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This work traces Sam Shepard's rise from an Off-Off-Broadway renegade to a Hollywood leading man, exploring his evolution from counterculture to cultural icon.

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SankShuned Photography Art Book Volume 4 captures my first trip to Egypt and Jordan. I show photographs which highlight my 14 day trip. Also included are two incredible interviews, one with cultural historian, Anthony Browder and the other interview with Egyptian historian, Heba Seoudi.

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"In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd s

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A valuable, jubilant look at a great man and artist.-New York Times Book Review

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One of the United States' musical greats, the influence of trumpeter Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong extended well beyond the world of jazz. This encyclopedia presents alphabetic short entries discussing such topics as musical styles, friends and colleagues, family, tours, writings, recordings, record com

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When pressed to name the most influential musician of the 20th century, many music historians will name Louis Satchmo Armstrong.

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The artists in this first anthology from theUntranslatable Words Series,seek to mine and give new meaning to the dynamic and nuancical complexity of the word saudade by way of poems, fine art photography, song lyrics, short stories, paintings, and essays.

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"A collection of shocking clashes and controversies from Hollywood's Golden Age, featuring notorious personalities including Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, and more"--

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A chronological and detailed survey of American science fiction series from the 1950s to the present day, this reference traces the development of the genre as a distinct cultural phenomenon within the context of broader developments in American culture as a whole.

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This book explores how theatre engages with contemporary scientific themes in the twenty-first century. It looks at how and why different forms of performance, from the Broadway musical to experimental and educational theatres, tackles a wide range of scientific themes, including artificial intelligence, genetics and climate change. -- .

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Say goodbye to squashed feet, sore toes and dizzy heads with Scottish Ceilidh Dancing. Guiding you through intricate dance steps and various hand holds in simple, straightforward language, this book introduces you to the exuberant world of the Dashing White Sergeant, the Gay Gordons, the Gypsy Tap and the Lucky Seven, to name but a few.

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An essential overview of the most exciting period in Scottish film history, an account which is both broad in historical scope and textually grounded in specific films

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Tartan is an enormously popular pattern in modern fashion. Beginning as Highland dress, it was originally peculiar to certain areas of Scotland, but is now generally accepted as its national costume. This title traces the early stages of that evolution, and the process by which the various tartans became icons of Scottish identity.

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Pride and Prejudice is a classic piece of literature and with several screen versions available (featuring stars such as Keira Knightley), as well as a Bollywood version. This book offers a rich source of study material to help students understand the reciprocal relationship between film and literature.

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A visual cultural history of contemporary borders and border outlooks through a film and television tour of Europe. Screen borders explores what screen representations of European borders, with France as a starting point, reveals about popular and institutional outlooks on European borders.

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In this insightful text, Cherry Potter has used her extensive experience to provide a combination of analysis and inspiration. She uses sequences from films to present a series of master classes on the technique and meaning of classic film moments, and includes practical exercises and advice.

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Screen plays is a ground-breaking volume thatchronicles the rich and surprising history of stage plays produced for the small screen between 1930 and today. The collection makes a compelling case for the centrality of the theatre to the past and present of British television drama.

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"The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues thr"