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The Anywhere Voice Actor: Voiceover Handbook on Remote Voice Acting
Are you an aspiring voice actor looking for their chance to dive into the wild world of the voiceover industry but don’t live near Los Angeles and have no idea where to start? The Anywhere Voice Actor was made for you!In recent years, the voiceover industry has become an exceedingly different landscape to navigate. Many voice actors have since adapted to remote, at-home recording spaces, making home studios as much of a staple as professional studios. This transformative divergence from what was once perceived as the norm in the industry has led to an entirely new path that brings possibility and accessibility to voice actors worldwide through, at-home remote recording.
In The Anywhere Voice Actor, professional voice actress Sara Secora reflects on her years of experience—from recording on the floor of her closet to becoming a full-time professional. She identifies and outlines clear-cut methods fresh voice talent can use to find their start and carve a career pathway that is uniquely their own.
What You’ll Find Inside:
• Basics: Genres, Rates, Training, Acting, Preparation
• Technical: Demos, Home Studios, Terminology
• Business: Unions, Agents, Auditioning, Networking
• Fortitude: Rejection, Imposter Syndrome, Community
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Games for Actors and Non-Actors
The French edition of Jeux pour Acteurs et Non-Acteurs published in 1982 is currently in its seventh edition. For this first translation into English Boal has added new examples and fresh ideas to make it the most up-to-date introduction to the techniques of Image Theatre and Forum Theatre available.
Boal’s early work took place under the military regime in Brazil. During a period of exile in Portugal, France, Sweden, Germany, and the US he developed work on combating oppression through theatre. His methods transform theatre from a hierarchical structure where actors are active and audiences passive, to a democratic arena where the spectator becomes the `spectactor’, contributing ideas, taking over roles, and using theatre to confront everyday problems, such as sexual harassment, poor pay, homophobia, and racism and find ways of fighting them.
Games for Actors and Non-Actors is a handbook of methods, techniques, games, and exercises designed to help anyone – whether actor or non-actor – rehearse for real life: make the fictional real.Read more
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Laban’s Efforts in Action: A Movement Handbook for Actors with Online Video Resources
As an actor, awareness of your movement is the key to transformation. By making deliberate physical choices, you can fully and articulately embody different ways of being: you can come someone or something else. Laban’s Efforts give you a way of identifying and making these choices. Working with them helps the actor to create wholly present and physically ambitious performances.This book outlines Ewan’s practical process, which allows the actor to understand their own movement and that of others by exploring one key part of Laban’s work: the ‘Efforts of Action Drive’.
This complete, stage-by-stage, working process has been developed through more than thirty years of work with actors in the studio. Clear instructions for practical exercises are woven throughout the book, as well as exciting ways to apply the work in rehearsal, performance and on set. This allows the actor to learn and apply Laban’s Efforts for themselves. Full video and audio resources allow the reader to experience the practical work in action.
‘Vanessa Ewan’s work with Laban and the Efforts, as you will find in this inspired book, provides performers with an incredibly fertile foundation from which to create. She has found an astoundingly practical way of applying Laban’s work to the quest of being a fully embodied actor. You will find tools in this book that will open door after door to your own creativity and awaken you to the endless possibility of what you can create on stage and on screen.’ Andrew Garfield, actor
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The Actor’s Guide to Playing a Character: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character.Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught in his famous first-year acting class. The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character continues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper’s second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class. Esper’s training builds on Sanford Meisner’s legendary exercises, a world-renowned technique that Esper further developed through his long association with Meisner and the decades he has spent training a host of distinguished actors. His approach is flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.
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501 Movie Stars: An A-Z Guide To The Greatest Screen Actors
501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trendsetters, and pop cultural idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gene Autry and John Wayne, from Toshiro Mifune and Sonny Chiba to Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. The A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movielover’s reference. Each star has at least one full page, with the most influential stars receiving extended treatment, devoted to their work, with a filmography and feature boxes on awards and stylistic trademarks.With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you’ll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn and enjoy, time and time again.Read more
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Motive – A dark monologue book for actors
“MOTIVE: 15 Unique Monologues for Aspiring Actors (Age 16+)”
Unlock your acting potential with “Motive,” an exceptional collection of monologues crafted for aspiring actors aged 16 and over. This extraordinary monologue book sets itself apart by presenting these dramatic pieces in the authentic style of a script, making it an essential resource for auditions, college performances, or anyone eager to enhance their acting skills.
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15 Exceptional Monologues: “Motive” provides a diverse selection of 15 monologues, each with its own unique story, character, and emotional depth. This variety ensures that actors can explore a broad range of characters and themes to suit their preferences and strengths.
Script-Style Format: Unlike traditional monologue collections, these pieces are presented in a script-style format. This means you can immerse yourself in a more realistic acting experience, with stage directions and dialogue interactions that make your performance come to life.
Gender-Inclusive: While these monologues are originally written as female characters, they are intentionally crafted to be gender-inclusive. Actors of any gender can confidently perform these monologues without any limitations, offering flexibility and equal opportunities for all.
Mindful Content: Please be aware that some of these monologues explore darker themes and emotions. While they provide a powerful platform for actors to display their range and depth, we advise actors and directors to consider the appropriateness of certain monologues for specific audiences, ensuring that content aligns with the intended mood and atmosphere of the performance.
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Perfect for Auditions: Whether you’re trying out for a role in a theatre production, film, or drama school, these monologues will help you stand out and impress casting directors.
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College Performances: Ideal for drama students, these monologues provide a wealth of material for class assignments and college performances, helping you refine your skills and showcase your talent.
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Character Development: With each monologue, you’ll delve into the complexities of various characters, enabling you to hone your acting abilities and gain a deeper understanding of the human experience.
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Inclusive & Diverse: “Motive” is designed to celebrate diversity and inclusivity, allowing actors to explore characters from different walks of life, cultures, and backgrounds.
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Unleash your acting potential and order “Motive” today. Your journey towards becoming a versatile and accomplished actor starts here, but remember to consider your audience when selecting and performing darker monologues.
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The Actor’s Career Bible: Auditioning, Networking, Survival & Success (Rada Guides): Auditioning, Networking, Survival and Success
The Actor’s Career Bible is a practical guide to building an acting career. Based on a huge range of interviews with actors of all backgrounds at every level of the profession, industry experts, key organisations, casting directors, agents, producers, directors and many others, this guide covers all the essentials as well as sharing exclusive inside knowledge.Whether you’re a recent graduate, a young actor or an experienced professional, The Actor’s Career Bible will help you kick-start or reinvigorate your career in an industry famous for its high levels of competition. This in-depth guide will show you how to cope with the pressures and strains of being an actor and offers easy-to-follow advice on how to improve your chances of success.
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The Actor And The Text
Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.Read more
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The Elemental Actor: How to Release Your Hidden Powers
We are all a complex mixture of the elemental energies identified by many different cultures throughout history: Earth, Air, Fire, Water – and a fifth element called Quintessence or Spirit. As an actor, you need to be able to access each of them, so that you can draw on whichever element you need to bring your role fully into life.
In The Elemental Actor, Mel Churcher explores these deep, primal drives, and gives you practical tools to harness them to make your work more powerful and alive. Her unique approach combines elements of actor training, voice work and movement to increase your range and help you bring depth, specificity and intensity to your performance.
The book includes over one hundred games and exercises to help you explore each of the elements, incorporate this work into your practice, and apply it to the world of your role. There are also tips for preparing for auditions and dealing with performance anxiety, as well as advice on how to stay healthy in body, voice and mind.
Offering an everlasting palette that will enrich any performance, whether on stage or screen, The Elemental Actor will help you release the wellspring of your imagination, and put elemental power into your work.
Mel Churcher is an international acting, dialogue and voice coach who has worked with companies including the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Young Vic, Royal Court Theatre and Graeae Theatre Company. She is one of the top acting and dialogue coaches in TV and movies, and has worked with some of the biggest stars of stage and screen.Read more
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Voice-Over Voice Actor: The Extended Edition
Interested in Pursuing a Career in VO? Curious what goes on behind the scenes in a business where people talk funny for money? This updated edition of the award-winning first book offers a fun and comprehensive look at what it takes, what goes on, and what it’s like behind the mic from two (still) working pros who started from scratch. In this book you will discover: • The ins and outs of auditioning • Vocal warm-ups and exercises • Tips for reading copy to maximum effect • Hints to help you stand out • Advice for setting up your own home studio • Keys to marketing yourself: demo > agent > job • What to expect when you book the job • A bonus workbook to hone your skills • Performance capture, podcasting, & more!Read more
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Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal – a unique, inside account of the musical phenomenon
BOOK OF THE WEEK – BBC Radio 4‘One of the most joyous and clear-eyed approaches to playing a character that I have ever read… I am so grateful Giles took notes on his process and turned them into this book. I was already in awe of his performance; now I’m in awe of his humanity and attention to detail and willingness to share the hard work and magic that goes into it.’ Lin-Manuel Miranda, from his Foreword
‘Stand. Breathe. Look. Try to empty my mind. Somehow, for some reason, I have been brought to this place to tell this story, now. So tell it. That’s all.’
When Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical Hamilton opened in London’s West End in December 2017, it was as huge a hit as it had been in its original production off – and on Broadway. Lauded by critics and audiences alike, the show would go on to win a record-equalling seven Olivier Awards – including Best Actor in a Musical for Giles Terera, for his portrayal of Aaron Burr.
For Terera, though, his journey as Burr had begun more than a year earlier, with his first audition in New York, and continuing through extensive research and preparation, intense rehearsals, previews and finally opening night itself. Throughout this time he kept a journal, recording his experiences of the production and his process of creating his award-winning performance. This book, Hamilton and Me, is that journal
It offers an honest, intimate and thrilling look at everything involved in opening a once-in-a-generation production – the triumphs, breakthroughs and doubts, the camaraderie of the rehearsal room and the moments of quiet backstage contemplation – as well as a fascinating, in-depth exploration of now-iconic songs and moments from the musical, as seen from the inside. It is also deeply personal, as Terera reflects on experiences from his own life that he drew on to help shape his acclaimed portrayal
Illustrated with dozens of colour photographs, many of which are shared here for the first time, and featuring an exclusive Foreword by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this book is an essential read for all fans of Hamilton – offering fresh, first-hand insights into the music and characters they love and know so well – as well as for aspiring and current performers, students, and anyone who wants to discover what it really felt like to be in the room where it happened.
The author’s credentials as a Hamilton expert are second to none… the real strength of this book lies not only in its affection for the show and the company but also a great deal of detail about the topsy-turvy adventure of bringing it to the stage. British Theatre Guide
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Making It So: A Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘He writes as well as he acts, with insight, truth and passion’ – Sir Ian McKellen‘Highly entertaining… You don’t need to be a fan of Stewart the man of stage and screen to be as beguiled by the decades of professional acting that follow’ – The Times
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart.
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations in a career spanning six decades with his indelible command of stage and screen.
No other British working actor enjoys such career variety, universal respect and unending popularity, as witnessed through his seminal roles – whether as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek fame, Professor Charles Xavier of Marvel’s X-Men hit film franchise, his more than forty years as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company and in such critically lauded roles for Hamlet and The Tempest on the West End and Broadway, his unforgettable one-man show adapted from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, or his comedic work in American Dad!, Ted, Extras and Blunt Talk, among many others.
Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of a driven artist whose astonishing life – from his humble and hardscrabble beginnings in Yorkshire, to the dizzying heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim – proves a story as exuberant, definitive and enduring as the author himself.
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Harry Potter: The Characters of the Wizarding World
Learn the secrets and stories of more than 60 characters from the wizarding world, including all eight Harry Potter and three Fantastic Beasts films, in this official guide exploring how the beloved characters were adapted for the films.
Harry Potter: The Characters of the Wizarding World is an official exploration of the wizarding world’s spellbinding citizens and how they were brought to life on the silver screen. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles how these beloved characters were brought to life for the big screen, with detailed profiles of Harry Potter, Voldemort, Newt Scamander, and dozens more.
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Harry Potter: The Postcard Collection (Postcards)
Celebrate your love for The Boy Who Lived with this deluxe set of one hundred unique postcards featuring art and photography from the beloved HARRY POTTER(TM) films.The HARRY POTTER(TM) series continues to enchant and inspire fans around the world. Now Harry Potter fans can share their love with this boxed postcard set, featuring gorgeous concept art and film photography, perfect for decorating, scrapbooking, or sharing with friends.
This deluxe boxed postcard set features one hundred unique designs and comes packaged in a sturdy keepsake box for easy storage and display.
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Create by Sticker: Hogwarts (From the Films of Harry Potter)
This sticker book is just like magic! Match stickers to their corresponding pages and reveal 10 magical scenes, straight from the films of Harry Potter!
Ten scenes from Harry Potter have become jumbled, and it’s up to readers to set them right!
Create 10 magical Harry Potter images and scenes in this amazing interactive sticker book, based on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Match puzzle piece-like stickers to their corresponding images and you’ll reveal Hermione brewing Polyjuice Potion, Ron playing Wizard’s Chess, Harry catching the Golden Snitch and so much more. With an adorable art style and a focus on fun moments, this Create by Sticker book is sure to be loved by Harry Potter fans, new and old!
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Harry Potter Time-Turner Kit (Revised, All-Metal Construction) (Rp Minis)
* Specifications: This deluxe, life-size all-metal replica of the time-turner features rotating inner rings, a functional hourglass, and engraving; measures approximately 2 inches in diameter, and is complete with a chain, perfect for wearing or displaying
* Authentic replica: This sleek time turner is based on the time turner Hermione Granger uses in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film
* Book included: A 48-page 2-1/2 x 3 inch book features information about the time turner and its uses along with quotes and images from the movies
* Perfect present: A unique gift for fans of the Wizarding World
* Officially licensed: Authentic collectible
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The Victorian Country House 2e
A weighty volume of architectural and social history recording the development of the English Country House against a background of Victorian wealth and privilege. The author details the construction of enormous and complex houses, the architects involved, the domestic organisation influencing design, the technical developments in plumbing, heating and comfortable living, and the social and economic conditions of the time. 30 individual houses are detailed, a catalogue of all most important houses is included; and biographical notes on major architects precedes the final notes. This enlarged edition of the 1971 original publication contains a revised text, two new chapters and 33 new colour plates. Copious photographs and plans supports the text. ner intact.Read more
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Victorian and Edwardian Essex from Old Photographs
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Disney Hocus Pocus: The Official Cookbook: A delightfully creepy cookbook, filled with magical Halloween recipes – the perfect gift for fans of all ages!
Fire up the cauldron and get witchy in your kitchen with this delightfully creepy cookbook, inspired by the beloved Halloween classic Hocus Pocus!
Celebrate All Hallow’s Eve with over 50 dishes inspired by the spellbinding world of Hocus Pocus! Featuring terrifyingly tasty mains, appetisers, and desserts, this family friendly cookbook includes a creepy roster of recipes that fans will love, including Ring of Salt Pretzels, Witch’s Broom Donuts, and more!
Have fun with the whole family making spellbinding recipes while celebrating your favourite witchy sisters. Featuring full-colour photography, comprehensive nutritional information, and helpful tips and tricks, Hocus Pocus: The Official Cookbook is the essential guide to cooking like a Sanderson sister!
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Mindful Creative: How to understand and deal with the highs and lows of creative life, career and business
Take the first step towards regaining control of your creative life.
What if you could take control of both your life and your creative career, avoid recurring cycles of stress and burnout, and create the optimal conditions for your potential to flourish? The good news is you can, and Mindful Creative will show you how to cultivate mindful presence and develop resilience.
Renowned creative director and bestselling author Radim Malinic shows you how and why a creative career in the 21st century can quickly become overwhelming ― and what you can do to fix it and even prevent it .Through Radim’s honest storytelling, practical exercises, and expert guidance, you’ll discover the power of mindful creativity to unleash your true potential.
Whether you’re an artist, writer, designer, or simply looking to infuse more creativity into your life, this book is your roadmap to:
• Create the optimal conditions for your creativity
• Audit your life and stop the burnout cycle
• Transform your creative process through powerful techniques and habits
• Achieve a state of flow that enhances productivity and innovation
• Celebrate everyday positive actions that light up your creative process
• Consider therapy and why it might be right for you
• Transform and grow as a creative human being in the 2020sMindful Creative unveils the secret synergy of mindfulness and creativity so you can not only unlock your creative potential but also lead a more balanced and fulfilling life.
If you’re ready to embark on a transformative journey to enhance your creativity and wellbeing, this is your essential guide.
Mindful Creative today and navigate the highs and lows of a creative life and career.
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Deal and Walmer in 50 Buildings
Deal and the adjoining Walmer have long been important towns on the Kent coast. Walmer was the probable landing point for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain in 55 BC and Deal was once the busiest port in England. Henry VIII’s shoreline castles at Deal and Walmer are famous but the towns also boast a wealth of fascinating buildings that tell the story of their maritime, military and industrial past, as well as their development as resorts. Deal & Walmer in 50 Buildings explores the history of these fascinating towns through a selection of their most interesting buildings, including lesser-known buildings that are tucked away, showing the changes that have taken place over the years. The book will appeal to all those who live in Deal and Walmer, visit the towns or who have an interest in the area.Read more
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Secret Deal & Walmer
Situated on the south-east coast of Kent, the picturesque twin towns of Deal and Walmer attract many visitors due to their location and extensive history that spans the centuries. Both have a rich military and maritime heritage, notably with their links to the historic Cinque Ports. Deal rose to become one of the busiest ports in England and possessed its own thriving Navy Yard to service warships at anchor in the famous Downs anchorage. The coastline’s strategic importance led to Henry VIII ordering the building of defensive fortresses in both towns, while notable figures such as Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington have strong connections to the area. In Secret Deal & Walmer local author Gregory Holyoake explores the history of both towns and delves beneath the surface to seek out some lesser-known stories and hidden aspects of their heritage. His engaging exploration uncovers intriguing facts, interesting buildings, surprising tales and the prominent people and colourful characters with links to this corner of Kent. Different chapters focus on subjects including churches and chapels, murder, mystery and mayhem, entertainment and sport, castles and – as you would expect – smuggling. Discover Deal’s links with the Royal Marines, its curious Timeball Tower, the Duke of Wellington’s residency at Walmer Castle and much more. Illustrated throughout, this book will appeal to residents, visitors and anyone interested in the history of these fascinating twin towns.Read more
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Sale Through Time
The fascinating town of Sale in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, historically a part of Cheshire, has a rich and diverse history, which is extensively illustrated in the pages of this book. Old buildings, long forgotten, are recalled, such as the Brooklands Hotel, where famous comedians Laurel and Hardy stayed in 1947. There is the strange case of Doctor Charles White, of Sale Priory, who kept the embalmed body of Hannah Beswick at his home, where it stayed for 100 years. Sale Priory and grounds are now given over to modern housing. Sale has also had its fair share of successful and influential inhabitants, including Robert Bolt, who was born on Northenden Road and wrote ‘A Man For All Seasons’, several screenplays and won an Oscar for his work. Famous scientist and physicist, J. P. Joule, lived on Wardle Road. There is a monument to him in nearby Sale Park.Read more
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Architect’s Legal Pocket Book (Routledge Pocket Books)
A little book that’s big on information, the Architect’s Legal Pocket Book is the definitive reference guide on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket guide covers key legal principles which will help you to quickly understand the law and where to go for further information.
Now in its third edition, this bestselling book has been fully updated throughout to provide you with the most current information available. Subjects include contract administration, building legislation, planning, listed buildings, contract law, negligence, liability and dispute resolution. This edition also contains new cases and legislation, government policy, contract terms and certificates including the RIBA contract administration certificates, inspection duties and practical completion, The Building a Safer Future, Proposals for Reform of the Building Safety Regulatory System Report, the Hackitt review, the Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools and practical issues facing architects.
Illustrated with clear diagrams and featuring key cases, this is a comprehensive guide to current law for architects and an invaluable source of information. It is a book no architect should be without.
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Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because the Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means. Chris and Melissa Bruntlett share the incredible success of the Netherlands through engaging interviews with local experts and stories of their own delightful experiences riding in five Dutch cities. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic. Discover how Dutch cities inspired Atlanta to look at its transit-bike connection in a new way and showed Seattle how to teach its residents to realize the freedom of biking, along with other encouraging examples. Tellingly, the Dutch have two words for people who ride bikes: wielrenner (“wheel runner”) and fietser (“cyclist”), the latter making up the vast majority of people pedaling on their streets, and representing a far more accessible, casual, and inclusive style of urban cycling-walking with wheels. Outside of their borders, a significant cultural shift is needed to seamlessly integrate the bicycle into everyday life and create a whole world of fietsers. The Dutch blueprint focuses on how people in a particular place want to move.Read more
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Malcolm Root’s Pageant of Transport
In this third book of paintings, Malcolm Root’s stunning pictures have been arranged to give a chronological pageant of the development of transport down the centuries, and in particular over the last one hundred years during which the greatest changes have taken place.This pictorial survey not only gives an accurate record of the changing nature of travel by land, sea and air, but each picture is also a detailed portrait of a particular scene, with the type of transport meticulously portrayed.
Malcolm Root was born in Colchester in 1950 and still lives in nearby Halstead. From an early age he combined his love of art with a fascination for all kinds of transport. On leaving school he entered the printing industry and in 1981 took the decision to become a full- time professional artist. Commissions followed, particularly for railway scenes and in 1983 he was elected a full member of the Guild of Railway Artists. Malcolm’s paintings have encompassed almost every form of transport from horse and cart and tram to Concorde and `le Shuttle’. They have also appeared in many forms including fine art prints, collectors’ plates, jigsaws, calendars and books.
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A Transport Travelogue of Britain by Road, Rail and Water 1948-1972
The Combined Volumeof a set of 6 additions to the best selling Recollections series taking us on a nostalgic tour of Britain during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.Read more
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Technical Exercises (Esteban)
This 223-page edition is comprised of 86 different technical exercises composed by Liszt during 1868 to 1880. Liszt intended these highly challenging exercises to build greater performance skills in virtuoso pianists. The complete series consists of twelve volumes, each one dealing with a different pianistic problem. This edition has been compiled from the original set to present the exercises in a reasonable length without harming the essence and effectiveness of the original work.Read more
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual
Filled with hundreds of schematic diagrams and illustrations, a guide to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine technology includes eight bonus blueprints to the station that highlight vital areas. Original.Read more
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Andrea And Trevor Dow’s Technical Exercises For Note Reading Success, Book 1: 226 Primer Piano Exercises In Middle C Position And C Position (Piano Student Workbooks)
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The 226 technical exercises in this book for primer piano students are scaffolded to ensure note reading success.
Using a step-by-step introduction of notes, Andrea And Trevor Dow’s Technical Exercises For Note Reading Success, Book 1 follows the progression of most primer piano books with carefully-crafted exercises that grow with your piano students as they acquire new notes, skills, and abilities.
By the end of this book, you will have developed primer piano students who can play and read notes in middle C position and C position without ever experiencing the frustrations that fall on so many new piano players.
The scope and sequence of this book are designed to align perfectly with Andrea And Trevor Dow’s Timed Note Reading Tests For Piano, Book 1 and Andrea And Trevor Dow’s Playing With Note Printing Activity Book, Book 1.
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Beauty, Hair, Style: The ultimate guide to everyday, festival, and occasion make-up looks, hair styles and dyeing, and fashion inspiration with step-by-step instructions and photos
Make-up for You
It’s time to let go of outdated beauty rules and expectations, and to discover empowering and exciting ways to express yourself. Welcome to the new beauty bible.
Sophie Hannah is the queen of creative self-expression, whether it’s everyday hair and make-up looks or incredible festival, Halloween, party and holiday styles. She doesn’t shy away from showing her true selves and having fun with her beauty and style – and neither should you!
This book has absolutely everything you need to know, from how to put together your beauty kit, take care of your skin and master basic techniques, to ideas for experimenting with hair colour and styles, and finding sustainable ways to develop your look. Including step-by-step illustrated tutorials and aspirational ideas, it is packed full of information to teach, inspire and give you the confidence to develop your own unique style.
Life is short – so let yourself feel good being you!
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Vogue Weddings: Brides, Dresses, Designers
An exquisite collection of nearly 400 iconic, inspirational wedding photographs of royalty, models, artists, actors, musicians and designers who have appeared in Vogue through the magazine’s 120 year history.
Showcasing the work of legendary photographers such as Cecil Beaton, Patrick Demarchelier, Jonathan Becker, Norma Jean Roy, Mario Testino, Irving Penn, Arthur Elgort, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, and Annie Leibovitz, Vogue Weddings will transport you to a myriad of romantic settings around the world, from storied castles, palaces, and cathedrals, to weddings by the sea or in the countryside.
Here are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in London; Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars in Italy; Kate Moss and Jamie Hince in the Cotswolds; Lauren Bush and David Lauren at the RRL Ranch in Colorado; Marina Rust and Ian Connor in Maine; Lauren Davis and Andrés Santo Domingo in Cartagena, Colombia as well as such iconic photos as Bianca and Mick Jagger in the car after their wedding in St. Tropez. A chapter on models’ weddings includes portraits of Natalia Vodianova, Coco Rocha, Maggie Rizer, Stella Tennant, Lara Stone and Cindy Crawford among others in their own wedding dress choices.
Vogue Weddings also features behind-the-scenes details from Hamish Bowles; personal wedding stories from Mario Testino, Plum Sykes, Marina Rust and Sarah Mower; and fashion portfolios created by the magazine’s editors of bridal photo shoots, many including couture.
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How to Play the Banjo: The Ultimate Guide to Learning, Playing, and Becoming Proficient at the Instrument (Instruments for Beginners)
Master the art of playing the Banjo and fall in love with the incredible tunes your fingers create.Are you in love with the sound of the Banjo?
Have you always wanted to play but have no idea where to begin?
Do you want to become a great, professional banjo player someday?
Then this book is for you! This guide will show you all you need to know about the Banjo to start your journey to mastery.
In this book, you will
- Discover the deep cultural significance of the Banjo to make your playing more meaningful.
- Master proper posture and hand positioning to play clear, pain-free notes.
- Explore the various banjo playing techniques from the simplest to the most intricate.
- Learn the different parts of your Banjo, so you have a deep appreciation for it.
- Unlock the secrets to maintaining rhythmic control and playing dynamics for emotional depth.
- Navigate banjo tablature and easily read sheet music so you can enjoy playing all sorts of music genres.
- Grow more confident, starting with learning simple songs.
- Learn how to adapt your playing to fit different genres of music.
- Arm yourself with tips and tricks to keep you motivated as you learn to play.
- Understand why connecting with seasoned banjo players will skyrocket your progress and knowledge.
- Find out how to keep progressing and beat the plateau that so often causes players to stumble.
By the end of this informative guide, you’ll have the tools to play the Banjo from a place of raw passion and authenticity, setting yourself apart from the amateurs.
Click the “Add to Cart” button now and become a master of the strings.
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Soul Color: A Ten Week Watercolor Painting Course to Cultivate Mindfulness and Creativity (Wellness & Green Living)
Soul Color is a ten-week watercolor painting course to cultivate mindfulness and creativity.Develop confidence to paint more intuitively, give yourself permission to enjoy the unexpected and make mistakes, deepen your meditation skills, and discover a new sense of reflective calm.
An art educator with over 20 years experience, Emma Burleigh shares her knowledge through workshops and courses. Her specialty is mindful watercolor painting: teaching students how to enjoy watercolor painting as a contemplative practice for self-discovery!
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Photography: A Crash Course
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The Complete Watercolour Course: A Comprehensive, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Watercolour
Discover the great potential of watercolours and how to achieve professional result. Acclaimed artist John Raynes covers simple to complex techniques using glazes and additives on a range of papers to give an enormous variety of effects and finishes. With dozens of inspiring examples and hundreds of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects, this book offers useful tips and helpful advice to build your confidence and skill.
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Ken Light: Course of the Empire
A decade ago, Ken Light traveled across the United States photographing the country, an empire he realized was the most fragile of organisms. The photographs of the earlier years in this book create the context for understanding how America lost its way. Light reached all four corners of the country to document people across race, class and political lines. We see the heartland and the coastal cities, Wall Street and rural small towns.As he continued, seismic changes erupted across America and the country descended into an age of crisis. He photographed protests and Washington politicians in Congress and the White House, climate change disasters and environmental defenders, the rise of the regime of Donald Trump, the Trump rallies and America’s reactions to it all. He comprehensively probed the fractured social and economic condition, going beyond the tropes of inequality we all recite by heart to create a visual portrait of a country mired in calamity, its people deeply splintered, angry and in pain.
The resulting portrait of the American social landscape is a riveting historical and visual record of a complicated country in a complicated time. It is compelling, and one of the earliest photographic accounts of an age that historians and citizens will be scrutinizing for generations to come.
Course of Empire is a hard and unsparing look at the United States in the last decade, a period marked by protest, political polarization, racialized violence, income inequality, climate change-induced disaster, and a deadly pandemic. In this series of black-and-white pictures made across the country, Light captures the divisiveness and collective insanity that characterized American life in the Trump era. He does not tread lightly. This bold and affecting work is an angry indictment of a country gone off the rails. –Erin O’Toole, Baker Street Foundation Associate Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Piano Sheet Music for Kids (Book + Online Video How to Play + Online Audio Files): Beginner Piano Book for Children. Easy Piano Arrangements with 35 … in 2 Levels of…
Would you like to spend some quality time with your child that would also be a lot of fun?
1. While learning to play songs from this book on the piano, your child will develop finger motor skills and synchronize left and right hemispheres of the brain through simultaneous playing with both hands. These skills will teach coordination that is indispensable in everyday life situations, whether it is cooking, writing on paper, tying shoelaces, grabbing small objects, even closing the door and any other actions where finger work is involved.
2. During the learning process the child will develop an ear for music and improve memory. Just imagine – your child will be able to create own melodies, compose music and songs on his or her own and thoroughly enjoy it! They will be happy they could take part in the process of creating music!
3. The child will also develop a sense of rhythm and time. This, in turn, has a positive effect on the speech center of the brain as well as the smoothness of body movement in space. This can prove especially useful if your child might be engaged in dancing, running, rowing, or even regular walking – basically any physical activity where it is important to maintain the same rhythm for some time.
4. All of this will allow your child to accomplish various tasks in life much faster and better and be happier and more successful than others, which is what every parent wants for their child!
5. Additionally, playing the piano is really fun and cool! It is very satisfying and enjoyable!
Click Add to Cart or Buy Now, get the book and start learning – and having fun – right away!
The book contains 35 songs that are divided into two levels of difficulty (70 songs total).
- Level 1 – just the melody from the song (playing right hand only)
- Level 2 – melody + simple accompaniment (playing with both hands)
- All note names are written out (so you could start playing right away)
- Fingering is also provided for every song – this will keep the child from trying to play the music using one finger. Instead it teaches the child to use the correct sequences of fingers. This ensures proper development of all fingers allowing in the future to play more complicated pieces.
Additionally, if you would like to practice sight-reading music or if you would prefer to write down your own fingering, the book contains links to downloadable printed materials without the names of the notes and fingering.
Each song is accompanied by a QR code for the video (on YouTube) and audio (on Google Dick) of that song.
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Guided Practice Routines For Guitar – Advanced Level: Practice with 128 Guided Exercises in this Comprehensive 10-Week Guitar Course (How to Practice Guitar)
The Comprehensive Advanced Guitar Practice Method
Frustrated with long-term plateaus?
Feel like you’re wasting time in the practice room?
Don’t know what to study to improve your guitar playing?
If you already practice guitar but struggle with the what, when, and how, then this book is for you.
Because what you need is a structured practice plan that yields positive short-term growth and long-term guitar excellence.
Guided Practice Routines for Guitar – Advanced Level is book three in Levi Clay’s ground-breaking guitar practice series. Books one and two were instant bestsellers, now he’s ready to take you on the ultimate guitar practice bootcamp!
There’s no fluff here, Levi’s no-nonsense approach cuts to the heart of the skills you need to become a bulletproof guitar player. This serious set of routines will expose areas in your playing that need development and immediately set about fixing them.
You’ll learn by using carefully designed practice drills and play along with Levi himself on 128 exercises with accompanying audio tracks.
Plus… everything is clearly illustrated with neck diagrams, standard notation and TAB.
Advanced-Level Skills for Every Guitar Player!
Each of the 10 routines in Guided Practice Routines for Guitar – Advanced Level lays the foundation for guitar mastery
Develop the following skills:
Advanced major scale workout
- Drill extended major scale patterns in all positions and in the Circle of 4ths
- Master major scales vertically and horizontally
Mastering triads Pt1
- Learn multiple triad shapes for major, minor, dominant, diminished and augmented arpeggios. Mix and match triad voicings
Advanced 1/16th note rhythms
- Nail reading advanced rhythms with Levi’s fool-proof method
Mastering triads Pt2
- Learn to build scales around any triad form. Stop seeing scales as shapes and start seeing them as the flesh on your chord skeletons
Mastering triads Pt3
- Build on your triad knowledge to form any kind of 7th chord, anywhere on the neck with three-note guide tone voicings & rootless 7th chords
Major & minor pentatonic drills
- Despite being one of the first things we learn, often we never truly master pentatonic scales. That’s about to change with this game-changing workout
Mastering triads Pt4
- The ultimate “joining the dots” workout to help you master connecting triad forms with melodic lines. These ground-breaking drills will open up the fretboard for you like never before
Mastering triads Pt5
- Open-voiced triads and foundational chord melody skills. Explore the advanced chordal structures used by Eric Johnson and others
Modal control
- Use major scale knowledge to quickly compare and play any modal scale
Economy/sweep picking
- Refine and develop your picking technique with a tailored crash course on economy picking
Build practice habits that will keep you growing musically
Every routine in this ultimate guitar practice guide will improve your playing and enhance your musicality. It’s a powerful approach that has already paid off for thousands of students, and now it’s available to you!
Buy it now and quickly hear meaningful practice become excellent musicianship.
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Film Photography: How to Develop a Black and White Film for Analog Photography
Film photography is becoming increasingly popular. At the start of the digital revolution, film was the domain of those who didn’t want to switch to the new way of working.
But these days, film photography has a very different reputation. While some photographers view film photos as outdated, for many, film is a more organic method of photography. You can slow down, focus on the shot and wait before seeing the results.
Developing analog film yourself is easy, quick to learn and a lot of fun! Are you still afraid of messing up your films? Don’t worry, nothing can go wrong with this step-by-step guide. I know this because I wrote these instructions myself in the beginning and then developed my first films.
Many would like to develop their analog film themselves but are reluctant to do so because they feel it is too complicated or too expensive. So today, I would like to give you an overview of the equipment, costs and processes of film development that you need for a quick start.
This book will teach you how to process and develop analog films even if you have no prior experience. You’ll learn how easy it is to develop black and white film at home, as well as how to use all of the necessary materials.
This book is for anyone who wants to learn more about film photography, whether you need an easy-to-follow guide or are just getting started. You will learn how to process black-and-white film at home, as well as how to get started with film photography with just a few pieces of specialized equipment.
In this Film Photography book, you will learn about:
- Everything about film photography
- What you need to develop black and white films
- How to wind up the film into the developer can
- The right temperature needed to develop films
- How to determine the correct development time
- How to prepare the developer chemicals
- How to mix the different chemicals
- How to fill in the developer
- How to fix the film
- How to water the film
- How to apply the wetting agent bath
- How to dry the film
And much more…
Analog film development is interesting since it brings you back to the dawn of photography.
Take the first step toward learning how to develop analog films today. Scroll up and click the Buy now with 1-Click button to get started.
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