom voice.” - Peter LorreIn the 1940s, no movie show was complete without a cartoon, and no cartoon was complete without an established character like Bugs Bunny or a...
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  • The Animated Peter Lorre The Animated Peter Lorre
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    The Animated Peter Lorre

    “All that anyone needs to imitate me is two soft-boiled eggs and a bedroom voice.” - Peter LorreIn the 1940s, no movie show was complete without a cartoon, and no cartoon was complete without an established character like Bugs Bunny or a...
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  • It All Began With A Scream (hardback) It All Began With A Scream (hardback)
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    It All Began With A Scream (hardback)

    In 1996, a movie came along that changed the face of horror films forever. Initial signs indicated Scream being a flop upon its release in theaters, but it quickly became a word-of-mouth phenomenon spawning multiple sequels, a television series, and...
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  • Guiding Royalty Guiding Royalty
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    Guiding Royalty

    Imagine you’re a young movie producer trying to jump from small pictures into the international film market. Imagine a novice German director comes to you with a lousy script and barely enough money to pick up lunch. Now imagine that, for reasons...
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  • Screen Saver Too Screen Saver Too
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    Screen Saver Too

    In his previous exposé, Screen Saver: Private Stories of Public Hollywood (Bear Manor Media, 2016), former movie publicist and film critic Nat Segaloff wrote about what visiting celebrities did when they thought nobody was watching. Here, in...
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  • Christian Dramas/Skits Christian Dramas/Skits
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    Christian Dramas/Skits

    Kenneth is a writer of Christian Dramas/Skits, Inspirational Stories, Poetry and Songs. He is currently traveling the United States with his beautiful wife, Corinna, and their two puppies.When he is not writing, Kenneth enjoys playing golf, sight-seeing,...
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  • After the Applause Stops After the Applause Stops
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    After the Applause Stops

    Who are you when you no longer do what you’ve been doing for years? It is the big question facing anyone who retires. It is something any retiree can relate to, and any retiree could have a story here. However, I’m going to limit my...
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  • Confessions of a Script Doctor Confessions of a Script Doctor
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    Confessions of a Script Doctor

    More than likely, you have always wanted to write a book, screenplay, or stage play. Now you can and base it on your personal life experiences. Let this handbook be your guide into the writing world as a hobby or profession. You will find in this book a...
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  • Lois Weber Lois Weber
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    Lois Weber

    Lois Weber (1879-1939) was one of early Hollywood's most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worker who preached from street corners, Weber began working in the American film industry as an actress around 1908 but quickly...
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  • David Fincher David Fincher
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    David Fincher

    David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. Trouble is, it's hard to be self-effacing when you are the...
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    Good Morning, Olive

    Robert Viagas spent his twenty-four years as managing editor of Playbill gathering original first-hand stories of the ghosts said to haunt theatres around the world from actors, stagehands, and ushers. Some of the ghosts are friendly, some are...
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  • A Handbook of Valuable Activities for Seniors A Handbook of Valuable Activities for Seniors
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    A Handbook of Valuable Activities for Seniors

    This book "A Handbook of Valuable Activities For Seniors" is useful tool for Senior and Adult participants to enrich their lives through a variety of recreational and social activities in an Adult Day Care. This book minimizes the teachers' extra effort...
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  • Nineteenth Century Plays Nineteenth Century Plays
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    Nineteenth Century Plays

    This vintage book contains a collection of notable nineteenth century plays. The purpose of this volume is to assemble a representative selection of the plays which served as acceptable material in that century. The nineteenth century saw the emergence...
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  • Dance Arranging Dance Arranging
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    Dance Arranging

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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  • Saint Genest And Venceslas (1907) Saint Genest And Venceslas (1907)
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    Saint Genest And Venceslas (1907)

    Saint Genest and Venceslas is a play written by Jean Rotrou and first published in 1646. The play tells the story of two saints, Saint Genest and Saint Venceslas, who are both martyred for their faith. Saint Genest is a former actor who converts to...
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  • Teatro Comico (1874) Teatro Comico (1874)
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    Teatro Comico (1874)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • Problems Of The Playwright (1917) Problems Of The Playwright (1917)
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    Problems Of The Playwright (1917)

    Problems Of The Playwright is a book written by Clayton Meeker Hamilton and published in 1917. The book is a comprehensive guide to the art of playwriting and covers a wide range of topics related to the craft. Hamilton draws on his own experience as a...
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  • Short Plays By Representative Authors (1920) Short Plays By Representative Authors (1920)
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    Short Plays By Representative Authors (1920)

    ""Short Plays By Representative Authors"" is a collection of plays compiled by Alice Mary Smith and published in 1920. The book features a selection of short plays by various authors, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Anton Chekhov, among...
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  • Backstage Passes Backstage Passes
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    Backstage Passes

    A backstage, behind the scenes tell all from the backstage manager who experienced it all! From Elvis to Michael Jackson, from circuses to wax museums, a fun must read!
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  • Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture, 1696-1747 Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture, 1696-1747
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    Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture, 1696-1747

    In the first half of the eighteenth century, a new comic plot formula dramatizing the moral reform of a flawed protagonist emerged on the English stage. The comic reform plot was not merely a generic turn towards morality or sentimentality, Aparna...
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  • Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama
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    Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama

    Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama investigates the ways in which work became a subject of inquiry on the early modern stage and the processes by which the drama began to forge new connections between labor and subjectivity in the period. ...
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  • Drama and the Succession to the Crown, 1561-1633 Drama and the Succession to the Crown, 1561-1633
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    Drama and the Succession to the Crown, 1561-1633

    The succession to the throne, Lisa Hopkins argues here, was a burning topic not only in the final years of Elizabeth but well into the 1630s, with continuing questions about how James's two kingdoms might be ruled after his death. Because the issue,...
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  • Easy Crossword Puzzles Weekend Getaway - Volume 1 Easy Crossword Puzzles Weekend Getaway - Volume 1
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    Easy Crossword Puzzles Weekend Getaway - Volume 1

    Are you searching for something to do during your weekend? Look no further! Enjoy hours of crossword puzzle fun with Will Smith's Easy Crossword Puzzles -Weekend Getaway!Science shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and...
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  • Tony Stewart's Lyrics, Poems & Short Stories Tony Stewart's Lyrics, Poems & Short Stories
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    Tony Stewart's Lyrics, Poems & Short Stories

    This is a rare collection of Song lyrics, Poems and Short Stories by Tony Stewart. Note from author: I began writing when I was about fourteen years of age, and have never really stopped. Many of these pieces have been written mainly as a freelance...
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  • 90 Days in L.A. 90 Days in L.A.
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    90 Days in L.A.

    After 15 years as a stage and film actor across the country, Jack Truman moved to Los Angeles. He began doing film work and working a day job as a tour guide for Universal Studios. After becoming a member of the Screen Actor's Guild, Jack decided to...
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  • Capolavori Di Carlo Goldoni Capolavori Di Carlo Goldoni
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    Capolavori Di Carlo Goldoni

    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. Therefore,...
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  • August Wilhelm Schlegel Uber Das Theater Der Franzosen (1898) August Wilhelm Schlegel Uber Das Theater Der Franzosen (1898)
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    August Wilhelm Schlegel Uber Das Theater Der Franzosen (1898)

    Das Buch ""August Wilhelm Schlegel �����ber Das Theater Der Franzosen (1898)"" von Rudolf Schwill ist eine kritische Analyse der Theaterkritiken von August Wilhelm Schlegel, einem bedeutenden deutschen Literaturkritiker und �����bersetzer des 19...
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  • Artisti Espositori Contro Dottor Balanzone Artisti Espositori Contro Dottor Balanzone
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    Artisti Espositori Contro Dottor Balanzone

    Il libro ""Artisti Espositori Contro Dottor Balanzone: Note Oopo L'Uoienza 9 Ottobre 1891 (1891)"" di Giuseppe Barbanti-Brodano ����� una raccolta di note e commenti riguardanti un evento accaduto il 9 ottobre 1891, durante una mostra d'arte a Bologna...
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  • La Africana! Comedia En Tres Actos (1866) La Africana! Comedia En Tres Actos (1866)
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    La Africana! Comedia En Tres Actos (1866)

    ""La Africana"" es una comedia en tres actos escrita por Juan Catalina Rodr������guez en 1866. La historia se desarrolla en la ciudad de Sevilla, Espa�����a, durante el siglo XVII, y cuenta la historia de una mujer africana llamada Zara que es vendida...
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  • Oeuvres De Theatre De M. De Boissy V2 (1766) Oeuvres De Theatre De M. De Boissy V2 (1766)
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    Oeuvres De Theatre De M. De Boissy V2 (1766)

    Oeuvres De Th����������tre De M. De Boissy V2 (1766) est un livre de Louis de Boissy qui comprend une collection de pi�����ces de th����������tre �����crites par l'auteur. Ce livre est le deuxi�����me volume de la s�����rie et a �����t����� publi����� en...
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