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61) Max
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The inspiring story of Max Britsky, who grew up in the slums of New York and became one of the most powerful men in the American movie industry Max tells the story of the rise of Max Britsky, entwined with the film industry's beginnings near the turn of the twentieth century. When he was twelve, Max's father died, leaving him to scrape out a living in Manhattan's Lower East Side slums to provide for his mother and siblings. But Max was a natural entrepreneur,...
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Just imagine if you could be the host to eight unusual visitors? Well, I had the opportunity to be the perfect hostess. My ordeal happened one starry night. Each of the visitors came one by one at a time to share something unique about him/ herself, then exited. Read the book to find out who came to visit.
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From the trolley scene in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's last dance on the silver screen (The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949) to Judy Garland's timeless, tuxedo-clad performance of "Get Happy" (Summer Stock, 1950), Charles Walters staged the iconic musical sequences of Hollywood's golden age. During his career, this Academy Award-nominated director and choreographer showcased the talents of stars such as Gene Kelly, Doris...
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"Ghosts of the Stage: Ten Hauntings at the Theatre" takes readers on a spine-tingling journey through the haunted history of theaters. From phantom performers to spectral audiences, this captivating book explores the ghostly encounters and supernatural phenomena that have plagued these hallowed stages. With a blend of historical research, eyewitness accounts, and theatrical lore, it unveils the chilling tales that linger in the limelight.
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More of the Pulitzer Prize—winning film critic's most scathing reviews.
A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length collects more than 200 of his reviews from 2006 to 2012 in which he gave movies two stars or fewer. Known for his fair-minded and well-written film reviews, Roger is at his razor-sharp humorous best when skewering bad movies. Consider this opener for the one-star Your Highness:
"Your Highness is a juvenile excrescence that feels like...
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Jane Fonda emerged from a heartbreaking Hollywood family drama to become a ’60s onscreen ingénue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked it all, speaking out against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi. One of Hollywood’s most committed feminists, she financed her husband Tom Hayden’s political career in the ’80s with a series of exercise videos that sparked a nationwide fitness craze....
67) Bone Carnival
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When her parents accept summer teaching jobs in Rome, talented, troublemaking, twelve-year-old Mia Moretti tags along. Eager to learn more about her surroundings, she drags her new friend, buttoned-up-and straight-laced Grace, out to explore the Italian cityscape. But when they stumble upon a strange street carnival, Mia wins a mysterious prize: a fragment of a bone from an ancient conjuror secured in a velvet pouch and strung on a necklace. Supposedly,...
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The Back to the Future series of films is, in a word, timeless. From the original films to spin-off cartoons, toys and more, generations of fans never seem to get enough of Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and their adventures through the space-time continuum. In this celebration of all things Back to the Future, author Brad Gilmore discusses the films, the fascinating history behind them, and why they mean so much to so many.
Pairing his knowledge with his...
69) Is This Love
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Relive the magic of Bob Marley's most beloved songs in this newest picture book adaptation!
Is this love?
Is this love that I'm feeling?
Bob Marley's music has captured the hearts and souls of families around the world. This sweet adaptation of one of his best loved songs is a heartwarming tale of an older child's love for a younger sibling.
From the moment she sees her baby sister, big sister knows just what she's going to do: love her...
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La Trilogía de los colores, compuesta por películas inspiradas en los ideales de la Ilustración y la bandera francesa (azul, blanca y roja), es con diferencia la obra más reconocida y apreciada de Krzysztof Kieślowski, así como su último testimonio artístico.Más allá de la primera aparición, esconde significados ocultos y correspondencias evidentes con lo ya escenificado en películas anteriores y que será inspiración y comparación para...
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How might cinema make revolution and mobilize the masses? In socialist China, the film exhibition network expanded from fewer than six hundred movie theaters to more than a hundred thousand mobile film projectionist teams. Holding screenings in improvised open-air spaces in rural areas lacking electricity, these roving projectionists brought not only films but also power generators, loudspeakers, slideshows, posters, live performances, and mass ritual...
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Comedian and musician Reggie Watts shares his story of growing up in Montana as a biracial oddball struggling to navigate life, girls, drugs, and his own identity in America’s heartland—and having a blast doing it.
Reggie Watts is weird. But you knew that. Anyone who’s seen his multifaceted, entirely improvised comedy and music shows knows that. Reggie Watts is also from the town of Great Falls, MT.
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Reggie Watts is weird. But you knew that. Anyone who’s seen his multifaceted, entirely improvised comedy and music shows knows that. Reggie Watts is also from the town of Great Falls, MT.
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“The Great Gatsby”, “The Beautiful and Damned”, “Tender Is the Night”, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." These works and more elevated F. Scott Fitzgerald to his place as one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. After struggling to become a screenwriter in Hollywood, Fitzgerald was working on The Last Tycoon when he died of a heart attack in 1940. He was only forty-four years old.
Fitzgerald left behind...
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The true story of the fourth-grade teacher in Dayton, Ohio, who created one of the most influential bands of our times.
Devoted fans have followed Guided by Voices for decades-and critics around the world have lauded the band's brain trust, Robert Pollard, as a once-in-a-generation artist. Pollard has been compared by the New York Times to Mozart, Rossini, and Paul McCartney (in the same sentence) and everyone from P. J. Harvey, Radiohead, R.E.M.,...
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This book asks what is the quality of participation in contemporary art and performance? Has it been damaged by cultural policies which have 'entrepreneurialized' artists, cut arts funding and cultivated corporate philanthropy? Has it been fortified by crowdfunding, pop-ups and craftsmanship? And how can it help us to understand social welfare?
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From the ghetto clubs of South-Central Los Angeles to International fame, William Clarke will go down as one of the greatest and most innovative blues harmonica players of all time. Clarke's life was marked with much adversity and many challenges. From a tough upbringing to the throes of alcoholism, Clarke persevered through determination and hard work to become a brilliant soulful player, vocalist, songwriter, entertainer and producer. He left behind...
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What happens when math nerds, band and theater geeks, goths, sci-fi fanatics, Young Republican debate poindexters, techies, Trekkies, D&D players, wallflowers, bookworms, and RPG players grow up? And what can they tell us about the life of the mind in the contemporary United States? With #GamerGate in the national news, shows like The Big Bang Theory on ever-increasing numbers of screens, and Peter Orzsag and Paul Ryan on magazine covers, it is clear...
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If you love the music of Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, or Smokey Robinson, you will love Berry Gordy's life story. Founder of Motown, Gordy was instrumental in launching the careers of these and many other popular musicians, singers, and songwriters. In this candid autobiography, Gordy gives an authentic personal account of his career from the inception of his label, founded with $800 borrowed from his family to the development...
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Qui m'attend dans la vie ? La musique, c'est Madame Bovary réussie. La cisailleuse endiablée voisine avec les lauriers et les bougainvillées. À mesure que j'écris, le mystère s'épaissit. Le poème s'abreuve de stupeur, se désaltère de voyelles. Qu'est-ce qu'un style ? Une manière d'être seul. Je cherche une arme, un lieu exempté du stable sourire de prostituée, le goût âcre d'une rare sauvagerie. L'histoire est le sous-produit littéraire...
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From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the culture wars
There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past. Modern pundits would have us believe that Americans of a previous generation had tougher skin and seldom complained. But does this argument hold up to scrutiny?...
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