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Hardcover. Start, grow, and manage your special events career! To succeed in the world of special events management, you need to develop a vast array of skills and acquire a broad knowledge base that covers everything from planning and management to consulting, production, lighting and sound, decor, catering, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZ; KJH; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471249573
ISBN
9780471249573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.97
€ 117.39

Paperback. Explains the Western's popularity. This study deals with the question of the Western as an American myth, will lead us into abstract structural theory as well as economic and political history. It takes you into the movies, and sagebrush of the cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520034914
ISBN
9780520034914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This biography examines Halprin's life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation. Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ASDT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260054
ISBN
9780520260054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Hardback. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670. Masks in the Serene Republic. 336 pages, Illustrations. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267718
ISBN
9780520267718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.38

Paperback. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Num Pages: 308 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434. Inside the Magician's Craft. 308 pages, illustrations. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270473
ISBN
9780520270473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? This book reveals answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; ASZP; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284722
ISBN
9780520284722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Hardcover. Despite Taiwan's rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors - social, economic, political - have stimilated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; ASZ; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010970
ISBN
9780674010970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.57

Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021389
ISBN
9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. A collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt. It shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. It explores the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 line drawings 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2CXC; AS; DNF; HRC; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004587
ISBN
9780691004587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.53

Paperback. In the late 19th century, Scandinavian urban dwellers developed a passion for a modern sort of visual spectacle: objects and effigies brought to life in realistic scenes. The period 1880-1910 was the high point of mannequin display in Europe. This title explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 352 pages, 77 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; ASZ; GM; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050744
ISBN
9780691050744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 46.53

Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074894
ISBN
9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Rising from a small-time vaudeville career in the States, Loie Fuller attained international celebrity as a dancer, inventor, and one of the first women filmmakers in the world. This book demonstrates that Fuller was an artist of great psychological, emotional, and sexual expressiveness whose work illuminates the centrality of dance to modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: APFB; ASD; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141091
ISBN
9780691141091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Hardback. Series: Toni Morrison Lecture Series. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 259 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162706
ISBN
9780691162706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736057882
ISBN
9780736057882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Edition
Pap/Com/Ps
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736067904
ISBN
9780736067904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736080231
ISBN
9780736080231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.65
€ 66.62

Paperback. Most people who sing or play a musical instrument get nervous when having to perform in public, whether in school, at a church recital, before friends or guests, or before a paying public. This text discusses how to overcome these often debilitating jitters. Num Pages: 232 pages, index. BIC Classification: AS; AV; VFJS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787943783
ISBN
9780787943783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.57

Paperback. This is the paperback edition of a landmark book that confronts the reality of being a dancer and offers practical and much-needed advice for grappling with the challenges dancers face. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; VFJ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787964061
ISBN
9780787964061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. A study of the nineteenth century response in the intersections of dance, literature and medicine, to the connections between illness, madness, poetry and performance with a view to illuminating French literature and culture in the nineteenth century, dance history and feminist performance theory and modern medicine. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735247
ISBN
9780804735247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Hardcover. Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; RN; TVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813802527
ISBN
9780813802527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.73

Hardcover. A dazzling exploration of a seductive, glittery culture Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDR; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722664
ISBN
9780814722664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.68

Paperback. Unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. This book explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period. Num Pages: 264 pages, 58 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319481
ISBN
9780822319481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857210258
ISBN
9780857210258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.98

Paperback. The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil, turns the most hideous acts into playful transgressions. This volume presents a transnational and performance-centered approach to this character of fiestas, street festivals, and carnivals in North, Central, and South America. Editor(s): Riggio, Milla Cozart; Marino, Angela; Vignolo, Paolo. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; ASZP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421791
ISBN
9780857421791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.92

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