Othello by William Shakespeare; Jane Coles (Editor); Rex Gibson (Contribution by)

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Category: Music and Performing Arts | Series: Cambridge School Shakespeare Ser.

The Sourcebooks Shakespeare brings the Shakespeare page to life. This remarkable edition of Othello is both the easiest way to understand the play and the best way to experience the full power and depth of the play. This dynamic book includes an integrated audio CD that showcases key scenes from great performances past and present. You'll experience the play like never before-it's the next best thing to seeing the play performed live. Each book offers: * The full play, with line notes and a concurrent glossary * Scholars and theatre producers discussing the play and popular culture * Comments from every cast member of a current production. This is also a very visual text, including: * Photographs from great performances * Costume designs and set renderings from different productions * Production notes that take you inside the stage experience Exclusive to The Sourcebooks Shakespeare and like no other edition of Othello, our audio CD and unique focus on the play as performed on the stage and on film brings the play to life. Hear: * One of the greatest Othellos of our time: Paul Robeson, from a 1944 production * An 1890 private recording of Edwin Booth reciting Othello's speech to the Senate * F. Scott Fitzgerald reciting Othello's speech to the Senate Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi Read: * About the seminal 1987 production in South Africa, in an essay written by the director herself, Janet Suzman * And see how the 2005 cast from Actors From the London Stage approaches the play See: * Photographs from the 1987 Johannesburg Othello * Photographs from The Shakespeare Theatre's 1997-98 season starring Patrick Stewart as Othello * Set designs from Orson Welles' 1951 production in London ...Show more

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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Category: Music and Performing Arts | Series: Cambridge School Shakespeare Ser.

A new look at Shakespeare's play in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the National Curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre a nd the text as script, enabling pupils to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. Cambridge School Shakespeare approaches the plays in a new way, encouraging students to participate actively in examining them, to work in groups as well as individually, to treat each play as a script to be re-created, and to explore the theatrical/dramatic qualities of the text. The editorial comments cater for pupils of all ages and abilities, providing clear, helpful guidelines for school study. The format of the plays is also designed to help all teachers, whether experienced or inexperienced. ...Show more

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare; Mary Berry (Editor); Michael Clamp (Editor); Rex Gibson (Contribution by)

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Category: Music and Performing Arts | Series: Cambridge School Shakespeare Ser.

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brother, the bastard Don John, in a military engagement. Apparently reconciled, they return to the capital, Messina, as guests of the Governor, Leonato. There Count Claudio, a young nobleman serving in Don Ped ro's army, falls in love with Hero, Leonato's daughter, whom Don Pedro woos on his behalf. The play's central plot shows how Don John maliciously deceives Claudio into believing that Hero has taken a lover on the eve of her marriage, causing Claudio to repudiate her publicly, at the altar ...Show more

Away by Michael Gow

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Category: Music and Performing Arts | Series: PLAYS

Three Australian families set out separately but are driven together by a storm (5 acts, 6 men, 4 women).

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (modern library) by Salman Rushdie

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Category: Music and Performing Arts | Series: Modern Library (Paperback)

The life of a man born at the moment of India's independence becomes inextricably linked to that of his nation and is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirror modern India's course.

Disney Movie Favourites: Trumpet

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

A Little Thing Called Life: From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlin & Songs in Between by Linda Thompson

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

Songwriter and actress Linda Thompson shares the story of her epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars - Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner. From Memphis to Malibu, Linda Thompson has left her mark on pop culture history. A famed songwriter, noted actress, and reality star, Linda Thompson built an amazing life for herself, but two epic romances shaped Linda's future forever. True to her roots as a Southern Belle, Linda has kept her life with Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner private, until now. Born and raised in a small suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, Linda set her eyes on a series of regional beauty queen titles, and more importantly the scholarships they provided, to fund her passage to Memphis State University, where she first laid eyed on Elvis Presley. From the moment they met, Linda and Elvis were in love. Linda became his muse and Elvis encouraged her to continue songwriting, a passion that would later turn into a long, award-winning career. For five years, they lived happily in Graceland, sharing custody of his young daughter, Lisa Marie. Filled with colorful stories from her time with the larger than life King, her time there was unforgettable, but it was difficult, marked by the ailing legend's substance abuse and erratic behavior behind closed doors, until the two were finally torn apart for good just eight months before his untimely death. Starting anew in L.A. as a star of the long-running variety show Hee Haw and nurturing her career as a songwriter, Linda meet a man she'd long-admired-the world's greatest athlete, the Olympian, Bruce Jenner. After navigating a messy divorce from his first wife, Linda and Bruce married and began a seemingly idyllic life together, complete with their two sons, Brandon and Brody, until their marriage was ultimately devastated by a secret Linda promised to help keep for the past thirty years. Now, for the first time ever, Linda speaks out about these two legendary love stories. Complete with a stunning 16-page color photo insert, Untitled loving recounts Linda's incredible untold story with insightful, fresh details about two of America's brightest stars. ...Show more

Lee Kernaghan: Boy From the Bush

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

I am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and C alifornia, I wouldn't have put money on me, no f**king way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time. A lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. I've done some bad things in my time. But I ain't the devil. I'm just John Osbourne: a working class kid from Aston, who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time. ...Show more

Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson; Neil Strauss; David Lynch (Introduction by)

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

Marilyn Manson is more than a mere musician - he is a rock phenomenon. In The Long Hard Road out of Hell, Manson candidly and vividly recounts his metamorphosis from a frightened Christian schoolboy into the most feared and revered celebrity in America. His story is illustrated with dozens of previously unpublished photographs. At the age of 37, Manson has experienced more than most people have, or would want to, in a lifetime. ...Show more

Life: Keith Richards by Keith Richards

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

As lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that roused the world. A true and towering original, he has always walked his own path, spoken his mind, and done things his own way. Now at last Richards pauses to tell his story in the most anticipate d autobiography in decades. And what a story Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records in a coldwater flat with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, building a sound and a band out of music they loved. Finding fame and success as a bad-boy band, only to find themselves challenged by authorities everywhere. Dropping his guitar's sixth string to create a new sound that allowed him to create immortal riffs like those in "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones's girlfriend. Arrested and imprisoned for drug possession. Tax exile in France and recording Exile on Main Street. Ever-increasing fame, isolation, and addiction making life an ever faster frenzy. Through it all, Richards remained devoted to the music of the band, until even that was challenged by Mick Jagger's attempt at a solo career, leading to a decade of conflicts and ultimately the biggest reunion tour in history. In a voice that is uniquely and unmistakably him--part growl, part laugh--Keith Richards brings us the truest rock-and-roll life of our times, unfettered and fearless and true. Richards' rich voice introduces the audiobook edition of LIFE and leads us into Johnny Depp's performance, while fellow artist Joe Hurley bridges the long road traveled before Richards closes with the final chapter of this incredible 23-hour production, which includes a bonus PDF of photos. ...Show more

This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan

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Category: Music and Performing Arts

The biography of the extraordinary career of Dave Grohl, drummer of Nirvana, front man of the Foo Fighters, based on original and exclusive interviews ("A rich history"--New York Times Book Review)This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic story of a singular career that includes Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures. Based on ten years of original, exclusive interviews with the man himself and conversations with a legion of musical associates like Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, DC punk legend Ian MacKaye, and Nevermind producer Butch Vig, this is Grohl's story. He speaks candidly and honestly about Kurt Cobain, the arguments that almost tore Nirvana apart, the feuds that threatened to derail the Foo Fighters's global success, and the dark days that almost caused him to quit music for good.Dave Grohl has emerged as one of the most recognizable and respected musicians in the world. He is the last true hero to emerge from the American underground. This Is a Call vividly recounts this incredible rock 'n' roll journey.   ...Show more