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Drawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces the iconic children's program host's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.
"Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering...
2) DIY circus lab for kids: a family-friendly guide for juggling, balancing, clowning and show-making
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DIY Circus Lab for Kids gives families everything they need to produce their own circus! Author Jackie Leigh Davis invites the you into the international youth circus community, then dives into the circus skill families: juggling, acrobatics, manipulation, balance, and clowning. The book opens with a do-it-yourself prop-making class, and provides enough homemade circus equipment to get you started on some fun circus basics. Rising circus stars will...
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In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, occurring less than 24 hours apart. Debbie's only remaining child, Todd Fisher, somehow retained his grace and composure under the glare of the media spotlight as he struggled with his own overwhelming grief. In My girls, Todd shares his heart and his memories of Debbie and Carrie with deeply personal stories from his earliest years to those...
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The Harvard-educated comedian, talk-show host, and U.S. Senator chronicles the story of his unlikely senatorial campaign, detailing the ensuing months-long recount and what his service has taught him about America's deeply polarized political culture.
"From the #1 bestselling author--a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. This is a book about an unlikely...
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First performed in 1895, "An Ideal Husband" is Oscar Wilde's classic and much-loved comedic drama. The play tells the story of an up-and-coming politician, Sir Robert Chiltern, who tries to hide his secret past from his judgmental wife and the blackmail scheme he is forced to participate in to keep that secret quiet. Lady Chiltern has a very particular idea of what makes the "ideal husband" which leaves her with little tolerance for Sir Robert's all...
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"Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this memoir, autism "looks" different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary got hit with the performance bug not much later. During a difficult time in junior high, he started journaling,...
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While on vacation with the Browns in a small French town, Paddington plays the drums with the local band.
Enlisting in a marching band at the start of his vacation, Paddington Bear is challenged to use his sense of adventure to save the parade from a whimsical mishap.
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On The Town... High Society... From Here to Eternity... The Man with The Golden Arm... Guys and Dolls... The Manchurian Candidate... Van Ryan's Express... The films of Frank Sinatra are startling in their diversity and sheer range. Musicals, comedies, thrillers, war films, intense dramas, sagas of small-town America. In “The Frank Sinatra Film Guide”, Daniel O'Brien provides detailed information on all of Sinatra's movies, co-stars, collaborators...
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Cómo crear un programa de TV. Breve introducción a la creatividad y su aplicación a lo audiovisual no es un libro de recetas para hacer programas, pero sí pretende ser una guía para todos los estudiantes y profesionales que quieran dedicarse al maravilloso e ingrato mundo de la creación.
Los pensadores de programas nos enfrentamos a la creatividad televisiva de un modo desordenado y la mayoría de las veces equivocado. Este manual describe y...
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Get the Summary of Kyle Scheele's How to Host a Viking Funeral in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "How to Host a Viking Funeral" by Kyle Scheele is a narrative about the author's personal journey of self-discovery and letting go of the past. Scheele decides to mark the end of his twenties with a Viking funeral, constructing a massive cardboard ship to symbolize the transition. Despite initial skepticism from his...
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Mad About Movies
Number 7
including these articles:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mad About Movies Editorial
by Gary J. Svehla
From Rio Bravo to El Dorado:
Journey from Light to Darkness
by Nick Anez
John Ford and Two Rode Together
by Anthony Ambrogio
Mad About DVDs Reviews
by Gary J. Svehla.
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While 1980s action cinema may have been a time of shaggy mullets, big biceps, and one-liners for the heroes, it was a always the villains that stuck in our minds once the credits rolled. Whether they were smuggling cocaine, bearer bonds, Krugerrands, attempting world domination or some good old-fashioned kidnapping, the villains were always the best part of the film!
In this book, action film fan, Timon Singh, sets out to talk to the actors behind...
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Mind-reading, fortune telling, uncanny predictions and other paranormal activities continue to baffle audiences throughout the world Marc LeMezma, a member of the Magic Circle, opens up the world of psychic magic and shows just how easy it is to "trick" your audience into thinking that you can read their minds, predict their futures and control their thoughts. This book contains 17 tricks that anyone with a little guile and patter can perform, it...
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Sistemas de películas para el hogar. Hola y gracias por comprar mi libro electrónico llamado 'Home Movie Systems'. Espero que encuentre la información útil, útil y rentable. La información en este libro electrónico sobre sistemas de películas caseras y temas relacionados es organizado en 17 capítulos de aproximadamente 500-600 palabras cada uno. Le ayudará a configurar un sistema de cine en casa, e incluso puede ayudarlo a aventurarse en...
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This volume represents one of the first efforts to harvest the rapidly emerging scholarship in the field of American rural history. Building on the insights and methodologies that social historians have directed toward urban life, the contributors explore the past as it unfolded in the rural settings in which most Americans have lived during most of American history.
The essays cover a broad range of topics: the character and consequences of manufacturing...
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Writers defend horror films that have been trashed by film critics and horror film fans. Titles covered include Maniac (1934), Sh! The Octopus, Voodoo Man, Unknown Island, Scared Stiff, Indestructible Man, Rodan, The Tingler, Flesh Eaters, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, King Kong (1976) and Dune.
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Imágenes narradas. Cómo hacer visible lo invisible en un guión de cine aborda la escritura de guiones desde una perspectiva nueva.
La mayor parte de los guionistas centran toda su energía en lograr que funcione la trama, la estructura y los diálogos y se olvidan de la enorme capacidad expresiva de las imágenes, pese a que esta es la esencia del lenguaje audiovisual.
El presente libro anima al guionista a ser consciente de su condición de cineasta,...
20) Lar'-on-the-Air
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This is the catchphrase used often, when announcing who I was on the radio. For example, "Hi, this is Lar'-on-the-Air, Larry McKay, sittin' in my chair, with all this hair. And how are you out there?" It's an often times humorous journal of my many adventures over my career, encountering a surprising number of celebrities readers will recognize. You'll find that I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time-sort of Forrest Gump,...
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