The Quick Change Artist

Author : Cary Holladay
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804010927
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quick-Change Artist written by Cary Holladay and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these stories of magic and memory, clustered around a resort hotel in a small Virginia community, Cary Holladay takes the reader on an excursion through the changes wrought by time on the community and its visitors. From the quiet of a rural forest to the rhythms of rock and roll, The Quick-Change Artist is at once whimsical and hard-edged, dizzying in its matter-of-fact delivery of the fantastic. Romance, a sense of place and belonging, and the supernatural—especially in the lives of children coming of age—offer windows into worlds beyond the ordinary throughout The Quick-Change Artist. In the title story, a young chambermaid is in love with a foreign magician who performs at the hotel where she works. In “Heaven,” set during the 1918 flu epidemic, a struggling mother and son rely on the support of their fortune-telling plow horse. The narrator of “Jane's Hat” recalls a childhood enlivened by an unusual school principal and a friend who starts finding beauty everywhere. Horses and the people who love them, wanderers and those who feed them, creatures that disappear and those who search for them: these are stories with a constant heart.

Author : Jennifer Bailey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349041572
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norman Mailer Quick-Change Artist written by Jennifer Bailey and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-06-17 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Cullen
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415938538
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vaudeville old & new written by Frank Cullen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vivian Carol Sobchack
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816633180
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meta Morphing written by Vivian Carol Sobchack and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thousand years ago, Ovid asked his readers to imagine metamorphoses in which men and women became flowers and beasts. Today, before our cinema-savvy eyes, people melt and re-form as altogether new creatures: they "morph." This volume explores what digital morphing means -- both as a cultural practice specific to our times and as a link to a much broader history of images of human transformation. Meta-Morphing ranges over topics that include turn-of-the-century "quick-change" artists, Mesoamerican shamanic transformation, and cosmetic surgery; recent works such as Terminator 2, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Heavenly Creatures, and Forrest Gump; and the transformations imagined by Kafka, Proust, and Burroughs. The contributors look not only at the technical wizardry behind digital morphing, but also at the history and cultural concerns it expresses.

Author : Hilda Simon
Publisher : Dodd Mead
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chameleons and Other Quick-change Artists written by Hilda Simon and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the characteristics and behavior of a variety of creatures with the ability to change colors rapidly, discussing psychological, as well as physiological or biochemical, explanations for the phenomenon.

Author : Johnny Mercer
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307265196
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer written by Johnny Mercer and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.

Author : Jeanne Martinet
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250061768
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Mingling, Third Edition written by Jeanne Martinet and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the idea of going to a large party make your mouth go dry? Do you freeze when facing networking opportunities? Are you using your smartphone as a mingling crutch? You're not alone: Ninety percent of the world suffers from minglephobia. Jeanne Martinet has developed a cure-a sure-fire system to overcome social fears and have a great time at every type of business or social gathering. Filled with simple techniques, tricks, tips, lines and maneuvers, and illustrated with entertaining examples, The Art of Mingling teaches you: * Basic survival strategies for the Truly Terrified* Opening lines and gambits that really work* Tools and rules for keeping the conversation going in the right direction* The etiquette of escape* Faux pas recovery techniques* How to avoid the dumb use of smartphones* The secret to being a good listener* The right way to follow up online * and much, much more!

Author : Charles A. Sennewald
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080560822
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention written by Charles A. Sennewald and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention is destined to become the "go to" source of crime- and loss prevention- related information in the retail industry. Written and edited by two nationally recognized retail security experts and enhanced with 63 contributions by others who contribute expertise in specialized areas, this book provides over 150 definitions of loss prevention terms, and discusses topics ranging from accident investigations, counterfeit currency, emergency planning, and workplace violence to vendor frauds. No other single work contains such a wealth of retail security information. The co-authors are Charles “Chuck” Sennewald, CSC, CPP former Director of Security at The Broadway Department Stores, a major division of Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., founder of the IAPSC and author of numerous security industry books, and John Christman, CPP, former VP and Director of Security for Macy's West. They have put in one book a wealth of information, techniques, procedures and source material relative to retail crime and loss prevention which will prove an invaluable reference work for professionals at all levels within the industry. Tables, current industry figures, and statistics fully articulate the impact of loss prevention and theft in the retail setting Case examples from the authors' own experience illustrate real-world problems and connect theory to practice The most complete book available on retail security

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442260920
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals written by Dan Dietz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Broadway audiences of the 1980s, the decade was perhaps most notable for the so-called “British invasion.” While concept musicals such as Nine and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George continued to be produced, several London hits came to New York. In addition to shows like Chess, Me and My Girl, and Les Miserables, the decade’s most successful composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was also well represented by Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Song & Dance, and Starlight Express. There were also many revivals (such as Show Boat and Gypsy), surprise hits (The Pirates of Penzance), huge hits (42nd Street), and notorious flops (Into the Light, Carrie, and Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge). In The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway during the 1980s. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues with such performers as Sid Caesar, Barry Manilow, Jackie Mason, and Shirley MacLaine. Each entry includes the following information Opening and closing dates Plot summaries Cast members Number of performances Names of all important personnel including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Critical commentary Tony awards and nominations Details about London and other foreign productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including a discography, filmography, and published scripts, as well as lists of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, black-themed shows, and Jewish-themed productions. A treasure trove of information, The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals provides readers with a comprehensive view of each show. This significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.

Author : Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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