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  Shakespeare's Margaret - The...

  Scott W. Stern, Charles O'Malley

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  Shakespeare's most powerful female character, her historical inspiration, and her reinventions in performance through the centuries. 
    
  She is more violent than Lady Macbeth, more complex than Ophelia, more strategic than King Lear’s daughters. She is the only Shakespearean character, male or female, whose entire life—from youth to old age—appears on stage. She is a wealth of insight into Shakespeare’s understanding of, and influence on, ideas of gender and sexuality, and she speaks by far the most lines of any of his female characters. She has allowed the likes of Peggy Ashcroft, Helen Mirren, and Sophie Okonedo full range for their stunning talents. Yet today, most audiences have still never heard of Margaret of Anjou. 
    
  But who was Margaret? In the fifteenth century, she was a fourteen-year-old French princess married to an English king, soon thrust into command amid a bloody civil war. A hundred and fifty years later, she was resurrected on the Elizabethan stage in four of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 and Richard III. 
    
  And in every era since the Bard’s, actors, directors, and producers have recast their own Margaret, slicing, dicing, and rearranging the original Shakespeare to highlight or diminish Margaret’s role depending on the sensibilities of the time. It is this evolution of Margaret’s portrayal that Charles O’Malley and Scott W. Stern track in Shakespeare’s Margaret, from Elizabethan boy-actors in wigs enacting misogynist fears of witchy women to feminist celebrations of Margaret’s uninhibited grasp of power and clever commentaries on global politics and world leaders such as Margaret Thatcher. Her story, as it has changed over the centuries across the page and on the stage, brings to life the evolution of theatre and shows how Shakespeare’s plays have always been living collaborations among actors, directors, writers, critics, and history itself, still unfolding. 
    
  "Margaret’s image has, over the centuries, been colored, shaded, and shifted by playwrights, the primary one being Shakespeare. As Charles O’Malley and Scott W. Stern show in this fascinating study, in unearthing who Margaret was, we also uncover an important history of who we are."—Philippa Kelly, author of The King and I and dramaturg of Margaret of Anjou

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  Built to Last: The Vocal...

  Melanie Andrews

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  Vocal Health, Soulful Power, & Longevity for the Voice! 
  BY POPULAR DEMAND… MY LONG-AWAITED BOOK SERIES IS FINALLY HERE! 🎉 
  I FEEL SO BLESSED TO SHARE THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ME—ONE 
  FULL OF LESSONS LEARNED IN STUDIOS, ON STAGES, THROUGH SICKNESS, TOUGH SEASONS, 
  RECOVERY, BREAKTHROUGHS, AND BIG WINS. 
  THIS SERIES IS WHERE SELF-HELP MEETS MUSIC INDUSTRY MASTERY—BLENDING SOUL WORK, 
  VOCAL HEALTH, AND CAREER WISDOM INTO ONE TIMELESS COLLECTION. ✨ WRITTEN WITH DEEP 
  LOVE, SINCERE TRUTH, AND THE KIND OF WISDOM YOU ONLY GAIN BY EXPERIENCING BOTH THE 
  HIGHS AND THE LOWS—AND STILL CHOOSING TO RISE. 🙌 IN THE PRINTED VERSION THROUGHOUT 
  THIS SERIES, I’VE INFUSED EACH PAGE WITH AN UPLIFTING, FUN, VISUAL VIBE—HOPING THAT 
  READERS CAN FEEL MY PERSONALITY SHINING THROUGH, FROM THE COLORS TO THE GRAPHICS TO 
  THE ENERGY BEHIND THE WORDS. 💛 
  IT’S NOT A TRENDY BOOK THAT FADES WITH TIME. IT’S A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF SOUL AND 
  STRATEGY THAT WILL STAY RELEVANT FOR YEARS TO COME. 
  THIS SERIES COMBINES WHAT I’VE LIVED AS A MULTI-PLATINUM, BILLBOARD #1 CHARTED 
  SONGWRITER/VOCALIST AND VOCAL COACH TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND GRAMMY- 
  WINNING, ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ARTISTS—WITH EXPERT QUOTES BY MEDICAL 
  PROFESSIONALS. 
  BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE INDUSTRY HANDS-ON TRUTH IS JUST AS VALUABLE AS THE MEDICAL 
  EXPLANATION. 
  —AND THAT’S THE VIBE I’M BRINGING IN THIS SERIES: 
  REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE + EXPERT INSIGHT + VOCAL WISDOM THAT WORKS. 
  EVERY CHAPTER FOLLOWS A RHYTHM: 🎶 
  WHAT I’VE LEARNED… (MY REAL-LIFE TIPS) 💛 
  ANOTHER VOICE… ( PROFESSIONAL/MEDICAL QUOTES) 🩺 
  By: MultiPlatinum Songwriter/Vocal Coach, Melanie Andrews

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  Nature’s Concerto Of Tranquil...

  Selena Brooke

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  This Kindle book exploring soundscapes' effects and benefits for stress relief and meditation in a visual way. It does not include audio recordings or sound files. Instead, it serves as a guide, offering readers a visual insight into how they can harness the power of sound in their lives. 
  Immerse yourself in a journey of tranquility and healing with Nature’s Concerto Of Tranquil Waterfall Soundscapes For Deep Calm, Inner Peace & Mindfulness. This transformative guide invites you to discover the profound benefits of nature therapy as a pathway to emotional balance and overall well-being. 
  In this book, you will explore a variety of meditative practices for peaceful living, each carefully designed to enhance your mindfulness journey. Every chapter delves into the soothing power of waterfalls, offering insights on how to cultivate a serene environment that fosters relaxation and rejuvenation. Learn the art of self-care practices for relaxation that promote inner harmony and a sense of calm amidst life's challenges, enabling you to navigate daily stressors with resilience. 
  Discover how to integrate holistic healing approaches into your daily routine, allowing you to transform your mental and emotional landscape. This book provides practical techniques for restful evening rituals that prepare your mind and body for a rejuvenating night’s rest, ensuring you wake up refreshed, energized, and centered.

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  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are...

  Tom Stoppard

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  While attempting to discover the roots of Hamlet’s unhappiness, two courtiers go on a journey to plumb the depths of the universe’s mysteries. Tom Stoppard’s wildly inventive, Tony® Award-winning first play takes us through a tilted version of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy while casting new light on questions of fate, mortality and the meaning of existence. 
   
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June 2022. 
   
  Directed by Rosalind Ayres 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: 
  JD Cullum as Claudius and Soldier; 
  Seamus Dever as Hamlet; 
  Anna Lyse Erikson as Opehlia and Alfred; 
  Martin Jarvis as The Player; 
  Adhir Kalyan as Rosencrantz; 
  André Sogliuzzo as Polonius, Player-King, Ambassador, and Horatio; 
  Susan Sullivan as Gertrude; 
  Matthew Wolf as Guildenstern. 
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Prepared for audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood 
  Sound Design: David Wilson, Neil Wogensen and Charles Carroll 
  Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll 
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin 
  Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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  Look like a Lady - Five Visual...

  Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

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  Images tell powerful stories about how women should look and act. We may think girl power and body positivity have replaced tales of helpless, beautiful princesses, but contemporary images in popular culture continue to perpetuate harmful stereotypes. In Look like a Lady, art historian Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt uses personal narrative and art history to uncover five limiting visual stories that have shaped us:Venus: the beautiful body desired by menVessel: an allegorical figure or a container for meaningMaiden: young, vulnerable, and acted upon by outside forcesMother: a romanticized, impossible maternal idealMonster: the wild creature in need of taming 
  Weichbrodt challenges these restrictive scripts that continue to exist in popular culture and faith communities and presents five empowering counterstories from art history. These alternate viewpoints tell a richer story about God's heart for women is told, leading to healing and freedom. This book helps Christian women correct and expand their vision of womanhood for today.

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  Up from Slavery; an Unfinished...

  Archie Morris III

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  For a period of 85 years, the M Street/Dunbar High School was an academically elite, all-black public high school in Washington, D.C.  As far back as 1899, its students came in first in citywide tests given in both black and white schools.  Over this 85-year span, approximately 80 percent of M Street/Dunbar’s graduates went on to college, even though most Americans, white or black, did not attend college at all. Faculty and students were mutually respectful to one another, and disruptions in the classroom were not tolerated. Yet, in this era of best practices, this public high school, whose founders experienced slavery and segregation firsthand, has received virtually no attention in the literature or in policy considerations for inner-city education.  The purpose of this study is to explore the history of a high school that was successful in teaching black children from families at all income levels to excel and to determine if the learning model employed in the past could be successful in a modern inner-city public education environment.

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