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Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, mono and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; ASZP; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Huddersfield United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862180994
ISBN
9781862180994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384430
ISBN
9781137384430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Paperback. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102382
ISBN
9780226102382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102375
ISBN
9780226102375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.25
€ 80.56

Hardcover. For three centuries, the Fiesta de Santa Fe has commemorated historical events including the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico by Don Diego de Vargas in 1692 and the confraternity of the Rosary named in honour of La Conquistadors. This book illuminates what is special about Santa Fe's yearly celebration. Num Pages: 76 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
1st edition,
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135327
ISBN
9780890135327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: AN; ASZW; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816626311
ISBN
9780816626311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Sidney Franklin (1903-76) was the last person you'd expect to become a bullfighter. Training with iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona, Sidney's dare spawned a legend. This book tells the story of Sidney Franklin, from his life in revolutionary Mexico to his triumphs in Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: ASZX; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803211292
ISBN
9780803211292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardcover. Start, grow, and manage your special events career! To succeed in the world of special events management, you need to develop a vast array of skills and acquire a broad knowledge base that covers everything from planning and management to consulting, production, lighting and sound, decor, catering, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZ; KJH; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471249573
ISBN
9780471249573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.26

Paperback. Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France. Num Pages: 200 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252076978
ISBN
9780252076978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468. Find a Strange and Twisted Shape. 296 pages, 25 black & white halftones. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298279
ISBN
9780230298279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Paperback. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137319920
ISBN
9781137319920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. In this book Hemingway shares his passion for bullfighting. The technical skills are described and explained, with chapters on individual bullfighters and the bulls. This work also contains a number of short stories inspired by the intense life and inevitable death of those violent afternoons. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909101
ISBN
9780099909101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Shares the sights, the sounds, the excitement, and the knowledge which fuelled the authors passion for Spain and the bullfight. This book contains some of his finest writing, inspired by the intense life, as well as the inevitable death, of those hot, violent afternoons. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random House Gro
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285021
ISBN
9780099285021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of characters. Loved for her irreverent humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. This title chronicles the rise of this complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, ill. BIC Classification: APB; APT; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KTG0006330
ISBN
9780099519478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; APT; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007351749
ISBN
9780007351749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardcover. As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the exploration of what it meant to be American through performance, both on and off the stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMV; AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137326867
ISBN
9781137326867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 48.23

Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219984
ISBN
9780230219984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. A practical guide to costume for devised and physical theatre, this title outlines the differences between designing for scripted and for devised work. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTX; ASZW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 346. 128 pages, col. Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AKTX; ASZW. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 8. Weight: 340.
Publisher
Crowood Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847973726
ISBN
9781847973726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. This collection of essays by international scholars addresses the global development of performance research in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The collection, now in paperback, functions as a critical reader on diverse approaches to studying performance that contest dominant paradigms of performance studies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Jon; Roms, Heike; Wee, C. J. W.-L. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137011183
ISBN
9781137011183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Over the last few years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the author has been attempting to understand modern Britain in a weekly newspaper column. Why are there so few right-wing stand-ups? Who was Grant Shapps? What does your Spotify playlist data say about you? Are Jeremy Corbyn and Stewart Lee really the new Christs? And so on. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571329038
ISBN
9780571329038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Hardcover. This edited collection brings together a team of internationally prominent academics and delivers cutting-edge discourse on the strongly emerging tradition of experimentation in contemporary British theatre - redefining what the dramatic stands for today. Each chapter of the collection focuses on influential contemporary plays and playwrights. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; ASZ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137010124
ISBN
9781137010124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Spiral bound. Num Pages: 100 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: ASZG; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 219 x 7. Weight in Grams: 438. 100 pages, 100ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ASZG; WS. Dimension: 298 x 219 x 7. Weight: 346.
Publisher
Butterfingers Books
Number of pages
100
Format
Spiralbound
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898591153
ISBN
9781898591153
Spiralbound
Condition: New

€ 19.67

Hardback. Conjuring Science explores the relationship between science, magic and entertainment in nineteenth and early twentieth century France, focusing on the world of conjurers and magic shows. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497680
ISBN
9781137497680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.60

Paperback. The inside of the author's head is a strange and mysterious place. This title lets you climb inside and wander around. It shows you just how his mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Channel 4
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905026593
ISBN
9781905026593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

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