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Harry Potter: Gryffindor Pen and Pencil Set (Set of 2) - Paperback

$21.98

by Insight Editions (Author) Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.1 x 2.3 IN Publication Date: January 31, 2023

Caillou: On Stage - Read with Caillou, Level 3 - Paperback

$3.82

by Rebecca Klevberg Moeller (Adapted by), Eric Sevigny (Illustrator)There's a special event at Caillou's day care. Caillou, Clementine and Leo are getting ready to be in a play There are costumes to put on, lines to memorize and actions to rehearse. When the parents arrive, the curtain goes up and the excited little players take the stage. Based on a popular episode of Caillou, the hit PBS Kids animated series, this beginner book introduces basic reading skills to new readers. Ideal for shar...

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Crew Handbook - Paperback

$28.75

by Chris Farnell (Author)A funny and illuminating guide to life on the U.S.S. Cerritos from Star Trek: Lower Decks, through the eyes of the beloved lower deckers themselves. Join the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos as they seek out new life and travel where people may, or may not, have been before! Based on the hit Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler and all their friends offer advice and insider knowledge to new crewmembers. This hilarious and informative handbook...

Godzilla: The Encyclopedia: Shinji Nishikawa Unravels the Depths of Godzilla - Paperback

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by Nishikawa Shinji (Author)Celebrate Godzilla's 70th anniversary with this illustrated encyclopedia from kaiju designer Shinji Nishikawa. Revisit the most monstrous Godzilla incarnations of the past 70 years in this comprehensive guide. This illustrated book features the many versions of Godzilla and its monstrous foes, from the original 1954 movie to SHIN GODZILLA in 2016, and even the 2021 animation. With in-depth explanations accompanied by illustrations from renowned manga artist and mon...

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by Katharine Holabird (Author), Helen Craig (Illustrator)This classic bestselling Angelina Ballerina picture book about friendship, jealousy, and one big performance is back in a beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition! Angelina Ballerina has a part as a fairy in a grown-up ballet performance, and so does her cousin Henry. They are both so excited, but Angelina's excitement turns to jealousy during rehearsals when Henry becomes the favorite of the cast. Will Angelina and Henry still be friend...

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by Nina Lacour (Author)The award-winning author of We Are Okay and Hold Still returns with another beautifully crafted coming-of-age journey about embracing your past, and finding love when you least expect it; set within the Los Angeles film world. Just out of high school, Emi Price is a talented young set designer already beginning to thrive in the L.A. film scene. But her artistic eye has failed her in one key area: helping her to design a love life that's more than make-believe. Then she ...

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated - Paperback

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by Alison Arngrim (Author)Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is Alison Arngrim's comic memoir of growing up as one of television's most memorable characters--the devious Nellie Oleson on the hit television show Little House on the Prairie. With behind-the-scenes stories from the set, as well as tales from her bohemian upbringing in West Hollywood and her headline-making advocacy work on behalf of HIV awareness and abused children, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is a must for fans of everything Li...

The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques - Paperback

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by Joseph V. Mascelli (Author)With the aid of photographs and diagrams, this text concisely presents concepts and techniques of motion picture camerawork and the allied areas of film-making with which they interact with and impact. Included are discussions on: cinematic time and space; compositional rules; and types of editing. Number of Pages: 251 Dimensions: 0.62 x 11.09 x 8.6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 03, 2005

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by Raina Telgemeier (Author), Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she,...

Teen Boys' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny - Paperback

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by Alisha Gaddis (Author)You wanna be funny for your audition? This book of monologues, written by people who are actually funny for a living, has your back. This incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge monologue book will give the teen actor the extra bang he needs to land the perfect comedic role Teen Boys' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features monologues by writers and comics who have written for and/or performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Last Comic Standing, E ...

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by Quentin Tarantino (Author)Instant New York Times bestsellerThe long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews h...

Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek - Hardcover

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by Nana Visitor (Author)Nana Visitor, Star Trek's Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. Interviews with the stars, writers, producers, and celebrity fans reveal the struggles and triumphs of women both behind and in front of the camera throughout the sixty-year history of Star Trek, and how they have mirrored the experiences of women everywhere. Nana Visitor, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. ...

Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing - Hardcover

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by Deidre Havrelock (Author), Aly McKnight (Illustrator)From Indigenous creative team Deidre Havrelock and Aly McKnight comes a powerful and exuberant story about the heritage, joy, and healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance--a perfect read-aloud picture book. It's a special day--the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there's a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce-steps. But one young girl gets butterflies in her stomach thinki...

Harry Potter: Hedwig Plush Journal - Hardcover

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by Insights (Author) Number of Pages: 184 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.97 x 6.65 IN Publication Date: January 09, 2024

Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation - Hardcover

$33.60

by Studio Ghibli (Created by)A deluxe art book featuring exclusive commentary, sketches, concept art, and paintings detailing the unique architecture in Studio Ghibli's films. Explore the dazzling animated worlds of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and more with Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation! Learn how the visionary animation studio brings its vibrant worlds to life through hundreds of pieces of concept art, sketches, and background paintings t...

The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049 - Revised and Expanded Edition - Hardcover

$52.80

by Tanya Lapointe (Author)The official and definitive companion book to Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 original film. This revised and enhanced edition adds 20 new pages of original content which include the movie's spoiler scenes. In 1982's ground-breaking science-fiction film Blade Runner, the world saw a vision of the future so bold and breath-taking it remains at the forefront of pop culture. Thirty-five years later, many of the world-renowned original cast and crew...

The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping Beauty: Press the Note to Hear Tchaikovsky's Music - Hardcover

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by Jessica Courtney Tickle (Illustrator), Katy Flint (Adapted by)Discover the enchanting world of The Sleeping Beauty in this musical retelling of the ballet--push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's score. Join the King and Queen as they throw a party for their new baby, Princess Aurora. But when a terrible guest arrives and places a curse on princess, the kingdom must find the one special person who can defeat it... As you an...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie - Hardcover

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by Ramin Zahed (Author)Discover the world of the multi-award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning collection of art. Packed with concept art, final designs, and artist commentary plus previously unseen storyboards. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. Spider-Man: Into th...

Philadelphia Chickens: The 21st Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

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by Sandra Boynton (Author), Sandra Boynton (Illustrator), Michael Ford (Contribution by)From the one and only Sandra Boynton comes the tuneful, toe-tapping hardcover Philadelphia Chickens. Celebrating its 21st anniversary, this catchy and quirky musical-in-a-book has been completely redrawn and redesigned for the next generation of readers, singers, and musicians. * Grammy nominated! * #1 New York Times bestseller! * A platinum album with over 1 million copies sold! * Plus a book and CD! Wha...

The Big Day at Miss Tilly's Ballet - Hardcover

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by Tilly Abbe (Author), Callie Lawler (Author)It's finally the day of Penelope's ballet performance! While on her way to the theater, she peersout at the city she loves, San Francisco. Her nerves kick in, and excitement turns intoworry. What if I trip, slip, or mess up my skip? The curtains open, and the piano plays. Will Penelope overcome her fears and take the big stage? Number of Pages: 38 Dimensions: 0.39 x 10.08 x 8.03 IN Publication Date: June 04, 2024

Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy - Hardcover

$152.00

by Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley (Author)The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of the most influential entertainers in twentieth-century America. A master of comic timing and an innovative producer, Benny, with his radio writers, developed a weekly situation comedy to meet radio's endless need for new material, at the same time integrating advertising into the show's humor. Through the character of the vain, cheap everyman, Benny created a f...

Gloria Swanson: Hollywood's First Glamour Queen - Hardcover

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by Stephen Michael Shearer (Author)Gloria Swanson is most remembered today for her role as "Norma Desmond" in Billy Wilder's noir sound classic Sunset Boulevard (1950), but Swanson during her heyday was heralded as filmdom's leading fashion queen, as proclaimed by director Cecil B. DeMille in such silent motion pictures as Male and Female (1919), Why Change Your Husband (1921), and The Affairs of Anatol (1922). Throughout that decade and well into the 1930s, Swanson set fashion standards on a...

The Screen Censorship Companion: Critical Explorations in the Control of Film and Screen Media - Hardcover

$203.68

by Daniel Biltereyst (Author), Ernest Mathijs (Author)Throughout the history of film, censorship has existed everywhere-in all shapes, colours, and dimensions. The act of restricting the free production, circulation, screening, and consumption of movies was never unique to authoritarian regimes. Censorship has had far-reaching implications for filmmakers, distributors, exhibitors, and audiences across generations and across genres, including the self-censorship of audiences disciplined into p...

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by Stephen Mulhall (Author)The first edition of Stephen Mulhall's acclaimed On Film was a study of the four Alien films, and made the highly original and controversial argument that films themselves can philosophise. In its second edition, On Film increased its breadth and vision considerably to encompass films such as the Mission: Impossible series and Steven Spielberg's Minority Report.In this significantly expanded third edition Stephen Mulhall adds new chapters on the Jason Bourne films, ...

Theatre Histories: An Introduction - Paperback

$129.54

by Tobin Nellhaus (Author), Daphne P. Lei (Author), Tamara Underiner (Author)This updated 4th edition of Theatre Histories offers a critical overview of global theatre, drama, and performance, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods, integrating them chronologically or thematically, and showing how they have often interacted.Author BiographyDaphne P. Lei is a Professor of Drama and the Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of Cal...

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by Gary Kuchar (Author)Slings & Arrows, starring Susan Coyne, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, and Mark McKinney as members of the New Burbage Theatre Festival, was heralded by television critics as one of the best shows ever produced and one of the finest depictions of life in classical theatre. Shakespeare scholars, however, have been ambivalent about the series, at times even hostile. In Shakespeare and the World of "Slings & Arrows" Gary Kuchar situates the three-season series in its cul...

When the Lights Go Down: Movie Review as Christian Practice - Paperback

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by Mark D. Eckel (Author)"What movies have you seen lately?" is a question almost everyone asks. "How should we watch movies Christianly?" is a question Dr. Mark Eckel has been asking for thirty years. When the Lights Go Down suggests answers based on story-filled essays, movie reviews, interviews, and questions to ask while watching movies. Now the Christian practice of movie review can begin next time the lights go down "Mark teaches how to critically review film through the lens of bibli...

Fathoming the Deep in English Renaissance Tragedy: Horror, Mystery, and the Oceanic Sublime - Hardcover

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by Laurence Publicover (Author)This book demonstrates how a group of tragedies by Shakespeare and his contemporaries stage the fear and exhilaration generated by encounters with the unknown and the extraordinary. Arguing that the maritime art of fathoming--that is, dropping a lead and line into water to measure its depth--operates as a master-image for these plays, it illustrates how they create sublime horror through intuitions of mysterious more-than-human agencies and of worlds beyond the ...

African American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader - Paperback

$155.20

by Harry Justin Jr. Elam (Editor), David Krasner (Editor)African American Performance and Theater History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two esteemed scholars in black theater, Harry J. Elam, Jr. and David Krasner, and composed of essays from acknowledged authorities in the field, this anthology is organized into four sections representative of the ways black theater, drama, and performance intera...

The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance - Paperback

$86.34

by Kathy A. Perkins (Editor), Sandra L. Richards (Editor), Renée Alexander Craft (Editor)The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance is an outstanding collection of specially written essays that charts the emergence, development, and diversity of African American Theatre and Performance-from the nineteenth-century African Grove Theatre to Afrofuturism. Alongside chapters from scholars are contributions from theatre makers, including producers, theatre managers, choreog...

Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook - Paperback

$47.95

by Peter Parr (Author)Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of examples, exercises and tips from an army of professional animators to help you develop essential sketching, technical drawing and ideation techniques. With interviews and in-depth case studies from some of today's leading animators, including Bill Plympton, Glen Keane, Tori Dav...

Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy - Hardcover

$38.08

by Jay Chandrasekhar (Author)Director, writer, and actor Jay Chandrasekhar tells the hilarious stories behind his films Super Troopers and Super Troopers 2 (out on 4/20/2018 ), the history of his comedy group, Broken Lizard, and everything in between. Jay Chandrasekhar has spent the past two decades writing, directing, and acting in film and TV. With his comedy group, Broken Lizard, he has produced and directed beloved movies such as Super Troopers, Beerfest, and Club Dread. Now, with the up...