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  In Real Life

  Charlayne Woodard

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  In the final play of a trilogy that began with Pretty Fire, and continued with Neat, In Real Life finds Charlayne Woodard pursuing her dreams in New York City. From her early days as a struggling actor to being nominated for a Tony Award, the harsh realities of Broadway are balanced by the unusual and comforting characters that touched her life.An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Charlayne Woodard.

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  Aptavani-12 (P) - Hindi Audio Book

  Dada Bhagwan

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  Param Pujya Dadashri, the revered scientist of Akram Vignan (the direct path to Self-realization) has explained about mahatmas' (Self-realized followers of Param Pujya Dadashri) puzzles about their worldly interaction, their difficulties in following the Agnas (the five cardinal spiritual instructions given after Self-realization) and about the ways in which they can remain in jagruti (awareness of the Self).     Jagruti would include moving from the belief of 'I am Chandu' (reader should use his or her own name), to that of 'I am Shuddhatma (Pure Self) only'; 'I am not the doer'; 'I am only the Gnata-Drashta (Knower-Seer)'. Everything else is simply a discharge, of all that was previously charged. Under no circumstances are new causes being created. What you are 'seeing' is only the effect of past life causes.       Compiled in this Audio book is the heart touching speech of Param Pujya Dadashri; wherein he discusses the various methods to remain in jagruti, which is of prime importance to attain salvation. To gain and maintain jagruti, Param Pujya Dadashri has shared his vision of separation from the self, how to be Gnata-Drashta by talking to oneself, sometimes rebuking oneself for having done any wrong, how to understand and apply the concepts of charge-discharge of karmas, etc.

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  The Poetry of Art - Creative and...

  Thomas Chatterton

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  Art comes in many shapes and sizes and many different forms.  And one person’s art is often someone else’s object of derision. 
   
  But what we can all agree on is that Art exists, that it’s something perhaps unique to humankind but very definitely evokes a deep reaction whether of ‘wow!’ or ‘what?’   
   
  In this volume we take Art as our subject and have it reviewed and explored by other Artists, by Classic Poets. 
   
  True Art ignites an individual response or a collective awareness.  Our DNA seems to cultivate that.  When we engage with Art the results are at times as surprising as they are interesting. 
   
  In the words of Keats, Shakespeare, Wharton, Chatterton and very many others Art is seen and understood both as that individual reaction and a collective experience.  Art is where it’s at. 
   
  01 - The Poetry of Art - An Introduction 
  02 - The Man With the Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens 
  03 - Botticlelli’s Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton 
  04 - Before a Painting by James Weldon Johnson 
  05 - Sonnet 20 - A Woman's Face with Nature's Own Hand Painted by William Shakespeare 
  06 - Sonnet 24 - Mine Eye Hath Played the Painter and Hath Steeled by William Shakespeare 
  07 - Sonnet 83 - I Never Saw That You Did Painting Need by William Shakespeare 
  08 - Art and Heart  by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
  09 - Colors by Stephen Vincent Benet 
  10 - I Have Colours in My Head by Daniel Sheehan 
  11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson 
  12 - To the Painter, To Draw Him a Picture by Robert Herrick 
  13 - On Mr Alcock of Bristol, an Excellent Miniature Painter by Thomas Chatterton 
  14 - On the Portrait of Two Beautiful Young People by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  15 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound 
  16 - To a Beautiful Female Portrait by Henry Alford 
  17 - The Portrait by Ford Madox Ford 
  18 - Her Portrait Immortal by Richard Le Gallienne 
  19 - My Last Duchess by Robert Browning 
  20 - Portrait of My Father As a Young Man by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  21 - On a Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell 
  22 - Written Under a Portrait of Keats by John Boyle O'Reily 
  23 - On Seeing the Elgin Marbles For the First Time by John Keats 
  24 - Jade by Edith Wharton 
  25 - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  26 - An Inscription for Zheng Shujin's Painting by Qiu Jin 
  27 - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 
  28 - Rome - Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter, April 1887 by Thomas Hardy 
  29 - How Many Paltry Foolish Painted Things by Michael Drayton 
  30 - To the Painter of an Ill Drawn Picture of Cleone by Anne Kingsmill-Finch 
  31 - An Art Critic by Ambrose Bierce 
  32 - A Portrait by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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  Finding Your Voice - A...

  Barbara Houseman

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  A Complete Voice Training Manual For Actors
  A simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama teachers in schools and committed amateur actors who want to increase their vocal skills and understanding will also find it invaluable.
  Includes sections on:
  - Preparation
  - Body Work
  - Breathing and Support
  - Breathing Into Sound: Supporting the Voice
  - Releasing the Sound
  - Filling out the Sound: Resonance
  - Extending the Sound: Range
  - Shaping the Sound: Articulation
  - Trouble-Shooting.  Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, then clearly and succinctly sets out a sequence of relevant exercises - accompanied by simple diagrams - ending with a summary of what we have learned.
  'Brilliantly guides the actor using exercises and tools that can revolutionise the voice. It's a boon!' Joseph Fiennes
  'Barbara's work is simple and practical, encouraging each actor to be free and fluid with their own voice... Very inspiring' Emily Watson
  'Barbara has a great understanding of the way that actors' anxieties can affect their voice. Her tone is calm, reassuring and good humoured' Niamh Cusack

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  The Parthenon

  Mary Beard

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  Oscar Wilde compared it to a white goddess, Evelyn Waugh to Stilton cheese. In observers from Lord Byron to Sigmund Freud to Virginia Woolf it met with astonishment, rapture, poetry, even tears—and, always, recognition. Twenty-five hundred years after it first rose above Athens, the Parthenon remains one of the wonders of the world, its beginnings and strange turns of fortune over millennia a perpetual source of curiosity, controversy, and intrigue.At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this audiobook conducts listeners through the storied past and towering presence of the most famous building in the world. The classicist and historian Mary Beard takes us back to the fifth century BC to consider the Parthenon in its original guise—as the flagship temple of imperial Athens, housing an enormous gold and ivory statue of the city's patron goddess attended by an enigmatic assembly of sculptures. Just as fascinating is the monument's far longer life as cathedral church of Our Lady of Athens, as "the finest mosque in the world," and, finally, as an inspirational ruin and icon.

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  The Wisecrack Movie Buffs...

  Wise Wisecrack

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  Learn about the philosophy behind director greats like Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan and dive into screenwriting nightmares like Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman: 1984 in The Wisecrack Movie Buffs Collection!Screenwriting NightmareSome movies miss the mark with audiences, but what goes on behind the scenes that makes it subpar? Is it the screenwriting? The casting and characters? Listen in as Wisecrack dives into what went wrong in popular movies like Suicide Squad, Finding Dory and Wonder Woman: 1984 in this curated collection available for the first time in audio.Tarantino: A Look at His Iconic MoviesQuentin Tarantino is one of the most prolific directors is the entertainment industry, directing films like cult classic Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill to Spaghetti Westerns like Django Unchained. Listen in as Wisecrack takes a deep dive into his top films in this curated collection available for the first time in audio.The Philosophy of Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is one of the most prolific directors in history with iconic classic superhero films like The Dark Knight and sci-fi thrillers like Inception and Transcendence under his belt. Listen in as Wisecrack dives into the philosophy behind Christopher Nolan’s top films and the man himself in this curated collection available for the first time in audio.

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