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Paperback. The American musical has achieved and maintained relevance to more people in America than any other performance-based art. This history of the genre, intended for readers of all stripes, offers discussions of how American musicals, especially through their musical numbers, advance themes related to American national identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 line illus. 33 halftones. 8 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126135
ISBN
9780691126135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Addresses a variety of specific themes in musicals that serve this general function: fairy tale and fantasy, idealism and inspiration, gender and sexuality, and relationships, among others. This work considers three overlapping genres that are central to the projection of personal identity: operetta, movie musicals, and operatic musicals. Num Pages: 480 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141053
ISBN
9780691141053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. The American Success Myth on Film examines the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories and other success narratives exert on our collective imagination. It highlights how Hollywood movies have illuminated - if not resolved - the ideological contradictions at the heart of the American idea of success. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137482525
ISBN
9781137482525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Hardcover. In examining the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories exert on our collective imagination, this book highlights the central role that films have played in the ongoing cultural discourse about success and work in America. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230363366
ISBN
9780230363366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. " In examining the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories exert on our collective imagination, this book highlights the central role that films have played in the ongoing cultural discourse about success and work in America"-- Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348916
ISBN
9781349348916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This broad-ranging survey considers the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western (in literature, film and history) and America in the 20th century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621408
ISBN
9780748621408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.76
€ 120.22

Paperback. This broad-ranging survey considers the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western (in literature, film and history) and America in the 20th century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621415
ISBN
9780748621415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551642048
ISBN
9781551642048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.76

Paperback. Offers a detailed play-by-play account of Harpo Marx's physical movements as captured on screen. This title guides us through the thirteen Marx Brothers films, from "The Cocoanuts" in 1929 to "Love Happy" in 1950, to focus on Harpo's chief and yet heretofore unexplored attribute - his profound and contradictory corporeality. Num Pages: 336 pages, 388 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269019
ISBN
9780520269019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Uncorrected Proofs Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408727
ISBN
9781935408727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Translator(s): Denner, Arthur. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801423888
ISBN
9780801423888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. Evaluates the depiction of animals in cartoons and animation more generally. This title argues that artists use animals to engage with issues that would be more difficult to address directly because of political, religious, or social taboos. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGN; AKLC; APFV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813544151
ISBN
9780813544151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Offers documented accounts of Disney's childhood and young adulthood in rural Missouri and Kansas City. This book sheds light on such episodes in Disney's life as the devastating 1941 strike at his studio, when his ambitions as artist and entrepreneur first came into serious conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256194
ISBN
9780520256194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFV; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 279 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911344162
ISBN
9781911344162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Using hundreds of drawings, this book distills the secrets of the masters into a working system in order to create a book that has become the standard work on all forms of animation for professionals, students and fans. It also includes more on animal action, invention and realism with sophisticated animation examples. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2062.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main - Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238347
ISBN
9780571238347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2370.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238330
ISBN
9780571238330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 48.65

Paperback. From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This title demonstrates that rap is also a wide-reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. Editor(s): Bradley, Adam; DuBois, Andrew. Num Pages: 920 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
920
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141917
ISBN
9780300141917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Paperback. Rethinks films including Pillow Talk and Rear Window by identifying the apartment plot as a distinct genre, one in which the urban apartment figures as a central narrative device. Num Pages: 328 pages, 55 illustrations, incl. 23 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347736
ISBN
9780822347736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on 'Film Studies'. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APF; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898881
ISBN
9780859898881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.04

Hardcover. 192pp. Rebound in green cloth. Library markings
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, New York and
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1927
Edition
1st Edition.
SKU
KHS1005869
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 26.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. The Archers, like life, is made of moments: marriages and births, loves and losses, triumphs and disasters. It has been the soundtrack of our lives for over six decades, from stooking corn with Dan Archer in the 1950s to the tragic death of Nigel Pargetter in 2011. This title relives some of the defining moments in The Archers history. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316. Inscribed to previous owner. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006433
ISBN
9781849905770
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Twenty years after the events of the first film, the international community recovers and builds up Earth's defenses using technology salvaged from remains of the alien forces. However, the aliens were able to send a distress signal before their final defeat, which results in anew task force of alien ships coming to Earth. Num Pages: 176 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 471 x 313 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1476.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785651373
ISBN
9781785651373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Updated edition of: The art direction handbook for film. Num Pages: 544 pages, 18 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFX; APTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415842792
ISBN
9780415842792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486431956
ISBN
9780486431956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.14

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