Performing Arts in Entertainment & Nonfiction eBooks

Reality TV for Snobs

Everything You Need to Know About the Shows You're Too Intellectual to Watch

by Ali Barthwell ...

Series series The Outsider's Guides
Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from The Real World to The Traitors.Much like reality itself, reality TV has one main problem: There’s just too much of it. Whether you’re a devoted fan who wants to share your passion, a specialist who doesn’t have time to watch every show, or a skeptic who still wants to understand ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from The Real World to The Traitors.Much like reality itself, reality TV has one main problem: There’s just too much of it. Whether you’re a devoted fan who wants to share your passion, a specialist who doesn’t have time to watch every show, or a skeptic who still wants to understand
... Read more
Tom Stoppard

A Life

by Hermione Lee ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • One of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest playwrights, drawing on a wealth of new materials and on many conversations with him.“An extraordinary record of a vital and evolving artistic life, replete with textured illuminations of the plays and their performances, and shaped by the arc of Stoppard’s exhilarating engagement ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • One of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest playwrights, drawing on a wealth of new materials and on many conversations with him.“An extraordinary record of a vital and evolving artistic life, replete with textured illuminations of the plays and their performances, and shaped by the arc of Stoppard’s exhilarating engagement
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke ...

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.Another practicing magician ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.Another practicing magician
... Read more
Pitch Perfect

The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory

by Mickey Rapkin ...

High notes, high drama, and high jinks collide as elite collegiate a cappella groups compete to be the best in the nationJournalist Mickey Rapkin follows a season in collegiate a cappella, covering the breathtaking displays of vocal talent, the groupies (yes, a cappella singers have groupies), the rock-star partying (and run-ins with the law), and all the bitter rivalries. Along the way are ... Read more

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High notes, high drama, and high jinks collide as elite collegiate a cappella groups compete to be the best in the nationJournalist Mickey Rapkin follows a season in collegiate a cappella, covering the breathtaking displays of vocal talent, the groupies (yes, a cappella singers have groupies), the rock-star partying (and run-ins with the law), and all the bitter rivalries. Along the way are
... Read more
Working on a Song

The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

by Anaïs Mitchell ...

**"Working On A Song is one of the best books about lyric writing for the theater I've read."—Lin-Manuel MirandaAnaïs Mitchell named to TIME's List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World of 2020An illuminating book of lyrics and stories from Hadestown—the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical—from its author, songwriter Anaïs Mitchell with a foreword by Steve Earle**On ... Read more

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**"Working On A Song is one of the best books about lyric writing for the theater I've read."—Lin-Manuel MirandaAnaïs Mitchell named to TIME's List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World of 2020An illuminating book of lyrics and stories from Hadestown—the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical—from its author, songwriter Anaïs Mitchell with a foreword by Steve Earle**On
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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet — a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge — featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers.The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet — a tragedy of family, murder, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet — a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge — featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers.The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet — a tragedy of family, murder,
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The Wildcard Workbook

A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre

by Liz Morgan, Sulu LeoNimm, Katy Rubin ...

The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre is a resource for facilitators of all kinds looking for new ways to bring fun, creativity, and critical thinking into their work! Why Wildcard? Because to be a "Joker" in the Theatre of the Oppressed is to play many different roles and to navigate uncertainty with joy. Written by experienced Jokers from Theatre of the Oppressed ... Read more

$23.99 USD

The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre is a resource for facilitators of all kinds looking for new ways to bring fun, creativity, and critical thinking into their work! Why Wildcard? Because to be a "Joker" in the Theatre of the Oppressed is to play many different roles and to navigate uncertainty with joy. Written by experienced Jokers from Theatre of the Oppressed
... Read more
Meta Story

What Marvel & the Messiah Can Teach Us About Great Storytelling

by Sean Gaffney ...

This fun-to-read, insightful book will enlighten audiences hoping to expand their view of Story, as well as instruct those learning the art of scriptwriting. Designed for anyone of faith who likes movies, TV shows, or theatre, this book explores the hardwired universal patterns in Story and the effect those elements have on our souls.Perfect for:Christian writers who want to combine their faith ... Read more

$23.99 USD

This fun-to-read, insightful book will enlighten audiences hoping to expand their view of Story, as well as instruct those learning the art of scriptwriting. Designed for anyone of faith who likes movies, TV shows, or theatre, this book explores the hardwired universal patterns in Story and the effect those elements have on our souls.Perfect for:Christian writers who want to combine their faith
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Doctor Who: 1,001 Nights in Time and Space

Folktales Rescued from Around the Whoniverse

by Steve Cole, Paul Magrs, Official Doctor Who Licensed ...

Experience Doctor Who's adventures across time and space like never before with this beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales from around the Whoniverse."Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts…"At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel ... Read more

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Experience Doctor Who's adventures across time and space like never before with this beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales from around the Whoniverse."Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts…"At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel
... Read more
Chekhov: The Essential Plays

The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters & The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov ...

Translated by Michael Heim ...

Because Chekhov’s plays convey the universally recognizable, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, frustrations of decent people trying to make sense of their lives, they remain as fresh and vigorous as when they were written a century ago. Gathered here in superb new renderings by one of the most highly regarded translators of our time—versions that have been staged throughout the United States, ... Read more

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Because Chekhov’s plays convey the universally recognizable, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, frustrations of decent people trying to make sense of their lives, they remain as fresh and vigorous as when they were written a century ago. Gathered here in superb new renderings by one of the most highly regarded translators of our time—versions that have been staged throughout the United States,
... Read more
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video

by Peter W. Rea, David K. Irving ...

Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Sixth Edition is the definitive book on producing and directing short films for the serious film student or beginner filmmaker. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both the producer and director and clearly explains how their separate roles must work together to create a successful short film or video. Through ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Sixth Edition is the definitive book on producing and directing short films for the serious film student or beginner filmmaker. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both the producer and director and clearly explains how their separate roles must work together to create a successful short film or video. Through
... Read more
The Swans of Harlem

Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

by Karen Valby ...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our ... Read more

$10.99 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our
... Read more
Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness

by Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey ...

Do Jane Austen novels truly celebrate—or undermine—romance and happy endings?How did Jane Austen become a cultural icon for fairy-tale endings when her own books end in ways that are rushed, ironic, and reluctant to satisfy readers' thirst for romance? In Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, Austen scholar Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey journeys through the iconic novelist's books in the first ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Do Jane Austen novels truly celebrate—or undermine—romance and happy endings?How did Jane Austen become a cultural icon for fairy-tale endings when her own books end in ways that are rushed, ironic, and reluctant to satisfy readers' thirst for romance? In Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, Austen scholar Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey journeys through the iconic novelist's books in the first
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production

The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production

by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany ...

The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.It's been nineteen years since Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger saved the wizarding world, and now they're back on a most extraordinary adventure, joined by a brave new generation that's only just arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While Harry grapples with a past ... Read more

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The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.It's been nineteen years since Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger saved the wizarding world, and now they're back on a most extraordinary adventure, joined by a brave new generation that's only just arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While Harry grapples with a past
... Read more
Lorne

The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

by Susan Morrison ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week
... Read more
The Science of Storytelling

Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

by Will Storr ...

Based on the wildly popular creative writing class, this compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing is a must-have resource.Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling has become an invaluable tool for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.Award-winning writer and acclaimed ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Based on the wildly popular creative writing class, this compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing is a must-have resource.Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling has become an invaluable tool for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.Award-winning writer and acclaimed
... Read more
A Challenge For The Actor

by Uta Hagen ...

"I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune up. If I lose my car keys and I’m frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them I look up at the heavens and hope she’s having a good laugh." - Amanda Peet"I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play ... Read more

$9.99 USD

"I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune up. If I lose my car keys and I’m frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them I look up at the heavens and hope she’s having a good laugh." - Amanda Peet"I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play
... Read more
Anthony Bourdain and Philosophy

Edited by Scott Calef ...

Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in 2018 and is now more popular than ever. He is famous for being brave enough to eat things most Americans would not regard as food, including a whole cobra, raw seal’s eyeballs, and unwashed warthog rectum. His book Kitchen Confidential (2000) was his first best-seller but not his last. Though best known as an authority on food and international travel, ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in 2018 and is now more popular than ever. He is famous for being brave enough to eat things most Americans would not regard as food, including a whole cobra, raw seal’s eyeballs, and unwashed warthog rectum. His book Kitchen Confidential (2000) was his first best-seller but not his last. Though best known as an authority on food and international travel,
... Read more
The Cycle

A Practical Approach to Managing Arts Organizations

by Michael M. Kaiser, Brett E. Egan ...

In the third book of his popular trilogy on creating and sustaining arts organizations, Michael Kaiser reveals the hidden engine that powers consistent success. According to Kaiser, successful arts organizations pursue strong programmatic marketing campaigns that compel people to buy tickets, enroll in classes, and so on—in short, to participate in the organization’s programs. Additionally, they ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In the third book of his popular trilogy on creating and sustaining arts organizations, Michael Kaiser reveals the hidden engine that powers consistent success. According to Kaiser, successful arts organizations pursue strong programmatic marketing campaigns that compel people to buy tickets, enroll in classes, and so on—in short, to participate in the organization’s programs. Additionally, they
... Read more
Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 4

by The Duffer Brothers, Netflix ...

Series series Stranger Things
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Four, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MONSTER (guttural, very deep): Don’t cry, Chrissy. It’s time . . . for your suffering . . . to end . . .Chrissy lets out a blood-curdling scream as —The Monster places its mutated left hand over her face and —INT ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season Four, including an exclusive introduction from the Duffer Brothers.**MONSTER (guttural, very deep): Don’t cry, Chrissy. It’s time . . . for your suffering . . . to end . . .Chrissy lets out a blood-curdling scream as —The Monster places its mutated left hand over her face and —INT
... Read more
Die Hard

by Jon Lewis ...

Series series BFI Film Classics
Upon its release, John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988)was met with immense commercial and critical success; breaking the $100 million mark at the box office in its first run, and resulting in four Academy Award nominations.Jon Lewis's study of the action classicclosely examines the film's novel and script adaptation, highlighting the influential role of producer Joel Silver. He delves into Silver's ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Upon its release, John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988)was met with immense commercial and critical success; breaking the $100 million mark at the box office in its first run, and resulting in four Academy Award nominations.Jon Lewis's study of the action classicclosely examines the film's novel and script adaptation, highlighting the influential role of producer Joel Silver. He delves into Silver's
... Read more
The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

by Saket Soni ...

**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian ... Read more

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**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian
... Read more
Make Noise

A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling

by Eric Nuzum ...

“An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts.”—Ira GlassVeteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career’s worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters “make noise”—to stand out in this fastest of fastest-growing media universes.Nuzum identifies core principles, including what he considers the key to ... Read more

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“An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts.”—Ira GlassVeteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career’s worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters “make noise”—to stand out in this fastest of fastest-growing media universes.Nuzum identifies core principles, including what he considers the key to
... Read more
Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

by Michael Benson ...

The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke—****“a tremendous explication of a tremendous film….Breathtaking” (The Washington Post).Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion ... Read more

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The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke—****“a tremendous explication of a tremendous film….Breathtaking” (The Washington Post).Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion
... Read more

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