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  The Senior Cohousing Handbook -...

  Charles Durrett

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  How to make your senior years healthy, safe, social, and stimulating. "Architect and author Chuck Durrett's recently released book Senior Cohousing Handbook comes at a time of high interest in greening, sustainable housing and affordable living concerns. Durrett's new book is a comprehensive guide for baby boomers wishing to continue vibrant, active lifestyles." - EPR Real Estate News"Make your senior years safe and socially fun with the idea of senior cohousing and a book on the topic that shows how seniors can custom-build their neighborhood to fit their needs. This is housing built by seniors, not for them, and emphasizes independence and social networking. Any library strong in gerontology or social science and many a general lending library needs this. - James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review"As a Baby Boomer, I've joked for a few years that we'll all end up living communally again because Social Security will be broke...This is one of the better ways to envision it."--  Sacramento Bee No matter how rich life is in youth and middle age, the elder years can bring on increasing isolation and loneliness as social connections lessen, especially if friends and family members move away.Senior cohousing fills a niche for this demographic—the healthy, educated, and proactive adults who want to live in a social and environmentally vibrant community. These seniors are already wanting to ward off the aging process, so they are unlikely to want to live in assisted housing. Senior cohousing revolves around custom-built neighborhoods organized by the seniors themselves in order to fit in with their real needs, wants, and aspirations for health, longevity, and quality of life. Senior Cohousing  is a comprehensive guide to joining or creating a cohousing project, written by the US leader in the field. The author deals with all the psychological and logistical aspects of senior cohousing and addresses common concerns, fears, and misunderstandings. He emphasizes the many positive benefits of cohousing, including:Better physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healthFriendships and accessible social contactSafety and securityAffordabilityShared resourcesSuccessful aging requires control of one’s life, and today's generation of seniors—the baby boomers—will find that this book holds a compelling vision for their future.Charles Durrett  is a principal at McCamant & Durrett in Nevada City, California, a firm that specializes in affordable cohousing. He co-authored the groundbreaking  Cohousing  with his wife and business partner, Kathryn McCamant.

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  Jaime´s Secret - I remember her

  Vera Stefania

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  A childs curiosity to discover his grandfathers sadness reveals an eternal love, bound to the evil and selfishness of an age that repressed love between two different worlds. The history of these lovers shows that memories do not disappear with time.Jaime Robles, a renowned war veteran, returns to his hometown with his wife and grandson af-ter forty years of service in the naval force, but as he arrives a series of memories begins to emerge that he has avoided throughout his marriage, his past and that feeling that never disap-peared within him.Laia and Jaime reunite, but the young woman refuses to remember her past, considering the good for both contradicts Jaime and walks away. However, fate proposes to unite them fleetingly to remain in Jaime´s memory forever.

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  5 Steps to Winning Your Auditions!

  Anthony Stream

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  In the highly competitive world of acting, auditions are the gateway to a successful career. The ability to make a lasting impression in those fleeting, yet critical moments can mean the difference between landing the role of a lifetime or being left in the waiting room, hoping for the phone to ring.? Mastering the art of auditioning, be they in-person, via self-tapes, or live on Zoom is a vital skill every acto?r must acquire. This guide is designed to help with practical advice, insightful s?trategies, and actionable steps to empower actors to turn each audition into a stepping stone towards success.?

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  High Bias - The Distorted...

  Marc Masters

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  The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities.This entertaining book charts the journey of the cassette from its invention in the early 1960s to its Walkman-led domination in the 1980s to decline at the birth of compact discs to resurgence among independent music makers. Scorned by the record industry for "killing music," the cassette tape rippled through scenes corporations couldn't control. For so many, tapes meant freedom—to create, to invent, to connect.Marc Masters introduces listeners to the tape artists who thrive underground; concert tapers who trade bootlegs; mixtape makers who send messages with cassettes; tape hunters who rescue forgotten sounds; and today's labels, which reject streaming and sell music on cassette. Their stories celebrate the cassette tape as dangerous, vital, and radical.

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  Continuity

  Bess Wohl

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  A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences. 
   
  “Continuity” is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. 
   
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2022. 
   
  Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: 
   
  Johnny Berchtold as Jake and George	 
  Seamus Dever as David Caxton	 
  Sarah Drew as Eve and Nicole 
  Mark Holden as Sound Guy 
  Desireé Mee Jung as First AD 
  Kurt Kanazawa as The PA 
  Stacey Martinez as Second PA 
  Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber and Lily 
  Devon Sorvari as Second AD and Camera Op Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry 
  Liza Weil as Maria 
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden  
  Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogenson  
  Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll 
  Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll 
  Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood 
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin 
  Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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  Facing the Fear - An Actor's...

  Bella Merlin

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  Stage fright has the power to drive actors away from the stage for months, years, and even a lifetime. It is a monster that can affect any actor at any time - but it is also a challenge that can be met.
  In Facing the Fear - the first book of its kind written specifically for actors - performer, author and teacher Bella Merlin draws on her own and other actors' personal experiences to examine:
  
  - The internal and external roots of stage fright, and how it manifests itself both psychologically and physiologically
  - The complex relationship between the actor and the audience, and how it contributes to stage fright
  - The cognitive processes of learning, storing and retrieving lines, and practical strategies to help
  - The essential principles for building a healthy, fear-free rehearsal environment
  - The techniques that actors can employ to develop their own practices, from tips on physical wellbeing to performance strategies
  Insightful, empowering and always reassuring, Facing the Fear is a book for any actor: for those who are experiencing or have previously suffered from stage fright, as well as for those who want to be fully prepared in case that day ever comes. It provides all the tools actors need to understand, confront and ultimately overcome stage fright and its effects, thereby regaining control over their lives and careers. (And it might just save a fortune in psychotherapist's fees!)
  It's also valuable reading for any teacher, director or stage manager working closely with actors, and a fascinating insight for anyone interested in what actors go through.
  'An utterly engrossing book about confronting one of the most fundamental aspects of being an actor - fear.' Antony Sher

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