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The Argento Syndrome (hardback) (Hardcover): Derek Botelho The Argento Syndrome (hardback) (Hardcover)
Derek Botelho
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Which One Was David? (hardback) (Hardcover): David Frankham Which One Was David? (hardback) (Hardcover)
David Frankham; As told to Jim Hollifield
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reluctant Celebrity - Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Lorraine York Reluctant Celebrity - Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Lorraine York
R2,628 Discovery Miles 26 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity who expresses discomfort with his or her intense condition of social visibility. Bringing together the fields of celebrity studies and what Ann Cvetkovich has called the "affective turn in cultural studies", York studies the mixed affect of reluctance, as it is performed by public figures in the entertainment industries. Setting aside the question of whether these performances are offered "in good faith" or not, York theorizes reluctance as the affective meeting ground of seemingly opposite emotions: disinclination and inclination. The figures under study in this book are John Cusack, Robert De Niro, and Daniel Craig-three white, straight, cis-gendered-male cinematic stars who have persistently and publicly expressed a feeling of reluctance about their celebrity. York examines how the performance of reluctance, which is generally admired in celebrities, builds up cultural prestige that can then be turned to other purposes.

Brought to You By ... (Hardcover): Dan Rapak Brought to You By ... (Hardcover)
Dan Rapak
R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a story covering 37 years in television broadcasting including 29 years at the ABC Television Network. It's a story about the broadcast of major events ranging from The Super Bowl and The Olympics to the accident at Three Mile Island. It's about the efforts to get the broadcast back on the air at The 1989 World Series after The San Francisco Earthquake hit disrupting the coverage. It tells what was involved in getting those unforgettable images of Captain John Testrake being interviewed on the tarmac of Beirut Airport while a terrorist waved his pistol behind the Captain's head during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Learn what went on behind the scenes to bring those events to your home. Learn about the obstacles that had to be overcome; the hard work, the zany antics and the triumphs of the people who worked behind the cameras and microphones to get those broadcasts on the air and bring those images to America and the world.

Henry Brandon - King of the Bogeymen (hardback) (Hardcover): Bill Cassara, Richard S. Greene Henry Brandon - King of the Bogeymen (hardback) (Hardcover)
Bill Cassara, Richard S. Greene; Foreword by Stan Taffel
R1,052 Discovery Miles 10 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Gershwin in Pittsburgh (Hardcover): Gregory Suriano Gershwin in Pittsburgh (Hardcover)
Gregory Suriano
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Alias Smith & Jones - The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men (hardback) (Hardcover): Sandra K Sagala, JoAnne M Bagwell Alias Smith & Jones - The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men (hardback) (Hardcover)
Sandra K Sagala, JoAnne M Bagwell
R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Harold Lloyd - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Annette M. D'Agostino Harold Lloyd - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Annette M. D'Agostino
R2,470 Discovery Miles 24 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the most significant contributors to the early years of the motion picture industry, Harold Lloyd was also a shrewd businessman and became the wealthiest man in Hollywood at the peak of his career. Perhaps more than any other major star of the silent era, his characters mirrored his times and captivated his contemporaries. His experiments with camera placement and motion were vital to the evolution of filmmaking techniques. This book includes a short biography of Lloyd and detailed information about all of his performances. The biography overviews his childhood, his adolescent stage career, his work in silent and talking pictures, his family life, and the work of his major contemporaries. A chapter on his film work includes entries for all of his shorts and features, including cameo roles and newsreels. Other chapters describe Lloyd's radio and television work, sheet music and recordings inspired by his films, and his many awards and honors. An annotated bibliography cites books, magazines, newspapers, oral histories, and interviews. Eleven photographs illustrate his work.

Ann Sheridan - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Margie Schultz Ann Sheridan - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Margie Schultz
R2,492 Discovery Miles 24 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ann Sheridan came to Hollywood in 1933 as a finalist in a beauty contest, a publicity stunt for Paramount's "Search for Beauty." Of the 30 contestants who appeared in the picture and the 6 finalists whom Paramount put under contract, she was the only one to achieve stardom. Her films included "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "They Drive by Night" (1940), "Kings RoW" (1942), and "Come Next Spring" (1956). Through the years, she appeared on stage and on many radio and television programs. As with her film career, her broadcasting work was diverse, including appearances in dramas, comedies, talk shows, variety revues, and game shows. In 1965 she joined the cast of "Another World," thus becoming one of the first movie stars to appear in a soap opera. Her role led to a prime time series, the situation comedy "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" (1966-1967). She died during production.

This reference book chronicles Ann Sheridan's fascinating life and career. The volume begins with a biography that traces her rise to stardom and her many successes in the entertainment world. A chronology then summarizes the most important events in her life. The chapters that follow provide detailed information for her work in films, radio, and television. Entries are provided for each of her performances, with each entry giving cast and credit information, a plot summary, excerpts from reviews, and critical commentary. The book also includes information about recordings of Sheridan's songs, the various awards and honors that she won, and magazine covers on which she appeared. The volume also presents an extensive annotated bibliography of works about Sheridan and lists sources of archival material.

In the Presence of Greatness - My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress (hardback) (Hardcover): Patty Duke, William J Jankowski In the Presence of Greatness - My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress (hardback) (Hardcover)
Patty Duke, William J Jankowski
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Out Of Zion - A Soldier's Dreams, Demons and Destination (Hardcover): George Howard Newton Out Of Zion - A Soldier's Dreams, Demons and Destination (Hardcover)
George Howard Newton
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George Henry Newton had a dream. His dream was to get out of Zion, Nevis. The village was poverty stricken. He ventured abroad and entered the United States. He became a soldier and fought in W.W.II. Fortunately, he escaped the ravages of the battle field. During the post war years, he acquired a career, raised his family, made his mark but became victim of a dependency. He died at age fifty four, but his eldest son did not let his legacy die with him.

Robert Lepage's Scenographic Dramaturgy - The Aesthetic Signature at Work (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Melissa Poll Robert Lepage's Scenographic Dramaturgy - The Aesthetic Signature at Work (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Melissa Poll
R3,373 Discovery Miles 33 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book theorizes auteur Robert Lepage's scenography-based approach to adapting canonical texts. Lepage's technique is defined here as 'scenographic dramaturgy', a process and product that de-privileges dramatic text and relies instead on evocative, visual performance and intercultural collaboration to re-envision extant plays and operas. Following a detailed analysis of Lepage's adaptive process and its place in the continuum of scenic writing and auteur theatre, this book features four case studies charting the role of Lepage's scenographic dramaturgy in re-'writing' extant texts, including Shakespeare's Tempest on Huron-Wendat territory, Stravinsky's Nightingale in a twenty-seven ton pool, and Wagner's Ring cycle via the infamous, sixteen-million-dollar Metropolitan Opera production. The final case study offers the first interrogation of Lepage's twenty-first century 'auto-adaptations' of his own seminal texts, The Dragons' Trilogy and Needles & Opium. Though aimed at academic readers, this book will also appeal to practitioners given its focus on performance-making, adaptation and intercultural collaboration.

Inside Out - A Memoir (Paperback): Demi Moore Inside Out - A Memoir (Paperback)
Demi Moore
R464 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jerry Pam - Memoirs of a Hollywood Publicist (hardback) (Hardcover): Jerry Pam Jerry Pam - Memoirs of a Hollywood Publicist (hardback) (Hardcover)
Jerry Pam; As told to Gareth Owen
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Come on Along & Listen to My Life in Theatre (Hardcover): Martin Markinson Come on Along & Listen to My Life in Theatre (Hardcover)
Martin Markinson
R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Savini - The Biography (Hardcover): Tom Savini Savini - The Biography (Hardcover)
Tom Savini; Contributions by Michael Aloisi
R1,688 Discovery Miles 16 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
John "Buck" O'Neil - The Rookie, the Man, the Legacy 1938 (Hardcover): Phil S. Dixon John "Buck" O'Neil - The Rookie, the Man, the Legacy 1938 (Hardcover)
Phil S. Dixon
R790 Discovery Miles 7 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The summer of 1938 was a pivotal year for baseball and American history. In that same year, John Jordon "Buck" O'Neil, was a rookie first baseman playing his first season in the Negro American League. Born in Carrabelle, Florida, raised in Sarasota and nicknamed Buck, it had taken five years and five different teams before the Kansas City, Monarchs finally signed O'Neil to a contract. Before he could get the starting assignment, though, O'Neil had to dethrone one of the Negro Leagues' hardest hitting first basemen, Eldridge Mayweather. In 1938, a time when African-American hall of fame ballplayers worth millions could be purchased for pennies on the dollar, times were hard and the baseball was tough. Kansas City's Monarchs were a blend of youth and maturity, and one of the best teams in the Negro American League. Oddly, Kansas City, in spite of winning records against every team in the Negro American League, failed to win the first-half or second-half pennant. For the first time ever John "Buck" O'Neil, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe and James "Gabby" Kemp and many others are united together to speak on this celebrated season. With interviews from Monarchs' players Willard "Sonny" Brown, Newt Allen and Byron "Mex" Johnson and many others readers are taken on a road trip around America. Along the way readers, just as the team did in 1938, come in contact with segregation and racism as the book helps everyone to relive the glory days of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Illustrated with over forty historic photographs, John "Buck" O'Neil, the rookie, the man, the lagacy 1938 is a welcome addition to every baseball fans reading list.

Aaaaalllviiinnn! - The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show (hardback) (Hardcover):... Aaaaalllviiinnn! - The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show (hardback) (Hardcover)
Mark Arnold; Foreword by Danny Solazzi
R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
I Am Addict - 12 Step Poetry (Hardcover): Dennis Wright I Am Addict - 12 Step Poetry (Hardcover)
Dennis Wright
R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In here is an offering. An offering designed to enlighten and inspire anyone who is on the less traveled road laid out by the 12 steps of recovery. I say less traveled because the numbers of true recoverees is relatively small in comparison to the numbers of people caught in addictions. This collection has been many, many years in the making. I hope that it may bring some light and maybe a little humor to a relatively dark subject.I have tried not to offend sensitive eyes and pallets but there is some language used in the cramped world of users that works when other language doesn't, and some of it is in this collection. I have refrained from vulgarity however and if you can tolerate some compromise I am sure you will be pleasantly rewarded. If you are new to recovery you may be surprised at some of the things here that you thought no one else had ever thought.It is important to remember that the common thread in addiction is the lie that you are the only one who has ever done the things you are doing. There is only so much dysfunction in the world, and when you have been on the road of recovery for a while it becomes amazingly redundant. Everybody is stunned to find out they are not alone in their weirdness. Stunned and then relieved to find out that there is a way out.The bottom line is that we give up a life of using for a life of service. When you find this and come to terms with serving people who usually don't care, and you serve them anyway, then and only then will you start receiving the rewards that await you.

The Book of Amos - A Novel (Hardcover): Lewis Kornfeld The Book of Amos - A Novel (Hardcover)
Lewis Kornfeld
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Orbit - George Lucas: Rise of an Empire (Hardcover): Brian Smith Orbit - George Lucas: Rise of an Empire (Hardcover)
Brian Smith; Edited by Darren G Davis; John Michael Helmer
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dramaturgy and Performance (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Cathy Turner, Synne Behrndt Dramaturgy and Performance (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Cathy Turner, Synne Behrndt
R2,689 Discovery Miles 26 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Outlining different perspectives, this classic and field-defining text introduces 'dramaturgy' as a critical concept and a practical process in an accessible and engaging style. The revised edition includes a new introduction and afterword which provides insight into contemporary developments and future directions of scholarship.

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (Hardcover): Lana Del Rey Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (Hardcover)
Lana Del Rey
R670 R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Save R78 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Grant Williams (Hardback) (Hardcover): Giancarlo Stampalia Grant Williams (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Giancarlo Stampalia
R989 Discovery Miles 9 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
John Mccormack - A Singer's Life: Memoirs and Career of the Beloved Ten (Hardcover): Paul W.Mcfarlane, Doreen M Worth John Mccormack - A Singer's Life: Memoirs and Career of the Beloved Ten (Hardcover)
Paul W.Mcfarlane, Doreen M Worth
R1,079 Discovery Miles 10 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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