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  Birthday at Boars Head - A...

  Chris Williams, Dean Gallagher

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  Birthday at Boars Head is a wonderful whodunit from the creative folks at Live Audio Theater. Set in a sprawling manor house overlooking the Rogue River in Southern Oregon, this engaging script includes all the classic elements of a manor house mystery. There’s a creepy old mansion, a greedy family, a visiting British detective, and there’s even a butler named Grimsby! So, curl up with your headphones or speakers and a hot café mocha and match wits with Detective Vincente in this delightful homage to old-time radio mysteries. The first in the four-part Detective Vincente series. “It’s pronounced Vincente with an e! ”

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  Druid Theatre - Fifty Years

  Patrick Lonergan

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  This fully illustrated and authorised history marks fifty years of one of Ireland's most ground-breaking and successful theatrical ensembles. Founded in 1975, Druid is a touring theatre company, anchored in the West of Ireland and looking to the world.
  Druid began as a bold idea: to create Ireland's first professional theatre company outside of Dublin. There were few resources with which to achieve such an undertaking in the West of Ireland in 1975. Through sheer dedication, and with the support of the Galway community, founders Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and Mick Lally – alongside a protean ensemble of actors, crew and supporters – made this bold idea a reality. That reality has since become an international success story of extraordinary dimensions.
  In this comprehensive history of the company, Patrick Lonergan weaves together decades of personal stories, archival material, anecdotes, memories and performances into a fascinating and illuminating portrait of one of the most vital institutions in Ireland's theatrical landscape.

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  Architecture Manifesto An -...

  Nadir Lahiji

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  In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. As soon as architecture leaves the limits set to it by architectonic reason, no other path is open to it but the path to aestheticism. This is the wrong path contemporary architecture has taken. In its reduction to a pure aesthetic object, architecture negatively affects the human sensorium. Capitalist consumer society creates desires by generating ‘surplus-enjoyment’ for capitalist profit and contemporary architecture has become an instrument in generating this ‘surplus-enjoyment’, with fatal consequences. 
   
  This manifesto is thus both a critique and a work of theory. It is a siren, alarm, klaxon to the current status quo within architectural discourse and a timely response to the conditions of architecture today.

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  George Michael's Faith

  Matthew Horton

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  On Saturday, June 28, 1986, George Michael picked up his tasseled leather jacket, walked out of London’s Wembley Stadium and cheerfully tore up five years of glittering pop history. He’d just disposed of Wham!, the band he’d formed with school friend Andrew Ridgeley when they were teenagers, and now, at 23, he knew he was all grown up. He just needed to convince everyone else. Faith is what happens when you’ve outstripped your dreams, your peers, your friends and your fans, and no one’s caught up yet. It’s about pouring all of that confusion, insecurity and sizzling ambition into music that comes out confused, insecure and ambitious – and then selling 25 million copies of it. George Michael was always preparing for this and, in the process, he set a template for all disaffected singers making that move. This book examines that model and the themes that went into Faith – from engaging in politics to crossing over to a Black audience and writing classic pop songs to endure – and speaks to the surviving key players to tell the story of how it was made.

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  Valentin Serov - Serov and the...

  Dmitri V. Sarabianov

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  Among the "young peredvizhniki" who joined the World of Art group, the most brilliant portraitist was Valentin Serov. Like many of his contemporaries, he delighted in painting out of doors, and some of his most appealing portraits – such as Girl with Peaches, Girl in Sunlight and In Summer - owe their naturalness to their setting or to the interplay of sunlight and shadows. Indeed, Serov regarded them as "studies" rather than portraits, giving them descriptive titles that omitted the sitter's name. The subject of Girl with Peaches – painted when Serov was only twenty-two – was in fact Mamontov's daughter Vera. The model for In Summer was Serov's wife. When only six years old, Serov began to display signs of artistic talent. At nine years old, Repin acted as his teacher and mentor, giving him lessons in his studio in Paris, then let Serov work with him in Moscow, almost like an apprentice. Eventually Repin sent him to study with Pavel Chistiakov – the teacher of many of the World of Art painters, including Nesterov and Vrubel. Chistiakov was to become a close friend. Because Serov's career spanned such a long period, his style and subject matter vary considerably, ranging from voluptuous society portraits (the later ones notable for their grand style and sumptuous dresses) to sensitive studies of children. Utterly different from any of these is the famous nude study of the dancer Ida Rubinstein, in tempera and charcoal on canvas, which he painted towards the end of his life. Although Serov's early style has much in common with the French Impressionists, he did not become acquainted with their work until after he had painted pictures such as Girl with Peaches.

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  Frida Kahlo - A life between...

  Gerry Souter

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  Discover the life of a legend like never before. This audiobook invites you into the vibrant, passionate, and deeply human world of Frida Kahlo, the artist whose work and personality continue to captivate audiences around the globe. With immersive storytelling, you will explore her loves, her struggles, and the inner strength that transformed pain into unforgettable art.
  Each chapter uncovers the stories behind her most iconic paintings, the origins of her unique style, and the indomitable spirit that made her a worldwide symbol of creativity and freedom. Perfect for art lovers, history enthusiasts, and fans of inspiring biographies, this audiobook delivers a compelling experience that will leave you motivated and deeply moved.
  Get ready to hear Frida Kahlo's story like never before—intense, intimate, and absolutely fascinating.

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