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  Norman Foster - A Life in...

  Deyan Sudjic

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  The author of The Language of Things “takes readers on an engrossing tour of Foster’s life” from childhood to the world-renowned buildings he designed (Publishers Weekly, starred review). 
   
  A leading pioneer of high-tech architecture, Norman Foster has worked across the globe, collaborating with luminaries such as R. Buckminster Fuller to Steve Jobs. Born in Manchester, England, Foster grew up in poverty, the son of a machine painter. He served in the Royal Air Force and worked in a local architect’s office before returning to school for architecture.  
   
  Foster went on to design the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new court. He is also responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, the Rossiya tower in Moscow, one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan, as well as numerous other buildings around the world. In this insightful biography, Deyan Sudjic charts Foster’s remarkable life and career.

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  The Taming of the Turk -...

  Bent Holm

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  For centuries the figure of ‘the Turk’ spread fascination and fear - in the theatre of war and on the theatrical stage. On the one hand, ‘the Turk’ represented a spectacular dimension, an imaginary world of pirates, sultans and odalisques; on the other hand, he stood for the actual Ottoman Empire, engaged in long-lasting confrontations and exchanges with Occidental powers. When confronted with historical circumstances - military, commercial and religious - the cliché image of ‘the Turk’ dissolves in complex combinations of potential references.
  The Taming of the Turk: Ottomans on the Danish Stage 1596-1896 elucidates, for the first time, three centuries of cultural history as articulated in dealings between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Ottoman Empire seen in a general European context. From the staging of ‘the Turk’ as a diabolical player in royal ceremonies of early modern times, to the appearance of harmless ‘Turkish’ entertainment figures in the late nineteenth century. Artistic, theatrical and theological conceptions co-act in paradoxical ways against a backdrop of pragmatic connections with the Ottomans.
  The story of this long-forgotten connection between a small northern-European nation and a mighty Oriental empire is based on a source material - plays, paintings, treaties, travelogues etc. - that has hitherto chiefly been neglected, although it played a significant role in earlier times. The images of ‘exotic’ figures sometimes even turn out to be self-images. The documents hold the keys to a number of mental and fundamental (pre)conditions, and thus even to imagery constructions of our day.

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  Arrrowsmith - Hollywood Stage

  Hollywood Stage Productions

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  Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades.  When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course.  Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Arrowsmith starring Spencer Tracy & Fay Wray.

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  Alpha Bear in The Backwoods - A...

  Cynthia Mendoza

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  An Alpha Bear Shifter With A Dangerous Side. Can You Handle The Heat?WARNING: 18+ Audiences Only due to several sizzlin' hot explicit scenes!While researching her end of year project on the local ecosystem, twenty something college student, Poppy, gets herself turned around. The snowy North Carolina woods are no place for a young girl, especially not when the sun is about to go down. Fortunately for her, Poppy runs across a beautiful log cabin. Although she finds the owner to be quite crotchety, he invites her in to the safety of his cabin for the night. Hesitant, Poppy goes inside. Bear shifter Thomas moved out to the North Carolina woods to escape the interruption of nosy neighbors. When he finds Poppy on his doorstep one afternoon however, he just can’t leave her to the wolves. Soon he finds out however, that Poppy is much more than accident prone and he is quickly forced to reveal his secret. When Poppy finds out what Thomas really is will she run for the hills? Or will she stay and weather the storm?Try Something A Little Naughtier Than You're Used To...Buy Your Copy Today!

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  Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up

  Katie Goodman

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  On I Didn't F*ck It Up, Katie Goodman proves there is a vast difference between a “guitar act” and a musical comedian. Katie writes and performs original funny songs that touch upon everything from the human foibles of adulthood to a communal sense of generalized despair.

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  I Sent a Letter to My Love - A...

  Melissa Manchester, Jeffrey Sweet

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  Based on the Bernice Rubens’ novel of the same name, I Sent a Letter to My Love is a romantic musical by Grammy-winner Melissa Manchester and dramatist Jeffrey Sweet. It’s 1955 and a lonely spinster places a correspondence ad on a whim. But her hope for romance backfires when her wheelchair-bound brother is her only respondent. A tender story of love and loneliness.
  
  An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:
  
  Stephen Bogardus as Stan
  Meagan Fay as Miss Morgan
  Melissa Manchester as Author/Amy
  Megan Mullally as Gwen
  Paul Anthony Stewart as Jimmy
  
  Original music by Nyle A. Steiner and musical direction by Phil Reno.
  
  Directed by Pat Birch. Directed by Pat Birch. Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in January of 1998.

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