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Paperback. Series: Dover Magic Books. Num Pages: 367 pages, d. BIC Classification: ASZG; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780486242583
- ISBN
- 9780486242583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Introduces the theatre puppets from major Asian traditions, taking the reader on a journey through hundreds of years of craftsmanship and creativity in nearly 350 photographs. This illustrated book is of interest to audiences with an interest in the Asian arts, as well as to the general reader. Num Pages: 336 pages, 553 illustrations, 301 in colour. BIC Classification: 1F; ASZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 247 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500514900
- ISBN
- 9780500514900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.71
€ 27.71
Paperback. Nik Wallenda shares on how the support of his family and his faith in Jesus Christ keep him balanced as a death-defying stunt performer. Num Pages: 224 pages, Insert with 30 photos. BIC Classification: ASZ; BGA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Time Warner Trade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455545490
- ISBN
- 9781455545490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Hardback. An insightful memoir from a counterculture legend Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pp insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455592340
- ISBN
- 9781455592340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.68
€ 30.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Aged just 17, the author walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he discovered that he really could earn a living from making people laugh. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405913768
- ISBN
- 9781405913768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Grove Press. Num Pages: 448 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802125682
- ISBN
- 9780802125682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. When shocking images emerged of Anne, Britain's last circus elephant, being beaten by one of her keepers, it sparked a national outcry. The public was appalled and demanded that Anne be freed from the circus and be allowed to live out her final years in peace. Now, at last, she has the chance to live out her final years in a happy and safe place. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ASZX; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013475
- ISBN
- 9781784189778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. When shocking images emerged of Anne, Britain's last circus elephant, being beaten by one of her keepers, it sparked a national outcry. The public was appalled and demanded that Anne be freed from the circus and be allowed to live out her final years in peace. Now, at last, she has the chance to live out her final years in a happy and safe place. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ASZX; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013520
- ISBN
- 9781784189778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Examines the history of the genre of romantic comedy, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in the genre cycles. Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415548632
- ISBN
- 9780415548632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. The first definitive account of African-American performance and theatre from slavery to the present. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama. Num Pages: 634 pages, 43 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ASZC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521624725
- ISBN
- 9780521624725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.12
€ 88.12
Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 74
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029818
- ISBN
- 9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
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
€ 96.25
€ 80.56
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
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317526
- ISBN
- 9780226317526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive look at the satiric humor that flourished in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book reminds us that the postwar era saw varieties of comic expression that were more challenging and nonconformist than we commonly remember. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ASZH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226431642
- ISBN
- 9780226431642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Hardcover. During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh - whose stage name was Clicko - performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This title presents the story of Taibosh's journey from boyhood on a small farm in South Africa to top billing as one of the travelling World's Fair Freaks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: ASZ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226647418
- ISBN
- 9780226647418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.86€ 63.36
€ 74.86
€ 63.36
Paperback. Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled "Prince of Humbugs." Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes. Num Pages: 454 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231056878
- ISBN
- 9780231056878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Translator(s): Kimbrough, R. Keller. Num Pages: 288 pages, 53. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; ASZM; DD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146586
- ISBN
- 9780231146586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Hardback. A showcase of the "golden age" of the circus in America Editor(s): Weber, Susan; Ames, Kenneth L.; Wittmann, Matthew. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 327 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 276 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185393
- ISBN
- 9780300185393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 55.15
€ 65.35
€ 55.15
Paperback. Main Street America is kicking up its heels--and you're invited to the party! Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected town centers are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on main streets all across the country. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471192909
- ISBN
- 9780471192909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
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
€ 143.26
Paperback. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Num Pages: 308 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434. Inside the Magician's Craft. 308 pages, illustrations. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270473
- ISBN
- 9780520270473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? This book reveals answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; ASZP; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284722
- ISBN
- 9780520284722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55