The Secret Lives of Color - Kassia St Clair

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever - Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
The Story of Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer
Genre: Film
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: September 9, 2025
Publisher: Gallery Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel . Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band—how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England. Reiner, Guest, McKean, and Shearer provide the backstories to the movie’s famous lines—among them “Hello, Cleveland!,” “None more black,” “You can’t dust for vomit,” and “These go to eleven”—and to such Tap anthems as “Big Bottom” and “Stonehenge.” Featuring never-before-seen photographs, band memorabilia, and personal reminiscences of their enduring creative partnership, A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever will delight Tap-heads of all ages—just as the long-awaited Spinal Tap sequel is hitting theaters. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever also comes with a bonus memoir by Reiner’s directorial alter ego, Marty DiBergi, in which he interviews Tap band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls about their musical journey and their drummers who paid the ultimate sacrifice to the rock gods.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

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
J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
Genre: Theater
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: July 25, 2017
Publisher: Pottermore Publishing
Seller: Pottermore Limited

The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a 'special rehearsal edition' alongside the opening of Jack Thorne's play in London's West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatregoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller. This definitive and final playscript updates the 'special rehearsal edition' with the conclusive and final dialogue from the play, which has subtly changed since its rehearsals, as well as a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and writer Jack Thorne, who share stories and insights about reading playscripts. This edition also includes useful background information including the Potter family tree and a timeline of events from the Wizarding World prior to the beginning of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

How to Win at Chess - Levy Rozman

How to Win at Chess
The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
Levy Rozman
Genre: Games
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: October 24, 2023
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players. Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several steps ahead. Full of Levy Rozman's signature charm and humor that have made him beloved by millions of fans, the first half of this unique guide introduces rising players (0-800 Elo rating) to the four key areas to consider when playing chess—openings, endings, tactics, and strategy—and the second half builds upon these core skills for more experienced players (800-1300 Elo rating). Brimming with practical and easy-to-follow tips for improving your game, How to Win at Chess includes over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations to help you better visualize the board, as well as chapter-specific QR codes for exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s teaching platform. Whether you want to become a recreational chess player or are training to be a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess is the perfect interactive introduction to the world of chess!

Days of Miracle and Wonder - Ashley Kahn

Days of Miracle and Wonder
Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
Ashley Kahn
Genre: Music
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: August 11, 2026
Publisher: Atria Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

"It’s a welcome surprise to read this careful look by a music historian at Graceland , Paul Simon’s 1986 masterpiece: By bringing both its beauty and its uglier aspects into the light, Kahn, far from ruining the album’s strange magic, lets readers appreciate its intricacies and paradoxes all the more." — The New York Times (Editors' Choice) In 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads. His new marriage was failing and his career was in danger of stalling. He was forty-two, navigating a digital age, searching for inspiration in a scene driven by music videos, synthesizers, and drum machines. Driving around that summer, a bootleg cassette of “township jive”—the street music of South Africa—kept him company. Lent to him by a friend, it reminded Simon of the sound and the joy of the early days of rock and roll. He began to invent his own lyrics to the groove, and became drawn to the idea of recording with the musicians on that tape. But South Africa was in the thrall of a racist apartheid system, and with economic and cultural boycotts in place, such an undertaking was risky. He grew determined to find the right conditions to allow for a collaboration. Simon took a fateful trip to Johannesburg in 1985. It would turn out to be the first step on a musical journey that would lead him to New York, Los Angeles, Louisiana, and London, and eventually to the release of Graceland , a critical and commercial triumph, winning multiple Grammys, selling 16 million records, and spawning a five-year, worldwide tour. Days of Miracle and Wonder is the first book to tell the full story of Graceland , offering windows into Simon’s creative process, the technical innovations that brought his songs to life, the people and places that made the album possible, the forces that helped the album achieve mainstream reach, and the controversies that the music raised—and which remain today. It sheds light on a period when America opened its doors to the sounds and styles of Africa and other faraway lands. This is an informed, heartfelt celebration of Simon’s magnum opus, a recording forged in a tense cultural moment, but suffused with hope, change, and a sense of global connection.

50 Movie Nights - Dave Karger

50 Movie Nights
Contemporary Stars on Their Favorite Classic Films
Dave Karger
Genre: Film
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Publisher: Running Press
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Dave Karger, Turner Classic Movies host and film expert, leads compelling and unexpected discussions with stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sterling K. Brown, Tom Ford, Carol Burnett, Anna Kendrick, Ava DuVernay, Don Cheadle, and many more, on their top film recommendations of decades past, comprising a new essential list of must-see viewing for casual moviegoers and cinephiles alike. In 50 Movie Nights , fifty notables in the entertainment world get into insightful, funny, and heartfelt discussions with the author on their favorite films of the twentieth century. Some of their choices might be movies you’ve seen before, like Carol Burnett’s pick, Singin’ in the Rain , or Bryan Cranston’s, High Noon . Others might be discoveries for you, like Viggo Mortensen’s selection, Lonely Are the Brave , or Paul Rudd’s, Withnail & I . The interviews illuminate not only why they love their choice and why they want you to see it, but also reveal a lot about themselves—how the film influenced their career or even changed their life.   The eye-opening selection of titles profiled from the 1930s through the ’90s feature stars ranging from Greta Garbo to Angela Bassett, and Cary Grant to George Clooney. Virtually every film genre is represented—drama, comedy, musical, Western, thriller, biopic, international, adventure, and horror. The classic and contemporary stars and films are all showcased with stunning photography throughout.   Let 50 Movies Nights be your guide to a new and eclectic collection of essential viewing, then inspire you to identify that one movie you love the most—and go tell everyone you know about it.

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio - Carla Jean Whitley

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
How the Swampers Changed American Music
Carla Jean Whitley
Genre: Music
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: January 28, 2019
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

The chronicle of the legendary Alabama studio brings to life decades of rock, blues, and R&B history from The Rolling Stones to The Black Keys.   An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the session musicians known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section—also dubbed "the Swampers." Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid tracks in the original, iconic concrete-block building, including Cher, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and scores of others.   The National Register of Historic Places now recognizes that building, where Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the original version of "Free Bird" and the Rolling Stones wrote "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." By combing through decades of articles and music reviews related to Muscle Shoals Sound, music writer Carla Jean Whitley reconstructs the fascinating history of how the Alabama studio created a sound that reverberates across generations.

Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1 - Nancy Faber & Randall Faber

Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1
Book with Online Audio, Video, and Support
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

Adult Piano Adventures enables the adult beginner to play music for pleasure while developing musical understanding. This comprehensive All-in-One book includes lessons, technique, and theory in a single volume for ease of use. Book 1 presents the fundamentals of music notation, chord playing, and musical form. The redesigned layout improves information hierarchy, putting focus on key concepts and step-by-step learning. Audio and video files may be accessed online-over two hours of instructional videos and accompaniment tracks that inspire rhythmic vitality and artistic expression. Songs include: Amazing Grace * The Can-Can * Catch a Falling Star * Danny Boy * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * The Entertainer * Greensleeves * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * and more]

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Cultural Criticism Through the Ideas, History and Theory of Art
Walter Benjamin
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: September 4, 2018
Publisher: Pantianos Arts
Seller: Maxime Jensens

Walter Benjamin discusses whether art is diminished by the modern culture of mass replication, arriving at the conclusion that the aura or soul of an artwork is indeed removed by duplication. In an essay critical of modern fashion and manufacture, Benjamin decries how the technology and innovation of mass production is affecting the arts. The notion of fine arts is threatened by an absence of scarcity; an affair which diminishes the authenticity and essence of the artist’s work. Though the process of art replication dates back to classical antiquity, only the modern era allows for a mass quantity of prints or mass production of trinkets mirroring a given style. Given that the unique aura of an artist’s work, and the reaction it provokes in those who see it, is diminished, Benjamin posits that artwork is much more political in significance. The style of modern propaganda, of the use of art for the purpose of generating raw emotion or arousing belief, is likely to become more prevalent versus the old-fashioned production of simpler beauty or meaning in a cultural or religious context.

A Screaming Life - Kim Thayil & Adem Tepedelen

A Screaming Life
Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond
Kim Thayil & Adem Tepedelen
Genre: Music
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: June 9, 2026
Publisher: William Morrow
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The memoir by co-founding member of Soundgarden and lead guitarist Kim Thayil about one of the 1990s’ signature rock bands From Soundgarden’s humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle's beer-soaked punk clubs to their revered status today as rock icons, the band’s journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. In A Screaming Life , founding member and guitar god Kim Thayil goes backstage to introduce the band that fearlessly pushed the boundaries of rock, invented a new genre, and amassed fervent fans from every corner of the world. Thayil shares the story of how he and his Soundgarden bandmates—Hiro Yamamoto, Ben Shepherd, Matt Cameron, and Chris Cornell—faced the triumphs and challenges on the road to their historic and influential rise. His storytelling channels the essence of Soundgarden’s era-defining sound—one that’s supercharged with raw creativity and unapologetic lyrics—and explores the ways that Soundgarden was shaped by the diverse backgrounds of its creators: Thayil's Indian heritage and founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto's Japanese background added unique dimensions to the band's identity, influencing not only their music but also their experiences in the industry. For Soundgarden fans and ‘90s alternative rock enthusiasts, A Screaming Life not only gives behind-the-scenes access to one of the most revered bands, but it also demonstrates the power music and its creators have to transform culture.

The Giant Book of Classical Sheet Music - Alfred Music

The Giant Book of Classical Sheet Music
Easy Piano Collection
Alfred Music
Genre: Music
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: November 1, 2013
Publisher: Alfred Music
Seller: Alfred Music

With more than 80 essential masterworks arranged for easy piano, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and enjoyment at the keys. Titles: * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Andaluza No. 5 (Granados) * Anvil Chorus (Verdi) * Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) * Ballade No. 1 (Chopin) * Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) * The Blue Danube (Strauss) * Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach) * Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) * Can-Can (Offenbach) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair de lune (Debussy) * Doretta's Song (Puccini) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * Egmont Overture (Beethoven) * Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * "Emperor" Concerto (Beethoven) * Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin) * Flower Duet (Delibes) * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * The Garland Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) * Habanera (Bizet) * Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) * Hornpipe (Handel) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Intermezzo (Mascagni) * In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (Bizet) * Là ci darem la mano (Mozart) * La donna è mobile (Verdi) * Libiamo, from La Traviata (Verdi) * Mandolin Concerto in C Major (Vivaldi) * Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) * March from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) * March of the Toreadors (Bizet) * Meditation, from Thaïs (Massenet) * "Merry Widow" Waltz (Lehár) * "Military" Polonaise (Chopin) * "Minute" Waltz (Chopin) * The Moldau (Smetana) * "Moonlight" Sonata (Beethoven) * Morning Mood (Grieg) * Musetta's Waltz (Puccini) * "New World" Symphony (Dvořak) * Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 1 (Chopin) * O mio babbino caro (Puccini) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Overture from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) * "Pathétique" Sonata (Beethoven) * Pavane (Fauré) * Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) * Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) * Polovetsian Dance (Borodin) * Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) * Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 (Bach) * Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) * Prince of Denmark's March (Clarke) * Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart) * "Raindrop" Prelude (Chopin) * "Revolutionary" Etude (Chopin) * Rondeau from Suite de symphonies (Mouret) * Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) * Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) * Solace (Joplin) * The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) * Spring, from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) * Ständchen (Schubert) * "Surprise" Symphony (Haydn) * The Swan (Saint-Saëns) * Swan Lake, Act I Finale (Tchaikovsky) * Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) * Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) * Toccata in D Minor (Bach) * Toreador Song (Bizet) * Turkish March (Beethoven) * Un bel dì (Puccini) * "Unfinished" Symphony (Schubert) * Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" (Mozart) * Voi, che sapete (Mozart) * Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) * Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo - Dan Levenson

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo
Dan Levenson
Genre: Music
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: November 5, 2015
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Seller: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo is an ideal book for beginners and banjo players interested in learning the clawhammer style. The book explains the basics of reading tablature, right hand technique, and other elements unique to clawhammer banjo. Included are classic songs such as Little Brown Jug, Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Policeman, and much more. Includes access to online audio.

Hollywood: The Oral History - Jeanine Basinger & Sam Wasson

Hollywood: The Oral History
Jeanine Basinger & Sam Wasson
Genre: Film
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 8, 2022
Publisher: Harper
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh oral history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.  From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique, behind-the-scenes picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood, from the silent era to its present day. Gleaned from nearly three thousand interviews, involving four hundred voices from the industry, Hollywood: The Oral History , lets a reader “listen in” on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera—Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Harold Lloyd—to the biggest behind it—Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the lesser known individuals that shaped what was heard and seen on screen: musicians, costumers, art directors, cinematographers, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists. The result is like a conversation among the gods and goddesses of film: lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate and, for the first time, authentically honest in its portrait of classic Hollywood. It’s the insider’s story.  Legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson, both acclaimed storytellers in their own right, have undertaken the monumental task of digesting these tens of thousands of hours of talk and weaving it into a definitive portrait of workaday Hollywood.    What was it really like to build Hollywood from the ground up? The Golden Age of Hollywood: Discover the real stories behind legendary films and stars, as told by the people who were there—from Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn to Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Capra. The Studio System: Go behind the gates of MGM, Paramount, and Warner Bros. to understand how the Hollywood machine really worked, from the moguls in the executive suite to the artisans on the backlot. Legendary Filmmakers: Go beyond the myths with candid, funny, and insightful stories from hundreds of industry luminaries, including Steven Spielberg, Katharine Hepburn, and Alfred Hitchcock. The Crafts of Filmmaking: Discover the secrets of the costumers, art directors, editors, and cinematographers who shaped what was seen on screen and gave classic films their iconic look.

Ghost Notes - Rikki Rockett, Martin Svensson & Leif Eriksson

Ghost Notes
My Life in Poison
Rikki Rockett, Martin Svensson & Leif Eriksson
Genre: Music
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

From the suburbs of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to the neon glare of Los Angeles, Rikki Rockett’s journey is as raw and relentless as the beat of his drums.

Rock* - Chuck Klosterman

Rock*
A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music
Chuck Klosterman
Genre: Music
Price: $16.99
Expected Publish Date: September 22, 2026
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality in an “ingenious” ( Kirkus Reviews ) work of speculative nonfiction based on a question that has never been considered or (in all likelihood) even asked: What if The Beatles had only developed a cult following while the Velvet Underground emerged as the most popular band in the world? "This twisted, ironic tribute will delight, surprise, and provoke rock fans.” ( Publishers Weekly starred review) The Velvet Underground & Nico was released in the spring of 1967. For decades, the cliche has been that it initially only sold 10,000 copies, though everyone who bought it supposedly started a band. It is the definition of a record whose influence outstrips its mass popularity. But what if the opposite had transpired? What if instead of selling 10,000 copies, it had sold…10 million copies? What if it had sold 100 million copies? What would have happened if the Velvet Underground had inexplicably become the biggest group in the history of popular music, and everything about the rest of the 20th century was merely a footnote to that phenomenon? Whatever answer you imagine is an infinitesimal splinter, at least when compared to Rock* . Chuck Klosterman has generated a fictitious universe where almost everything is different, except for the songs. The songs remain the same—the difference is how they are heard and what they now mean. Lou Reed is a messiah, reversing the monoculture and dictating the outcome of presidential elections. The Beatles disappear, though they never break up. The Rolling Stones collapse while Led Zeppelin goes bankrupt. Punk rock fills stadiums, undermined only by insouciant radicals like Boston and Van Halen. Disco is destroyed. Hip-hop becomes country. The 1980s are defined by disposable pop icons (like G.G. Allin) and Christian revivalists (like Madonna). Lenny Kravitz lets love rule, Oasis collides with a wonderwall, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are somehow blamed on the Strokes. Presented like The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll if written by Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, and Patrick Bateman, Rock* intermixes satiric contrarianism and Spinal Tap -ish absurdity with darker theories about what makes art popular, how success delineates perception, and the inescapable consensus of subjective history. It is not, nor does it claim to be, the greatest book ever written about rock and roll. But it’s probably the last one that ever needs to be written.

Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg - Elaine Sandberg

Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg
How to Play the Game & Win
Elaine Sandberg
Genre: Games
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: January 17, 2012
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Seller: Lightning Source, LLC

Learn the fascinating game of American Mahjong with this expert guide. This affordable best-selling book is one of the only available game strategy guides that is specifically geared toward American Mahjong (Mah Jongg) and follows the official National Mah Jongg League rules. Offering first-time players an easy-to-follow guide to this complex game, A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg includes simple, easy-to-follow instructions and clear diagrams to walk the reader through each step of the game, including how to select a hand, how to play and how to develop winning strategies. A key feature is the color text which clearly shows various hands and tiles. This Mahjong guide includes: Step-by-step instructions for gameplay. Hands-on "Do It" exercises Tips and quizzes for easy learning Mahjong background and history An explanation of tile symbolism Glossary of Mahjong terms A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg is the perfect guide for all skill levels to learn Mahjong—from Mahjong beginners to pros.

Art & Fear - David Bayles & Ted Orland

Art & Fear
Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
David Bayles & Ted Orland
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 1, 2001
Publisher: Image Continuum Press
Seller: Lightning Source, LLC

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purposes making art can be examined in great detail without ever getting entangled in the very remote problems of genius." —-from the Introduction Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. The book's co-authors, David Bayles and Ted Orland, are themselves both working artists, grappling daily with the problems of making art in the real world. Their insights and observations, drawn from personal experience, provide an incisive view into the world of art as it is expeienced by artmakers themselves. This is not your typical self-help book. This is a book written by artists, for artists -— it's about what it feels like when artists sit down at their easel or keyboard, in their studio or performance space, trying to do the work they need to do. First published in 1994, Art & Fear quickly became an underground classic. Word-of-mouth response alone—now enhanced by internet posting—has placed it among the best-selling books on artmaking and creativity nationally. Art & Fear has attracted a remarkably diverse audience, ranging from beginning to accomplished artists in every medium, and including an exceptional concentration among students and teachers. The original Capra Press edition of Art & Fear sold 80,000 copies. An excerpt: Today, more than it was however many years ago, art is hard because you have to keep after it so consistently. On so many different fronts. For so little external reward. Artists become veteran artists only by making peace not just with themselves, but with a huge range of issues. You have to find your work...

I Am Ozzy - Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres

I Am Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres
Genre: Music
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: January 25, 2010
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne shares his unbelievable story for the first time in this tell-all memoir of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. Take what you thought was "rock and roll excess" and double it–you still wouldn't be anywhere near the dizzying life of Ozzy Osbourne. Born into a life so poor that the whole family slept in one room, music was his salvation, and his band Black Sabbath went on to change the musical landscape forever. But along with the rock and roll came the inevitable sex and drugs, and Ozzy soon fell into an epic relationship with booze and chemicals. The stories of Ozzy's days on the road are now those of legend–biting the head off a live bat, the tragic plane crash that took the life of his best friend and writing partner Randy Rhoades–but few know of the real heartbreak he suffered during those days of hard living. In the end, it was the love of his family that saved him. Told for the first time in the rocker’s hilarious and inimitable voice, Ozzy finally comes clean.    

In the Blink of an Eye, 2nd Edition - Walter Murch

In the Blink of an Eye, 2nd Edition
A PerspectIve on Film Editing
Walter Murch
Genre: Film
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: August 1, 2001
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Seller: Silman-James Press Inc.

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated editor Walter Murch’s vivid, multifaceted, thought-provoking essay of film editing.  Starting with what might seem to be the most basic editing question—Why do cuts work?—he treats the reader to a marvelous ‘ride’ through the esthetics and practical concerns of cutting film.  Along the way, he offers his insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and real life; the criteria of a good cut; and the blink of an eye as both an analog to and an emotional cue for the cut.  New to this second edition is Murch’s lengthy meditation on the current state of digital editing.

Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised - Claire Watson Garcia

Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised
15th Anniversary Edition
Claire Watson Garcia
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: July 3, 2018
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

This revised 15th anniversary edition of the bestselling beginning drawing book updates art and text examples to include new student pieces, up-to-date materials, and additional sections on drawing in 3D and travel sketching, along with refreshed and contemporary design. Based on author and art instructor Claire Watson Garcia's successful courses and workshops for beginning and aspiring artists, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner applies a positive, accepting tone to a progressive series of lessons in sketching and rendering. The book's step-by-step methodology and examples of student works from earliest efforts to completed drawings give novices the tools and techniques needed to make competent and eloquent renderings of still lifes, portraits, and more. In this revised edition, Garcia covers such in-demand subject matter as drawing-on-the-go, drawing in three dimensions, and drawing the portrait at a three-quarter view. The reinvigorated art and text ensure that this drawing instruction classic will continue to appeal to new generations of aspiring artists.

The Storyteller - Dave Grohl

The Storyteller
Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl
Genre: Music
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: October 5, 2021
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021 So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.  This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters…the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement. 

Братья Карамазовы - Федор Михайлович Достоевский

Братья Карамазовы
Федор Михайлович Достоевский
Genre: Theater
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: December 15, 2014
Publisher: Alexander BELOV
Seller: Alexander BELOV

«Братья Карамазовы» — последний роман Ф. М. Достоевского, который автор писал два года. Роман был напечатан частями в журнале «Русский вестник». Достоевский задумывал роман как первую часть эпического романа «История Великого грешника». Роман был окончен в ноябре 1880 года. Писатель умер через четыре месяца после публикации. Действие романа происходит в небольшом русском городе Скотопригоньевске (за основу Достоевский взял Старую Руссу). Фёдор Павлович Карамазов, 55-летний прожига, женился на богатой женщине, Аделаиде Ивановне Миусовой, и стал распоряжаться её состоянием. В конечном счёте жена уехала от него в Петербург, оставив отцу совсем малолетнего сына — Дмитрия. Не успев распорядиться своим состоянием, она умерла в Петербурге, и Фёдор Павлович получил возможность распоряжаться всем капиталом покойной. Он благополучно забыл о сыне, предаваясь спекуляциям и оргиям различного рода... Приятного Вам чтения!

GUITAR WISDOM by Tomo Fujita - Tomo Fujita

GUITAR WISDOM by Tomo Fujita
Tomo Fujita
Genre: Music
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: October 20, 2025
Publisher: リットーミュージック
Seller: Impress Communications Corporation

True musicianship begins not with the fingers, but with the ears and the heart. In Guitar Wisdom , Tomo Fujita—renowned guitarist and longtime professor at Berklee College of Music—shares the philosophy and methods that have guided countless students around the world. With clarity and warmth, he shows how to build real musicianship from the ground up, training not only the hands but also the ears, intuition, and spirit. This book will help you: – Hear notes, chords, and rhythms with greater awareness – Develop groove and timing as a natural foundation – Connect scales and triads to expressive playing – Build daily habits that support lifelong growth First published in Japan in 2010, this modern classic has reached its 20th printing. Now available for the first time in English, it brings Fujita’s celebrated approach to a global community of guitarists. Features links to 53 original demonstration videos on YouTube, filmed specifically to accompany this book and connect key lessons to real sound and feel. Accessible yet profound, Guitar Wisdom is more than a method—it is an invitation to play with freedom, confidence, and joy.

How to Tell a Story - The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers & Chenjerai Kumanyika

How to Tell a Story
The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers & Chenjerai Kumanyika
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 26, 2022
Publisher: Crown
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth “From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD Over the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life—including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners—to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted live audiences and listeners of The Moth’s Peabody Award–winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year.   Now, with How to Tell a Story , The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories, like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Padma Lakshmi, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Tig Notaro, Boots Riley, Betty Reid Soskin, John Turturro, and more.   Whether your goal is to make it to the Moth stage, deliver the perfect wedding toast, wow clients at a business dinner, give a moving eulogy, ace a job interview, be a hit at parties, change the world, or simply connect more deeply to those around you, stories are essential. Sharing secrets of The Moth’s time-honed process and using examples from beloved storytellers, a team of Moth directors will show you how to   • mine your memories for your best stories • explore structures that will boost the impact of your story • deliver your stories with confidence • tailor your stories for any occasion   Filled with empowering, easy-to-follow tips for crafting stories that forge lasting bonds with friends, family, and colleagues alike, this book will help you connect authentically with the world around you and unleash the power of story in your life.

How to Win at Chess, Next Level - Levy Rozman

How to Win at Chess, Next Level
The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play
Levy Rozman
Genre: Games
Price: $14.99
Expected Publish Date: October 6, 2026
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

Take your chess game to the next level with this exciting and approachable guide for intermediate players from YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess). Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for midlevel players (1000–1600 Elo rating) teaches you everything you need to know to transform your approach to chess and elevate your gameplay as you face more challenging opponents. How to Win at Chess, Next Level takes a deep dive into the crucial aspects of evolving into an advanced player: pawn play, piece play, tactics, attacking, defending, converting winning positions, endgames, and—most important—how to make a winning plan. Including over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations and exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s online teaching platform, this book is packed with practical advice and strategies. Rozman also shares best practices for how to leverage powerful tools like chess engines, game analysis, chess bots, and training puzzles, to help broaden your knowledge and secure more victories. Whether you’re aiming to defeat your friends or become a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess, Next Level is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the game and elevate your skills!

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1 - Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1
Learn How to Play Piano with Lesson, Theory and Technic
Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco
Genre: Music
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: November 25, 2014
Publisher: Alfred Music
Seller: Alfred Music

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, technic and additional repertoire in a convenient, "all-in-one" format. This comprehensive course adds such features as isometric hand exercises, finger strengthening drills, and written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts. There is a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles. The audio has accompaniments to support the student's playing of the exercises and songs. Titles:  *Alouette *Alpine Melody *Amazing Grace *Au Claire de la Lune *Aunt Rhody *Auld Lang Syne *Aura Lee *The Bandleader *Beautiful Brown Eyes *Blow the Man Down! *Blues for Wynton Marsalis *Brother John *Café Vienna *The Can-Can *Chasing the Blues Away *Chiapanecas *Cockles and Mussels *The Cuckoo *Day is Done *Dueling Harmonics *The Entertainer *A Friend Like You *Go Down, Moses *Good King Wenceslas *Good Morning to You! *Good People *Got Those Blues *Greensleeves *Happy Birthday to You! *Harmonica Rock *Harp Song *Here's a Happy Song! *He's Got the Whole World in His Hands *I'm Gonna Lay My Burden Down *Jericho *Jingle Bells *Joy to the World! *Kum-ba-yah! *Largo (Dvorak) *Lavender's Blue *Lightly Row *Little Brown Jug *Liza Jane *London Bridge *Lone Star Waltz *Love Somebody *Lullaby *The Marine's Hymn *Mary Ann *Merrily We Roll Along *Mexican Hat Dance *Michael, Row the Boat Ashore *Money Can't Buy Everything *My Fifth *Ode to Joy *On Top of Old Smoky *O Sole Mio *Raisins and Almonds *Rock Along *Rockets *Rockin' Intervals *Rock It Away! *Scarborough Fair *Shoo, Fly, Shoo! *Skip to My Lou! *Standing in the Need of Prayer *The Stranger *Tisket, a Tasket *Waltzing Chords *Waltz Time *What Can I Share *When the Saints Go Marching In *Why Am I Blue?

Copenhagen - Michael Frayn

Copenhagen
Michael Frayn
Genre: Theater
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: August 8, 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

TONY AWARD WINNER • An explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. “Endlessly fascinating…. The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year….  An electrifying work of art.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend Niels Bohr. Their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle had revolutionized atomic physics. But now the world had changed and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have vexed historians ever since. In Michael Frayn’s ambitious, fiercely intelligent, and daring new play Heisenberg and Bohr meet once again to discuss the intricacies of physics and to ponder the metaphysical—the very essence of human motivation.

How to Draw Manga: Basics and Beyond! - Manga University, Ryo Katagiri & Hiroyuki Sengoku

How to Draw Manga: Basics and Beyond!
Manga University, Ryo Katagiri & Hiroyuki Sengoku
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: May 24, 2019
Publisher: Japanime Co. Ltd.
Seller: Japanime Y.K.

You want to draw manga, and Manga University will show you how. You'll get VERY good at this. After all, we've been teaching people just like you for over 20 years. "How to Draw Manga: Basics and Beyond!" is the latest in Manga University's lineup of best-selling instructional books. The book features more than 1,000 illustrations drawn by Japanese manga artists whose work has appeared in leading publications, including Shonen Sunday and Young Jump . You will learn how to draw like a professional because your teachers are professionals. We've divided the book into four easy-to-follow chapters that will have you drawing original characters from head to toe in no time at all: Heads First! We begin at the top, with a chapter on how to draw heads. After all, heads are the first thing most people notice, in both art and out in the real world. And in art, just like in the real world, you want to make sure your characters make a vivid first impression ... whether they're completely human, or totally out-of-this-world. Let's Make Faces! The expression the eyes are the window to the soul is particularly true when it comes to manga. You can tell a lot about a character's personality by peering into their eyes. In this chapter, we explain the basics of drawing eyes. But we don't stop there. We also cover noses, mouths, ears, and hair. All About Bodies! Once we've covered faces, we move on to teaching you all all about drawing bodies. We go over the differences between male and female body proportions, count heads to determine the heights of our characters, and learn how to draw hands, arms, feet, and legs. Strike a Pose! Our book's final chapter is all about making a physical statement. We show characters standing tall, sitting down, throwing punches, giving hugs, and more. Because even beautifully drawn characters look boring if they're frozen stiff. The book also includes a section on manga tools. Plus, you'll get to know the artists who contributed to the book through exclusive interviews in which they talk about their favorite manga and anime series, hobbies, how they work, and more!

Interactive Listening - Peter Carney & Brian Felix

Interactive Listening
A New Approach to Music
Peter Carney & Brian Felix
Genre: Music
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: August 16, 2014
Publisher: Interactive Listening
Seller: Peter Carney

From cavemen to Beethoven to Coldplay, explore music in the first truly interactive e-textbook of its kind. Interactive Listening is a multimedia expedition through the history, science, and diverse languages of music.  Every page uses audio, video, 3D instruments, tablet drawing exercises, or instant listening tests to actively engage learners.  With over 120 built in music examples, listen to Tibetan monks, a Dixieland parade, or a Dubstep DJ while you cross 35,000 years of music with sounds from every continent and each chair in the orchestra.   Why has music been written in caves, ships, and cathedrals in every corner of the human odyssey? Interactive Listening was designed by two music professors to test your ears, eyes, and mind, in an experiential search for the truth about what music really is.  Listen like Beethoven. Question like Miles. Learn like the Beatles. Hear yourself.

The Irish Dialect - Paul Meier

The Irish Dialect
Paul Meier
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $29.99
Publish Date: July 12, 2012
Publisher: Paul Meier Dialect Services
Seller: Paul Meier Dialect Services, LC

"The Irish Dialect eBook," richly enhanced with the author’s own recorded instruction, and beautifully illustrated, is one in Paul Meier’s acclaimed accent-instruction series. Two dozen others are also available as Apple Books eBooks. No actor can go far without being cast in a role requiring this dialect, as Ireland’s drama is rich and widely staged, and Irish characters feature prominently in films, particularly period pieces set during the huge wave of Irish emigration. Or for a better bargain, get "Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen," (available at https://books.apple.com/us/book/accents-dialects-for-stage-and-screen/id1181641700), which contains this dialect plus 26 more. Meier is one of the world’s most respected authorities on stage dialects, and is a successful dialect coach for theatre, film and voice-over. His accent and dialect instruction work is hugely popular with actors worldwide; he has coached film stars such as Tobey Maguire, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Caviezel, Simon Baker, Louise Fletcher, and many others. Professor Meier has trained actors at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the North Carolina School of the Arts, and other prestigious conservatories both in his native London, and the United States, where he makes his home. Meier is a leading accent modification or "reduction” specialist too, consulting with Rosetta Stone and Learnship (formerly Global English), and coaching Fortune 500 company executives in both American English and British English. He founded and directs The International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA), the leading online source for accent recordings of real-life speakers. Meier’s system coaches the “signature sounds” of the accent/dialect and gives you fun word drills, sentences, and great audition monologues from plays and films. All sound files are embedded in the eBook. He even gives you access to recordings of native speakers and allows you to follow up with a Zoom session or earn a Paul Meier Certificate of Proficiency. Enjoy browsing the preview copy of this eBook, and then get the most widely used, fun, successful, and easy-to-follow dialect-instruction system on the market today.

Modern Poker Theory - Michael Acevedo

Modern Poker Theory
Building an unbeatable strategy based on GTO principles
Michael Acevedo
Genre: Games
Price: $29.99
Publish Date: August 1, 2019
Publisher: D&B Publishing
Seller: D&B Publishing

Modern Poker Theory is a comprehensive, rigorous guide to the most important aspects of No-Limit Hold’em. It is based around an in-depth examination of what is meant by game theory optimal play (GTO) and how it can be applied at the table. Understanding GTO is fundamental to being able to make accurate poker decisions and being able to exploit players who don’t. Modern Poker Theory uses modern poker tools to develop a systematic approach to the analysis of GTO. It organizes the ideas and concepts in an intuitive manner that is totally focused to practical applications. Next time you are at a table some of the players will have studied Modern Poker Theory and some won’t. The players who have studied Modern Poker Theory will, without doubt, have a better theoretical and practical understanding of No-Limit Hold’em. They will be the favourites in the game. Make sure you are one of them. Michael Acevedo, one of the world’s leading poker theorists, is a game theory expert who is renowned for creating cutting-edge content for the world’s leading players. The production of Modern Poker Theory is the culmination of many thousands of hours of his research work with the most advanced poker software tools available. It is poker theory for the 21st century.

101 Watercolor Secrets - Anna Bucciarelli

101 Watercolor Secrets
Essential Insights and Techniques for Painters
Anna Bucciarelli
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: October 8, 2024
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Seller: Ingram DV LLC

Improve your skills, explore new techniques, and immerse yourself in the joy of watercolor painting! Watercolor painting is a popular and satisfying art form that offers vibrant, luminous results, encourages spontaneity, and rewards creativity. Though it may present challenges for beginners, these are valuable opportunities to enhance your skills and grow as an artist. In 101 Watercolor Secrets , painter, illustrator, and teacher Anna Bucciarelli shares invaluable knowledge from years of experience. This book is packed with insights, techniques, and tips that will enhance your skills, no matter where you are on your watercolor journey. Each topic is accompanied by clear explanations, instructions, and visual examples of Anna’s beautiful work. You’ll learn all about: • Using Watercolor Tools: Gain a deeper understanding of papers, brushes, watercolor mediums, and other essential tools. • Color Mixing: Master hues and color mixing for greenery, skin tones, and beyond. • Building Your Palette: Curate a palette that reflects your unique style and artistic vision. • Mastering Core Techniques: Learn wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, lifting, glazing, underpainting, and more. • Overcoming Common Challenges: Learn how to avoid overpainting, control water flow, achieve crisp edges, and balance tonal values with confidence. • Painting Popular Subjects: Discover the secrets to painting flowers, birds, fur, skin tones, and white subjects like snow. • Crafting Beautiful Compositions: Explore rhythm, movement, color harmony, and other key principles to create intricate and visually stunning watercolor compositions. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned artist,  101 Watercolor Secrets is an indispensable resource that offers practical guidance, artistic inspiration, and a wealth of knowledge to elevate your craft. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Decoding Pigment Labels Chapter 2: Exploring Color Families Chapter 3: Building Your Signature Palette Chapter 4: Tools that Matter  Chapter 5: Essential Techniques Chapter 6: Favorite Subjects Chapter 7: Dealing with Challenges and Common Frustrations Chapter 8: Composition Secrets Chapter 9: My Favorite Tips & Tricks Chapter 10: Unveiling Your Potential: Strategies for Growth in Watercolor Painting

Art on My Mind - bell hooks

Art on My Mind
Visual Politics
bell hooks
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 27, 2025
Publisher: The New Press
Seller: Lightning Source, LLC

The canonical work of cultural criticism by the “profoundly influential critic” (Artnet), in a beautiful thirtieth-anniversary edition, featuring a new foreword by esteemed visual artist Mickalene Thomas “Sharp and persuasive.” — The New York Times Book Review on the original publication of Art on My Mind In Art on My Mind, “one of the country’s most influential feminist thinkers“ (Artforum) offers a tender yet potent suite of writings for a world increasingly concerned with art and identity politics. This collection of bell hooks’s essays, each with art at its center, explores both the obvious and obscure: from ruminations on the fraught representation of Black bodies, to reflections on the creative processes of women artists, to analysis of the use of blood in visual art. bell hooks has been “instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists” (Artnet), with searing essays complemented by conversations with Carrie Mae Weems, Emma Amos, Margo Humphrey, and LaVerne Wells-Bowie. Featuring full-color artwork from giants such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, and Alison Saar, Art on My Mind “examines the way race, sex and class shape who makes art, how it sells and who values it” (The New York Times), while questioning how art can be instrumental for Black liberation. In doing so, hooks urges us to unravel the forces of oppression that colonize our imaginations. With a new foreword from acclaimed contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas, this thirtieth-anniversary edition passes the torch to a new generation of artists, capturing hooks’s simple yet evergreen affirmation: art matters—it is a life force in the struggle for freedom. Art on My Mind is essential reading for anyone looking to find lessons on liberation and creativity in the world of color—the free world of art.

Fahrenheit-182 - Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi

Fahrenheit-182
A Memoir
Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi
Genre: Music
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: April 8, 2025
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.  With sharp humor and raw honesty, Fahrenheit-182 takes readers through Mark's formative years as a latchkey kid in the 1980s, hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV. Along the way, Mark reflects on his lifelong battle with anxiety, his celebrated career with blink-182, and his public fight with cancer, in a voice that’s both relatable and unmistakably his own. Threaded with sharp humor and heartfelt grit, Fahrenheit-182 is more than just a memoir for blink-182 fans. It’s a funny, smart, and deeply human story for anyone who’s struggled, reinvented themselves, wanted to quit but kept going.

Learn Faster, Perform Better - Molly Gebrian

Learn Faster, Perform Better
A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing
Molly Gebrian
Genre: Music
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: July 16, 2024
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Seller: The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press

Practicing is an essential part of every musician's life, but we are rarely taught how to practice in the most effective and efficient way. Many of us find ourselves frustrated when we sound good in the practice room only to embarrass ourselves on stage or in front of our teachers. We feel overwhelmed by the amount of music we have to learn, unsure how to balance everything. Playing from memory can feel terrifying and an insurmountable challenge, and overcoming bad habits can seem impossible at times. Molly Gebrian applies the science of learning and memory to practicing and performing, giving musicians the tools to learn music more effectively and experience greater confidence on stage. Researchers working in the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience have discovered many important principles about how the brain learns new information, retains this information both short- and long-term, and how to make this learning reliable in high-pressure situations like performances. Musicians often choose practice strategies that don't align well with the optimal ways in which the brain learns, leading to frustration while practicing and inconsistency in performance. The author offers a practical guide, using accessible language for non-scientists and non-academics, to help musicians get more out of their practicing by applying this research. Gebrian starts with general principles of learning and how the brain works, and then progresses through increasingly specific topics. Throughout the book, the science behind the various topics is explained in layman's terms, accompanied by practical, actionable advice that can be implemented immediately, to give musicians of all levels better tools while practicing and greater confidence on stage.

Zen and the Art of Poker - Larry Phillips

Zen and the Art of Poker
Timeless Secrets to Transform Your Game
Larry Phillips
Genre: Games
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: November 1, 1999
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

Inside the intriguing world of poker lies a fascinating exercise in strategy and extreme concentration--many of the same principles that underpin the one-thousand-year-old philosophy of Zen spirituality. Zen and the Art of Poker is the first book to apply Zen theories to America's most popular card game, presenting tips that readers can use to enhance their game. Among the more than one hundred rules that comprise this book, readers will learn to: *Make peace with folding *Use inaction as a weapon *Make patience a central pillar of their strategy *Pick their times of confrontation Using a concise and spare style, in the tradition of Zen practices and rituals, Zen and the Art of Poker traces a parallel track connecting the two disciplines by giving comments and inspirational examples from the ancient Zen masters to the poker masters of today.

Disney Adults - AJ Wolfe

Disney Adults
Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture
AJ Wolfe
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: August 5, 2025
Publisher: Gallery Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating and enlightening deep dive into the infamous Disney Adult community from the woman behind the popular website The Disney Food Blog . Disney Adults are grown-ups who derive singular, almost obsessive, joy from all things Disney. They devote countless hours and millions of dollars to Disney offerings, whether or not they have children. They’re avid fans of the films, devotees of the Disney theme parks, collectors of the vast world of Disney merchandise, cosplayers who dress in clothing inspired by Disney characters. Their ranks are so large and their cultural impact so distinct that they have their own moniker and are an economic force unto themselves. They’re often maligned in the larger culture and put on a particularly high pedestal of cringe. But in truth, their obsessive fandom hints at a universal desire for pleasure and joy, for magic and escape. There are darker sides to Disney mania that can’t be ignored, but the ranks of the Disney Adult community are broad, deep, and ever-growing. Disney Adults are a telling microcosm of modern America, highlighting the value we place on magic and escapism, and what we deem to be “acceptable” sources of joy. Disney Adults dives deep into a misunderstood subculture, exploring the lives and experiences of a fascinating community to better understand its devotees’ unwavering passion for all things Disney, why it offends, and why it matters.

Reality TV for Snobs - Ali Barthwell

Reality TV for Snobs
Everything You Need to Know About the Shows You're Too Intellectual to Watch
Ali Barthwell
Genre: TV
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: August 25, 2026
Publisher: Quirk Books
Seller: Andrews McMeel Publishing

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 all the references, you’re going to need a guide. Great news: Reality TV for Snobs offers explanation and analysis of 20 influential shows. Learn about:   • The massive cultural impact of The Bachelor • The ultimate fate of all those top models from America’s Next Top Model • The genesis of that Real Housewives meme you keep seeing • What really happened on the set of Survivor • And many more secrets, facts, and insights! This is the second installment in the Outsider’s Guide series, which offers highly readable crash courses in major cultural phenomena, so you can catch the references and understand the big deal. Join the conversation—or convince your favorite snob to join it with you!

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect - Claudia Hunter Johnson

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect
Claudia Hunter Johnson
Genre: Film
Price: $62.99
Publish Date: May 9, 2025
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Seller: Taylor & Francis Group

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect, Sixth Edition, stands alone among screenwriting books by emphasizing that human connection, though often overlooked, is as essential to writing effective screenplays as conflict. Award-winning writer and director Claudia Hunter Johnson teaches you the all-important basics of dramatic technique and guides you through the challenging craft of writing short screenplays with carefully focused exercises of increasing length and complexity. In completing these exercises and applying Johnson’s techniques and insights to your own work, you will learn how to think more deeply about the screenwriter’s purpose, craft effective patterns of human change, and strengthen your storytelling skills. This 25th Anniversary Edition features 11 short screenplays, including Academy Award winning Barry Jenkins’ ( Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk ) luminous short film, My Josephine (now in the Criterion Collection), and an accompanying companion website that features the completed films and additional screenplay examples. The book has also been updated and expanded to include more excerpts from leading films and TV series as well as collaboration exercises and invaluable guidance about giving and receiving effective feedback. This ground-breaking book will show you how to advance and deepen your screenwriting skills, increasing your ability to write richer, more resonant short screenplays that will connect with your audience. It remains an absolute must have resource for students of screenwriting.

A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennesse Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennesse Williams
Genre: Theater
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: November 5, 2019
Publisher: Delhi Open Books
Seller: Prateek Bihani

Tennesse Williams, one of the 20th century's most superb writers, was also one of its most successful and prolifts. His classic works include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, Camino Real, Sweet Bird of Youth, Night of the Iguanna, Orpheus Descending, and The Rose Tattoo.

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Genre: Theater
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: November 29, 2004
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun." "The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun ," said The New York Times . "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."

Writing Better Lyrics - Pat Pattison

Writing Better Lyrics
Pat Pattison
Genre: Music
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: September 15, 1995
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover:    • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners    • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes    • Ways to use repetition as an asset    • How to successfully manipulate meter    • Instruction for matching lyrics with music    • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles    • Advice for working with a co-writer    • And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.

A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Genre: Theater
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: December 15, 2012
Publisher: New Directions
Seller: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams' essay "The World I Live In." It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that continue to have the same power and impact as when they first appeared—57 years after its Broadway premiere, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire is one of those plays. The story famously recounts how the faded and promiscuous Blanche DuBois is pushed over the edge by her sexy and brutal brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Streetcar launched the careers of Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden, and solidified the position of Tennessee Williams as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation, as well as that of Elia Kazan as the greatest American stage director of the '40s and '50s. Who better than America's elder statesman of the theater, Williams' contemporary Arthur Miller, to write as a witness to the lightning that struck American culture in the form of A Streetcar Named Desire? Miller's rich perspective on Williams' singular style of poetic dialogue, sensitive characters, and dramatic violence makes this a unique and valuable new edition of A Streetcar Named Desire. This definitive new edition will also include Williams' essay "The World I Live In," and a brief chronology of the author's life.

Fretboard Theory - Desi Serna

Fretboard Theory
Complete Guitar Theory Including Scales, Chords, Progressions, Modes, Song Application and More.
Desi Serna
Genre: Music
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: November 1, 2010
Publisher: Desi Serna
Seller: Desi Serna

Do you love sitting at home playing guitar, but find yourself playing the same old things over and over without making much progress? When other musicians invite you to jam, do you worry that you won’t be able to keep up? Are you a veteran guitarist who has played for years, but you’re embarrassed to admit you have no idea what you’re doing? If you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, compose songs like you hear on the radio, and improvise your own music, then you need Fretboard Theory . Fretboard Theory by Desi Serna teaches music theory for guitar including scales, chords, progressions, modes and more. The hands-on approach to theory shows you how music "works" on the guitar fretboard by visualizing shapes and patterns and how they connect to make music. Content includes: * Learn pentatonic and major scale patterns as used to play melodies, riffs, solos, and bass lines * Move beyond basic chords and common barre chords by playing the types of chord inversions and chord voicings used by music's most famous players * Chart guitar chord progressions and play by numbers like the pros * Identify correct scales to play over chords and progressions so you can improvise at will * Create new sounds with music modes and get to know Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian * Add variety to your playing by using intervals such as thirds, fourths, and sixths * Increase your chord vocabulary by using added chord tones and extensions to play chord types such as major 7, minor 7, sus2, sus4, add9, and more * Learn how all the different aspects of music fit together to make a great song * See how theory relates to popular styles of music and familiar songs Fretboard Theory will have you mastering music like a pro easier and faster than you ever thought possible. Plus, it's the ONLY GUITAR THEORY RESOURCE in the world that includes important details to hundreds of popular songs. You learn how to play in the style of pop, rock, acoustic, blues, and more! This guitar instruction is perfect whether you want to jam, compose or just understand the music you play better. The material is suitable for both acoustic and electric guitar, plus it features many references to bass. Level: Recommended for intermediate level players on up. Video Fretboard Theory is also available as a video series that is sold separately on the author's GuitarMusicTheory.com website. Visit the website and sign up for email lessons to sample the footage. Fretboard Theory Volume II When you're ready to take your playing to the next level, get the second book in the series, Fretboard Theory Volume II, which is also available as a 12-hour video series.  

Fences - August Wilson

Fences
August Wilson
Genre: Theater
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: June 1, 1986
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. Troy Maxson is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can, a spirit that is making him a stranger, angry and afraid, in a world he never knew and to a wife and son he understands less and less. This is a modern classic, a book that deals with the impossibly difficult themes of race in America, set during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.  Now an Academy Award-winning film directed by and starring  Denzel Washington , along with Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Viola Davis.

Hard to Handle - Steve Gorman & Steven Hyden

Hard to Handle
The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir
Steve Gorman & Steven Hyden
Genre: Music
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: September 24, 2019
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-scenes biography, from their supernova stardom in the '90s to exhilarating encounters with industry legends. "This book is literally the Angela's Ashes of rock memoirs. .. I absolutely loved this book." -BILL BURR, comedian "I couldn't put the book down-absolutely unbelievable read!" -JOHN MCENROE, New York Times bestselling author of But Seriously and You Cannot Be Serious "I honestly couldn't put [this book] down. Made me nostalgic, sad, and happy too." -CHRIS SHIFLETT, lead guitarist of Foo Fighters "Essential reading for rock fans everywhere." -BRIAN KOPPELMAN, co-creator and showrunner of Billions For more than two decades, The Black Crowes topped the charts, graced the cover of Rolling Stone , and reigned supreme over MTV and radio waves alike with hits like "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," and "Remedy." But as the old cliché goes, stardom can be fleeting, and the group's success slowly dwindled as the band members got caught up in the rock star world and lost sight of their musical ambition. On any given night, they could be the best band you ever saw-or the most combative. Then, one last rift in 2013 proved insurmountable for the band to survive. After that, The Black Crowes would fly no more. Founding member Steve Gorman was there for all of it-the coke- and weed-fueled tours; the tumultuous recording sessions; the incessant fighting between brothers Chris and Rich Robinson; the backstage hangs with legends like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones. As the band's drummer and voice of reason, he tried to keep The Black Crowes together musically and emotionally. In Hard To Handle -the first account of this great American rock band's beginning, middle, and end-Gorman explains just how impossible that job was with great insight, candor, and humor. They don't make bands like The Black Crowes anymore: crazy, brilliant, self-destructive, inspiring, and, ultimately, not built to last. But, man, what a ride it was while it lasted.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey - Harry Potter Theatrical Productions & Jody Revenson

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey
Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production
Harry Potter Theatrical Productions & Jody Revenson
Genre: Theater
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: October 31, 2019
Publisher: Pottermore Publishing
Seller: Pottermore Limited

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one of the most celebrated stage productions of the past decade. Opening in London's West End in 2016, on Broadway in 2018 and in Melbourne 2019 - and with more productions worldwide still to come - the play has smashed records, collected countless rave reviews and awards, and captivated audiences night after night. Now readers are invited behind the scenes to experience the show's journey to the stage - from the earliest stages of development with producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, to the crafting of the eighth Harry Potter story with J.K. Rowling, director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, and to the gathering of an extraordinary team of artists and actors together to bring this new part of Harry's story to life. With stunning photography, insightful interviews and never-before-seen sketches, notes, candid backstage photos and more, this full-colour eBook edition also consists of five videos - including two pieces of theatre makeover time-lapse footage - and offers readers unparalleled access to this unique production. It will be enjoyed by Harry Potter fans and theatre-lovers alike.

Guitar Practice Guide - Gareth Evans

Guitar Practice Guide
including Physiology and Stretching exercises for Guitarists
Gareth Evans
Genre: Music
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: December 13, 2018
Publisher: Intuition Publications
Seller: Bookwire US Inc.

Learn the Most Effective Ways to Practice Guitar Improving on your guitar is as much about being aware of how you practice, as it is how much you practice. This book will show you the most effective ways to practice with advice and methods that can benefit beginner  and intermediate level, while more advanced levels will also find useful insights. All backed up by references to evidence-based information from respected scientific literature. Develop better consistency, concentration, patience, timing, coordination, posture and incorporate variety between your practice sessions. Discover the benefit of taking intermittent small breaks and how this can improve your overall performance, as well as the importance of being mindful of physical and mental limitations. What Else? -   Improve Your Physiology to Optimise Progress - Unless we look after important factors away from when we practice, we aren't fully doing justice to  our efforts when we do. Learn how to optimise your progress through relevant physiology with advice on the autonomic nervous system, diet, hydration, movement, light and sleep.  Stretching Exercises - Keep your hands and body mobile and pain free with thirty-four illustrated stretching exercises, body movements and massage points from neck and shoulders to fingers and thumbs. Don't just practice guitar, practice it smart and Grab Your Copy Today

Resident Punk - Legs McNeil & Crispin Kott

Resident Punk
How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene (and Beyond)
Legs McNeil & Crispin Kott
Genre: Music
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Publisher: BenBella Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

"A wild ride through a vital chapter in rock ’n’ roll history." — Publishers Weekly Time-travel to the punk scene of 1970s New York and beyond, as seen through the eyes of its chief reporter known as “the original punk” who gave the movement its name. Part memoir and part cultural history, Resident Punk offers a no-holds-barred expose chronicling the iconic and unforgettable music scene that would become defined by bands like the Ramones, Blondie, Television, the Heartbreakers, and Talking Heads. In 1975 at just 19 years old, Legs McNeil—alongside John Holmstrom and Ged Dunn—cofounded PUNK magazine. In doing so, they inadvertently chronicled the start of a movement. McNeil’s role in the whole thing? To be their resident punk, embodying the zeitgeist the magazine was looking to capture, often by getting f*cked up with musicians, artists, writers, and hangers-on . . . and sleeping with a different girl every day of the week. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary of PUNK magazine, Legs tells the stories behind the stories in a sleazy, star-studded adventure. The coauthor of Please Kill Me , Legs invites readers along for the ride as he tussles with musicians and artists, groupies and writers, Golden Age Hollywood film stars and legendary figures of ‘70s New York. Featuring untold stories about Joey Ramone, William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, Alan Vega, Martin Rev, the Dictators, the Dead Boys, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Poly Styrene, this book is an immersive look at the punk music scene as only a true insider can tell it. What’s more, Legs shares the raw meat of his life, starting with his gritty suburban childhood, and the teenage wasteland years that put him on a path to punk. Join him as he steals David Bowie’s hubcaps, wrestles with Norman Mailer, and lives life on the edge, and wrestles his own demons—eventually setting in a small Pennsylvania town, where he’s very much still the Resident Punk .

The Screenwriter’s Bible, 7th edition - David Trottier

The Screenwriter’s Bible, 7th edition
A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
David Trottier
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $24.99
Publish Date: August 30, 2019
Publisher: Silman-James Press Inc.
Seller: Silman-James Press Inc.

The Screenwriter’s Bible ‘s 7th edition marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 340,000 copies in its twenty-five-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover—five books in one! A Screenwriting Primer —that provides a concise course in screenwriting basics; A Screenwriting Workbook —that walks you through the complete writing process, from nascent ideas through final revisions; A Formatting Guide —that thoroughly covers today’s correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts; A Spec Writing Guide —that demonstrates today’s spec style through sample scenes and analysis, with an emphasis on grabbing the reader’s interest in the first ten pages; A Sales and Marketing Guide —that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan. Among this book’s wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The sixth edition is chock-full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets.

Education for Socially Engaged Art - Pablo Helguera

Education for Socially Engaged Art
Pablo Helguera
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: February 26, 2013
Publisher: Jorge Pinto Books Inc.
Seller: Jorge Pinto Books Inc.

“For too long Social Practice has been the notoriously flimsy flipside of market-based contemporary art: a world of hand-wringing practitioners easily satisfied with the feeling of ‘doing good’ in a community, and unaware that their quasi-activist, anti-formalist positions in fact have a long artistic heritage and can be critically dissected using the tools of art and theatre history.  Helguera’s spunky primer promises to offer a much-needed critical compass for those adrift in the expanded social field.”   —Claire Bishop, Professor of Contemporary Art and Exhibition History, CUNY, and author of Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship “This is an extremely timely and thoughtful reference book. Drawn from empirical and extensive experience and research, it provides a curriculum and framework for thinking about the complexity of socially engaged practices. Locating the methodologies of this work in between disciplines, Helguera draws on histories of performance, pedagogy, sociology, ethnography, linguistics, community and public practices. Rather than propose a system he exposes the temporalities necessary to make these situations possible and resonant. This is a tool that will allow us to consider the difficulties of making socially engaged art and move closer to finding a language through which we can represent and discuss its impact.” —Sally Tallant, Artistic Director, Liverpool Biennial “Helguera has produced a highly readable book that absolutely needs to be in the back pocket of anyone interested in teaching or learning about socially engaged art”  —Tom Finkelpearl, Director of the Queens Museum, New York, and author of Dialogues in Public Art